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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
81 Die IN WRECK
OF GIANT AIRSHIP
Huge Army DirigibIe Crashes
From the Sky and Bursts
In o Flames
ONLY II OUT OF rs SURVIVE
Millions Of Feet Of Hydrogen Gas
Burns for Hours-Bodies Taken
From Ruins Are charred
and UnrecoenizabIe.

Norfolk, Va.-Thirty- four men were
killed. eight were injured seriously
and three were uninjured or only
slightly bruised when the giant army
airship Roma, with her service crew
and a number of civilians, totaling
40 in all aboard, plunged from a thou
sand feet or more in the air to the
ground at the Hampton Roads naval
base.
The accident presumably was
caused by broken rudder and as the
huge dirigible plunged to earth it
capsized across a high tension cleo
trio line, bursting into a roaring fur
mace of blazing hydrogen gas.
Long after dark, many hours after
her fall, the ship was still a mass of
flames from end to end of her 40
foot mass. The fire fed on the mil
lion cubic feet of gas which had dis
tended the great bag for the fight
and made all attempts at rescue work
futile.
Barely dozen of those aboard
were picked up alive and one of these
died on the way to the hospital All
OF those who survived the fire es-
capped by jumping as the ship struck
The others, penned in the hull of
the fallen bag, were burned to death
The flames were finally brought in
to submission by three fire depart
ments who fought them with chemi-
Gals and then derricks began picking
up the wreckage, which consisted of
scarcely more than the aluminium
framework and the Six Liberty mo-
tors of the once proud ship of the
air.
Within the wreckage lay the bodies,
practically all charred beyond recog-
, milton. But before the night had
passed 33 bodies had been removed,
accounting for the last of those who
were known TO have taken flight on
the fatal voyage.
Every man who escaped alive was
burned, bruised or both
Accounts of survivors and of eve
witnesses as to what had happened
appeared to agree that the huge kite
like structure of the stern rudder, it.
self as large as a bombing plane, had
slipped to one side as the Roma drove
along 1000 feet above the army base.
She was making a trial flight with
new battery of Liberty motors.
They were installed to replace Italian
engines bought with her in Italy, but
which have not proved satisfactory.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
DISASTROUS FIRE
AT BROWNSVILLE
Entire Business Section of
Fayette Town is Threatened
BY Second Blaze
STARTED BY CROSSED WIRES
Department Store Fire. Breaking Out
Anew, Destroys Other Structures.
Fireman Overcome BY Smoke. s.,
Loss Estimated At $3.50, 900.

Brownsville, Pa.-The entire busi-
ness section of Brownsville was
threatened with destruction when
disastrous blaze, breaking out anew
in the ruins OF the department store
of Harry Levy, Market street, near
the Iron Bridge, spread to adjoining
structures and shops
The total loss is estimated at be-
tween S250,00O and 100000.
One fireman, Porter HENDERSON, was
overcome by smoke while fighting the
flames, and was carried from the roof
of one OF the burning buildings. He
was resucitated by physicians.
Included in the total loss is the
damage done the department store
when fire, resulting from crossed
wires, ignited that building 1t is
believed a fire smouldered in the
ruins of the store which caused the
blaze to break out anew.
The largest of the buildings de-
Stroyed were those of the department
store, Sharpnack & Conelly and the
Wolf & Paul Hardware. Company. All
were of frame construction and
burned like tinder when the flames
blazed up in the ruins of the previous
fire
Several of the fre-fighting appa-
ratuses of the Brownsville depart
ment were out of commission, but
firemen, responding on foot, kept it
from spreading
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Police Burn Hobnuills

Browns Meadows, Conn-IoboviIle.
The winter camp Of some of Connect
cuts leading hoboes, has been burned
on the map by the Waterbury police.
a village with 30 crude shacks had
been built by the Weary Wi1ies in a
grove near the Nagatuck river When
the workless ones started making
homebrew the police decided il would
be a good thing for the community TO
destroy the village. so a torch was
applied TO the shacks and the nomads
were chased out OF town.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
$4,000 Robbery Is Called Fake.

Long Branch, n. J.-Mrs. Sarah L.
Robertson, who recently reported to
the police that dinner paisy at her
Deal Bungalow had been held UP and
jewels valued at $4,000 taken from
her. was arrested charged with con-
spiracy in causing the holdup. A
youth named John Bailey. told the
police he had been hired by Mrs.
Robertson to enter the bungalow and
pretend to steal the jewels. In real
ity, he said, he got nothing but a
bag filled with tissue paper. He
said Mrs. Robertson paid him $1,000
to stage the holdup. y
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Girl Shoots Brother.

New York.-Alonso Russo was shot
and seriously wounded by his sister.
because he objected to her entertain.
ing a suitor according to police re-
ports. The sister, Lena Russo. was ar
rested on a charge Of felonious as
sault. Alonzo, a jeweler. returned to
his home shortly after midnight and
met the suitor departing. He began
upbraiding the girl According to Do
lice reports she ran TO his room. seiz-
ed his own revolver and fired five
shots at him.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Diamond Importer Loses wsIlst.

St Louis, Mo.-Sidney Kreugel of
Krengel Brothers, diamond importers
OF New York and Chicago. reported
to police he had been robbed of dia-
monds which cost him $76, 6,S99. and
which had a retail value OF between
S125.0O0 to S15O,OOO. on an Illinois
Central train which arrived from Chi.
cago. The diamonds we're in a wallet
which he placed under his pillow in
the Pullman, Mr. Krengel said. and
were insured for $4,000. A futile
search was made on the Pullman car.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
WANT DAY OF SIX HOURS
Miners Override Leaders In Insisting
On Clause In Agreements.

WinCTb ONtTTIQe Leaders IN INSISTING
On Clause In Agreements.
Indianapolis - Renewal Of the de.
mand of union coal miners for a six
hour day, fve-day week, a proposal
that was made before the 1919 strike.
was adopted by the convention of the
United Mine Workers Of America as
a part Of the policy the union will
seek to have included in new wage
agreements. effective April 1 This
demand had the united opposition OF
the unions leaders, including all dis
trict presidents.
In declaring for the six hour day.
the delegates overrode the committee
recommendations for an eight-hour
day underground. and also voted
down proposal limiting actual work
time to seven hours a day. Bitter
criticism of the unions officers was
made by delegates in urging adoption
Of the six-hour day but several om
cials took the floor appealing for IA
vorable action ON the committee IS
eighthour demand
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
POWDER BLAST
ROCKS CHICAGO
Panic Grips Crowds Through the
City as Magazine in Stone
Quarry Blows Up
CARS ARE BLOWN FROM RAILS
Windows for Miles Around Broken
Street Lights Put Out and Thea
ters Thrown Into Darkness
Flying Debris Strips Trees.

Chicago. - Explosion of a powder
magazine in a stone quarry in the
southwestern outskirts of Chicago
shook the entire city and caused con
siderable excitement before the site
of the detonation could be discovered.
When windows were shattered in
the south and the west portions of
the city, excited calls were made to
newspapers to discover where the ex-
plosion had occurred Inquiries by
telephone to many places failed to
discover what had exploded, but by
a curious freak of newspaperdom an
inquiry by the Associated Press to
Indianapolis soon brought a bulletin
from Lafayette, Ind, that the explo-
sion had occurred at McCook, ILL.,,
on the edge of Chicago.
This information led to the tracing
Of the accident to the quarry, which
is in a secluded spot
So far as could be ascertained, no
one was killed. The intensity of the
explosion was so great that the street
lights in Summit, two miles from the
quarry, were put out and spectators
in motion picture theaters in the
southwestern part of the city and at
Argo, three miles from the quarry,
were thrown into temporary panic.
Nearly every window in Summit and
Argo was broken and people ran
screaming to the streets.
Part of train standing on side
track was blown from the rails and
switch tower a considerable dis
tance away was shattered as if by
shrapnel.
Large mounds of earth, excavated
from the drainage canal nearby, were
tumbled down in spots giving a true
semblance to an earthquake. Trees
lining the banks of the Des PLANES
river which parallels the canal were
stripped of branches by flying debris
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Corset stay Plerees Heart Of Girl.

Geneva, Switzerland.-A whalebone
corset stay caused the death of a
zurich young woman while skiing
she was making a steep descent with
party Of friends when she fell over
a ledge, landing 20 feet below in deep
snow. Her companions attached no
importance to the fall, but on reach.
ing her found the bone had pierced
her heart. This is the second acct
dent OF the kind in Switzerland this
winter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Leaps From Bridge to Avoid Car.

Chester, Pa.-Facing death in two
ways Archie Bowker, 80 years old.
is in Chester Hospital with a broken
back and both legs dislocated While
crossing the Rapid Transit Company
trestle, the sudden appearance of a
trolley car coming out of a fog and
the fear Of death under the wheels
caused Bowker to leap from the
bridge into Ridley creek. a distance
OF so feet Bowker was rendered
unconscious, and was found by pass.
ing workmen' who rescued him.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Two Bags of Mail Stolen.

Rochester, M1ch.-Two sacks of
registered mail from Detroit were
stolen from the depot here. Sheriff
James Butler and a half dozen depu.
ties are on the trail OF the robbers
The mail was throyn from the De.
troit train. 1t was taken into the
depot and the depot locked for the
night. The loss was discovered when
the station was opened the next
morning.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Married EIGHT; Now In LaiI-

Cleveland, Ohio.-Mrs. Jessie Sea-
man, aged 3S, who admits being the
wife of eight men, whom she married
without obtaining a divorce, vas sen.
fenced to from one to seven years in
the Marysville reformatory by Com.
mon Pleas Judge Walther. 81 alone
am to blame and all the punishment
| get is surely coming to me-" Mrs
Seaman said when sentence was
passed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
AlrpIane sueeors Hunnru EolL

Reno, New. - Marooned from the
rest of the world with no means Of
replenishing their food, father
mother and two children living on
homestead - miles north of Reno
we're saved from possible starvation
by the air mail service which sent a
food-laden airplane to the district
Three large sacks of food we're drop.
ped in the yard while the plane cir.
cled the house. Heavy storms had
made It impossible to reach the
house.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Man Sees Family Rurnsa

Aiken, S. C.-Trapped by flames.
Mrs. G e Monts and three of her
children were burned to death in
their home before the eyes of the
husband and father, who made des.
perate efforts 90 rescue them. Monts
seriously burned. was taken % q
hospital
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Mabel Normand III With "FIu.v

Los Angeles.-Mabel Normand, film
actress, over whose illness anxiety
was expressed by her physician, was
reported by him to be slightly i'm
proved. He said Miss Normand was
seriously ill with influenza, aggravat-
ed by nervous breakdown due to
grief over the death of William Des-
mond Taylor, one of her closest
friends, who was mysteriously slain
February l.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Man Blown To Atnms

Latrobc, Pa-Paul Amcregough.
aged 50, was blown to atoms and
his home. at Brenzier, I'm Derry
township, was almost demolished by
an explosion It is believed that
dynamite which Ameregough kept i'm
his home let go from some unde-
termined cause.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Alleoed Murder bv Bootleooers

SteubenWlle, O-With four bullet
wounds in his mouth, Frank Baron.
30 years old, mine operator and for
mer dry detective. was found dead on
the Piney Fork-Newell road. It is be-
Iieved he was murdered by bootleg
gers out of revenge
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Whisky and oysters XII Man.

Denver, Pa.-John Hughes. aged 6S
years, formerly Of Camden, N. j., was
found dead and John Sheetz, aged
so years, of Pittsburgh, is critically
i'll at a hotel here Both are said
to have imbibed homemade whisky
and eaten many oysters. Both men
were employed here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Explosion In Garage; $4,000 Loss.

New Kensington, pam explosion
Of kerosene oil, which occurred while
an automobile motor was being clean.
ed caused fire in the garage of
Krick & Kessler, which resulted in
damage estimated at $4,000. Ten
automobiles, including three new ma
chimes, and the storage batteries in
the garage, were destroyed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Explosion Of stnl Burns HOUSES.

Philadelphia.-The explosion OF a
whisky still in a garage here set fire
TO four dwellings and drove ten fam.
lies into the street. The garage was
almost completely destroyed Police
in searching the ruins said they
found five stills that apparently had
been in operation when the explo-
sion occurred
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Parachute Fails To onen

San Jose Cal.-Thornton Jenkins.
an aerial circus performer. fell 2,7OO
feet when his parachute failed to
open after he leaped from an air.
plane He died at a hospital several
hours later.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
District Attorney Rsmou.d.

Boston.-Joseph c. Pelletier was
removed by the Massachusetts Su.
preme court from the office of dis
trict attorney of Suffolk county. lie
was tried on charges of gross mis-.
conduct in office brought by Attor.
ney General J. Weston Allen.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Landru GuiIlotined

Versailles.-Henri Landru, the Blue
beard of Gambais," has paid the pen
atty for his crimes. President Miller
and refused the petition of the con
yicted mans counsel to commute
Landru's sentence to death for the
murder of 10 women and youth.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Emernenov offloera, 80 nm

Washington. The Bursum bin civ.
ing disabled emergency officers of the
American expeditionary forces the
same retirement privileges as regular
army officers. was passed by the Sen.
ate, 90 to II and transmitted to the
House
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Five rrainmen Killed in Crash

TTVe TIdTHIHeH NITeu IN Crash.
st. Paul.-Five trainmen were kill
ed when Winnipeg flyer No. 10 col
lided head on with a snow plow,
three miles east of Waverly, Mimi,
on the Great Northern Nine per
sons, including one passenger, we're
reported injured. The Winnipeg fier
was double-headed The three en-.
gines and one mail car plunged down
a 20 foot embankment.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Bandits Esoahe with 90 900

Kansas City, Mo- Four bandits
.eld up Walter A. Estes. proprietor
1f the Estes Mercantile Company.
shortly after he left the Livestock
state bank and escaped with $4,000
n cash
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Price Of suaar is Advanosa

New York.-Arbuckle Brothers ad-
ranced their price Of refined sugars
lO points to $40 less 2 per cent for
cash Am orders are subject TO ac-
ceptance and the firm is not taking
amy city business.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Snow Sweeps Four To Death

Denver, Colour employees Of the
Denver and Salt Lake Railroad were
killed when a snow slide struck an
engine belonging to that road near
Loop, Col The men were swept
down canyon 700 feet deep. Their
bodies have not been recovered
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
Ice Dams River: Town Msroorea

Milwaukee.-The upper Milwaukee
river damned by ice. overhowed. ma
rooning Sunny Point. "a villarAe north
of this city Rescue parties were
organized. and the struggle TO rescue
the 500 villagers was started.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02
5000 Anthracite Miners At work

wilkes Barre.-All collieries OF the
pennsylvania Coal Co. with the ex-
ceptioD Of Butler colliery. have re-.
umed operation. More than 5000
men returned TO work.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Rooming House Destroyed BY Fire.
Cleburne, Tex Three persons we're
burned to death when am oil stove
exploded and a large rooming house
was destroyed by fire. There were
20 people I'm the house aft the time
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

CharlestOn.-COunties should pay for
fencing rights Of way and not the
state, Attorney-GeneraI Il. T. England
ruled in answer to an inquiry from
julius * Monroe, project engineer for
the state road commission. The at
torney-general in his ruling calls at
tention to the section of good roads
law which specifies that the county
court shall pay the costs Of all rights
of way acquired for any state or coun-
ty district roads.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S. Hallanan.
state tax commissioner, held a confer
ence here with a delegation Of fruit
growers regarding valuation of orchard
properties. The Orchardists told the
commissioner that schedule of valua-
uons, taking into consideration the
varying degrees Of development, was
acceptable to the organization II was
understood that $500 per acre for the
best orchards was taken as a mini
mum base
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

MorgantOwn.-"We have an active
inquiry for road bonds Of your state. 50
a Chicago bond firm wrote to county
authorities in Offering to take an entire
issue of road bonds here The issue
amounted to $1JO,OOO and was put
out by Union district Of this county for
Improvement of tie Great River road
between Easton and the river. The
bonds, however, had been taken up bv
Morgantown banks, which divided The
issue among them.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Observation-Disclosures n meeting OF
railroad men 10 discuss wages and
the cost Of living. W. G. wood. train
dispatcher, has compiled am average
monthly cost Of eatables for a family
of five for five years, as follows: 1917
S1o2G; ; 1918, 5000 1919 S7j4S; 1920
SSlSl; 1921, S731f; making nm aver.
axe Of S75.o5. Figuring house rent at
80 month, he estimates that n sal.
ary of SllO a month is needed to pro
vide a decent living for "a family OF
FIVE.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

MOrgantown.-Gail Simons, %. o.
Elkins, was killed by fall of slate il
mine near Morgantown.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Martnsburg.-The adoption OF a
constitutional amendment limiting tax
levies to S1.50 on the 500 valuation
was urged by State Tax Commissioner
Hallanan in an address at a dinner
held in connection with the convention
of the West Virginia horticultural so
ciety. On the plea Of respect for the
law, he also urged officials and citi-
zens to support his campaign for
true and actual in the assessment of
property.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Princeton.-More than 1000 sigma.
lures having been obtained for the
petition TO the county court for the
establishment Of soldiers and sail.
ors memorial, members Of the woman's
club are confident that the necessary
20 percent Of the voters will sign II.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Fairmont.-William III. Rager, the
first man to operate a pottery plant
in Fairmont, is dead
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Keyser.-POtomac State School will
be host for two big track meets the
coming spring. On May 13 all the
high schools of the eastern Panhandle
will be invited to participate in the
preliminary to the state meet. In this
high school meet of May 13 Potomac
State School will not compete because
1t is not member of the West Vir-
ginia High School Association.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Institute Eight clubs have recent
ly been organized at West virginia
collegiate institute. The clubs are
those formed of representatives OF
Clarksburg Charleston Montgomery.
Huntington, Mercer-McDoweH, Nc.
Dowell, Parkersburg and Institute.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Charleston.-The Wilson line refrig-
orator cars is the only line that has
refused TO pay corporation taxes 10
counties of West Virginia, it was an
nounced by state Auditor Bond. The
company is willing to pay a state tax.
but claims that it would be unconstitu-
tional for an Interstate line 10 be fore.
od to pay tax TO county, in spite of
the fact that railroads, including the
Chesapeake & Ohio, pay county and
municipal taxes. though that railroad
Is in interstate carrier.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Clarksburg.-Five nationalities are
represented in the English class of
the Red Cross cooperative night school
being held in the Washington Irving
high school. Miss Emma X. Davis. the
teacher, has as students under her an
Italian, Greek, an Austrian, Slav
and a Lithuanian.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Princeton-It is reported that in ad-
dftion to a hosiery factory to be es-
tablished here in the spring, a silk
factory is also to be built
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Richwood.-The first session Of the
new city council was opened with
scrpltural reading and prayer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Huntington.-The united shoe com
pany has announced plans for opening
a factory here and to begin manufac-
turing shoes in July.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

MorgantOwn.-At the meeting Of the
Morgan district board Of education
here recently the plan Of serving not
lunches in the rural schools through
cut the district was endorsed and the
board will assist In establishing the
plan, according TO a statement by Ly.
man G. Hastings, county superintend-
ent
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

Huntington.-The 415 employees of
the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, who
were recalled into service here includ-
ed 269 carmen.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-03-02

acknowledgement for S61 ,6S5-
90, the biggest verdict ever returned
by Cabell county circuit court Jury.
was awarded J. j. Ross by a jury in
circuit court in his suit against the
Lake & Export Coal Corporation The
damage was for an alleged violation
of contract, the plaintiff claiming that
the Lake & Export Coal Corporation
failed to accept coal for which they
had contracted.
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Clarksburg.-Three thousand school
children are to participate in the state
pageant to be staged here May and
G.