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Hughes Favored
By LateSt RBturns
Willi-fill i\Calitornia and Several Doubtful States Were
. Given to Wilson Early Today, Placing Him in
the Lead, but This Alternoon’s Bulletins Ap-
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8o!!! Local and Toto.
“whit. is primed daily
so The Evening Sentinel,
Most
Ha~m~_h___ v‘“_ A ‘_
other as “cool Clue letter.
“some at the south smut Poet
f0R lfll RiPUBiICANS
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Gencral Ticket in This City Gets Between 800 900 Mal-
orlty. Electing Corgressnlan llill, Senator Williamson
and Representatives West and Candee ~l-Inthusiasui
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Over the Returns
t‘lorwalk gave an overwhelming majority for the Republi-
can rocket in the election of yesterday. the average majority be-t
mg between eight and nine hundred. The Democrats received lit-
tle consolation, and the Socialists, Prohibitionists and Socialist.
'Labur cut but small figure in the campaign.
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Charles E. Williamson ran ahead of his ticket and was elect- L IN A CRASH
ed senator from the Twenty-sixth District. Dr. Hiram B. West
3;! ff‘JChemiah Candec will aCCompally him when he goes top
at 0rd, as tMY. were elected as representatives from this dis-ii IN DARIEN
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if Norwalk alone had the say as to whether Woodrow Wil‘
trict. .
so" or Charles E. Hughes should be president. she would
learnt-s M, H. Holcomb, C: B. Wilson. Frederick L. Perry, F. S.’
hilnberlam, M. C. Webster and George P. McLean swe I
town by, a like majority.
it was the biggest landslide in years and the Republicansl
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pt the,
swim NORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, his ,
Home 7
Newspaper
No family in Norwalk
ahould be without The
Evening Sentinel.
"T‘ -. __ -A_. P. - _.-4.__..__,_ , , . . - _ .,
Fair tonight and Thursday;
AUl0M0lliliS
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2:}, Hughes m .the White House, as he carried thlslmllani O’Hara and Party Front
5 )Y a majority of nine hundred and seventy—one. C. W. Fair-j sum. "Offlili lltlfl lntoa Cll’
\Sverc justly.ju‘bilant over it. Thousands gathered in front of The
e.itlnel building and saw the returns thrown upon the screen
acrous the street. Cheering, pushing, yelling, whistles tooting and!
all other discordant noises which mark anv celebration combin-i
ed to make last evening’s political aliair the greatest ever held“;
in this city. As soon as it was seen that the Republicans hadi
“I . swept the town and state. and the presidential election tended to
.,..,lean toward Hughes, the great throng of people went wild. Hat:
were thrown in the air and an immense shout went up. From the‘
tinned by William Squires, at
Stanford
t
ummn
lmnm
:01 ira’s muslin. Gerald Fra-
Washington street draw bridge to the railroad bridge the crowd' "lflhl
lined up and at the announcement, all sorts of methods of show-l
ing, enthusiasm were used in ex re i ‘ ‘ ‘ ~ - . . - - ~
p SS ng their feelings as to the, “it“? dllllng n hilltlt'lmht‘l itllllllllflitrlm during the rush hours last nlghtfl Chairman of both national comm"
outcome of the election.
. During the latter part of the evening, Jules Garrison
his stirring campaign songs, and it is doubtfut if any person re-
ceived. a greater demonstration than he did.
About 12 o’clock, the~ parade from Norwalk. accompanied by
the American Band, reached Washington street and after march-it
lbilc along the Post Road last night
inbfllli lklb o'clock, William ll.
Sangéfyllnrn. n well-known Norwzllk young
ing up and down the street, counter-marched back up West ave-
. nue. Hundreds were in line and automobiles by the score trail-
ed on behind those on foot. The downtown people joined in and.
increased it immensely.
Congressman E. J. Hill accompanied the parade, as did the
other candidates. Just above the Armory the enthusiastic march
ers surrounded his automobile and
Norwalk for ei '
th r support and said that he was glad to see them and Mrs. William O‘Hara. of Southwn the solo. When he saw the 0pm. 11“.“ng ol'lllc President. New York
cries
of
. - , “speech". we i
heard on all Sides. Standing up. Mr. Hill thanked the people :9
n
. — on the side of a party which would give the best government possi.
lsl 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Hiram Bingham, R ............ . . . . . . 819 91‘} 470 382 213
Lucius ‘E. Whiton, ‘vR ........ . . . . . . . . 811' 913 471 383 212
Thomas L. Watson, R 817 '910 472 383 212
William Park, R ........ 817 913 472 383 212
houis R. Cheney, R . ...... . . . . . . . . . . I} 816 914 ’472 383 212
Thomas W. Bryant, R ......... . . . . . 186 913 472 383 212
‘ Arthur E. Bowers. R ..... . . . . 815 91?- 472 383 212
,Simeon n. Baldwin, 0 . .......... 7.. 646 617 233 265 '69
Willie C. Burr,D . 646 618 233 235 69
_, Archibald 1.. McNeil, Sr., 1) 645 622 231 265 70
Charles E. Cross, D . ........... .... 645 619 232 265 70
'duchard Elliot, D .......... 646 618 232 265 70
Morris w. Seymour. 1) ...... 643 619 "232 265 70
A. Raymond J. Joddin, D . ...... .. 647 618 232 235
Albert Boardman. S ............... . 9 7 5 17
Fred B. Harvey, S .. ............ . . . . . 1o 15 5 ‘ 17
John L. Martin. S ........ ... 10 15 5 18
.William D. HolLS.................. 1o 15 5 ' 17
Robert Mc Junkin, S ‘10. 15 g 17
prod Harriet, s lo 13.; 5’ 17
sNelsonB.Kenna_..'......'.I...‘......; 10 8 5 17
Albin Carlson.'P_..-. ...... '. ' 4 s 5 3 '
Arthurw.chaffoe‘,P................ 4 s g 5
Walter N. Fasten? 4“ 7 9, 5
ohm amortization 4 7 9 5'
Frederick (banshee. P...........— 4‘ 7 9 5
(tannins-om?.................. d 7 9 5 “
Mum u. Stone, p ”.4 7 9 s
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Senator Charles E. Williamson, Dr. Hiram B. West and Ne.
hemiah Candee were also heard
their election. '
The parade proceeded to Nor‘walk. where it dispersed at an.
early hour this morning.
The full, vote of Norwalk is as follows:
ELECTORS OF ‘PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totallmsg Hogan and Gerald Fraser
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from and thanked the people for
;mu~l. struck a passing Ford machine
'oullcd and drivvn by William Squires,
Iof Stamford. at Wctrlllcit's (.‘.ornl-r,
iNoroton. The smaller muclilnc was
‘ ~onlplctely wrecked by the big Stude-
iaker. and Mr. Squires was badly cut
inbout the head. The severity of his
iwounds ncccssitatcd tllc inking "of
:scvcral stitches ill tllc cuts. it is sold
illllll Mr. O'Hara did not stop after
the had lllt the Ford. but mildc a des-
pcrnt: attempt to get away. After it
.llOl chase in which Mr. ()‘llilrn was
pursued by Edward Kaiser and a
.party or friends from Norwlllk, be was
caught by the Norwalk police and licld
luntll Constable Wilbur B. Bates ur-
lrived. lit the O'llura party wcrc Mr.
,Norwulk. Gerald l-‘rascr, of New
maintain. and Miss Mary Hogan. of Nor-
lwnlk. Tllc Studebaker was owned by
Gilbert Stevens. of New Canaan.
O'Hara bad no driver‘s license, but
.Frnncr was in possession of one of
{these necessary articles. Fraser was
Wherefore arrested by Constable Bates,
:chargcd with reckless driving, and
was held under $100 bonds. which be
furnished this moflfing; He will be
tried in the Darien Court tomorrow
.night. at fizao‘o‘clock. '
| According to the story told this
,morning, it appears ihat the party.
{consisting of Mr. and Mrs. O‘Hara,
had
27981vlsited the Compo Inn. in Westport,
2796 :early in the evening. and after staying
lthe-re for some time, borrowed Gil-
2794lbert Stevens‘ car and started for it
2797 flde, .
2797 The party headed towards Stani-
2796vford, and after reaching that city
[turned about and started back for
2795 Norwalk.
it is reported that Mr.
1830 O'Hara. was racing with another ma~
13101chine when Welshett‘s corner was
1333
“inwards Stamford in his machine, but
183110’Hara was proceeding at
1832
1832
42
50
61
50
50
60
43
26
26
28
28
38
28
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reached. At, that plan the accident
happened. Mr. Squires was going to
‘such a
rapid pacethat he was unable to make
the turn. The studebaker rammed the
smaller machine with terrific force,
and the Ford turned turtle. . Mr.
Squires was thrown out and severely
out about the head. His wounds neces-
sitated the taking of several stitches
on his face and head. After he had
been medleallytrested he wasremov-
ed to his home in Stamford.
Not influx 'to inquire into the no
cident which he ,had . caused, Mr.
O‘Hara jammed on more speed, and
do I desperate attompL to evade
capture. Edward Kaiser,a‘wel1-kaown
Norwalk‘yom was following
the Studebaker at no gleat distance.
in another machine. and when he saw
Mr. Q'Hara‘ try to escape; he gave
whaa’o with a will. The race lasted
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sir, tteltl tor lieu-lag Tantrmn'
California and
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0n the mica of t‘nlifurnlu. Delawnlc.
ldalio, lndianii, Kansas, Minnesota.
New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon.
Washington, West Virginia llflll Wyom-
ing the decisive result of the presi-
dcntiill contest turned.
'l‘llcrc sci-mod to be no doubt that
President Wilson had safely carricll
Alabama. Arizona, Arkansas. Colorado.
Florida. Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland. Mississippi. Missouri. Motl-
tana. Nebraska. Nevada, North (‘aro-
linil. North Dakota. Ohio. Oklahoma.
South (‘arolina Tennessee Texas. Utah
and Virginia.
In the Hughes column were counted
Connecticut, illinois, lowii. Maine,
ersuchusctts. Michlunn. New Jersey.
New York, Pennsylvania. llllodc ls-
land. South Dakota, Vermont and Wis-
consin. ‘
From the doubtful stair-s the returns
continued to point first toward one
candidate and them toward the other,
bllt toward morning there was noticed
a steady drift toward l'ri-sidctlt \\'il-
son. .
When word went over the country
that l’lcsidollt Wilson had been dc~
fentcd, the Republican hosts were jubi-
llilnt. Although New England returns
isupportcd the predictions of a Repub-
ilicnn victory. its the ballot collating
istnrtcd iii the Middle West and on
[the coast. it dawned on those asscm-
lbling the vote here that President
’Wilson was far from defeated. that
the Hughes landslide was entirety can
fined to the east. and that in the states
" bich will make up the majority in
t e electoral college a very close race
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inolokMAN SAYS SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8.——3,tlt candidate.
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: flint-ii)”. 201.94": “”30“ 105993. ‘n statclliclli ilt‘(‘ltll‘l'tl l’ro-stdcnl Wilson
1 SIGNAlS R'GHI iii complete my and county pre- surcly “Hum 1m“. 3“; V0195 fl'l'tlle
W‘ RI i ...
that. l . . .
. . _ . ‘ _ , man \\lllcox ill b n, m. claimed cvcry
' > I 3.091 proctnctn of n.ttl7 in (illlfflrllld,lhuu9 generally classed as doubtful,
e t
in!” ”MIG Em 0er Ifllnl —— The actual returns. considering dt'll~
. - . nite and indicative figures gave Presi-
ot the ta 0 ‘
i s t ”I.“ ofllciiilly In doubt early today, with a‘
decided drift townrd illc reelection ill
tons. all of than men. were known to-l Upon a dozen doubtful states from
lduy to have lost their lives when Iiwhlch the returns are slowly coming
iElcvatcd Railway Company plungedjre-clcctcll or whether the next l'resi-
tthrough iln opcndrawbrldge into Forum-m of tho United States will by
I" iiniiiiiflil} parently Show Hughes llas
t
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Point Canal, South Boston ;
t
liretlmlh of 5.917 m tallturmu 81W, llcliiocl‘ulic('llzllrnlun McCormick in
cult-1.: giro llugllis H.342, Wilson 9":t-lct'torul college. Republican (7113”.
.“ukllt‘c. “MM; “”50". 337,58“. and counted 323 votes for, Mr. Hughes.
Thc re ull ftl - ‘lt‘lil 'till '- i
h 0 u t ” (n ” “ds‘lll‘nl Wilson 232 votes and Mr. Hughes
{5... 0}", Nov.’ 8.-—-l‘-‘ortr-Ive per- President Wilson.
icrowdcd «electric car of the Businmdepcnds whether Mr. Wilson has been
il’olnt Channel in the south Boston dlsSt‘harlcs Evans llugllcs.
»’12:el‘zigrpesrsogsndtli:t‘tlllpfi:inzntlll0: theseltgcs claimedl handsome majorities tn
‘ . ‘ lt‘.’ “'t‘l‘t- t c cectorn co e e for their candle
jflPllf. to hospitals for trciltmcnt. Con-jdale, but the uclualgflgurt‘s curly today
'ductor GPOI'BE McKeon, one of the made good the claims of neither. 'l‘hcy
:lnlurnd. said he had runs up 62 lanyard. however. show a Sit’tltly trend in
it‘fctll (tilyeroflellrslilaoeflpgesszd 0talicbofle‘nr.wnrd President Wilson all through the
H 0 9 Fl‘ 'l P PS ‘ weat_ "
were found were missing. . Aside from the uncertainty of the
i ”10' Cl“. WblCII had plunged M-idtreulilt the most rclllnrkablc thing about
-fll‘81 IMO iht‘ mud I“ ”ONO“ 0i lheythc clcction was the sudden wiping,
“thirty-Loot Channifll availl’fllfit‘d Oflflxlout of the lluglics majorities piled upI
- 0”! y 1! DOW" ‘1 03 “K crane am in the east by the returns coming till
[the T. A. Scott (‘ompnny after all 1h" froth the west. When the Republican
:bodics had been removed. ilandslldcs in New York lwcnuic known
, .(lernléi d\‘Valslli. ifhc “iglol'nlflna \Hltllnnd was quickly followed by tho lRe-
{tilrcslc reel 3’ 8 WP l 9 trngc Y 0“,publlcnn victories in Now England.
.l technical charge of manfilaughiprfiillere was a veritable stampede to an-
.Hc is allotted to hflVl‘ stated that magnouncc lllt‘ election of Mr. Hughes and
timid” him" 8'8“!” i“ ii“ cnd 0' ‘h9,tllc defeat of President “Nixon. .
i, 89 was 891 {0" mm ‘0 80 “he“: llundrcds of thousands waiting m
and that he did not see any ml llnhtS the streets saw the signal lights nash
draw. according lolllSllllt’Kt‘t‘ “ORV. 1" ,llcwspapers ullicll have been promi~
8N the Milk“. bl“ "193’ (“d not 110” mm in their support of him conceded
illlt‘ President‘s dcfclit even before
paigns. he lost in one or the other of
them, lndiana, Massachusetts, Ohio,
Michigan and Pennsylvania. ..
So, as soon as the Wilson majorities
cgan piliu up toward the west. it
became apparent that political history
was repeating itself. Never at any
llimc did Democratic headquarters re.
code from its claim of President Wil-
son‘s election. Chairman McCormick
;at one time got his estimate of the
:Prcsident's majority in the electoral
college down as low as two, hilt with
with the encouraging returns from the
west be promptly raised it again.
the east wont to bed believing Mr.
STEAMS“ P lHughos was elected and woke up this
The first figures of Wilson majorities .
’ . . without New York and some of the so-
,througll the nest did “Oi shake theloaned pivotal states. Hayes lost. New
them suspect that the result was in‘
danger.
ship Colombian, of 8,579 tOnSNtl-y were being contradicted by the re-
gross, ig.sending out wireless suits from the west. As every hour
at daylight“, without any decisive re-
sult. it became apparent that .the battle
and he jumped just as the car crashedJ
through the gates. some of the wcstcrn states had been
Iheard from. Thousands of persons ill
‘niorning to find the result apparentlyl
changed while they slcpt. Hundreds
who mat ‘. their plans for what they
expected to happen ill Wall Street to-
.. .- , was being run.
SHEll-[D BY day found Lem set all awry. Other presidents have been elected
'contldenco of those who were predict-i
ing the election of Mr. Hughes. and not York and Indianaand five others to
- . ,. Tilden. but was seated in his close
Iuntil the steady stream of “ilson mn- — ,
. ‘jorities begun eating the liughes’ col- contest. While Cleveland carried New
Iumn piled up in the east did any of York in each of his successful cani-
. __ At midnight it was apparent tll‘li
T:O§DO.N, Na]. 8. §'°6 P’ m. ftbe free predictions of a sweeping Rc- . b
e merican- awaiian Stea“l".liubltcan victory throughout the coun-
e e ' saw the Hughes lead melting down.
Ithlegragthy call: forhtnlpé sifting it became clear that the President was .
at 3 F ‘3 “g s e y a not to be defeated so easily, and then
submarine.
was being fought out in the doubtful
states with the advantage decidedly in
favor of Mr. Wilson.
VOTE FOR ssuaron, /
(20th District).
Wilson and Mr. finches were running Voting for Congress Mose between
a neck and neck race in doubtful Representative Miller and Albert 1“
states. 'Polk, D, with probabilities in favor of
,Congreas returns were equally on the former. .
certain. but on their race at. I a. in. The Republicans elect their statP
, today the pepubiioona had not been. ticket. withtlie exception K possibly
People new the figures thrown. on wtzflto owrthu h 1':th tho anemocr‘tlltle-ths attomey-gene’rrl. A .
'th .3 ' Ina ty. t on; at eydf slice» :1 in IN AN .
carlu'zmom m“ “a: reducing it lathe House. in the 8911‘ INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. ti..——Retums
‘ , operated ° ate the Republicans- appeared to hate up to 10:30 this ntornlng show Hughes
”torn 1! The MGM ml he no noise um ants. ‘ , , Ittll issuing Wiledn in lndiann by 10.-
Lahlyaaalat‘ an In m n my.“ fro. mto sigmhekhfihoeatfilnflufla :73. ' -nei;etllrnrrotursn’1a~iwere from
a. “mutual ' i- ’1 ‘9: an . ‘ e ."S‘Jirec emoticof 2..
I“; on»m,m.m""m mmwulmumswm“.
. . . A , ‘ I“. 9". hesitated“ stamens amid,
Thb Sentinel eleotloa‘ bulletin ser-
vice was the best over-given to the
people of 1m ails. Five thousand
, bla,Wltleox cf the. Republican manhunt
William- , ______
, Not since a next days revision of-
T°““’- 9°" V°11meanient the returns seated Grover Cleveland WILMINGTON, Del.. Nov. 8.——Re
Norwalk - "2.739 1.898 25 in the contest of 1892 has the country turns up to late forenoon showed that1
N. Canaan. Q85 261 .._ been compelled to ‘wait so long to'Hughes carried Delaware by about 800.
Wilton “7 169 1 know the result. More than 12 hours Senator Du Pont was defeated by
Darier 461 g “2 __ - after the polls had closed, President,.loslah O. Wolcott. D. 000 to 1.000.
NEW vonlt. ,Nov. ‘ uncommon ~
committee at 12:50 o'clock issued this
statement: "California and Minncsou
are surely Mr Hughes. This means
llugllcs is ( ctcd."
The statcl ll, be said, was based
upon advices im the respective state
headquarter.» aiming California by
10,000 votes
Chester ll.
San Francis
could conecl
Democrats c
state by 6,0'
; MANCHE.“ .‘lt, N. H., Nov. 8:-
ltleorge B. Farr and. chairman of the
{Democratic state committee, notified
Secretary of State Bean today. that he
-cll ugagraphed front
'llat the Republicans
xcrythllig that tho
and still carry the
iwould call for a recount or the Preslg,
dential vote.
'McCORMICK CLAIMS 312 ELECTPR- ‘
; AL VOTES.
‘ NEW YORK. Nov. 8.—-—Eurly thil‘
forcnoon Chairman McCormick of tho
,Di-mocrntic national committee, gave
'out the following list of states with
‘tllc electoral vote. a total of 31:,
which he claimed for the president:
: Alabama, 12; Arizona, 3; Arkansas.
i9; California, 13; Colorado. 6; Dela-
,wurc. 3; Florida, it; Georgia. 14; Ida.-
.ho, 4: Indiana, 15; Kentucky, 13;
.louisiann, 10: Maryland. 8; Minne-
isoils. 12; Mississippi. 10; Missouri. 18;
ih'lontann, 4; Nebraska, it; Nevada. 3:
.New Hampshire, 4; New Mexico, 3;
.'.\'orth Carolina, 12: Ohio, 24; Okla-
:llomn, 10; South Carolina, 9; Ten-
;llessee, 12; Texas, 20; Utah, 4; Vir-
Igtnia, 12: Washington, 7; West Vir-
ginia. 8; Wisconsin, 13; Wyoming, 3.
Chairman McCormick shortly after
it o'clock claimed President Wilson's
election with 288 electoral votes.
“I am basing my conclusion on the
official canvass of pivotal states," he.
added.
“it is a sweeping victory."
ill r. McCormick claimed Kansas with
10 and Ohio with 24 electoral votes.
McCormick claimed the “solid South”
with 149, Arizona. 3; California 13;
Colorado, 6; Idaho, 4; Maryland, 8:
Missouri, 18; Minnesota. 12; Montana.
4; North Dakota. 5; Nebraska. 8;
Nevada. 3; New Hampshire. 4; New
Mexico, 3; Utah. 4; Washington, 7;
Wyoming. 3. Total 288.
“Delaware. South Dakota. and In-
diana are not included," he said. ‘fThe
chances, however. are better than ever
to get two or these states."
. McCormick declined to say which
states he had in mind.
i The Hughes managers, however.
were equally confident that (he -un~
counted votes would put their cund1«
date in the lead.
1 intertwined with perplexing dues.
.tions affecting the country's foreign
ipolley and coming at one of the criti~
gcal junctions of the world's alfalrs, the
gelection was generally regarded as sur-
rounded with more critical interest
[than at any other since the Civil War.
‘1t was the first titnc. in nearly a gen-
eration that. that Democratic party.
after a term in control of thecountry.
was fighting to keep its place.
lagalnat the forces of a reunited Re.
ipubllcan party. "
vote turned to President Wilson our
not be determined “until the returns
estimates are that he got at least. I.
of the incomplete returns available to:
day was it pooeible‘ tottutly snaiyia
,four militia . newly tenu‘an'chii-ce
women had been exercised. in soon
i
between. Mommies :u'lr Mr. Wilma.
How far mounting) p:
inn:-
. 7,‘
4
t (W
l hknnoapta by 20.00". ’
aid. ‘
How far the so-called Progresslviz.
are fully available for analysis. Some"
per cent. of it. , Neither on the face-
ln what direction the voting power or“
'plsces it! appeared that lthc women's:
vot‘ but: been. about 0: ally-divid:d.. v
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