New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1915, Page 1

LOCAh NEWSPAPERS £ 'TAIN HERAL BETTE , " HERALD PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 19 15 --SIXTEEN PAGES. EST RUSSIANS FALLING BACK, EVACUATE - OLITA FORTRESS Teutons Capture 5950 Prisoners | and Much War Material in Fighting Around Kovno FRENCH DROP BOMBS ON GERMAN FACTORY i Kaiser’s Airmen Attack Clermont-En- | | f | | tied up ,Argonne—French Capture Trenches ;n Argonne—Turks Repulse Attack of Ailles at Seddul-Bahr—Another British Steamer Sunk—Greece and | Agreement. under Entente Reach Trade The Russians, falling back German pressure along the line from the east of Kovno southward to QGrpdno, have evacuated the Fortress of Olita, 30 miles south of Kovno. The retreat’ of the Russians toward the Niemen in the region to the south | L of #01ita is being harrassed by Field | Msrsha.l Von Hindenburg’s forces. JVon Gallautz reports the capture floo prisoners and five machine Et(ns. » %% More Prisoners Captured. In the fighting to the southeast of Mitau, in Ceurland, and east of Kov- no, 2,450 prisoners, four cannon and three machine guns were taken. Material advances are claimed for the Teutonic armies operating in the vicinity of Brest-Litovsk, the capture of which by the Germans was an- nounced yvesterday. Bombards German Factory. A French aviator has dropped ten | shells on a German factory for mak- ing asphyxiating gases at Dornach, | Paris reports. —— French aeroplane squadrons have | bomarded the railroad stations at Mielheim in Baden and at Ivoiry | and Cierges in the Argonne. They also | have dropped cxplosives on S¢ Baus- sant and Essey, Woevre districts- German airmen have made an at- ‘tack with bombs on Clermont-En-Ar- gonne. French Front Straightened. The French front north of Sonder- nach in the Vosges has been straight- e by the taking of several trenches | which the Germans tried in vain to | recapture, the French war office | claims. S Another strike of coal miners In | South Wales again threatens to cause a coal shortage in the British Isles Already 25,000 miners have gone out, | The miners are dissatistied with the | arhitration award following the re- cent strike. Turks Repulse Allies, Latest news from the Dardanelles | comes through the war office at Con- | stantinople which reports the repulse of weak atltacks against the Turkish left wing at Seddul-Bahr, The sinking of the British steamer Peimgrove, Dpresumably by a Ger- an submarine, is reported by Lon- don. The crew was saved. . The first reported act of the Ven- zelos ministry in reaching an agree- | ment for greater trade pri tween Greece and ‘the powers of th quadruple entent, with prohibition | against re-exportation by Greece to the central powers or Turkey, 1250 Men Quit Posts Because Trolley | traction system of the Holyoke Street ! Railway Co. | question was refused by the employes. | Hummg to work after an agreement | BISHOP HEFFRON SHOT | of French birch and MARRIED 50 YEARS, anniversary | Allen W. Brown of West Hartford. | business for a | former ANOTHER CAR STRIKE BEGUN IN HOLYOKE Company Refuses to Consent to One Year Working Agreement, Holyoke, Mass, Aug. 27.—The in this city ana neighboring town of Amherst was for the second time this month by a strike of the 250 car men today. The men quit work becau the company refused to consent to a | i the working agreement of only one year's | duration, company officials demand- ing that the agreement cover a period of three years. Arbitration of the A strike that lasted cight days was | called on Aug. 7, the men finally re- | to arbitrate their demands for creased wages had been reached. Extra trains were operated by the steam railway lines today to care for the suburban traffic. in- TWICE BY PRIEST Bullet Lodges in Right Lung ; and Hip—Believed He Will Recover. Winona, Minn., Aug. 27.—Right Rev. Patrick R. Heffron, Bishop of the Winona Roman Catholic diocese, was shot and seriously wounded to- day by the Rev. Father Al Lesches, a priest, for whom the bishop had | reused to procure an appointment. The bishop was shot once through the right lung and once in the hip Physicians said he would recover un- less complications set in. Father Lesches was arrested. Bishop Heffron was sitting reading in his library at Terrace Heights when Father I.esches entered and fired twice at him with a revolver. The priest then returned to his room at St. Mary’s college and locked him- self in- He was arrested soon after by Sheriff Parr, who forced entrance at the point of a revolver. Father Lesches had been spending the last week at St. Mary’s college, | diocesan headquarters here, seeking | an appointment, which Bishop Heff- | ron, had. refused to give him. i Father Lesches is 46 years of age, | came to this | | | country 1893. ENJOY AUTO TRIP | | | | | Camp Street Couple Speed Through | Country to Celebratc Their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hooker of 126 Camp street observed the fiftieth | of their wedding yester- day as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. 23,000 COAL MINERS STRIKE IN ENGLANE Recurrence of Labor Troubles in South Wales Fields 0PPOSEARBITRATOR'S AWARD | | | Dissatisfied Employes Charge Runci- i man Did Not Live Up to Arrange- ment Made by Lloyd George and Demand Latter to Make Good. London, Aug. 1:03, p. m.—Re- ports from the South Wales coal fields this afternoon state that 25,000 miners already have joined the new ike. Oppose Ranciman’s Award. due to the award of Walter Runciman, pres- ident of the Board of Trade, who acted as arbitrator in the recent strike. The situation further when the colliers learned that Mr. Runciman had declined to see a deputation representing them. The miners charge Mr. Runciman with going behind the arrangement made by David Lloyd George and de- mand that Mr. Lloyd George good his promises to them. Lloyd George Won Men Over Despatches from Cardiff at the time the strike was settled last manth { said that the terms accepted by the miners as the result of Mr. Lloyd | George’s trip to Wales provided for a substantial increase in wages and other concessions to the strikers wihch are considered by them as { tantamount to an admission of their | claims on nearly all the autstanding points. Mr. Llovd George won the men over not only by promising con- cessions but by emphasizing the fact that uninterrupted operations of the coal mines was highly essential ta the conduct of war. Mr. Runciman’'s award contained wage concessions but rejected a num- ber of demands to working condi- tions, hours of labor and other fea- | tures. PRESIDENT THANKS STATE EXECUTIVES Governors for Their Resolutions of Support. —A messaze from on in reply to the Tele- when the governors’ conference re- assembled today. Addressing Gover- nor Walsh, the president said: “I deeply appreciate and am great- Iy heartened by the generous resolu- 1ions of confldence and support passed iy the governors in conference and beg that you will convey to them my hLeartfelt thanks and my cordial best | wishes for a successful and profitable | I wish that I could bring | the greeting in person.” conference. The speech yesterday of Cole Blease, in which the former governor of South Dinner was served in honor of the event and the aged couple enjoyed a | long automobile ride through the city parks and about the Capitol City. Mr. and Mrs. Hooker are old resi- | ileges be- | dents of this city and have made their | | will be dead. { home on Camp 'street for many years | Mr. Hooker has been in the garpenter | long period and in times did much work for the yymented upon in Parls as augur- | city schools, repairing desks and other | ing well for further negotiations. Russians Evacuate Olita, Berlin, Aug. 27, Via. London, p. m.—The Russian fortress of Olita ! cn the Niemen river, thirty milees ! scuth of Kovno, has been evacuated fficial announcement to this was made here today. | _ | fn all the wide sweep of Russian | territory south of the Baltic provinces which has been covered during the | great Austro-German offensive move- | ment the fortress of Grodno is now the ! nnl) strengly defended position re- maining in the hands of the Russians. Olita was on the principal Russian line of defense, midway between Kov- no, already in the hands of the Ger- s, and Grodno. It is about fifty miles southwest of the important rail- road center of Vilna, which is on the direct trunk line to Petrograd. Olita is the ninth important fortress to fall before the invaders in the last three weks. L] Teutons in White Russia, Iqndon, Aug. 7, 1:17 p. m.—The Austro-German invaders have not only pressed their opponents into old Russia, beyond the political borders of Ancient Poland, but 'have pene- trated well beyond the district f Rus: proper, inhabited by the Poles. This enormous advance has now reaghed a stage in which the troops of Kmperor Nichol are fighting for existence on the soil of \White Russia which for the first time during this war is ling the effects of nvasion. The main object of the German at- tack around Brest-Litovsk for a num- ber of days has been the railroad run- ning eastward from the fortress tow- rd Moscow. This line, with a branch running in a southeasterly direction ;vovmed the means for Russian evac- of the fortress. The Austro- n advance against this railroad een . so g;qw that it is believed at] e | school ! work and 3:30 | home, daughter, effect | schools. | at furniture. Owing to his ad- vancing years he has given up active has lived quietly at his spending the winters at St Augustine, Florida. They have one | s Georgia Hooker, a Springfield, Mass., eacher the MUST DECLARE COINS. > Takes Action 1o Conserve Her | Silver Supply of Money. , Aug. 27, 11 m—Every traveler leaving France hereafter will be required to declare the amount of Fran Pari; a. funds in coin in his possssion. more than fifty francs ($10) he will be compelled to excnange the excess for paper money, under a decree is- sued today by the finance minister Alexander Ribot, This action resulted from an inves- ! tigation of the scarcity of silver coin, particularly in the frontier region. It was ascertained that coins in circu- | lation were being collected systemati- cally for nickels were a premium. export. Even coppers and sought and exchanged AMPAIGN. Sufli- 1. Haye Apps un Yrmy and Navy cient Supply of Wearving Via. Wireless Berlin, Aug. 2 The Over- Agency says: “The nigay departments announce tfat sutlicient supply of woolen garme fts, & underwear, soc glov ur coats and ear proteciors for all re- quirements of the winter campaign has been provided. “At a meeting of the budget com- mittee of the Reichstag speakers of all parties, including the socialists, hear- tiiv applauded the achievements of 1he various war organizations which graphy to Savville, ‘us News and navy (Continued on Fifteenth Page.) are models for all other countries.” | tion, with former Governor ! Dix of ! lirnest Lister L Carolina dignified “lynch law” with his approval provoked further dissent ng the morning discussions. crnor Walsh said that he objected to the statement of Blease that “when 1Gbs are no longer possible liberty “In my judgment,” said-the Mass chusetts executive, iberty without obedience to law. Governor Stuart of Virginia said that his was a conservative state and that her people stood first, last and all the time for a rigid enforcement of the law. over to the consideration of conserva- John A, and ° Colorado and as the New York George A. Carlson of of Washington, announced speakers. PORTER WILL LEAVE NEW BRITAIN TRUST ;)V_lll Represent Local Young Man Hartford Brokerage Firm in This City and Nearby Places. Frederick W. Porter, Jr, for the past six years with the New Bri- tain Trust company and at present holding the position ot bookkeeper at that place, has tendered his resi nation to taks effect immediately after Labor day and will thereafter represent Rov T. H. Barnes & company of Hartford as their local agent. . Porter will begin his duties as of the Hartford on ptember 15 and later will up @ local office. The Roy H. 7 Burnes company is a brokerage hotse dealing i investment securities and Mr. Porter will make a specialty, local stocks ite will have the ritory of New britain and | places I Mr. concern er- Porter first entered the ser- vice of the New Britain Trust com- pany about six years ago when he left High school fo take up banking work. He has y's heen a re- | liable employe and the officia of that institution resret to losc hix services, hut appreciate that he s taking an upward step in his bus- | iness career. Tre recurrence of labor troubles is | growing dissatisfaction with | was strained | make | Wilson Sends Telegram of Gratitude to | gram sent him Wednesday, was reufl‘ Gov- | ‘“there can be no ! The forenoon meeting was given | Governors | open | nexrhy | GOVERNORS WILL NOT VISIT NEW BRITAIN Nor Will They Tour New England at All as Trip Has Been Abandoncd, ¥, H. Johnston Learns, Governors from all over the United States who are convening in Boston wily not visit New Britain, nor, in faet, wil they visit any of the New England cities in a body as it has been definite- iy decided to give up all plans for a general tour of New England. Lack | of time is the reason. President Frank H. Johnston of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce re- | ceived a letter from the executive | secretary of Massachusetts this morn- ing, which stated that at a meeting of the governors on board the U. §. S, Wyoming yesterday it was voted to cnd the conference today and all plans for a New England told were aban- dcned. This morning Mr. Johnston received 2 telephone message from E. A. Filene of Beston, chairman of the committee which had this tentative tour in | charge, stating that it had been aban- | doned. Mr. Filene stated, however, that it might be possible to get some of the governors to visit New Britain individually and if such a thing was centemplated he would meet any New and try to assist them. This plan was not feasible as it was hoped that the | governors could come here in a body to see the greatest hardware center in the world. HELD FOR MURDER OF WEALTHY WIDOW | Alleged Daughter-in-Law of Ex-Illinois Governor Ar- rested in Kentucky. Jackson, Ky., Aug. 27.—Mrs. Mamie Hamlon, who says her home is at Chicago, and that she is a daughter- in-law of a former governor of Illi- charged with the mur- Polly Davis, a wealthy today, Mrs. county, der of widow. Mrs, months Hamlon, an ago came to artist, Partsmouth to paint a series of eastern Kentucky pictures. She met and became at- tached to Mrs. Ddvis. . Davis is said to have explained Hamlon that she was making will to charity and asked her, in | e of her death, to see that her pro- | was not appropriated by her re- latives. Shortly afterward Mrs. of poisoning, physicians say, and then | came confusion about the will. Today Mrs. Hamlon was indicted | by the Breathitt circuit court grand ry on the charge of having poison- ing Mrs. Davis and forged a will which purported to leave the dead woman's property to her. Mrs. Hamlon is said to ‘have two i children in Illinois. Her husband is dead. Davis died ES ENTHUSIASM. AROU Decision te Furnish Munitions for Allies. Tokio, Japan, Aug. 27.—The de- cision of the government to utilize all available means for increasing the production of war munitions for the zllies, particularly Russia, has | aroused the greatest enthusiasm. Army officers of high rank are ar- | ranging the details with manufactur- ers. preparatory to enlarging arsenals and factories. Tt is understood tkat France and England have guaranteed payment for these suppli Japan’'s More MAY DEMAND FU To Mect Expense of Annual Encamp- ment of Texas National Guard. Houston, Tex., Aug. 27.—The war department has authorized Gov. Ferguson of Texas to make requisition for funds to meet the expense of the annual encampment of the Texas Na- tional Guard, it was announced toda. It was said that disturbed condi- tions on the Mexican border had in- duced the war department to give the Texas militia a chance for rehabilita- tion. The encampment will be held on the | border, possibly in proximity to some of the camps of United States troops on patroi duty there. JUMPS O DS | TRESTLE. John Loughman Leaps Twenty Feet to Earth Eelow to Avoid Trolley Car. Becoming confused at the glare of a trolley car headligcht as it bore rapidly down upon him, John Lough- man jumped from a trestle at Windsor Locks at 6:30 o'clock last night and janded on the ground twenty feet be- low. e was picked up and taken to | the Hartford hospital, where it was found that he was not seriously in- | [ Sured. Loughmun had heen Suflield looking work and was his way buck o ar approached tor or the trestle, lnl itain when him on the WEATHER. Hartford, A\ug. Hartford and vicinity continned conl (onight, possi- ) bly Yight frowe v exposed 27.—For '.GERMANY WIL Britain representative today in Boston : nois was arrested at Portsmouth, this some | | | pany of New | was postmaster. | i TRAIN VE “F SATISFACTION” TO U. S. FO SINKING OF LINER ARAE Kaiser Will Make More Than a Mere Disavowal Is Found That British Steamer Was Sunk by Submarine Without Warning. COUNT VON BERNSTOFF TELLS LANSI OF BERLIN GOVERN MENT’S INbTRU 'MOTHER AND CHILDREN e SUFFOCATED IN FIRE. wve | Wife and Three Daughters of Brig. Gen. Pershing Burned to Death. IMPOSTERS, SAYS SUPT. T. E. REEKS Hcad of: Health Dept. Warns Physi- State Department Takes cians Against Book Agents Ciaim- Granted and Asks for @ ing Commission’s Endorsement. planations of all ' S Warning is given by Dr. T. E. Reeks parding Intention of Xy superintendent of health, that two book agents who are selling a work and claiming to have the endorse- .ment of the health commission, imposters, At least two physicians were ap- proached today by these agents, who offered their book for #10. The phy- sicians later communicated with the board of health and learned that the | book was not endorsed. 5 San Francisco, Aug. 27.—Mrs. Fran- | This same scheme was tried in New | ces Warren Fershing, wife of Brig Britain several years ago while Dr. ‘dler General John J. Pershing, U Henry T. Bray was health officer. 1t | A., and three of her four children were was shown up by the physician and , Suffocated in a fire in their the imposters shook tne dust of New |at the Presidio of San F | gime Concerning. Subma fare. ington, Aug. 27.—C% Eernstorff, the German am aciing on instruetions from uotified Secret Lansing “lull satisfaction” ‘would be the United States for the the White Star liner Arabic, | Luseador explained that | would make re than a 1, if it is found the Aj sunk without warning. 1cisco to- | Count Von Bernstorff callé | state department early and of | with fecretary Lansing nearly Lour. It had been suggested heps Germany was ready alsel reparation for the Americans) the Lusitania, but that subject come up at today’s confere disporition of the German to take up one step at a time) Crisis Regarded Prswodd The ambsesador did not i lic the extent of the instruct Perlin on which he acted, understocd they coincided Vith the statement of the chancellor in Associated spatches from Berlin ¥ pressing the willingness of mean government to make ful fon if it is shown finally Arabic was forpedoed with ing. So far the German admis received no report from its gl which were operating in the inity. Further communical expected from Berlin to nman ambassador and to the partment from Ambassador v hich will advance the negol point where attacks on P currying ships will be defl continued, at least while the under further discussion. hetween the two countries noN garded as having passed realm of diplomacy The German ambassadof ttated after his interview Lansing that his instruction the declaration of the Berlin) ment that it would give i faction to the Americaf go | That he declared meant muchi | than disavowal. Of course, the giving of the sztisfactiof lepend upon the circum 8 ttack on the Arabic. The government did not know said whether the Arabic wai German submarine and| | warning, but, If Investigatio that to have been the case, | will make full reparation. The ambagwador said he be gotiations over the Arabie followed by negotiations over thi tania, in view of the official in Berlin that a submarine satisfactory to the United Statel be announced. Did Not Seec Message, Von Bernstorfl said not see the message sent 10 Gepartment by Ambassador G 1t is known, however, that Al dor Gerard’s despatch agr Count Bernstorff's advices & "inarine comanders have structed to attack no more merchant ships without warn: Will Press Demands, The American government ni less will press for a clearing up entire submarine controversy b will consider the Arabi¢ and incidents closed. Unofficial wi n conveyed to administratl cialg that Count Von Bernst lieves the position of the Ge crnment will be determined by th perial chancellor by the fd minister, rather than by the mf of marine that stringent will b made to see that sub ! commanders follow tiscir instru President. Wilson did not hol 1 Friday cabinel meeting use the with oaplete, hington, [ Warh me | avow ¥ quarters | Britain from their heels. day. e Their bodies were badly burned. Mrs. Walter O. Boswell, a relative, ' BANK CASHIER HELD and her two children escaped, as did | Warren Pershing. live years old, and FOR EMBEZZLEMENT | three servants. The dead children are | Helen, Anne and Margaret, all under {elsht vears. Mrs. Pershing was said to | daughter of Senator Warren of Wyom- ' {ing. Her husband, commanding the | Jighth Brigade, United States In- fantry, is at El Paso, Texas, in charge of the border troops. The fire was believed to have been caused by a night lamp. A burst of flame from the roof of the general's big two-story frame house, which stands on the parade ground directiy in front of the headquarters agpole, was the first intimation of the fire. The Presidio army fire depart- ment rushed to the house and be- | lieving that the occupants had all es- | 1ped, centered their energies on the Only the roof of the house was burned. When the firemen tered to look over the damage found the bodies of the mother and her three little girls. The boy, War- ren, Mrs. Boswell and her children out by the bank | and three servants slept in other parts “Mr. George M. Coffin, U. 8. bank | of the house. examiner after an examination of the The house occupied by the Pershings affairs of the Canaan National bank, | was one of several old frame build- reporfs an apparent shortage in the |ings scattered about the main post. | accounts of George Roger, cashier of | General and Mrs. Pershing were mar- about $5,500. Mr. Roger has been re- | ried in Washington, January 26, 1905, moved as glashier and J. H. Lansing | The general fought in Indian wars has been Ippointed temporarily, The |and in the Spanish-American war. bank is fully protected by a $10,000 | He became a brigadier general in bond of the National Security com- York. 1906. Mrs. Pershing was devoted to her “George S. Fuller, the directors.” home and children and took an inter- est in suffrage and other women's Roger came here about seven years | movements. ago from Millerton. N. Y. where he He is chairman of the democratic town committee of PROBING MURDER OF Canaan. LUTHERAN MINISTER George Rogers of Canaan Have Confessced Shortage of $5,500 In Institution’s Accounts. Canaan, Aug. 27.—George Roger, cashier of the Canaan National Bank was arrested today charged with.em- e about $5,500 of the bezzlénient of bank's funds. He confessed the shart- B. Iv age to Vice-President Henry of the bank yesterday, it was stated. | After his arrest he was taken to Hartford to be arraigned before Unit- ed States Commissioner Carroll Ros about 0 years old ried The speculations are understoad have extended over a period of three | or four years. The following statement \ 1 i andbiis oo en- th to | now i | was given ! ke president, and ! By the state register and manual the Canaan National Bank has a cap- ital of $50,000 and surplus of $10,- 000. Tts dividends in 1914 were 4 1-2 per cent. One Man Under Arrest and Several Others Detained for Examination by Gary, Ind., Police. MAN HONORED. Frances Keough to Be a Perfect at St. Thomas's Seminary, LOCAL Gary, Ind., Aug. 27.—One man was urder arrest and several were detained for examination by the police today in an effort to apprehend the mur- derers of Rev. Edmund Kayser, who was slain at his home in Tolleston, a suburb, last Tu night The rames of the men were withheld and Chief of Police Heintz refused to dis- close the nature of the evidence gainst them. The chief admitted to- day he had not discovered whether the clergyman was killed because of his pro-German utterances or for cther acts which brought him the ! emnity of some of his neighbors Elmer Leroy, an Englishman, said to have denounced IKayser in his { church some weeks ago, was taken into custody, but later released. trunk, which it was believed might contain proof of a plot to assassinate the minister, was taken in charge by the police. Efforts were made today to de- termine to what extent letters Kayser is said to have written to German | ¢ flicials could have inflamed parti the allic inst him ¥rancis J. Keough of North straet hds received word from the episcopal residence of the diocese of Hartford, of his appointment as a perfect at $t. Thomas' Seminary, Hartford, and will enter upon his new duties at the | opening of the fall term on Septem- ber §. To his many friends in th city this announcement will be re- ceiveq with pleasure. Mr. Keough, up to a year ago, was a student at Sulpice, France, and ot the outhreak of the war, his friends in this city were greatly worried over his safety until finally word was re- ceived of plans for sailing for this country- On his arrival here, he was assigned to St Bernard's Semina Rochester, Y., to complete education. During the summer months Keough has been an assistant at the playgrounds. He will complete his theological training at the Hartford seminary. e is Keough ¢ bis early Count N. his Mr and f and Margaret received | of Mrs. street and education in parochia! M school in this city- He is an athlete o of congidernble ability and for sevei:sl |0 0 veurs he starred on local teamns prior TN {0 entering 1He seminary. At that in- diilix the mise “titution he iso gained fame for |0 qone an export himself by his feats of valor on the | Gevmany through Switzerl: athletic feld. ing to 50,000,000 fr: son North SWISS, Paris a Swisg d with trad allege the vin Henri Schweitzer, Chuy The ¥ has negotiation to in Wi contro arrested hero enemy many were sl police plans (o remutn in Wa Schwelirey until th ey busine With | e | Auks Clear Bxplabag In his talks with Amb | ternstorft, Sscretaty/Lansing | en nothing for granted and for clear explanations of all | ments regarding the intention German government As £oon ag the German govern HORN Aug Van hoard THROUGH BRIDGE. e Phoen Ay 27.—Four per- sons were killed and twelve injured when part of a nerth hound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe passenzer train from PPhoenix to Prescott fell through | a bridge at Date Creek. seven miles his north: of here today. The Lridze had | “steadily improving.” SR IMPPROVING »7.~—The conditio Horne of directe Railroad ci-ians His Montreal, of Sir Wm man of the Pacific ir- 1 todn he former ch t recovery repnrted” by nhy ! places, Saturday fair. IS ) i been weakened by a cloudburst. iz now looked for. (Continued on Fifteenth I