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SHIP IN DISTRESS
OFF CAPE ARAGO
BIG BANK LOOTER
SUSPEGT IN-JAIL
CARNEGIE AGREES
TO GIVE TESTIMONY
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HURT.THREE MILES
CHILD WHO BREAKS ARM, IS
HAULED OX BOBSLED.
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BRYAN, FIGHTING
'STEEL TRUST" COMMITTEE TO
HEAR "LAIRD OP SKIBO."
GALE FEARED TO BK DRIVING
VESSEL- TOWARD ROCKS.
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Committee Meeting Be
comes Near-Brawl.
COLONEL GUFFEY IS ISSUE
Nebraskan Threatens to Take
Appeal to People.
"THIRD PARTY" RUMOR UP
.National Arbiter of Tarty Will
7,eave Iriroarj Question t'p to
Slain TlicmM-lvc Ralti
more Is Favored City.
WASHINGTON. Jan. I. William J.
Bryan mxl Ma nght In the rvmocratlc
National CommlttM today and lout.
lie mad Colonel James M. Guffey.
member of the committee from Penn
sylvania, an lasti and the commute
by a rote of Ji to IS declined to
unseat Colonel Guffey. Mr. Bryan one
appealed from a decision of Chairman
Mack and waa defeated II to 11.
Aeaatea la Bitter.
The committee session waa marked
by extreme bitterness. Once the lie was
passed and blows seemed Imminent.
Mr. Bryan from Hrst to last waa the
central figure In the proceedings and
the flicht he precipitated at the Terr
moment the committee was called to
order lasted throughout the day.
So much time was devoted to the con
tested seats In ths committee that the
matters of choosing a convention city,
fixing- the time of the gathering and
adopting the form of call to Include
"permissive primary" went over until
tomorrow.
Baltlsaere lmdm Race.
Baltimore stood out tonight well to
the fore of all her competitors. altering
J100.000 as her bid for the conven
- tton. St. Louis seemed to hold second
place, with Denver and Chicago under
consideration and New York far be
hind. June SS finds much favor as ths
date of the convention. It being one
week after the Republicans gather la
Chicago.
When Mr. Bryan began hi fight the
doors were closed and remained so
throughout the day. In the course of
the arguments Colonel Guffey hurled
the lie at Representative A. Mitchell
Palmer, of Pennsylvania, who waa con
testing for the seat. I-ater the Colonel
apologised and Mr. Palmer, for his
part, said that although he had been
thrown out of the committee. It would
not affect his loyalty to the party.
Cray Halra Save CaflTey.
Mr. Palmer previously proclaimed
that If It were not for Colonel Clutter's
gray hairs the Issue between them
would have been of a more personsl
aspect.
Mr. Bryan accused Colonel Guffey of
consorting with the ""machine" In Penn
sylvania, of disloyalty to his party and
of other faults. He did not apologise
at- th end and undoubtedly he will
continue his tight against the Colonel.
Bryaa Tbreateaa "Appeal."
Mr. Bryan once went so far as to
threaten an "appeal to the people. If
the committee should decide against
him. saying that thrice he bad been a
candidate for the Presidency and that
4.500.000 voters had stood back of Mm.
"If this committee does not do the
r:cht tlilng. he declared, "the people
will do th right thing."
Immediately the report spread that
Mr. Bryan bad threatened the organi
zation of a third party. This came on
top of the conference between Mr.
Bryan and Senator 1-a Follette late yea
terday. Mr. Bryan. however, em
phasised the fact thst It was to the
Democrats he would carry his appeal
and the third party talk died away.
Treeble Bealaa at Oare.
When the Democratic National Com
mittee went Into session here this af
ternoon Mr. Bryan at one became th
storm center In an attempt to have
Guffey thrown off the committee.
Mr. Bryan's tint tight cam with ths
calling of Alabama on the roll of
states. A vacarcy from Alabama had
been filled by the Democratic stats
committee. Mr. Bryan moved that the
selection of the state committee be
confirmed. National Committeeman
Brown, of Vermont, made the point of
order that no such action was neces
sary: that under the rules laid down
by Ihe last National convention the
National committee had no right to go
back of the state committee's choice.
Chairman Mack sustained the point
of order and Mr. Bryan arpealed from
the decision of the chair. He saw In
this ruling the defeat of the protest
against Colonel Guffey ' and asserted
that the committee bad a perfect right
to pass upon the eligibility of Its mem
bers. Chairman Is Snstalaed.
Mr. Bryan seemed to realise from the
first that he was beaten but he went
into the fray undaunted. Mr. Mack
was sustained. 33 to 13. Among ths
states voting to sustain ths chairman
ware: California. Montana. Idaho,
Washington. Wyoming. Alaska and
Hawaii. Among the states voting in
the minority were Oregon and Utah.
Then the Guffey-Palmer case was
taken up. It required nearly three
hours. Senator Stone made one of the
. Cvaclude4 oa race S
Mai-hficld see Rocket Fired From
Vrel. but Is Unable to XoiHy
I.lfmaving Crevr.
MARSHKIKLP. Or.. Jan. (Hpe
cial.) An unidentified ship is In dis
tress off Cape Arago lighthouse, south
cf the Coos Bay bar. Ranchers on a
mountain north of this city reported
the distress signals to Captain Olssn. of
the steamer Nann Smith, who Is now In
port.
Ths vessel Is sending up ons rocket
after another, whlrh Is an unmistak
able sign of distress. Telephone com
munlnatlon with the llfeeavlng station
Is eut off by the storm, but It Is
thought the signal must have been
seen from the station.
If th vessel Is near shore at Cap
Arago. she Is In a dangerous place, as
there are many rocks along th coast
at that point. Seamen here have no
Idea as to what the vessel may be.
When the lighthouse was last heard
from It was reported that several boats
were In the neighborhood of Coos Ray.
A' heavy southwest wind has been
blowing this afternoon and at sea there
is a heavy swell.
There Is a wireless communicating
with th Government station at Cape
Blanco In hope of learning something
of the vessel. It la possible that a tug
will be sent out early In th morning
to glr asslstsnre.
No fear Is felt here that the vessel
In trouble Is th Alliance, as she was
taken up by the steamer Nome City
this afternoon. Th hauaer parted, but
the Alliance was picked up a second
time and when laat heard from was
safely on her way to Astoria In tow of
the Nome City.
LONG-SOUGHT DRUG FOUND
Discovery Will Eliminate Xeed of
Cocaine or Morphine.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 8 (Spe
cial.) The long-sought drug which will
eliminate the necessity of cocaine and
morphine in surgical and dental op
erations has been discovered and per
fected by Dr. W. Carlson Smith, of Red
lands, and the leading local members
of the medical profession declare the
discovery rsnks In Importance with
that of radium.
It Is a quinine Instantaneously an
esthetic and hemostatle and has been
tried In more than 600 eases, some of
them decidedly critical, with but a
slngl failure.
One of the strong points In Its favor,
ssy Dr. U. P. Burke and Dr. C H
Lashley. who have experimented with
it most extensively. Is that not a
moment need be lost after Its Injec
tion, and that there Is absolutely no
harmful after-effect.
Dr. Smith, who ssys It would be
unprofessional for him to discuss the
discovery, was called to Now York
todsy to give a series of clinics on It
before the New York Dental College.
Eminent medical men here assert that
after this demonstration Dr. Smith will
reveal the secret of Its preparation to
the world's scientists and will be
honored as Is Mme. Curie.
WEST GUEST OF CONVICTS
Men at State Road Camp Commend
ed for Standing- by Pledges.
MEDFOBD, Or., Jan. . (Special.)
Oovernor Oswald West ate chicken at
"Westvllle," a state roads convict camp,
yesterday. About him sat the men
whoae word of honor he has that they
will not break for liberty. The chief
executive, as the guest of honor, list
ened to the personal grievances of the
convicts, and after dinner made a
speech. In which he thanked the honor
men for helping him maintain his prison
policy. He was welcomed to the camp
by the exploding of sticks of dynamite.
"I am glad to find that all of you
have kept your faith with m and that
none of you has attempted to get
away." said the Governor.
"It was freely predicted that at least
one or two out of the 37 would break
his pledge and even I expected that
the temptation would prove too strong
for some of you."
Governor West and party mad the
trip to Derby by the Pacific tt Kastern
and from there rod horseback to th
camp. Th snow wss over a foot deep
and was swept by a biting wind.. The
cold was Intense and the Governor was
the first to reach the camp stove on bis
arrival.
SWEDISH GIRLS PROPOSE
Club of Nine Writes Leap Year Let
ter for Kansas Husband".
PEABODY, Kan., Jan. I. Nine Kan
sas farmers can each have a buxom
wife from Sweden if they respond to
the leap year letter written by that
many lassies in the far-off country to
a newspaper editor her.
"We are a club of nine young wo
men." th letter read, "and have read
your paper and are impressed that
Peabody Is a prosperous, moral. Chris
tian community. We ask If you can
assist In getting us In communication
with young men of good character In
your locality. We would prefer to
marry farmers. We are all good
cooks."
Th girls say they are all under 24
years old and -to sho that they are
physically fit for becoming wives of
prosperous farmers, give their weights,
which run from lZi to 173 pounds.
Prisoner Is Held For
Westminster Crime.
TRAIL LEADS TO BROADWAY
John McNamara Accused of
Stealing $375,000.
EXTRADITION NOW SOUGHT
San Francisco Man Known to Police
or Many Cities and Stalked Across
Continent, Wanted in New
Westminster, B. C.
IXM ANGKLKK HAS SCWECT.
1 I.OS ANGELES. Jan. . Charles
I Hoffman, altas Charles Dean, alias
J C. W. Howard, was arrested her
J yesterday br detectives, chanted by
5 them with being directly connected
with the robbery of the Bank of
Montreal at New Westminster. B. C.
f last September.
NEW YORK. Jan. . John McNamara,
of San Francisco, known to detectives
of half a doren cities as "Australian
Mack." was arrested here tonisrht by
central office ana private detectives on
a warrant cnarglng him with the lar
ceny of $375,000 from the Bank of
Montreal at New Westminster, B. C.
which was dynamited September 14
last.
Eleven hundred dollars was found In
his wallet, and detectives are searching
th city tonight for 1240.000 of th
bank's funds, which he Is believed to
hsv brought to New York.
SnrveUlaace Kept I'p,
For ten days McNamara has been
under surveillance, after traveling over
the United States and Canada for mora
than two month. It Is said. Police
headquarters here say they first
learned of his arrival through a tip
that someone was trying to exchange a
large amount of Canadian money for
American currency.
Money brokers and the man who ap
proached them were shadowed until the
trail, they said, led them to McNamara's
lodgings. No money was found there,
however.
Arrest Made oa Street.
Negotiations for McNamara's arrest
between the police here and the Cana
dian authorities ended this afternoon
with the Issuance of a warrant.
Four detectives arrested McNamara
on a street In Harlem. He submitted
quietly, asked to see the warrant, and,
after reading It, smiled and said. "I am
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ILLUSTRATING
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Refusal to Appear Before Stanley
Investigating Body Withdrawn
When Snbpena Is Served.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S. Andrew
Carnegie will appear before tho House
"steel trust" Investigating committee
next Wednesdsy morning. Ho so tel
egraphed today to Chairman Stanley
of the. committee, after having once
politely replied to th committee that
his counsel advised him not to appear.
Chairman Stanley admitted late today
that it had been necessary to sub pens
Carnegie as a witness.
Mr. Stanley gave out the following
telegram dated New York. January 8.
addressed by Mr. Carnegie to Mr.
Stanley:
"As I have said to you In answer to
your former Invitation. I was quite
ready to appear, but the Government
having since Included me as a defend
ant In Its suit against the steel cor
poration, my counsel advised me that
I ought riot to appear before your com
mittee. You have a full written state
ment to you some time ego. giving my
views on the subject, which you are
authorlxad to use If you see proper.
(Signed) ' "ANDREW CARNEGIE."
Today Mr. Stanley received a tele
gram from Mr. Carnegie saying that
he would ' appear. Mr. Stanley de
clined to make publio the written
statement referred to by Mr. Carnegie.
JONES MAY GO ON BENCH
Washington Senator Rumored as
Successor to Judge Don wort h-
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OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. S. When word was re
ceived tonight that Judge Donworth.
of Seattle, had resigned his place on
th Federal bench, rumor at once got
busy with the name of Senator Weslsy
L. Jones, and it Is currently reported
that the Senator Is likely to be named
as Donworth's successor. That he can
have the appointment It he wants It
hardly needs saying.
Efforts to locate Senator Jones to
night were unsuccessful and his views
could not be learned. If Jones should
be appointed. It would be because of
President Taffn admiration for him
and not because of any backing he
might have at horn.
It Is doubtful if Senator Poindexter
would recommend the appointment of
Jones, but at ths same time he hardly
would oppose his confirmation If th
President should nam Jones for the
Federal bench.
"TURKEY TROT" FORBIDDEN
Dancing Masters In New York Or
dered Xot to Teach Step.
NEW YORK, Jan. S. Under Instruc
tions from Mayor Gaynor. the Bureau
of licenses has sent out letters to
licensed danctng masters In New York
forbidding instruction in such dances
as the so-called "Turkey Trot." under
penalty of forfeiture of license.
Leading dancing Instructors here ap
prove the Mayor's attitude.
SOME PASSING REMARKS ON
PassengerRunsAmuck
Aboard Vessel. .
SEARCHLIGHT RAYS BLIND HIM
City of Topeka Scene of Attack
by Crazed Man.
CREW TARGET FOR SHOTS
Powerful Stream From Hose Finally
Washes Insane Laborer Into Cab
in Where Hiding Seamen Over
power and Disarm Him.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. S. Blinding
an armed maniao with the powerful
rays of the vessel's searchlight. Cap
tain Charles C. Gailow, of the steam
ship City of Topeka. effected the cap
ture of Anton Runlck, a laborer, after
the latter had twice emptied his re
volver at members of the crew and
terrorised the passengers.
Attack Accompanies Demand.
Runlck. boarding the vessel at
Eureka, deposited $135 with the purser
for safekeeping. Sunday morning he
appeared on the bridge and fired four
shots at Captain Gailow, at the same
time declarlrg he had been robbed.
The latter obtained a revolver and
fired several shots at Runlck. none of
which took effect. Runlck reloaded his
revolver and started a second fusillade.
Captain Gailow ordered the powerful
searchlight of the ship turned squarely
Into the crazed man's face, temporarily
blinding him. 'Mate Oftlger and a soa
msn then attempted to overpower him
from behind, but were forced to re
treat when Runick began shooting
again.
Water Sends Him Sprawling.
Runlck then sought refuge and at
tempted to reload his revolver, but a
stream of water from the ship's hose
forced him Into the stateroom wher
th mate and sailor had taken refuge.
He compelled both men to throw Tip
their hands but a burst of water from
the hose sent him sprawling and he
was promptly overpowered.
The man was placed In Irons and
upon the arrival of the vessel at San
Francisco he was turned over to the
Federal authorities. He Is believed to
be Insane.
Wilson to Make February Trip.
CHICAGO; Jan. 8. Tentative ar
rangements have been made for Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey,
to make Chicago the starting point of
a trip through Illinois and into Wis
consin when he arrives February 12,
It was announced today.
'THE WEATHER
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Mother Then Drives Through Blind
ing Storm 28 Miles to Hillsboro to
Bring Son to Hospital Here.
After having been dragged on a
bobsled by his father and mother al
ternately, three miles "ttfrough the
snow to the nearest neighbor and
then driven In a buggy 26 miles to the
nearest railway station, Martin Reh.
S years old. lies on a cot at St. Vin
cent's Hospital with a broken arm.
The youngster lives With his parents
on a homestead In the Coast Range
Mountains. 28 miles from Hillsboro.
While playing about In the snow near
his home Sunday morning he acci
dentally slipped and broke his left
arm In the fall.
The storm had visited that section
In all Its severity; the day was bitter
cold, the snow several feet deep, and
the nearest neighbor lives three
miles away. The father and mother
of the child Improvised a bobsled and.
placing the injured mite of humanity
upon it, braved the fury of the storm
and trudged through the snow with
their burden to their neighbor's home.
There the boy was placed in a buggy
and driven to Hillsboro, the mother
accompanying him. The accident oc
curred about 8:30 o'clock In the morn
ing, and it was late in the evening
when the child reached the hospital.
Two other victims of the storm were
reported at St. Vincent's Hospital yes-
I terday. They are Dominic Flolin, of
Hi Knott street, and R. Wright, of
663 East Madison street, laborers, both
of whom slipped at their homes and
sustained broken ankles.
POSTOFFICE BILL PASSED
Senate Favors Measure Providing
$1,000,000 Portland Building.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 8. The Senate today
passed the Bourne bill authorizing the
erection of a 81,000,000 postofflce
building in Portland on block S. which
was acquired by the Government last
year. The bill cannot be considered
as an Individual measure In the House,
but if an omnibus public building bill
is passed at this session, this bill
probably will be Incorporated In It. Its
fate, therefore, depends largely upon
whether or not Underwood and other
Democratic leaders kill off the omni
bus building bill.
According to current gossip around
the Senate today, the Sherwood pension
bill will be killed if the Senators are
convinced its passage would stand in
the way of the rivers and harbors and
public building bills this session.
The Weather.
TESTBRDAY'S Maximum temperature, 28
degrees; minimum, 20 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain or enow; not so cold; eaat
to southeast winds.
Storm.
Hallways out of Portland rapidly restoring
traffic to normal. Page 10.
South wind reaches Astoria; bitter cold east
of Cascades. Page 11.
Snow storm increases damage wrought by
silver thaw. Page 1.
Foreign.
Russia demands that China recognise In
dependence of outer Mongolia. Page
National.
Carnegie agrees to appear a witness In
Steel Trust probe. Fage 1.
Politics.
"White House hopes" of Democrats among
speakers at Jackson day banquet. Page 2.
Bryan routed in National committee meet
ing which becomes near-brawl. Page 1.
Domestic
Philip S. Hlchborn sues for divorce wife who
eloped. Page 6.
Jamea Rolph. Jr., now Mayor of San Fran
cisco. Page 2.
Maniac aboard City of Topeka overcome by
. blinding searchlight rays and stream of
water. Page 1.
Sheriff Harbinger, of New York, appoints
three women as Deputy Sheriffs. Page 8.
Ortie MrManlgal. in Jail at Indianapolis,
KAr K.rlpral erand lory. Page 5.
Richard T. Crane, famous millionaire foe of
universities, la aeaa. rago o.
Sympathetic strike Involving 800.000 shop
mn predicted br labor leader. Page 11.
Colonel Cornman faces smuggling charge.
Page 3.
Passenger with gun runs amuck aboard
steamer. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Boy aged 4 loses life and mother severely
burned when notei ai mjiauwiv
stroyed by fire. Page 4.
J. R. Yi-a:ker, of Spokane, named to succeed
A. W. Perley as Inspector of Tracks In
Wanhtnsrton. Page 12.
Unidentified vessel In distress off Cap
Peace far off In Oregon City Council row.
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Goat show at Dallas attracts. Fage .
Sports.
Adoption of new baseball to be considered
Frary to umpire in major league. Page T.
Fogel-Dooin row IS irerafl uy. i.
Commercial and Mariae.
Oriental demand for flour Is increasing.
Page 17.
Wheat markets depressed by better Argen
tine advices. Fage 17.
Bears raid stock market but prices recover.
Page 17.
Forbidding aspect of rapidly rising river Is
worry to skippers. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Smith, alias "Dr. Day," lays plight to widow
to whom he owes 11800. Page 12.
Parents naul injured child three miles on
. sled, mother drives 28 miles in storm to
reach Portland hospital. Page 1.
Traction company opposes provisions of
blanket franchise for 56 streets as draft
ed by city. Page 16.
Indictment accusing Attorney Max G. Cohen
of promise to accept bribe is dismissed.
Page 18.
Patron protests to city against raising of
rate by Pacific States Telephone Com
pany. Page 16.
Congestion of court calendar delays calling
of Wilde case until tomorrow. Page 13.
Krebs hop farm is sold for SinO.OoO. pre
sumably to big London firm. Page 12.
Young Chinese pay homage to new republic
Page 12.
INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
Storm Increases Sil
ver Thaw Damage.
DARKNESS WRAPS EAST SIDE
Workmen Are Unable to Fix
Icy and Tangled Wires.
EVERY CARLINE TIED UP
With More Snow and Strong Wind
Predicted for Day Outlook Is Xot
Bright Trees Continue to
Kail Under Added Strain.
With everything still wrapped In ice
and snow the fate of many thousands
of shade trees, thousand of telephones
and electric light and a vast amount
of other property still hangs In the
balance. Every electrlc-llght and tele
phone wire that has weathered the win
try "silver thaw," which has ravaged
Portland since Saturday is carrying a
coat of ice from one to three Inches In
thickness and every tree la drooping
under the weight of Ice which encases
all its branches.
Except for a heavy snowfall, which
did more or less damage, conditions
were not changed in the residence dis
tricts yesterday. The mercury did not
get higher than 28 degrees at any time
and until the middle of the afternoon
remained under 26 degrees.
Damage Grows Steadily.
There was practically no thawing
except In the business district, which
was shielded from the chilly north
wind, which blew nearly all day. When
darkness set in and the mercury
dropped below 26 degrees last evening
the wires and trees had not been re
lieved of their loads of lea and there
is danger of vast damage in addition
to that already done.
The weather forecast predicts more
snow and possibly a strong wind to
day, either of which may add many
fold to the present uncomfortable slt
nation. The trees which have stood
the strain so far are stiff and droop
ing and a high wind would cause most
of them to snap or be shorn of their
branches. 'Not even th larger treea
could carry any additional burden of
lc or snow. On the other hand, a
quick rise in temperature will relieve
the conditions by thawing the ice
enough to cause it to drop to ths
ground.
Snow Spreads Destruction.
The snow storm which set in yester
day morning and lasted until about 4
o'clock in the afternoon added much to
tha destruction, especially on the East
Side. The streetcar service over all
the city was tied up and many more
telephone lines went out of service.
Large numbers of trees which had
stood the strain of ice since Saturday
gave way under the additional burden
of snow and last night most all the
streets were more thickly strewn with
branches than they were Sunday.
The storm had progressed less than
an hour when the streetcar service was
shattered. In two hours hardly a car
was in operation, and on many lines It
was not completely recovered at any
time during the rest of the day. Snow
plows were brought into service on
many of the lines to extend car opera
tion to the terminals. On others no
cars reached the outer terminals after
noon.
Sleet Hampers Cars.
In some of the East Side sections and
on the interurban lines trouble was ex
perienced with sleet which became ica
as it fell. The sleet wheels used to
break the Ice on the trolley wlrea were
pressed into service before the cars
could operate.
On Broadway and East Alder street,
and in the lrvington district the snow
damage was most serious. The fall
there seemed to be largely sleet, and it
tore down more treea and shrubbery.
Efforts were made yesterday to olear
the debris from some of the streets,
but, owing to the tangle of wlrea and
branches all stuck together with the
Ice, little headway was made, and work
was given up until the frozen mass is '
thawed out. The telephone and electric-light
crews were out all day trying
to revive services, but their efforts
met with but little success.
East Side In Darkness.
Nearly all the East Side was in dark
ness all last night, the current being
turned into the lines which vere safe,
but not into the districts where tele
phone wires were tangled with the light
wires. AfTC lights were on in a portion
of the district, about one-third of tha
arc circuits being in operation. Tha
others could have been turned on ex
cept for the danger to telephone wires.
By noon yesterday the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company restored
all its high-tension lines between the
city and the power plants at Estacada
and Cazadero and had plenty of cur
rent to supply the city.
Promise was made by light officials
that the lighting trouble will be elim
inated today, unless more dlflculty is
encountered. Except for houses not
having supply wires from the poles
there will be no interference with the
service.
The telephone companies will lose
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