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— THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. rniDAV. Jt'I.Y IS. 1»H. IN THE BISHOP’S OFFICE; A LITTLE ■TALE OF HOW . • ONE REPORTER GOT EVEN T' i HE Right Reverend Henry Cod men Potter, blahop of New York and maeter laborer In the vine' yard, baa written to a London paper denying the aeventeen almultaneous In tervlewe published In New Tork papers uixrn that eminent prelate’s recent re turn from a trip to Great Britain. In these seventen simultaneous state ments tbe bishop was quoted as slab orating on the test that no love was lost between England and the United Slates. It seems that when these utterances reached dear old Lunnon, therewith came a sensation. British ecclesiastics, humble and dignitary, became ' busy, and there was much ado. It Is even possible that prayers were offered for the benefit of the froward bishop. And now. In defense, the bishop has averred he didn't say It, the charitable Inference being that seventeen New York papers simultaneously made the same mistake. The bishop Is noted for his charity. But with that Incident, this story has nothing to do. It merely serves as a “that reminds me" of what' once happened In this city of Atlanta. A prelate, a trip to Great Britain, a public. utterance, a newspaper report of it, ah upheaval In England, h denial of the Utterance; a reporter In disgrace. In despair, and finally In triumph were Incidents of the tale one Is about to relate. It Is a story that newspaper men love to tell, so complete was the vengeance achieved. »*••** Most folks talk in haste and repent st leisure. That’s why you hear so many dentals of newspaper reports. Except when It comes to having an editor or ex-edltor In a gubernatorial race, newspaper men are accurate above the average degree of human certainty. They are trained to hear what people say and to transmit with Inexorable truth what they say to cold tvpe. Of course, reporters make mis takes. If they were above making mis. takes, they wouldn't be mere f2B t week reporters, there being a constant and unsatisfied demand for geniuses In better paying professions. But it-can be set down as a fact that a little, more than half of the dentals of newspaper Interviews are denials of what were truthful reports. This much by way of ^generalltyh Long enough ago to permit the re cital of facts—without use of names— an eminent prelate, whose sonorous voice Is stlll occasionally heard In the South, went to England. Without ref erence, to his personality or denomi nation, he will hereinafter be referred to as the Bishop. If he were not a bishop, he was at least Important enough so to be styled. He put In a good two months across the water, being a man of catholic na ture and close observation. Shortly after he returned to hts na tive heath (te was called upon to give By EDWIN CAMP. breach of etiquette. The eminent prelate was of sufficient Importance to be of public interest, and a reporter for a paper here was assign ed to “cover" the story. This reporter was then a youngster, being what Is vulgarly known In newspaper parlance as a "cub.” The eminent prelate started off his lecture In fame fashion, but ho soon warmed upi. He harfjJ tad an excellent dinner m^li fftriMrMlfti'Cnere was before him a most attentive and most sympathetic audience. And the report' er was not conspicuous. So the eminent prelate pretty soon ran amuck With mordant sarcasm,, he described Englishmen and English women. . He accused them of being dull, stupid, bigoted. Intolerant, circum scribed In an area of Intense provin cialism. There. was much of Interest In his arraignment and, as the Bishop was a blahop, there must have been much truth In It Meanwhile the unobtrusive reporter was religiously taking notes on what was being said. The story was the best the paper printed’the next day. It was dressed up In great shape .by the city editor.' It was full.of short paragraphs, bristling with wit; there was a little frame In which were intlosed some of the Bishop’s pithy epigrams and from the venter of the page beamed the rotund face of the Blahop, two columns wide. The cub was told he yras getting along well and was promised a raise of $2.10 a week In his salary. • • . * • • • It must have been’a diill day In the world of news, for the press associa tions put the Bishop story on the wire and It wasr published In’all the papers of the country. It even went acrose the water to Great Britain, where It, received . much space In the London papers. Now, In this trip the Bishop has been the guest of some very prominent peo ple In England, and his caustic criti cism didn’t rest wdll. He was accused In papers ecclesiastical and temporal of awful discourtesy, of Irreparable In short, of un- HARD LABOR ON THE GANG LA W NEEDED IN ATLANTA TO CURB SUICIDE WAVE By CLAUD NEALY. Bishop's msil for a few weeks thereafter was loaded with -marked pd pers from Great Britain. So, he sat him down and wrote a tet ter to The London Times, In which he branded as false the statements attrib uted to him. "What’s the harm,” he argued to himself; “It will appease the English, and won't hurt anybody? Nobody here In the South or In Atlanta will know' anything about It." The Tlmos printed the denial, and the Bishop’s social position In Great Britain was restored. Howbelt, the world Is small. Down- at Albany there “was a man who wore- mutton chop whiskers, -prk helmet, .was a member of the Ishop’s. denomination, and subscribed for The London Times. He was an Englishman. He read the Bishop's . denial as print ed In The Thunderer, and he waxed Indignant. The thing, ought to be de nied In the Atlanta paper, too. So he wrote a scorching letter to the editor of the Atlanta paper, demanding that the reporter, who had so griev ously misrepresented the Bishop be given condign punishment. He also asked that his subscription be dlscon tlnued. The editor sent the letter to the city editor, with.a note that the matter be Investigated and the reporter dis charged. The city editor told the cub he might work the week out, but that after that he was not needed. The cub protested his accuracy In the matter, but to no avail. The city editor had his orders. Only, he didn't print any retraction. The reporter knew he had been ac curate and truthful, - He also saw that I his career had'been blighted right at the start. So he put his wits to work. That day the reporter called at the Bishop's office. The prelate was feel ing fine. He had got himself out of i pretty mesh; and everybody ttas satis' fled, he thought. And nobody ever read the London papers here; so no. body knew an ' ‘ squirmed out. He received the reporter In a gra ciously patronising manner. "I’m al ways Interested in young men," he said, with a benignant smile. "I’m 1 The men of the Seventeenth were added a cubit to his stature and sev* 1l. .. mm i n _ il. r t. M1LL , ri n *,, r j_., ,.* eral to his chest expansion. humming the rhyme Saturday morning The reporter said he had Just come th ®y BWun * out of Fort McPherson around for a chat. If It were not con- I to the chert road and turned toward TO THE STIRRING STRAINS OF DIXIE, SOLDIERS IN KHAKI START ON HIKE "Oh, It’a-hlke, boys, hike, t reao m« oonoon papers nere,- ao no-| Por th ^ n “ body knew anything about the way he | For ■.jJJY* 1 ** 8 ' c8n ue at dawn- 1, we’ll break you rooklea In When the band begin* to play, For we'll hike to Chlckamauga In the mornin'." Burning too much of the Bishop’s valu- the city streets. They emphasised It able time. He had been yen’ much with thumping hJels on pacing block Interested In that lecture about the I r. —,,i.u _il. id trip to Great Britain, he said, and had ° “ ph * lt It rattled In glee from the heard, ever so many flattering com- /drums toward the head of the column; ments on It. the clatter of the wagon train over the "Really,” beamed the Bishop as his cobblestones echoed It. The'boys were cordiality grew Into unctuoueness. ”1 oft t0 chlckamauga after many delays, their 200-mlle "hike”’ to the know." . I summer encampment. The‘reporter tried to keep his ; voice Through the streets In the early from trembling os he asked: dawn marched the regulars, khaki- "Well, what did you think of my re- trousered, blue-shlrted, swinging Jaunt- .rvJmln? 'mv .Am I By under IB pounds ofMerriam pack Then 1 came the’ cHmax. 0 ' or,haversack. Tho twelve companies of '.Til be frank with you. Bishop,” the ‘he Seventeenth, usually the center pf reporter said. "I came over to- get a cheering crowd, found themselves ol- you.to help me. I’m Just beginning most without watchers on this occa- rvopral-Aiver work and I want to rise „f on _ slcepy Atlanta h ad not opened rapidly. Tho help pf such men as you . _ . Invaluable to, a young fellow like 1,8 blinds when the regiment passed me. Now, If you‘.would Just write a through the city. Only the early work- note to Mr. Blank, the editor, saying era—newsboys, milkmen, . butchers— you liked my report of your lecture, it stopped to watch the Seventeenth would advance me In hie opinion and marc b past would get me a raise of salary." , . .. ... •The Bishop always strived to please 1**“®* b a,t TJ 18 r8ln drenched the when It didn’t cost anything—and regiment as It turned Into Peachtree here was a chance to make a good | street, but no so Idler minds a wetting, friend for life. Water Is better than dust So he wrote a lino little note to the Sergeant Jones hummed the lines as editor,, saying he wished to express he turned out Saturday mornlhg. It his .appreciation of the thorough, ac- was the last thing he remembered from curate and Intelligent report of Mr. the night before, when with CArponU Jones, the moet estimable young gen- Smith and Private Brown he had been tleman who attended hte. lecture on guying a snuad of the rawer men. .They his trip to Great Britain. had rubbed In IV well on the fellowe The reporter sew him seal the an- who were still new to the khaki, who velope. and himself volunteered to drop looked upon the march-to Chlckamauga It In the. box. He thanked the Bishop 888 plcnlo trip. moat profusely, and backed out of the _ Across the parade ground In the gray office before the dawn came the voice of the When he got half a block away, he bugle. It was the reveille, celling the astounded the passers-by with a wild »«*o out for the march. The whoop. I shrill voice had a song of Its own: The city editor stalled as he read the letter after "the chief had sent It dpwn to him. Then he told the cub to disregard what he had said about quitting. - The letter was-sent to the man at Albany, along with the one of com' plaint he hod written to the editor. reward. CHUBBY CHARLEYNORTHEN; LANDMARK OF THE CAPITOL Georgia roads, with a hill In die en T a gully on the side. I'm 'twill take the starch out of By JOHN C. REESE. Politicians come and go; guberna torial battles are waged fiercely, won or lost, then forgotten; presidencies of Ihe senate agitate asplritnts and their trlends today; the tide of political for tune bears this man to momentary age- <ess. the undertow carries that man to oblivion. But Charles 6. Northen goes serenely on as the secretary of the Georgia senate. 1 'really the success of this or that man Is susceptible of reasonable anal- >'-'K but if you try to put your finger absolutely on any one specific thing that Insures this rotund and jovial young gentleman's hold on the' place, you’ve got something that defies you- of course, everybody likes him. He’d hardly have survived the vicissitudes "f political existence and exigencies otherwise. Politics Is kindly to hu manity for long periods, only to be come an Insatiate maelstrom Anally to engulf. Charley North**'* the man 8 ho defies the maelstrom. once a politician wee asked why Charley Northen had such a cinch on the senatorial secretaryship, and In sinuatingly the Inquisitor wanted to know Why somebody else couldn't get that place. The answer came blunt 8 nd to the nolntt “Any man who thinks he can railroad "harley Northen Into obscurity l» eith er 8 <1 »mn fool or don’t know anything. ■;* l* the cleverest fellow that ever ub! a favor, and I'd see my. own brother [u the moat caloric comer of Hades hefore I’d support him. If Charley even ninieri be wanted the place." That man perhaps gave as accurate snalyeta as any of ue will ever have. But what’s the difference? He Is the secretary of the senate, and Georgia "Oh, I can't git 'em up, I can't git 'em up, I can't' git ’em ub. In the morning.” But It go' them up on this morning. This woe no dally turnout for early roll and drill, no dally grind of guard , . | mount, dress parade, mess calls. It was A nd , f°„|be lncld*tt^ Cjoeed.^ ths day of the great "hlk*," tha march n V r«oHril nn f him h« to Chlckamauga Park. Every man J'.'f U n.vil .shl a£thln? about ?*. H P ull ‘ d hi* belt tight as he fell Into ml. inin L iin. ranks, every man gave n closer hitch to The cub hoe ttnc« toat Into poUtlcs, | haversack and wriggled hla toe* Into where^tact and diplomacy receive great | a || t he comfort an army shoe could give. "'Tie the last fall-in on the old pa rade ground till October," eald the K ids sergeant to the colors. ‘"Twill no easy steppln' over smooth turf for two weeks now. You want to get tJ G< the middle thlnkln’ '0 some of these ofAcer boys. Am I right, my bucko?” “Right you are,” said the colors, "on* praise the Lord and the book of regu lations, the ofAcera will hike with the rest of us. There'll be no forced march on thle trip." From • corner of the reservation came the rattle of wheels and chains. Occasionally the thud of an Iron hoof against smashing wood was borne across the parade ground and the voices of teamsters were uplifted In language forbidden In the book. The wagon train, nineteen strong, with four Georgia mules to the wagon, woe get- ider way. . rattle of the drums cessed. As the brown lines settled Into “Atten tion,” the roll call beggp, quick, snap py, the names rattling from the ser geants' throats Ilk* bullets from e Max im gun. There were no absentees, but the few luckless ones on the sick list. Even the guard house had given up Ite regular lodgers. When the regi ment marched away there would be left but e handful of men and a lonely ofAcer or two to guard the reservation and cheer the ladles of the Seventeenth. There were not many on the hospital list. The colonel reined In hie big horse and watched the long line In khaki. Behind him were the regimental and battalion of Acer*, their horsee pawing i the fresh grass of the parade. The ad jutant galloped f(0m center to flank and bock again. There was a quick Inspection, a word or two to the com- By DUDLEY QLA88. streets and on over the muddy roods It inarched, officers and men more than 800 strong. At the end of the march waits Chlckamauga, Its dress parades. Its drills. Its dances for the officers at the mountain Inn, Its days of leave In n new town for tho enlisted men. But there ora 200 miles of dusty road and sixteen days to go. There will be no regret when the march It over. "But It's easy pickin' on a hike like this,” said Private Williams to the man on hts left. "You ought to do a 20-mlle trick through Luzon, with the little brown men takln' a shot at you evory now an' then nn’ between t'lmee. There'* no restin' then. I know, for I've been there." It will be no forced march for the Seventeenth. Twelve miles and a hnlf a day Is the average route laid out on the maps. Reveille will sound long be fore dawn, breakfast will be over anti the march begun, before sunrise. By noon the regiment will be In'camp ngaln, to rest until the following morn- Ing kii I Scouting or "reconnaissance" parttea have been sont ahentl, and these will mark nut the pieces for the bivouac, convenient to water end to reliroaft points. Hssvy bsggnge, which cannot bo handled by wagon trains, will be shipped io. points along the, lino of Every man carried sixteen pounds nn his back, and sixteen pounds Is no light load for a long tramp on a July day.. . Haversack, two days' field ra tions, eighty rounds of blank cartridges, blanket, poncho and half tent make up the burden of oarh enlisted man. Two hnlf tents are Joined together at the camp and shelter for two men provided. Tho men wore the regulation khaki uniform,. without the blouse, a blue army shirt being substituted for this. Other uniforms end necessary equip ment will be forwarded by train. The officers will not be Idle during the march. Mops of the country will he roads will be carefully located, flag signals or "wig-wags" will be practiced along the way. The regi ment will proceed’exactly;_aa though in ■i tne — regiment. ’ At Cortersvllle a detour .will be mad* through th* valley of the Etowah and return, occupying two days. At Calhonn the regiment will leave tbe main route and go to Red- HE epidemic of suicides and at tempts at eulclde during the past few months 'hoe estab lished for the city of Atlanta a remark able record end has aroused consider able comment. This marked prevalence of th* sui cidal mania ha* developed tbe ques tion: Is there any remedy that can etop to any material degree th* attempts at self-destruction?" In a discussion of the suicide record a few days ago at th* Grady hospital. In which Institution during the post few weeks numbers of efforts at self- murder have been thwarted by medical science and skill. Dr. T. F. Brewster, the superintendent, expressed himself as favoring Ihe enactment of a state law lo penalize attempts at suicide. Dr. Brewster believes the application of this legal remedy would prove the meane of greatly diminishing the num ber of such attempts. His Idea I* to make an attempt at self-murder a crime Just the seme as an attempt by one person to murder another. Ue proposes thz^t ell per sona men end women, who try to kill themselves and who fall should be sent to the chain gang and wear stripes. A good long term at hard la bor In the gang. Dr. Brewster believes, would forever destroy the suicide germ and cleanse Ihe system of all desire for an untimely cessation of Ilf*. "Many Attempts Mere Fakes." Dr. Brewster declares that a consid erable percentage of the attempted euY cldc* are thoroughly Insincere and are prompted solely by a spirit of apltsful- ness. Many of the attempted sui cides are considered by tha hospital officials as nothing more than a "bluff," the patients swallowing a little lauda num or morphine to spit* someone or arouse sympathy and persons guilty of such acts should by all means be punished. If we had an antl-snlctdo law, It would- serve's* a club to strlk.i fear to the hearts of such people, at least, end would ‘change th* Ideas -f many people a* to th* value of Ilf-. The Idea of a long term at hnrd Ini,or In the chain gang would eerve as a splendid tonic." Women In Majority Here. The Grady hospital records reveal the fact that th* great majority of at tempts at suicide are mad* by wom en, 'mohtly white women. These rec ords demonstrate as a remarkable fart that an attempt at Vclf-destructlon hy a negro man la a rarity. It Is a de cidedly Infrequent occurrence when a negro man becomes so despondent on.I morose that he will endeavor to Like hla life. This species of humanity seems thoroughly Imbued with the desire to slble. Very few negro women seek death at their own hands, but such Instances are numerous than among the mas member* of the race. According to the records, however. It has become a common pastime. among members of th* white race to 1 attempt to abbreviate their earthly ex istence. A big percentage of thee* deplorable condition _ Ing force and who court death a grave as a panacea for their terrible mental anguish and gloom. Lev* Affairs Figure Strong. On th* other hand, family troubles dgure largely In the suicides and at tempts. And then love plays Its part, too. During lats months, th* Grade hospital has formed th* temporary abode of a score or more of young women, some of them girls not out < f their teens, who have sought death by various means because of some mis hap In an affair of the heart. The fn- next reached, and then the march straight to Chlckamauga will be made. The men of the Seventeenth will not feel the sixteen day*' “hike." They have been prepared for It by weekly marches through the country surrounding At lanta, many of these covering more then the .distances set for the dally grind of the 200-mlle Journey. Th* men were all In splendid spirits when they left the fort end seemed to welcome the change of air. Fort McPherson will be practically deserted. The ladles of the officers' families are leaving for mountain and seaside resorts for the summer, for there la not provision made at ChlckaJ mauga for either "the colonel's lady or Judy O'Grady." Th* woman watch ed the regiment march away In the gray dawn aa many another woman hoe wetehed the boys In blue or boy* In grey—but there were no heartaches on this morning. It was not real war— Just a picnic. For many miles the Seventeenth United States will follow the route of march over which Sherman and hla devastating horde trod more than for ty year* ago. By the name landmarks, over the earns stream*, the soldiers of Uncle Bom will retrace the slope taken by those other soldier* of Uncle Sam In the march to the sea. But Instead of weening Women and wounded men they will meet laughlr who ask nothing bett on the gate and welcome the passing regiment. . Instead of the desolate re gion of which Sherman boasted that "a crow would have to carry his own ra tions," they will And a smiling country side, bright with prosperity,' awake with progress. Ana what is the tune the band of the Seventeenth played ae It marched out of the reservation? What was the quick-step which set .the feet tapping In th* early morning, which brought chesra along the march from Southern farmer In the Held* end Northern aol- dler In the ranks? Not the song of that sweeping raid of long ego; .not Sherman’s "Marching Through Geor gia," with Its shrill scream of th* fife. Its Jarring rattle of the drums. No, the air which cheered the tired Ameri cans on their march was the song of the old South then; the song of tha new South and the new North now. Just "Dixie." arouse sympathy. An antl-eulclde law, It Is beltevsd, would bfestly de crease, If not entirely stop, this class of fake*. < "Suicides end attempts at suicide nre becoming decidedly too .oommoti,” said Dr. Brewster, "and some remedy should be provided, Jf possible., Th* value of life In many Instance* Is entirely too low. This question of suicides Is a serious problem, and I think It Is high time that the law should take a hand. If a person reaches such a stage the! regards his Ilfs as valueless, ths law should sstsbllsh a vslus for him. If an at self-destruction Is made and successful, then ths offender should be severely punished. "An attempt by jtny person to de- >y hie or her life I* a crime and I ik It would he a splendid Idea If had a law making such an attempt _ chain gang offense, Many of these reported attempts at sulrldt are merely exhibitions of spite work or efforts to vorlte method adopted In the major- / Ity of these cases Is the poison route, i principally laudanum. As a result of thle desire on the part of these young women to die, the Hmdy hospital phy sicians'.have had their hands full. It will be remembered that only about two weeks ego the hospital received four poison cases In one day, one pa tient, a negro womhn, dying. Tho oth- J er patients, a trio of white women, all- recovered. ■ The feet that practlraJly all of the would-be suicides recover gives rise to the assertion that many of them really don't wont to die, but nre more- , ly "bluffing." Th* hospital physicians . stale that only In a fow cases Is suf- ' Orient poison swnllowefl to kill. "These would-be suicides generally | make the mistake of taking loo little) of the poison,” remarked one physi cian. "If they really mean business they ought to Investigate and ascer tain Just what quantity to take." FIRST ALL STEEL PASSENGER CAR BUILT FOR RAILROAD COMES TO A TLANTA MON DA Y' CHARLEY NORTHEN, For ten years a figure in the State Senate. peny officers, a report to the colonel, then the bugle soqnded once more, the regiment broke Into column* of fours I and guns went to th* shoulders. From the regimental bend came a quick-step, martial, stirring. It put life and vigor Into every man In, the line. The Sev enteenth wee off an Its long "hike." Out of the reservation swung the ' Seventeenth. From the root grass of | (he government grounds' Into the city Continued on Pago Eight. By HARRY AITCHISON. Tho first all-stool passenger car for n railroad ever made In the United Btates will arrive In Atlanta over the Southern railway Monday morning, the car for th* peat two weeks having been on exhibition at th* convention of tbe Master Carbullder* of th* Country at Atlantic City. Th* ear woe taken to Washington Wednesday and equipped for active service. The new car le the first of three which are being made for the Southern road as an experiment. If there three K ove successful, the entire road will equipped with the all-steel conches and other roods with lees courage for experiments will quickly follow suit. Ths Pennsylvania officials hnve^ecent- ly become Interested In the move of the Southern, end they alto have or dered an experimental car which will soon be In actual service. If they prove practical, that road also will adopt them Immediately. Th* first steel Ver Is considered a handsome affair by those railroad men who have seen It, and has created a stir of Interest among the officials of all roads. It la over 74 feet In lepgth, 68 feet Inside length, $ feet 10 Inches wide and 14 feet 2 Inches high. Th* entire car Is made of compressed steel, and what little wood Is used In th* interior trimmings is carefully coated with a fireproof substance which will make the car as fire-proof as Is possible under any conditions. Even the floor of the car Ik of eteel. For several years the New York’Central lines have been us ing steel covered cars, but the Interior and' many parts of th* exterior are composed of wood. The steel coated cars have not been as great a success as was hoped for, snd many are in clined to think that ths all-steel cars will be svtn more of a dlsappolnment. The new steel cars will possess many great advantage* over tbe type In com mon use. In addition to being Impoeal- ble to set afire. It Is also Impossible for the car to telescope during a wreck, and It would be Impossible tor the ends to be smashed In. In a wreck similar to the one In which a picnic train fig ured In Atlanta a few weeks ago and one life waa lost, the splintering ot wood and the bulging of sides would have been prevented If steel had been used Instead of wood. Such a thing as being crushed beneath a seat would be almost an Impooslbtllty. Ho, It tbe steel can 'are adopted generally by ' railroads, as It seems probable 1 they will be, tbe danger from frightful wrecks will be reduced to a minimum. Weight Only Disadvantage. The greatest disadvantage of the new car la Its excessive weight, aay railroad men who have been studying th* mat ter. The new car which will be seen for the first time In Atlanta Monday will walgh about 11 per cent-more then tbe ordinary day coaches which are to be seen dally. It la expected, however, that th* Pressed Steel Car Company, who have th* contract for the experi mental care, can reduce th* weight at least i per cent, thereby relieving that disadvantage. DRAWING MATERIAL At John L. Moor* ft Sons' for draughts man, schools and colleges. 42 North Broad St, Prudential building. ••• 40,000 COAL MINERS ' WILL RESUME WORK By 1’rivets Leased Wire. Harrisburg, Pa., July 14.—At a con ference between the operators and President John Mitchell, It was decided that th* 40.000 miners In th* Central Pennsylvania bituminous district, who have been on strike since April 1. shall resume work. Th* men get an advance In wage* and an eight-hour day, but failed to get a closed shop. TO PRESENT SILVER SERVICE TO NEW BATTLESHIPS Special to Th* Oeorglsn. New Orleans, La, July 14 —The handsome silver service that le to be presented to th* battleship LmiUlana when ah* arrlrts bare hua been con tracted for with a New Orleans firm. Arrangements are In course of prepara tion fur a dual presentation, the prop osition being to havf the people of Tennessee to make their girt to the battleship , u hlch U to com* t here at tbs same t. : ..g. .