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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Fnlr ml cooler ftaturrirty
Mnx. Htf Mln. IJH.
FnrlyMliInt Year.
Hull KIkMIi Vnnr.
MEDFORD, OmWON, SATURDAY, AUfJURT 23, 1913.
NO. 132
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YOUNG KILLED
BY BLOW GIVEN
IN PIE RING
Rllllit Uiiprrcut on Chin Struck by
Jess Wlllartl In Eleventh Round
Etuis Piinlllstlc Career of White
Hope John (Cull) Younif.
ND
SUM
NG
T
AN
WTH
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Wlllnril, McCnrcy, Flfiht Promoters
nml Principals Under Arrest at
Los Anodes for Manslaii)liter.
i .oh anoi:i.i:h, cni aiik. 2a.-
After lingering nil nlKhl, following
mi uiornll(iu iii'Ci'HHllntnil ti' tl'W
from Hin gloved fit, of Jinn Wlllnril,
In (tin Vernon arena lat night, Jolm
(Hull) Viiiiiik, llm Wyoming honvy
w eight illiul In (tin Clnra llarton lion
tilinl hero nt it. 30 this morning. Tho
blow wns n lorlfflc right upper cut In
(tin eleventh roiiiul. Wlllnril, Itof
erco Kyton, l'roiiiiiiir MrCarey,
MiiiiHKum Harry Cllmoro, Jr., nml
Tom Jones of tho two fighters nml
tho HiTdinlrt of liolh men tii nr
rented, charged with muiulnimhler.
Heputli from tho Hluirlff'M offlot
notified Karl linger, attorney for
tln (IkIiI club, to gather tho prlnrl
inl In lil offlcn to miiIiiiiU to arrest.
A (tor Roger had rounded up hln
party, ho led a minimi prorilon to
llio eourlhoiiio, where Sheriff 1 1 tim
innl waited In hln office to muku the
formal arrest.
Wlllnril llmkciiitp
Walking with linger In llio vnn
pihiuohcd IiIk J" Hi Wlllnnl, lilrt eye
hlooiUhot from n vlcoplci night nml
liU gaunt cluMikri grimy nmt ttMr
stained, lllu groat frumo nagged
with dejection, nmt tin kept n clone
trip on ItoK nrm nx ho wnlhod.
Cloio behind rnmn Tom Jones nml
llnrry (llliuuro, Jr., tho rival inniin
corn, walking nrm In nrm. A riiibII
nrmy of nocond. towel swinger nml
en nip handler followed.
Ah tho procoiwlon moved up Ilrond
wny It wn Joined by Promoter Mc
Carey nml (Iroenwrtld. Ilofore. It hnd
traversed litilf n block tiumt rdn of
iMirloiiN citizen nml street urrhln
liml swung In behind, nml Roger
qulrkcnud hln pnro to end tho Jour
Hey n Hooti nH pouilhln.
McCnrey wa In n highly norvou
dltito, nml ho couMnutly referred to
tho fact Hint this U tho firm nerlotu
nrrldoiil hni occurred In hi nronn In
tho twelve )onr ho hu boon Monti-
fled with tho fight itaniu In l.on An-
gole.
Vniing In Pine Condition
Ah tho pnrty entered tho court
hnuiio, Dr. Bcrngg. tho club pliynl
clnn, npponrcd In tho lobby. Ho a.
sorted that ho liml examined You in;
carefully hoforo tho fli;bt nml Hint
tho big rnurhor wn In perfect phy
sical Hhnpo. Ho vouturoil th'o opin
ion thnt Young's Injurlc woro re
ceived whoa hU head Htruck tho floor
of tho nrcim, nml were not duo to
Wlllnrd'H blow.
Wlllnril tloclnrod ropcntodly thnt
tho blow Hint fcllod Yoiidk wiih much
HkIiIit limn many ho dollvvrud cnrl
Iit In tho content.
M hnd hit Hull murh hnnlor ninny
tlint'H, nml ho didn't vnom to fcul tho
liluWH," Wlllnril fluid. "lllu fnco wan
mnrlit'd nml cut cattily nml bIiowihI
ovon HkIU blown, hut I could toll thnt
ho wiiHn't hurt.
"Tho IhhI jiuiich wnn n rlj;ht uppor
(Couttuuad on I'ltr.o 4)
Mexican President Adopts Milder At
titude Channo Attrihutcd to Sen
ate's Support of Administration
Report of Assassination Denied.
Wilson Continues Writfnu His Mcs
sap to Congress, Glvlttfi Facts of
Situation to the Country
CANADA PUTS
IT OP TO THAW
AS TO FUTURE
Prisoner Told He Must Decide for
Himself Whether to Stay in Can
ada or Be Deported to Vermont
Bluntly Told He Is Unwelcome.
ACCUSED. AS MEXICAN
LOBBYISTS AT CAPITAL
New York Authorities Will Be Un
able to Arrest Fugitive While In
Canada, But Wanted In Vermont.
WAHIIINHTON, Amt. 23. Cnblfd
roporU thntjio m ceutliiiilni: hln no-
KotlutloiiH with I'rovlHlounl 1'ri'HldiMit
Huortii of Mexico woro rccolvod horo
today from John 1,1ml, I'ri'Hldunl Wll
hoii'h iipvclnl iivoy lo tho Houlhurii
republic Hiiortn'rt mlldur nttttudo
In nttrlbiiti'd lo tho K'iinral mipporl
tho t'ulti'd HtnlcH H"iMto U KlvliiK
I'pHlilniit WIIhou'h plnmi In Mexico
nml nlMo to Huertn'tt lucrvanltiK fl
iinurlnl dirrlciiltleH.
rorelKiinri coutrollliiK tho Aculltn
milieu protonteil to Amorlriui Conmil
llloolter nt I'ludud Dint iiK'-ilimt (leu-
ernl Cnrrnnxn'n demnml for fSO.OOO
under threat of dcntroylui; tho plnut.
WAHIIINOTON, Auk. 23. Cabled
denial of nporlH Hint John Mud,
Preiildeiil Wllnon' HpecKil cuilminry
to Mexico, hnd been nininimlnnteil In
Mexico City wuro received nt tho
Htnto department today from Notion
O'rih.-uiKhiirNiiy, American Clinrno
d'AffnlreM nt tho Mexican cnpllnl.
Hhorlly beforo O'HIiannbiiciniy'i cnble
Kraui arrived, Hecrelnry of Htnto
llryiin r.nve out tho following Htnto
tiiout: "I recelvod nbiolutvly no report or
Intlmntlon that harm ban coim to
Mud. 1 hnvo no rennon to bellovo
tho report nro true."
WAHHINOTON, AUK. 23. DoHplto
rcuRHtirluK ini'nKen rcculved from
John 1,1ml, I'rcNldcnt WIIhou'h npeclnl
cnilnHnry to Mexico, thu preHtdent to
day continued prepnrliiK hi meminno
to roUKrem. Ho Ih detormliied to
Klvo llio country tho fnctH In tho alt
nation, ri'Karllonn of tiny overturen
I'rovlHlounl I'reHldent lluorta may
make. It was lenrued today Hint
lluertn now I trylni; to borrow Home
money throiiKh Paris bnnkom.
$25,000 FOR BEST
IN
AY
WORLD
AK
LONDON'S
CASTLE BURNED
SANTA ItOSA, Hni., Aui;. !l.
Firii curly today ilcHtroyoil nil llio
)crinliMlilo iiiiilri of tlio iiiiiKtiificeiit
now hIoiiii oiihIIo lioiiu; oreelcil by
Jiiolc l.nmlon, tlm author, on IiIh
riiucli near (lieu Kllcu, Komonu
(loiiuly, Tim now iniiiiHioii in hIIii
nted but a nlinrt iliHliuico fioui llio
old fiirmlioiiHo Loudon (U'cupieH.
Itnth tho author nml Ids wife were
at tho old'placn when the firo kIiiiI
oil. They had prepared to tuovo in
n few diiyH,
Kveryllilmr liut tlio walln of llio
cnHtlo wiih dOHlroycd, nml tlio prop
erty iliuiiiisrn will bo liunvy. Tlio firo
Kpread lo llio wooded cunyoii In llio
rear of Londou'a homo and iu Htill
BAN KHANCI8CO, Cnl AUK. 2.1.
"Twonty-flvo tlioiiHnnd for tho bout
baby In tho world,"
Thla Ih tho nllurliiK title of n con
tent to bo hold by tho Pnnnmn l'n
ulflc oxpoHltlou In Han KrnnclBco in
10 in, tircordliiK to nnnouacemontB
by tho exposition mnnnKoment today.
In nil, $100,000 Ih to bo divided
nuioiii; n number of tho "bestost
bahlert" In Undo Ham land,
Tho fair mnniiRemont now tins for
ty nKouU tukliiK a child comma from
KniiHiiR City cnHtwnrd nd noon will
Htnrt n cnmpalKU from KniiHnH City
went. In nil Btaten It Ih planned to
hold ntnto conlostR for Iraby perfec
tion. TIiobo will ho by photoKrnphH.
Moro tlinn 250,000 chlldron nro ex
ported to enter tho rnco, nml whon
tho fair opoiui nil their portrnltn will
bo UBcd to lino tho wiiIIh of tlio Tom
plo of Childhood nt llio fair, mnkliiK
tho KrirateBt baby uhow tho world
him noon.
HIIKItimOOKIC, Quo., AtlR. 23.
Informed that ho In nu iimlutlrnblo
cllUell but Hint Camtdn doe not want
to Hiirrender him without protection.
Hurry IC. 'I'll aw today wiih told by tlio
Cnuudlnu nuthorltlcH that hu tuiut do
cldo for hliUHulf whothur to stay In
Cniindn or bo deported to Vermont.
Ih t'mwlroilifl flue I
Denplto IiIh appeal to tho I!rltlnh
hciih.i of fair piny, tho fucltlvo wnn
bluntly told Hint bo I an nnwulcomo
Kiient and Hint If ho wanted to v,o to
Vermont tho (Vtundlnn nuthorltlcH
would belt) him k1 there. Thin
meniiH that the New York nuthnrltlcH
will not bo able to arrest Thaw wbllo
In Cniindn.
Thaw Ih nt addH with III Canadian
ntloruo'H, who think It bent Hint he
flKht tho Now York authorities In
Vermont. Thaw ia)H ho wantH to
tny In t'nnnda, but ltlit nttorneyH
hnvo told him ho would bo unfer In
Vermont.
I'Avlnit It tit Tlmw
Tliaw u Uo wan tnjil thnt If bo ln
hInI on NtnyliiK here nml fliUitlnt; de
portation ho will be Hurrenderrd to
the New York authorities If ho Iorch.
Tho fiiKltlvcH attorneys nny that bo
cannot bo extradited from Vermont.
Tho prisoner snyn this Is not true
thnt ho can bo extradited. Ilo flatly
rufusei to kIvo tho nourco of this In
formation, nnd tho lawyers, bollovluj;
Hint Thaw tins tho rli;ht to decide IiIh
own case, nro uIIowIiik blm to mnko
IiIh own decision. Ilo says bo will
let them know bis cbolco Monday.
Thnw'H nttornoya say that if llnrry
ntnys In Canndn, they may keep bis
cane, on nppenlH, In Canadian courts
for five years, but refuso responsibil
ity for tho final outcome.
Cnn Axk Jury Trial
If Tlmw forces n iriul in Cniindn
ho cnn demand trial by jury. In
the event Hint he in beaten ho U en
titled to appeal IiIh case. If acquit
ted, tho iniuiiration official would
be powcrlcrfx to net ii) hi cane, but
Tlinw'n lawyer are afraid of con
viction, Kncmics of Thaw lliis afternoon
nsker Sheriff ('ouuer of Ducliem
eouiily to offer immunity lo Thump
Hon in exchniiKO for n confeHsion
eoncernini; TIiuw'h escape. If
Thompson will nny thnt Thaw bribed
officials at Mnttcnwnn to aid iu his
esenpo Thaw will bo Hiilijcct to cxtru-dilion.
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BREWERS PAID
M'DERMOTTSSOO
FOR LOBBYING
Illinois' Connressman Accused by
Mullmll and Charges Confirmed hy
Officials of Washinqton Retail LI
quor Dealers' Association.
WILSON TO CALL
HOERTA'S BLUFF
STATES MILLER
Subpoenas Issued for Saloon Keep
ers Who Admit Uslnrj Money to
Defeat District of Columbia Law.
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'feis
MANl'KI, l'Klli:. ItOMKItO
HIICUIIUKNK (I. HOPK1N8
Henator Smith of Michigan mado
tho open cbnrKt! In Jho sennto that
there Is n paid .Mexican lobby nt tho
capital. Ha haIJ that hberburno O.
lioiiklns, a lawyer of Washington,
lone known In connection with af
fairs of tho I-n4jin-Amorlcan repub
lics, bad beou paid J50.000 by the
Mexicans as their representative. Ho
wns supposed to act for tho constltu-
HounllsU, or that faction of Mexico
led by Cn rransn, tho ablest nml
strongest opponent of President Huer-
ta. Mr. HopkliiH denied tho chnrKcs
and answered In regard to ono that
ho had been very friendly with tho
stnto department, but that ho bad
seen no ono thoro this year.
Homcro, It wna raid, had not even
tnlked with n member of congress.
That ho was on tho ground as tho
representative of Cnrrnnza wns not
denied.
WASHINOTOK, Aiir. 2.1. Testi
fying before the home "iiiHidiou
lobby'' probers today, .Martin M.
.Miilhall of Baltimore, fonner nelf-
Ktyled lobbyiht for Hie Xatioiinl js
foeintion of MnnufncturerH, declared
(hat HepreHcntativo MoDcnnott of
Illinois told him thnt be (Mol)er
molt) cot $2000 from brewery inler
csts for working for I hem here. Mul
lmll said McDenuotl eomplaincd thnt
lie iiuirlil to have received $.'i00O. Tlie
witiies Haiti his conversation with
McDermott occurred during the 11)12
campaipi.
Fonner Secretary Hujjli Ilnrvcy of
the Washington Kelail Denlern' asso
ciation told the house lobby probers
that the organization had loaned Mc
Dennott $.100 when the' excise wns
lctiiliiiir- JfcUcnnott, he said, never
repaid the loan.
Subpoenas for pnloonkecpcrs ad
mitting they hnd used money in the
hope of defeating the District of Co
lumbia excise law were issued here
today by the house lobby probers
Former Chief I'nge McMiehncls of
tlm houFC wns too ill today to appear
before the probers.
Assistant Secretary Asserts That Ad
ministration Will Refuse to Recog
nize Mexican Executive and His
Rerjime Will Thereupon Collapse.
Subtle and Powerful Influences Are
Working in Behalf of Huerta, But
Nothing Can Change President.
CALKINS
DECIDES
MILLAR
CASE
DEFENDANTS FAVOR
I
RING TRAGEDY TO
DRIVE FIGHT
Ii
GAME
BANKERS
FA
VARIOUS
CHANGES
CURRENCY BILL
FROM
CALIFORNIA
burning.
I'AHIS, Aug. 23. Wireless tenia
from nu aeroplane were continued to
day by tho military commission
bonded hy (Icncral Doluvuo, between
lino and Willacoublay aerodromes,
Airmen over Orleans, 100 hliomolors
away, woro easily communicated
with, whilo another airman, over
ltlois, l!ll) fiilomoturs from Hue, re
ceived and uoknowledgcd instructions
by wireless. This, howuvor, does
not represent tho limit of oomuuini-
. cation, tho Kcuornl doolured.
LOS ANCHLKS, Cnl., Aug. 23.
"Hull" You iik 'a death horo today
from Injuries recelvod during u box
lin; match with Jess Wlllard may
drlvo tho flKht ruuo from California.
Promises of action by opponents of
tho sport flow thick and fast this af
ternoon and, nccordlnt' to Htnto Sen
ator W. II. llrown, tho uinttof sure
ly will go beforo tho people ns au Ini
tiative law.
llrown Ih the moat rabid foo ot "tho
iT.uuo in Calirurula, it was no who
Introduced n drastic antl-flght bill be
foro tho last legislature, ami his
meauuro fulled of pannage by a scant
martin. Ilo declared this tifteruoon
that plans to laltatlvo n proulbtlvo
law already nro under way, and pro
dieted utter rout ot tho pro-tight
forces,
Wlllard, tho 'promoters nnd othora
connected with tho uffalr that re
sulted lu Young's death nro freo on
ball bonds signed by James J. Jef
fries, John Hrluk. and Frank Ab
butt. Drink and Abbott uro
fans,
CHICAGO, Aug. 23. Desplto tho
violent speeches voiced hero yester
day by representatives of tlio Ameri
can Hanklug association against tho
Owen-dlnss currency bill, today's
spoecbes were of n conciliatory touo
and Indicated that tho conservative
element Is iu control ot tho gathering.
John Forgan tried to pcrsundo tho
dclogutos to adopt n resolution mom
ornllzlng congress to not net ponding
tho drafting of a now bill by tho as
sociation's currency, committee, but
Hla plan was rejected by tho commit
too on resolutions. Tho outcome
probably will bo rccommondatlons
that tho bill bo modified ns follews:
First, Hint a different method of
selecting u reserve board bo Adopted;
tho creating of a contrnl bank In
stead of tho regional plan and tho lim
ning or tlio powers of tho reservo
board by giving nu advisory council
of bunkers veto powor.
SAVED POMONA CROP
POMONA, Cnl., Aug. 23. Through
systematic orclmrd'lieatlug last win
tor, Pomona saved forty-flvo por cont
ot thu orange crop, according to re
ports made public today. Tho San
Antonio Fruit Kxchaugo announces
Its net receipts for tho your as $1,
015,000. Tho rocolpts ot tlio Cnll-
flgut fornta Fruit Growers Kxchaugo nro
uunouucod as 114,000,000.
Judgo Calkins on Friday decided
the cao of Gcorgo II. Millar vs tho
city of Medford In favor ot Millar and
net aside and annulled the Judgment
ot Mayor Elfort wherein ho found
tho defendant Millar guilty ot violat
ing n city ordlnanco in tho city ot
Medford.
Tho caso will bo remembered ns
ono awakening much ndverso discus
sion at tho time ot tho trial in tho
locnl city court nnd tho manner in
which It was conducted against the
dofendant and tho frequent tilts be
tween tho mayor as Judgo ot tho city
court and tho defendant's attorney,
Gus Nowbury.
After tho defondant Millar was
fouud guilty by tho mayor and son
tencod to pay .the maximum fino ot
fifty dollars or languish in the city
Jail for 22 days, u writ ot review from
tho circuit court was prosecutod by
tho defendant's attorney Newbury
and tho matter brought on for con
sideration beforo Judgo Calkins
bo mo time siuco after tua caso was
presented judgo Calkins bad an
nounced from tho bench his decision
In favor of Millar but boforo tho
Judgment entry was mado on the
Journal of the court Attorney Hoggs
(who was not at that tlmo city nttor
ney) appeared boforo Judgo Calkins
lu opon court nnd requested tho
privilege ot ro-argulng the caso to
the court uml tho request was granted
but tho court, after hearing Attor-
uoy Hoggs, failed to find any cause
far receding from his original deci
sion and finally decided tho caso In
favor of Mlllnr.
OAKLAND, Cnl., Aug. 23. "Pres
ident Wilson will not yiellljlfo Hu
ertn's demands for recognition in
Mexico, despite the fact that e.crlniu
Hwerfiil influences are working to
bring nbont that recognition. When
this fact is driven home, Iluertn's
regime will collapso like a house of
cards."
This statement on the ndminislrn
tion's policy in Mexico wns uttered
here lodny by Assistant Secretary of
the Interior A. C. Miller, who ar
rived at Oakland with Mrs. Fmnklin
K. Lane, wife of the secretary of
the interior, ami W. A. Itvnn, n spe
cial agent nnd investigator of the
department of the interior nt Wash
ington. "John Lind is the finest type of
man thnt could linve been found in
Washington to carry out the presi
dent's wishes iu Mexico' added Mil
ler. "The ndminibtrntlon is perfectly
awnre that subtle and ixnverful in
fluences nre working for lluertn, but
nothing can change the president's
mind.
"Huerta will not Inst long, for just
ns soon ns these intluences , rchlizo
thnt his government will not grant
him recognition Ihey will drsetfhWr
nnd be will fall." f-'
NO WONDER WIFE
SEEKS SEPARATION
MINXKAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 23.
Mrs. George Ilrcn todny filed suit
for divorce hero against her hus
band, bnsing her application, in part,
on the following greunds:
"Once my husband put dynamite iu
my cook stove.
"Then he tried to mnko me drink
carbolic ncid
"A week later he took n shot nt
me with a revolver.
"Then he choked mo until I
thought my oyes would pop from my
head.
"Two days later he set tho house
on fire while I slent.
"Last night he pounded my bond
with n club nml tried to cut my
throat."
BELL ASSERTS
ESE MACHINE
AD
JOHNSON
Defeated Candidate for Governor of
California Tells Senate Committee
That Railroad Backed Hiram In
His Campaign.
Fox Confirmation as Postmaster of
Sacramento Blocked hy La Fol
lette Spreckels Calls Bell Crook.
TRAIN ROBBERS' VICTIM
WASHLVOTON', Aup. 23. "Tho
week before tho election of 1010
discovered thnt the .Southern Pacific
railroad wns using its whole nolitical
power to elect my opponent, Hiram
W. Johnson, governor of California."
This declaration was gravely mado
today to the sonnto sub-committee
which is hearing evidence ns to
w bother Tom Fox of Sncrnmcntn
should be confirmed ns postmaster
of thnt city, by Theodore Hell, John
son's defeated democratic opKnent.
Hell's declaration came after n.
clnsh with Rudolph Spreckels, who
on Wednesday told the committee of
Hell's political affiliations. Hell and
Spreckels met today in tho Shore
ham hotel, where Spreckels is stay
ing here whilo aiding iu the fight
against Fox. whoso pretensions Hell
is supixirting. When they met Hell
demanded n retraction of tho term
"crook," which. hnd been applied to
him by Sprockets. In explanation,
Spreckels said ha meant thnt Hell's
associations nnd affiliations since
1000 proved that he wns insincere in
attacking senntors who were domin
ated by the Southern Pacific.
Fearing that a jiersonal . batjla,
would result he'twccrfilloTwo Cali
forninns. friends intervened nnd ns-
sured Hell thnt they understood that
only n political tinge attached to
Sprocket's statement that Hell wns
"n crook."
Tho blocking of Fox's confirmation
is today declared to be directly due
to (he intervention of Scnntor La
Follctte. It is now most iudefinato
when nny final notion on Fax's caso
will be taken.
WILLING 10 DIE
10 SAVE GIRL
DENT
THANKED BY THE HAGUE
THE IIAGUB, Aug, 23. Dolegatos
to tho penco congress horo lutond
soiling Prcsldont Wilson a tologram
ot thanks for bis efforts Iu bolialf ot
pcaco lu Mexico, Tho president also
will bo nsked to not fortify tho
Panama canal,
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23. Tlio
ninu giving his name as Joe llnrron,
who died iu a hospital here after be
ing shot by one of the robbers hold
ing up the O. W. 11. & N. passenger
train hero Tuesday night, was iden
tified today by Detective Tom Cole
man as J. H. Allison, known ns "Yel
low Hill," released from the Walla
Walla penitentiary August 12, after
serving fifteen years for n murder
committed in Seattle. Chief of Po
lice Clark today stated that he bo
lioves Harrou was one of tho rob
bers shot by mistake.
SACKAMRNTO, Cnl., Aug. 23.
"I would be willing to sign un agree
ment riuht now with the authorities
to mount tho gallows, if tho law de
manded, provided Drumgole be sent
along nnd Cleo Sterling left out of
it. If this wero done, I would not
fight the en.o further.
Leaning against tho bars of his
cell in tho county jail today, Sam
Reber, charged jointly with Jack
Drumgole and Cleo Sterling with the
murdor of Cherry Do St. Muurice, a
report keeper, mnda this stntomont.
"I nm willing to tnko whatever is
coming to mo if they will leave tho
girl out of it.''
"Dope did i," ho said. "If I had
left coeaino alone I would never have
lauded here. It made- mu crazy. I
wns full of thu stuff tho night wo
strangled her."
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TACOMA VISITED BY
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Tlio stan
dard stocks wero generally higher nt
the opening of tho stock market to
day, with the exception of Atchison
and Lehigh Valley, which receded
half. Canadian Pacific, rose two
points and Denver & Rio Grande
gained 2 3-8. Trading was heaviest
in Reading and Steel. Honda wore
steady.
Thu market closed dull.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 23. City
light department employes und tele
phono linemen nro today repairing
brokon wires nnd other dnmngo caus
ed by tho worst electrical storm ever
experienced here. Tho dislurbnnoo
occurred Into yoslorday mid Instod
two hours, during which streetcar
trnffio was crippled, trnnsfonnorrt
were burned out, telephone Borvico
demoralized nnd two fires caused by
lightning bolts.
Reports from nil sections of tho
city nnd surrounding country today
confirm stories of heavy damage by
tho unusual and spectacular pranks
of tho electric, fluid, which was lie
compnnied by almost corilinnoutt
crashes of thunder nnd a drenching
rain,
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