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Ra Suir | The Oshawa Baily Timex DEMOLISHED; DRIVER BADLY INJURED Farmers Demand Better Terms From Hydro Commission /ALBERTNORTHCOTTMAY oh $4] . NT NEW LEGISLATION WAS TECHNICAL SCHOOL ostwns scion, | NOT RECOVER; ACCIDENT | EXPLAINED AT MEETING AUTOHOTIVE NEN ORCHETRAPLAYS | AT N. OSHAWA CROSSING Mr. Northcott"s Car Struck Canadian "All The News While It Is News" A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City VOL. 8--NO, 883 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES CAR Navigation Was Opened For 1931 Season At Local Harbor By Arrival Of Coal Steamer National IN BROOKLIN YESTERDAY W. E. N. Sinclair Says That Twelve Lines of Hydro Towers Planned to Run Between Brooklin and Whitby DISTRICT FARMERS NOT SATISFIED Three Resolutions Passed at Meeting Expressing Dis- satisfaction With Methods Adopted by Hydro Com- At an extremely well af meeting of the Farmers' Right of Way Association of Ontario held in the Masonic Hall at Brooklin, yes- terday afternoon, a number of reso- lutions were passed which it is hop- ed will aid the negotiations that the farmers of the district have been carrying on with the Hydro Electric Commission of Ontario. Besides the members who were present Mr, Fall is and Mr, Belch of Millbrook gave the meeting an idea of the manner in which negotiations for farmers property were being carried out in their district. W. E, N. Sinclair, member for this riding in the provin- cial house was also present and gave the members a comprehensive idea of the new legislation brought in at the last session of the house with re- gard to the hydro commission which will affect the owners of land through which the hydro will in fu- ture build lines. In his speech Mr. Sinclair explain- ed that according to sketches . had been given the members of the house at the last session it was pro- posed to have twelve lines of towers through this district in place of the two that now exist, Two more lines are to be built from Gatineau and four each from the Beayharnois de- velopment and another power site which is to be located on the Ottawa, All these lines are to supply Toron- to so that as they converge they will mun between Brooklin and Whitby, Mr. Sinclair also gave a clear inter pretation of the new legislation, The purpose of the association, which was formed some time ago, it was learned was to attempt to get some fair settlement from the hydro commission for damage and depreci- ation to land through the erection of hydro lines through the farmers pro- perty. Many of the members stated that the commission had erected lines through their farms before permis- sion had been nted and that it (Continued on page 4) RAILWAYS LOWE WEEK-END RATES Fare and a Quarter Rate Fix- ed From Friday Noon to Monday Night, Starting May 1 Montreal, April 9.~Drastic cuts in fares on Canadian railroads for the summer week-ends werc an- nounced yesterday by G. P. Riddell chairman of the Canadian Passon- ger Association, after a series of conferences. The new scale will go into effect May 1 and will con- tinue through June and July. The new round trip fare from Friday noon till Monday midnight will be only one and one quarter times the present single fare. The reduction will be of special benefit to those passengers wishing to week-end in the country. The present round-trip for for a 100- mile journey is $6.20. and under | the new week-end rate will be only $4.35. The present 30-day return fare from Montreal to Toronto 1s $20.70, as compared with the new Tash-ond round-trip fare of $14.- The reductions will apply be- tween all stations in Canada and will commence with the first week- end in May, TO E FIVE NEGROES . Scottsboro, Ala, April 9--A Jack- son County jury today convicted five negroes, ranging in age from sixteen to nineteen years, of attacking two white girls hoboing on a freight train and fixed their punishment at death in the electric chair. WEATHER rgian y: Fresh easterly to southerly winds, fair and warm, scattered showers attended | ha DIED TODAY GEORGE W. DRYDEN Registrar of deeds for Ontario county, who died today at his home in Whitby, after a short iliness. He was in his 88th year. The funeral will be held from the residence, King street, Whitby, on Saturday afternoon at 2.80 o'clock. CHURCH TENDERS CLOSE APRIL 25 Local Contractors Figuring Lutheran Church Tenders for the Grace Lutheran Church building wil ciose on April 25th, it was decided at the meeting of the Building Committee. All bids from the contractors must be in the hands of the pastor or members of the committee at 12 o'clock noon of the 25th, Tenders will be opened at the meeting which is to be held in the afternoon of that day. It was reported that a number of parties had finished with the plans, and that the following are still to be given opportunity to figure: Gay Brothers Company, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Ro- berts, W. A. Jones, D. J. Riordan, L. V. Hogarth, Mr. Fleming, and one contractor from Mitchell, Ont. At the meeting the treasurer's re- port was made by Mr. C. F. Schoen- au, which showed a successful first quarter of the year. It was announ- ced that a church sign had been pre- pared, and is to be placed on the chysch property on Albert Street. The wording of the sign is: Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Miss- ouri Synod, Sunday School 9.30; Public Worship 1030. "We welcome you to worship with us," This sign was painted by Mr. Harold Mann, JUDGE J. T. BROWN FOR ROYAL PROBE Ottawa Reports Chief Just- ice of - Saskatchewan to Represent Prairies Ottawa, April 9--Chief Justice J. T. Brown, of the King's Bench Diy- ision of the Suseme rt of Sask- ly to be the third atchewan, member of the Royal Grain Commis- sion to enquire into trading in fu- tures, Chief Justice Brown would represent the Prairie Provinces on the body, Sir Josiah Stamp, eminent London, England, economist, has - already been named as chairman of the com- mission. The representative of the grain exchange will be W, Sanford Evans, Winnipeg, whose selectio; has already been approved. s KING'S CONDITION STILL IMPROVING (Cansdian Press Despatch) Windsor, Eng., April 9. -- The progress noted yesterday in the condition of the King, who is suf- fering from sub-acute branchitls, is being maintained, it was stated ofticially today. Assurances from the castle that His Majesty is progressing nicely have been somewhat qualified from the beginning, however, by in- sistence by those about Him that his progress must be nec ily slow, and considerable time must elapse ore his 'mal health is restored. It is known he is none too strong after his former iliness and that the new branchiat Fi attack will put his physique to , great slrajd. 3 TAKE COURSE HERE | Training at G.M.C. Plant Here Replaces Usual Con- vention in Toronto Twenty-five automotive teachers from technical schools as far cast as Ottawa and as far west as Lon- don, are taking a week's course on the construction and operation of Chevrolet and Buick motor cars, in the Mary street office building. The teachers, who include G. XR. Caldwell, instructor in motor mechanics at the Oshawa Colleg fate and Vocational Institute, will complete the course Saturday morning. \ The automotive teachers have been accustomed in the past to hold a conference at Toronto, in connection with the sessions of the Ontario Educational Association, held each year during Easter week. This spring they decided on a new |departure and conference took the form of a banquet in the Genosha Hotel last night, E, M. Black, of the Kitchener Collegiate and Vocational Institute staff, presided as chairman over the banquet and the chief speaker was Sergeant-Major Beaumont, of Camp Borden, who gave an inter- esting and highly instructive ad dress on the training of budding pilots in the science of aeronau- tics. Executives of General Motors who were guests of honor at the affair included Willlam Christian, BE. Short, Messrs, Cornington and Gibbard. One of the chief subjects discus- sed at the conference, was the gen- erous offer made by General Mo- (Continued on page 3) ARROW HEAD IS FOUND IN GARDEN Oshawa Man Finds Relic of Inhabitants of District in Days Long Gone A perfect, flint arrow head, a relic of the days when tall- stealthy In- dians used to roam through the dense bush which at one time covered the city's site, was found by Colin Cam- eron, a city fireman, while spading in his garden at 79 Avenue street, yes- terday., The arrow head is evidently made of pure flint and was beautitul- ly shaped. Like an old tomb stone it mutely tells a story of a tribe which has probably long since van- ished, as the smoke vanished, curling upward into the sky from a lodge pitched by the "shining big sea wa- ter. MURDER HEARING OPENS AT BARRIE Thirty-eight Witnesses Sum- moned to Testify at Pre- liminary Hearing at nD. (<i Press h) Barrie, Ont., April 9--Charged with the murder of Mrs, David Hisey, whose car, driven by G. K. Frank Gastle plunged into the forebay at Niagara Falls, Ont, last February, Robert J. Elliott and Gastle were iven their preliminary hearing be- ore Magistrate C. Jeffs in court here today. Thirty-eight witnesses were crowded into jury boxes awaiting to give their testimony. , case against Gastle was first heard. ajor James R. B, Bond, of Chippaws, superintending Engineer for the Niagara Falls Park Commis- sion was the first witness, With the aid of maps and photographs Major Bond described the scene of fatality. The car was found submerged to top. It was plainly discernible from the shore, he said, and the lights were still burning. Gastle, driver of ma- chine, flung himself from the car just before it crashed into watef. He suffered injuries to his skull. Major Bond was Sucationed con- cerning technical points, regarding snow piles along the roadside and other points regarding crash. GIRL WAS KILLED ON ORILLIA ROAD Orillia, April 9--Loose gravel on the shore of Lake Couchiching yes- terday caused a car containing Eil- leen: Prophet, 17; Mary Sullivan, 16, and Howard Webb, 17, to overturn on a lake-shore stretch on the No. 11 highway near Orillia. Fileen Pro- phet died almost instantly. Mary Sullivan wags seriotsly injured, and Howard Webb, the owner of the car, w dly shaken up. An inquest has dered, 4 'y Navigation in Oshawa harbor was opened for the 1931 season shortly before seven oclock, last night, when the Pittsburgh Coal Co, steamer, Coalfax, commanded by Captain Charles Willard, ar- rived from Sodus Polat, N.Y., with 2,100 tons of coal consigned to the McLaughlin Coal Co, Mayor HE. Marks, F, L. Mason, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Col. B. J. McCormick, iadustrial com- missioner, Leslie McLaughlin of the McLaughlin Coal -Co, and a group of interested citizens were on hand at the docks to welcome the first steamer of the year, Hat Presented No sooner had the Coalfax docked than Mayor Marks went on board to perform the time- honored ceremony of presenting the captain with the harbormas- ter's hat in honor of bringing the first ship into port. "This is a wonderful achieve- ment," Mayor Marks said in mak- fug the prseeutation, 'and the City of Oshawa wishes to mark in this way the opening of naviga- tion at the harbor for this year. We hope that you may have a very successful season on the Great Lakes." Briefly Captain Willard, a tall, bronzed and jolly-faced mariner from Kingston, expressed his ap- preciation for the gift and donned the silk topper in the presence of his delighted and grinning crew. "All you need now is a lily, Cap' one sailor shouted. As Mayor Marks, and Captain Willard stood together on the deck, surrounded by a group of spectators, Duncan Campbell and K. Pankhurst. of Campbell's stu dio, took two flashlight photo- graphs, As darkness quickly re- placed the glare of the second (Continued on page 3) Vimy Ridge Anniversary Recalls Glorious Victory Today, April 9, is a day of mem- ory for many of the war veterans of Oshawa, for it is the fourteenth anniversary of the day on. which the Canadian corps stormed the heights of Vimy Ridge and cap tured that great fortress of the Western Front in the great war from the German Army, Scores of Oshawa veterans, who took part in that great battle were recalling it this morning, as the sun shone out bright and clear for a beaut! ful spring day. It was not bright and sunny on that Vimy morning fourteen years ago. It was a bit- terly cold morning, with a raw shower of sleet and snow sweeping down from the ridge in the ldces of the advancing Canadian troops. But, with wonderful co-operation from their own and the British ar- tillery, and from the British troops on thelr right and left, they went forward without flinching, and before the day was over the mes- sage came back from the crest of the ridge, "The Byng Boys are Here." That message was in hon- or of General Byng, who .com- manded the Conadian troops in this great victory. Tonight, local war veterans are celebrating the anniversary of Vimy by holding the annual Vimy Banquet in the Hotel Genosha, un der the auspices of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion. The dining room is expected to be filled to capacity for this event, at which the chief speaker is to be Brig.-Gen. Alex Ross, C.M.G., D, 8.0, of Baskatchewan, and at which a number of the Legion branches in Central Ontario dis- trict will be represented. General Motors Official Claims U.S. Foreign 1rade Is Endangered By Mistakes Made In Foreign Policy New York, April 9.--Denounc- ing "tin pot agitation over minor subjects like prohibition,' while America's foreign trade is endan- gered, James D, Mooney, president of General Motors Export Corpor. ation yesterday told the members of the New York Board of Trade that the United States had com- mitted two major errors in relation to foreign trade and that the aa- tion was on the verge of making a third, The three errors were, he said: "First--As businessmen we failed to pay attention to the con- stantly reiterated advice from in- ternational bankers and econo- mists, that we could not maintain ® continuous huge export of wheat, cotton and manufactured goods, unless we make it possible for our foreign customers to pay us for the goods. "S8econd---When we made a law of the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill we slammed the door in the face of many of our best customers who wanted to sell goods to us so that they could buy goods from us. "Third--We are now facing the possibility of making the great er- ror of not arousing ourselves to the fact that the great nations of the world are busy making special trading arrangements with one an- other that threaten to leave Ameri- ca out in the cold. The Austrian- German trade treaty is a good ex- ample of what is soon to be com- mon in international commercial relations." ) BODY OF NEPHEW OFLOGAL WOMAN FOUND IN BUFFALO Hugh O'Hagan, Jr., Native of Picton, Had Been Miss- ing For the Last Two Months A message from the police of Buf- falo, N.Y., received this morning by, Mrs. A. O'Hagan, of 71 McLaugh- lin Boulevard, informed her of the finding of the body of her nephew, Hugh O'Hagan, Jr., in Buffalo. He has been missing for two months, and foul play is suspected in connec- tion with his death, O'Hagan, who is 34 years of age, is a native of Picton, Ont, but has heen residing in Tonawanda, N.Y, for some time. He has been missing since a night in the winter when he took some friends from Tonawanda to Buffalo, ahout one hour's ride, and started on the return journey. His car was found about three blogks from the place where he leit his friends, with two tires punctured, and his gloves were found on the seat, but no sign of O'Hagan was seen un- til his body was discovered yesterday. The message did not say where the body was found. r. O'Hagan is survived by his wife and two small children in Fonay wanda, as well as a number of rela. tives in Picton. Besides his aunt, a cousin, Mrs, V, S. Cox, also resides at 71 McLaughlin - Boulevard, Osh awd, THA. BUILOING 4S BEEN SOLD T0 LOCAL SYNDICATE Will Take Possession About May 1, and Will Com- pletely Renovate the Prop- erty i ---- , The Y.M.C.A. bullding on Sim coe street, just south of Athol street, has been sold to a syndicate of local men that Judes A. J. Gay and F. D. Gafrard, contrac- tors of this city. The building will be renovated and placed in readl- ness for leasing by the purchasers, who will take possession about May 1. The Y.M.C.A. here, after oper- sting for many years, was closed last fall owing to the fact that it had ceased to pay expenses. The chief revenue from the building was the renting of rooms to single men and owing to the business de- pression this had ceased to produce enough funds to keep the building in operation, The directors of the Oshawa Y. M.C.A. company, who made stren- nous efforts to keep the "YY" ser- vice available to the youth of Osh~ awa as long as they could, includ- ed Howard Bradley, T. XK. Creigh- ton, Murray Miller, G. W. Heuzel- wood, A. G. Storie, Dr. G. L. Bird, €. B. McTavish agd E, A. Lovell, AT CONVENTION Local Children Given High Praise for Their Splendid Musical Training Oshawa's Little Symphony Orches- tra, that made its debut the evening of the Public School Singing Con- test and created an indelible impres- sion on the audience, has since made even a greater name for itself, and its director, Mr, L, Richer, Yesterday, the twenty-two boys and girls from the Oshawa Public Schools with their violin, violas, horns, cornets, drums and bells jour- neyed to Toronto and appeared be- fore three different audiences of the 0.E.A. Convention which is being held in the city this week. At Vics toria College, 'L'rinity College and the Sherbourne House Club where they played they won the highest praise, and convinced the large audiences of men and women {rom all parts of the Province that there was no little truth in the suggestion that the radio is. doing away with a great deal of interest in really good music on the part of young people, Lasting Impression Probably the most lasting impres- ssion the Little Symphony Orchestra made yesterday was on the audi- ence before which it apeared at the noon hour at Sherbourne House Club where the Home and School Federation met for luncheon. Under the direction of their leader the youthful musicians played several se- lections which were followed by an (Continued on pnge 3) NEPHEW OF REY. FATHER BENCH DIES Rev. Father Martin Bench Passed Away at St. Gab- riel, New York, Yesterday Rev. Father Bench of St. Greg- ory's Church left on Wednesday for St. Catharines to attend the funeral of his nephew, Rev. Father Martin Bench, who died yesterday at St, Gabriel, N.Y., where he had gone to recuperate his health, The degeased clergyman was the son of Peter J. Bench, of St. Cathar- ines and was educated at St. Mich- ael's College, Toronto, and Assump- tion College, Ontario. He was or- dained for work in the Calgary dio- cese and for some time was secre- tary of the catholic charities and prominent in welfare work, He is survived by his father; a brother, Joseph Bench, of St, Cathar. ines; two sisters, Miss Marie Bench at home and the other a sister of Loretto. | Interment will take place in the family plot in Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines. PLAY PRESENTED ATHAPLE GROVE The members of the "Count-on Me" Class went to Maple Grove on Wednesday night to put on their play, "Mrs. Tubbs of Shantytown," which is under the direction of Mrs. O. J, Clatworthy. . This play needs no better commendation than the reception it received from the audience, their hearty laugh- ter and breathless interest showing how completely their attention was atttectod from the opening cur- tain, ' Mary Davy, as Mrs, Tubbs, again won the admiration of the house, and Dorothy Young was well re- ceived as the romantic Miss Clingie Vine, whose mother was a Virgin- nia Hamh, There is a good chance for clever chaacterization in this role, and Miss Young takes it well, Miss Lulu Christie, as the kind- hearted, but gossipy neighbor, took her part excellently, and Bernice Shortt was splendid us Simon Rubbells, the stingy old corner grocer, who Is so mean that he would put green spectacles on his old horse and feed her shav- ings, to make her think it was grass--according to Mrs. Hickey, The child parts were all exceed- ingly well played, and delighted the audience. They won the com- plete sympathy of the onlookers when they were begging their mo- ther not to marry Mr. Rubbells, and the spectators enjoyed with them their discussion on Thanks- giving Day, and their little concert in the last act. That adults can play these parts so naturally and with complete lack of self-con sciousness, ks well for the careful training of Mrs. Clatwor- thy. - LOCAL VETERANS CHURCH PARADE Legion Will Parade to King Street United Church for Sunday Morning Service Oshawa war veterans, supple. mented by contingents from Bow- manville and Whitby, and led by the band of the Ontario Regiment, versary church parade and service on Sunday forenoon. the veterans, under the auspices of the Oshawa Branch of the Can- adian Legion, will parade to the King street United Church for 'he forenoon service, and it is expected that the parade will be largest that has ever been sponsored hy the Legion. A contingent from the Ontario Regiment is also expected to be on parade. Prior to going to church the pa- rade will march to the ecenotaph, where a wreath will be laid in honor of the men whose names ap- pear on the memorial, The parade will dssemble at the Oshawa armories at 10.15 a.m,, ready to march off at 10.20, which will allow time for the ceremony of depositing the wreath and then marching to the King street United Church. All war veterans, wheth- er members of the Legion or not, are given a cordial invitation to Join in the parade. BELIEVE MURDER HAS BEEN SOLVED Man Arrested and Held As Buspect in Slaying of Vivian Gordon in New York (Canadian Press Despatch) New York, April 9--Vivian Gor don's murder was believed solved to- day. The man charged with her slay- ing was Harry Stein, otherwise une identified in the cautious first an< nouncement, Three others are held as material witnesses and a fifth, whose connec- tion with the case was not made clear, was held for possessing pistol and burglar tools, He said he was formerly a Canadian mounted police- man, The motive for the murder, police say, was robbery, Vivian Gordon was strangled and her body thrown in a Bronx thicket on Feb. 26. The arrests were made simultan- eously last night in various parts of the city. Those arrested were: Mor- ris Levine, David Butterman, Jack Holdcroft, former Canadian Troopers, and Samuel Greenhauer, Stein, Levine and Greenhauer are mentioned in Vivian Gordon's diary, in which set down her affairs of love and blackmail and fear, The three denied knowledge of the woman dnd could not account for the mention of their names in her book. The immediate thought upon the discovery of the woman's body was that she had been slain to prevent her testifying at the police vice squad enquiry. Others suggested her death was a result of her blackmailing activities, John C. Bischoff, the former husband of Vivian Gordon, could give the authorities little help. Their sixteen year old daughter, Benita Bischoff, committed suicide from the notoriety that surround- ed her mother. The brother of the Gordon woman, Plerre M. Frank- lin, suffered a temporary nervous collapse, while arranging for his sister's burial, BALFOUR APPROVES RUSSIAN EMBARGO Ottawa, April 9.~Virtual ens dorsation of the Canadian embargo against Russian coal and pulpwood was expressed here by Sir Arthur Balfour, British economist and steel manufacturer, who is visiting Canada and the United States m an effort to promote British trade, Suggesting it might be advisame to extend the embargo still fur- ther, Sir Arthur said: "It is not just a question of coal and pulp- wood. The issue is: Are you going to trade with Russia or are you not? Canada, of course, 13 in a good position to take the attitude she has done for the reason there is Jittle money owed by Russia to Canadians." fir Arthur cxpressed approval of the principle of holding Empire Economic Conferences in the dif- ferent Dominions, "We hope that Canada will be able to sell her wheat," he said. "Then she will be able to place more orders with us," will hold their annual Vimy anni- | This year, |. by Railways' Train at North Oshawa Yesterday Eves 4 ning VICTIM IS NOW IN SERIOUS CONDITION Both Legs and Skull Frace tured, and Many Other Injuries Sustained When Train Crashed Into Auto- mobile Although the condition of Al« bert Northeott is slowly grow- ing worse, he was still alive at three o'clock this afternoon, The | Times learned from Dr. H. M. | MacDonald, the attending phy- sician, 8S. Albert Northcott, 388 Mas gon street; was very critically ine Jured when the car which he was driving was struck by a: Canadian National Railways train at North Oshawa at 7.30 last night, He'is not expected to live throughout the day, Mr, Northcott was driving south on the road from Five Points, and the train was going cast, having left the North Oshawa station about two minutes previously, The car was apparently struck at about Its centre by the engine, and was thrown into the ditch on the north-east side of the ipter< section of the road and the track. The automobile was completely demolished, and Mr, Northcott was pulled from it in an unconscious state, terribly Injured. He 'Was rushed to the Oshawa Hospital, where he has not regained cons sciousness and his lite is despaired of, He was alone in the car at the time, and no one else was ine Jured in the accident, Dr. H, M, MacDonald, who wi called to attend the victim, to The Times this morning that he was 'very critically injured." He suffered two very bad compousid fractures in both legs, a fractured skull, a broken left forearm, & severe cut over the forehead and a deep cut over the chin, He is suf fering greatly from shock, is only a very slight chance of his recovery, Dr. MacDonald said. Eyewitnesses' Story The only eyewitnesses of the accident, as far as The Times could learn, were three childrem, Velma Solomon, who resides about fifty feet from the crossing, smd Jack Sellick and Verna Sellick, all of whom were playing in the (Continued on page 3) SOVIETS ARRANGE TRADE WITH ITALY Will Buy 2,000 Motor | Trucks From Italy and Pay for Them with Whest. Washington, D.C., April §.~ An agreement whereby Soviet Ruse. sia will exchange wheat for Itsl- fan motor trucks was announced last night by the Commerce De- partment, ' M. M. Mitchell, United States commercial attache at Rome, 8d~ vised the department of the pro posed exchange by which Russia would acquire approximately 2,000 machines, He told the department Russia had placed an order for the trucks with an Italian manufacturer, and the Italian Government had signs ed notes for 75 per cent, of thelr cost, but the manufacturer would not be permitted to discount them, of Mitehell said Italy would re celve the wheat from Russia and sell it to meet the notes, 4 The amount of wheat was not learned, nor was the cost of the machines disclosed, : 4 SERIOUS FIRE IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO -- -- Toronto, April 9.~--~While hun dreds of people watched long tongues of flame shoot into the alr 40 feet when a blaze of un~ known cause broke out in the fifth storey of the brick building oecu- pled by the Wrought Iron Range Company shortly before midnight, firemen from the downtown fire halls on a second alarm literally . drowned it out with tons of water after damage had been done mated at $85,000. Aiken, S.C, April 9 = Nicholas Longworth, speaker of the National House of Representatives, died this morning.