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The Washington herald., 1920-09-19

1000 inhabitants. mostly men
figured out that their principaI
means of existence was in living
close to tall cbaparral. Some of
'em were stockmen and some
gamblers and some horse specu-
lators and plenty were in the
smuggling line. Me and Andy put
up at a hotel that was built like
something between a roof-garden
and a sectional bookcase. 1t be-
gan to rain the day we got there.
As the saying is Juniper Aquarius
was sure, turning on the water
plugs on Mount Amphibious.
The next morning Bird City
woke up and found itself an is
land. The river had busted
through it's old channel. and the
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19

pusing.
I'VE had everything in our
favor-wind, water, police, nerve,
and a clean monopoly of an ar
ticle Indispensable to the public.
There wasn't a trust buster on the
globe that could have found a
weak spot in our scheme. 1t
made Rockefeller's little kerosene
speculation look like a bucket
shop. But we lost out"
Some unforeseen opposition
came up, / suppose" 1 said.
mo, sir, it was just as said,
We were self-curbed. 1t was a
case of auto-suppression. There
was a rift within the loot, as AL
bert Tennyson says.
You remember told you that
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19

Giese suffered a broken nose and
bruises. while Dessez suffered
bruises on the body and arms.
Dessez was operating the motor
cycle, while Dr.. Gieze was a pas
senger in the side car. Both were
thrown from the machine. They
were treated at the Navy Yard Dis
pensary.
An automobile operated by Da-
yid H. Bowen. l5S Todd place north
east. collided with q bicycle ridden
by Walter =. Ward. OF 1917 Eleventh
street northwest. at Sixth and I
streets northwest yesterday. Ward
suffered injuries to his left leg and
was taken to George Washington
University Hospital for treatme Mt.
Woman Injured by Fall.
Sarah Parker. coIored. 81 years
old, Of 1920 First street southwest,
fell at Seventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest. and in
Jured her right leg. She was taken
to the Emergency Hospital
Mrs. Anna Nesby. colored. 90 years
old. of 1905 Seventeenth street
northwest, was struck BY an au-
tomobile operated by Edward S. At
kinson, 1924 Eleventh street north
west at Connecticut and Florida
avenues. She was taken to the
Emergency Hospital suffering from
injuries on the head and shoulders.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
SMITHY WHO SHOD HORSE
HAULING WALL ST. BOMB
LEADS SEARCH FOR DRIVER
FISCHER'S POCKETS YIELD CARD
OF WIFE OF EXPLOSIVES MAKER
(By United Press.)

Hamilton, Ont Sept IS-Edwin P Fischer warned
friends keep of Wall
there being held here tonight for police
cording to Crown Attorney Washington
Fischer detained today
nerrogated by William l. Buchanan
top agents of the American Department o Justice
When Fischer being moved from % another a
card dropped from his pocket bore the
Clinton, N, immigration Inspector Sweeney said he asked
Fischer who the
She is the wife of of biggest explosive
the United States Fischer replied according Sweeney Il
through their laboratory only the other day"
turned this to
When attempt made question Fischer about this
talked incoherently.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
By O. HENRY

Jefferson Peters. octopus, with a
six shooter on each side Of him.
ready TO make change or corpscs
as the case may be. There are three
bartenders, and on the wall Is
ten-foot siEn reading: All Drinks
One Dollar Andy sits on the safe
in his neat blue suit and gold
banded cigar. on the lookout for
emergencies. The town marshal
is there with two deputies TO keep
order. having been promised free
drinks by the trust.
We'll. sir. IL took Bird City just
ten minutes to realize that Il was
In a cage. We expected trouble.
but there wasn't any. The citi-
CONTINUED on PAGE SIX.
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country. Yes, sir, every trust bears
In its own bosom the seeds of its
destruction like a rooster that
crows near Georgia colored
Methodist camp meeting, or a Re
publican announcing himself a
candidate for governor of Texas"
asked JEFF, jestingly. If he had
ever during his checkered, plaided.
mottled, pied and dappled career,
conducted an enterprise Of the
class to which the word trust
had been applied. Somewhat to
my surprise he acknowledged-the
corn.
Once" said he. And the State
seal of New Jersey never bit into
charter that opened up a solder
and safer piece of legitimate octo-
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
Reduction Of Appropriation
By $725,0 900 Necessitates
Discharge of Employees.
MUST SAVE ON PAYROLL
Officials L9ok for Decided
Drop in Living Costs
This Fall.
Public Ledger service.)

The forces Of the Department of
Justice for combating the high cost
of living will be reduced approx
imately one third by the first of
October. owing to the action of
Congress in reducing the appropria-
.tion for the detection and prosecu-
tion of crime from s2.725. 900 to s2,-
900, 900. The Department disclosed
for the first time yesterday figures
showing in detail how they have
been forced to curtall their forces
for fighting the profteer.
The plan now being carried out
is to reduce the force at head
quarters by seven persons. effecting
a decrease of s1,325 a month or s15.-
900 year in the payroll.
The forces of the Fair Price Com
missioners throughout the country
are to be reduced to IA persons. ac-
cording TO the program. Here the
payroll is to be reduced $1,S26 a
month or s21,S31 a year.
In the woman's Division it has
been found necessary to provide
for reducing the forces by II per-
sons, cutting the payroll $1,000 a
month or s14,4O0 a year.
Payroll Cut to s1O2,355.
The total reduction TO be effected
throughout the high cost OF living
forces will cut the monthly payroll
s4.35i, or $51,S3l a year, leaving a
monthly payroll of $s,579.Ss and
yearly payroll of s1O2,255.
The reduction was preceded by
an examination into the work
throughout the country. In many
places the funds available proved
none too adequate while in others
the work was stopped because it
was not producing results desired.
Oficials of the Department of La
Dor look for a decided reduction in
the cost of living this winter, one
reason being that millions of dollars
of goods which were to be sent
abroad must be absorbed in this
country. According to authorita-
tive reports reaching them. condi-
tions abroad make this necessary.
Living Costs Drop.
"A pronounced drop in the general
level of wholesale prices in the
United States from July to August
is shown by information collected in
representative markets by the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics of the De-
partment OF Labor" said an official
statement issued yesterday. Meas
ured by changes in the bureaus
weighted index number, in. which
each commodity has an influence
proportionate to its Importance in
the country's markets, the decrease
was over y per cent.
Food articles showed the greatest
price recessions. the decrease for
the group as a whole being over u
per cent. Farm products, containing
many basic food materials, declined
nearly 8 per cent"
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
DRIVER ROBBED
BYHIS FARES"
Taxi Chauffeur Beaten and
Thrown From Car in
Arlington.

Assaulted by two men who hired
him for a trip TO Fort Myer. w.
Grayer Williams 1909 Second street
northwest. yesterday, was robbed
Of $50 and a watch and left in a
dazed condition in Arlington Gene
terry. while his assailants made their
escape in his automobile.
Williams told the police that he
was hired by two white men at the
Union Station to take them to Fort
Myer. When they reached the fort
his two fares" requested he drive
into Arlington Cemetery.
Hardly had the machine entered
the cemetery when one Of the men
dealt him a blow over the head with
a blunt instrument. They then
threw him out and fed in his car.
Williams later went to the Emer-
gency Hospital, where he was
treated.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
BRITAIN HELPS
IN BOMB HUNT
International Band Thought
Actuated by Morgan's
War Attitude.
Washington Herald-Cross Atlantic
Service. Special Cable Dispatch.)

Wnshfngton HcraId-Cross Atlantic
Service. Special Cable Dispatch.l
London. Sept. 1S.-Scotland Yard
is cooperating with the L. S. De-
partment of Justices Bureau OF In
vestigation operatives in an attempt
to round up an international band OF
Reds whom Washington believes to
be responsible for the Wall Street
nCnIS outrage.
In cabr.ng Scotland Yard for this
assistaR e tn, Department of Jus
tice said its theory was that an
international plot was responsible
for the use of a huge T. y. T. bomb
in an attempt to wreck the bank
OF Morgan, who has acted as chief
British fiscal agent in America
since the beginning Of the war.
(Copyright, 1890. Cross-AtIantic Newspaper
Service IEC.)
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
Jane Delano, Nurse, Laid to Rest
With Boys for Whom She Gaue Life
While The Service Pays Tribute

The clear notes of Taps" ex-
human emotion. lingering on the
September ~breeze-clods of earth
falling from a trowel into an open
an Army Chaplain-and Jane A. De-
lano. a modern Florence Nighten-
gale. was laid to rest in Arlington
National Cemetery yesterday after
noon.
A notable and representative
gathering was present to do final
honor to the late superintendent of
the Department of Nursing of the
American Red Cross. She died In
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
Royalty Has Bad
Year; Even Queen
of Carnival Mobbed

Rockville Center. y. Y. Sept. IS.
American royalty" as inter-
preted in Rockville Center. l. l..
finds life as difficult as mid Euro
pean mOnarchs. AS King" Bar
tholomew Peck and Queen" Mabel
MLaren stepped up to receive their
crowns during the fremen's car
nival here. they were gassed and
bombed by the proletariat. which
Immediately scuttled away.
The bombs were mellow toma- =
toes. which left their mark in the
royal court. The gas bombs were
innocent looking pellets which cx-
ploded with a soft "pouf" but left
"a violent and lingering odor.
One member of the ''proletariat"
was fined for his share in the raid.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
DRUG ARRESTS CLIMB /
500 PER CENT IN d. {.
SINCE "DRY' ADVENT
Oil City Ablaze;
Five Tanks Burn;
Loss $1,OOO,OOO

Tampico. Mexico. Sept. II (De
layed).-Fire originating from
lightning striking an oil tank
of the Aguila Company early to-
day had spread over a consider
able area this evening and was
threatening destruction of
large portion of the city.
The blaze was quickly COM
municated to five other tanks,
and in a few hours had de
stroyed forty houses, two river
boats and a number of freight
cars. The damage was estimated
at more than 100000.
Tampico has only inadequate
fre protection.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
l8 Genoa Bombers Caught.

Genoa, Sept. 1S.-Eighteen reds"
arrested in connection with a bomb
explosion in the stock exchange
here Friday were held here today.
Investigators suspected reds" when
It was learned the bomb was sci
entihcally constructed and set off
by time fuse. No casualties Nc-
suited from the explosion.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
Charles c. Foster, General
Superintendent of Penal
Institutions, Recommends
Drastic Measures to Curb
Alarming Spread Of
Habit 84l Jailed for In
toxication In Past Year.

Commitments to the District Jail
Tor violation of the antinarcotic act
Increased 500 per cent since con-
stitutionaI prohibition became ef-
feCtive. July 1. 1919. Serious crimes
are on the upward trend. while
lesser offenses are decreasing in the
District
These statements are embodied in
the annual report of Charles c,
Poster. general superintendent OF
penal institutions. on the Washing
Ton Asylum and Jail The report
was made public yesterday.
Foster declared in the report that
:hirty- five persons were sent TO Jail
here during the fiscal year ended
June 80 last for using narcotics.
Urges sale Restrictions.
He strongly urged that the sale
II narcotics in the District be more
ItrictIy safeguarded. 1t Is recon-
nonded in the report that a bond of
arge amount be required before a
permit to sell narcotics is issued,
Ind the right to sell be legalized
only after due investigation by the
collector of internal -recenue, or
Ipon a prescription from physicians
If unquestioned repute."
While it is apparent that use Of
narcotics in the District has so
TnaraaEa1 falllnR-nn OF
much less proportion is noted in the
. lumber of prisoners committed for
ntoxication. During the last fiscal
rear S41 persons were sent to jail
or intoXicatiOn. This is a reduc-
iNn Of 1855 from the previous year.
6CThe prisoners who continue to
- in for this Offense," the report
somt ARE either very young men
reads Use who have been here from
'r thoNto hfty times previously.
swenty latter are a distinct group
The . regularly from the same
Ind comtand often at the hands of
precincts policeman; a kind Of per
.he same tion which, while often
9etuRl rnCleyer wholly neutraIized. %
aalteds is ffenses are decreasing be-
Lesser Che exit of alcohol as a bev-
sause ofccording to the report, while
rrage, ressions of a more serious
-uanse are on the rise.
aatAn increase in the number OF for
sries ran to the total of sixty-one,
an crease of go per cent" says
he report. There were fifty more
Eases of ousebreakrng and thirty
sine more for grand larceny than a
rear ago
Murder Charges Decrease.
The number committed for muir
Ter was thirty nine. a decrease of
Eighteen under the previous period.
NTH seven inmates under sentence
# death at one time, including one
woman, the local Jail stood at the
read Of the coUntry's Jail ifstitu-
ions in that unenviable distinc-
ion"
The charge of carrying con-
.eaIed weapons won sentences for
.65 persons. an increase of eight
.'ver the year previous.
Escapes during the year totsled
%. Eleven of those who sought to
'cEain liberty were reCaptured. In
very instance only few days of
Ic original sentence remained be-
ore escape was attempted.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
ITALIAN REDS CONTINUE
SEIZURE OF INDUSTRIES

Rome. Sept. lS-Seizure of
industries by Italian workmen
continued over a wide territorI
tonight. In Turin forty armed
Reds seized ten offices. In Rome
workmen took over the Rome
Tivoli tramway line, after
reaching an agreement with the
management.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19

France, while in active service. Her
body was removed from French soil
to be reinterred in Americas rest
ing place for its wartime heroes
Throng Attends Rites.
The ceremony was conducted on
the crest OF a grassy mound. Army
and Naval officers. representatives
OF practically every branch Of the
nursing service and a number Of
civilians attended the rites.
Chaplain Milton A. Beebe Of Wal
ter Reed Hospital conducted the
service.
Maj. Gen. Merritt w. Ireland and
Rear Admiral William c. Braisted,
surgeons general OF the War and
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
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Terms IN Renitentiary
For Virginia Bootleggers
Especial to Washington HeraId1

Especial to Washington HeraId)
Danville, Sept. 1S.-Thomas Rey-
mold and Henry Abbott were SEN
fenced to serve a year in the peni-
tentiary. here. today for selling
liquor 1t was Reynolds fifth Of
fense and he pleaded guilty.
This is the first instance in the
State 1t is believed where a peniten-
tiary term has been imposed for
violating the liquor laws.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
y. S. Plans Withdrawal
In Haiti and Domingo

Withdrawal of the American
military occupation of Haiti and
San Domingo is being considered,
it was revealed yesterday at the
state Department
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
M'SWINEY'S SINKING
BRINGS DEATH WATCH

London, Sept. 1S.-Offcials of
BriXton prison admitted to-
night that Lord Mayor Terence
MacSwiney has reached the
end of his endurance and is ex-
pected to die before morning.
A death watch was established
at the jail by the Irish office.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
sOLSHEVIST FORCES
CLAIM SEA VICTORY

London. Sept. lS.-Bolshevist
sea forces were Victorious in an
engagement in the Azof Sea. a
wireless dispatch from Moscow
said tonight.
One enemy destroyer was sunk
and two others damaged, the
wireless said.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
2 DIE WHEN SEAPLANE.
OVERTURNS IN STORM

Two naval hiers were killed
when a seaplane overturned in a
sudden storm at the Pensacola,
Florida, Naval Station. the Navy
Department was advised last night.
Percy Mcdonald Fuller, chief quar-
termaster, was one of the victims.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
THE OCTOPUS NARROWED.
; TRUST is its weakest point, "

{ 4 TRUST is it's weakest point"
~ said JEFF Peters.
That" said I, sounds like one
Of those UnintelligibIe remarks
such as, Why is a policeman
TT is not" said jeff. There
are no relations between a trust
and a policeman. My remark was
an ePitogram-an axis-a kind of
nulct'em in parvo. What it means
is that a trust is like an egg. and
II is not like an egs. II you want
to break an egg you have to do IL
from the outside. The only way
to break up a trust is from the
inside. Keep sitting on IT until it
matches. Look at the brood OF
young colleges and Libraries that's
shirping and peeping all over the
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
U.S.. FIRM SEEKS
B0ARD'S0. K.0N
ship CONTRACT
Approval on Combine With
North German Lloyd
Concern Asked.
BENSON STUDIES CASE
Company Expected to Be
Hartman and Hamburg
Lines Competitor.
BENSON STUDIES CASE
(By Universal service.)

The United States Mail Steam
ship Company. of which Judge
Mayer. of New York, Is the head,
yesterday presented contract with
the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company to the United States Ship
ping Board for its approval. Under
the terms of the contract Judge
Mayors company proposes to take
over all of the sea routes formerly
operated by the big German cor
poration. 1t will also obtain pos
session of all the steamship docks
and terminals owned by the North
German Lloyd people in Germany.
Compete with Hartman Line.
1t is expected that the United
States Mail Steamship Company will
ultimately become the greatest COM
petitor of the Hartman and Ham
burg American company recently
merged into one gigantic operating
concern.
Admiral Benson, chairman OF the
Shipping Board, said yesterday:
The United States Naval Steam
ship Company, of which Judge
Mayer is president, is financed and
controlled by the France-Canada
Company which is well known in
shipping circles.
1t has already chartered a large
number OF vessels from the Ship
ping Board, and has, l believe. be-
gun business across the North At
lantiC with a mixed passenger and
freight service.
The negotiations with the North
German Lloyd people for their sea
routes and terminals have been in
progress for some time. The con-
tract has been referred by me to
our legal division for study and
reportNI am not acquainted with
the. details"
Ship Interest Extending.
The proposed new contract is of
the utmost significance in that II
presents a new phase of widespread
maritime activity on the part Of
American interests, which are
rapidly extending their fleets to
every part of the globe. In addi-
tion to its routes across the North
Sea, the North German Lloyd Line
formerly operated big freight and
passenger ships to the Mediter-
rancan. going as far as Trieste in
the Adriatic after touching at Ital-
ian and other ports.
Its ships were among the biggest
and most modern and its docking
facilities among the most commodi-
Gus in the world. The greater part
of its fleet was interned by the
United States government ana later
seized in New York
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
GERMANS MODELLING
ON PRUSSIAN FRONTIER
Special Gable Dispatch TO the Lon
don Daily MaiID
Washington HeraId-Cross Atlantic
Service

Warsaw, Sept. lS.-Anxiety is felt
t the concentration of 10000 Ger
aSn regulars and numerous bodies
militia on the Prussian frontier.
is thought the Germans are
;ambling on the possibility of Po-
and's internal troubles developing
nto civil war, which Germany
night use as a pretext for invasion
f the country. ostensibIy to protect
ierman residents. German agents
re said to be busy attempting to
Ument civil war
Copyright, 1870. Cross Atlantic Newspaper
Service. InCD
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19

"Try the absent treatment on your husband"
says
Dorothy Dix in
The Washington Herald
tomorrow. and advises husbands to try same
stunt with their wives for that tired feeling in
matrimony."
Why? What for? Read The Herald.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
''KNOWLEDGE

lis Power" Mind socumuistes 81 In the
main through education. Read rArea 4.
and Of The Hersids Second Section today.
II is devoted to student and teacher an6 oon-
tain, infermstion Of interest 70 you.
The Washington herald., 1920-09-19
THE WEA Their

Totsy-Fsir, and cooler BY night. To
n4srrov, fair, Highest temperature yestsr-
'day, So lowest, 50.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-23
I'm barcO japOnes desembarea psrtre-
chOs de guerra en- Msiico

peeai hasa CuAaalAlrIa. acnds An.
a. - tfxrlsdarun = u oafiiai fsae.
ri. ~ ls oss ~ ssg'erafsn D. aiios
airnntrssas "a cshnas'e A. a. Repa.
hiiaA. Los jAponeseS atsihatca ; IA
CnAnd g. NtJice = a. cneFa. trr-
msunds "a sisiia nieiHl si sAhado ~.
ansia.
Aoiirial ilsralas DE- Me.ioe desert
bea laa ,lrmostFacicnps de jdhilo del
pachio. ekcinadas a vicEncs g dc
tirirG Ire. sSm6 unas a. las mas ~
nsAr.aLlos On Ia historic de - capital
azteca.
NADIA. sin embargo. ha podido ave
rixearsy acerna de Ia clase de arrnas
municiones que vcnian consignadas
] GoAierno nlejicnno. la sola infor-
aaci6n que dal barco Sc tiene es que
"a .'rn gran buque mercante traspa-
isico".
NADIA, tampOco, sc conoce, acerca de
as intenciones de Mejico en- sus 6lti-
nos belieos preparativos. ST Sc ha
'odido averiguar, por medic de un
iespacho de la Prensa Asociada, pro-
cedente de Paris, que una partida de
enviados mejicanos hace POGO lego a
Europa, por diferentes Was, con el OBJ
jeto de obtener armas Y municiones de
Idistintos Gobiernos del Viejo Conti-
nente,' consignadas a Carranza. El
cablegrama anadia que no podia ave
riguarse 81 esos mismos mejicanos
eran los que compraron los cinco
grandes cargamentos de pertrechos
enviados de Cassel, Alemania, Ans
terdam, por orden del General Foch,
para ser dirigidos a Mejico.
Que las tropas carrancistas han es-
tado fecibiendo desde hace POGO a la
fecha todos los equipos necesarios a
los ejercitos modernos Y que estan
mejor armadas y disciplinadas que
nunca, es conocido de todo el mundo
Y mucho mas del Gobierno de los Es-
tados Unidos.
En- las ultimas semanas transcurri-
das, Sc han organizado tres nuevas
companfas de artillerfa en- el estado
( de Chihuahua Y tambien Sc organizan
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-01-23

trmansianps AZ a. i1fAHciAi.l.
Ia si..s ssutlhunaa a na Ainstea h
nsaM b - aat a a. a. Nssh,sd n.ns
Ia tAAiA A. AanEnn.llo, aae r. ana
- iaa rsami.~ics ppsEsus mrissa,s
a. naciA.e. ~ harro ulrfeante. un-
asanso Ia bard ~ a. snsan. csx na-
re fae cnroiiaaa - IA = rassso por
an tn.cgre dc Ia EariaAra iInpssiai
Aaranc a y Ia snsl ia l.iadn on 81
mas , rnuuicioncs drstii.adaa al Co-
biclno de C2rTarza. st
Ete msnsajs Ia ida ErshirQda oi-
cinimcrte ~ NakhinstR por Il Coz
bieEno. IA CIBoero cue. sesin dircreF,
csculs6 el taroo port@dor Dc las ina-
niriones hs-sta IA bahia, es Il 'TskO-
mo" cGyos oficiales y rsarinos freron
obieto dc una gran orasi6n on lG ciu-
dad. AZ dia si'uiente po- Ia nochc.
Los nszter.ales de guerra fuerOn Oh
tenidcs en- jar6n pOr el coronel Emil
lio cirulos, IN ofi.ial encargado del
ejtreito carnaneista, y Manuel Perez
2omero, MiaistrO Diplcmatico dc Ale-
jieo en- Toxic. Sc tiene la creencia
de que es eete el primer envio de ar
mas y municiones, recibido pOr Carran-
"a, desde que el embargo pOr los anne
ricanos de todo material de guerra
que entrara en- Mejico Sc hizo efecti-
vo hace algunos meses.
!Cuando el crucero "Yakumo" Y el
barco portador de las municiones lle-
garon a Manzanillo el dis "a de di-
ciembre, los ofciales del buque de
guerra japones fueron recibidos por
un comite ccmpuesto por ofciales del
ejercito carrancista, que habia llegado
expresamente a aquella ciudad pro-
cedente de la capital de Mejico.
Toda la ofcialidad Y marineria del
barco de guerra nippon, desde aquel
momento quedaron como huespedes de
honor de la of ialidad meiisena, CUE
representabG 81 Gobierno, v fueron
ondut idos per 2l ccmite en- un tren es-