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FORT MILL TIMES. (VOL. XIII. FORT MILL, S. <J., WEDNESDAY, DEC EM HER 7,1901. NO. :?7. DOWN ON CHANCES Government Takes a Stand Against Guessing Contests A STRONG DECISION AGAINST THEM The Attorney General Holds That They Are Illegal and the Postoffice uepariment whi Accept This View of the Matter?The Elimination From the Mails of Advertisements Relation to Them Will Not, How""r' **; T^cfe Aosolute at Once? A Rear Admiral to be Named For The No'th Sea Tribunal. Washington. Special.?An important Mooting of tho cabinet was hold today. Two questions of concern, particularly, were considered, the first 1 oing tho appointment l>y the President of an American naval officer on the North Sea tribunal, and another being an opinion rendered by Attorney General Moody, regarding the legality under the lottery laws, of guessing contests, which have been conducted by many newspapers and magazines. It. was settled definitely that the appointee to the tribunal would be a rear admiral of the navy. It is practically certain that the selection will be made from among three officers?Rear Admirals Davis, Chadwlek and Sands. Admiral Dewey let it be understood that he docs not care for rlit honor. Attorney General Moody's opinion on guessing contests is of a most , sweeping character, and while the lost master General has 110 inclination I tc. \?i rl( linrrlolilx " ? ? 1 * l? ' ... 11> u)M'ii ?i;i* niMi), lit* will put th<> Attorney General's .'ndf? tacnt. into c-lTect as soon as may he practi able. 11c realizes that many thousand.? of people have invested smail or .arge amounts of money in the various schemes in the hope or expectation, in the words of the opinion, that luck would enable them to win Istrge returns. "A comparatively small per rentage of the participants will realize their expectations," continues the opinion "Thousands will get nothing." The Attorney General says the schemes are in effect lotteries tinder the guise ot guessing contests. llith'Tto the l'ortofllre Department has hern operating in respect to guessing contests under opinions rendered by the Department of Justice. These opinions have hold that whore the 1 < rsonr, could use a "dope hook," or records, or scientific information, in making their calculations, their guessc <; were an -application of knowledge which, in the view of the Attorney (leu era I, eliminated to an extent, at least, the factor of chance. The opinton held, to quote one of them directly that "calculation, foiesight. knowledge, inqt iry and information enable the participants to approximate the correct results and the use of the mails in promoting such enterprises is not a violation of the law." Attorney Genera! Moody points out, however. Chat "since these opinions were written. the Supreme Court of the Uniled States and the Court of Appeals of New York, have ruled that eases iden- | ticnl ? n nrirw 1 .. 1 ? * - .! iu uicae miner consideration wrrc guessing contests." Postmaster General Wynne tonight ?avo out a statement, saying: "As a number of legitimate business enterprises have adopted the estimating or guessing conte.-.ts a3 a means of advertising. and in view of admission to the mails of matter pertaining to these contests within the last few years, the elimination of these schemes from iho mails cannot be made immediately ausolute. If such a scheme has air. ady teen entered upon in good faith, the Department will not issue an order that will seriously injure a legitimate business. Each case will ho handled separately, and no scheme which involves the plan ruled against bv the Attorney General wil! hereafter be allo??d to commence op ?rations." Progress of "Open Shop" Idea. New York. Special.? Members of the Citizen's Industrial Association representing all sections of the country were present when the second annual convention of the organization opened in the new Hotel Astor. It is the aim of the convention to bring about a complete organization of manufacturers, business men and all large employers of labor to advocate the "open shop" idea. President David M. Par ry, in bis address, reviewed the growth Oi" the "open shop" movement and said that within a year 1 000 factories hav$ opened their doors to workmen without regaid to their membership in unions. No Important Changes. Mukden, y Cable.?No important rhenge has taken place in the situation. Only occasionally skirmishes have occurred along the right and center. The Japanese have been feeling out the Russian strength on the extreme left, resulting in four days' fighting with to* Japanese eventually retiring. M1WSY til.KANINCS., Tn Vogu may l?c seen an Kngtisn K'-nlw keeping guard over a Ituriuesc idol. Tlio French Oovernmcrit h*^ decided In erect an electric telegraph lino across the (ileal Salmia. Report* of the wholesale slaughter of deer ami game birds out of season come to Dulutli from the ranges. More than r>00 students worked tlteir wn.v through Columbia I'niversity last ( year, earning in various ways $71, 021.17. The oldest woman who married in r.erlin last year was seventy two: 22S were over tifty years, and one under sixteen. A remarkable state of contraband lias Just been brought to light iu Spain, where the growing of tobacco in Spain itself is prohibited. One of the features of the Lewis and ? lark Exposition in Portland next year will bo a great dog sliow At least 1.MJ0 dogs will bo thoro, it is promised. An Italian. Luciano Bntti. lias porfpctiHl a photographic appnralus'capnl?lo of registering the incredible mini her of *2O00 photographic impressions n second. An Austrian genius lias made the discovery that celluloid, prepared in a special way. provides a material out of which hats and the most delicate < flowers can be made. Two pictures which were found in the old Roman Catholic cathedral at Leeds, and which were bought by a dealer for a few shillings, have been pronounced to he a genuine Rubens and Vandyke. A new form of looping the loop Is promised the Parisians. A French engineer says he Will make a motor cat run down a steep slone to n wide opening in the track, at the edge of which it will mount a springboard ami iurn n complete -omvr.-auir. PROM IN FAT PEOPLE, Roosevelt Is Dutch, and means horse IHMU. Copenhagen has lost its most prolific novelist by the death of Louis ile Moulin. The oldest orator in Germany is Deputy Schneider, in Eberswnlilo, now 103 years of age. tine of the ir.asl extreme vegetarians is the well-knotvu Itussiau sculptor. Prince Troubctzkoi. The German Emperor once designed a pa <5U of pihylug cards, the faces representing voriou* npt>Jjles. George Clinton Payne, of Newark. N. ninety years old last .Inly, still earns his living as a book canvasser. Willy Hess, leader ol' the lloston Symphony orchestra, began his musics? studies an six and at ten was an infant prodigy touring Holland. Dr. Brown, explorer in the Orient for the British Natural History Society. who Is now in this country, speaks twelve languages. Father Uienrdo. director of the meteorological observatory at Santa Clara College, near San .lose. Cat., has discovered three large spots on the sun. ?mi ins reccm uiriuuuy rviug IMMViirtl VII of England conferred the honor of knighthood ni>on Dr. William .t Sinclair, professor of obstetrics ami gynecology in Victoria University, Manchester. Prince Wrede and his second wife, the ex Madame lignite/., now divide their time between Madrid, where the princess lias some property, and Munich. where the prince is one of the dignitaries of the court. The Earl of lteiifuriy, CovernorGeuerni of New Zealand, who. I?y the way, is descended from William Peiiu. Is authority for the statement that, in seven years, there i as liecu no labor strike in New Zealand. The President Returns. Washington. Special. ? President Roosevelt arrived here Tuesday at 7.02 a m . from his visit to the SL I>nuis Exposition. The special train was awaited by a throng of several hundred peopie in the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, and as the train drew into the station, tlict crowd broke into cheering. It was 15 minutes later when the President, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter Miss Alice Roosevelt alighted from their car. They were driven at once to the White House. Favors Hague Proposition. Washington, Special?Mr. Hioki. the lapaneso charge d'affaires, called at tho State Department and informed Assistant Secretary I*oom?s that the Japanese government had received yesterday the invitation of th<- American government for a second conference at The Hague, and that the In \iixi i"u ouuia tie prompny presente'l to the piet. The intimation is that the proposition meets with Japanese favor. Paid Negro to Kill Husband. Jacksonville, Fla., Special. Jake Bradford, colored, and Mrs. M. J. Plummer. have been arrestai 'or the murder of J. (}. Plummer. vrho was shot and killed Wednesday night while sitting on Iris porch, and Bradford has made a confession, implicating Mrs. Plummer. He says that she offered him money to kill Plummer, but that he refused to do so; that he had fired the fatal shot after she had handed hlni the gun and he , had taken it away. ARMED AT THE MINE ? Stockade Established and Bad Times Are Expected STRIKERS INDICT JOS. LEITER Charge of Bringing Armed Men Into Illinois Preferred Against Officers of the Zeigler Mining Company?Attacks on the Minina Settlement De scribed By the Company's Attorney as Desperate?Machine Guns, Aided by Searchlights at Night, Hail Bullets Into the Bushes in Answer to Shots From Ambush?Military Called Out. St. Louis, Special.?A special from Dmiuuin, 111., says that it became known there. Wednesday that thrco weeks ago Joseph Lciter was indicted 01: three count3 on the charge of bringing armed men into the State, contrary to recentiy passed statutes. No attempt has been made to servo the rapla3 or to arrest Lc'tcr. because j Slate s Attorney Scott will retire and wishes to leave the rase over for his successor. Indictments have also been returned against Attorney Henry Piatt, of the Zciglcr Mining Company. The charge is taking armed men through the State without permission of the Governor. There are three counts in the indictments. The punishment for tho offense on which the two men have been indicted is confinement in the penitentiary from one to five years, with no fine as an alternative. Union miners and railroad men in charge of tho ears on vhich it is alleged imported miners rode and were guarded by armed men wero the witnesses before the grand Jury. \ Members of the executive hoard of the United Mine Workers say that leniency was given Loiter and Piatt. and that no one outside the grand | Jury room knew that indictments ha?l been returned until the information leaked out. Thus far in the Zeiglcr trouble, one j fran has been killed. That was on i November Kith, when a car load of miners was being imported and the car was fired on from ambush, one Austrian being fatally shot. There are no records of any other person even havtngfi been injured. A few have been waylaid and beaten, but they were not in Zeiglor. They were men who had gone to some of the nearby towns where liquor is sold. For these assaults, only one arrest. uas neen made, and the prisoner proved an alibi and was released. Attorney Piatt says the attacks on Zeigler had grown so bold and had become so desperate that sheriff Stein found it. necessary to call out the militia. All was quiet Wednesday night. Just what effect the presence of the militiamen will have on the str^ko at the Zeigler coal mines remains to be seen. At Zeigler the Stockado is about 800 feet Jong and de. It is a tight board fence about fifteen feet high. At each end at diagonal corners are blook1 ouses, in each of which is a machine gun. As soon as the darkness approaches these guns arc placed in readiness for an attack. They are used, too, Attorney Plat says, every right. niei- is pujnauiy no oenyinK mo | fart that some shots aro fired into tho stockade from ambush. It only requires one shot for the men behind the machine Runs to got in action. They send bullets into the trees f>00 yards awny like hail. Piatt says these shots from the machine Runs have been answered promptly. Youngest Catholic Bishop. New Orleans, Special. In the presence of a conRrcRation which crowded the old St. Louis Cathedral. Father Cornelius Vandeeven was consecrated Bishop of Natchifoches. Bishop Mersichaerts, of the Indian Territory, preached the sermon and Bishop lmnne, oi Dallas; nisnop Allen, or Mobile; Bishop Merdaguer of Brownsville. Texas; Bishop Gallagher, of Galveston; Bishop Hestin. of Natchez, and Bishop Ritcher, of Grand Rapids. were present. Bishop Vandeeven is perhaps the youngest of the Catholic bishops in this country. Until lately he has been in charge of a church at Baton Rouge, I .a. Joint Invitation to President. Atlanta. Ga., Special.?An effort originating here, has been not on foot to have the committees representing Atlanta, New Orleans, Nashville and Knoxville in the National Manufactur ing Association, which have extended invitations to President Roosevelt to visit the South, meet at an early date In Washington formally to present the invitation. FOR THE OPEN SHOP Movement Among Tmploycrs Against Labor Organizations A NUMBER Or TALKS ARE MADE ? ? ? Citizens' Industrial Association Takes Steps to Fight the Boycott, Limitation of Apprentices and Other I *. Union Measures?Will Discriminate Against Neither Union Nor Independent Labor?Steps Looking to organized Effort?president Roosevelt Alleged to Have Assented to a Remark That Responsibility Must Be Put on Unions. Now York, Special.?Plans for organizing the employers of labor in this country to combat the labor unions wore considered at Thursday's session | or the Citizens' Industrial Association convention. Among the several addresses delivered was one by Daniel Davenport, of Bridgeport, Conn., executive agent of the American AntiBoycott Association. Mr. Davenport's topic was the purpose and work of the American Anti-Boycott Association. Ho (olil of the suits against the United Hat tors, which, ho said, had been of great moral ofToct in bringing homo to workers responsibility for the boycott. John Boattie, n representative of the Master Painters and Decorators* Association. speaking of t lie labor situation in New York, said: "Recently 1 asked President Roosevelt, as an American citizen, to use his influence to put the responsibility on lnbor unions, anil lie said: " "That's the thing that is needed.' The report of the committee on resolutions as adopted re-aflirms the objects as adopted by the Chicago and Indianapolis conventions of the citizens' Industrial Association, and again declares for "the open shop." Pemamling only good faith and fair dealing. it discriminates against, neither union nor independent labor. "The freedom of the apprentice and ' rlizllt r\ f tltn ;t* A? l- ? - .n..v i.. ? 111\i > 1*111 (ii hi iiavr rv | trade and follow It. "THp right of private contract, with irniini obligation upon employer and employes. I "The right to work, limiting the I hours of lahor whether of brain or of the hand as a matter of mutual agreement. not a subject for arbitrary legislative enactment." The resolutions direct.the executive committee to take the necessary steps to secure a proper channel of activity for the correction of interested organizations with the . Citizens' Industrial Association of America. The resolutions oppose the limitation which the trade union sets upon the number of apprentices in any shop and favors the establishment of public artisan schools giving a diploma which shall be the evidence of the right to begin to orae | ti<'o a trade. r The resolutions finally condemn the policy of trade unions in prohibiting membership in the State militia, as disloyal and dangerous. 11. F. Thompson, of Birmingham. Ala., said In part: "Politically you speak of the solid South, hut there is something solid in the South besides i that, it is the 'open shop.' That is fair to labor, because It asks nothing but merit and skill. There nre cities in the South that have not a single union shop in .them. Chattanooga is I one of them. We are prepared In the South to protect the 'open shop' with the same strength as we protect the sanctity of the home, and we bog of you to do your duty as patriotic citizens and make the North and the West and the Fast Just as solid against trades unionism as we have made the South." David M. Parry, of Indianapolis, was re-elected president of the associate n. President Did Not Say It. \Vashlngton. Special.?It was author- I atatively Stated at the White House ' tha't the President did not make the remark attributed to him by Mr. Beattie, of the Master Painters' Asso. elation. Telegraphic Briefs. John W. Yerkes, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, reports estimated receipts for the present fiscal year as $1130,000,000. It is believed either Rear-Admiral Davis. Chadwiok or Sands will be tho American representative on the Anglo-Russian commission to investigate the North sea afTair. Attomcy-Oeneral Moody declares guessing contests conducted by publications are forbidden by the Anti-Lot tery law. Private John Smith, of the Army Hospital Corps, who married a negress was dismissed from the service by tbo war department on the ground that she has another husband living. Colored Industrial Schools . Lynchburg, Special.?The better element of the negroes in Lynchburg began a movement for the establishment of an industrial home and orphan*' .school of domestic science in this cityThey have secured a building jn which to begin operations and the school will be opened as soon as possible. It is the intention of the promoters of the project to ndil a reformatory to the home. t.a!*,( ?i* woni.P. .Tnpnil luis a f,-<Million of lano- \v!t!i 1 almost ?in|.(I(hi iii?mul>nrs The Japanese rioe wnr'aer is a fatv.il Inr sijilit in Texas ami Louisiana. j News from Hie Santa l-'e. Ca! . iv.a- . obi lusts' union is very ev.veurasinjr. The American 1'txleralion of Labor convention was ln-Ul in San Francis-<>. The ne\f convention of the th i. layers ami Stonemasons' 11>.f. i 11i<?i> iT Union will meet in San I' ; > .laniiai'j s, t?HV?. In Wisconsin lilt* eiihi liniir day " iiiiifaetiuitn; and me"in c"ts unless ??lj ir.ii:' Toronto had 1 . Involving od'JS nn >rler <>T II > mi; >11 lit Is T ..rated i"nl >n tin.million :( ivcilmion nllin : for the in ..noli of the Now Yi'iU t.'ily > Itnphl Transit Oonnnb ^ioe. A State Federal Ion o* T.nl or ha* I been organized in I'lali. and . i or;< are to t>o made thoroughly to oi .in'/. the workmen i". thai territory. Keeeiitly published cer,?i;s I" ir.vs show that every fifth i hiltl i>etv.i cii the aires or ten aiiiI lift /en in the United Stales is a hreadwinn The president of the Iron Moulders' I'll ion of North America was arre^n?d in Cleveland, Ohio, charged with abet* tin^r the ilestrnetioii of property Til.. ill,.11 of t 1 I li..? . .11 Ycntion in S;iti I'raiicisco voted for t*? *! i ?*f of 11 to -Mr ! r- ;ii ' have levied an assess!' lit lu- lUii: c relief. Those Sled ' i employes who at tln? invitation ol eoinpii \ invc-lod in shams of tli mu crn's .stock are now eniigra t ula ilieinselvo- on 11u rtvon* rise in u of their investment* Gastonia ink Fails. OnPtonta. N* I C Special ?Quito n sensation was sprung hero Wednesday afternoon, wlu-n State llatik Examiner J. O. Ellington closed the doors of the ; Gastonia Hanking Company at : o'clock, and took charge of the assets pending the appoint men? nf a reoeiv- ! er. The failure of tliis well-kno-vp fl. nancinl institution came as a complet surprise to the citira us of the town Mr. John P. Cov?\ ;1 prominent cotton ! mill man. is president, and Mr. Jatucs A. page is cashier. 7"~ : I proposition Keceived. Panama. By Cable. ? Secretary of War Taft who is here for the purpose of effecting a settlement of tlu> differ ences between Panama and the canal c^nmission received the Panama prep osition in writing late Wednesday af tornoon and may make his reply soon. The negotiations between the Score tary and the government are being conducted in secret and no details as to their nature will lie made public uii til an agreement is reached. Yacht Stranded. Charlestaon. S. C.. Special.?The yacht Josephine, front Providence which left Philadelphia about three weeks ago with Ernest T. Pepper and James Carnan on hoard, en route to Fort Myers. Fla., was blown ashore on Dehordea Beach, near Georgetown, on account of the engine breaking down, and was towed into port this evening by the launch Dcenee. The yacht was slightly damaged and will be docked and replured. n'o one was hurt. Live Items of News. Some striking figures are contained in the annual report of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. The President and Mrs. and Miss i Roosevelt returned safely to Washing- i ton from St. Ixniis. Kansas contributed n figure of John ' J. Ingails for Statuary llall, in the Capitol. The New York State Court of Ap peals declared the Eight-Hour law tin I constitutional. David M. Tarry was re-elected presi- | I dent of the Citizens' Industrial Asso elation in N<>\v York. James n. Duke, the tobacco niillti millionare. was quietly married to Mrs i D. M. McCredy. ??f Camden, N. J. At a meeting of the Citizens* Indus j trial Association ?n Now York the i methods of labor unions wer? denounced. Herbert D. Newton, of Brooklinc Mass., stated that Andrew Cornegi" . name was on the $500,000 note offered as collateral by Mrs. Cassie D. Chad wick, but Mr. Carnegie pronounces this absurd. Had High Opinion of Carleton. Will Car'eton while traveling re- , !.. I- . - * I ? i moB^oani among the j I Greet) mountains Is said to have fall- I ; en into a literary conversation with a prosperous farmer. In the course of conversation the farmer, who had no suspicion of the author's identity, quoted from Mr. Carleton's poems to i illustrate some points he was trjing to make. "Oh. that's from Carleton!" said the poet, "and I never . have been in the habit of believing half he said." The farm* r eyed hint a moment sotnewhat contemptuously. "Well, stranger," he retorted slowly, "I don't know you nor I don't want to he uncivil, but if you ever know half as much as Will Carleton does you'll know twice as much as you do now." END OF GREAT FAIR World's Exposition Goes Out In Blaze of Glory MANAGEMENT HIGHLY GRATIFIED Closing Exercises Held in the Plaza of St. Louis. Exposition President Francis and Gov. Dockery Delivering the Principal Addresses?Mr. Francis Says the Fair Has Consumed His Entire Time For Four Years and is the Work if His Life?Final Day Designated "Francis Day" in His Honor?Closing Scenes Impressive. ^t. Iyonis. Spci ial. Tin* Ixiuisiana Putvlin n Kxpositi<?ti lias ended. Tho Still '11 '.IK Illlil tii'le 11 i I i < ill I I'VuinJitldTi whose i -ntlrilH ot' interest have extend< 1 into i \ tv portion til' the civilized world, and ? ven itito aboriginal roo in. britmin^ within 11? gates of St. Louis miliii ns of visitors from throughout the entire world, has run its course, end now passes into history as probably having comprise,1 the most representative collectioi\ of the resources, industries, ur*. pcopie and custotns of the world ever assembled. The hest order has been maintained throughout; there have been a few tires, t in all wen i," small moment, with the e\ option of the destruction ot the 11.nv,< | loo I loo. and the partial destruction of the Missouri Ltuil1mg. re, inly. The former was imines ?Ii:11? ' > i*i i-uili. No loss of life has occurred during the exposition from accidents. St. Loit s has proffered most gnu iocs hospitality to the world, and it has been ac< epted. Throngs of visitors have poured iti to attend the exposition with the expectation in being please 1 and satisfied. The> have (p p u p, | aiiiazeij and gratith'd. The opinion has been expressed :?t all time <m all sides and without reserve, that '!>? Louisiana Purchase. Kxposithn pas been a success. Tho man probably most prominently known in centicetion with the World's Fair is the president. David It. Francis, and it was deemed lit tint; that the final day should lie designated as "Franeis Day," in his honor. "This exposition lias been the work of my life, said President. Francis, "it lms consumed ni\ entire time for the past four years, but ever\ hour has iiren an leuir of pleasure to me. 1 have exhausted my stock of adjectives in trying to describe tliis fair, it is as difficult to do it justi. e as if is to paint tlie lily." The i losing exercises were held at the base of the Isiuciana Purchase monument, in the plaza of St. Ixuis. where were held seven months ago the exercises that formally opened tho gates to the world. The principal spec dies (p live red w? re by tiovernoi l.ockery, of Missouri, nnd President Francis. President Francis, in his address, spoke of die lasting influence of tho fair, "which marks a new epoch in tho intellectual and Industrial advancement of the world and the dawn of it new era in the industrial relations of governments and people." in conclusion ho sai<': "May the enterprise with which we have been connected for nearly seven years past bring into still closer brotherhood all the nations and nil the peonies who have participated in it. May ii deepen our patriotism. May it strengthen our for a benign Providence that smiles upon tin." Promptly at I o'clock all the grent exhibit places were closed and visitors were excluded. In the palace of Agriculture onslaughts were made on some of th< i xhihits. where the settings were composed of straw and fragile material. and for a time general demolition was threatened, but prompt action in afTeeting a general ejectment put a stop to tlio threatened turmoil. Steadily the white bulbs silhouetted the exhibit palaces against the night, periodically the illumination of the Tfli- .f ;* t I .?.*#. (II rtl.ti*'." nui IIIOIIII11II K, I'VI* LI Veil Hill changed fn m white tr> red. then to green. and then t> 1.1 k and white. Over "t> Agricultural Knoll tho great floral clock < Iirk'',i off the minutes of tiio departing iisreint. .Ami in the night rang "i t the '"tv ; of 'ho massive hell, an the midnight hoar was tolled hy the ; great ,l?"'h. ins'antly a hush seemed I to |n rvadf tiie entire grounds. The glowing el.>(tric hulhs slowly hegan [ dimming- the pulsations of the great | et.gin^fi that drove the cascades gradnnliy ,jied down. The light faded steadily. diminishing until tint a faint glow was perceptible. Suddenly there was darkness, and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition had pasted into the chronicles of history. Oift to Methodist Church. Nashville, Special. The lat* millionaire philanthropist and dry Roods nior* bant cf St. Louis, rurhanl M. Schjrrs ir? his v-iH j"st filed, makes specific hrqpfitr, of SI'l.fiOO. Large amounts a if pft to tin* .Mi-thodist Church, South foi the foreign missions. To W. It. I-.10.1)11'h. Sccrotary of the Board of Mi:-,.,i<:n<"! of Nashville $"?.000 arc left, for a cirl's fchool at Hiroshima. Ja* pan; BMinp E. It. Hendricks will get quo for missions and tho same siini:; a'< left to jiisliop E. E. floss, IhahcP Chandler. ,,f Atlanta. Bishops Calloway and V/j'^on for the same iM'rpORt %