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Vetelmy.: VCLCHL 40 Cents t Uoodt i Cats Copy. CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1912. J. B. SHERRILI4 -unor ln4 Publisher. NO. 123 III 1111 HD ill DECLARES SUPREME TODAY. COURT Refused to Ordar Dissolution of Eris Central Railroad of New Jersey. Decision Will force Revolution in Hard Coal Industry. Victory fox Boadi and Wall Street Washington, Dec. 16. Declaring that the Central combination of Penn sylvania railroads, alleged by gov ernment to form Anthracite foal trust, had not been established, the Supreme Court, however, today par tially smashed trust by holding that sixty-five per cent. 61' contracts are void as abnormal, illegal, restraining interstate commerce. The decision U a partial victory for the government. Dissolves the Temple Iron Company Railroad consolidation involved in alleged trust not declared illegal. The court refused to order the dissolu tion of the Erie, and Central Rail road of New Jersey, other alleged combinations of anthracite carriers. sixty-live per cent contracts, declar ed illegal were made by carriers with coal operators by which operator, agreed to deliver the entire output to carriers at sixty-fice per cent of average price paid at tidewater or open market. The said decision wil force a revolution in the hard cob' industry. The lower court was di rected to dissolve these contracts. The anthracite coal trust was first attack ed by the jrovcrnment in 1907. The court intimated that the government mieht briii;.' separate suits against railroads. New York, Dec. 10. That the Su preme Court decision in the so-called anthracite trust case was in reality a victory for the roads was the opinion of Wall street. Reading stock jump ed five points following the announce ment of dei ision. TURKISH-BALKAN PEACE COUFERENCE CONVENES. Opened Today in State Room of St. James Palace. London, Dec. 16. The Turkish Balkan Peace Conference opened at noon today in the state room of St. James Palace. Tho Greeks are pres ent. Harmony is apparent. Sir Ed ward Grey, Briti-h Secretary of State of foreign affairs, welcomed the envoys, giving assurance that Great Britain would aid to facilitate ne gotiations if desired. By request of the delegates Grey consented to act as honorary president of the con ference. Taught Filipinos. Lenoir, Dec. 15. Prof. Herndon Goforth, who until recently was a supervisor of schools in the Philip pine Islands, delivered n most inter esting address to the teachers, pu pils and a number of visitors at the traded school Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Goforth '8 thor oughly conversant with educational conditions in our insular possessions and he relates these in such a way that engages the attention of all. Es pecially waa his exhiibtion of pic tures and the handwork produced in the manual and domestic department of the schools attractive and instruc tive. The Filipinos have an uniform 10 months' school, running from the lasl of June till April and the -system of schools is considered the best in the Far East. China and the other coun ' tries are now adopting many of the methods' used. There are 9,000 ua tive teachers engaged in the wot k under 250 supervisors. The two things that are stressed most are the practical training and athletics. The students on graduation command the very highest salaries from the start in any kind of mechanical work and everybody on the islands engages in the sports from the Governor Gener al down to the humblest pnpiU. "The school houses are far super ior to those in our own State," says Professor Goforth. Textbooks are the most practical, being written espe cially for the schools They have the free textbook system similar to the Lenoir public schools. - $100,000 Tire at Bellaire. Wheeling, W. Vs.,. Dee. 16.-Fire tnrlav completely destroyed th nlant or the UIHO linamei vouiubu.ti at Bellaire. The loss wiU amount to ci on nnn Th rliirht watchman 1 Is -missing. It is supposed .that defec-, tive gas connection caused the . fire. ' Roosevelt made a-speech' last Mon day to some of the members of the Illinois legislature in whic he urged - them to keep out -of the Republican party, and denounced that party to be of such a character that "no. hon est man can be in it". This tss?- veret language than any. Democrat has uttered against the Republican party, but we suppose Roosevelt must , know1 that he ia' comet iA ba atate- - ment, 'heeau'e he" himself bad been S member of that party tU b M untU last summer when be was d) .ife,l in itettln the nomination President from that party.- , Chatham Reeord. , - CHUSTKAJ DRAMA AT XtOUlTT PLEASANT. To Be Presented Tomorrow Xlgbt by Staaents of the Seminary. The following b the programme which will be rendered tomorrow ev ening at 7 o'clock: Part L Aunt Sabriny'a Christ mea..Guptill - Cast of Charactere. Effie Celeste' Boat Vivian Lueile Kindley Ifarjorie , Olice Gnacn Leslie ..Bonnie Misenheimer Helen Katherine Fisher Hasel Addie Cline Aunt Babriny Miss Mauney Fart H. The Coming of the Prime, Field Catherine. Fisher. Jes 'Fore Christmas, Field Cel este Boat. Old Mother Goose, Anon Miss I Mauney. The Christmas Stocking, Alderdice Bonnie Misenheimer. Carol Bird (a cutting from "The Bird's Christmas Carol") Wiggin Amy Louise Fisher. Major Jones Christmas . Present, rhompson Lucile Kindley. The Christmas Dinner, (a cutting ,'rom "The Bird's Christmas Carol") Wiggin Olive Onann. Taft Will Appoint Successor to Reid. Washington, Dec. 15. The Amer- .can Ambassadorship at London will .lot long De leu vacant, Aiiuougu President Taft was said tonight not 1,0 have deemed at tnis timeupon a successor to Mr. new, -h is unaer- stood that he will fill the pluce in a tew weeks. The President regards the diplomatic problems, in which this country and Great Britain are at present entangled, as too impor tant to leave the United States un represented even for a few months at the Court of St. James. Toe President is understood to be hopeful that the Senate will confirm any nomination for this ambassador ship which he sends in. It is the cus tom for Diplomats holdings import ant posts to resign with s change of administration, and therefore the Proaident believes that the Demo- crats wruld have no object in holding na outlier became the bride of Mr. up an appointment, which at beat K-C. Stone. The event was the cul would be only for s few months. J mination of a courtship that has last- U jd several years and was not unex- Dr. McLarty Begins Pastorate At'pected, although the young people Tryon. j kcl,t their plana so quietly the wed- Charlotte Observer, loth. , l... cftme as a surprise. The cere- Rev. E. IL McLarty, D. IX, begau mony took place at Central Metho- his pastorate at Tryon Street. Meth- odist Church yesterday, preaching to pcrturmed by Rev. Harold Turner, large congregations morning and pastor of Central Church. Only a evening." He made an excellent im- IV w relatives and friends witnessed pression. His personality is one of the ceremony. unusual charm and it requires no Mr. and Mrs. Stone left Saturday prophet to predict for him a sue- night for Asheville. They will go pes 5 ful period of residence here, a from there to points in South Caro term marked, too by extreme per- lina and will returne here Saturday sonal popularity. Dr. McLarty .comes i visit for a few days, from West Market Street Church,1 Mrs. Stone is a daughter of Mr. Greensboro, and succeeds his school V. Y. Slither and is popular with a deskmate and college classmate, ' number of friends here, where she Rev. G. T. Rowe. Dr. McLarty was was roared. The groom is aevwell pastor 14 years ago of a small church known young traveling man of Dur here in this city known at that time linni. as Epworth. This was at the very! beginning of his ministry. J An Appeal to Boys. Miss Helen Gould to Marry Finley Lakewood, N. J. Dec. 15. The announcement of the engagement of Miss Helen Miller Gould tof New York to Finley J. Shepard, a promi nent railroad man of St. Louis, was made this afternoon at the residence m .-j t n..M I of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould, here. It was said that announcement of the time and place of the wedding rould be withneld for the present ,nt thitt Kfafamnl: van AAnArmait W and this statement was confirmed upon inquiry at the residence of Miss Gould in New York. Webber Will Tree Becker if He's Not Scared, Declares Mrs. Becker. New York, Dee. 14." If 'Bridgie' Webber is not scared into silence by the authorities I believe he will Boon tell all he knows about the killing of Herman Rosenthal, and if he tells, mv husband will be s free man.'- said I MVs. Becker, wife bf the -convicted jeutenant, tooay sner sue nad testi- of James Smith, who is charged with having threatened him, Smith wrote ; several ' letters -"to Mrs. Becker and called her on the telephone a month before the Becker trial, and is alleged to have made de mands for $250 on the ground that he could for this sum make Jack Rose change his testimony. ' ? ' "The Webber and Rose statements inwn uucv mo ui ful to my husband," declared Mrs. Becker. "I believe Webber witt fin ally tell the truth. He : is weaker than Rose, but he has a shred of con science left Rose has none at all' Webber the u former- New u York gambling bouse proprietor Las repu diated bis sworn, testimony at ine Becker and gunmen trials rand now declares the condemned guntoeu were not hired to kill Rosenthal; but just to "scare bim,M and that two of the gangstera got -drank and Jflred the shots which pnt sn end to? the man' t "at Dr. Orier 's temperature was 103. who had threatened to "sfinesl" en The report also stated that be ap T.ientenant Becker to District Alton, peered bright and his physicians n,v Whitman. - . . " i- vrr.AA:ntm ia ania, t.n .. u-' -. tuUn. .At.Sn4 a W home on South Union street for a day. They tell you tp be sure and ebisn Forest Resenre, ; spent y ester week on account of illness. ) v i rises their, displsy. . - day bare with his family.. M HAH 3L0WH TO ATOMS. oiDTTvouuy i axmcr Mora uomue rate while HniBlIng Dynamite. Only a root and Hand round. Winston-Salem Journal. When twenty-nvc sticks of dvna- v.iubjv mmm utcrauy mown 10 SIOHM jestertay alternoon and nothing bit a foot and a piece of hand were lound to indicate that a nun hA been in the field where the explosion occuned. The fragments of thu hn. man body, it is said, were fonnl twn hundred yards from the scene. iue horrible explosion occurred in a field near Crutchfleld, s small station on the Southern between this city and Elkin, yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock. Sprinkle was en. gaged in dynamiting stumps in a large field when the explosion oc curred. He had placed the dynamite under a stump and lichted th f.,.t toUowtd. "U,D no P'o nil rn. ... . After waiting a reasonable length of time Mr. Sprinkle returned to the iump io see why the fuse did not ignite the dynamite. He had with him, under bis arm, 25 sticks of dynaa-.ite when he retraced his steps to the loaded stump. Just as he reaetieei the shimp the dynamite un 'er i ne stump exploded. The shock exploded the 2a sticks of dynamite under Mr. Sprinkle's arm with the oi-iiDle results already related. mere were sneetntnrii atanA;n some zwt yards distant and the were shocked considerably by the ex- j pi. sion, out none were seriously in .jni.n. -.Mien they had recover iro.ii me shook somu started earch of Mr. Sprinkle and it in sal. I in that no trare of the ,n:an could be found near the scene of the explo sion. Searching farther out, it is reinred trot some of the men found b icot and a piece of a hand. STONE-SUTHER. auss tiima anther and Mr. K. O. Stone Married Saturday Evening. A marriage that will be quite a surprise to their friends was q1- . emnized Saturday eveninir. when Wi 'list parsonage at 0 o'clock and was David Stnrr Jordan. "Your first duty in life is toward your afterself. So live that your af tersdf that man yo ought to bo may in his time be possible and act ual. Far away in the years he is wait- intr liia turn XI io l.Air u:.. : "7 1'' ;T , ' 8 soul re ln yui loyurii hands. He cannot help himself, What will you leave for him! Will it be a brain unspoiled by KT. a mind trained nervous system true as a dial in its response Jo the truth about youT Will you, boy, let him come as a man among men in his timet Or will you throw away his inheritance before he has had the chance to touch Vt? Will you turn over to him a brain distorted, a mind diseased t A will untrained to ac tion t A spinal cord grown through and through with the devil grass of that vile harvest we call wild oatsf Will you let him come, taking your !piace gaining through 'your experi .nee8) haUowed through your joys; building on them his ownf Or will you fling his hope away, de creeing wanton-like (hat the man you might have been shall never bet This is your problem in life; the problem of more importance to yon than any or all others. How will yon meet it, as a man or as a foolt When' you answer this, we shall know what use the world can make of yout" , Peace Conference ln Session. , London, Deo. 16. The first session of the peace conference today lasted two hours., The Servian premier, M. Novakovitch, was named as president of the conference. . The formal .de mands of the Balkan alliance will be presented tomorrow morning. ', . Dr.. Orier Improving. -. .The head nurse at the Charlotte Sanatorium reported this morning , are very much encouraged. firis-oem voniraiiv re rccviv- ihtf new things for Christmas every j WHJTELAW BEID t " DIES Df LONDON. t , Engliia Gorenuntnt Will Offer Bat- tleehiB to Convey Body to the United States. London, Dee. to. Wbitelaw Rcid. to Great Britain sinee 1905, died at his Lon don residence, Dorrbester House shortly after noon today from pul monary oedema. The end wes quite peaceful Mrs; Reid and their daugh ter, Mrs. Joan Hubert Ward, were at the bedside. The Ambassador bad been uncon scious sines B o'clock in the morn ing and at intervals during the pre vious 24 boors he had been slightly delirious ss a result of the drugs ad ministered to induce sleep. Wbitelaw Beid, diplomat, editor and publisher, 'was born near Xenia, Uhio, on October 27, 1837. He re ceived his early education at Xenia and afterwards entered Miami Uni versity, from which be graduated in 1856. After havinr acter as super intendent of the graded schools of South Charleston, O., for a year or more, he bought and edited The "Xenia News." He joined the Re publican party when it was founded and actively engaged in politics. He made political speeches for Fremont in 1856, and, in bis paper, advocated the nomination of Lincoln in 18d0 Later he became city editor of The "Cincinnati Gazette, but at the out break of the Civil War, Reid joined the staff of General Morris, in W est Virginia, and biter that of General Rosecrans. At the same time he act ed as war correspondent for The "Gazette." writinj; over the signa ture of "Agate." In 1863 he was ap pointed Librarian of the House of Representatives, In 1868 Mr. Reid atrnin became one of the editors of The "Cincinnati Gazette," but late in the same year he was invited bv Horace Grcelv l join the editorial staff of The "New York Tribune." The following vcar Mr. Reid became managing editor of The "New York Tribune,'"' and when Mr. Greely was nominated for tho Presidency in 1872, Reid advanced to the position of editor-in-chief. When Horace Greeley died in the fall of that year Mr. Reid became chief pro prietor as well as editor of the pa per. In 1878 President Hayes offered Mr. Reid the United States mission to Berlin, whtek the latter, however. declined. The offer was renewed un der the administration of President Garfield, and again declined. In the same year in which Reid declined the appointment to the diplomatic serv ice offered to him by President Hayes, he was elected by the New York State legislature a Regent of the State University, to succeed Gov ernor Dix. In March. 1889, President Harri son appointed Mr. Reid United States Minister to France, and this honor was accepted by the distinguished ed tor. After securing from the French government the repeal of the decree prohibiting the importation into France of meats from the United States, and negotiating extradition and reciprocity treaties,, Mr. Reid re signed his office and returned to the United States in April, 1892. In June if the same year he was nominated for the Vice Presidency by the Re publican National Convention. In 1897 Mr. Reid was named a special Ambassador to England to represent the President at the celebration of Queen Victoria's jubilee. In 1898 he was one of the commissioners who negotiated the treaty of peace with Spain. In 1902 he was special Am bassador to England, to represent the United States at the coronation of King Edward VII. ln 1905 Mr. Reid was named by President Kooseveit as Ambassador to Great Britain. Mr. Reid was the dean of New York York newspaper editors, so far as term -of service is concerned. No other New York journalist, living or dead, ever received public honors equally distinguished. As an editor and politician, Mr. Reid was exceed ingly conservative. . He was a liamu- tonian; not a Jeffersoman. wnen m New York Mr. Reid personally di rected all matters pertaining to his paper, the thought and policy of it. as well ss the details of form and make-up. Mr. Reid was a thorough scholar and the owner of an exceed ingly fine library. His literary at tainments entitled, him to position of honor among the editorial writers of his time. He also was the author of a number of books of a historical or political nature, characterized oy forceful diction and fluency of style. Wilson Jubilee. Stsnnton, Va!, Dec. 14. President elect Wilson's homecoming to his birthplace here on December 28, will be celebrated with bonfires through out Virginia, according to plans now being made. Along the route of the President-elect from Alexandria. shortly after be enters the State to Staunton, fires will blaze a welcome. At Monticello,' Jefferson's old home; and other prominent points ,fte, fires will burn. - Vies President-elect Marshall, it ia .merited, will make - an address hM in February. i . 1 Mr. M. B. fitickley, of the Appal PENSION WARRANTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. $5,088.00 to Be Distrivnted in Cabar rus Cabarrus Receives sn Aver age Part as Its Amount The pension warrants for the old soldiers were received -Utis nn.nii.ig by Clerk of Court Widenhouse. There are three of the second class, $00 each; six of the third class, $48 each. There are 83 soldiers of the fourth clan and 67 widows, also of the fourth class, who will receive $30 each. There is only one blind soldier in the county, Mr. Christian Sossa mon, of No. 10 township, who re ceives $10 per month, which is paid monthly. The total amount paid out for pensions in the State is about IjOO.OOO.OO, and of this amount Ca barrus county receives $5,088.00 which is a very good average. Mr, Widenhouse requests all those who are entitled to these pensions to call at his olllce at the court house and get them. OTHER LOCAL. Miss Oil ie Covington has accept ed a position as stenographer in the larw onice of Attorney J. Lee (rew ell. Mrs. Thcmas Hawthorne will en tertain several friends at dinner this afternoon at her home on Georgia Avenue. Miss Minette Marshall won the big box of candy offered by the Peoples Drug Company tor the bet slogan lor Until s candy. A liical physician sta'ted Satur day that the latest report on the city water, which was published in The Tribune Saturday, was the best re port ever made on thu city s water. Mi. Brite Caldwell, of A. & M. College, arrived Saturday to spend the holidays here. Mr. Caldwell was awarded hi? degree in chemistry :ii the institution several days ago. A real estate deal was consum mated this morning whereby Mr. Al ien M. Gibson purchased the inter cut of his iister, Mrs. R. L. Dobie, of Norfolk, in the Gibson residence on North Union street. Mrs. Richmond Reed was hostess to the Sornris Club Saturday after noon at her heme on North Union street. Mrs. J. F. Hurley, of Salis bury, who is visiting Mrs. S. J. Er vin.. was guest of honor. The condilion of G. W. Clouninger. "who was shot two weeks ago by Jack West, colored, and who is at White-head-Stokes Sanatorium in Salisbury, in reported as very much improved. West has not yet been captured. The four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Corzine died Satur day afternoon at their home at Rocky Ridge." The funeral was held yester day afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. G. N. Thomas. The interment was made at Rocky Ridge cemetery. Saturday was one of the best days in business enjoyed by the merchants here for some time. A large num ber of people from the county were here trading and together with the city trade the merchants had a ban ner day. The board of aldermen will hold a call meeting tomorrow night to consider proposed bills that will be presented to the legislature at the session next month. The principal bill to be presented will be one re quiring the property owners to pay a part of the expense of perman ent street improvement. The bills havo been drafted by City Attorney L. T. Hartsell. Clayton News: Mr. T. M. White left Sunday for Mebane, N. C, where he has accepted a position with the White Furniture Co., of that place. Mr. White came to Clayton from Concord several years ago, and dur ing his stay here held a prominent position with the Clayton Cotton Mills, and has also ben connected with the Clayton Building and Loan Association and to him is due much credit for the standing this instotu tion has reached. Mr. White is a thoroughly capable and energetic young man and we congratulate Meb ane on securing him as a citizen. He has many friends here who regret to see him leave our town. CAPITAL 8URPLUS f J 00.000 33,000 HE person who' takes no interest in saving gets no, interest on his savings. Setter systematically de posit part of your in come and get the inter est on your savings. Concord National Bank . FOUR IEB - CE71T Intewt Paid ot Time Crttflcatee. --ECKLEB8 AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SURRENDERS. Mystery as to Owner of Car That Killed Greenville Lad Cleared Up By Arrest of Farmer and His Son. Greenville, S. ('.. Dir. ?.'. After a loug and ! .plehs night of reflec tion on the fact that li e life of an in nocent child had ben gn.uml out beneath the wheels of his speeding automobile, and t! at l.e had not paus ed to lend succor to the dying boy, or speak a wind of regret to the heartbroken parent. I). 11. Jenkins. a well-to-do farmer of the lower sec-j tion of the county, and Iti lli-vear-! old son, Clyde, enmp in the citv this' nomine and snrr. iidi icd in tin- sher iff, as the parties u;l:v of l!..- djill: of little Irviii YViv: n. v. as fatal ly injuied on .n.;:sta street Satur day afiernoon I , iheir .-into nubile The tuo drove to town ibis morn- ,' ing and went to the home of the dead ! child. l'p:m finding t! at the family had gone to bmy the child. Jenkins: and his so;i started bacl: toward the1 "ity. when they were met bv the, i'-o ri fT tiiil il.o i ! i aken into custody. The police enter. i 'f prlice Hill! e r, ) :a s of reek odiiiT (lie speed (enkirs nrd ri ll e sum of "!. : 'ess driving ami ei limit against Civile used him on hail in The count v autlii.ritie '.ill not tnke. my actni:i asainsi the partie until : :iftcr the iironer'.- i:Kiiest. v. hie iv afternoon. will be l el l Mond: PEESIDENT-ELECT WILSON , ARRIVES IN NEW YORK. ! Will Leave for Trenton at Once. Will Attend Southern Society Din ner In New York Tomorrow Night. New York, Dee. 10. The steamship Bermudian arrived safely early to - day with President-elect Wihon and' family on board. The police arranse-; lents at the pier were elaborate and the family went at once to the Wal dorf. Wilson leaves for Trenton this iflernoon, returnini' here tomorrow night 'ko attend the Southern Society inner. He refused to discuss pub e matters. Ptomaine Poison From Eating Cold Storage Products. C Johnstown. Pa., Dec. 10 About six hundred persons have had symp-: Hoii-e, is making his father's, funer toms of ptomaine poisoning in In- i il! arrangements. The funeral ser diana within the past few weeks, ac-1 vil'es be- held in Westminster, rording'to enmity medical authorities. 'hey. A.11 the cases were mild. It is thought to he due to eating cold storatre prod-1 nets. j I When a man marries his mother-, in-law it is one way to solve tho : problem. It L. Parks & to. AT The Home of Good Merchandise You can always get what you are looking for in practical useful gifts. We would be pleased to have you visit all over our big store and see what we are showing in Dolls, Gloves, Neckwear, Hosiery, Coat Suits, Coats, Dre:s Goods, Silks, Waists, Milli nery, Hats, Men's and Boys' Cloth ing, Hats, and Furnishings, and Shoes for the whole family. ln mif big Grocery Department we .tie showing the greatest variety of Candies, Nuts, Oranges, Apples, etc. to be found in Concord. New Goods Ha La :',Thc JBomc oIGcc3 r.!:rc: CI II: SB WAS STRUCK BT A BOULDER. . One Engineer Hart. Passengers en Train Asleep. Knew KotUag of Accident ' Cumberland, ML, Dee. 18. Both en-ine-s baggage, mail and express ars of tbe Baltimore Ohio east lioiind passenger train rolled over an embankment when the train Struck .i boulder coming down a seventeen mile giade west of here. One engi neer was slightly hurt. The psssen--ers on the train were asleeD and knew told. nothing of tbe accident until SUCCESSOR TO DR. WILETV IS NAMES TODAY. Appointee Supports Policies of Pres ident Washington, Dee. 16. President Taft today named Dr. Carl Alaberg ti. succeed Dr. Harvey W. Wiley as Chief of Chemistry in tbe bureau of the Department of Agriculture, Chief administrator of the pure food law. Msber? is now employed in the bu reau of plant industry in agrieul i n nil department as chemical biolo gist. He was born in Germany, ap P inted first from Massachusetts. It ls nuilFrst00d that Alsberg supports policies and decisions of his prede cessor. i Body of Late Ambassador ta hm flm. : veyed Home on Enrilah Ifmn. ' o'War. I ,..i n. m tl House of Commons todav sanction. proffer proposed by Premier As- piiih, of England, man-o'war to eon vey to New York the body of the late Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, United Suites Ambassador to the court of St. James. The Premier paid high est tribute to ambassador Reid. His son, Ogden Reid, is at sea on the Ki onnrizessin Cecils in wiraloaa Tumunication with the Dorechester ' . wlu " "1 Appointment Washington. Dec. 16. President Taft announced today that be would not till the post of ambassador to Great Britain left open by the death ' of ambassador Reid. ' . Arriving Dail II 1 11 1