TITE OMAirA" DAILY BEE: PATURDAT, JANUARY 23, 100f.- "B K1 M that have ever been offered are included in this sale. Just think of being able to buy women's high grade, fashionable coats that sold earlier' in the season for $16.75 now for $5, there isn't a coat in f he entire lot sold for less than $10. Choice 7, Saturday, GOOD CflANCE F0R0PER1T0RS Farofable Openings for Telegrapiera in Philippines, Says Captain Wal'ac. DEMAND FOR THEM SAID TO BE URGENT nstnnt D(T.lopmt of Signal Serv io. Leads to Belief that Pout Mar Be Placed at Fort Crook. Since the withdrawal of a considerable force ot the United States Blgnal corps from the Philippines to other Holds there U said to be a deficiency of competent tele graph operators in the islands. 4 Captain Charles 8. Wallace, signal officer of the Department of the Missouri, but recently returned from four years' service In the XtiUlpplnes, states that he will gladly give acy information -elatlv. to the want of telegraphers in tha Philippines and the con ditions of service there and would be pleased to receive applications either In -person or .by letter. He said: ."The service is not arduous, but the need cf telegraphers 13 quite urgent. The salary Is as good there, or better, than, In the States, and living is certainly much cheaper, b th in the matter of food and clothing. .There is a fine field for young telegraphers' in the Philippines. The lines are owned and controlled by the govern ment and the, operators will be under -the crmtsol jrtaElvll service- department of tho Philippines and not of the army. Ap plicant, need not, be way up experts in tel egraphy, but a good knowledge of telegra phy will of course be required. The terms of the : contract with the government are very easy and can be readily complied with. Tha civil government of the Philip pine, needs a large number of telegraphers 'and men who are familiar with telephony as well, and In fact all lines of electrical science. I will be glad to give any further information possible to all applicants and believe that - there is a fine opening for young men particularly. Important Branch of Army. "There are now connected with the signal Service dopartment of the United States army about 700 enlisted men and forty-five officers. Tha service had been brought to , tho highest state of efficiency Once the Spanish-American war and Is now one of the most Important branches of the' military , service. The withdrawal of a large por tion of the Blgnal corps from the Philip- , pine, has necessitated the locating of sig nal corps companies at various posts of tha United States. Tha headquarters of the corps is at Fort Meyer, Va. A com- with its complement ot officers. Is to There arc many whiskies which pay the dealer a better profit, but the purchaser gets the best value in Old Uncle j ' It has the least reactive effect. CHAS. DENNEHY 6 CO.. Chicago. M A Clean All Our Women's Coats that sold for $10, $14.75 and $16.75 on Sale Sat urday Morning at $5. Don't look upon this sale as an ordinary event. The greatest values b located at Fort Leavenworth, another at San Francisco and others at such posts as the needs of the service may require. "It Is possible that a company may also be located at Tort Crook, but this has not been definitely decided upon. The signal service Is materially different from what It was a few years ago and is now comprised of as bright, intelligent and competent men as can be found anywhere, and the service la constantly Improving;." COUNCILMEN ASK FOR STARS Want Police Authority Given to En force Ordinances of the City. Councilmen are demanding stars' and the full authority of a policeman. They say they are powerless to enforce compliance with various ordinances they, see violated every day. It Is Intended to take in all elective officers, so that hereafter If one of them sees a man throwing paper about the streets, dumping garbage in an alley or otherwise misbehaving, the officer may call Mm to account and be able to enforce his demands. "It would be a great help to us to have stars," said Councilman O'Brien. "Every day every elective officer in the city notes the violation of many laws, some of which be 'helped to make. Just when he looks around for a policeman Is the ' time the officer is busy somewhere else. We all have tried to make the lawbreakers come to time, but have merely succeeded in being told to mind our own business. With the authority a star confers .this would be different."- LOCAL BREVITIES The hearing of the Chinese deportation cases has been continued until February 23. All of the Chinamen arrested, four In number, have been released on bail. . The Grand View, Gibson and South Side Improvement clubs will hold a union meet ing Saturday night at Lincoln hall to dis cuss the project looking to the extension of the Harney, street car line. The meeting will be addressed by members of the coun cil, park board and Interested property owners. The offices of the chief clerk of the rail way mall service for this division are being transferred from their old quarters on the north side of the second floor of the fed eral building to more spacious rooms in the new wing at the southwest corner of the same floor. Several other changes of quar ters will be made during the next few weeks, as soon as the new rooms can be put In readiness. Papers were filed In the office of the clerk of the district court which show that H. Rucker was arrested by the local police on a warrant emanating from Governor Mickey on representations made by Gov ernor cummins or town, to the effect that Rucker was charged with cheating by false retenses and was a fugitive from justice, tucker is the party who sought and ob tucker is the part) o sought and ob- tained a writ of habeas corpus the first of the week against Chief of Police Donahue and Captain Haze. lie had been confined in the city JalL roof ve Si Sweep TO FOSTER HOME INDUSTRY Grocars of Oxaha, Eouth Omiha and Counoil Blnffi Lay Their Plans. WANT MORE HOME-MADE ARTICLES SOLD Appoint Committee of Active Boul Men to Carry Ont Idea Opposed to Parcels Post Bill. The grocers of Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs appointed a committee of five Thursday night, at a meeting in the Commercial club, to devise ways and means by which home-made articles can be more largely sold by trl-ctty merchants. The committee consists of John Mackin, H. J. Hughes and C. Hanson of Omaha, Julius Keppner and J. H. Daniels of Council Bluffs, and O. W. Hardin and W. J. Nagle of South Omaha. . John Mackin waa chairman and made a strong plea for Omaha products. He hoped a time would come when everything which tha people of this city use would be made within its limits, lie urged all grocers to recommend and foster tha sale of things now made In Omaha. He included in the list of Omaha houses all those which had warehouses here and salesmen, but barred those simply having desk room here. ' A resolution war passed condemning the parcel post bill. . "If auch a bill were passed," said one of the executive committee of the Omaha Re tall Grocers' association, "it would be a very bad thing. The middle man would be forced out of existence. With a parcel post In operation people would get into the habit of ordering goods from the big houses in Chicago and New York, which cater to this sort of trade, with the result that a large amount of business would be taken from the Omaha merchants. The money Would go out of the city." About 150 were present at the meeting, among these the salesmen for most of the wholesale houses. Gellenbeck'a string mu sicians entertained the merchants and re freshments were served. m.6o to New Orleans, La., and return. $30.36 to Mobile, Ala., and return ' Feb. 9th-14th. Long limit, and stop-overs. JtH' information at Wabash city office, 1G01 Farnam St., or address Harry E. Moores, O. A. P. D., Omaha, Neb. 1 M TAKES FATAL DOSE OF POISON Farmhand at Hooper Stricken While la Depot and Dies Inside of Few' Minutes. FREMONT, Neb., Jan. 22. (Special Tele gram.) A. Frank Krueger, a farm hand who has been working for J. H. Meyer, committed suicide by taking strychnine to day. Krueger quit work today and this afternoon came to. Hooper with Meyer, who paid him off. Ha then went Into saloon and called for a beer. Some of those In the saloon noticed that he put something Into the glass before drinking it. One noticed something peculiar about his appearance. He left the saloon and started towards tha depot. A party who met him says that he was staggering, but naturally supposed he had only been drink lng a little too much. He went Into th. waiting room of the depot and aat down. The operator saya he noticed that Krueger was frothing at the mouth, but paid little attention to him. Abou sis minutes later a section hand came In and saw the un fortunate man writhing on th. floor 1. convulsions and at once summoned a phy sician, -who was unable to give him any relief, and he died a few minutes later at about six o'clock. An empty bottle which had contained strychnine was found in his pocket, together with quite a sum ot money. He was about 28 years-of age. A brother of hla lives at St. Paul, Minn. No reason Is known for the act. He was not a man of very strong mind and at times was considered a little off. When he left Meyer he said he was going to West Point He had worked around Hooper for some time. SEEKS NEW COMMODITY RATE Commercial Clan Presents Matter Great Western aad Other Read, aad Is Hopefal. The Commercial club baa been trying for some time to get a commodity rat. put In to favor Omaha Jobbers In certain lines which now have to pay rather heavy duty to the transportation fompanles. The mat ter has been presented to Traffic Manage Stohr of the Chicago Great Western and to other railway men. These, It Is believed are favorably Inclined If Omaha Jobbers can show they are at a disadvantage In competition with houses In certain other cltlo The question will be answered In a few days. The rates In question affect hardware. Implements and groceries among other thing.. BINGHAM HAS LEAD OF SINE Drop On. Tot. in Net Oonnt, but Still Xttpt Ahead of Broadwell. TECHNICALITIES ENTER INTO THE CONTEST Kad of Controversy Is Matter of Mark Donbt asl Result Is Rejrarded as Lara-elr Prob lematical. At noon yesterday there had been little change in the count In connection with the Blngham-Broadwell contest for clerk of the district court before Judge Vlnson- haler. At tho conclusion of the count Thursday night Bingham had ten votes ma jority over Broadwell. This morning he gained two more and Broadwell gained three, leavlag the latter on. ahead on the morning's count and reducing Bingham's lead by one vote, thus leaving him nine votes on tho right side of the ledger. Technicalities are brought strongly to th. front In this contest, and where the elector has made some unaccountable markings on his ballot, there Is often a question In th. mind of the court as to what should be done, but several rules have been laid down and will be followed hereafter In the counting of th. questionable ballots. One of trnse Is that a single erasure does not constitute a distinguishing mark, but where there are two or more, a mark of Identifica tion Is thereby established and the ballot will be discarded. Various conjecture, now are going the rounds a. to whether the thirty-one votes which Broadwell lost In the First precinct of the Fifth ward wil ultimately be with held from him in the higher courts, whereas th. statutes provides that they shall be signed - by two Judges. On this same technicality Bingham lost eleven votes Thursday afternoon. Short. Two Officials. But there is some doubt about the First precinct of tho Fifth ward, since the elec tion board, upon assembling election morn ing, found itself short two officials, and hurriedly swore In two electors to take their places, and one of these signed- the ballots. The question la whether or not the party who signed the ballots with an acknowledged judge Of election, was not also a judge himself. In other words, tho supposition is that it can not" be proven that he waa not a Judge of election. The mornlng'a count resulted in a loss of one vote for Broadwell In the Fourth precinct of the First ward; a loss of one for Bingham in the Platte Valley , pre cinct, and a loss of one ballot for each In the Fifth of the First. In the Eighth the First Broadwell gained one vote and one ballot was held out and will be counted or discarded later, which was for Bingham. This left Broadwell a gainer of one vote for the morning count. The end of the contest is a matter of considerable specu lation about the court house and It is greed that the issue Is largely problem atlcal. STEALS COINS AND STAMPS Prisoner "ays He "Was Unable to Re sist Temptation When He Saw Souvenirs. A mania for old coins and rare stamps has at last got George "Wlltfong of 2615 Reese street Into a peck of trouble. He has been arrested on ar charge of burglary, preferred by Samuel Mortensen, manager of the Omaha Stamp; and Coin company, iiwn omith Kleventh strdet. It Is alleged in the complaint tha( Wlltfong broke Into k- rk-n-Via Qiomn unit Coin camnanv's . . a , nnn inn jbiiuhi y io diiu bcvuicu ..wv stamps and a box containing 100 old coins of considerable value. Wlltfong, when taken into custody by Detectives Drummy and Maloney, at first denied the charge, but under pressure finally admitted his guilt and showed the detectives where he had hid the, stamps and colna under a barn about two blocks away from his place of residence. It was Just my falling for collecting old coins and stamps that got me Into this trouble," said Wlltfong. "I saw the stamps In the window of Mr. Mortensen's store and could not resist taking them." WEEPS WHEN SENT TO JAIL Man Who Abases Wife Cries When Jodie Gives Him Ten ' . Days. Timothy Chrlatenson, 2025 Center street. who waa charged by his wife with abusing her, while under the Influence of liquor, waa arraigned In police "court and given ten days in Jail. i Just to remind you, that you should treat your wife with some little considera tion, even when drunk," Judge Berka said aa he pronounced sentence. Both parties to this domestlo disturbance are well advanced In years. The woman is frail and very mild-mannered. Chrla tenson Is a stern appearing fellow, but when the Judge gave him ten daya he broke down and wept copiously. "It is not right," he whimpered, "to im pose a tall sentence on a man wno laaes as good care of his family as I do." FINDLAY VISITS OLD HOWE Omahaa Who Becomes Famous Golf Player Tackles Links at Local Club Grossda, Alexander Flndlay, formerly of Kelley, Stlger & Co. of this city, but now a golfer I of prominence, is in Omaha and has been playing a few holea with old acquaintances. Monday he played at the Country club and ' Tuesday at the Field club. Walter Watklns entertained him the former even ing at the club and Tuesday evening he was the guest of W. D. Bancker at the Omaha club. Mr. Flndlay ia traveling I through the west. Four years ago Mr. . Findlay went to Boston to become manager of the golf and tennis departments - of a sporting goods house. He is one of the few first rate golfers. Varden, the English expert, was almost beaten by him. Only one American player has defeated th. foreigner, this being Bernard Nichols, who waa in Omaha laat week. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. Guy C. Barton left Wednesday for Florida. Andrew Petrle of Shelton. A. F. Manuel of Denver and W. M. Krwin of Alma are at the Merchants. Mrs. Horace G. Burt will go east over the Nortlnvestern tonight to join her hus band, who Is at present in New York. VV. C. Flanagan of Clinton, J. A. May of Kansas City, C. 8.- Kennedy of Ashland and H. C. Rountree of Lincoln are at the Millard. Miss Ella Thorngate, a teacher in the primary department at the Mason school, has an article In the Overland Monthly on cowboy carnivals. National Republican Committeeman R. B. Schneider of Fremont passed through the city Wednesday evening returning home rrom wasningxon. Mrs. Fred Schneider of this city and Mrs. J. Au'.lch and daughter of Chicago, who have been visiting in this city, left for I inicago 1 nursuay evening. W. B. Stewart of Portland, Ore.Luther Freeman of Wyoming. Carson Adams of Itouglas. Wya; R. A. Meigs and Julia F. Hamilton, of Butts, MoiiL. wr at the Pas- BLAMES IT ON PAT CROWE ConneM RlafTs Man Say. Great Kid naper It Waa Maltreated Herman Oleneek. Friends of Mr. rat Crow, doubtless will be gratified to know that th. nam. of that very Justly celebrated person Is not en tirely forgotten In this section where one It was a household word. Memory of Mr. Crowe Is revived by one George Atkins, formerly of Omaha, but now of Council Bluffs, who come, to the front with the In formation that he Is positive It was Patrick I who bound, gagged and robbed Herman Oleneck, clerk for Sam Adler, 1105 Farnam street. In a rooming house at Twentieth and Dodge .treet. Wednesday and skipped out with a livery rig belonging to th. Cole stables. Atkins' evidence Is that he knew Crowe of old, saw him on the streets before th. robbery, looaed him squarely In the face and knew he could not b. mistaken In th. Identity. The culprit who maltreated Mr. Olenerk gave his name as Henry Fisher and his oc cupation as that of a deputy United State, marshal from Oklahoma. No trace of him has been found. Some of the police force half-way give credence to the story told by Atkins, recalling that Fat Crowe was up to such tricks before he plunged Into fame In the Cudahy kidnaping case, since which time, however, he. has not been known to stoop so low a. to rob a man for a mere bagetella such as the alleged Flsh.r took from the store clerk. RULES OUT CERTAIN POSTALS Postofflc. Department Decides Busi ness and Private Cards Are Contrary to Law, An Important ruling relative to business and private postal cards has Just been given out by the Postofflce department by Third A slatant Postmaster General Edward Madden, and which prohibits the mailing ot certain characters of these cards after July 1. The order is as follows: The law officer for this department ad- vises that cards Issued by private persons Dearing on tne address side the words untted States of America' are In "llke- ness or similitude" of the regular United States postal card and are therefore In violation of law and unmallable (section lost, postal service regulations). However. In order to give all users of such cards reasonable time to dispose of those on hand postmasters will accept them for mailing until July 1, iau4, upon payment or postage at proper rate, on and alter July 1. ism. such cards will be treated as unmallable at any rate of postage. Yonngrstown and New Castle Travel Conveniences Include Drawing room sleeping car, leaving Chi cago over Pennsylvania Short Lines ,7:30 p. m. daily, arriving Toungstown and New Castle next morning. C. L. Kimball, A. O. P. Agt., No. 2 Sherman street, Chicago, 1 serves berths or private compartments In I advance upon request by mall or telegraph. St. Loots St. Loots. Commencing Sunday, January 24th, tha St. Louis Fast Mail, via the Wabash, will leave Omaha Union station 6:80 p. m. Railway Notes and Personals. D. O. Ives, general freight agent of th. B. & M., Is In St. Louis. F. A. Nash, general western agent of the Milwaukee, went to Chicago Wednesday night. R. Kltallma of Yokohama. Japan, waa an Omaha visitor, a guest at the Paxton, Thursday. H. W. Jackson, general agent of the Colorado Midland, with headquarters in Chicago, Is in the city. George F. BIdwell. general manager of the Nebraska and Wyoming division of the Northwestern, has gone to Chicago. W. Lucas, local superintendent of the Pullman company, has gone to Chicago on business connected with the company. I J- KUCKin neham. assistant general pas- I senger agent of the B. & M., Is in St. Louis In attendance at the meeting of general passenger agents now in session in that city. It Is said that General Agent J. N. Stohr of the Chicago Great Western, who haa been a sufferer for about three months paBt with a spinal trouble. Is rapidly im proving. Vice President Cornish of the Union Pa cific will leave for his home in New York tonlaht if he can complete the work in hand, which he thinks is probable. If not he will leave Monday. J. R. Buchanan, who was formerly gen eral nasseneer agent of the old Fremont. Nlkhorn & Missouri vauey, ana wno nas been In this city during the past few days, left for his home In Waukesha, Wis., Wednesday nlKht. During the first half of January the Mis souri Pacific hauled out of Omaha 100 cara of grain: the Great Western. 10 cars: Burlington. 60 cars; Rock Island, 26 cars. and Illinois Central, log cars. The ship ments all went east ana soutn. Beginning Sunday Wabash passenger train No. 14, running from tins city to St. Louis, .will leave the Union depot at 6:30 ?. m. instead 01 t:i3 p. m., as it does now. Tnder the new schedule this train will ar rive In St. Louis at 7:25 In the morning. The later leaving time will enable passen gers to secure tneir dinner Derore the de parture or tne train. It is reported at Union Paclnc headquar ters that since the retirement of President Burt the - Omaha National bank will be made the depository of all Union Paclflo funds. When Mr. Burt assumed the office of president all of the local banking busi ness or tne company was transacted witn the Omaha National, but soon after he took charge the business was divided be tween the umana ana Merchants rational banks. At the meeting of the passenger agents now In session at ot. Louis It has been de cided to combine the western and trans- mlssouri passenger bureaus under one head. It will be in control ot Chairman K. K. MacLeod - In Chicago. Interchangeable mileage tickets will be continued for each territory which formerly was covered by separate organization, but each of these tickets will be good only In the territory in which they were formerly used, that is. the transmlssourl tickets will continue to be used In the territory west of the Mis souri river and the western tickets in the territory east of the river. Bonbons Bvmry Pack-age Warrmnfdl If you buy Lowney's Candies in th. original sealed packages yon will find them in perfect condition, or money refunded. "Bteisl" iuerU4 . 1 lb. We.; lb. S6c "Keitealr" . . . . I lb. eoc j lb. lie. "AsMrlcaa BeahtUs I lb. toe.; ft lb. Mc Fists," "Paules I lnlU,,Vi,H. tiolfen" ... . llb.oc;Klb.Mc. Cisaial Dssiesn . . 1 lb. toe.; lb. SOc urkeeolsts PcssersilBU" 10c and tic "Caeeelatealeieeds" . Itc t&c aad Mc sVeevaey Pmekagmm rt Pull Wight. 1 "A-tsm. .a Mvmiy Piece." I Chocolate Wagon Deliveries Every Day fo) WE LEAD; OTHERS FOLLOW The GREEN TRADINO 8TAMP has established Its superiority beyond th. shadow of a doubt. There's nothing comes up to It in absolute worth, and there's ho premium plan we have yet seen worka so tmoothly and so compre. hensively, and at th. sam. time is so easily understood. The GREEN TRAD ING STAMP Is tho only stamp that "STICKS." The premiums that it se cure, for you are of a grade that ha. whacked .very comparison In every city In America, or throughout th. world, wherever a comparison has been sug gested. Don't forget this, please; be careful NEVER TO FORGET that THE S PERRY A, HUTCHINSON Company, who control tha GREEN TRADING STAMP. OWNS AND OPERATES MORE STORES THAN ANT OTHER CONCERN ON TOP OF EARTH. They keep FACTORIES GOING factories of every kind turning out those premiums. Local purchasing power, with all due respect to It, is not a flea bit. to tho buying power of the GREEN TRADING STAMP COMPANY. W. hav. no ex tra expent-ea for extra stores, or extra people in our handling of the GREEN TRADING STAMP proposition. Tho Trading etarqp Parlor on our second floor is rented by tha TRADING STAMP COMPANY, and la a source of reve nue to THE BENNETT COMPANY. Our proposition Is clean cut, easily understood, clear in It. working, com prehensive in Its fairness; it's the on. grand plan of earning Interest on th. money you spend. How's Your Stamp Book Coming? Millinery The Greatest Millinery Sale of the Season Changes, alterations and improvements in the Millinery Department, All hats must go, and go quick, regardless of price. Come and see the remarkable bargains. Hats formerly sold at from $4.00 to $8.00, Saturday .w-1.54 $10.00, $15.00 and $18.00, at ; From $20.00 up, at 5.00 Green Trading Stamps Every Time. Saturday - Crockery No. 2 , Lamp Chimneys, each v k-.-dc No. 2 Heavy Brass Burners, each : . ...-...-...'. 3c No more than 3 of either Burners or Chimneys to a customer. No delivery on either item. , , White Porcelain 100-piece' Dinner Sets . .W.3.Q8 Only a sample of the. many bargains in January Din nerware sale. 1 ...-. 25 per cent discount on all Decorated Toilet Sets, larg, est line in the city to select from. See our large line of Ilaviland & Co.'s directly Im ported by us from that famous Pottery at Limoges, France. You will find many new things now in our stock, as Import orders are fast arriving. Shoes! Shoes!! Shoes!!! SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY. Men's $2.50 Box Calf or Vici Kid or Vici Ivid i QO shoes. I. O Men's $2.50 and $2 work shoes, j Women's fine welt or turned sole shoes w ith medium or high Cuban heel, $3 and $3. 50 2.50 Wome'n's $2.50 shoes, heavy or lig-ht nn, at. w r Worneu's $2 shoes, good values, at ... . Women's first quality storm Alaska 1.43 35c Grocery! Grocery! BUSY as a BUNCH OF BEES are BENNETT'S clerks in their BUSTLING BUSY Grocery BASEMENT Bennett's for Best Groceries. QRECN TRADING STAMPS WITH EVERY PURCHASE. SATURDAY SPECIALS. i Tomatoes, 3 lb can 7o Corn, 2 lb can 9c Peas, 2 lb can 7c Beans, 2 lb can.. Ho Baked Beans, 1 lb can 4o Oil Sardines, can 4c Salmon, ran, 1 lb l"c French Mustard, glass and spoon.. Vic Chili SautM. Jar loo Pickles, assorted, bottle 9c Cherries, for pies, t lb can Inc Pancake Flour, 1 lb package l"o Rolled Oats, 2 lb package loo Headquarters for Coffees. Santos coffee, good, per ll 13c Bennett'. Capitol coffee, per lb. ...2m Saturday Special Curtain Dept. 3d Floor. . TABLE COVERS Extra heavy, French Tapestry Fringe all round, size yards square, regular bCV value $3.75; special for Saturday, each 1 SOFA PILLOWS Covered ready for use, regular value ?2.50 to 3.50; special for Ql Saturday J O C WINDOW SHADES Size 3x6, complete with f Cl-ra bracket; special for Saturday, each. Wagons every day to South Omaha to Walnut Hill and Bson f "q I fJJj Little gent's all er ' I if II .olid school ahcea, UXf I yy wortl l-50, at. . . . ' u ,S2,chMl i5o Bennett's Breakfast coffee, 2 lb can. 48c Teas Be.t values ever offered. B. F. Japan, Gunpowder, Oolong and English Brenkfast, per lb....3fto Tea sittings, per lb...., i6j Butter Received from the Best Dairies. , Fresh country butter, per lb 13o Bennett's Ccpltot creamery, per lb.28o Wisconsin cream cheese, per lb....lio " t'andjr Department. An Immense quantity qf freh mads Chocolate Creams, vanilla flavored, per lb ,....- ,A Uo.