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j p gTIERRILL, Editor and Publisher VOLUME XLV ill. |oil Committee Opens I Another Surprise Bag I During Hearing Today h’u! Secretary Slemp ■ » i;; , \.! lt 't! lor Fads About | Loan McLean Abide to For wm mer Secretary Fall. BiIEMP tried to ■ ' (FT \LL FACTS B) C( ‘iared He Asked Fall to Ail arid T hat Fall Re -11 plied He Had Nothing ■ \{ ort . to Make Public. _ 21.--The Senate oil .m: i her hag of sitr- i; resumed hearings rr.iii of the SI4N 1.000 \. 11. Fall hy Edward It. | ( of the Washington was told hy efii \ Wa-!ting%on lumps tint! balance in neither than SIO.I >OO 1 ►*>- j publisher lias in-* 1 lie Kail |B ■ SKMI.OOO I lie l -riod, hat that l hey t;r:tsl;**d. s ry to l’re-d --|H; questioned ah ait a !tit Heaeli while Mc- - last I teoeinher Tie- declared ■ Kail '‘‘veial limes, atld a limit the oil i . to tell every ii-»I. in l - said, that |m \ in* president of National Hank. months if Nn- 1 »--«•. l Edward 11. liinier $10.0410.- I., . iii• l tliat it was dnr- Aihrrt It. Kail ... ;tfgri Si tit on the Ked- A;,;. i m.-rcial National i Wa-l.ii.'rti. hut that the! w.t.- to him unused. J hr.rrreiv.-il i t . would have called ,\i• • i if he wanted j arrange t" i -s H. It. v:.-e president of ' i i \ ul Hank, pro- , il :l:at McLean's if..;; lu - /.t-f. -and tllaf iRs was , |^B' U " Middle of lieremher. t , BBr I ''' -1;! -ha ' nid have Jim- • J McLean. but 'ln* Washing) *n - • his -1 tiou officials i with Al o- involved in the { •-s;'l.-f-*s said Mr. W- I Palm I teach his-rmher and J: '' ad conversations J "private r. ■ 1111 iiirtee lie met Fall atid ilintnr. "soup* three |H ir*» S'niat n- Walsh, of |B to know.” lie ' down there on any! ’ l'"‘ h *dy. hut for my health 1 r -r-at,-.„." I that oil matter I ' d gr||,.rally at his meet-! u •‘•'■l ami Mi Lean, but he did • Ititi'i'i"! Secretary what the record.” Slemp j ' "1,1 \ "I have said ■ |B[ mi the subject." after Senator Walsh! advised l''all to .' aid lie would have to j reports lie I BB ii ouse on McLean's I that In- had not the oil com- never had met Harry K. Policin', and never :!:;|l i!eatinii. directly in- director of the Hti 'oiupanies had urged ' I tepartmeut get the , tieneral Daugherty ; J ''fore a contract B s ;.; interests. ' idled .attention to j. . . ' on May 12, ID2l*. s mi w illingness of ' "inpany of California, ' •'! re-erve oil. and say- mi Mr. Dcdteny to get ■ NV!!VJ ''i s hfa:: says. fl ■ ° ■ fl| o on Uu 1 the •, <(, us! and snow or rain ehT'.''""' and Tuesday. THE CONCORD TIMES ♦ * * m H: * * * * H? * * * ♦. 7K DOCK WORKERS STRIKE ENDED & • ■k & London. Keb. 2o (Hy the Associ- f^. ated Press). —The conference of tin 1 tH dock workers today called off the rfc d* deck men's strike which has been 7iz in p. ogress since February lti. -Id Work will he resumed at all ports i* nutrtow morning. •!- •K ..... ♦ *F THE COTTON MARKET 0| i.’ m Was Sit toy at a Decline of A J*oitits lo an .\dva»n*e of 14> Points. New York. Feb. 2a. —Conflicting in tlnenecs were indirectly at Work in tlitc cott< n market during today's early trad-, ing. The opening was steady tit a de cline of live prints to an advance of 1(i points. March wjts under considerable pro-sure of liipiidation in preparation for possible post ice* tomorrow, and this had an unsettling effect on the general list.mlthough some of the March sellers were re-buying in later months, and there was considerable buying of new 1 crop positions on reports of unfavorable* weather in the Sbuth. The marker also was impressed hv increased spot sales reported. In Liv erpool. partly for export, and better advices from Manchester. After sell ing up from 80.12 to 204.1 or May or abuir 88 points net higher, prices eased f ff -eyeral jioints from the host, owing to continued near month liquidation attd were rather unsettled during the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. - March 20.70: May 80.18: duly 20.12: Oct. 20.00: Dec. 20.20. ASKS INVESTIGATION OF fall RIVER (t rtailmext .Mayor Wants Trade Commission to Probe Decrease in Cotton Manufactur ing. Fall River. Mass.. Feb. 24.—An in vestigaticn of the "continued curtail ment" of the Fall River cotton mills to be conducted by the federal trade com mission is Yequested by Mayor Edward P. Talbot, in a telegram which he sent to the chairman of the commission. The mayor said he was not intimating that 4iMfct«»n maitn fact nrerV n<sho«'Mi (»*>♦♦ was gui'ty of restraint of trade, but as sorted lie was not sure there was not "some understanding among mills to bring about widespread curtailment of operation." Mayor Talbot said that until suf fering was being caused by the closing of the mil’s in Fall River, "the largest cotton manufacturing city in the world." He asked that the board determine if there had been any waste, mismanage ment. or gross neglect by the manu facturers whose mills have suspended in definitely. MORE CHARGES MADE AGAINST GOA'. McCRAY Governor of Indiana Now Charged AA ith I se of Mails in Scheme to Defraud. Indianapolis. Ind*.. Feb 2o. —Financial difficulties of Warren T. McCray, Gov ernor of Indiana, have been further aug mented by his indictment by a Federal grand jury on charges of using the mails in a scheme to defraud and violation of the national banking laws. The charges were included in a report made by the grand jury last Saturday, but were not made public until today when the Gov ernor surrendered to the Knifed State's Marshal who held cstpiases for his ar rest. into trouble." The letter also suggested that Attorney General Daugherty be ask i cd to give a written opinion on the legal- I ity of the policy, but said there might be j objections to such a step. I "The oil company attorneys asked the ! Attorney General bo asked to give an I opinion,” Air. Rain said. My under standing was that the Department of the Interior considered the leasing legal and this was the opinion of the Navy Depart ment's solicitor, the judge advocate gen eral.” Secretary Fall had told him. Director liain sad,That Attorney General Daugh erty had raised no objection to the plan of leasing. "My impression was that the general policy of leasing had been discussed eith er at cabinet meetings or afterward. Director Rain continued, “and that the Attorney General had approved infor mally. This was two and one-half years ago, and I can't remember details as to the conversation.” “But you believed that the Attorney General hgd approved the legality of the contracts?” Senator Walsh asked. “In general terms, yes.” The committee after hearing Director Rain adjourned at noon until 10 it. m. tomorrow. Walsh Denounces Republican Bureau. Washington. Feb. 21. —The news bu reau of the Republican National Com mittee was charged today in the Senate by Senator Walsh, democrat, of Mon tana. with "a deliberate and malicious" misrepresentation of the facts in the statement it issued yesterday that the naval oil leases were made under an act sponsored h.v him. Considering Dixon as Denby*s Successor. Washington, Feb. 21.—Jos. M. Dixon, Governor of Montana, and at one time a leader in the Roosevelt progressive par ity movement, is being seriously eousid ered for Secretary’ of the navy to sue ceed Edwin Denby. I OUR OWN HYDRA-HEADED MONSTER '\%x v t.iK, w, i PISTOLS AS COMMON AS LEAD PENCILS IN EXITED STATES Drastic Bill to Prohibit the Importation of Revolvers. , Chicago. Feb. 21.—A drastic bill to prohibit the importation <>f revolvers and placing an excise tax of SIOO each on those manufactured in the Knited States except for export, introduced in the Knited States Senate by Senator Royal S. Copeland of New. York. Ime been endorsed by the Michigan Audubon Society. Mrs. Edith Mlinger, of Hat!. Mich., the president, lifts. amnMineed. The bill, large’y writleTr by irtief Magi-trato Wi liam McAdoo of New York City, was rccdtnniended ti tho Michigan society by its crime preven tion committee chairman, .100 Realty Hi: rtf. In acknowledging the society action. Magistrate McAdoo declared that the bill has been endorsed by two interna tional police conventions and unproved by the American Bar Association, as well as New York judges and the mayor. Those opposing it. he said, are ad vancing “an illusion very common, that a law-abiding citizen armed with a pis- • Tl meets an outlaw, highwayman or burglar on terms of equality. This is absolutely not so.” he declared. “The robber Inis carefully prepared to sur prise the victim in or outdoors and I cha’lenge opponents of the proposal to give the number of cases within the last ID years where the armed citizen has prevented the burglary, shot the burglar or deterred the highwayman from carrying out his purpose. "Pistols arc as common in the Knited States as lead pencils. There are more people in the Knited States carrying pistols or possessing them, outside the armed forces, than in all the rest of the world. There are more shootings and killings with revolvers in the Knited States than in all the countries of Eu rope. Asia and Africa. "After we have taxed the pistol out of existence as far as possible in the Knifed States, we will then be in a position to don! with crooks. "From m.v experience as former po lice commissioner and eleven years as chief city magistrate of the city of New York, m.v advice to law-abiding citi zens. if they have revolvers. is to go down to the river and throw them in." TWO MEN WOUNDED IN SHOOTING SCRAPE ___ j Davidson County Farmer and His Eater Now in High Point Hospital. j Highpoint. Feb. 24.—Rut’er Myers. Davidson county farmer, wounded in a gun battle in which his cousin, william Ward, was shot to death near Thomas ville Saturday afternoon, is still in a I critical condition tonight at the High Point hospital, where he was brought immediately following the homicide. Myers’ father, Albert Myers, (»() * years old is also at the hospital here ’ with a bullet wound in his chest. Physi cians say that, of the two the elder ’ Myers lots tin* better chance to recover, f Hospital attendants said tonight that the condition of young Myers is bare’y the same, lip was shot in the aboniem r and it is not though he will live. Surgeons performed an operation and removed the bullet. The tragedy occurred six miles south of Thomasville. and is said to have re * suited from a quarrel between the two * cousins over a still which officers cap ? turod on young Myers farm last Wed " nesday. p Pour Big Dollar Days at the Parfis-Belk e Company. * Thursday, Friday. Saturday and Mon day will be four big dollar days at the Parks-Belk Co.’s. The buyers for this i, big store have just returned from the e! northern markets where they purchased *-1 goods for this sale. You will find sub 1-jstantial reductions in every department. •- Read every word of the two page ads. in I this paper PUBLISHED MONPAYSjffrND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1924 THREE MEN IIEIJfI FOR ALLEGED &IAIN ROBBERY Men Are Charged With Holding Train Crew at Bay White They Robbed the Train. Salisbury. Feb. 21.4-s Three men. charg ed with holding t lie crew of a freight train at bay on Saturday night while they,robbed it. arc hefji here today. One of the trio is in a hospital, one foot hav ing been cut off by “fbe train, and the others tire in jail. The trio: Tom Ed. Pickerel, and Amos gftrainmen allege, boarded Ync southbound Southern Railway freight train at Thomasville and defied trainmen with threats of shooting. When about ten miles north of Spencer the robbers began unloading freight from a merchandise ear. When near Spencer. Fox, it is said, fell off the train ami one foot was cut off. The men-were arrest ed at Spencer. COX FORMALLY ENTERS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE Files With Secretary •£ State of Oltio Official Authorization of Candidacy. (By the Associated Press.! Columbus, 0.. Feb. 21. —Former Gov ernor James M. Cox, Dayton, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1020, today tiled with Secretary of St at to Brown, official authorization for candidates for delegates to the Demo cratic national convention to use his name as their first choice for President. At the same time former Governor James E. Campbell, of Ohio, filed au thorization for candidates to name him as their second choice for the Presi dency, which is to conform to the Ohio law. BUTLER MYERS DIES IN HIGH POINT HOSPITAL Death Caused by Wounds Received in i Gun Battle With Cousin High Point, Feb. 21.—Butler Myers, 21 years old. wounded in a gun battle in which his cousin. Win. Ward, aged 27. was shot to death near Thomasville Sat urday, died at a local hospital today. Myers’ father. Albert Myers, (50 years old, also wounded in the battle, is a pa tient at the hospital here. He is expect ed to recover, physicians said today. The tragedy is said by the police to have resulted from a quarrel between the two cousins over a liquor distillery cap tured on the Myers farm last Wednesday. » • E. D. Latta Sails His Stock in New Hotel at Charlotte. Charlotte, Feb. 22. —E. Latta. Sr., one of the founders of the Citizens Hotel Company, one of the promoters of the campaign for stock by popular subscrip tion to build the hotel and tin* first de fendant in the series of suits which have been brought to compel delinquent stock holders to pay up their subscription, has sold his stock in the hotel at par value of $104) the share. He owned 100 slifires. Air. Latta sold his SIO,OOO hotel stock to Sols Messner, of Char lotte. and gave in addition two valuable business lots in Charlotte in exchange for the Plaza Hotel at Hendersonville. Walton Hearing Set For April 7th. Washington, Feb. 21.—Supreme Court hearings on the appeal of former Gov ernor Walton, of Oklahoma, from a de cision of Federal courts in thaff state in connection with his impeachment was advanced today to April 7th. Prohibition Agents Active in Wilkes. Salisbury. Feb. 2u.—Prohibition offi cers captured and destroyed nine stills in Wilkes county last Friday and Satur day, according to reports reaching prohi bition headquarters here today. Horse racing* was introduced into France from England during the veign of Louis XIV. Nowadays, and sot many yeans past, the most important of the French races are those held in the Spring and Autumn at Cantilliy ami the Roes de Boulogne. TO PRESENT THE NAME OF JOSEPHI'S DANIELS Slate Executive Committee Will lit* Asked to Offer Him to Country. Windsor. Feb. 24.—The Democratic State executive committee will be asked to formally present the name of Jose pin:.; Daniels to the Democracy of * tin* country as a suitable man for the ! presidential nomination according to a j statement by Judge Francis D. Winston here today. i Judge Winston's statement follows:, i “(tar mV *TftfUTn from Raleigh I find (finite a number of letters bearing open j the subject of the North Carolina Demo cracy presenting the name of Hon. Josephus Daniels for the Presidency. After giving the interview to the News and Observer and arranging a meeting of those interested in that p’nnM saw that Chairman Dawson had called a j meeting of the State Executive I om jmittee for the night of the 26th. I'p'ti i consultation tin* matter ha* been defer * red until that meeting. The State 'executive committee will be asked in | view of all the circumstances and of the frequent, mention of Mr. Daniels’ name 'by papers and persons out side of the State to formally present Mr. Daniels' , name to the Democrats of the country as a -suitable candidate of the Demo- I era tic* party for tin* nomination. There will be no binding resolution or in j structions or anythin of that character. I In view of the country and of matters j daily transpiring in Washington, it is * easily seen that his name, of necessity, is assuming large proportions in the I minds of the thoughtful and independent | people of the country. It therefore, i seems entirely appropriate to me. and 1 jam quite sure it so appears to the eil | tire Democracy of the State, that our i response to these favorable suggestions i'of his name should be a hearty endorse -11 ment of his high personal and political 'character and officials acts, and the formal presentation of his name for the I great office of PresideiC. In doing this I am quite certain that the friends of I other verv able and prominent carnti- I dates will agree that it was in nowise a criticism of other candidate and that such act‘on under all circumstances will ‘ meet with their approval. I State-Wide Spelling Contest. " Raleigh. Feb. 23.—Final plans for the I state-wide congest for spelling honors ) among the school children are now be ing rapidly brought to a close, accord ing to information given out at tic . office of Jules Warren, secretary of the [ State Teachers' Association. »! The contest will be held in the high - 1 school building here during the annual 'meeting *4 the State Teachers Associa tion on Thursday, March 13th Throe ■ I prizes will be given. They will be s u.d 1 gold but of different design* and lnsorip - tion-s to indicate first, second and third 1 honors. A banner will also be given to > the schools the winners represent. -I The preliminary contests have all been i held in the various district* throughout 1 the ssate, according to Mr. Warren and the representatives for the. schools from each district ha* been named. Much interest was manifested in the t contest throughout the state it wa* - said, and the promoters of the contest - claim that it lias already done much f* good in the way of interesting the cii - t dren in their work and striving tor lat er honors in the schools. j Manv of those who heretofore were not especially good in spelling have be - come among the first pupils in the s schools in this study, it was said. it -' is "hoped by the authorities that the ln - 1 terest can be maintained throughout the 'year and that the scope of the contest 1 can be increased next year. a! Arrested in New Orleans, r New Orleans. La.. Feb./ 25.—Orlando f Horton and Morris Curtis, and their n ■ wives, wanted in Chicago, in connee tion d ' with the mruder of Joliny Duffy and his I wife were arrested here today. i Searching, SSSHHBa m § y jjj , J jjj |» v s J ' Authorities are looking for May* Cookson (above) of Needham, Mass., alleged white slave victim of Dr. Edwin C. Ruth, former federal nar cotic agent, who also has disap peared. r MAY CALL LEGISLATURE i TOGETHER IN SIMMER i ~ - Favorable Report on Port Program Will I Bring Immediate Action By the Gov ernor. Raleigh. Feb. 2. —Governor Morrison j having indicated in bis address at {More head City that a favorab'e report from the Sin.te Ship ami \Yaur TraMfel Twm f ion' com m; s. omi Toil* bfrhg a chTf* ; for a special -session of tin* legislature. I specula tl'Mi arises as to tin* time when J the session could be convened. While n> word lia-s been given by the I governor asto— how soon lie would issue j the call, it is not thought that he would ! make it bfore the summer. At the ■ j present time. the senate and house j chambers, with the rest of the capital. arc undergoing extensive repairs ; and they likd will not be ready for use again before April 1 or thereabouts. * From April until tin* primary in June ! will be the intensive period of the poli i tical campaigns, and it i* hardly bc licved lie would bring the legislature t>- I get her during that time. Governor j Picket had tin* legislature in special ses sion during the summer of 1020. short il v following the close of the second pri • mary in the gubernatorial race. This i | year June or July would be about the only months when the legislators might !be assembled without running into the primary or regular election campaigns. 1 AWAITING WORD FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ' 1 President Expected to Say Something j Soon About Keeping Attorney Gen i eral. j Washington. Feb. 25. —Some definite ! pronouncement from the administration j quarters regarding the controversy over Attorney General Daugherty was fore- I ,ast today as the Senate assembled to f consider (in* resolution for a sweeping I inquiry into Mr. Daugherty s administra i tion of the Department of list ice. i President Coolfdge was represented by j those in his confidence as still without a definite decision regarding the demands | for the Attorney General's resignation, ‘i Adjustment of the situation without 1 great delay, however, was said to be be ' Ueved by the President to be possible. ■ | Among the measures reported under ‘ consideration was a suggestion that Mr. * Daugherty present liis resignation effect ive a month or two in the future, and 1 meantime present his case before a pio-i I posed Senate investigating committee. - This would allow him to answer all > charges before leaving the cabinet, and 1 ! some republicans believe, would enable -[him to leave the cabinet without being 1 under fire. ANOTHER DELAY OVER ' NEW TAX PROPOSAL hi- 1 | Revision of Estate Tax Rate Proposed 1 by Rep. Ramseyer Cause IKliate. Washington. Feb. 2-1. — Revision of the (state tax rate proposed by Kepre ’; sentative Ramseyer. republican, of Oma ha. subjected the •revenue bill to anotb -1 I er delay today while the House debated * | the question. __ I His amendment proposed ttr'faise the J rates all along the line to a maximum of 40 prf cent, on the amount by which a net estate exceeds 10 million dollars. * . The. present rate is 25 per cent. ,! Keeps Negro in Office. t ■ Washington. Feb. 25. —Walter L. j Cohen, negro Republican leader of Louis- I iana, will be continued in office by Presi | dent Coolidge a* comptroller of customs y ( i n New Orleans despite the Senate's re r!cent rejection of his nomination. ij . si Ilorse racing was introduced into the I Olympic games in 048 B. C. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. WOODROW WILSON’S J?" ' TED TODAY LEAVING WIFE ALL Except for $2,500 to Be Paid Yearly to Miss I Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Wilson Gets the Entire Estate. estate’svalue NOT MENTIONED After Death of Mrs. Wilson the Estate is to Be Divided Among the Children—Will Opened February 13th. Washington, Feb. 25.—The will of Woodrow Wilson, filed for probate today, leaves the estate to his widow, Edith Bolling Wilson with the exception that his daughter, Margaret Wilson, shall re ceive .$2,500 annual income as long as she remains unmarried. A request in the will ealls upon Mrs. Wilson to distribute among Mr. Wil son's daughters such articles of clothing, jewelry, personal mementoes and art works that may have belonged to their mother, his first wife. Under the will. .Mrs Wilson is to re tain the estate during her life, and tin* unexpended portion at her death is to Eh* distributed among Mr. Wilson's daugh ters. The will was opened February 13. n«T cording to notation on envelope, in the presence of Mrs. Wijson. Margaret Wil son. Eleanor Wilson MeAdoo. W. G. MeAdoo and E. W. White, tin* attorney who filed if. frank McDowell now SAYS HE’S IN A “PICKLE" Slayer of Parents and Sisters Claims to Be Getting Back to Himself. Clearwater. Fla.. Feb. 24.—Frank McDowell, young murderer of hi* two sisters and his parents, appeared bright, and cheerful this qfternoon when visited by newspaper men in flu* Pinellas coun ty jail. “You know I am getting back to my-' self and I am beginning to realize what a pickle I am in,’* ' McDowell remarked to his visitors*. McDowell had covered four sheets of note pupey with scraps of writing and Staid he has been trying to find ways to * ■♦ogoeh’cy vftnse. but Dad been finable to do so. His theme is still that he has tried to lead a per fect life, hut has found it impossible owing to obstacles which must be wash ed away "in the blood of the Lamb. "I knew this is all very foolish. Mc- Dowell declared, * “but it is important that 1 get it connected up so peopK can understand that I did not premeditated the killings I have done.” COTTON EXPORTS 546.853 Bales of Raw Cotton Were Ex ported From Country During Janu ary. Washington. Feb. 25. —Raw cotton ex ports from the United States totalled 54V,.853 bales in JaJnuary, an increase of approximately 75,000 bales over Jan uary a year ago. the Department of Com merce announced today. The value of raw cotton exported in January was given at $04,083,550, as compared with $05,256,420 for January, 1023. During the last, month the exports of cotton manufactures were valued, at $0,354,780 while the value of cotton manufactures exported in January. 1023, was $10,400,000. With Our Advertisers. Smart new spring hats from $3.05 up at Fishejr's. All the newest shajies and colors. C’orno and Red Hen scratch feeds ami Cprno Laying Mash at (line A Moose s. New spring arrivals in ladies low shoes at Parker's Shoe Store. The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. is again offering the old reliable Fister fertilizer to its customers. Cline & Moose have just received a big shipment of Red Rust Proof seed oats. The first big shipment of is almost gone. See new ad. about this and other seeds. See ad. of Trinity College summer school June 10-21, and August 22-30. The HenkeM’raig Livestock Co., of Sal isbury. has 75 head of horses, mares and ! mules in their stable at Salisbury. See ad. I- ■ * To Allow Skating on Certain Streets. Wilmington, Feb. 23. —This city has resorted to the novel plan of zoning the ' street* for the skaters of the populace. : Each Friday night certain street* for a distance of several bl s-ks will be roped off and reserved exclusively f'*r skaters until 10 o’clock. The city authorities , have stated that they would not tolerate anv encroachment on this ruling by au l toist* or pedestrian* and neither would it allow the skaters to go beyond their . alloted territory. It is* thought by tip* traffic authorities of the city that this plan will greatly reduce accidents and violation of the law and at the same , time give the young people an opportun j ity to enjoy the privilege of skating. W. 1i f Burton Passes Away at His Home in Spencer. 1 Spencer. Feb. 22. —W. B. Burton, age ' 48. died at the Salisbury Hospital fol lowing a serious illness during which both leg* were amputated, the last limb being removed this week. His condi . tion bad been critical several weeks. - He is survived by bi« wife, one daugh ter, two sous, two brothers aud tbr*** * sisters all well known. The funeral - takes place iu Spencer Sunday. Walters Hagen, who w*on the British ? open golf championship in 1022, is to ci mpetc again this year. No. 66.