25
TAXI
Ambulance
And
Boston
Grill
Large
Up3tair
Dining
Hal!,
Service
with
newly
laid
dancing
Anywhere
fit
Anytime
floor,
for
hire.
Stand:
Exchange
iluildinj;
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN.
MAT?
VIDECK,
Prop.
PRINCE
RUPERT
The
'latest
and
best
for
tho
least.
Phone
457.
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
VOI
XVI.,
No.
303.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
28,
192C
Circulation
1528
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Cents
CHkid
KINCSWAY
HOTEL
IN
VANCOUVER
IS
DESTROYED
Minister
of
Customs
Issues
Statement
on
Pacific
Rum
Running
OTTAWA,
Dec.
28.
Hon.
W.
an
interview
thin
morning.
xaid
the
prewing
of
the
Chris
Moellcrj
wae
merely
incidental
to
the
department's
endeavor
to
meet
the
i
bootlegging
situation
on
the
British
Columbia
coast.
"We
have
in-1
'
rmation,"
he
said,
"that
cargoes
arc
not
only
diverted
from
stated
i
dr
mations
into
the
United
States
but
also
into
Canada.
There
is!
r.
:.
doubt
the
Chris
Moeller
cargo
was
not
really
going
to
San
Bias,
Mexico.
Wc
iroioc
to
protect
the
revenue
of
Canada
and
enforce
':e
terms
f
the
treaty
with
the
United
States."
WESTMINSTER
ABBEY
OBJECT
OF
BOMB
PLOT
sensational
mokie
rini.iim.i
llll-
MIIKMXi
IN
LONDON
paper
aiwht
alleged
conspiracy
LONDON.
Dec.
38
.--Some
of
the
papers
this
moratof
publl-fced
lQa-Mki
stories
r
tha
dt-Mtety
of
an
.
!fed
plot
fay
unknown
persona
to
dy-cac.iU
Westminster
Abbey.
It
la
salt
th
police
received
an
anonymou-i
containing
a
threat
against
the
t
X-
and
ihe
customary
poller
guard
ii
maequenlly
increased
without
thr
,
being
aware
of
the
(act.
NARROW
ESCAPES
K1NGSWAY
FIRE
j
lUIII'ltlETOIt
NEPHEW
AND
OTHER
MIA
MM)
TCI
Jt.MP
IOK
LIVES
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
21-Tht
Kingswey
H::
with
furnishings
valued
at
tJO.000
a
complete
loaa
aa
a
mult
of
thta
r
:rtitng"e
fire.
Chertee
RuaMll.
pro-r.etor.
and
wife
arc
vttlttaf
Seattle.
R
;mcI1
"a
nephew.
Lloyd'
Rueell.
was
awakened
by
a
barking
dog
In
the
basc-c:,.t
where
the
blaze.
It
la
thought.
.:nated.
probably
In
the
furnace
room.
E-:ape
by
the
stairway
being
cut
off.
R
.sseil
arouaed
four
other
white
men
and
w
Chtneae
on
the
premises
and
all
mped
to
the
ground
from
the
second
"
ey
auatalnlng
only
minor
Injuriea.
T
a
dog
la
believed
to
have
pcrlahed.
Aa
the
Oladstone
Hotel
In
the
old
0:
ra
the
atructure
was
a
hlalorlc
landmark
VANCOUVER
GIRL
KILLED
BY
AUTO
georgk
miller
or
scum
(IIAIKIIIl
HITII
MANM.AHHITIH
IN
CONNICTION
HITII
HEATH
Ol"
I.ITTI.r.
EIIITII
EMll'.IHI
VANCOUVER.
Doc.
38.
While
crossing
a
atrett
yesterday
afternoon.
Edith
Eaberg,
aged
aix.
waa
a'ruck
by
an
auto
driven
by
George
Miller
of
Seattle,
suturing
Injuriea
which
resulted
In
her
drain
In
the
hospital
thl
morning.
Miller,
who
wm
flrat
charged
wth
being
Intoxicated
while
driving
a
car.
waa
formally
charged
with
manslaughter
today
MANY
DEATHS
FROM
LIQUOR
'
NKW
YORK
TOTAL
.MOl
NTS
TO
S3.
EKN
IN'
CHICAOO
AND
HVK
IS
DETROIT
NEW
VOrtK,
Dec.
38.
The
total
of
"rethe
In
tha
city
ascribed
to
holiday
drinking
of
liquor
mounted
to
twenty-three
last
night
In
Detroit
(Ive
deaths
trm
a
similar
cause
are
reported
'
-.v..n.
WELLER
i
D.
Eulcr.
minister
of
cuntoms.!
KINUMV.IY
ROAD
llOl.or.
is
ihkned
to
gkoind
VANCOUVER.
Dee.
28.
The
Klngaway
Hotel
and
road
house
In
South
Vancouver
mu-Mpal-tty.
one
of
the
several
resarte
of
similar
nature
which
were
raided
by
provincial
police
officer
in
November,
waa
DtffBed
to
the
ground
this
morning
The
Klngaway
(or
Bt-ny
yM
'had
been
Use
haunt
of
Wife
mun-bera
o(
the
a
telle,
"smart
aetyO(
the
cHy
''''
!
TWO
HUNDRED
YEAR
OLD
WATER
CLOCK
VANCOUVER
MUSEUM
i
VANCOUVER.
Dw
S8
(Dy
CIM
!
A
water
clock
two
hundred
Tears
old.
a
reminder
of
the
age
when
sundials
and
hour-glaasM
provided
the
moat
common
meana
of
telling
the
Urn,
has
been
presented
to
the
Vancouver
museum
It
.looks
like
an
ordinary
clock
until
its
door
'is
opened
for
an
inveaUf
atton
of
the
w
ork
a.
The
eaae
la
of
M-Wcn-ed
oak.
The
(ace
la
marked
lor
twenty
four
hours
and
la
wrought
In
braaa.
The
motto
Tyme
wears
away
our
Cays;
use
well
these
noun"
la
rudely
engraved
on
a
braaa
plate,
wtth
ths
(igure
of
Tune
aa
a
wtnged
bid
man
with
a
acythe.
and
on
hl
brow
la
solitary
forelock.
On
the
door
o(
the
dork
la
a
(Igure
In
brass
wearing
a
royal
crown.
At
the
bottom
of
the
clock
la
a
brau
Unk
which
was
designed
to
hold
the
water
which
dripped
from
within.
A
tall
braas
tube
take
the
place
of
the
pendulum.,
and
(rom
here
the
water
dripped
away:
and
at
it
dripped
It
drew
down
a
float
which
controlled
the
hands,
and
so
time
waa
marked.
,
VOTING
TODAY
FOR
FISHERMEN'S
UNION
AGENT
AT
RUPERT
The
election
of
agent
(or
the
Deep
Sea
Flshermcn'a
Union
is
taking
place
concurrently
today
In
Seattle.
Ketchlkn
and
Prince
Rupert,
wtth
David
Miine.
J.
II.
Meagher
and
J.
M.
Morrison
a
candidates
for
the
poMUon
here.
At
the
local
Union
Hall
balloting
ta
proceeding
satisfactorily
with
thirty-seven
ballots
cast
up
to
1
"ilock
today.
Jena
Uraen,
C.
O.
Peterson.
Fred
Wick
and
Arthur
Caravan
are
looking
after
taking
the
local
vote
which
will
b
csunted
tonight
after
the
pole
close
at
8
o'clock.
The
reporta
from
Ketchikan
and
Seattle.
It
la
expected,
will
not
be
known
until
sometime
tomorrow.
WE
ATrlER
REPORT
8
n.m.
Prince
nupert
qioudy.
light
south'
east
wind;
temperature.
43.
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
temp,
34.
Rosswood.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
38.
Alyansh
Cloudy,
calm.
temp.
31.
Alice
Arm,
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
33.
Anyox.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
34,
Stewart.
Snow.
calm.
temp.
31.
Hanclton.-Cloudy.
calm.
temp.
30.
Bmlthera,-
Cloudy,
calm.
temp.
38,
Burns
Lake
Snow,
calm,
temp,
35.
i
Advertise
lu
'.he
Dully
Newa,
PRESIDENT
VON
HIN'DENliURG
of
Germany
reviewing
the
with
Dr.
Otto
Gessler.
defense
minister,
at
the
opening
of
the
recently.
SEIZE
CARGO;
RELEASEBOAT
TIIOE
ARE
INSTRl'Cf
IONS
I'P.OM
CI'ftTOMs
IIEAlXJt
AKTERs
HE-KEOARIIINU
CIIRH
MOEM.EIt
KTOKIA.
Drr.
S.I.
"feli
the
cargo
of
the
t'hrl
Moeller,
plate
It
In
a
warehnue
and
allow
the
evl
lo
proceed."
These
Instruction
were
rrcrhed
(rom
the
customs
au-tlK-rltlrs
at
Ottawa
jeslrrda)
by
Customs
t'ollrtlor
Datle.
The
liquor
Indrn
tessel
ha
lren
held
up
In
the
harbor
here
for
several
week
on'
rrninimrndalloit
of
the
customs
commission
uftrr
doubts
had
been
expressnl
that
the
cargo
was
really
lulcniled
for
.sDUt
wlirme
It
was
supiMtsrd
In
be
consigned.
OTTAWA
COMTItMS
OTTAWA,
Dec.
S.4.
t
u-lonis
officials
here
confirmed
the
reMirt
(rom
Victoria
that
Ihe
Chris
.Moeller
wuulil
lie
alloued
Id
clear
from
that
port
minus
her
cargo.
The
reason
glen
wa
that
there
was
nothing
against
the
ohlp
hut
tliit
false
de-duration
had
been
made
In
regard
In
I
lie
cargo.
NOTED
SEATTLE
CANNER
PASSES
riti:iii:Ri(K
ciiarlls
joiinstonk
ERECTED
CONCRETE
NTUl'CTl'UK
IN
ALK.
INNOVATED
tl.OATINO
CANNERY
SEATTLE.
Dee.
33.
Frederick
Charles
Johnstone,
prominent
local
aalmon
can-
ner.
who
waa
credited
with
erecting
the
first
concrete
structure
in
Alaska,
the
Tongasa
Building
at
Ketchikan,
died
here
yesterday.
He
waa
president
ot
the
Tongasa
Trading
Co.,
the
Tongass
Investment
Co..
and
the
Alaska
Fish
Co.,
and
vice-president
of
the
Pacific
Fisheries
Association.
In
1911
he
eon-verted
the
Glory
of
the
Seas,
a
clipper
ahip
built
in
1869,
Into
the
world'
first
floating
cannery.
He
waa
born
in
Detroit
In
1808.
ANYOX
WON
FIRST
BASKETBALL
GAME
N.MEl.TEIt
TOWN
TOOK
UVST
.NIGHT'S
GAME
33
to
3M
Word
waa
received
In
town
this
at
trrnoon
that
Anyox
High
School
team
won
the
first
game
in
the
lnter-town
series
by
a
score
of
83
to
38,
The
next
game
will
be
played
on
Wednesday
night
and
the
locals
will
return
to
the
city
on
the
Prince
llupert
Friday
morn
CASE
Malamute
Dog
Carries
Nole
i-
and
Saves
Lives
of
Two
Men
in
Freezing
Central
Alaska
LITTLE
SQUAW,
Central
Alaska,
December
2S.-Carrying
a
scribbled
note
from
two
miners
who
were
cripplied
by
an
explosion,
a
malamute
doir
crossed
a
three-thousand
foot
nass
in
the
Brooks
Mountains
by
night
with
the
temperature
standing
at
forty
below
zero
to
his
master's
cabin
here,
on
a
sled.
Oscar
Ottersonin,
a
Little
Squaw
miner,
was
awakened
early
one
day
last
week
by
his
dojr.
Nigger,
whining
and
scratching
outside
the
door.
When
he
was
admitted,
the
husky
was
found
to
have
a
note
attached
to
his
neck
reading:;
'Come.
Both
seriously
injured.
Ex-1
.sloslon.
i
Otterscnln
last
Wednesday
had
lentj
his
dog
to
H.
S.
Shaw
and
C.
Dunlap.
rho
were
mining
on
Tobln
Creek
beyond
.he
pass.
Two
men.
hurrying
over
the
pass
In
esponse
to
the
summons
with
'
a
dog
:cam.
(ound
Shaw
and
Dunlap
badly
Injured
by
the
explsalon
of
a
box
of
detonators,
Dunlap
being
blinded.
They
were
brought
home
and
an
appeal
has
been
made
by
radio
to
Fairbanks
(or
an
airplane
to
come
and
convey
the
patients
to
hospital
there.
TWELVE
DEAD
RESULT
FLOOD
FOI'lt
TIIOtSAMI
HOMELESS
AND
DAMAGE
I'LK'ED
AT
OVER
MILLION
DOl.LMts
IN
SOITIIERN
STATES
MEMPHIS,
Tennessee.
Dec.
38.
The
known
dead
as
a
direct
result
ot
the
floods
In
the
southern
states
is
placed
at
twelve
with
(our
thousand
homeless.
Arkansas,
Mississippi.
Tennessee
and
Kentucky
were:
this
afternoon
prepared
for
further
rains.
The
property
damage
already
amounts
to
more
than
a
mil.
Hon
dollars.
WAS
NO
ROBBERY
IN
OTTAWA
AFTER
ALL
Treasures
of
Mr
Joseph
Pope
Were
i
Found
In
Other
Part
of
House
OTTAWA.
Dec.
38.
With
the
recov
cry
of
the
treasured
jewellery
ot
the
taie
sir
juocjjii
i-opc
m
anomrr
part
of
the
residence
after
It
waa
at
flrat
believed
to
have
been
atolen,
It
la
now
thought
no
robbery
was
committed
during
the
absence
ot
Lady
Pope.
Prices
ot
Prince
Rupert
bonds
com.
I
pare
very
favorably
with
those
of
any
other
city
or
municipality
In
British
Columbia
or
Alberta.
The
Royal
Fl-nanctat
Corporation
of
Vancouver
asks
aa
high
as
107.93
for
alx
per
cents
auuirUU!
m
1049.
BEING
PRESSED
troops
of
the
Germnn
Reich
new
infantry
school
at
Dresden,
The
injured
men
arrived
yesterday
CALIFORNIA
GOLD
STRIKE
NEW
KIND
Is
SAID
TO
MRPASS
ANYTHING
IN
HISTORY
OE
PACIFIC
COAST
STATE
SACRAMENTO,
Dec.
SX.
A
new-gold
strike
Mild
In
be
the
most
Im-portant
In
California's
history
has
been
made
In
the
lllg
lluzzard
.Mine
In
Eldora
County,
kiyh
the
Sacramento
I'nlon.
George
Pettier,
banker,
and
Albert
Yanderrook,
metallurgist,
own
the
property
Jointly.
The
I'nlon
sais
that
a
new
vein
rich
In
gold
carries
copper
and
Miter
as
urll
In
pa)
Ins
ipiantltles.
SIBERIA
HAS
FATAL
STORM
MANY
HEAD
AND
GREAT
DESTRl'C-TION
TO
PROPERTY
IN
PACIFIC
COAST
YILLAGLS
NIKOLAKVSK.
Siberia.
Dec.
38.
Heavy
loss
of
life
and
great
property
destruction
was
caused
to
several
fish
Ing
villages
in
this
district
by
mountain
ous
waves
from
the
Pacific
which
hurled
tons
ot
tee
blocks
on
the
settlements
during
a
snow
storm.
Many
wemen
and
children,
burled
alive
under
great
aval
anches
ot
Ice.
could
not
be
dug
out'
because
the
men
were
away
fishing.
A
relief
expedition
of
couriers
on
sklls
Is
oe8
M
Khabarovlt
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
ENGLISH
I.EAGl'E
Division
I.
Arsenal
1.
Manchester
United
0.
Aston
Villa
3.
Leeds
United
1.
Derby
County
3,
West
Ham
0.
Liverpool
3,
Bolton
3.
The
Wednesday
3,
Tottenham
t.
Division
II.
Barnsiey
S.
Fvilhain
0.
WILKIN
TO
RESOIE
ARCTIC
ARCTIC
EXPLORATION
EXPLORATION
,
DETROIT.
Dec.
28.
To
re-
aume
Arctic
region
exploration
work
where
It
waa
let
off
last
spring.
Capt.
Oeorge
Wllklna
plana
to
leave
Seattle
for
the
1
north,
on
February
5
next.
W1I-
kins
apent
some
time
in
north-
em
Alaaka
this
year
with
hla
'
party.
Two
alrplanea
were
used
j
and
several
flights
were
made
j
from
Fairbanks
to
Point
Bar-
;
row
but
there
waa
a
good
deal
of
bad
tuck
and
the
expedition
did
not
achieve
the
resulta
In-
tended.
f
CHINESE
WOMAN
IS
NOW
LONDON
LkWitt
l"a
w
Final
Examination
and
It
Completing
Her
Term
at
Articled
Clerk
LONDON.
Dec.
33.
One
of
the
happt-!
est
women
in
London
la
Miss
Kithleen
jHoahlng,
aged
33.
the
first
Chineze
woman
ta
pass
the
solicitors'
final
exam
ination.
At
the
end
of
this
month
she
will
have
completed
serving
he?
articles
to
a
Londsn
tiro
of
solicitors,
and
wm1
be
fully
qualified.
"I
want
to
go
out
i
East
ad
start
a
practice
or
my
own.
she
said
yesterday,
"perhaps
In
Slnga-
"pore,
where
1
have
an
uncle
who
la
a
-
barrister."
Bom
In
British
Oulsnl.
Miss
Hoahing.
'waa
educated
at.
a
convent
'
isSool
"there,
and
whetf
ahe
came
to
England
seven
years
ago
finished
her
education
at
Salisbury.
Afterwardi
ahe
studied
(or
a
tlzie
at
an
agricultural
college
In
Kent,
and
then
became
articled.
Rfnr
th
ffn
mit
East
hnwever
ih
will
make
a
tour
of
the
world.
Much
of
.
her
spare
time
Is
spent
In
travel.
Her
mother
waa
the
first
Chinese
woman
to
become
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
College
n,
s,..
t,.,.h
u.r
..
'
studied
as
a
barrister,
but
was
med
before
she
was
called.
COTTON
WOOD
LOGS
REPRESENT
NEW
TRADE
ON
COAST
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
38.
(By
CP.)
A
lew
trade
with
the
Orient
has
been
ttarted
In
British
Columbia
lumber.
1
when
a
recent
shipment
of
500
cotton-
WELL
KNOWN
ON
PACIFIC
COAST
AH
wood
sent
to
South
China
logs
was
to,
master
OF
CAULESHIV
RES-be
made
Into
matches.
!
J?
.
....
wT
T.
TOREK
FOR
MANY
YEARS
Is
-.
.v
The
Initial
shipment
being
watch-1
ed
with
interest,
as
it
la
considered
aj
VTCTORIA
Dtc.
S8.
c
t.
Basil
good
market
may
develop
In
he
Orient
Ccmbe
fw
tw(ntT.tw0
Jwt
1U1
all
s,j
v
1
WVi
WUIVU
-".77
tj-J
with
little
demand
In
the
building
line.
OVER
$2,000
NEEDED
TO
KEEP
FAMILY
Miss
Margaret
Gould,
a
Canadian
economist,
has
dratted
the
first
mini
mum
health
and
decency
budget
(or
a
Canadian
family
in
which
ahe
concluded
that
12.161.20
Is
the
annual
In-
fsf.rv-.ja
ri-r-Mttirv
far
fm
vre
era
f
amll
of
five,
insuring
a
minimum
ot
health
and
social
decency.
Only
two
and
a,
halt
per
cent
ot
Canadians
have
an
ln
come
tax
to
consider
and
of
those
who
i
do
pay
this,
8,7
per
cent,
own
75
per
cent,
of
taxable
Income.
Over
two
and
a
half
million
heads
ot
families
have
a
net
Income
ot
12.500
or
less.
WIRELESS
REPORT
8
a.m.
Did
BY
ISLAND.
Cloudy,
calm,
light
S.E.
wind;
barometer
39:53;
temperature
43;
sea,
smooth.
8
am.
spoke
tug
Lome
towing
Drumrock
abeam
Skeena
southbound.
DEAD
TREE
;ro.--Barorajer
.39.-30;
temperature.
39.
NOON
DIOBY
ISLAND.
Cloudy,
calm;
barometer.
39.38;
temperature
44;
sea,
smooth;
noon
spoke
MS.
Norco
568
miles
from
Seattle
southbound.
DEAD
TREE
POINT.
Barometer,
39
33;
temperature,
35.
C.II.C.
WINS.
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
28.
The
Unlver-alty
of
B.C.
rugby
team
defeated
Stanford
aggregation
yesterday
by
six
to
three.
The
Callfornlana
led
at
half
time
b?
three
to
nothing.
BY
FIRE
XI
WAS
PARTY
IN
THEATRE
NIGHT
BEFORE
BLAZE
PAKTICIPAN-S
HE1NO
HELD
HV
POLICE
IV
CONNECTION
WITH
WINNIPEG
CONFLAGRATION'
WINNIPEG.
Dee.
28-A
party
attended
by
several
persona
waa
held
la
the
Winnipeg
Theatre
the
night
before
the
building
was
destroyed
by
(ire,
aome
of
the
participants
remaining
in
the
place
until
8
o'clock
Thursday
morning.
a,c-coidjig
to
information
secured
by
Provincial
Fire
Commissioner
McOrath.
Four
men
w
jo
attended
the
party
are
beicg
held
b7
the
police
who
refuse
to
divulge
their
names.
They
are
being
held
as
ma;ertal
witnesses,
na
dermal
charges
bavin;
yet
been
laid.
OLDER
BOYS'
PARLIAMENT
kio
OPENED
LAST
NKillT
WITH
utf.
,.OMI,
AS
t
EKEMOXv
jE.
IOHK
CROWDED
UAIXEKIKS
VICTORIA.
Dec.
38.
With
Important
legislation
foreshadowed
In
the
speech
(rom.
the.
throne,
the
fourth
session
of
the
Older
Boys'
Parliament
opened
last
night
in
the
government
building
here
before
a
crowded
gallery
with
due
pomp
and
ceremony.
Dean
Coleman
of
the
University
of
British
Columbia
acted
as
''-eaf
R'vernor.
A
statement
was
made
in
the
speech
from
the
throne
to
the
effect
that
there
"
L
r
L
.
P"t
(our
years
In
the
number
o(
Rups
cratmg
uaaer
ine
ujjs.i
.
iwa
waa
the
keynote
of
a
spirit
of
optimism
that
was
reflected
in
the'
speeches
of
all
the
members
contributing
to
the
de-bate.
CAPT.
COMBE
IS
DEAD
IN
SOUTH
master
of
the
Pacific
Cable
Board's
ship
Restorer,
died
last
night
after
a
Ion.
Illness.
Capt.
Combe,
who
waa
In
the
service
of
the
Pacific
Cable
Board
(or
many
years
having
come
here1
(rom
Honolulu,
had
been
In
Ill-health
(or
some
time
and
(or
that
reason
was
compelled
to
retire
in.
1030.
He
came
of
a
prominent
and
titled
English
famUy.
Beside
his
widow,
the
late
Capt.
Combe
Is
survived
by
two
daughters
Vivian
and
Adele.
Miss
Vivian,
Combe
visited
In
Prince
Rupert
durlpg
one
tati
wUh
Dr"
nd
Mr
H.
'
lyne"
WESTMINSTER
WAGE
PARLEY
CONCILIATION
HOARD
WILL
INVESTIGATE
DiSPl'TK
ItETWEEN
CITY
AND
FIREMEN
OTTAWA.
Dec.
38.
Hon.
Petei
Use.
nn,
minister
of
labor,
has
granted
the
appointment
of
a
conciliation
board
under
the
Industrial
Disputes
Act
to
investigate
the
qucatioH
of
wage
work.
Ing
conditions,
as
between.
New
West
minster
fir
tighten
and
the
city
ot
New
Westminster.
W.
J.
Whiteside,
New
Westminster
lawyer,
representing
the
city,
and
R.
P.
Petttplece,
Vancouver
printer,
representing
the
firemen,
have
been
appointed
members
of
the
board.
The
two
will
appoint
the
chairman
and
third
member.
i
,i
.
.
WHEAT
IM'
VANCOUVER.
Dee.
28
Wheat
was
quoted
at
1J8!,
on
the
local
market
1
yestcrtuy.