Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, December 02, 1910, Image 1
'Atlanta VOL. X COOK SAYS HUNGER MADE HIM THINK HE HADFOUND POLE Says in His Confession That, Half Crazed With Hunger. He Believed He Had Reach ed Top of World FOUND DIFFICULTY IN SELLING STORY Has Written His Confession, Living in Secluded London Suburb, Hoping for World’s Forgiveness <3* A»»ori»ted • NEW YORK. Dec. I—Dr. Frederick A. Cook, wha now confesses that he does not know whether he reached the north pole or not. had no easy task in dispos ing of what he describes as "the story of Cook’s trip to the north pole." ac cording to reports reaching New York from London. The Brooklyn explorer, it is stated. Is living in seclusion In an obscure board ing house in Bloombury. a London su burb. and there had written the story which he hopes will restore him to a degree of favor in this country. It appears that for weeks. Dr. Cook, eager to return to his home in Brook lyn. sought through a literary bureau to sell his latest story to London mag azine publishers. One thousand dollars, It was said, was asked for the story, which the London editors declined to accept Cook, in his story, which is soon to appear in this country, asserts that, half erased with hunger, he believed he had reached the top of the world. It was learned today that Dr. Cook was in the United States early in November, and came here to conclude the arrangements with Hampton's magazine for the pub lication of his story. He came by way of Canada and met the publishers at Troy. N. Y. After concluding the arrangements for the publishing of his confession. Dr. Cook, returned to Europe. Cook Pities Peary, He Writes American Friend BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Dec. I.—Dr. William H. Axtell, of Bellingnam. an intimate friend of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who has been in frequent communication w:*.h him since his disappearance from New York, received a letter from the explorer yesterday. Dr. Axtell refused to divulge the whereabouts of Dr Cook, but made public several extracts from the letter as follows: My case will eventually rest upon Its own merits, without reference to nr*vate Interests "I prefer to believe that the cam paign of infamy which has been waged against me. that the mud-throwing, brib ery and conspiracy has come from the misguided and deluded. "As to Mr. Peary, my f-eling Is of pity, rather than revenge. He has striven ■rains: awful odds, and the mar. who can succeed under such a handicap de serves all th- glory that comes his way.” MM WORTH SIMO IS HELD IS 10URGHR Case Is So Strange, Though, That Magistrate Believes Him Insane (By A»»ce:ated Ptm«. ) NEW YORK. Dee. 1. —The case of Thomas B Young, president of the Brownsville Engineering company, of Brownsville. Pa., who at first was ar rested as a burglar and Is now held In the Bellevue hospital for observa tion. is of the strangest metro politan poliee have been called, on to ro’vw In years. He was arrested on complaint of Mrs. Mary Menahan. who telephoned to the janitor of her uptown apartment house that a strange man who would give no account of himself, had forced himself into her flat. Officers found him still sta-ding In th- hanway. where Mrs. Menahan had pu«h-d him. He appeared dazed and touM not even tell his name. A search of his clothes later disclosed a certificate for BW.OOO worth of Mock In a coal company. Masonic credentials and a bark book showing a generous balance. "This is not one of th* kind of burg lars we’ve been accustomed to." sa’.-l the lieutenant in charge. The same ob servation was made an hour or so later by Magistrate Krotel. when the prison er was arraigned. The magistrate ques tioned Young and then -remarked: "A very peculiar case. I think this man had better go to Bellevue for ob servation” Mrs. Menahan testified: "It was about luncheon time, and I was expecting my husband, when in walked this man. as if he was wood from the knees down. He stopp-d tn front of me with no more expression than a stone. " 'What do you want?* I asked, but he just stared. Then I pushed him out in to the hall and phoned for help. He made no resistance and never spoke a word." At Bellevue this morning It was said Mr. Young was suffering from severe mental strain It was impossible to tell from what cause or if the attack was only tem porary. PIONEER TOPSY IS DEAD AT AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN NEW HAVEN. Conn., Dec. L—Mrs. Ju lia Myatt, famous in her day as an actress and particularly in the part of Topsj in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." is dead at her home here at the age of 87 years, ghe played the part for years. Included in the Wyatt company in later years «ras her two daughters. Helen, BO w <jead. and Mrs Warren, now liv ing in Bridgeport. Her husband, George H. Wyatt, also an actor, died in 1555. ’ Southern’s Neu) Official i HI? J. * k \ HUSKY W. XH,LEX Mew assistant to ths president of the Southern xw’iwgy. He succeeds J. S. B. Thompson, resigned. Photo by Ed wards. GREAT CROWD GOFS TH HEAR THIAL OF IMLO GIRL Hattie Leßlanc, Cape Breton Girl, Is Arraigned for Mur der of Clarence F. Glover, a Waltham Laundryman ENCOURAGED BY VICTORY OF COUNSEL WEDNESDAY They Succeede din Excluding from Jury the Consideration of the Victim’s Dying State ment-Defendant Confident (Bv kMoclated Trees. 1 CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. 1.-Interest in the tris! of Hattie Le Blanc, the 17- year-old Cape Breton girl, for the mur der of Clarence F. Glover, a Waltham laundryman, drew a curious crowd to the Middlesex county court house to day. Encouraged by the victory of her coun sel yesterday when they succeeded in having excluded from the jury’s con sideration the alleged dying declaration of Glover that Hattie Le Blanc had shot him. the defendant faced her accusers with a buoyancy that showed apparent faith In her speedy acquittal. Mrs. Glover, the widow, was expected to resume the stand for cross-examina tion by Attorney Johnson, of counsel for Miss Le Blanc. "SUNNI SOUTH" IMHH, THIN K SHIVERING VISITORS Party of Brazilians Passes Through Atlanta, Making for Warmer Climate A party of ten unwashed and disil lusioned Brazilians got into Atlanta at 7 o’clock Thursday morning and left at noon for Florida. “Caramba’.” skid Juan Manaos, as he shivered over a steam radiator at the Terminal station. "C-a-r-a-m-b-a! We freeze. We—we drop dead with cold.” "Mercy!” mourned Juanita Rodrigues, who Is the grandmother of Marlqulta. who Is the youngest of all the party. "Chit, mother." reproved Juan. "We’ll soon be in Florida." But neither Juanita nor any of the othera are quite sure of that. They have a fear they’ll freeze on the way. And then If they do arrive, may not Florida be aa cold as the rest of this terrible country? The very day they landed in New York a cold wave came along. They nearly froze. The weather kept getting colder and colder. Life became unbearable for them. Juan heard from a street peddler about the sunny south, and the whole party turned their faces in this direc tion. On the train they heard of Atlanta and thought of staying here. But when they stepped out of the train at the old depot Thursday morning they decided this was no place for them. All ten straight?.way bundled into a bus and, with their teeth chattering and their bodies shivering, were driven to the 'Terminal station. They got tickets there for Tampa. Juan says if it isn’t warmer in Florida, they’ll take it as a sign that fortune has turned her face from them, and that they'll probably jump into the sea. They got to the Terminal station be fore 8 o'clock and their train for Florida didn't leave until 12. but they never for | one minute budged from the waiting room. It was warm there and they wanted to be sure of their train for Florida. The party attracted some little atten tion as they were being driven in the 'bus from one station to the other. They wore gaudy clothes and had a typical gypsy look. The women and children ' were piled on the top of the 'bus and ! the men rode inside where it was warm. At the Terminal station they attracted still more attention. They made them selves quite at home there. They used seats In the waiting room for breakfast tables and afterwards turned them Into couches on which the men dozed. The women were appointed to keep a look out find see that the train to Florida didn’t get away without the Brazilian party aboard; and the children skipped about like so many grimy sprites. ATLANTA. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1910. EFFECT OF TARIFF CHANGE IS STILL IN 001MEWND Unionists Encouraged by Bal four’s Willingness for Refer endum, but the Liberals Are Making Capital Out of It REFORMERS NOT SO READY NOW TO INDORSE PLAN First Members to Be Returned to the New Parliament Will Be Unionists—Some Nomi nations Expected Friday (By Aisocizted Press.f LONDON. Dec. I.—The ultimate effect of the opposition’s attempt to unload the tariff reform issue for the purpose of the present campaign is still in doubt. While the Unionists were greatly en couraged by Mr. Balfour s sudden aind surprising announcement that he would not object to the submission of the ques tion to a referendum, the leader's bold stroke has far from disheartened the Lib erals, who find therein good ammunition and are accusing the opponents of chang ing their policy dally in a desperate effort to catch votes and so secure power at any cost. Moreover, the more ardent tariff re formers, who yesterday cangratulated Mr. Balfour on his skilful manuevers were not so ready today to indorse his pledge. Speaking at Manchester Andrew Bonar Law. Unionist member for the Dulwich division of Camberwell, refused "to eat my words,” adding that if the .unionists obtained an adequate majority at the polls, they would be bound to enact a tariff reform measure. FIRST WILL BE UNIONISTS. The first members returned to the new parliament will be Unionists. In many constituencies, nominations will be made tomorrow and in at least nine instances there will be no contests. These Include the city of London seats and those held by Joseph Chamberlain and Jesse Collins, of Birmingham, and George Wyndham, of Dover. The weather for the campaign scarcely could be worse. Outdoor meetings plan ned at many places necessarily have been abandoned. The house-to-house canvass ing, however, continues and there is no let-up in the usual indoor demonstra tions. The leaders are keeping hard at it. Home Secretary Churchill is leading the van of the government forces, addressing two or three meetings every evening, be sides making brief speeches during the day while traveling from one end of the country to the other. Frederick E. Smith, a barrister and writer on international law. Unionist member for the Walton di vision of Liverpool, is running a good second U> the secretary, -while Chancellor lUoyd-George, John Burns, and other ef fective speakers from both sides are keep ing busy. LANSDOWNE’S ENERGY. Lord Lansdowne is showing great en ergy in support of his proposals for the reform of the house of lords. Today he addressed a big meeting at Portsmouth in the interest of Lord Beresford, whose seat for Portsmouth is seriously threat ened by the Liberals. Sir Edward Grey has arranged to reply to Lansdowne. The weather has incapacitated many candidates and speakers, among the num ber being Louis Harcourt, secretary of state for the colonies, and Reginald Mc- Kenna. first lord of the admiralty. The women, as usual in, England, are taking a prominent part in the campaign and residents of the east ena, where the working class communities live, are fre ently diverted by the appearance of mo tor cars filled with fur-clad women. PRICE OF STEEL WILL NOT BE CUT AT PRESENT NEW YORK. Mee. 1. —The price of steel will not be cut. Forty of the lead ing producers and their representatives who stand for approximately 95 per cent of the production of the county, met here yesteruay and decided that it was for the good of the industry to keep quotations where they are now. Among these men were Judge E. H. Gary and W. E. Corey, chairman and president respectively of the United States Steel corporation; Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, and others. JUDGE J. H. MERRILL THROWN FROM HORSE VALDOSTA, Ga.. Dec. I.—The session of the superior court, which was to have i convened on last Monday morning, has been postponed until Wednesday on ac count of the accident which befell Judge J. H. Merrill in Thomasville on Sun day. He had been holding court In this city during the last week and returned to his Hom - in Thomasville to spend Sun day. It was while there that he was thrown from his horse and injured while attempting to mount. His injuries, how ever, were not serious aYid 'he arrived here last night, accoihpankd by his wife, who will remain with him for a few days. Lorimer Report Next Year WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Senator Bur rows, of Michigan, chairman of the sen ate committee on privileges and elections, stated today that the sub-committee which Investigated in Chicago the charges against Senator William Lori mer, of Illinois, will make a report to the full committee immediately after New Year’s. fjCTj MORE SHOPPING g 3 D AYS DE FORE CHRISTMAS CT J "One I love, two I love, three I love, I say. I’m writing- to the little skirts while my wife’s __ z \ -drift mfv/, , ■ 11, 1 W- ’ S’?' Well, See Who’s Here! “EMPLOYER'S LliOllin" IS THEME OE COHOfiS Conference Will Probably Ad journ at Close of Pro gram Thursday (By Aaaecisted Bren.) LOUISVILLE Ky., Def. I.—Unless plans are suddenly changed late today some of the governors attending the third annual conference here will leave with carefully prepared discourses on Intricate subjects tucked away for fu ture reference. The social feature of the conference has been paramount and has taken so much time that little busi ness has been transacted. The conference may adjourn tonight, but un.ess the different parts of the program are carried out more rapidly than they have been many important subjects will not be discussed. Even though the conference lasts until Satur day, as planned, it is probable the program would not. be carried out so rapidly and social functions arranged for before, and after sessions and In some Instances sandwiched in between. "HOUSE OF GOVERNORS." Many of the governors would like to perfect organization with officers and giving the body a name. As this has been discussed, “the house of gover nors” has been frequently mentioned as the proper name, although the ban was placed on that name for this session, at least, by the host, Governor Willson. At a dinner one of the governors said that if more sessions were held in Ken tucky they had better call is “The House of Nine-Course Dinners.” So urgent have become social re quirements that at the executive session last night the governors brought their wives and daughters all dressed for a formal reception. The ladies waited in the parlors of the hotel while the men discussed the issues of the day for an hour or more behind closed doors. Walting cabs hurried the governors from the hotel to the reception. At the session this morning general discussion of Governor Hadley’s ad dress yesterday was taken up. He spoke on "Employers Liability and Workmen’s Compensation," a subject of great Interest to the governors, and on which several of them wanted to be enlightened as well as express their views. Various ideas were given but each was to the efrect that our laws on these subjects were inadequate and that the states should carefully revise them. Appalling death rate on rail roads and in mines of this country were compared with the lower rate in Euro pean countries in discussing the vast difference between laws of other nations and ours regarding liability of em ployer*. ' Though not a member of the confer ence. one of the Interesting figures at t'his meeting is Gamaliel Bradford, of Boston. Naturally the governors liked his speech advocating more power for the chief executives and curbing of legis latures. He bears a remarkable resem blance to Speaker Cannon and came from Boston on his own initiative to preach a doctrine which he thinks will materially aid the states and crystal ize the movement for a yearly confer ence of governors that will bring bene fits to tlie people. Aside from a comparatively brief ses sion late yesterday afternoon and an executive session tonight, the second day of the conference was given over to accepting mere of Kentucky’s hospitali ty. It was decided that the next confer ence would be held in the state of Wash ington the second Tuesday In Septem ber, 1911. New nationalism, Insofar as It affects conservation of natural resources, was denounced by executives of three states and upheld by Governor Noel, of Missis sippi. at the conference. Governor Norris, of Montana, started the denunciation when he said the "theory of the Nationalists was orig inated in the east, where natural re suurcea had been wasted, so easterners could reap benefits of what the w-est still had.” PULLMAN CAR RITES IRE LOHED ON UPPER BERTHS Reduction Is Also Announced On Lowpr Berths in Some Cases (By Associated Press,) CHICAGO. Dec. reduction of the rates for upper, Pullman berths and in certain instances for lower berths were announced today before Commis sioner Franklin K. Lane and E. E. Clark, of the interstate commerce com mission, by G. S. Fernaid, of the Pull man company. No testimony in the case before was taken. SCALE OF REDUCTIONS. The reduction of upper berth rates of fered Is 20 per cent where the lower berth exceeds J 1.50. Various reductions are announced for the rates on lower berths in specific instances. Today's hearing at which the promise of reduqtlon was made was a rehearing of the petition of George S. Loftus I against the Pullman company, the point i at issue being the upper berth rates be tween Chicago and the Pacific coast. Last March the interstate commerce commission ordered a reduction in the rates for both upper and lower berths and the United States circuit court enjoin ed the enforcement of this order and di rected that a rehearing be held. The offer of the Pullman company proves satisfactory to the "plaintiff” be fore the commission; no testimony in the hearing was heard. MINIMUM RATES. "Hereafter the minimum rate for upper berths will be $1.25, instead of $1.50,” said Mr. Fernaid, who is assistant gen eral solicitor of the Pullman company. "We have not prepared all our tables, and being the new rates,” explained Mr. Fernaid. “but we are working on them as fast as possible. We decided that although the upper berths cost more to build, furnish and maintain than the lowers, public discrimination against the uppers required a reduction in their price. “Not a rate has been raised by this new schedule, but we are endeavoring to ad ' just all charges to correspond with the I eastern standard of six mills a day.” I Among the reductions, points out of New York for lower berths are: ’ To Tampa, Fla., $1; to St. Augustinq, I $1; to Savannah, Ga_, $1; to Jackson- I vllle, 75 cents. I The new rate from New York to New Orleans is SB. missWmller DEBUT ft! RECEPTION She Will Be Presented by the President and Mrs. Taft . A.'ociated Press. 1 WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—Miss Helen i Taft will make her debut at the White House this afternoon, which is expected to be the most brilliant society event i of the season. I She will b? presented by the President | and Mrs. Taft at a recertion to be I given between 5 and 7 o’clock. Members • of the diplomatic corps and official cir cles as well as other residents of the capital have bsen Invited. Preparations for the affair have been in progress for weeks. Duke’s Condition Serious LONDON, Dec. I.—The duke of Man- I Chester was operated on late Tuesday |<night for appendicitis. His condition Is said to be serious. The duke of Man chester married Miss Helena Zimmer i man, daughter of Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, in 1900. W. I. WATERS, SR., DEAD; A FORMER ATLANTIAN Telegram Announcing Death Received Wednesday Night. Funeral at Fayetteville Mr. W. T. Waters, Sr., died In Chat tanooga, Tenn., Wednesday night abofit 10 o’clock. News of his unexpected death reached Atlanta In a telegram to his ■on, W. T. Waters, Jr., of The Atlanta Journal staff. Mr. Waters left at once for Chattanoo ga and he will accompany his father’s body to Fayetteville, Ga., passing through Atlanta Thursday evening. The funral will occur at Fayetteville Friday morning at 10 o’clock and Mr. Waters will be laid to rest near his former home. The death of W. T. Waters, Sr., marks the passing of a former well known citi zen of Atlanta and a pioneer employe of the Southern Express company. At one time he was in the machinery business on South Broad street, but the greater portion of his business career was spent In the service of the Southern Express company. At the time of his death he was 70 years of age. While he had been in feeble health for a long time his deatn was unexpected and comes as a shock to a large circle of friends of the older generation who knew and loved him. Surviving Mr. Waters are his widow, his son, W. T. Waters. Jr., two daugh ters, Mrs. Lois Yarbrough, of 832 Pied mont avenue, assistant principal of Wal ker street school, and Mrs. Thomas J. Wesley, of 462 West Peachtree street, and a sister, Mrs. S. Crowe, of Atlanta. BRANTLEY TO BE GUEST OF SAVANNAH PYTHIANS - - - I SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. I.—The mem bers of the Knights of Pythias in Savan nah are to be the hosts on Monday after noon and night of Hon. B. D. Brantley, of Blackshear, grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Georgia. The grand chancellor will come to Savannah on this occasion to pay his first official visit to the local lodges. He will be car ■ rled for an automobile ride in the after noon and In the evening he will be the guest ■ of■ the several lodges of the city. Forest City lodge No. 1 yvill meet on that night and after a visit there the grand chancellor will be tendered a ban quet in the banquet hall of the Knights of Pythias building. There will be some good speaking and the occasion promises to be one of much enjoyment. Mr. Branley is very popular with the members of the order in Savan nah and it will give them pleasure to act as his host upon this occasion. LESS SUM ESTIMATED FOR EXPENSES OF NAVY WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—A total esti mate for the United States navy for the fiscal year 1911-12. to be submitted to congress as a basis for the appropriation for that .year, amounts to $126,046,659.24, which is $5,000,000 less than the sums ap propriated in the naval bill for the cur rent fiscal year. This statement was made by Secretary of the Navy Meyer, coupled with the announcement that the figures mentioned include the estimates for the first year’s expenses to be Incurred in the construc tion of the new vessels contemplated by the navy department’s building pro r am. ERBSTEIN IS GIVEN CHANGE OF VENUE - CHICAGO. Dec. I.—Attorney Charles Erbstein was granted a change of venue today by Judge Scanlan, in his trial on 1 charges of bribing a jury in the second trial of Lee O’Neil Browne, who was ac cused of buying votes for Senator Wil liam Lorimer. The case ia set before Judge Brentano. tomorrow. COLDEST ON RECORD FDR DECEMBER 11N ITUNTIIGEIB79 Temperature Thursday Was 24 and Will Drop Still Low er During the Night Says Mr. Von Herrmann PRESENT COLD WAVE IS AN IMPORTED ARTICLE Wind Makes Cold Seem More Severe and This May Abate Some in the Next Few Hours Down goes the temperature. This is the coldest first day of De cember on record in Atlanta since 1879. Thursday morning at 7 o'clock the temperature was 24, which was one de gree below anything on the weather books for December 1. That, however, is not the coldest record for this tlmq of year In Atlanta. There have been days in November when the temperature was as low as 18, but for the initial day of December this is the record. And the story is not yet told, for by Thursday night there will have been a further fall. Thursday morning the temperature made a desperate but futile effort to come back. It began to slowly crawl up, but the beet it could do was to reach 26, after many and laborious attempts. < Thursday night, according to the ob servations of Director von Herrmaniu the temperature will get as low as 20. Certainly it will be between 26 and 20. but the wind may take a rest and keep things from being unpleasant. The present cold wave is an imported article coming across the border from Canada at such a rapid rate that even the customs officers did not catch a glimpse of it It came like a fat man dropping out of an air ship. It made an altitude record and then swooped to earth again with fresh chills and shivers gathered in the clouds. The cold is expected to last for at , least the remainder of the week and maybe longer. At any rate it has not i been in the least backward about an- I nouncing its presence. With water pipes | freezing and the breaks that are sure to i follow, plumbers are said to be planning a Christmas jubilee such as has not been held in years. Augusta Shivering AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. I.—Augusta shiv ered In freezing winds this morning. The official thermometer recorded 29 de grees, but in the city and especially, tn , the lowlands below tbe town, it was several degrees below that. Accprdln’g J to the weather bureau, though, it was a 1 degree less cold than October 31 of this year. Cold, Cold, Still Colder, Is Forecast for South LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 1.-Free«ing 1 weather as far south as the gulf states marked the entry of the first day of December 1. Snow flurries are reported from many points in Kentucky and Tennessee, and low temperatures pre vail tn practically all sections. Points in the Mississippi valley as far south as 1 Arkansas reported temperatures ranging ' from 15 to 20 degrees, but the weather at I these points was balmy compared with I conditions throughout the middle west I and northwest, where heavy snows and blizzards drove the jnercury down to a point 12 degrees below zero. Colder weather is predicted, for practi cally the entire south tonight, with in dications of a freeze in northern Florida and frost in the central portion of that state. , diaz Inaugurated; U. S. SENDS GOOD WILL Congratulations of Powers Are Presented at Services of Eighth Succession MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1.-At the inaugu ration ceremonies attending the eighth succession of President Diaz, held here today, the American ambassador, Henry T. Wilson, acting as dean of the diplo matic corps presented the congratulations of the representatives of several foreign powers, including the United States. pecanYndustrFopens IN MONROE COUNTY JULIETTE. Ga., Dec. I.—Monroe coun ty promises from all indications to be come within a few more years one of the banner pecan producing counties of the state. Farmers and others In many sections of the county are paying a great deal of attention to the develop ment of the pecan industry, and hun dreds of trees are being set out all over the county. Some of the targest pecan growers in the state now five in this county, and 'it Is believed that within a very short I time thousands of dollars will be added |to the wealth of Monroe county by a ' development of the pecan industry. :FISHERMEN LOSE LIVES WHEN SMACK CAPSIZES CHARLESTON. S. C.. Dec. 1.-Fifteen fishermen are supposed to have been drowned off Charleston, their smacks having been missing for several days, a report says a smack was sighted says a smack wns sighted floating bottom up j ward yesterday. 4. AVIATjaS WILL BACH < NEW OHLEAKS AUTOS ♦ ♦ NEW ORLEANS, Dec. I.—A ♦ ♦- race between an aeroplane and an e- automobile was scheduled as Ehe e- principal feature of the opening ♦ ♦ of an aviation meet here this as- ♦ ♦ ternoon, under the auspice? of the > I New Orleans Item. ♦ Eugene Ely. Augustus Post, J. ♦ e- A. D. McCurdy and James Ward ♦ were the aviators entering the ♦ meet. ♦ ♦ ♦ NO. 21