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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-5-23, Page 3r.. ITALIANS TORPEDO LARGE AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHT AT POLA One of Austria's lour Big' Battleships Sunk by Italian Torpedo Boats Seaplanes Also Destroyed in Shnuitaneaus Air Fight. A despatch from Washington says: t --The Italian Embasay late on Thurs- day afternoon received from Rome an ofricial communication confirming the press report of the destruction of an Austrian Dreadnought of the Viribus Unitas type at the Austrian naval base at Pole on Wednesday morning by Italian officers who were able to penetrate the harbor successfully in a small Italian torpedo boat. The message to the Embassy read: "In the early hours of May 14 Cap- tain Mario da Vignola of Medina, Antonio Milani of Lodi, Frances&o Anaelnii of Syracuse and Giuseppe Corrias of Cagliari, in a small tor- pedo boat, with admirable individual spirit of sacrifice and extraordinary military and naval skill eluding the sentinels and searchlights constantly searching the water, succeeded in penetrating the well protected and fortified military port of Pola and successfully torpedoed a large Anis- Irian Dreadnought of the Viribus 1.4ritas type. "Simultaneously, Italian seaplane' squadrons attacked Austrian battle - planes over Pols, brought down two and forced several others down out of control, The Italian machines all returned safely to their bases." There are four Austrian battleships of the Viribus Unitas class, which comprised the largest and most mod- ern fighting vessels completed fen the Austrian navy up to the time the European war broke out. The other ships of the class axe the Tegetthof, the Prinz Eugon and the Ezent.Isith- van, The naaneship was completed in October, 1912, and the others eat intervals between then and the be- ginning of the war, with the exception of the Szent Isthvan, which was not finished until" 1916. Each batbleahip of the class dis- places 20,000 tons, is 625 feet long overall, 89 feet beans and 28 feet draught. Their armament comprises twelve 12 inch and twelve 5,9 -inch guns in the main battery, with eigh- teen 11 -pounders and various smaller guns, and from two to six torpedo tubes. The complement of the bat- tleships ranges from 962 to 988 men. All are heavily armored, and are classed as Dreadnoughts. The Viri- bus Unitas developed a speed of 20.9 knots on her trial trip. FIRST AIRPLANE MAIL SERVICE Inaugurated Between Washing- ton, Philadelphia and New York. A despatch from Washington says: The first regular air mail service in the world has been successfully launched between Washington, the nation's Capital; Philadelphia, the cradle of American independence, and New York, the metropolis of the na- tion. Three of the four airplanes util- ized in the inauguration of the ser- vice delivered safely, and on time, the mail entrusted to their care. One of three -that which left the Polo grounds in Washington in the pres- ence of President and Mrs. Wilson, Postmaster -General Burleson and other high officials -failed only be- cause of a broken - propeller, which forced the machine to land in Mary- land after it had made a brilliant fly- ing start from Washington. 'KAISER TOOK DECORATION BACK WITH HIM. 'A despatch from British Headquar- ters in France says: A German non- commissioned officer captured lately throws light on the disappointment the Germans sustained in their unsuc- cessful attack on the Belgian front on April 17th. He says the operation was designed to develop into a great flank -turning movement. So certain was the high command of success that the Kaiser came to- the Yser to wit- ness the battle, having in his pocket the "Eicheulaus," the next highest Gerrikan decoration to the Ordre Pour Merite, which he designed to bestow upon the general directing the attack, But when the Kaiser left the Yaer the Eicheulaus still tinkled in his pocket, Half of Russia to Remain Untitled. A despatch from Samara, Russia, says: Less than half the tillable land of European Russia remaining in control of the Bolshevik Government will be cultivated this year. General unrest among the peasants, the un- settled conditions of land distribution, and shortage of seed, horses and agri- cultural implements are responsible for this condition of affairs. PAPER FROM SALT MARSH GRASS If Britain's'Experiments Prove Successful Good 'Supply Will Be Available. A despatch from London says:- i The new regulations limiting the sup- ply of news -print paper and forbid- ding returns by newsdealere after June 15th, has caused renewed- in- terest in the problem of substitutes. The Controller of Paper Supplies has decided to allow the newspapers of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey to collect waste paper from subscribers for the purpose of tapping a new source of supply. The Controller also is interested in experiments which are being made with 'sawdust with the design of re- making old paper with a Iarge per- centage of sawdust, Experiments are also being made in the manufac- ture of paper from salt -marsh grass, which is abundant in the estuaries of the south coast. If these experi- ments are successful a plentiful sup- ply of materiel.wi'l] be available, QUEBEC CITY NOW HAS NO DRUNKS. A despatch from Quebec says: Re- corder ,Dery still finds time hanging heavily on his hands since the bars went .out of existence. Yesterday not a single case of drunkenness was up for disposal before him and the old court -room seems kind of lonesome. In fact, drunks have been conspicuous by the absence there since May 1, only one offender having made his bow before the tribunal within 14 days. 172 BRITISH SHIPS ELUDED U-BOAT ATTACKS. A'despatch from London says: "On the whole, the general trend of the warfare against submarines has pro- gressed quite satisfactorily since January 1st" Doctor Macnamara,, fin- ancial secretary of the Admiralty has announced in the House of Commons. MacNamara said that 172 steamers were unsuccessfully attacked by Ger- man submarines between January llth and April 30th. ITALIANS LAUNCH STRONG OFFENSIVE ON THE ASIAGO PLATEAU Take Initiative With View To Break Up Arrangements -For Teu- tonic Assault -British Troops Also Defeat Austrians. A despatch from London says: Among the rugged peaks o?ihe Asi- ago Plateau, east of the Brenta River, the Italian front has again flamed up into violent action. The aggressive has been taken by the Italians, how- ever, and the Austro -German forces, instead of launching their long -ex - petted .assault on the Italian lines, have been compelled to fight hard to maintain the positions where they have stood since last November. The fighting seems to have centred on the comparatively short section of the battle -line between Monte Asa - lone and Monte Pertica. These two jxeights, about three miles apart, rise to an altitude of about 5,000 feet, while between them there is a sort of "saddle" on which the Teuton orces have taken up strong positions. oth the Vienna and Rome officials' statements tell of bitter fighting on this particular front, the latter stat- ing that the Italian soldiers have en- tered Austrian trenches on Monte Asalone in two places. The fact that the Italian armies have taken the initiative in the fighting would seem to indicate that they have sought to carry the fight- ing to the enemy in such a way as to break up any arrangements for the launching of a strong Teutonic assault, While the fighting has been fierce east of the Brenta, the whole Italian line from Lake Garda to the Piave and thence to the sea has been mark- ed by patrol engagements, in which the British participated, and which appear to be isolated actions, but which may be component pelts of a plan of campaign in that theatre of the war. Nowhere have the Italian lines been reached by attacking parties of Austrians, 1 TOLD MAMMA Teal WOULD TAI<E'US To J( Tee conicupr THIS U.VpNINQ JA. 0 1"11431- =- Alun l4lid FffiffireeebTr.7"i7:7 0:.- Osten , FFur '1911-32-fa 041110110.. D Bocholt 041 _.. unk ere Amientie Linde ttig Germany is Now Menacing Holland. The above map shows the reasons why both mouths of the Rhine are in Holland and the southern section of Holland forma a barrier between Germany and Belgium. ne - Railroads -e- Canals Scale of Miles tp 20 99 4 • Markets of the World Breadknife Toronto, May 21. -Manitoba wheat -Nc. 1. Northern $2.23%; No. 2 do. $2.20%; No. 3 do., $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.10%; in store Fort William, inoluding 21/c, tax. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W„ 80x/as; No 8 C W 771/ac• extra No 1 feed, c; o. e , 74eee, store Fort William. American corn -No. 8 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried,- nominal. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 80 to 81e• No. 8 white, 79 to 80c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2. Winter, per ear lot, $2.22; basis In store Montreal. Peas -Nominal. Barley -Malting, $1.60 to $1.61, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -$1.84 to $1.86, accord- ing to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, $2.30, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -War quality, $10,95; new bags, Toronto. Ontario flour -War quality, $10.65, new bags, Toronto and Montreal freights, prompt shipment. Mi]lfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mon- treal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $35; shorts, per ton, $40. Hay -No. . per ton, $16.00 to $17.00; mixed, $14.00 to $15.00, track Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $8.50 to $9.00, track Toronto, Country Produce -Wholesale Eggs, new -Paid, 41 to 42c; 'selected, new laid, 44 to 45c; cartons, 46 to 46c. Butter -Creamery, solids, 44 to 45e; do.; prints 46 to 46c; do., fresh made, 46 to 47c; choice dairy prints, 41 to 42c; ordinary dairy prints, 38 to 40c; bakers', 86 to 38c• oleomargarine (best grade), 82 to 84c. Cheese -New, large, 23% to 24c; twins, 23% to 24''%c; spring made, large, 25% to 26c; twins, 26 to 26'' c. Beans -Canadian, prime, bushel, -bushel0 , $6.75 to $7.00.8.00. Foreign, hand-picked, Comb Honey -Choice, 16 oz., $3.50 per dozen • 12 oz., $3 per dozen; sec- onds and dark comb $2,60 to $2.76. Maple Syrup -Imperial gallons, $2.25; 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gallon. Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to 26c. Provisions -Wholesale Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $49; mess pork, $47. Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Smoked Meats -Rolls, '32 to 33e; hams, medium, 37 to 35c; heavy, 80 7716 • N 1 f e8 ...In to 81c; cooked hams, 49 to 50c' backs, plain, 43 to 44c;, backs, boneless, 46 to 48c. Breakfast baeon,,,40 to 440. Cottage, rolls, 35 to 86c. Dry Salted Meats -Long clears in tons, 30c; in cases, 30%c; clear bellies, 28 to 281tec; fat backs, 26c. Lard -Pure, tierces, 81 to 32c; tubs, 31% to 3214e, pails, 81% to 82%c; 1 -lb. prints, 38 to 331/x c. Shortening, tierces, 26 to 26xc; tubs, 261/r;\o 26%c; pails, 26% to 27c; 1-1b. prints, 271/4 to 28c. Montreal Markets Montreal, May 21. -Oats -Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 92xe; No. 8, 90c; extra N. 1 feed, 90c: No. 3 local white, 841,<sc. Flour -New stand- ard Spring wheat grade, $10.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats -Bags, 90 lbs, $5.25 to $6.35. Bran, 385.00. Shorts,, $40.00. Middlings, $48.00 to 360.00. Mouillie, $60.00 to 362.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, 317.00. Live Stock Markets Toronto, May 21. -Extra choice heavy steers, $14.50 to 316.00; choice heavy steers, $13.50 to $14.00; good heavy steers, $13.00 to 313.25; but- chers' cattle, choice, 218,26 to $13.75; do., good, $12.00 to 312.25; do„ medium, $11.65 to 311.85; do., com- mon, $11.00 to $11.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $12.00 to $18.00• do., good bulls, $11,00 to $-11.60; do., medium bulls, 310.25 to 310.50; do., rough bulis, $7.50 to 38.50; butchers' cows, choice, 312.00 to $13.001 do.," good $11.00 to $11.50; dc., medium, 310.25 to $10.50; stockers, 39,50 to $11.25; feeders, 311.26 to 12.00; canners and cutters, 36.25 to 37.60; milkers, good to choice, 390.00 to 3140.00; do,, coni, and med, $66.00 to $80.00; springers, $90.00 to $140.00; light ewes, 315.00 to $18.00; lambs, 317.00 to 322.00; calves, good to choice, 314.00 to $16.00; hogs, fed and watered, $21,00; do., weighed off cars, 32125; do., 1.0. b., $20,00. Montreal, May 21. -Choice steers, $13 to 314; good, do., 312 to $12,60; medium, do. $10 to 312; choice butch- ers' bulls, $11 to 312; good, do., $10 to $10,50; medium, do., $9 to $10; choice butchers' cows $11 to $11.50; good, do., $10 to $11; medium, do., $9 to 39.60. Calves -Milk -fed, $12 to $14; good, 38.50 to 311. Sheep -$10 to $13; lambs, $16 to 317. Hogs - Choice selects, off cars, $22; sows, 320 to $20.60. For excessive or malodorous sweat- ing of the feet, try washing them with a solution of one part formalin to 800 parts of water, then dry them and uat with �steararte of zinc or talcum powder. A British anti-aircraft gun which is playing havoc with German air- ships in France, Many of these are also in position in England and have been of great value in air raids. WEST GETTING NEEDED RAINFALL General Showers Relieve Anxie- ty Regarding Crops. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Rains have been fairly general over northern -Alberta, northern and cen- tral Saskatchewan and western Mani- toba, while heavy rains in sorithern and central Alberta have been follow- ed by a snowstorm. There are indi- cations that the precipitation area will cover southern Manitoba, where it is badly needed. With all the wheat in and a good start on- seeding of coarse grains, nothing could bo more propitious than a general heavy rain- fall. Owing to the very early spring and the dry March the land needed moisture to an extent unusual at this time, for although there is plenty in the ground, the top soil was very dry and on light land there had been con- siderable drifting. Any anxiety on that score is now relieved. Brandon, -Man., May 16, -"The rainfall last night was very beneficial for the crops," declared Superintend- ent McKillican of the Experimental Farm to -day. "It came at a time when it would do the maximum amount of good." An electrical storax of about an hour's duration raged over this city and district just , before mid- night. The rainfall was about three - tenths of an inch and the moisture was heartily welcomed OVER $12,000,000 FOR THE RED CROSS 1,917 Subscriptions- More Than Doubled Those of 1916. A despatch from London says: Ac- cording to Reuter's, Limited, the re- port of the British Red Cross fund for 1917, just issued, shows that the response to the appeal from overseas and at home resulted in a gross amount of £2,577,888, as compared with 11,210,037 in 1916. With the exception of enemy countries, vir- tually every country in the world fig- ures in the List. The collection throughout the In- dian Empire realized 1280,000. The home return shows an increase over 1916, being more than 1700,000, as against 1400,000. The result in Ireland was particularly good, the total, 1111,307, being nearly five tines the amount collected in 1916. HERO OF THE CLOUDS. Lieut. Foiick is a Remarkably Cool and Daring Fighter. Lieut, Fonck, who in one clay brought down 6 Hun airplanes and who recently took a leading place among the French aces, was credited unoffi- cially nearly a month ago with hav- ing shot down 34 German machines. IIe is described as a remarkably cool and daring fighter, Recently he fought two German machines in a squadron of eight, felled one of them and put the other to flight. A year ago Lieut. Fonck was un- known as a fighting aviator. IIe en -1 tered the aerial service as pilot of an airplane regulating artillery fire. After more than 500 hours of flight over the line and two victories over German planes which had interfered with his work, he was sent into a squadron of pursuit planes. Eight clays later, on May 13, 1917, he be- came an ace, being cited officially as having destroyed his fifth airplane. He is 23 years old. TO JOIN PALESTINE AND CAIRO BY RAIL. A despatch from Cairo says: The swing bridge over iheeSuez Canal at Kante-ea has been completed, afford- ing' direct railway communication from Cairo toward Palestine, fa 31120 eat 1.x.; as c,f tat ea e.E3 in.i 1 DON'T WANT To l Go 10 ANV OLD coNcef'Y - Bur Toff, MAMMA WANTS 'f0 64:e60 MUCH AND 1 PROMISED lite. We'D TAKiS°HER-• Wou No DACK ALLRIGHT- ALLRIGHT-I THE CONcefer *STARTS RI'oI4T Now 1 `1'oM, wIiAr ON EAItTN AYo u) 'r WING? From Erin's Green Isle NEWS e3Y MAJL .FROM IRE,. LAND'S SHOEESc Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irieh- men. The Gln Creameries hove been working only two days a week lately; owing to the scarcity of coal. Corp. John T. Smith, son of the late 3. D. Smith, Aerager House, Mount- mellick, Wiciclowahas been killed in action, For capturing a machine gun and bringing in a wounded officer, Pri- vate M. Skeffington, of Blakey, has been awarded the Military Medal, Major T. G. Mawe, formerly of the 1st West Indian Regiment, and for - 27 years with the Munster Fusiliers, died recently at his home in Limerick. Constable John Moran, RIO., Ath- lone, now at the front, has been given a commission and awarded the Mili- tary Cross for bravery in the field. Lieutenant W. W. Armstrong, Black Watch, son of W. Armstrong, Ballysallagh, is reported as having been wounded in action at the front. The sum of,11,000 has been alloted for distribution among the officers and crew of the Irish steamer which suc- cessfully fought a German submar- ine. d+ The Local Government Board have been asked by the Newcastle Urban Council to compel the acquisition of land for allotment purposes. After March, the Bank of Ireland 11 notes, which are now about the size of £6 notes, will be made the size of Treasury notes. The curative workahopsrin connec- tion with the Ulster Volunteer Hospi- tal, Belfast, were opened by Lady Cynthia Hamilton. The Marquis of Sligo has appoint - Major Marvin Pratt, of Enniscoe, County Mayo, to be Deputy Lieu- tenant for the county. The Lord Lieutenant has approved of the appointment of Lord de Freyne and the O'Connor Don as Deputy - Lieutenants for County Roscommon., Colonel Robert H. Wallace, C.B., Belfast, has relinquished his connec- tion with the army after 89 years' service with the Royal Irish Rifles. As an evidence of the prosperity of Irish farmers, the deposits in the Bank of Ireland have increased 12,- 000,000. Lady Caledon has presented paint- ings of the second and fourth Earls ofliera. Caledon to the Inniskilliug Fusi- The field on which the famous bat- tle of Benburb was fought in 1646 has been purchased by David A. Irwin, Ballinlode, Co, Monahan. Mrer Macdougall, 41 Grosvenor square, Rathmines, has been notified that her sore -Lieut. L. G. D. Macdou- gall, has been killed in notion. The Government has taken over a considerable acreage in the Castlewel- lan district for the cultivation of Can- adian flax. Under an order of the Food Con- troller, nearly two tons of butter were seized on the premises of a Ros- common merchant. Carlow Urban Council have struck a rate of threepence in the pound to provide meals for school children in the urban area. For salvage rendered to the Liver- pool steamer Elswick, the master and crew of the steamer Dublin were awarded 1750. ARMY OF 1,500,000 BEFORE END OF 1918. A despatch from Paris says: -The United States has promised to have 1,500,000 fighting men in France by the -end of 191.8, says L'Homme Libre, Premier CIemenceau's newspaper, These troops, it adds, must have their own organization and services, which will mean at least 2,000,000 specialists, workers, men in the quartermaster's department and others. 87 PLANES DOWNED BY BRITISH IN ONE DAY A despatch from London says:- Thirty-seven ays:Thirty-seven German airplanes, 25 of which were destroyed, were accounted for by British airmen on Wednesday. The, official statethent on aerial oper- ations on Thursday night reports a ,narked ingraase in the activities of both aerial forces on the western front. The British continue to bom- bard railway stations and billets be- hind the German lines. PLANT TO REPINE NICKEL AND COPPER. A despatch from Ottawa says: The contract for the construction of a nickel and copper refining plant at Deschenes, Quo., for the British - American Nickel Corporation, calls for completion of the job before the Tho buildings and machinery will cost over 31,000,000. It is understood that bath British and Norwegian in- terests are back of the scheme. 014 1'M JUST 1 PLATING '5coND I f:IDOLE AGAl iele . '' l FROM SUNSET COAST WHAM TITS WESTERN PEOPLIII ARE DQING. rase of the Great West Tolle in a Feer Pointed Paragraphs. Word has been received that Major Oldfield, of Elk Lake, B.C,, has died of wounds received on April 0th, Primrose Day et Victoria netted 31,284.72 for the Red Cross by the sale of primroses in the streets. Seven now wooden vessels, among them the War Cariboo and the War Comex, have recently been launched. The hospitals +at Victoria formerly under the control of the M.H,C.C. have been taken over by the A,D.M,S. Miss Loretta Murphy, New West- minster, was chosen as the forty- eighth Queen of the May for that city. All that now reznains to make Mrs. Ralph Smith's "Minimum Wage Act" law is the assent of the Lieutenant - Governor of B.C. Citizens of Vancouver recently gave some 360,000 for tuberculosis preven- tion in the city during the campaign of the Rotary Club, British Columbia's share of the 32,- 260,000 which the Y.M.C.A. of Can- ada hopes to raise in 1918 for its mili- tary work is $100,000. Sergt. Harry Mullin, a British Co- lumbia hero from Victoria, was decor- ated with the Victoria Cross at Buck- ingham Palace by the King. The American -Canadian fisheries conference is to be held at Victoria for the purpose of protecting halibut and salmon in coast waters. Nursing Sister G. M. Carvolt, who left Victoria in August, 1915, with No. 5 General Hospital, B.C. Unit, is home on seventeen days' leave. John McLellan, who walked the lonely trails in the days of red men in British Columbia, died at the ad- vanced age of ninety-one at Vancou- ver. A beautiful new memorial window was unveiled recently at St. Mark's Church, Kitsilano, by Lieut. E. Lord, of the Imperial army, home on special furlough. A mine laid some days ago under a sandbar in the north arm of the Fraser river, British Columbia, was fired and a herd of hair seal were blown to pieces. Second Lieutenant Terence Wood Manley, R.F.C., who enlisted from Vancouver with the 2nd Heavy' Artil- lery, was accidentally killed while fly- ing at Hythe, Kent. When the bill now before the Leg- islature to give the Government the right to secure a loan of $4,000,000 is passed British Columbia will possess borrowing powers to the extent of $11,370,000. Individuals and firms interested in herring fishing are conferring with the executive of the B.C. Manufactur- ers' Association in Vancouver with a view of furthering the agitation com- menced by the association some months ago for unrestricted licenses for herring fishing, A memorial in commemoration of the Battle of Ypres and a prayer ser- vice of intercession for the allied forces has been arranged by the Im- perial Order of Daughters of the Em- pire and the Great War Veterans' As- sociation at Vancouver. BLOOD -RED BATTLEFIELDS. Prot Altar Land of France Transformed By Nature's Kindly Touch. A correspondent at the front vividly described in the London Times last summer the transformation that time and the effacing hand of nature had worked on the devastated battlefields of France, where the fighting was fiercest. The valley of the Ancre, he says, was hideous last year (1916), when the trickle of the streaxn ran from one half -stagnant pool to' an- other through a brown waste of shell - kneaded earth; but now it is all wav- ing rushes, dotted with meadow - sweet and hemp, agrimony and purple loosestrife. In Aveley Wood the riv- en tree stumps stand out against a background of acres of red rosebay, and so it is all over the battlefields of a year ago. "An old legend says that roses never grow so red as over a hero's grave. I think it must be true of poppies, Norfolk poppe land itself can show no braver fields of scarlet than these year-old battlegrounds, and, al- though it may be only fancy, it seems that the sheets of color are richer and more unbroken where the fighting was the most desperate." Since he wrote those words the tide of war has swept once more over the tragic valley of the Ancre. Perhaps when nature has her way again the poppies will bloom redder than ever in that altar land of France. The British Crown. There are no less than 3,000 stones in the crown of the British King. Some very famous jewels are includ- ed in this number. One of these is a large heart -shaped ruby, given to Ed- ward the Black Prince in 1637 by Don Pedro of Castile. Another precious gem of the crown is a huge sapphire bought by George IV. The remaining jewels consist of 1,368 brilliant dia- monde, 1,273 rose diamonds, 147 table diamonds, 277 pearls, 16 sapphires, 11 emerala and four rubies. Complete with its white silk lining and purple cap, the crown weighs slightly more than thirty-nine ounces. Shepherd's Pk. Brown an onion, sliced, in two tahlespenns batter substitute, add two tablespoons tlenr, and cook until frothy; add salt and popper, and one pint of stock made front the bones and trimmings of whatever Meat is at hand; after boiling a few minutes add three ,.ups meat cut in very small • pieces, 1Vhen tender turn in a bak- po potatoes, dish, Brushover the ver rto�patatoes with ntolk of an ilk- bxowaeHin 4V48. Dexvect e al once, r A A 4 4 1 4 1 .1 i i