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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
COMMENDS SENECA
YOUTHS BRAVERY

Thomas II Roe, a former Seneca
boy has received high cOmmendation
for gallantry in action. according 10
an official order issued at the heal.
quarters of the Railway Artillery Re
serve in France on July Il. Roe Is
member Of Battery b, 5lst Artillery.
James w MCAndrew, chief OF staff
on July wrote to Private Roe as
follows:
The commander in chief has hearo
with great pleasure of your splendid
conduct on April 90, 1918, while in
The open and under severe shell fire
you endeavored to repair broken Oh,
servation telephone line in order that
a battery could use same He directs
me to say that he is proud to have
under his commando soldier who has
set such high standard Of conduct" "
Brgadier General Chamberlain, the
commandant, issued this statement,
which was read to each organization
under him at retreat formation:
The gallantry OF Private Thomas
II. Roe on this occasion has set a
standard for the conduct of troops OF
the Railway Artillery Reserve, which
it Is believed all troops of this oom,
mand should emulate
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
100 DIE IN STORM
THAT WIPED OUT
MINNESOTA CITY

St Paul, Mimi, Aug 22--More than
100 persons are dead today, thret
blocks of the business district of Ty.
Ter is in ruins and the residence dis
tricts and west OF the town is reduced
to kin1ling wood as a result Of Il
cyclone last night.
Telegraph communication with the
stricken town is completely cut on
The only reliable information coming
from residents OF Florence, six miles
away. who have returned after visit.
ing Tyler Bodies are buried in the
ruins and according 30 reports receiv.
ed early today. Twenty four have
been recovered The Tyler hospital
was completely destroyed. virtually
all of the patients being killed Ac.
cor1ing to an unveriiied report a
Northwestern passenger train was
hurled from the track near Tyler ana
IL people killed.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
BOARD NOT
NOTIFIED Of SEPT,
CALL FOR SELECTS
AWAIT WORD FROM SPRINGFIELD
BEFORE GETTING SEPTEMBER
3-6 INCREMENT READY FOR EN-
TRAlNMENT.

The local exemption board up to !,
O'Clock this afternoon had received no
official announcement of the Septem.
ber to {. call assigning quotas for
the Ottawa district. They were OF
the opinion that an order would be
sent to them in the next few days,
and that District No Is quota would
be much smaller than has been ex-
pected for some time.
1t is the opinion of board officials
and people who have kept in toucn
with the draft, that the August call,
would practically exhaust all remain.
ing men in class /. However yester.
days press reports telling of the Sep.
tember 3rd to 9TH call, placed the
entire number OF Illinois men at 5000
and if this is the only September call.
it is likely that there will be only be.
tween twenty-five and fifty men need
ed from this district 10 fill the mere
menr.
Press reports also stated a call had
been made for 1000 limited service
men to be entrained during the Sep
tember 3-6 period
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
AIRCRAFT BOARD.
SAYS PROGRAM HAS.
BIG FAILURE.
SAYS MUCH OF VAST APPRO-
PRiATlON HAS BEEN WASTED
WITHOUT OBTAINING ANY RE.
SUlTS-WANT AIR SECRETARY

Washington. August % - Asserting
that the greater part OF America :
S64s s,000,0G0 aircraft fund has been
wasted the Aircraft investigating com
mttee today reported to the Military
Affairs Committee that the program
as presented 10 date represented
many aspects of failure
While an army of $500, 900 men has
been raised the committee declares
the aircraft situation presents the fol.
lowing aspect:
Flrst-There is not a single Amerr
canmade attack plane on the battle
front
Sesond-There is not a single Amer.
ican,made scout plane on the battle
front.
Third-The United States has not
developed suitable bombing plane
Fourth-The attempt to create a
fighting plane centered on an effort
TO adopt two foreign brands of planes
to the Liberty motor.
flfth-Large sums of money have
been expended and the lives of many
men lost n endangered.
Six.l--l 200 standard planes have
been manufactured at cost Of S6 900.
0t0, only to be condemned and made
useless.
Summarizing the causes OF the
practical failure Of the aircraft pro.
gram the committee said the chiei
causes were. That the airplane pro
gram was largely placed in the con.
trol OF the great automobile and other
manufacturers who were ignorant of
aeOrnautics
Those manufacturers undertook the
impossible task of creating a motor
which could be adopted TO all classes
OF machines.
1t is not too much 20 say that our
airplane program has been largely
supported by the Liberty motor
We failed at the beginning of the
war 10 adopt the common-sense plan
OF reproducing the most approved
type of alrplanes.
The mistakes and errors could pro-
badly have been avoided, the commit
zee said If the program had been un.
der the control of one man assisted by
skilfnll aeronautical engineers ana
practical iliers.
The committee formally recommend
ed the establishment of a department
OF aeronatics with cabinet member
at its head to produce aircraft for the
army and navy
A commission of engineers and
pilots to visit the battle front in re.
lays, returning with first hand infor.
nation is also 'imperatiyely demand.
ed by the committee.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
MARS AND CUPID.
ARE BLAMED FOR.
RUSH TO CO. CLERK.
WAR GOD SPEEDS UP WORK OF
GOD or LOVE, MARRIAGE Lie.
ENCE CLERKS RECORDS DIS
CLOSE.

In spite of the war the scarcity OF
coal, and high cost of groceries, six
marriage licenses were entered on
the books Of the County Clerk, which
were issued in one day yesterday, ana
as many couples started on the high
seas of matrimony, not withstandlnS
the fact that Uncle Sam is preparing
TO call all men up to the age of As
years to the service Four of the
men obtained licenses yesterday We're
between the ages of 32 and 45 years.
making them within the limits of the
proposed draft, one had recently "a.
tanned his majority and the other one
was well within the draft age
The six couples obtaining licenses
We're
Rudolph A. Gebicke, Peru, 81
Miranda Fritz, Peru, 20.
William Bags, Lacon, 80.
Jessie Compton. Lacon, 3D.
Sidney G. Birrell, Chicago, "a.
Irene Eswin, Chicago.
Frank Anderson, Princeton, AZ.
Mrs. Beda Erickson. Princeton, 33
Oscar Hoover Peru, "a.
Mary Templeton, Cherry, IS.
Antonio Gaio, Oglesby. As.
Mrs Margaret Bamno, Oglesby 30
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
|BRARY READING
CONTEST NEAR CLOSE

"a Summer reading contest conduct
by the Juvenile department of Red.
tk's Library Is nearing the close
Id great effort is being made by the
|ildren to finish the required number
twenty books. The list is about
|nally divided between fiction and
! n n.ilc ion, and Is adopted to the dir-
rent grades 1t is quite an un Ter
king for a boy to read books In
Rtory, } in travel. 3 in biography,
d one in poetry when he would pre-.
baseball, adventure and Boy
out stories.
Thirty have already finished rIle
ntest and it is estimated that sew.
.ty.fve will complete ii. A program
be held on the lawn north Of the
rary for those who finish the con.
Bt is being prepared by Miss Laura
sts. Four small children under
direction of Miss Helen Hofl viii
DO give a Mother Goose play Di.
)mas will be awarded to those who
Snplete the reading list. This will
/ be until the second week in Sep
mber so there is still considerable
ne for those who would like to get
sy and be one of the winners
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
DOFFS SURPL|CE TO
DON BLUE JEANS
MARSEILLES CLERGYMAN PUTS
PREACHlNGS INTO ACTION BY
WORKING IN MILLS AS HIS BIT
IN WAR.

Rex George Bradfeld, pastor Of the
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL church at Mar.
seiles, has started working in the
Certain teed Products Company, 81
Marseiles plant, as a means OF doing
his bit, towards helping win the war.
Rev. Bradfeld, starred working on
Thursday, August Il, in the shipping
department Of the factory, and has
been working since then, from :
o'clock in the morning until 5 O'Clock
in the evening with a fifteen minute
lunch hour. The pastor has been on
hand every morning, in his WORKING
clothes, and is enjoying the WORK
thoroughly. He will continue during
his four weeks vacation, which start
ed on August 18th, and if at the END
OF the vacation, the members Of the
church, feel that they can spare their
pastor, during the week days he will
continue working, and filing his pui
pit on Sundays.
Rev. Bradiield is the first minister
in this section of the state, that has
taken up factory work as his special
war work, and his action has called
forth much favorable comment. on the
part of citizens in both Marseilles
and Ottawa, where the minister has
delivered addresses on several oc.
Cassions. He has been stat 'oned in
the shipping department where the
work is both heavy and dirty, and
has tackled the work with good
grace and without complaint, in a
manner that has made him many
friends among the working men.
incidentally the pastor u enjoying
his salary at the plant. as the work
men there are well paid, and as he
has large family of children, the
money comes in handy, with the pre-
sent war prices. The part OF salary
however played no part with the pat
riotic motives Of the divine, who has
already given his only two sons Of
military age, to the government ser
vice.
Rev Bradheld and family moved to
Marseles last January from Monroe
Center, where for the past several
years he had been in charge OF the
Congregational church. He was very
highly recommended on both the par
Of the members and officers in the
Monroe Center church and by the
state church and Sunday schoo
workers He is a speaker OF no NEAR
ability, ana IL equally as good in per
forming the other church duties con
/ nected with a pas.orate,
/ The work of spending a vacation
doing strange and heavy work, In ,
/ factory during our warmest weather
/ Is commendable one. and IL gaininl
great admiration from everyone eS
cept the Bradiield family, who ar,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
$3.50 ACRES OF
WHEAT, QUOTA FOR
COUNTY Of Ia SALE
GOVERNMENT FIXES AMOUNT
OF WHEAT LAND ASSIGNED TO
THIS lOCAllTY-FARM ASSO-
CATION TO ASSIST IN WORK.

The La Sale County Better Farm
ing Association has issued the fol-
lowing statement governing the plant
ing of winter wheat crop. The
government is asking the farmer to
cooperate in the growing OF a large
enough winter wheat crop To, supply
,he United States and the allied ma
tions A special quota OF wheat has
been allotted to La Sale county, and
the officers OF the Better Farming
Association, H. I. Marshall, of Serena,
f.. Il. Stevenson OF Streator, Frank
Funk OF Ottawa and b. f.. Strait OF
Ottawa, will make a great effort to
see that this quota is filed ii not ex-
ceeded,
The statement issued for publication
reads in full;
In making the estimate Of wheat
needed for our soldiers and our al
lies in 1919, the government has as
signed to La Sale county minimum
quota S5,6S0 acres and maximum
quota l42,So0 acres, 1t is desired that
this acreage be sowed to winter
wheat, spring wheat or rye. On the
basis OF the improved land in farms,
this quota would mean about 222
to BIZ acres for each 100 acre farm.
Many OF the La Sale county farms
were above their quota in wheat land
this year, and many more are going
above their quota for winter wheat
alone for next year. Farmers are
going over the top in buying Lib
erty Bonds and War Savings Stamps
and will make still greater showing
in the wheat acreage which will be
sowed for next year. Not every farm
will put in winter wheat, but a great
many more will have that crop than
ever have raised it before in recent
years.
Covering the winter wheat with
straw to protect it from severe winds
and the i'll effect of frequent freezing
and thaWing is a large factor in sue.
cesStul production. There are many
straw piles over the county which can
be put to rendering valuable war serv.
ice by spreading them after the wheat
is sowed. To show how this can be
done conveniently. the Better Farm
ing Association is planning for a DEM
onstration of straw spreading to be
held on the Strait farm on the plank
road, five miles north OF Ottawa the
first week in September The after
moons of Thursday and Friday. Sep.
tember 9TH and 9Th the spreaders will
be in operation. This demonstration
VIII be OF interest not only to those
VINO VIII grow winter wheat, for straw
Is being spread to good advantage
on new clover seeding, and for plow.
ing under Immediately The interest
| which Is being taken in the best
known methods of wheat production
warrants the statement that La Sale
county Will not be classed with the
s!ackers in its contribution toward
bread grains in the 1919 crop"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
|OMAN SAYS HER
SPOUSE IS DRUNKARD

alleging drunkenness, of the habitual
nd, Mrs. Dena Smith has filed suit
the Circuit Court against Walter
hith, whom she married August .,
|05. The couple separated March
1917 and since have lived apart.
her affidavit Mrs. Smith says she
)es not know where her husband II
)w located but that the last time
o heard of him, he was In the cen.
bl part OF the state. They have two
biliren Il. 4. Roberts represents
complainant.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
Reach Aislette River.

Paris, Aug 22--2:5j p M.)-French
troops have entered Cuny and Champs
on the Aislette river. throwing the
German forces in those sectors in
utter confusion, according to L'Houre.
The Germans made no attempt to
counter attack the French the ,,aper
stated.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
BRITISH OFFENSIVE is
FOLLOWING UP
WE'D. SMASH
AXE 10000 ENEMY
|ERMANS FORCED TO RETIRE BE-
FORE WAVES OF ATTACKING
ENGLiShMEN ON SECTOR BE.
TWEEN ANcRE AND sOMME.

London. Aug % - ll2:30l Anoth.
big offensive movement was begun
|day by the British. Field Marshai
|aig's report given out by the war
|flce al noon said
1--WE attacked this morning between
g Somme and the Ancre at i:45 a
Field Marshal Hang also reported
al The prisoners taken yesterday In
0 offensive north OF the Anore mum
bred between two and three thOus-
.ld.
Today's new blow by the British
lis just below where General Byng
'ept forward yesterday. Yesterdays
vance was made made Immediately
brth of the Anore river, The Somme
yer lies north Of the Anore. The
Fitish are really JUS, extending yes.
rday's battlefront.
Further progress for the British
rtheast OF Morville was announced
big reported that British troops ale
the outskirts of Neuf Berquin.
Neuf Berquin lies about two miles
rtheast OF Merville. which is on the
10 front, where the British have
en- steadily forging ahead
Take 1900 Prisoners.
London, August - -- British troops
bk between two and three thousand
tsOners in their new offensive yes
tday. Field Marshal Haig reporte l
hav.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
MOLINE WEDDING
ANNOUNCED HERE

Mrs. Mary Calkins, 62S Catherine
street, and George l.. Porter OF No.
line were quietly married on Tuesday
afternoon at 2o'clock at the First
Methodist parsonage in Moline, by
Rev Attree Smith, pastor of the
Methodist church. The couple will
make their home in Moline.
Mrs. Porter is a well known Ottawa
woman and for the past four years
has been bookkeeper in the Prafcke
4 Weiss Plumbing shop on Main
street.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
WIDOW AND EIGHT
CHILDREN TO SHARE
HIS $2.050 ESTATE

The estate Of Mike Banco, OF Ogles-
by made It's appearance in the Pro
bate Court today, almost year after
his death Banco who died September
=, 1917 left widow and eight child
rem who will share his s2,O5O estate.
The property consists OF house ana
lot worth $4,000 and a personal estate
aggregating $50.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
SAYS SOCIETY BUD
GOT HIS $4,000

Chicago, Aug. 22y-Mrs. Clifton
FHeming, wife of lieutenant in
France, is under arrest charged with
operating a confidence game. Louis
RoseHIield of Chicago claims she
swlndled him of S2O7CO through by.
play on his love He introduced let.
ters 20 prove his claim. Mrs. Fleming
Is member of wealthy Elgin fam.
lily.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
OGLESBY COUPLE HAVE
JUDGE MARRY THEM

Miss Beatrice Began. aged 10 years
and Thomas George aged q. both OF
Oglesby were quietly married yester
day afternoon by Judge Henry Mayo
at his Office in the Court House. The
couple returned to Oglesby where
they will make their future home
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
TRY TO KEEP REV.
CHESSMAN HERE

Every effort is being brought to
bare by the members of the First
Baptist church, ana the citizens OF
the entire community to have Rev.
q. W. Chessman reconsider his re.
signation, which was rendered to the
church Last Sunday in order that he
nigh, accept the pastorate Of Pitts.
burgh church.
Rev. Chessman has been a residen,
Of Ottawa for almost five and hall
years, and during that time has made
a large circle of warm friends, both
among his Pensioners, and amon.
the other residents Of the city He
has always taken an active part in
the affairs of the city and has given
his services willingly and earnestly
in a fashion that has cemented last.
ing friendships in all sections Of the
city. He has worked heartily and
with a wholesouled eagerness for
anything that has been for the bet
terment OF the city, ana the church.
The entire city feel that they can
i'll afford to loose him at this time.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
ANDIDATE Bennett
GOES TO MARSEILLES

wv. w. Bennett can n1idate for con.
fess was In Ottawa today on his way
Marseilles where he speaks this
Fening. Mr. Benntt has been spend
IL the week in Dekalb county where
} says he Is receiving splendid sup
brs.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22

quiet and remiss about talking abou,
1t, and feel it is strange. a patriotic
act should call forth any sort of praise
in war times. when everyone is sup.
posed TO do their best toward aidine
their country and winning the war.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22
w EAThER

Unsettled tonight. Friday
generally tair and some
what cooler.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22

OTTAWA JOURNAL
Established 1889
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-22

OTTAWA FREE TRADER
Established fs4s
The Washington herald., 1918-09-10
HOSPITAL FOR 5000
YANKS In ENGLAND

London, Sept. s-American wounded
will be splendidIy housed at a new
military hospital near Southampton.
which. when completed. will accom-
modate nearly 300 The site COM
prises 1s acres, with half a mile
of frontage on Southampton water.
where fishing and boating will add
TO the wellbeing of the patients. Ten
acres of vegetable garden will be
intensively cultivated. and the hos
pital will also produce most OF its
dairy requirements, its bacon. eggs
and poultry.
With the old Manor House, con-
tanning fifty rooms. as a center. near
ly ten acres of frame hutments will
be built. The central corridor will
be 1000 feet long. opening on either
side into the wards, which will ac-
commodate from sixty to 100 patients
each. Contracts signed by the Amer
ican Red Cross provide for the EN-.
ing of the hospital with about 100
beds available in six weeks.
Some OF the beds will be located
in tents OF the Bossoneau type, with
windows set IN the wall for light
and air The hospital, situated on
one of the most beautiful spots Of
Southern England. will be the larg-
est American military hospital in
this country.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-10
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Kansas Oty, Sept. e.-HoGs-Receipts 10 600
higher; bulk. leoosle %: heavy, ~ Ban Is: pack.
ers and butchers. ls.coa2.i5; Light. ls75s2o 90
pigs. lsDsisse.
CATTLE-Receipts. 600: lower; prime FED
steers, n25aisf5; dressed beef steers. ilOoal7 Co
Southern sbeen. 75oalL3; cows. s3al2 %
neifers s.0osl4o0: stocksrs and feeders, 75a
Ie 30; bulls. 75oal0oo: calves. 7.5al350
sHEEP-Receipts, 17.ooo; lower; lsmb~. B.50s
H.5; yeariinss. lo.soal4.so; wethers. lo.ual3.3
s,50aEz.
st Louis. Sept. s.-HoGs-Receipss, 600,
higher; lights. lssss3o.lo; pigz. H7sals 25: mixed
and butchers. ls.tosap. IS; sood heavy. l9ss0.lsi
bulk, ie60s0lo
CArTLE-Rsceipts. 1900; steady; native bee,
steers. li.5als.Z; yearIing steers and heifers
e.5oal5.sc; COWS. 75oaI25O: s.ockers and feeders
%; beef COWS and heifers. f5oal5.op; ma,
tive calves 7.75al7.5
sHEEP-Receipts. 200; steady; lambs. n.ou
k.75; ewes. n.pal2O
Cincinnati. Sept s-HOGs-Receipts. 500
strong; packers and butchers. 3.ooa3.so: CON
mon to choice. l2ooals.7s; pigs and lights. I3el
s2o.8: stAes. ll.00al5.o3.
CATTLE-Receips. 800; steady: steers, Il .soa
la0; heifers. 7.coal2So; cows e75au.5O; calves
steady at 7.0oals.50.
sHEEP-Reeeipts. $500; steady at scan.so
lambs steady at sooal7.5O
Pittsburgh. Sept. Receipts, Gln
higher; steers. H.UsI7.5Oi heifsrs. Ioosl3 %
COVE, 9lCal2o0.
HoGs-Receipts. 400: higher: heavies, 2. .Oa
z.5o; heavy YOrkers. 2l5Oaa.TO; light Yorkers
q .oOA2l.4o: pigs. 2o.5Oaa.D.
SHEEP and LAMBs-Receipts, 400; higher
top sheep. 1880; top lambs, IT,
CALVEs-Receipts, l5O; steady; top 1900.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-10
COTTON MARKETS.

New York. Sept s-After suffering 4 sharp
break following a firm start the cotton market
recovered In the final dealings today and ended
steady
Initial quotations we're 2af2 points higher on
fairly active buying. based 'on firm cables and
assertions that governmental price regulation
vas remote.
In the early afternoon the market displayed
an easy undertone as the result Of New Or
leans and other Southern selling. This pres
sure carried prices OF Hss points with OctO-
Der selling At A.D Toward the close. how
ever. offerings fell of and the market developed
arm tone on buying BY Liverpool and spot
houses and local covering. Prices were finally
steady at net decline Of three points to an
advance OF twelve points
There were no exports for the day. For the
season to date the clesrances amount 10 $40
I'D bales against 80 sE bales in the correspond-
ing period last season.
Spot at New Orleans was steady here today
with middng &c lover at 81; the sales were
!. .o7 bales. Spot here steady and un-
changed at % &c. for middling; there we're no
sales
Receipts at ports:
- New Orleans. 3,sl; Savannah. s.sb; Charles
ton. T; Augusta. 1894; st. Louis 80: Calves
ton. s.sl; Mobile ld6; Wilmington. 10; Nor
folk. l.3ie: Houston, l23s4
Furnished The Washington Herald By N. L.
Carpenter q Co
The Washington herald., 1918-09-10

81 DaiS5; do, mountain. PER bushd basket. "a
$50; do, DO, pr ~ hasket Q.ooai3; do. DO
pef crier. aooa5.oo; pepperl native per b.
ket. 3a,Dc; squash. Datife. Yer basket. 2ss3Jc
tomatoes. Eastern Shore of Maryland per has
ket, 4oasoc: do. native. per basket. soa5oc; DO
do, per measured bushel. socsSl.D; vstermelons
Florida. PER car. SDoasa.
LIVE POULTRY -chiekens spring. IL and
2 lbs average. per Ii. 1s,sc; Go. do. III &c
IN lbs. per ID, Sc; do. DO. lk to Ia Ibs. pei
lb. gsBc; do. White Leshorns. per ID, 3ia36c;
do. do. BY express. Is to size, per ID. 3sa3sc
do. old roosters. per 10. 2ia25c: do. old hens,
per ID, S.: do. old White Leghon hens. per
ID, SIC; ducks. Muscosy and mongrel. young.
per ID. 2a2sc; do. White Pekins, old. per ID,
2sssoc: do. puddle. old. per 10, -; do. sEring
~ lbs and over. per ID. &a2ec; do. do. smaller
poor. per lb. 25s3c; pigeons. old. per pair,
sas5c; do. young. per pair. Nssc: guinea fowl
young, each, eoa65c.