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Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
Prediction Generally Fair
Maximum yesterday. 84.5
Minimum today 54
Weather Year Ago
Maximum 45
Minimum 41
taily ElcMrenth Tear.
Weekly Kitty-Third Year.
MEDFORD, ORKOOX, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1923
NO. 39
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TOURISTS
m
NEAR
DEATH
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0. 8. ATTACK
ON BANDITS
I CONSIDERED
Jfeishington May Send Troops
Against Outlaws in China-
Order By Harding Possible
. Pekin Govt. Too Weak
869 Enlisted Men in Tien
Tsin. , ;;. i.'iiiialSI
WASHINGTON", Mny 7. Tho
possibility uf action liy American
troops to relievo the Americans
liiid caplivo by bandits in Shan
tung nrovliicc-, China, was dis
cussed today at a conference be
tween Secretary Hughes and not
ing Secretary Davis of tho war
department.
Afterward Mr. Davis announced
that tho war department stood
ready to back up with armed
forces any decision reached by
tliu state department or by tho
council of foreign an(lMissndors
hi re-king.
It was iinnounced that a deter
mination on tho part of the I'c-
king council conteinplaUiiR con
centrated action 1y the foreign
ovcrs ugnlnst tlio bttndlts would
cause no surprise here.
1 SHANGHAI, May 7. (Bythe As
Jsoclatod Press) Lloyd Lohrbns, ro
. 'porter on the China Press of Shang
5 hai, formerly of Pocotollo, Idaho,
4sand of tho Chicago i Journal, who
escaped from the Chineso bandits
.who held up the roking Express on
;tho Shantung border, arrived hero
;today with tho first cyo witness!
.( Btory of the affair. . . ' I
j Women beaten, shoved ahead of,
'i them as they lagged, spat upon by tho j
bandits nnd some of thorn eventually
left where they had dropied in their
'.tracks as the marauders set a ter
,ixific pace over the hilly country, was
one of the pictures drawn by tho
vAmcriean newspaperman w-ho hlm-
self escaped clad only In his pajamas.
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i VASjHIXC.TON; May 7. Use
g of Aint'rii'iiu troopn to Kocure the
rt'itiiso or uic xiiHri(anH ikmu
captive whs sncfrtMliMl today ns
among thci posjilhllKkti. A fom
of H)ll rulistrtl mm mid 55 of
ficers, with iM'udqiiiiilci-K In TU'ti
Tsln, hits iHt'n maintained in
China for the purpose of imlfrhiK
mill ktN'phiff opni the Tien ThIii
rullway. In mltlKion there Is a
innrino (lelarhment at Teliin.
The I'tkli.g Kovernnient Usvlt
In admittedly vc:ik In the en
forcement of law-mid order In'
certain province.
An order by President Hnrd
Iiir would Ite sufficient to start
the American troops in t'lilna In
pultun of tlie bandits, to secure
the relciiHc of tho American cap
tives, tn tlie opinion of Mate mid
war department officials.
Should any Amerieun lose hla life
tho state department Is prepared to
make vigorous demands on tho I'c
UlnR authorities for restitution. Not
only will f suitable apoloKios bo re-
nriulred but Indemnity must be paid
?tnd those responsible must 00 pun-
, -iHhod if pood relations between the
tr.w governments are to continue. In
!ny case, the United States will in
sist that moro elective Hteps bo taken
In tho future to protect Americans
;-ho arc In China on legitimate er-
; frauds.
I Tho Incident is reftnrded as moro
icrtous in view or tne tact mat il
iftoines during negotiations for settlc-
fticnt of a controversy over an attack
50n another American, Charles cojt
tiian who was killed last fall by Chi
nese soldiers. For this tho Chinese
'government already has made apol
ogy and has indicated Its willinKness
Ho pay indemnity, but it la reKurdod
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DECISION UPHOLDING U S. URY LAW
t.
I WASHINGTON, May 7. The Vnlt
'ed States ran compel masters of ves
(BOls to submit manifests showing all
'articles nhnnrd, tncludlnn those
(Whose importation is prohibited, the
rUremc court held today In a caso
brought by the government from the
?tte of Washington against 'Wesley
iLi Slscho.
, The ninth circuit court of nppenls
';hd held that Rlaeho could not be
compelled to report smoking opIUM
h had aboard veiwl herause Its Im
portation was prohibited. Because
ot the Importance of the caso In the
Alexander Hamilton,
Not G. . Washington
Gave U. S. Warning
NEW YORK, May 7. Alexan
der Hamilton and not George
Washington was tho author of
the warning against "entangling
alliances," according to a mono
graph by Professor Samuel Flagg
Beamish of Whitman college,
Walla Walla, Wash. The mono
graph, "Jay's Treaty," won tho
$3000 first prize offered in the
Knights of Columbus American
history contest.
The monograph claims that
Hamilton uttered the remark,
used in Washington's farewell
address and credited to the first
president for moro than a century
by historians, during a conver
sation with George Hamnion,
Hrltish minister to the American
government in 17114.
RATES ON OREGON
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FORTLAND, Ore., May 7. An in'
tcrstate commerce commission hear
ing on the subject of wool rates be
gan hero today with railroad repre
sentatives, public commissioners and
shippers present In considerable force
Tho hearing is ono of a series being
conducted and Is an Inquiry Into the
justification of tariffs recently filed
by the carriers. The proposed rates
have been suspondod by tho commis
filon until June 1, pending tho out
come of the scheduled hearings.
Two witnosses occpuicd the stand
this morning, M. A. Cummings of
Oakland, Cal., assistant general
freight agent of the Southern Pa
cific, and J. E. Davis of Portland, as
sistant general freight agent for the
Union Pacific system.
Both witnesses agreed on two
points that the wool shipments by
the Panama canal are far greater
than by rail, and that the rail lines
should have an equal amount of this
traffic.
II. A. Davis of Boston, manager of
tho Boston wool trades association
stated that the present rates on wool
from the Pacific coast to tho Massa
chusetts city Is by water 90 cents a
hundred pounds, by rail $2 per hun
dred. "Wo are demanding joint through
rates," said Mr. Davis and through
bill3 of lading from points of origin
In tho west to Boston nnd tho Atlan
tic seaboard by tho nearest water
port."
Ho explained that this would bring
tho wool of Idaho, eastern Washing
ton nnd nearly all of Oregon to Port
land, thence shipped by water to the
cast.
YAKIMA, Wash., May 7. Trial of
tho $5000 libel suit brought by T. L.
Tennant against Uov. K. C. Whitney,
publisher of n weekly church paper
opened hero this morning. Ilev. Whit
ney pleads justification for remarks
alleged to roflect upon Tennant and
made following the luttor's acquittal
tilon a charge of possession of Intoxi
cating liquor. Two former superior
court Judges, T. E. Grady and O. B.
Ifoldon nro appearing ns attorneys In
tho action. Hev. Whitney is pastor
of tho Calvary Baptist church.
enforcement of prohibition nnd nnti
nnrcotle laws, tho supreme court re
heard the caso after It had. by an
evenly divided court, sustained the
lower court.
The government Insisted tho word
"imported." ns used in tho law re
quiring the listing of ( such articles
kbnuld be given the' meaning of
bringing Into the Fulled States." and
that tho . provisions relating to
"articles capable of being Imported,"
should be interpreted to include those
Illegally ns wi ll ns those legally Imported.
8TRIK
IS CALLED OFF
Wobblies in Puget Sound Told
to Return to Work for Pres
ent Further Trouble Ex
pected I. W. W.'s in Ore
gon Voting On Decision.
SEATTLE, May 7. Loggers In tho
stato of Washington called out on
strike April 25 by tho I. W. W., havo
been directed to return to work with
tho further instruction that tho re
sumption would bo only temporary,
I. Y. W. leaders hero said today. Ap
proximately 10.000 men were affect
ed by the walkout, which forced the
closing of a number of lumber camps
and caused others to operate at a
greatly curtailed production.
Employment agencies here that
had been closed down or virtually so,
since the tCiSko, were notified by
r. W. W. headquarters that tho or
ganization's ban on posting Jobs for
timber workers had been lifted. They
were doing a thriving business today.
Hundreds of men who came to So
attlo when tho striko was called,
began leaving for tho woods Satur
day nnd tho outflow continued today.
A number of tho larger employers
expressed their Intention of refusing
reinstatement to men known to bo
members of tho I, W. W. Smaller
camps began hiring new crows today,
according to information here.
SPOKANE, May 7. Tho strike of
tho I. W. W., called Inst week as a
protest against Imprisonment of war
time offenders, has been called off, it
was announced today by Frank
Baker, chairman of tho strike com
mittee for this district. Baker said
the men would return to tho woods
and "striko on the job." It was under.
stood that by this ho meant that
means would be tnken to slow up
production of the camps and mMIs,
PORTLAND, Ore, March. 7. In
dustrial Workers of the World locals
in Oregon logging districts were
voting today on tho recommendation
of tho general committee that tho
striko called April 28 bo ended, t
cording to nnnouncoment at I. W. W.
headquarters. Reports from tho log
ging camps Indicated thnt men who
had not returned to work last week
are drifting back.
The s,triko committee of the ma
rino transport workers branch of tho
I. W. W., today was considering call
ing off tho marine striko, it was an
nounced. This striko has not affect
ed Portland.
iVIPERIAL WIZARD'S
ATLANTA, Gn., May 7. Tho Impe
rial kloncllitiMi of tho Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan- was vested with full
executivo nuthorlty over tho. affairs of
that organization in a decree signed
today by Judge E. D. Thomas of Kul-j
order. It is stated, hi to relievo tho
imperial wlznrd of Independent ad
ministration and executive authority.
News Summary
of Last Night
SAINT INQLEVEUT, Franco
(ieornos Borbot, French aviator, won
tho Matin 25,000 franc prize when ho
crossed tho EngllHh channel yester
day and returned In on airplane with
a motor of less than 15 horsepower.
OHSINIXn. N". Y. Scott Russell
Hayes, son of former President Ruth
erford B. Hayes, died Inst night.
Grain Exports Increase
WASHINGTON, May 7. Exports of
grain from tho United States during
the last week were 4.601,000 bushels,
compared to 4,083,000 tho week before.
Now nt IWal Meet Juno il(t.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May
Postmaster General Harry S. New is
expected to be the principal speaker
at the conference-convention of post
masters and postal employes of tho
Inter-mountnln states to be held here
June 30 next. Details of the program
of the meeting, which is being held
In connection with similar gather
ings In various parti of the country,
have not yet boon announced.
WASHINGTON
AMERICAN GOLFERS
MARK GOOD IN ENGLAND
I
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Robert A. Gardener of Chicago,
captain of tho American golf team
that is in England to defond the
Walter International trophy.
ROUND AT DEAL
DEAL, England, May 7. (ny Asso
ciated Press). Francis Ouimet of Boa
ton today won his match In the first
round of tho. British amateur golf
championship tourntunont, dol'eatlng
A. 11. Head of Sunningdalo, England,
4 and 3.
John E. Neville, San FranclBco, do-
featod Viscount Maldstono, Iloynl St.
George's 5 and 4. Roger Wetherod,
the Oxford star, defeated E. Campboll,
Sunningdale, one up.
George V. Rotan, Houston, Texas,
defeated J. A. Board, Home Park,
England, 8 and 4.
Robert Hunter, Claremont, Calif.,
defeated Slake, Hartford, 4 and 2.
Leslie Schon, Royal Cinque, Ports,
England, defeated Reginald M. Lewis,
Greenwich, Conn., one up.
Maxwell M. Marston, Philadelphia
dofaated Lieutenant Cohimander Guy
Miller, Shanklin and Shandown, Eng
land, 7 and 5.
Cyril J. H. Tolloy, Rye, dofoatod W.
L. llurtloy, Cooden Ilcach, 3 and 1.
G. T. Weedalo, Wllmslow, dofoatod
E. Martin Smith, Royal St. Goorgo'a,
4 and 3.
G. D. Forrester of Woking, England
defoated Robert A. Gardnor, Chicago,
two up.
E. N. Layton, Royal Cinquo Ports,
defeated Jess Swcotsor, Slwanoy,
(Amorlcan amateur champion) 4 and 3
H. Ernest Lebos, Wilton Ileuth, de
feated Guy M. Stanll'er of Washington,
D. C. 3 and 2.
Harrison R. JohnBton of St. Paul,
Minn., defeated II. S. Holden, Gow
doln, England 9 nnd 7. Fred Wright,
Jr., of Los Angeles defeated Comman
der B. Banncrmnn, Rowland Custle,
England, two up.
American -At
Chicago R. II. 1
Detroit 8 12
Chicago 4 8
Bntcrics: Dauss and Basslor; '
Blunkcnshlp, Connally and Schalk.
At Clovcland R. If. E.
St. IhjuIs 3 7 2
Clevolund 12 11 0
Battorles: Kolp, Wright, Root and
Sovcrold, Collins; Uhlo .ind O'Neill
National
At Plttbtirg R. If. E
St. Louis - 4 13 2
Pittsburg 11 20 2
Batorlos: Shordcll, North, Wlg
genlon, Barfoot and Atnsmlth, Mc-
Curily; Adams and Goocb.
At Philadelphia R. If,
E
Now York 13 1 0
Philadelphia 8 13 2
Batteries: Bentlcy and finydori
Meadows, Welnert, Bishop and Hen-
line, O'Brien.
At Boston R. H.
Brooklyn 12 IS 2
Boston 11 13 8
Batteries: Dlckeman, Mammaux
Decatur, Smith, Vance and Deberry;
Wotson, Gcnowlch, Cooney, Benton,
Oeschger, Marquord and O'Nnlll, Gib
son. (10 Innings.)
JESS SWEETSER
BEATEN IN FIRS!
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BASEBALL SCtlRES
FORGED
PUIS MARKET
Over Million Dollars of Fraud
ulent Certified Checks Re
ceived at N. Y. Exchange,
Sends Stocks Tumbling
Probe Started.
NEW YORK, May 7, -Prlcos on
the New York stock exchange sagged
steadily today upon tho discovery
that fraudulent cortlflod chocks hud
been used In connection with buy
ing orders tor a number of standard
stocks and an apparent louk of buy
ing support had encouraged further
selling on the part of bear traders.
Pressure was extended against most
of the list and was particularly effec
tive in the oils, equipments, rubbers,
textiles, public utilities and rails. Ad
ditional new low records for tho year
were made by Cosden Oil common
and preferred, Pacific Oil, Brooklyn
Edison, Columbia Gas, Montana
Power, American Woolen, Rock Is
land, Sinclair Oil, Bkelly Oil and
American Motul. Stewurt Warner
Speedomoter broke more than nlno
points and losses of 3 to 4 and a half
were registered by Stromborg Car
buretor, Pullman, Dupont, Ropubllc
Steel, Mack Truck and California
Potroleum.
The Now York stock oxchango, In
announcing that tho situation had
been turned over to the government
by the Better Business Buroau, dis
closed thnt at IcAst soVonty chocks,
averaging $15,000, a total of over a
million hnt boen received by New
York houses alone. Thirty were Bent
to Philadelphia, Boston nnd Chicago
Tho letters wero mailed from widely
separated spots In Now York, Penn
sylvania. (Ono Chicago house re
ported it had received ono posted In
Kansas City.
Prices on tho exchange were sent
tumbling today by the reaction from
heavy buying started on a flood of
orders which it was disclosed wore
backed by the worthless checks.
GETS THE LIMIT FOR
YAKIMA, Wash., May 7. Claudo
A. Lubbeo, convicted of murder in
tho second degree for shooting Mrs,
Odessa Wright following nn affray
with her husband, also killed, was
this afternoon sontonced to from 25
to 40 years in tho stato penitentiary,
sentenco being pronounced by Judga
Harold I). Gilbert. This is tho
longest Bcnlcnco for second degree
murder pronouncod hero in recent
,yenrs. Tho prisoner gavo notico of
appeaj to tho supremo court.
Oregon Lad Suicides
In Jail at Spokane
SPOKANH, Mny 7. Wlillo a Jailor
nnd a trustlo sat talking a few foet
away, 8. M. Alluway, aged 20, serving
a thirty day sentence in tho county
jail hero Tor larceny, toro a strip from
hla blankot nnd hangod himself In his
coll yesterday. Allnwny, a son of Mrs,
Frank Doynton of Pondiotnn, Ore., had
sorvod a torm in the Orogon stato re
formatory. Ha was Btied Saturday for
divorce by his wiro. Allaway had di
vorced a forinor wlfo.
BO Killed In Train Wreck.
HAVANA, May 7. Meagnr details
received today regarding tho wreck
yestcrdny of two trains nt Chuoho
Dpsqiilln, on tho Ilershey electric rull
way, placed tho number of dead at
more than fifty, with moro than that
number seriously Injured. Only two
Americans wero on tho trains, both
escaping with slight Injuries,
Liberty llonils
NEW YORK May 7. Liberty
bonds closed: 3V4's 101.0; second
4' 97.18; first 4!i's 07.15; socond
4's 87.17; third 4'A'b 98.14;
fourth 4 Vs 97.20; Victory 4's un
called 100.1; U. S. troasury 4's
Iron Orn Tnx Upheld
WA8I11NOTON, May 7. Minne
sota's occupation tnx on tho valua
tlon nf iron ores mined or produced
In that stato was declared constltu
lionnl and valid lodny by tho supremo
court.
NEAR-PANIC
Life on the Farm
Too Lonesome, So
Couple Motored Off
SPOKANE, May 7. Life on
tho farm palled on Mr. and Mrs.
Rnymond lllcks, and so they
loft their farm near Sprague,
Wash., for their neighbors to
look aftor and drove away In
tholr automobile a week ago
Sattirduy. After two days the
neighbors became alarmed at
their absonco and notified rola-
lives, who asked the help of po-
fr Ilea hero to locate thorn,
Mrs. Hicks' fnthor, Charlos
Monton, telephoned here today
from his homo at Cunningham,
Wash.,, that tho couple had
boon located nt Benton City,
whoro lllcks had oblalnod em-
ploymont on tho railroad.
"Thoy just got lonesome on
tho farm and nullod out and loft
everything," ho stild.
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REPARATIONS WILL
STILL BE SETTLED
BERLIN, Mny 7. (By Associated
Pross.) Desplto tho acrimonious tenor
of the French roply to the Gorman
reparations note, tho foreign office Is
not Inclined to Interpret It as wholly
barricading tho path to .negotiations.
LONDON, Mny 7. (By Associated
Press). . Great Britain will dispatch a
noto to Gormnny within 3G hours, ex
pressing disapproval of the latest Gor
man reparation proposals and urging
Gormany to prosont n moro practical
nnd liborul solution of the problom.
PARIS, Mny 7. (By Associated
ProsB). Tho Fronch noto to Germany
was communicated In substance to
Premier Mussolini of Italy before the
final draft was made, it was declared
In official circles this morning and he
expressed full approval of It, agreeing
with Premier Polncare that tho Ger
man proposal could not be taken Into
consideration.
King Goorgo In Italy.
ROME, May 7. (By tho Asso
ciated I'ress) King Oeorgo and
Qucon Mary of England, arrived In
Romo at threo o'clock this nftornoon
On tholr long-planned visit to Italy
PORTLAND BUILDING
STRIKE CALLED OFF
PORTLAND, Ore, May 7. Build
Ing trades laborers who went on
striko last week returned to work to
day pending reference to tho stato
board of conciliation of their disputo
with tho contractors, who offered i
dally wago of 10.50 In placo of 10 do
maudod by tho laborers.
Auto Thieves Nablntl
LOS ANGELES, May 7. Two mon
giving tho names of L. W. Rhodes
and T. L. Holm woro nrrestod by de
partment of Justlco agents today
churgod with transporting two stolon
nutomobllos from Portland, Ore., to
Los Angeles. According to the agents
tho men aro connoclod with a ring
of auto thlovos who li'ivo boon oper
ating oxtonslvoly.
OF APPLE
LEADS WEALTHY MAN TO SUICIDE
WENATCHEE, Wash., May 7.
Aftor cntorlng with apparent fullness
Into tho spirit of tho Applo Blossom
festival and heartily participating In
its various Joyous ovents, EH Moor
houso, prominent Soattlo man, mom
bor of tho firm of Ell Moorhouso and
company, public accountants, ended
his Ill'o by hanging himself In his room
at B local liotul Sunday. Ha body was
found at nlno o'clock Sundny night
after hotol attendants had vainly en
deavored to arouse him in his room.
Police wore called and the room en
tered, Moohousn being found on the
floor nt tho sldo of his bed, and the
noose formed ot his trousers belt
around his nock. Tho other end of
the belt was securely twisted around i
bed lost.
ROCKEFELLER
1 CAUGHT
BY BANDITS
Miss Lucy Aldrich, Sister-in-Law
of J. D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
Among Americans Captured
By Chinese Bandits Girl Is
Releaser! Men in Party in
Danger.
SHANGHAI, May 7. (By tho As
sociated Press) Miss Lucy Aldrich, .
slsterin-luw of John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., nnd daughter of the lato United
Stutes Senator Nolson W. Aldrich of
Itbodo Island,, was reported today in
a message from Linchen, ; to havo
been released by the bandits who
early today took her captive with the
other passengers on tho Shanghai
Peking express train. .
The report said all tho women cap
tives had been freed, and that Miss
McEadden nnd Miss Coralll wero re
leased with MIbs Aldrich. The men
among tho foreigners were said, how-
over." to bo in grave danger, since
tho bandits had notiflod the nuthorl
tfes that tho male prisoners all would
ho killed unless the troops woro with
drawn.
At last accounts the troops wore
pressing tho bandits on both sides
with rifle fire. '
The kidnaping plot is believed to
havo beon hatched In Shanghai when
It . became, knownj-itbat-.a; WV Party,
was leaving on tho Peking expross to
attend tho ceremony Incident to tho
completion of tho Kungchnpa dyko at
Tslnafu.
Miss Aldrich Is reported 111 from
her experiences. The Miss MeFadden
referred to In tho dispatch Is Miss
Aidrieh's maid. Tho Aldrich party,
homoward bound from a world tour,
reached Shanghai ten days ago. Miss
Coralll is secretary to O. D. Musbo, an
uttorney who w-as among the captives.
According to an unconfirmed re
port from a Japanese news agency, K.
Magal, governor general of the Jap
anese tho president of the Hakodate
chamber of commcrco was captured
by tho bandits.
WASHINGTON, May 7. (By the
Associated Press) A situation ap
parently regarded as seriously men
acing good relations betwoon tho
United States and tho Poking govern
ment In China was described today
by American Mlnlstor Schurmnn In
tho first official report to reach the
stato dopartmont regarding the cap
ture of American citizens by bandits
near tho Shantung bordor. Tho
American mlnlstor Is understood
already to have made official repre
sentations on his own responsibility
and It is expected that he will bo in
structed by tho government here to
pursuo tho most vigorous courso to
sccuro tho release of tho prisoners,
unharmed.
Tho ropo'rt was prepared by Dr.
Schurman, on the basis of Informa
tion furnished him by an Amorlcan
citizen who was on tho spot whon
bandits captured tho tourist train on
which many Americans woro riding.
It was Indicated that so far as known
nono of tboso tnkon prisoner had
been harmed. Tho minister appar
ently was hopoful that they all would
he relensed.
Minister Hehurman's roport was
dated midnight, May 6, nt Tslnau Fu,
and described tho situation as "very
serious."
LONDON, May 7. -A Router's dis
patch from Shanghai says that tho
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Coroner Jones said It wnsj av olear
case of sutcido and no further Investi
gation would bo made. No motivo for
tho act can be ascribed by. friends
lioro.
D. W. Woodruff of tho Wenatcltoo
Co-oporatlvo association, a friend ol
Moorhouso, stated he had Been Moor
house at times during the festival and
thnt he seemed to be in good spirits.
"Ho was a highly norvous man,"
Bald Mr. Woodruff this morning, "and
the only reason I could assign for tho
net would be over-excltement result
ing from the activities of the past two
days." j,
Moorhouse came to Wenatchee with
the Seattle glee club, which mndo a
hit here during tho fote. , ,
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