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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
STRIKE
!. BY INJUNCTION
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING Or
DER is OBTAINED AGAINST
THE CONDUCTORS.
HEARING IS SET
Hearing for Permanent Injunction
VIII be Held on September z.
Claims the Strike Order
Is Illegal.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 30.--Edwin
"A. Hamilton, Union Pacific conduc-
tor for eighteen years, today obtain
ed from District Judge Sears tenn
porary order restraining the officers
of the Order of Railway Conductors
from using the strike order ON the
Union Pacific lines or circulating
any strike orders or spending any
money for strike purposes. Hear
ing on the petition is set for Sep
TENDER g 3
Hamilton named as defendant A.
b. Garretson, president of the con-
ductirs. Others included as defend
ants are the three division brother
hoods known as the eastern, south
ern and western associations, but the
order is only effective in Nebraska,
The limit of Sears jurisdiction.
AS a reason for asking for the
order Hamilton's petition said that
the Union Pacific brotherhood was
regarded as separate unit, but that
at the time the rules were amended
to provide that the vote of all should
rue the conductors on each road
He claims that this was illegal as
the strike vote was sent in June 10
and that the conductors on the Union
Pacific did not cast two-thirds
vote authorizing strike.
f.smilton's petition asserted tha'
If the strike order goes into effect
he will lose his pension rights or u
he does not strike he VIII lose MS
rights in the brotherhood. SO ne
brings this suit not only Tor him'
self, but for all similarly affected
Officers are trying to get service
On Garretson, who lives IN Des
Moins. but the long list OF defendants
is widely scattered. Hamilton de
mics that the railway is backing his
suit.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
THE WATSONS
ARE IN JAIL
ALLEGED SLAYERS OF JOHN >.
PATTERSON ARRESTED AND
TAKEN TO FAIRFIELD.
MUROERIsCHARGED
Charges of Murder as the Result Of
the Death of Patterson Have
Been Flied Against the Men.
McLennan Claims Custody,

WACO, Tex, Aug. S0.-Charges
of first degree murder have been
filed in Freestone and McLennan
counties against r. r. Watson, pres
ident of the Farmers and Merchants
State bank at league, and his two
sons, Vice President j. f. Watson
and Cashier w. II. Watson. as the re-
suit Of the death last night of John
S. Patterson, state commissioner of
insurance and banking, who was
shot while posting a closing notice
on the bank late Monday afternoon.
In an ante-mortem statement made
by Patterson to Sheriff Burleson he
said the elder Watson did the shoot
ing.
The three Watsons were taken to
Fairfield in an auto and placed in
Jail. Popular feeling is high at
league.
McLennan. county officers have
protested against the taking of the
Watsons to Fairfield and court ac-
ton may be necessary TO determine
the rival counties claims for the
custody of the men.
]. ID. Moore, an Austin attorney.
who was appointed receiver OF the
bank. was accompanied to league
last night by Capt. f. III. Smith and
Carl Cardwell of the Texas Rangers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
FRENCH PROGRESS WEST
Of THE vARDAn RIVER
SERBIANS ALSO REPULSE vIO-
LENT ATTACKS WITH HEAVY
LOSSES To ENEMY.
There Was the Usual Cannonading
on the Western Front Last
Night Hut NO Infantry
Fighting.

PARIS, August 80. French
troops progressed west of the Var.
dar river in violent fighting. II was
officially announced today. French
artillery bombarded the enemy or
peniza,ion on the Struma front and
around Lake Dorian.
West of Ostrovo Lake the Serb
ems repulsed violent attacks, inflict-
irg heavy losses on the enemy.
On the western front there was
the usual cannonading last night
but no important infantry fighting
except east OF Fleury and on the
northeastern Verdun front where
the French made progress.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

nan soldiers to the defense O,
Pennsylvania.
This change in the genera staii
means the dismissal of about t.iirty
generals on both fronts. IL Is the
most radical shake-up in the Gariii'ah
army since the war began. the COT
respondent stated. Despite his adj
,anced age Gener;, Won kiuck may
be recalled 10 active service ana
given command of one OF the Ger
man armies that il attempting Ia
stem the Russo-Rumanian invasion
OF Hungary.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

Zimmerman had rendered their
designations. after Rumania had de-
ciared war. smBsN4
Il was learned in Berlin, how
ever, that neither participated in
the conference between Chancellor
Won Bethmann-Ho lweg and certain
ministers that followed few hours
after Rumania's action.
From Dutch sources it is reported
that the kaiser has already ordered
the dismissal of the German dipio-
mats for falling 70 keep Rumania
cut of the war.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

WASHINGTON. August s0.---.td-
piiral Pond reportei 20 the navy de-
partment today that at least twenty
men were deal an,i II sore or mere
Injured as n result III the luss Of the
cruiser Memphis off San Din,ineo.
The message saId the Memphis
lay at aneh.s. Hs1 main siran pipe
exploded and one man WAS Killed
ard sesenty-snvta ssalied by the
explosion.
An early report to the navy de-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
T|EUP Of ROADS
HAVE WIDE EFFECT
EVERY CITY AND TOWN IN THE
NORTHWEST WOULD he Az
FECTED BY STRIKE.
Grocer Stocks Are Already Low and
Shortage Would Follow Few
Days After the Strike
Materializes.

DALLAS, Tex. Aug. 30.-Water'
coal. electric lights and power and
electric transportation IL every city
and town In the northwest depend
ing on coal or other fuels will be
stopped il the railroad strike ma
terializes.
Cities using oil supplied by direct
pipe lines will suffer less seriously
Grocers said there would be
shortage of food If the strike contin-
ues more than a week. Grocer
stocks are already short in anticipa
ton of the arrival of new fall goods
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
FIRM EFFORT OF CONGRESS TO RUSH LEGISIA.
TON THROUGH ENDED TEMPORARILY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH. "A QUARREL - BITTER
CHARGES ARE MADE IN COMMITTEE.
TRYING TO BLOCK THE ACTION
Charged that Republican Senators Are Attempting to
Make Political CAPITAL Out Of the Disastrous Stu
ation-Resolutions to Enlarge the Interstate Com
merce Commission by Two New Members.

WASHINGTON. August aoThc formal rush
a
NAL
.
aon which might Inadequate hold all
law.
at a like this when
should together
mbti "adR
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

a strike of 5000 freight handlers
Chieago has been called for this
ernoon. The only way To avert
strike is by the submission Of
roads 10 the mems demands--tha
BIZ Of business agents to collect
Is from union men during their
pbyment at freight sheds.
More than SEQ men are already
on three roads. The Bnrling-
is planning for a fight and has
tpared to hire strikebreakers, ac-
ding to Thomas Pratt, special
int Of the road.
L the strike is called il will tie
all Chicago freight shipments.
ere is enough meat, eggs and can
vegetables in cold storage to
b Chicagoans in food for q year
lease strike is called. The only
bger is in ice and coal shortage.
dealers declare that the pres
supply would be exhausted in
days.
artificial ice plants would be COM
led to close. Trainruen IN the
fk Island received instructions
night to quit. Engineers were
to quit their engines at termi-
II they could reach them with
violating the sixteen-hour law,
erwise 10 quit them at the lirst
ach. The orders are subject to
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

The meeting grew so stormy that
the committee adjourned after pass-
ing n resolution agreeing 70 hear the
employees, railway managers and
shippers In the senate office building
tomorrow.
just before adjournment IL was ,le-
cidei tentatively to meet again this
afternoon.
The first Legislative step ON the
floor Of either house was taken ear
~ this afternoon when senator Lewis
of Illinois introduced two resolu-
lions. The first WIS an amendment
to the interstate commerce act pro-
viding two additional members for
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE
NOW CROSSING RUMlh|l

LONDON. Aug. 3o.--The virtual
admission TINT Russian troops are
now crossing Rumania for an In
vasion of Hungary or Bulgaria was
contained In Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd passed by the Russian
censor this afternoon. The dispatch
stated that 1t may be assumed
that Russian troops are now crossing
Rumania."
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
SUPPLIES ARE BEING
RUSHED TO THE ARMY

Eli PASO, Texas, August 30
In anticipation of nationwide
railroad strike the quartermasters's
department of the army is rushing
vast quantities OF supplies here to
form a reserve for the regular troops
and the National Guardsmen now
modified in this district. Several
hundred carloads of ratiOns and
supplies are now enroute and are
scheduled to reach this place before
the date for the strike to begin.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
the STRIKE WILL CAUSE
NO CHANGE IN THE ARMY

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, August 80
General Funston's chief of staff
announced this afternoon that the
army on the border would make 10
change in its present disposition as a
strike unless ordered from Washing
ton. 1t is presumed. however. that
motor trucks will be used in the
transportation OF food and supplies
In case OF a strike,
The commissary department saws
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
STRIKE WILL FORCE MANY
PAPERS TO SUSPEND

NEW YORK. August 30.--Alarge
number OF daily newspapers in the
United States will be forced to sus-
pend publication II the nationwide
strike continues two weeks. Lincoln
b. Palmer. manager of the American
Newspaper Publishers association,
said this afternoon.
MANY publications are now run
ming on a hand to mouth basis re-
garding print paper. getting a car
load from the mills just as the car
on hand is exhausted
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
'FVP Of ROADS ALMOST CERTAIN
!. Santa Fe Has Already Issued Orders to It's Agents
to Refuse All Pershable Freight and Livestock Ship
ments Immediately Roads Are Expected to
Take Similar Action in Few Hours.

August public shippers
today b, the big railways the prepare
sh,ooe
would
hnerd or Saturday.
to
ueu Of livestock
C similar the time limit
Pacific Katy Louisville and Nashville
The remaining
|our hours
all
In be to perplexing delay
theira o give the warning.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
ORGANIZE FORCES
a FOR BIG STRIKE
CHICAGO RAILWAY HEADS RE
TURN FORM WASHINGTON
PREPARE FOR STRIKE
Forces Of Lines Being Organized to
Meet the impending Whlkont
Of the Trainmen Next
Monday.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3O.---C hicago
railway heads. accompanied by Louis
". Hill, president Of the Great Nor
thern, arrived In Chicago today from
Washington. In the party WAS r..
r. Ripley Of the santa Fe. Hale
Holden OF the burlington. Receiver
Jacob Dickinson Of the Rock Island
and a. }. Eariinx Of the Milwaukee
road.
They Immediately began organic
ing their forces 10 meet the impenei-
ing strike.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

countermand from Washington b..
fore noon Sunday.
A committee of three has been APP
pointed by middle west nahnfac.
turers to meet in Washington Friday
and call upon President Wilson 10
insist that the brotherhoods' de-
mands be submitted to arbitration.
All terminals here are damned.
Business men rushed to other cities
to close deals and get back before
the strike begins.
Vacationers who have been spend
ing the summer at pleasure and
health resorts are hurrying home
ward today in fear OF being indef-
initely delayed if the strike comes
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
SLEEPER's Managers CLAIM
he HAS BEEN NOMINATED

DETROIT. Mich. August 30
The campaign managers of Albert
T.. Sleeper early claimed the nomi-
nation of the former state treasurer
for governor on the republican
ticket by a substantial majority. 1"
Early returns indicated that lit
tie success attended the efforts OF
anti-democrats to obtain the nomi-
Lation of Henry Ford FOR governor
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
lD|CAL osAAKE-uP IN THE !.
GERMAN GENERAL STAFF

"A
|,s UsioN' August ao.-Kaiser
Gun has dismissed General Won
|. '"'''n from CHIEF Of. the Ger.
se'erai staff because Falken-
Ypp'sed the sending of troops
!, ""'a 10 meet the Ruma-
I, :. as'on. the Hague correspon.
sed to-day. '"p" re-
ked a.. "ai Won Hindenberg
:. . 'Aa, endorsements he sent 70
the ans and won the support
|sn "a, .alser with the result that
y trains are now rushing Ger.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS
NOMINATE HIRAM JOHNSON.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 90.
Governor Hiram Johnson will be
tho republican candidate for United
States senator at the November
election according to returns early
teday from more than half the pre-
cincts In the state. These indicated
a plurality over Willis Booth OF Los
Angeles OF abou: ten thousand.
-- ------------------------
Every day is an emergency with
some men.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
STRIKE WILL T|EUP
ALL MAIL TRAINS
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE WILL
BE PARALYZED II STRIKE
GOES INTO EFFECT.
This Was Statement Made by the
Manager Of the Publicity Bu-
reau Of the Four Big
BrOtherhoOds.

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 3d.
"Uncle Sans railway mail service
will, be paralyzed II the nationwide
railroad strike order goes into ef.
feet"
This statement was made this af.
ternoon by Edward Hooker. mana.
ger of the publicity bureau of the
four brotherhoods.
He asserted that the order would
affect all mail trains which would he
halted at the first division point
where engines are usually changed
and those waiting In the terminals
would be held up.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
CRUISER MEMPHIS WRECKED
TWENTY men ARE DEAD.

partment said that twenty men re-
a. rning from She In IL b9at wer:
crowned. In sc included two oiii.
GERS.
The gunboat Castin which mar
rowl, escaped the fate OF the Menu
pins il at sea with all hut one of
her boats lost and her steering gear
disabled, though she Is under con-
troll. The tug Potomac which left
San Dimingo for Port Paienquc yes
ttrtiay afternoon Is said To be safe.
hut no word has been received fsoas
her.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
EUMANIANs SMELLING
a BULGARIAN CITY

AMSTERDAM. August 30. Ru-
manian artillery IL bombardlng the
Bulgarian city of Rusfehuk and the
hungarian town OF Orsovo. accord
ing to Vienna adyices received
here this afternoon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
CONGRESS At WORK TRYING
TO PREVENT THE BIG STRIKE
TEXAS MAN ARRESTED ~
CHICAGO FOR ENTERTAINMENT

CHICAGO. Aug. 30.--John Bur
ford. aged 40, started on his way
back TO Lufkin. Texas. today In Gus
tody of Lufkin officers who say he
is wanted there on embexzlement
charges. lie was arrested here sew
eral days ago.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
TEXAS LINES PLACE
EMBARGO ON FREIGHT

HOUSTON. Tex, Aug. 80 The
Sunset Central. Gulf Coast line, In
ternational and Great Northern
railways this afternoon placed an
embargo on all livestock and perish
able freight Other freight will be
accepted subject to delay.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

the commission and division of the
proposed nine members into three
Each section. ON den,and. 90 he as
signed to certain districts, thereby
repeating the original net that the
commission shall sit only in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The second provides tIsnt railways.
when necessary caused by increased
wages or adjustment Of the hours of
labor. can apply 10 the commission
for rates necessary 10 meet such
losses.
Isoth resolutions were referred to
the interstate commerce committee.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
RUSSIANS AN RUMANItNS
MAKE SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS.

ROME. August 30.-Russian and
Rumanian troops have captured inn
portant positions in the Carpathian
passes. according to reports received
here from Bucharest.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

over Chas. II. Bender of Grand
Rapids
The denomination of Chas. Town
send for United States senator Is
assured. The democrats named
Jchn +. WinshIp for that office
without contest
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
BUCHAREST BOMBaRDED
BY HOSTILE AEROPLAvES.

BUCHAREST, August Zeppe-
Inns and hostile aeroplanes lombard
ed Bucharest last night. il was Of
ficially announced this afternoon.
No important damage was done.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

Nearly every man has theory or
two which wouldn't work very wen
in practice.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
II CONFIRMED THAT
| MINISTER'S RESIGNED
|'tE REPORT THAT JAGOW
AND ZIMMERMAN RESIGN
NOT VERIFIED.
".s heen Learned That They Did
MOL Take Part In Conference
heid After Rumania
Declared War.

'oNDoN, August 30.-No con-
|-a'oh mas been received here of
"asae report that Foreign Secre-
\ 'asow and Under Secretary
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30
RNLWAYS OF THE COUNTRY
ARE PREPARING FOR STRIKE

,,r TRAVELLING PUBLIC AND SHIPPERS WARN
I'm TO PREPARE FOR THE STRIKE TO BEGIN
Monday NO PERISHlABLE FREIGHT SHIP.
MrNTS ARE NOW BEING RECEIVED.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-08-30

IL has enough supplies on hand TO
last for some time.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-26
SCHOOL NOTES

Perie Spaeth and Helen Wick have been appointed the new as- sistant librarians.
 The Indian clubs having at last arrived, practice was begun with them Monday.
 Fourteen new records, for use in the gymnasium, were received this week.
 Kathryne Perkins, a pupil in Miss Halls ltcm left for Hadley Thurs day on the Spokane.
 Friday afternoon Mildred Fedder. son and Helen Wick spelled down the eighth grade in a spelling match.
 As yesterday was the last Fri day in the month, the pupils who had been neither absent nor tardy during the month had quarter holiday. The number from each room was as follows: Miss Nit chell's, 16; Mrs. Engstrom's, 6; Miss Rents, IS; Miss Buor's, 15; Miss Halls, 16.
 DOROTHY MICHENER
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-26
WHY LEAD PENCILS HAVE
 NO LEAD

Do you know that lead pencils are not made with lead !? Long, long ago lead was used for this purpose, and the continuance of the name is misleading, but illustrates the per- sistence of the original association. Today lead pencils are made with graphite and have been since this substance was discovered in 1865. It is one of the forms in which car bon occurs in nature. It is soft and unctuous to the touch, iron gray in color, and metallic in lustre.
 Graphite is dug in mines and is rarely found in sufficient purity to be available for pencil making. After being purified and pulverized it is mixed with clay, the portion of each depending upon the grade of hard ness desired in the pencil. The de- gree of softness depends upon rela- tive preponderance of the graphite in the mixture, and the hardness is in ac ordance with the greater proportion of clay. The requisite degree of hardness depends, too, on the compression of the mixture into form already to be glued into wood castings.
 Seylon, Mexico and Europe are the chief sources of graphite supply. In this country there are more impor- tant mines at Ticonderoga, N. Y. Although lead pencils were not made in the United States until 1861, Am erican manufacturers now supply nine-tenths of the home demand and have entered into competition for the worlds trade.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-26
FLOUR MADE FROM BANANAS

It is not generally known that flour can be made from bananas; but from very early period the natives of tropical countries where the banana grows-Jamaica, Canary Islands, the Malay Archipelago and Africa-have made flour from the fruit.
 Stanley, the explorer, found the natives of Africa making it by dry ing bananas over wooden gratings and grinding them to powder. He found the flower wholesome and cas- fly digested. Once, when attacked by dysentry, he took a thin gruel made from it for a day, during which he abstained from other food, and obtained prompt relief.
 The South American Indians make a flour or paste from bananas, and so the banana in that part of the world, as in Africa and the East Indies, takes the place of cereals. The flour can be easily carried about and, as needed, made into cakes and fried, or mixed with water and drunk.
 Banana flour contains one-third as much protein matter, one-fourth as much fat and little more starch than wheat flour.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-26
TOWN BOOSTING IS A VICE

(From the Toledo Blade)
 There are phases of the town boosting habit which suggests the cocaine habit. A town so afflicted will go ahead boosting itself, boast ing and advertising it's advantages and supcriorities, though every word it utters and every circular it sends forth does it hurt.
 A case in point is Portland, Or, from which city a traveller writes:
 Have inclosed for your inspect ion a sheet taken from daily pa per showing the campaign that Is now being waged to induce people of the East to come West.
 "My personal observation while in your city was that everybody who wanted work could get it, and at good wages; that bushes was good and everyone contented. Then why should they leave cont eminent for misery? There are thousands of men in this city not hoboes, but some of the best talent in the country, that will do any, thing to keep body and soul toge- ther, but can get nothing. Busi- ness in all lines is dull
 Some sections of the Pacific slope have issued warnings that their country was no place for people to come seeking employment. These sections had only mild and medica- ble cases of the booming fever. But their neighbors were affected sore ly. They have shouted their glo- ries, though they knew that every man who answered the trumpet call was prospective charge upon the community.
 It is too bad that among the null titude forms of sanitaria there is not one which can treat and cure town boosting when 1t has become vice.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-26
A SURPRISE PARTY

Last night Miss Esther Foord was the recipient of birthday surprise party rendered to her by her young friends. During the eve ming there was instrumental selec- tions as we'll as games and very tempting refreshments served, those present were the Misses Winnie Raber, Luella Amundson, Marie Anderson, Charlotte Shock, Mild red Feddersen, Clara Diaz, Helen Raber and Esther Foord.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-26
AT THE CUsToMSHOUSE

The movements of the following boats were recorded at the local customs house yesterday and last night:
 The fishing schooner Dick cleared for the sea fisheries.
 The Princess May cleared for Prince Rupert.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-02-26
A WATERFRONT CEMENT

It is said that the United States army engineers have long used the following mixture for waterproof ing cement. One part of cement, two parts of sand, three-quarters of a pound of dry powdered alum to each cubic foot of sand. These are mixed and dried, and to them is added water in which has been dissolved three-quarters of. pound of soap to each gallon. This, it is said, is nearly as strong as or dinary cement, is quite impervious to water and does not effloresce.