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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-28
CRUSH The HUM
NOrthcliffe Urges Thrift i'm
Every e. 8. Household.
Warns Vehemently Against
Dream of Speedy Peace.

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. 2S-
Warning vehemently against the
dream of a speedy peace" Lord North
cliffe made burning appeal to the
American Bankers association in con-
vention here for a pull together
spirit.
That is our motto,'' he said, every
man, every woman putting their very
souls into the war. The Hun must
be crushed. The evil thing he has
reared must be driven out of our
lives and the way to do it is with
steel for the battle field and with sill
yer bullets in the worlds marts. Let
US get the people to understand this
vital act and victory is assured.
we find a -emarkable unanimity
of thought and purpose between the
kaiser, the junkers and the mass of
the people. We find the food sftua-
ton in Germany and Austria distinctly
better than it was a year ago. The
capture of supplies in Rumania, no
less than the extension of cultivable
areas thruout the lands of the central
powers, has relieved the tension in
cereals and garden produce.
Germans Lost Initiative.
AT the front, defense being easier
and less costly than attack, the Huns
task is easier. They have lost the in
itiative, but they are also husband
ing their resources. Digging in re-
quires less effort than digging out and
that is what our men have to do now
Financially, Germany lives in circle,
and she can go on a long time yet
spending her own money among her
own people"
Northcliffe solemnly warned that
| thrift in every household and every
business was essential to win the war.
1T is money that makes the wheels
go round" he added. I'm this matter,
we row the same boat and should pull
together with your most capable secre-
tary of the treasury acting as the
stroke. l have complete and I'M
bounded faith in the American people.
of unwillingness to bear the monetary
burden of the war will be regarded as
quite serious as the loss of a big bat
tie in France, they will give of their
| resources freely and ~nsrintedly.''
Newspapers Waste Papers.
Discussing the business which he
said he knew the best-the newspaper
| business declared that Eat
! America daily is wasted" and pleaded
! for greater thrift. He pointed to cur
| tailments in newspapers in England
and held up as "a pathetic but SPLEEN
did example of Frances patriotism
the fact that newspapers in Paris were
now reduced to a single sheet
I, The British high commissioner vio-
| lently aSSai1ed Prussian intrigue and
| poison" thruout the world. mo place
| was too remote, no cause too absurd
! to escape this MESH" he. declared.
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LIBERTY BONDS
continued from rage one:


States will have to raise by additional
bond issues between thirteen and four
teen billions of dollars, McAdoo said.
Approximately five billions of this will
go as loans to our allies.
ITO raise thirteen to fourteen bill
lions of dollars on or before the 3Oth
of June, 1918, by the sale OF bonds in
recurring installments seem to some
people an impossible task.
ut is a stupendous undertaking, bu-
it is not impossible for America. 1t
is not easy, but it can be done. Our
resources are adequate; our will is
perfect; our spirit is indomitable and
our success is certain.
I'VE have only to pull together
bankers, lawyers, doctors, manufac-
turers, farmers, wage earners, labor
ers. men and women alike, girl scouts
and boy scouts. and every other class
of people and we can do the job"
Bonds Bear Per Cent.
The second liberty loan, said Nc
Adoo, will be more attractive to the
small man" than the first The bonds
will bear four per cent interest and
will be exempt from all taxes except
super-income, excess profits and IN
heritance levies. The bonds OF the
first loan, on the other hand, were
exempt from super taxes. This in
equality is limited in the new loan, he
said.
Reasserting American reasons for
entering the world conflict the secre-
tary declared: '-.' - :
ut has beep repeatedly stated that
America entered this war to make lib
erty and democracy secure turnout
the world. While that is true, it must
always be remembered that America
entered the war for more immediate
reason. Noble and idealistic as her
championship of universal democracy
is, she entered this war primarily be-
cause of the persistent insults and ag-
gressions of Germany, the wanton dis
regard of American rights within our
own borders as will as upon the high
seas, the cOntemptuous violation of
international law and the ruthless de-
struction of American life and prop
erty"
Crush Traitors in Q. S.
Pro-German propaganda in this
country was scathingly denounced by
McAdoo.
"It is we'll for the American p eople
to realize" he said, the hypocricy
and disloyalty of these efforts and to
determine to stamp them out recent
lessly and remorsely, because the in
terests of the nation must at no time
be imperiled more by the traitors
within our walls"
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British Soldiers Write Them in
~
Trenches and They're Legal.
Poetry Dialect-Even in CT
pher-Acceptable in Court.
LEAVES ALL TO "FIRSTCOMER"
Lieutenant Who Found 1t Got
Substantial Sum of Money.
Requests of Gallon of Beer to
Tom and Joe Puzzles Court.

London, Sept. 2S.-The last will
and testament which the British
private frequently writes into the little
army pay book" which he carries
with him wherever he goes, is an i'm
teresting study. Wills made in the
trenches are legal without witnesses,
and the soldiers own signature is all
that is required to make such will
acceptable to the courts. Even IL the
signature is lacking, the will may still
be accepted if there is evidence as to
the handwriting or intention of the
testator. In every case the war office
authorities make every effort to carry
out the soldiers wishes, however
crudely they are expressed or how
ever fantastic they may be-
Many OF these trench wills have
Tommy Atkins characteristic touch of
humor. Some are in dialect, some in
phonetic spelling. Several have heen
IN cipher which have taxed the war
office experts to solve. Occasionally
they leave purely imaginary possess
sions to institutions or fictitious per
sons. Here is a will in rhyme which
was written while the soldier was in
No Mans Land:
] haven't sweetheart, haven't a mother,
I've only one sister, not even a brother.
Ny sister Susan is all I've got,
80 OF aught that's mine she have the
This will went thru the courts with
out question, despite its unusual form.
Finder Is Keeper.
Another Will in rhyme, leaving the
money to the first conner" is the fol-
lowing:
Whoever first sets eyes on this
Gets everything l leave,
For my kith and kin are dead and gone.
M And I've not friend to grieve.
There's tidy bit in the bank you'n find
And my army pay, tho small
So stranger breathe one sigh for me
You're welcome to it all.
This will was forwarded to England
by the young sergeant who found it
and he shortly afterwards received
notification that the tidy bit" which
money, had been deposited to his
account.
Wrote Will When Thirsty.
Still another will in rhyme was
written by private who had been cut
off from his comrades for three days
without food or water and probably
without sleep, for the greater part of
that time, until the greatest desire in
life seemed to him to get a big drink
* was as follows:
II I'm knocked out by bullet or bomb
When over the top we go,
A gallon of beer l leave to Tom
Another to Squint Eyed Joe.
We've borne the worst of a soldiers thirst
Thru days and nights of woe;
Give my dad the rest-but if l go west
There's drink for Tom and Joe.
There was some difficulty in carry
ing out this bequest, owing to the fact
that half the men in the company
claimed to have been called Tom"
and Joe" by the testator, and the
whole estate was finally turned over
carry out the two gallons clause" as
he should see fit.
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Rio Grande Again Part of Mo.
Pac. and w. Pac. Lines.
I'll. {. Nudge To Resign-GOuld
Control Eliminated.

{ Denver, Colo, Sept. 2S.-The Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad will be re-
merged with the Missouri Pacific and
Western Pacific lines, at the annual
meeting of the directors here October
-16, it was learned today. Headquar-
tiers will be removed from Denver to
New York or st. Louis.
H. L. Nudge, president of the Den
yer & Rio Grande since the lines were
divorced two years ago, will sever
his connection under the merger, it
was reliably reported. A judgment
for s3S,000.00O, recently granted
stockholders of the Western Pacific by
a New York court, will be assumed
under a joint agreement of the three
lines.
Announcement of the merger is said
to reveal a romantic story of big bust
ness and high finance, in which George
]. Gould and the Western Pacific
group struggled for supremacy for
control of the line. Surrender of the
Denver & Rio Grande marks the pass
ing of the last of the properties around
which the princely estate of Jay Gould
was built.
George Gould, it is understood, will
be eliminated from control of the
road, except as a minor director.
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ously His body, dressed in the uni
form of the Irish volunteers, lies in
state IN Dublin hospital and there
may be a public funeral on Sunday
1t is said that other Sim Fem leaders
in the hospital prison where Ashe
died are in a dangerous condition.
At the inquest Thursday into the
death of Ashe, Professor McMccney
testified that the post mortem ex3mi-
nation, at which several other doctors
were present, showed that Ashe did
not died of hunger. The body was
not emaciated, and there was an
abundance of food in the stomach.
Death, he said, was due to syncope
arising partly from heart trouble and
party from an intense congestion of
the lungs.
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DEFENDS MASSACRES
Turks Grand Vizier Also Justifies OF.
toman's Entry Into the War.

Amsterdam, Sept. %. - Turkeys
entry into the war was justified by
Talaat Bey, the grand vizier, in a long
speech closing the congress of the
party of Union and Progress, accord
ing to a dispatch from Constantinople
He defended the Turkish treatment
of the Armenians, but admitted that
the deportations could not be carried
out by regular forces because the
gendarmes had been drafted into the
army and order could not be main
tanned. Irregularities in connection
with the deportation had been inves-
tigated he said and the guilty parties
had been punished severely, some
with death.
Referring to the pope's peace note
Talaat Bey declared that Turkey ad-
hered to the principle of arbitration.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. Sept. 2S.-CORN-Material de-
clines took place in the corn market today
Influenced chiefly by absence of signs that
there had been any serious damage from
frost. Peace gossip was also a bearish
factor. In addition disfavor which talk of
removing the maximum price limit has
encountered. had further tendency to
weaken the market. Opening prices which
ranged from nc, to 112c lower at $11SA
I'd 81 14A December and $1.16A to 81 161A
Mays were Followed by sa moderate in
creased setback.
Forecasts of prolonged eriod of mild
temperature turnout the corn belt was in
strumental later in bringing about greater
heaviness which was intensified by off,
cial references to the 1917 crop as the
greatest ever gathered. The close was
weak. 23sc to 2Ac net lower at $11112 to
S1119s December and $1.14A to S1.14k
OATS-Oats duplicated the action of
corn Reports of diminished acreage in
Canada were ignored.
PROVISIONS-Sharp breaks that were
witnessed in the provision market seemed
to result from the weakness of grain. Fresh
advances in the value of hogs failed to
check sellers.
Packers were said to have led the I'M
loading. On the decline, commission buy
ing expanded, and some reaction followed.
Chicago Grain and Pork Market
THE range of prices grain futures on
the Chicago Board of Trade as reported
by the Topeka Board OF TRADED
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Kansas City Live stock Market

Kansas City, Sept. 2S-HOGS-Receipts
100 Market Zoe higher. Bulk of sales,
$1s.9G@ $40; heavy. $40 5019.50; packers
and butchers, S19.O0@1945; light, S1S.600
1870; pigs. S15.50@1T.O0.
CATTLE-Receipts 2.000.> including 300
southern. Market steasy. Prime fed
steers. $16O0G17O0: dressed beef steers.
S11. GOA 155O; western Steers. So Oo0I3 70 /,
southern steers, S7.0O@ II. 10: cows So 5O6i
1000: heifers. s7O0@13.0O: stockers and
calves, $1,000 1850.
SHEEP-Receipts 6OOO Market steady.
Lambs, $1650@ 1880: yearlings, So .00@l
11.50; stockers and feeders $s.0O@1775.
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Morning Grain GossIn.
shed by the Topeka Board

Chicago. Sept. 2s-The Herald says: A
few of the local bulls took a big load of
corn from local longs and the eastern
traders were said TO be selling short on
the bulge Those among the smaller trad
ers who were bullish early went out of
their holdings at the last but there WAS
no evidence to show that the largest buy
er did any selling of Importance. althO he
paid the highest prices. The market took
big load at the last and sentiment was
more bearish. lit said after the close
that should weather conditions be good to-
day a decline is due. To many the buying
power appeared more nearly filled up than
for several days
The big advance in hogs has been due
to an unprecedented demand and short
age in supplies.
The government has been and is buying
enormous quantity OF bacon for the army.
deliveries on these purchases to run well
INTO the winter. January ribs feel this.
Europe has light hog supplies and re
Quirements of products for export must not
be under estimated.
New York, Sept. 2S.-The Financial Bulle-
tin says The stock market is expected
to be a dragging affair until over sold
when rallies will be in order The general
list as we see it remains in a trading zone
of several points range. The market is in
control and should present good trading
opportunities. Specialties are expected to
advance, pool channels are bulling Ameri
can Can, American Sugar, Distilleries and
Baldwin Locomotive.
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is HE MARTYR OR NOT?
Post MOrtem Finds Food in Sim Fein
Hunger Striker.

London, Sept. 2S.-The death in
Dublin on Wednesday of Thomas
Ashe, a Sim Fein leader reported to
have been due to voluntary starva-
ton. according to a despatch to the
Daily Mail from Dublin, has accentu-
ated painfully the difficulties under
lying the surface of Irish politics and
Sim Fein opinion is inflamed seri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-28
Ally STATE JoURNAI-FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2s 1917

in favor of a break with Germany but
the president was believed to have
complete veto power over such reso-
lutions.
There was no perceptible change in
Argentina's general strike today. The
only wheels moving on railroads were
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FURNISHED by the Topeka Board of Trade,
Elevator stocks of wheat in Kansas City
have increased S307 bushels thus far this
week aud corn stocks increased 1922
bushels.
Exports from the United States and Can
ada yesterday were 252. 900 bushels of
wheat $4,000 barrels of flour, 16i, 600 bush
els of corn, 49,, 900 bushels of oats; wheat
and flour combined 10000 bushels.
Estimated shipments of wheat from
Argentina this week are 1900 bushels
compared with 264 900 bushels actually ex-
ported last week and 6T2, 600 bushels a year
ago. Estimated corn shipments are 100
600 bushels; oats, 10000 bushels
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JURY DISCHARGED
Fail to Agree on Verdict at Trial of
Preacher for Murder.

Red Oak, Ia, Sept. 2s.-The jury
in the trial of Rev. Lyn j. George
Kelly charged with murder in con-
nection with the Villisca axe Sayings
was discharged by Judge Boies at
1:25 p. m. today for failure to agree
on a verdict, after celebrating since
Wednesday afternoon.
1t is thought the jurors disagreed
on whether the crime was committed
by a sane or insane man.
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MAIL TRAINS ONLY
General Strike Still Ties
Up Country.

Irigoyen regards the Luxburg incident
as closed and will do his utmost to
continue Argentina's neutrality. ac
cording to those closest to him today.
Such a course is entirely opposite to
the overwhelming votes recently of
the senate and chamber of deputies
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$500. 900 Unfit for Service.
Third Less Attend Yale.

New Haven, Conn, Sept. 2S.-Yale
has given one thousand under grad
yates and forty professors to war, it
was revealed today when the univer-
sity re-opened for its autumn semes-
ter. Two thousand are registered. in
Guiding six hundred freshmen. This
is one two-thirds of normal registra-
ton.
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Sue Aviatrix for $4,000.

Peoria, Ill, Sept. 2S.-Ruth Law,
aviatrix,. who is here making flights
at the Implement Show & Interna-
tional Soil Products exposition, has
been made defendant in a $4,000 suit
filed in the circuit court by the Har-
rison County Fair association of Mis-
souri Breach of contract is charged.
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Chicago Grain and Pork Market.

Chicago, Sept es.-CORN-CIose: Decem-
Der. s11T1s@L1T@s; May, s1-14% @1143s ;
January, Sill
OATSSeptember. j91kc; December. 5I5s
G57s4e: May. Co.'S d60Ac-
PORK-Sept, 1890; Oct, s4560; JAN,
s4f25
LARD-sept., s2467; Oct, s24e7; JAN,
S23 g.
SHORT RIBs-sept. 5000; Oct, s2e.47
Jan, $2495.
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Chicago, Sept 2S.-IIOGS-Receipts T.
600. Market strong, 15c above yesterday s
average. Bulk of tales, $1S.90d19.55; light
S1S.4o@19.60; mixed, $1S.40d 1910; heavy,
$500 1862; rough, s1s4o@1s.6o; pigs,
CATTLE-Receipts $500. Market weak.
Native beef cattle, $7.25@1T.75: western
steers, Sc. 400 1925; stockers and feeders,
Sc 256I III. Is: cows and heifers, S5.0Od12. so
calves $10.0001575.
SHEEP-Receipts II 900, tomorrow 5000.
Market strong. Wethers, SS.90d12. 80
lambs, ST.. 7501S.00.
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Shore lambs and sheep &c uEder abors
prices Positively 'anbor US sneep ~
lambs unless fat
fore;ee f;rair NaFset.
FSraishei h- B:liaTo. soru-r ~ .
Ave ard curtis ST.
Topeka, Kan, Sept. g.
OATS-5SGGoc.
CORN-S190.
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New York. Sept. 2s-BUTTER-Mark
weak. Creamery, higher than extras, 45A
d4612c.
EG1IS-Market weak. Fresh gathered
extras. 456f 46c-
CHEESE-Market steady. State fresh
specials. 26A.
POULTRY-Dressed, firm; prices IN
changed.
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Kansas city Live Stock Sales.

haHsaS lily Live STOCK sales.
(The following sales were made this morn
Ing at the Stock Yards. Kansas City, and
reported over long distance telephone di-
rect to the State Journal by Clay Robin
BON & Co.. live stock commission mer-
chants)
Kansas City, Sept. 2S.-CATTLE-Re-
CENTS 1000 head Market steady.
HOGS-Receipts 150O head. Market Zoe
to 15c higher. Bulk of sales, $1s.6O@ IL. 40 !;
top. SIC 60.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head Market Zoe
to 1oc higher: Lambs. S17.45
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Wall St, New York, Sept. 2S.-STOCKS-
A concerted attack upon the rails provoked
further irregularity during the morning.
st. Paul made an extreme decline of 2%
to 55, Transcontinental lost to ~, Coaler
1 to and New York Central 11h. Ship
pings and Steel were responsive to support,
but reacted again before midday on SELL
ing of the Coppers. Trading was once
more checked by money rates, call loans
opening at per cent Liberty bonds were
the sole encouraging feature, extensive ac-
emulation sending that issue to the new
high of 1O0.20.
unsettled at the opening of today's trading
Shippings and Coppers lost 1 to 2 points
and St Paul common repeated its recent
minimum of 5614, while the preferred made
new low at 993s. United States Steel
and few equipments were fractionally
higher at the outset but reacted soon af-
ter. Liberty bonds in further demand at
the new maXium OF 100.1G
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Kansas City, Sept. 2S.-CORN-Cash ::
81. 95: No. 3, $1.94@195; No. . white, 50. y
6213; No. 3, nominal; No. yellow, $200;
No >. nominal.
OATS-Market unchanged to 15c lower.
No. , white, 61@6152c; No. mixed, Goa
Gle
RYE-S1 S2@1SS
KAFIR AND MILO MAIZE-$4 206I 40.
HAY-Market steady to SOC higher.
Choice timothy, $20.006l21. 90: choice prairie,
S1S.50@ 1900; choice alfalfa, $25.O0@ $500.
SHORTS-S200M2 30.
BRAN-$1. 50tu ID
WHEAT-Receipts 62 cars.
BUTTER-Creamery, Ale; firsts, 3912c !;
seconds. 3Sc; packing, 361Ac.
EGGS-Firsts. 36c; seconds, soc.
POULTRY-Hens, 2132c; ROSTERS, 1415c !:
broiIers. 2115c
POULTRY-Alive, steady: chickens, 2sc
fowls. Boa &c; turkeys. 2Oc.
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changed.
EGGS-Market lower. Firsts. 316I31A c
POTATOES-Market higher. Wisconsin
Michigan and Minnesota, S1G0al1O.
POULTRY-Alive, higher; fowls. 23@ &c
snrinps DE
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New York Sugar Market.


New York, Sept. 2S-SUGAR-Raw. firm
centrifugal, $50; molasses, 6.02: refined,
steady; fine graduated, S.40MS5O.
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MAN POWER
Continued from Page oneJ

are Is. Therefore this last drop of
potential German manhood cannot
pass into the army except in small
lots. as the boys attain the age of Is.
The figures cited herewith are bas-
ed upon the highest and most &C
curate sources of information. From
this same source it is possible for the
United Press today to detail this his
tory of Germany's mobilization eff
forts.
Before the war, the German army
contained 1 divisions of $4,000 men
Mobilization at the declaration of war
of all who had previous military train
ing brought the total to 100000.
Mobilize Under-NormaI Men.
But these were insufficient The
Ersatz reserve, 100000 strong, was
modified of men whose physical con-
dition was trifle under normal army
standard Then the class of 1914 was
called out-45O,OOO men who became
20 years old in that year.
In 1915, call for the first ban of
the lundstrum yielded 100000 men;
the 1915 class another $50, 900; spe-
cial call in September for the remain
der of the landstrum, 10000. And
an advance call for the 1916 class,
100000. Still more men were want
ed; therefore Germany combed out
$780, 900 more by stringent examination
of those previously exempted
In 1916, the 1917 class was called
out early-450, 700 boys, Is and 10
years old. Another combing process
added 100000 more and finally in
November the 1918 class was called
out-another 10000.
2,SOO,OOO Unfit for Service.
In 1917 the demand for human
material was still more pressing
Another squeezing process found $780,
900 more men, draining the empire of
every man who by any stretch of
medical inspection could be regarded
as fit for military service. There re-
manned no other resource except the
bows taken as soon as they became 1S.
Not before 1913 can the German
staff begin incorporating the 1921
class-and then only as fast as they
become Is. At least 100000 fit men
are needed for Indispensable indus
trial and civil service behind the lines
The utterly unfit total 100000.
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Topeka. Kan, Sept. Is.
HENS-S1s lbs and over. zoe: under 3Ia
lbs. lie; springs over lbs. 19c; BOOSTERS
lie; shaggy youhd ROSTERS. 13c: broilers
lbs. and under, 21c.
EGGS-39N40c.
Eggs are retailing in Topeka. 40c.
BUTTER-36i7c
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WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau office.
Topeka. Kan, flor the twenty four hours
ending at I a. m. Friday.