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I J. PIERPONT MORGAN
UM .
FINANCIER DIES
I IN ITALIAN CITY
Death Comes After More Than a Week of
M Terrible Suffering Physician Says "Money
Trust" Hearing Was Indirect Cause of Noted
Banker's Breakdown
fc. , STOCK MARKETSJHOW NO MARKED CHANGE
h'tJ Daughter and Son-in-Law Will Bring Body to
p jj United States Receipt of News at New York
H and Other Cities Life of the Great Leader
Rr.mo. March ?, J. V Morgan, the American financier, died at
lhl live minutes pasi twelve o'clock noon today (6.05 a m New York
when the death of Mr. Mrgan wa.s seen to he approaching
rapidly. Prof BasAianelli and Dr. Dixon forced Mr and Mrs Herbert
1, s,,tt- rlrr. his son-in-law nnd daughter, and Miss Helen Hamilton,
IV who had heen m constani attendance, to leave Lhe room. Mr. Mor
ett gan l)i-f.rc the end showed he was suffering internally only by a
Irj!tt "ii.t-nt ..t in righl hand. Otherwise lie displayed no sign of
vitality except by continuous heav breathing
- J Frequent bulletins were iasucd dur
Ing the morning, showing that his con
I ditlon was gradually becoming worse.
fm nilt' by 11 o'clock thp physicians had
Vf given up .ill hope.
vl Mr Morgan was unable to assimi
J h'i.' r l. f artificial nourishment admin
! lstered duritg the morning anil his
physical weakness was extreme Heart
illVsT tonus were injected, hut these had no
(',( i and for several hours before
i L I Ins death he w as in a Btate of coma.
HE unable to respond 10 an Questions or
to recognize any of those at h:s bed
side One of thest . Mrs Fit SimoUi
v. Iff or the Rev William Fliz Simon
nrrhcd from Cannes, and was shown
Into the death chamber, but her pres
in e remained unknown to the dying
man
Beside th four trained nurses in
i attendance Miss Helen Hamilton was
of great assistance to the three phy
sicians, Prof Giuseppl Bastianelli. Dr
M Allen Starr and T)r George A.
f Dixon
Fear Mistake Was Made.
During the morning George Post
ID Wheeler secretary of the merican
embassy, called to make Inquiries on
7 behalf of the American ambassador,
Thomas J. O Brien. and was told that
Mr .Morgan had collapsed and thai his
condition had been rendered worse by
increasing deafness.
From the lime of his arrival ;r
Home. Mr and Mr5 Herbert T. Sat
terlee had feared a mistake had been
made In bringing Mr Morgan here in-
stead of taking him direc' to London.
where he would have ben In his own
house Instead of a nois hotel, and
they thought, too, that the climate of
Rome was too mild and enervating 'or
a man In his condition of 111 health
Attributes Death to Hearing.
Cablp dispatches from America.
Oreat Britain and other parts of the
world poured In all day making anx
ious Inquiries and expressing the af
fect Ion in which Mr. Morgan was held
e cry where. The financiers secre
tary found it impossible to reply to
all the inquiries and .Mr. and Mrs Bat
lerlee expressed the desire to inform
the inquirers how touched they were
at the manifestations of sympathy
the had received.
Dr. M Allen Starr of New York
called Into consultation over I Pier
poni Morgan's illness, attributed the
financier's breakdown to emotion
i caused by the investigation carried
out b the Pujo committee at Wash
ington Into the operations of the
"money trust "
News Received at New York.
w York. Mar 31. J. Pierpont
Morgan Is dead. He died at 1 2:06 p
m , Home time. This announcement
made by the officers of J. P
Morgan and company today
Henry P. Davison, a member of the
house of Morgan, made the announce
ment. He said merely that he had
received a cable that the financier
I had passed away shortly after noon
Mr Davison had planned to go
abroad some time this week, but H is
thought probable that this trip will
! he postponed
Coincident with Mr Morgan'
death it became known that he had
' suffered a serious attack before his
departure for Europe but rallied so
rapidly that it was not considered a
I forerunner to fatal illness and was
ktuwn only to his most Intimate
fi leuds.
For many yeirs Mr Morgan spent
B considerable portion of his time
abroad but on this trip, for the first
time, he severed all connection with
business affairs and permitted his
partners to shoulder all responsiMl
ilv for their conduct. It was the
rirst instance of hL taking such a
j complete rest since he entered the
banking business in this citv before
the f IvH war.
Son Receives the News
Prominent bankers in this city said
ihis morning that the did not pre
dict and decided unfavorable effect
jon the stock market by reason of
l Mr Morgan's death The reason of
I this they explained, was that the re
current rumors of his --erion illness
had prepared the tmrket for any
possibility and enabled those encaged
In market operations to prepare for
Jusl surh a situation
' Please don't speak to me qow '
was the request of j. Pierpont Mor
gan. Jr , of the small army of news
l yer men who greeted him w hen he
left hla home In Madison avenue this
morning Mr Morgan was bound for
the homo of his mother, a few doors
nw .v Before h- reached her door,
however, he added .
Two cablegrams hare been re
ceived from Rome One was receiv
ed at 8:1." and the other at s 30
I They hne not as vet been translated
A statement will be siven out later
ai rho offices of .1 Pierpont Morgan
: ana company."
I
John Pierpont Morgan started his
business career half a century ago on
the board of directors of a large mari
time insurance company. He secured
the position through the influence of
his wealthy father For a year yount;
Morgan attended the directors meel
ings, but never opened his mouth ex
cept to vote.
The president of the company told
the elder Morgan that nothing cou'd
be done with his son, who seemed to
take little interest In business John
Pierpont at the time was laving plans
for his first railroad construction,
which when completed. established
his standing In Wall street as the
only man who ever got the better of
Jay Gould
The sobriquet of "Sphinx of Wnll
street' was later the appellation an
plied to the man who at first was be
lieved to be without business acumen,
but later became the supreme head of
American finances
Morgan's control over men an-j
money was the dominant keynote of
his life Others, perhaps, were wealth
ier than Morgan, but he commanded
his wealth and that of others At
the height of his power he Is said 'o
have controlled $9,000,000,000.
Mr Morgan came from an old Pur
ltan New England family, which dates
back to 1036 He was born in wcaltli
His father, Juulus Spencer, left him
110,000,000 and he inherited impr
tant banking institutions J S Mor
Kan had accumulated his fortune In
the dry goods business with Levi P
Anew Every Day the Evening Newspaper
i Earns the Appreciation of Its Readers
Bk The afternoon paper is the news-1
W paper of the day It is dated not
B of the day before Its advertising
I in the present tense its store
M news is the "lattst." Just as surely
m ar its news of events. There J
nothing unreadable in the right
f ec -t of afternoon m wspaper no ;
1 "dead matter," uo advertising that
doc, not appeal as directly to the
purse-Interests of the people aa 101
their desire to know things.
i I
I
It earns the appreciation of Its
r aders anew every day. For ev
ery day the exigencies of news
getting against time force It to
feats of enterprise that are often
of themselves as Interesting as the
resultant aews. This strenuous
service to Its readers keeps th1
the evening paper in close touch
with them and keeps them In
close touch and sympathy with II
The ndvertisers share this person
al feeling and profit by it.
m&fr' latfSMi ssfclk
Morton, and later as an associate bfj
George Peabody, merchant, banker
and philanthropist
J. Pierpont Morgan was born Apul
17 1837, in a brick coiiuge !n Hart
ford. Gnnn. As a youngster hs ten
deney to write poetry gave him tno
nickname of "Pip" When he was 14-j
Morgan was spiii to Boston to the Eng
lish liiRh school He showed mote
particular bent for mathematics, bat
had no gilts Indicative of unusual
mental power. Probably his first at
tempt at fincance took place in Bos
ton Thp school teacher gave him
money with which to buy erasers
Voting Morgan was gone for a long
time When he returned he handed
the teacher the erasers and also son"
c hangs
"What's this for"' 'asked the teach
er "I gave you Just enough to buy
1 the erasers I always paid that for
: them "
"Oh," replied young Morgan. T
went around until I could find a place
to buv at w holesile "
For two years after graduating from
the Boston hiRh school Mr Morgan
was a student at Goettlner Ger
many. At 21 be embarked on his
career as a banker
Of J. P Morgan, financier, and of
his achievements all the world knows.
Few men have been morf wtdelj tear
ed. yet more generally trusted Those
who met him only in a business way
saw a mati rough, emphatic and inai
tessible as the emperor of Russia,
when he chose to be known as the
worst man In the world to Interview,
and as a man who believed absolutely
in himself and apparently never que.-.
Honed teh correctness of his methods.
His friends however, knew him as i
a simple, unaffected companion, an in
teresting conversationalist with keen
wit and genial humor.
Once a woman asked him why be
kept on accumulating money when he
already had more than he needed
"I do not lo-e money," Mr. Morgan
is said to have replied, "but I do en
joy the excitement, the fun of mak
ing it "
uslne.s was not all to the life of J.
Pierpont Morgan His office hours
were short and at the close of his
business day he left his office and his
business behind him. Woe to th
person who then approached him on
business bent He cared little for so
ciety but was fond of a good dinner
In congenial company, of rare wines
and big. black cigars Winc he p
took of with moderation To cigars
he was almost a slave.
EFFECT UPON MARKETS
New York Prices Unchanged
New York. Mar "I -There was no
excitement or marked change in
prices during the opening session of
the Consolidated exchange, which op
ens half an hour in advance of the
stoek exchange. Prices were from 1-1
to 3-4 under the London opening and
.one-hall to one ami ;i quarter below
,Saturda nicht's closing The follow -in?
were the opening pri-cs
Amalgamated 73 1-2; American
Smelting 69 3-4; St. Paul no -. -8
jErle LS. Reading 16,i U4; Jhigh Vail
ley 15C 1-2: t'nlon Pacific 161 l-
I Steel. 60 7-8.
lhe stock market bore up well tin-'
rier the news of Mr Morgan's death.;
Opening prices showed declines in al
most no evise exceeding a point Sup.'
porting orders rallied the market
! quickly. Trading showed no evidence
of nervousness.
NO EFFECT IN LONDON
London. Mar ::i The death of J
(Pierpont Morgan had lttlf or no ef
fect -n prices on the London stock
I exchange, Tho Ust had weakened I
tome what on earlier telegrams lore-'
pasting the speedy end of the great
tinnncler. but an disposition to start!
a "bear" movement was quickly
chei ked and ilifL J-mu1 announcement
O' ins passa? scarcely cuused
an' further movement.
QUIET IN BERLIN.
Berlin, Mgr. 31. Trading was quiet J
cn the bourse today and price ( hang-i
es were limited to small tractions
on
TURKS LOSE
ADRiANOPLE
Fall of the City Is
Making- the Govern
ment Very Unpopular
Montenegrin Artil
lery Bombards Scutari
Constantinople. Mar :.o. The Bul
carians leit lOOo dead on the field
after the engagement yesterds) west
'( U uk Chedmedye, according to an
official report The Turks also found
M" ritles and large quantities of en
trenching tools. Since this engage
ment all has been quiet alonn the
Tchatalja lines, a well as at Bulaii
The Turks believe the Bulgarian of
fensive action at Tchatalja was in
tended lo prevent an Turkish dem
onstration during the attack on
Adrianople and that the rtulgars will
not attempt to pierce the lines, which
recently have been strengthened by j
the addition of heavy siege guns.
The fall of Adrianople has caused a
feoling of the deepest dejection in all
f-ections, which has tended to in
crease the unpopularity of the gov
ernment A message from the British vice
consul at Adrianople states that all j
the consults and furiun communitiei
are safci and well His report says
h.if the Bulgarians tool; onlv 15,000
pr.sonors. the rest of the garrison be
ing in hiding.
The porte ha-, instructed the com
mander ;ii Sctftarl to permit the de
parture of the ci ilian population It
la i pected that the powers' note on
the subject of mediation will be pre
sented to the porte tomorrow.
Servians Claim Credit.
Belgrade. Mar 30 The first train
load of wounded Servians arrived)
here today from Adrianople Their
stor shows that the fluhting which 1
preceded the capture of Adrianople
was the roost terrible of the war The
Turks fought with the courage of
despair, but the preservance of the
Servians and the excellent leadership
Of the commanders resulted In their
paining the dav Some of the men
were very severelv wounded, but the
majority arc suffering only from
blight bullet wounds The preisy un
favorably discusses Russia's action in
loinlng the other powers in present
ll ; a note to Servia and Montenegro
with regard 'o Scutari and Albania.
It waB hoped until the last that Rin
sia would withhold her support of the
note.
One of the wounded officers said:
'The siege an unbroken chain.
of suffering for the heBlegers, which I
reached its climax in the bitter cold I
of January and February The snow
lay sis feet deep and sentries died at
I heir posts. The skin of every soldier i
was parched by the intense frost, ,
while In the trenches the men's feet I
were cut by the sharp ice breaking
every morning under their steps
They slept in mud and water, covered
oul by canvas.
"On some days dozens of men
were frozen to death There were I
snow plains for twenty miles around,
no wood could be found, and even
when it was brought fires were for
b dden so as not to betray our posi
tions." All the officers aaree on the tcrri
bio losses sustained In the final at
tack The Fourth battalion of the
Ninth infantn lost .To per cent of its
men which was about an average lor
those regiments which attacked the
forts.
The Turkish guns kept up a terri
fic fire, and the Servians made three
attempts against Papastepe before
taking thai position and then only at
a tremendous cost of life by the
Turkish machine guns
Fort Topyolu Was another hard nut
to crack. When within 5nu vards the
Servians, who were accompanied b
a Bulfgarian regiment, met such a
terrible fire, and with mines' explod
ing and men falling, that the Bulgars
retired, leaving the Servians alone
The Servians again advanced, un
der cover of darkness, creeping like
Cols and preceded by hand bomb
throwers. The Turks did not discov
er them until the bomb throwers were
upon the trenches The Bulgarians
then came up under command of a
sergeant, having lost all their com
missioned officers bu again retired.
After 'he fort bad been taken, the
Turks repeatedly made counter at
tacks, and with their machine guns
Inflicted heavy losse" on the invad
ing forces.
Will Hold Sslonikl
Athens, M.-)r ?, Immediately af-i
ter the funeral of the late King,
George, w hich takes place Wednes-
day King Constantino will go to,
Salonil i :ind remain there until peace I
l as been declared As in the case I
of King George King Constantlne's j
presence may be taken as a notifica
tion to Bulgaria that Greece Intends
to li"M Saloniki as part of her spoils
of war
Scutari Bombarded
nO Siice yesterday
lhe Montenegrin artlller; on the main
fiont lefore Scutari has been devel
ni ing great activity The T.iiktsh
positions n the plain before the town
ha.e been heavily bombarded and the
Turks have been driven from their
entrenchment near the river Kir by
the persistent artillery lire.
Bulgars Dnven Out.
lx)iidon. Mar '. 0 Hademkeui
dispatch io the Daily Chronicle, de
BCribing the fight at Blyuk Chek
medye, says that the Bulgarians hurl
er im.iMin men against the Turkish
advanced position, and In the dark
n in carried ii with bayonets, the
1 kirks retiring on their main position
At daylighj the Turks bombarded
the captured position and prevented
the Bulgarians from entrenching.
Subsequently the Turks delivered a
cornier attack. 6000 mfantrv storm
Inc the position with the bayonet
The Turks flung themselves on the
Bulgarians and a desperate bayonet
fight ensued The Bulgarians were
driven down the slope on the opposite
s'de.
oo
PRESIDENT
HAS PAY DAY
Secretary of Treasury
Will Present Chief
Executive With War
rant For $5,625 Repre
senting H i s Salary
For First Month
Washington, March 31. Woodrow
Wilson will receive his first pay check
as president of the I'nlted States 'o
day when Secretary McAdoo will pre
sent him with a treasury warrant for
$5,625, representing his salary from
March 4 to 31. On pay day hereaf
ter however the president will re
ceive a full months propor
tion of the $75,000 annual stipend.
The treasury department contem
plates establishing a precedent In the
method of paying President Wilson.
Since the days of Washington th.'
president of the United States has
been paid by what is known as an
accountable warrant' which means
money to be accounted for A "set
tlement warrant, " which closes an ac
count, has been given the president
only on his last payday when his serf
lees were debited on the books against
the credits made to him during his
term of office Mr Wilson, however,
probably will be given a "settlement
warrant ' each month, and his salary
account with the government bal
anced monthly as his term transpires
No one today knows why the presi
dent always has been paid by an
"accountable warrant." which is is
sued in other eases only in connection
with advanced money.
The president is the only official
whose salary is paid by the treasurv
department Vice President Marshall
will receive from the secretary of the
-i n.ite today the portion be has so far
earned of his $12. ')' annual compensation.
rssk WEATHER FORECAST
: j! ' THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE
m L - BjLhw WEATHER TONIGHT AND TUES-
DAY WILL BE GENERALLY FAIR.
NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEM -
PERATURE.
Entered as Second -class Matttr at th; Postoffle, Ogden, Utah I
.
IS DEAD
THOUSANDS FLEE I
FOR THEIR LIVES I
Ohio River's Continued Rising Compels Resi
dents of Lowlands to Seek Refuge on Higher
Ground Damage to Property Will Run into
Millions
DAYTON APPEALS TO PEOPLE OF NATION I
!
Illinois Governor Rushes Militia to Cairo to
Aid in Strengthening the Levees Many
Towns Are LInder Water and Thousands Are
Homeless Relief For the Sufferers
Floods in the Ohio river from its mouth to Marietta. Ohio, due
tu ihe trreat volume j,t' water poured into n during the last week by
its tributaries bave caused thousands r people to leave the lowlands
along the river and seek refugt on higher ground.
Early today the water is still rising and .it every city akmt: the
river hea v dnm.i:c i" nert is reported Railroad traffic has
been impeded and many miles qf Ira-k washed uit.
In Illinois, Governor Dunne has or
dered l.jun state troops to proceed by
special trains to Cairo and Sh&w
neetown. to patrol the leees Hun
n iiis of laborers al?o have been or
dered to pile sacks of sand on the
levees In the hopes of strent hening
them and preventing a break
Reports early toda from I lender-1
.-on. Owensboro, Louisville Newport
and Covington. Ky., Eansille. Ind .
Cincinnati Portsmouth. Marietta,
Ohio Huntington and Parkersburg W
Va show that stocks of goods In
buildings near the river have suf
fered heavily and that the damage
will run into the millions There has
ben no los? of Ufa ut anv of these
poiDt?.
A telephone message from Cairo.
III. earh today shows that the leieea
were still holding and that the town
ap in less danger than was believed
b - night The water was still sev
eral feet below the top of the levees.
DAYTON APPEALS FOR AID.
Dayton. Ohio. Mnr .11 John 1 1
I'aiterson, chairman of the citixens
relief committee, Issued the follow
ing statement todaj regarding condi
tions here
"Our committee now has at its dis
posal all the food and clothing nee
esfcr.ry to meet the loss of the suffer
ers of Dayton
"Money, however urgently Is re
quired for putting our citv in a con
dition to preent the outbreak of se
raius disease and to rehabilitate the
tnousands many of whom have lost
their homes entirely and all of whom
hae lost their household oods and
r-ersonal effects
"Tli CO mmi tee wishes to send out
an urgent appeal to citizens of the
I n i led States for all necessary funds
The contributions should be sent di
rect to W. H Biphus, who ha8 been
appointed treasurer of the relief
committee. Mr Biphus will send re
ceipts for all moneys received"
A meeting of the members of the
relief committee iih members of the
city council was called for this af
ternoon. On Saturday the council
discussed a request from the relief
committee that Sino.non b diverted
(run, the sinking fund of the ci to
Lae reliel fund. Councilman Harry
Klein and Gus Happel protested vig
oreush and made numerous remarks
de. ogatory to the relief committee
and Its motives, accusing members of
the latter, among other things, of
Lying to steal the city government
fn the bread line today was Eugene
Harney, a multi-millionaire, whose
r.ifts to charity have been large, and
lecently included $26,000 to the Y M.
C A of this city He obtained three
lorves of bread and a small sack of
I otatoes.
Guarding Cairo's Levees.
Cairo in March 81. The stage of
the Ohio river here at 8 o'clock this
morning was 52.1 feet and the river
stiil Is rising The levee is 55 feet
high and, as it is weighted down with
sand bags for two feet additional,
there seems no immediate danger.
Several companies of Illinois guard
arrived this morning
The local weather bureau announc
ed today that a stage of 54 feet js
certain and possibly 56 It is 04
lleed that the levees can hold 57 feet
of water.
Traffic on the interurban road out
of here has been discontinued Wat r
Is now sweeping over the top of the
levee nt Bird's Point, Mo. laving
waste a great section of southeast
Missouri
The number of workmen strength
ening the Cairo levees has been dou
bled Four companies of the DJlnois
National guard are In the city
Crowds of refugees from southeast
Missouri have been coming to Cairo
all morning
Relief for the Sufferers.
Springfield, 111.. March 81 That
the river Is still rising and that la
borers who are needed to throw the
sandbags along the concrete levee io
Increase It8 height are fleeing from
Lhe city, was information received thin
morning by Governor Dunne and Ad
jutant General Dickson from Cairo.
No direct word came from Shawnee
tosvn Indirect word was received i
Qrom there thai Shawneetown 6eeroed J
in a bad plight The inhabitants an
reporied to have Hied U) higher ground.
Colonel S. O Tripp was this morning
Sen1 to take charge of the distribution
of supplies at Cairo
Distress calls have been received j(
to date by the governor and adjutant !
general from Cairo. Alexander coun
ty; Naples, Scott county; Junction,
Gallatin county. Shawneetown. Gal- "
latin counts, Mounds, Pulaski coun-
Issssfl
1 in following order has been filled
by the adjutant general:
Cairo 10,000 rations and 150,000 fH
bags. H
Sha .vneetown 350 tents. 'M
Naples 4" tents iJ
Mounds BO tents. 'fl
Junction 100 tents.
John B Jennings of Sullivan, grand
master of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows in Illinois, advised Gov- ff
I ernor Dunne this morning that he had
sent personal representatives to Cairo
and Shawneetown with authority to
speqd 51 000 for relief of flood sn'
ferers si 'he former place and 11,500
at Shawneetown H
Governor Dunn estimates that ac- ;
tivltles on the part of the state in fur- ;
nishing flood relief since yesterday !
rfiorning has entailed an expense ap- .
proximal ing $4u. No state funds H
are available to meet this expense, I
till emergency appropriation at th" II
last general assembly having been ex- H
The governor is confident, however.
! that the Indebtedness will be cared
I for Without question
letter was received by the gov
, ernor this morning from Francis T
1 Simmons treasurer of 1 he Associa H
Hon of Commerce at Chicago, thank- 1
ing him for the position taken by him 1
i with regard to the suggested expedi-
tlon of the Illinois national resere
i bicagO to the relief of the Ohto flood
irictims Mr Simmons advised Mr.
luinne that his organization already
I had raised over $200,000 to apply to
the relief of sufferers and notified him
I that the association Is prepared to e
lend a helping hand in lower lllino -
if needed Governor Dunne replied
thai he had incurred an expense of
$40,000, with no state funds available,
and requested that the Association jf
Commerce protect him on this Indebt-
Special Flood Bulletin
1 Washington, March 31 This is to
day's special bulletin issued by the
weather bureau:
The Ohio river Is falling from Pitts
burg to about Huntlngtou. W. Va It
Is still rising from Cincinnati to Cai
ro. The gauge readings at the princi
pal weather bureau stations at 7 a,
m. Monday thus far received, Pitts
i burg to Cairo, follow;
Pittsburg. 13 7 feet, 8.3 feet belov
flood stage; Cincinnati, 69.2 feet, 1 S 2
feet above flood stage. Ixjuisvllle. 43 7
feet. 15 7 feet above flood stage; Cai
ro, 52 feet, 7 feet above flood stags
ssssssssm
Troops En Route to Cairo.
Chicago, March 31. -The Seventh
regiment, Illinois National Guard, and
the Illinois naval reserves left here
today on a special train for Cairo. Ill ,
for flood duty In that district.
Chicago's Relief Fund.
Chicago. March .31. Chicago's re
lief fund for the flood victims reached
1310,000 today. H
The Chicago Association of Com
merce shipped 1,000 blankets and 1.
000 mattresses to Tiffin, O. The as
sociation thus far has turned over
$80,000 to tin- American Nntional Red
Cross societv for distribution ainom;
the flood sufferers In Ohio.
City le Under Water.
Law rvneeburg. Ind March 31.
Practically the whole city Is under
deep water today and more than fifty
buildings arc known to bave been H
carried away. The Knlppenzurg car-
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