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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-5-14, Page 24 ( Items of News by Wire Notes of Interest as to What Is Going on All Over the World Prices of These' Products In the Leading Markets are HereRecorded Cnuatia. Prospects are for a busy year in the building trade iu Toronto, Grazing land in the West hes been leased to a company for a nominal sum, according to a state- ment by the Minister of The. yellow fish peaches, such as Crawfords, have been billed for this season by the cold winter, in the Niagara district. Linus Woolverton of Grimsby, ane of the most prominent frlii;t-•gix vers in, Canada, died after only four hours' illness, at the age of sixty- eight. Frank Haynes, under sentence of death at Sydney, 11 T.S., for murder, has confessed and John. Donald and Mrs. Atkinson, widow of the mur- dered 1nan1, have been arrested. On complaint of ilia manager hof the street railway oompany, that Albert Reaume, hotelman. of Sand- wieh, had sold liquor to a oar crew on duty, Reaume was fined $10 and costs. The Princess Louise cables the Duke of Connaught that she is deep- ly torched by the many cablegrams of condolences from Canada on the death of her husband the Duke of Argyll. The International Joint Commis- sion, meeting at the Michigan Soo, approved the application of the Michigan Northern Power Co., and the Algoma Steel Corporation of Sault Ste, Marie:, Ont., to ereet compensating works at a point in St. Mary's River between the two cities. Greet' Britain.. King George and Queen Mary. opened the new wing of the British Museum. Gun -running has supplanted cat tele -driving ars the national pastime of Ireland. The British House of Lords re- jected the woman's franchise bill by a vote of 104 to 80. John -Redmond opposes any com- promise until the Hoarse Rule bill has passed the Lords. A petition signed by 300,000 has been sent, asking the King not to sign the Home Rule bill until after an election, 'United States. Bishop Brent, formerly of the Philippines and a native of Ontario, was elected Bishop of New Jersey. General. Two British, subjeets. were killed by a bomb during fighting on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Sweeping victories for the rebel forces in different parts of Mexioo were reported to Carranza. The international book trade a•ncl grap'h'ic arts exposition was opened at Leipsie. It covers 100 acres and includes twenty ° buildings, one of them with five acres of floor space. King Albert has accepted the honorary membership of a dozen different Belgian pipe -smoking clubs, and will give a. pipe for a prize in an inter -city pipe smoking tournament. CANADA'S NEXT GOVERNOR. VIVISECT OR LET BABIES DIE. Queen Mary's Brother to Succeed °the . Duke of Connaught. A despatch from London says: Prince Alexander of Teck, third son of the late Duke of Teck, is to suc- ceed the Duke of Connaught as Governor-General of Canada,. His Serene Highness Prince Alex- ander Augustus Frederick George of Teck, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., was born April 14, 1874, married 1904 Her Royal Highness Princess Alice of Albany, daughter of. the late Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, youngest son of 'Queen Victoria. Their children are: Princess May Helen Emma, born Jan. 23, 1906. Prince Rupert Alexander George Arigustus, born Aug.. 24, 1907. Prince Alexander of Teck is a brother of Queen Mary. He will take up his duties' in October, at the expiration of the term of the Duke of Connaught. The Prince is a'keen soldier, but he has bad little administrative experience. He is, however, a hard worker and a, good organizer. He has done much in the cause of charity, especially in behalf of hospitals and in the fur- therance of cancer research, The Princess of Teck is a great favorite, and she is unanimously voted the prettiest and the best dressed of the British Royal Prin- oesseis, Prince Alexander, who is a major in the Second Life Guards, served in the Matabeleland campaign and in South Afrioa for two years, and to his ether titles added that of the Distinguished Service Order, which, next to the Victoria Cross, is the chief ambition of the military men in Great Britain. Ilow Princess of Teel; Ranks. The exact rank of the Prineesses of Teck is rather an interesting question. In England they rank in practice immediately after the Slaughters of the Duke of Fife, to ,shorn the late King Edward gave a definite precedence immediately af- ter those of the Royal Family, who bear the title of Royal Highness. But the Teaks are, merely aducal family, although they bear the title of Prince. The late Duke of Teck was given the title of "Highness" by Queen Victoria in the jubilee year of 1887, but 'apparently this title was a purely personal one and did not descend to his children. The AImanach de Gotha—the recog- nized authority on such matters— places the Princes both of Teck and Battenberg in its third part. along with the other British and foreign Drs. Chapin and Hand Say Animal Tests Save Thousands. A despatch from Philadelphia says: Vivisection has been the means of saving the lives of many thousands of children, det:lared two well-known physicians before the Philadelphia Pedriatic Society at the College of Physicians. They were Dr. Alfred $and, jr.,of this city, and Dr. Henry Dwight Cha- pin, of New York. Dr. 'Hand, . at- tending physician at the Children's Hospital, declared that it was due to experiments upon, animals that the invaluable blood test, whereby the presence of typhoid gerrn:s are detected, was discovered. He said that through vivisection doctors hope soon to eliminate the "white plague" and had in fact discovered a way to -cure a large number of cases of infantile spinal meningitis. Dr. Chatpin declared that "false statements and hysterical outpour ings of small but vociferous oppon ents" had they been of any value might have prevented the discovery of the antitoxin which saves the lives of three out of every four children stricken with diphtheria. ATONES FOR MURDER. Frank Haynes Was Hanged at Syd- ney—Ii illcd Hotel Proprietor. A despatch from Sydney, N.S. says : Frank Haynes expiaed for .the murder of B. S. Atkinson on the scaffold Friday afternoon at 5.41. Haynes made a, full written con= fession of his crime in the presence of Jailer Karn and Captain Fuller- ton. . On the night of the 1.5th of Aug- ust last the body of BenjaminS. Atkinson, proprietor of the Minto'. Hotel, Sydney, and a well-known; hio.rsenlan, was found on the road, eight miles from the city. Atkin- son had a bungalow at Mira, and the original supposition was thathe had been killed as .a result of his horse having bolted. There were a number of sirs 1.ciouis Circumstances umaxta,nces connected with the case, however, and the arrest of Haynes followed the investigation of these. Egynes who was supposed to have 'been a native of Nevada, only arrived in Sydney in the early su arms of lastyear. He had been on intimateterms with Mrs, Atkinson, the wife of the murdered man. dukes, A TIiTLED. AUCTIONEER. ALMOST A WRECK. "Ocean Lintitetl" Train `Stopped Just In Time. A despatch from P Truro, N.S.; says: An attempt to 'wreck She Ocean Limited train froze Montreel tr al to Halifax was nude' at :Bible Hill, about one mile west of 'Truro, on niceties,. night. The Limited, 40 minutes late, was speeding about 50 miles an hour' when the driver saw a tie lying across the track. Quickly ep lyin the air brake 1� r� s elle stepped the train. but not until the: tit was. shoved ahead of the etigiite for a, hundred feet, The matter as 1 ei• 5 Ing invest i F�'a Led. He Appears to Dispose of Lots In His Oxfordshire Estate. A despatch from London says': Peers aro numerous in various lines of business in Great -Britain, but the Duke of Marlborough entered an entirely new field, :at Oxford o.n Wednesday afternoon when he illi. peered as a, full licensed y auction- eer to; disyo.se to the highest bidder of a .manner of lots of bis Oxford- shire estate. The ncivelir aroused a great •degree of public " g p1 b interest, and the titled auctioneer, disposing. of most of; the lets et good prices: Not long ago the Duke ploughed up saltie of the virgin tell of tho great park of his Blenheim' estate as an object -lesson in the land re- form controversy, The Right Hon. Viscount Morley of Blackburn.. .That, Total 14o:slay, the author of wonderful biographical and orittical studies of Volttairi.e, •Diderot, and Ro:ueseau, should now be Lord Mor- ley of Blackburn is itstelf almost a• miracle. That he 'should have been, even temporarily, leadler of the House of Lords, as was the case dti.r- ing Lord Crewe'e' illness, is super-miraoulous. John .Morley, the son of asurgeon, vas born 'at Blackburn on December 24, 1838, He was educated at Cheltenham Colleges and.at L^_ncoln College, Oxford. He has edited the Fortin ghitly Review and the Pall Mall Gazette. He. was M.P. for Nenoaietle-on-Tyne from.1883 to 1895, and for Montrose Burghs. from 1896 to 1898, when he 'entered. the Hausa of Lords. as Vis- cuutnit. Morley of Blackburn, Lord Morley is a muster of literary. style, and the early books we have named exercised immense in, fluence.. Later books include his great "Life of Gladstone," "The Life of Riclhartd' Cobden," and a study of... Oliver Ciromlwell. As an essayist he has covered a wide mega and achieved came memorable phrases.—London Sketch.,, STEAMER BURNED. The Crew of Sixteen Men Escaped In the Lifeboats. A despatch from Erie, Pa., says: ThesteamerCity of Rome, bound from Buffalo to Toledo, --was burned to the water's .edge ten:,iiles off shore at Northeast some time after' 2 o'clock Friday morning. The crew of sixteen was forced to- take to the boats and escaped, landing at 6 a.m. She was a steel steamer of 3,900 gross tons, 268 feet long, and car- ried a crew of sixteen men. The •vessel was owned by James Mit ohell, of Cleveland. EXPRESS STRUCK BY ROCK. Train Derailed and Several of Din- ing Gar Crbw Injured. A despatch from Vancouver, B.C., says : A small ' rock slide struc,k the dining car of the, Soo express on Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock, just after the train left North Bend, due in Vamoouder sit noon. The train was derailed, and several members of the dining car crewwere injured by scalds. The rear half of the train was out off, while the passengers were .transfer- red to the front end, •coming into Vancouver a few minutes late. , William Cayen of Montreal was appointed Inspector of Tobacco Factories, for the Dorminion. Fire- Gutted the main planet of the Canada Glue Company near Brant- ford, causing a, loss of $125,000 and throwing fifty men out of work. FATAL ACCIDENT.. Collapse of a Coal Crane at Mont- real Coal Dock. A despatch from Montreal says: Two men were drowned and several injured when a crane upon which they were working unloading veal at the fogtt of Papinteau Street on Wednesday collapsed and fell into the water. One of the drowned men is named. Courtois. The other victim has not -been identified. The bodieswhich were carried away by the swift current, have not been re - 'covered A Friendly Hint. Ned, the friends of Bill, the fish merchant, . surveyed him sadly. "Bill," he said, solemnly, "I ain't the chap to round on a, pal, but that there fish you .sold to my mi's- sus this worning was—well the oat ain'ti.been neat the 'ouse since, and — " "hjed,'replied the friend of his youth, "mine's a difficult job. I've got to snake a living, . and if the fish is good I sells'it, and does pretty well. If it ain't good I sells it. and does pretty well also.. It ain't my fault . I never sent the stuff wrong. But you're a pal o' mine, and I'hl let you know 'ow you can find out for yourself 'ow things are." "Yes," said Ned, eagerly. "If you 'earsme" shout 'Fine fresh fish!' you can reckon it it fresh fish : but if I shout `Fish, oh l'— well, it is fish, oh I" •1 Dr. Levo Secoord, High Court physician of the Ancient Order of'. Forestters, died et Brantford on Friday, aged fifty-nine. BRU.TAL MURDER AT QUEBEC Young .Girt Beaten to Death on Sunday Morning With Friends Near -by Quebec, May 10. -Orae of ilia foul- est and !meet brutal murders ever perpetrated. i:n quebe•c was commit- ted here; this morning in St. Saul:. veur Ward, when Marie Blanche Dubois, aged 19 years, was beaten to death with a hammer in the rear of the 'Floe store which wa' conduct- ed by her brother and herself. This morning about half -,Tait. 10 o'clock somebody rang the bell at the private ernt.r`a,nce, Mss Dubois answered ed !the doer and, coming up- stai,ins., ,she., told hex mother . tb,ataesers-b p y, ,attracted by hex cries, there was a man ,who siii,ethed to came to her aid, and on'learning' of t g the .ergine immediately < summoned Dr, Arthur Leclerc, whose office, is opposite, Dr. Leclerc found the ail still breathing, g, but in a state of e Lin- ctonsciottsness. She was bathed in blood, and 'the left aide of her head behind the 'ear had been aiustheclt inn with a ehoeinaker's h•an iner,. which was found •el,otted with blood and d door leading ito the .store open. She. entered the- shop, but could not :'see her daughter anywhere, and again oalted her Without reeeivang any answer. The tshe opened a door leading to a repair shop in the rear of the main .store, and to hex' horror she Saw her daughter lying in. a pool of blotod'. Crazed withg •rief and itlorloi a ;t the awful speetacie which her 'mur- deretd ethild pir'esern'ted, .she ran to the .sitreet wringixlg het hands and crying hysterically for help. Some change a peer of baao•t•s which dad n+ot fit. She too'lc the key, to open e door' eojnsnunictsting from, the pee - Sage of the ,private entrance to the stere and evidently let the men in. As 'Els had not returned in half an hoar her mother became eexioire There ., and ailed down to her, .Li cr., ii ttle no rept t,, and the mother, on d,es-. oend3.ng herr✓ staii;•wey, found the Breadstutes, 'l'o11f:,--.Onta:.rlo wh Hoursor, 90nto, iter cent.,ay12 $3, x0 to 51,$5,'sca- eat board, "and at 93:8.5. to 53.90, Toronto, Manitoba—First patents. in jute bags, 55,60, da., seconds, 55.10; . strong bak- ers', 1n jute bags, Manitoba wheat—B94. ay ports—No. 1 Northern, 970, and No. 2 at 953o. Ontario wheat—No, 2 at 51.02, out- side, and. 91.04, an. 'track, 'Toronto, Oats—No, 2 Ontario oats..324 to 40o, outside, and at 42c on track, 'Toronto. 'Western Canada oats, 41c :for No, 2, and at 3930 for No. 3, Bay ports. Peus—Prices rraminal, Barley—Good malting barley, 56 to 5Sc, according to quality. Rye—No. 2 at 63 to 64c, outside, Buckwheat -50c, outside. • Corn—No. 3 American, 745 to 750, all rail, Toronto. ]3ran—Manitoba 'bran, $25- to 926 a ton, in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $26 to $28. - Country Produce. nutter—Choice dairy, 18 to 20c; in- ferior, 16 to 16$c; farmers' separator Prints, 21 to 23o; creamery prints, fresh, 25 to 26o; do., storage prints, 23 to 24c; solids, storage, 21 to 23c. Eggs -21 to 22c per dozen, in' case lots. Honey—Extracted, in tins; 104 to llo per lb. Combs, 92.25 to $2.50 per doz- en for No. 1. and $2 for No. 2. Cheese—New cheese, 145 to 160 for large, and. 15 to 155c for twins. Beans -hand-picked. 52.16 to 92.20 per bushel; primes, $2.10. to $2.15.. Poultry -Fowl, 16 to 1Sc per lb.; chickens, 19 to 20c: ducks, 17 to ISc; geese, 16 to 16c; turkeys, 20 to 230,' Potatoes --Delawares at $1 to $1.05, on track, here. Provisions, Bacon—Long clear, 16 to 16c per lb., in Baso lots. Harps—Medium, 18 to 1850; do, heavy, 17 to 18c; rolls, 15 to 1550; -breakfast bacon, 18 to 19c; backs, 22 to 24c. Lard—Tierces, 121c; tubs, 13c: trails: 135c. Seeds. Wholesale seed merchants are selling recleaned seeds to the trade, on the 100 - ib.. basis:—Red clover, No. 1. 519 to 521; do., No: 2, 917 to $17.60;,alsike, No. 1, 520.50 to 921; do., No. 2, $17 to $18; Timothy, No. 1, 58.50 to $9.50; .do„ No. 2, 97 $2 913 to 913'.600: 1,914 to $16; Montreal. Markets. Montreal, May 12.—Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 765 to 77o. Oats, Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 425 to 43c; No. 3. 413 to 42e, Barley, Man. feed, 50 to 51e, Flour, Man, Spring wheat`patents, flzsts, $5.60; seconds 55.10; strong bikers' $4.90; 'Winter Patents, choice, ,$5,25 to 55,90; straight rollers, $4.70 to $4.90; do...bags, 52.20 to $2.35, polled oats, barrels, 54.60 to S,4 55: Rolled oats, bags, 90 lbs., 52.123 to $2.15: Fran' $23. Shorts $25. Middlings $28. Mout- . 110 $28 to $32. Ilay, No. 2, per ton, car' lots 514 to $16. Cheese, finest west- erns, 125e; -finest easterns, 12c. Butterfw. choicest creamery, 23 to 235e; seconds, 22 to 225c.. fresh, 22 se - 22 to 23a; , lectcd, 26c: No. 1 stock, 23o. Potatoes Eggs, fresh per bag, car lots, $1 to $1.15, Winnipeg' Grain. Winnipeg, May 12.—Cash.Wh6at-.:3 Spring wheat, No, 1 Northern, 925c;No. 2 Northern, 901o; No. 3 Northern, S3gc; No. 4, 86c; No, 5, 79c; No, 6, 74c; feed, 69e; No. 1 rejected seeds, Ski; No, 2 re- jected seeds, 86o; No.'•3: rejected seeds, 835c;• No. 1 stihutty, 88c; No. 2 smutty, 86c; No. 3 ernutty, 835c. Winter wheat -No. 1, 921o; No. 2, 901c; No, 3, 8840, Oats—No. 2 CW., 375c; extra No. 1 feed, 365c; No. 2 feed, 34c. Barley—No,3, 47o; No. 4, 46c; rejected, 455c;. feed, 430' flax—No.1 N-'W.C„ $1.361; No, 2 C.W., $1.23$. United States Markets. Minneapolis, May 1.2.—Wheat—May 695c; July, 9050; No. 1 hard, 943o; No, 1 Northern, 913 to 9200; No, 2 Northern,t 591. to 914. Corn—No, 3 yellow, 645 tot, 65c, Oats—No. 8 white. 865 to 3610.1 Flour and bran unchanged, Duluth, Minn., May 12.—linseed, cash, 51.571; July, $1.584. Wheat—Close, No. 1 hard, 9330; No. 1 Northern, 921e;� No. 2 Northern, 914e; July. 92,1c, Live Stook Markets. 1•, Toronto, May 12.-Cattle—Cholce but -1 chers, 58.30 to $8.40; good, 57.90 to $S.25; common cows, $5 to $5,,25; can -4 ners and cutters, $3.60 to $4 choice fat! cows, 56.50 to 57.25; choice bulls, $71 to $7.50. Calves—Good veal, $8.75 to 510: com- mon, $4.76 to 57. Stockers and feeders—Steers, 800 toi. 900 pounds, $7.26 to $7.50; good qual-t ity, 700 to 800 pounds, $7 10,57.50; light,' $6.25 to $7,25. Sheep and lambs—Light" ewes. ' 95.50 to $7; heavy, $5.75 to. $6.25;' bucks,I $5.76. to. $8.25; Spring lambs. each, 56• to 510; yearling lambs, 59 to 99.50, butt with 75c per head deducted for all the' bucl'clambs. Iiogs— 8.65, fed and watered; $8.90,1 off cars; 8.30, Lob. Montreal, May 12.—Prime beeves, 741 to 83c; medium, 65 to 75c; milkmen's strippers,. 55 to 7e; common, 44. to 55c;l milch cows, 530 to $80 each; calves, 81 to 7c;'; sheep, 5 to 6c.;"yearling lambs, 8 to 9espring lambs; $4 to $6 each; hogs,I about 95c. , 150 BILLED BY EARTIIQUAKE. East Coast of Sicily Victim of Seis- mic Disturbance Rome, May 10.—An earthquake, which mLght have been equally as dizgsltrous as the one at Messina 1908 but . for the fact that a series of slight ,shocks forewarned,tlhe peo- "pie; visited the ;east coast of Sicily, south of Mount Etna, Friday night. Mount Etna was in eruption at the time, and the belching of tells vol - Caere increased ire 'violence easter day. There are between one and two hundred persons dead as la, result of the seismic disturbances and over a thousand have been injured. Premier Salandra announced in the Chamber' of Deputise kelt even ing that 150 persons were killed, and that two-thirds of this number are ethiilil buried 'beneath the ruins. The preliminary shooks began at 6 o'clock Friday night in a zone frena Zafferana, 'which is about 3,000 feet ' high, passing through Liner,, which was the teentee of the disturbance, towards the sea to Acireale, which escaped damage. The area of ;the zons zs dernserly populated, about 10,000 people lav- ing in a .numtber of small villages. iIAD NARROW ESCAPE.' Young llian'Hurled to :Brink of 150 - Foot Falls. Owen Sound, May ire -Yesterday afternoon Vietorr Inglis, eldest son. of W. A. Inglis, proprietor of In- glis'.mills, had a narroweroape. from dearth when 11e was hurled from his motor- cycle over a ,bridge a. distance of 20 feet to the veay brink oaf the 150 -feet of cataract and fellswhichformPlc!ur e s ue Ing hs Falls. Owing to the water being low he was able to get: ashore be- fore being swept over the falls to certain dearth.. He sustained three broken ribs .and a ;severe shaking - up. Al' McGILL LAW SCILOOL. Woman Ranks Fourth Among Eighteen Getting Degree.. A despatch from Montreal s ys : Final results posted on Wednesday in the faculty' of law at lloGill, for the first time in the hietery of the university contained the name of a representative of the Mair sex. Mrs.. A, M. Langstaff, the first woman to present herself as a, candidate for the legal profession in this pro- vince, proved euccessful in all ex- aminations, and ranks : fourth among the 18 meinbes of the class who will he granted the degree' of B.O.L.mit the university convoca tion Tuesday, `It will be up to the Queheo Bear Aesociatiton to saywhe- ther or not Mrs, ' Langstaff .,ff shall practice, suppesin,g telle desires ';,o do so. Scores were killed and injur.etl',b a, volcanic dist urbia,n e the d t c roti a Island of Sicily. BILL TO ABOLISH .TIPPING. Senator Davis Seeks to Put an End to "Demoralizing" System. A despatch from Ottawa, says: Tips will be abolished within a month if Senator Davis, Prince Al- bert, and a number of other Sena- tors and members of Parliaanien5 have their way,° and it looks as if' they might. Senator Davis' bill,' which provides for a. fine or impri-' sonment for tipping, and making l the employer, the eanployee and• -tire' person offering the gratuity liable,' was given stecond reading . in the Senate on Wednesday. :k t In moving the reading Senator Davis Paid 'that within recent years, an intolerable system of petty] bribery had grown up all over the world, known as the 'tipping system) It had become such a nuisance that it was time it was grappled with by, legislation, and he believed his bill would htay.e the support of ninety per cent. of the people of the coup - try who were now subject to . growing scale oil; graftand tips ie order to obtain accommodation and service. A person on a journey had to constantly have his hand in his, pocket, and had to bribe his way throughout his trip. The Semartor� said that tipping hail a detinoraliz ing effect on :personii who, receive tips. It had a tendency to pauper ize waiters, porters and other per, sons, who should stand on a plane of manhood above the servile pa3i tion which they were placed i through' the acceptance of griatui ties'. Employers should pay their, servatnts, and not expect the public to pay their help. Tipping also de-; yeloped a spirit of arrogance on the; part of those serving the public. , Senator Ross of Middleton sym ate ;: with the ' 1 p object ofhe b' t 111 , and said, "Every man should pay once, but no law of God or man should' make him pay twice." Senators Poirier, Gordon and' • °loran all spoke in: favor of bbe bill!: stud it was given a second readangel CROOK FLEECED PASSENGERS' Worked. . the Short Change Trick Until Caught Near North Bay. A despatch fronn North Bay says Charles Crooks, alias Hargraves, a young Ameriean'. frorn Iowa, was. sentenced byJudge Valhi at North;. Bay to seven months in Central Pri,soii on. fraud charges, Hargraves; worked passengers on express, train's, ' and was convicted on charges of defrauding 'pr,•sasengers;. out of $20 on southbound Grand Trunk Railway North Bay -Toronto; train by the s h ort.ehan e tri yyf got largebills for small spe cIb folding them so ingeniously as ,..tIIa ec• •. "ppear to be double their real amount, After landinga victim he 1, would leave "the train at the first;• station and take the next train in` the oppositedirection. iJht, polios iii t 11(5i n'ties believe 110 has been walwl ing -bruins r come time, Wsh n( 5"06 again b hfoeal, -c ere th.e vietiitll'; t31rd tr''ain er'e V1', .F zy her er. dre go79 so0 ton cont • lapel trial beef less the i She Ilio aft me betel str all' thSbedii1{1 surf as Lill and ing, • sind ith'4 BI wro let was' sury sure • wftl1 Sent "r dear