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CARRANZA DOCILE

WASHINGTON, August 17.-Car- ranza is not attempting to prevent the delivery of the Pan-American note to the other leaders and his gen eral, Gonzales, has given the mes sengers safe conduct through the lines. The warships New Hampshire and Louisiana which are now in the gulf of Mexico have been ordered to Vera Cruz. Carranza has declared that the border attackers are not con- or soldiers at all.
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WHAT MOVE MEANS

PETROGRAD, August 17.-It is now apparent that the present Ger man objective is the railroad from OssOwetz to Blaistok which runs parallel to the Brest-Litovsk line where the Russian armies have taken up their positions. The intenton of the enemy is probably to have a line by which they might run alongside our retreating army in the hope of cutting off some of it.
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TO EXTEND GERMANY

BERLIN. August 17.-The Nation al Liberal party of Germany met yes terday and passed a resolution calling on the government to extend the Ger man borders after the war as re- ward for victory. The preamble to the resolution declared that the talk ing of territory from the hostile na- tions would be only right as compen- sation for the losses sustained by the German empire. There seemed to be no question in the minds of those present of the empires ultimate vict- Ory.
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KILL U. S. SOLDIER

MERCEDES, August 17.-Later this afternoon it was learned officially that a hundred Mexicans fOrded the Rio Grande, surrounded body of United States cavalrymen whom they attacked with rifle fire. One Ameri- can cavalryman was killed and two were wounded. The Americans were greatly outnumbered but the full de- tails of the occurrence have not been learned.
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TO STOP TORPEDOES

NEW YORK, August 17.-The Italian government has placed an order for a million overcOats with American firms. This is taken as an indication that Italy expects winter campaign in the mountains of the Austro-Italian frontier. An Italian engineer named Quarines has invented a device to ward off and explode tor pedoes. The invention will be furn- ished free to the allied governments. A regiment of French chasseurs has captured a mile of German trenches in the center of the northern line.
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SINKS BRITISH TRANSPORT

LONDON, August 17.-The British transport Royal Edward has been sunk by German submarine in the Aegean sea with the loss of a thousand lives. Six hundred were saved. The Royal Edward was on the way to Gallipoli peninsula with reinforce ments for the allied army when she met her doom. She had also a medi- cal corps aboard, many members of which were lost.
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Says They Should Hang.

SAN FRANCISCO, August IT, Former Governor Slaton, the man who commuted the death sentence on Leo Frank, heard of the lynching of the prisoner here today and at once gave out an interview in which he called the slayers of Frank assassins and expressed the belief that every man of them should be hanged Slaton has just returned from a visit to Alaska.
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BRITISH POUND LOSES VALUE

NEW YORK, August 17.-The British pound has now appreciated in value to four dollars and sixty-fOur cents. It fell to four sixty-seven yes terday and that fall was regarded as sensational but the still greater fall has since come and it is now predicted that the American dollar will become the universal standard of exchange instead of the English sovereign which has held the place so long. The foreign buyers must bear the depreci- atiOn and loss.
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TO IGNORE CARRANZA

WASHINGTON, August 17.-It is stated by the officials that if Car ranza refuses to agree to the prOpOs- als of the American republics an at tempt will be made to get sufficient number of Mexican states to form a provisional government and elect a provisional president. Some of the Carranza forces are reported to be deserting.
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Mother is Relieved.

NEW YORK, August 17.-When the mother of Leo Frank was inform ed that her son had been hanged by a mob she was almost overcome with horror but on recovering herself ut tered the words; "Thank God, he is dead and his troubles are over."
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Towns Submerged.

HOUSTON, August 17.-Four towns between this city and Calves ton have been submerged. The storm struck the mainland between the two places. A relief train which was dis patched from Houston to the aid of the flooded city has been stalled and all communication has been inter- rupted.
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PURSUES LINER

TILSBURY, August 17.-The Brit ish liner Corrie was pursued yester- day to the very mouth of the Thames by a German submarine but succeed ed in escaping by running a zig-zag course. One torpedo was launched by the submarine but it glanced off the hull of the liner without exploding.
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MOVING ON BREsT-LIToysK

BERLIN, August 17.-VOn Mack ensen's left has now reached a point only thirty miles from the Russian line at Brest-Litovsk. He has cap tured Slavaticosze and Ciale while the Bavarians have occupied Losicz and Niedzyrzec. It is admitted that the line now occupied by the enemy is strong one but this is expected only to delay our advances slightly.
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MExICANs GATHERING

BROWNSVILLE August 17,-The greatest anxiety is now being felt here because of the fact that the Mexicans are gathering in force at Progresso and are apparently mObiliz- ing for the purpose of making an at tack on United States territory, prob ably on this city.
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regret as it means probably the ruin of the cotton states, at least tempor- arily. Word was received today that fifteen American missionaries who had been spending vacation in Turk ish Armenia have arrived at Tihis ex- hausted Two died of exhaustion brought about by the terrible hard ships entailed in travelling through the disturbed country.
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PRINCE OF WALES HAS
 NOW FALLEN IN LOVE

LONDON, August 17.-Tne Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret of Denmark have fallen in love, and as the match has been approved by the heads of both families and the gov ernments the wedding has been ar- ranged to take place after the war. Because of the suferings caused by
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GENEVA, August 17,-Cholera has appeared in Wurtemburg and gives indications of spreading. The manner in which Germany is surrounded on all sides would make isolation of a disease a matter Of extreme difficulty so that much uneasiness is reported in the neighborhood where the cholera has appeared.
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EIGHT NEAR BORDER

NOGALES, August 17.-The Car ranza and Villa forces fought a bat tie today near Nogales and the fight is still proceeding. Some of the shots are said to have come across the bord- CT but this is not officially verified.
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KRUPPS EMPLOY WOMEN

GENEVA, August ITO aid in manufacturing munitions of war the Krupps are now employing five thou sand women at Essen. The gigantic plant is running full blast and every hour of the twenty-four is being utilized.
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TAKE 5000 RUSSIANS

BERLIN, August 17.-The Ger mans have taken the outer forts of Kovno and with them five thousand Russian prisoners. The whole city and fort will probably be in our pos session before twenty-four hours.
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OBTAIN AMERICANS.

SEATTLE, August 17.-The cap tain and five seamen of the American bark Sterling have been arrested and detained by the British authorities in New South Wales on the suspicion that they are Germans.
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JOSEF PRAYS FOR PEACE

ROME, August 17.-Emperor Francis Josef of Austria has written to the pope applauding the latter's efforts in behalf of peace. The aged emperor speaks in the most moving manner of the frightful sufTerings brought on all the people engaged in the war and he concludes his letter with the words; q pray God that we may have an early peace"
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Sidney Anderson, Mrs. Anderson, and Miss Anderson went out on the car this morning for a trip over the line. The car goes as far as Mile 53 today,
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FIRE ON AMERICANS

MERCEDES, August 17.-Mexi- cans fired on American cavalrymen last night and the fire was returned but with what result is not stated.
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PARIS, August 17.-The Teutons are now paying ROumania triple prices for farm products but seem to be glad to have the chance at any price of securing the grain of which Roumania has an over abundance.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, August IT, Leo Frank, the man who had been sentenced to death for the murder of Mary Phagan, but whose sentence was commuted by the governor to life imprisonment, has been kidnapped from the prison and has probably by this time passed into eternity, sent
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FEAR REIGNED
 IN GALVESTON
THOUSANDS FLEE AS SEA IS DRIVEN INTO CITY BY
 AWFUL GALE.

GALVESTON August 16.-A sev- enty mile gale is now hurling the waves from the ocean over the sea wall and another dire calamity is threatening. People are fleeing from the city as fast as they can get away.
 (Next Day.)
 GALVESTON, August 17.-The sea wall has probably saved Galveston. Five thousand people fled from the city but now danger is believed to have passed although frightful dam age has been inflicted. The streets are covered with five feet of water and two fires are raging which can not be controlled and which may yet cause a catastrophe. Five people have been killed and property loss amounts to two million dollars. Amongst the chief injury to property was the washing out of railroads.
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GREEK WAR PARTY WINS

LONDON, August 17.-The Greek war party has come out triumphantly from the recent election and Venizelos has a free hand in the organization of the new chamber of deputies. The election came when the Gounaris gov ernment resigned. Zavitzanos has been elected president of the chamber.
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THOUSAND MIDSHIPMEN
 COME TO LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, August 17.-The battleships Missouri, Ohio and Wis consin have arrived with a thousand midshipmen aboard The midshipmen boarded the vessels at Annapolis.
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* < < < < < * < < < < : < DEBS TO ESTABLISH : z A LABOR COLLEGE |:

NEW YORK, August 17.-Eugene Debs announces that he is about to start national labor college at Fort Scott.
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WATSON TOMORROW.

The Admiral Watson is due from the west tomorrow afternoon, says Agent Wayne Blue.
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the conflict the announcement of the engagement will not be formally made at present.
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COTTON TO BE CONTRABAND

WASHINGTON, August 17.-The
 Entente Allies have unoficially noti- fed the United States government that cotton will be placed on the list of contraband shipments. This in- formation has been received here with
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AMERICANS WITH CANADIANS

LONDON, August 17.-It has been found that two thousand Americans are members of the Canadian regi-
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GERMANS PREPARE NOW
 TO INVADE FINLAND

ments fighting in France. The Nor wegian steamer Albis has been sunk by German submarine in the North Sea.
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RAILROAD SUITS ALL ENDED
WAY CLEAR FOR TRANSFER TO THE GOVERNMENT

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ve Million Dollar Government Owned Railroad Syst

LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
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STORE
LOOTED,
BURNED

After obtaining $1,000 loot
from the general store run by
Dolittle and Harris at Milton,
nine miles out of Tacoma, on the
Seattle interurban, two thieves
early this morning set fire to the
building, evidently to cover up
their tracks.
The yeggmen entered the store
by breaking in the side door. They
then carried away all the mer-
chandise they could lay their
hands on, consisting mostly of
jewelry and clothing.
After they had APPLIED the torch
they made their getaway.
Millions volunteer fire depart-
ment put out the flames. The to-
tai damage is estimated at 81, 200.
No trace of the robbers has
been found.
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BY E. A. Peters

Broadway from Seventh to
Fourth streets suddenly has be-
come the center of Tacoma's club
colony.
Five large clubs have grouped
themselves within a two-block
radius on this beautiful old resi-
dence street. 49,. ~z---.----
The new Elks Temple, rapidly
being completed at Seventh and
Broadway, acts as an imposing
outer guard for the street of
clubs, and in line beyond IL, most
of them hidden in the immense
shade trees that beautify Broad
way, are the Union club, Monarch
club, University club and Tacoma
Women's club house. ..t1.
Only recently have the social
clubs in Tacoma come into great
prominence, and now this Is ac-
centuated by their domination of
both sides OF this great street, for
a distance of three blocks.
Let's stroll up the street and
IOOk at thpm
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efforts dragged slowly.
The fund continued to increase
each month, but never became
large enough to let the women
consider building. When the
University club decided to take the
Nelson Bennett residence, how
ever, the club women saw an OPP
portunity. They negotiated with
the heirs of Isaac Anderson, once
famed merchant and politician of
Tacoma, and finally agreed on a
price that their fund could COM
fortably handle.
The club house will be open
hereafter to all organized wom-
ems clubs. 1t will be the scene
of practically all club meetings,
social gatherings, and joint ses-
sions of the club organization. A
house staff will be retained, and
1t is planned to rent the dormitory
rooms to bachelor girl members of
the organized clubs.
Members of the Women's Club
House association, who negotiated
the recent deal, are Mrs. George
Woodbridge, Mrs. G. p. Balaba-
noff and Mrs. II. e. York.
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What's DOinq
Today

Board of trustees, College oil
Puget Sound, meets to play spend
ing $250,O00 endowment.
Pierce County Sunday School
association annual convention
1.-TWO days. begins; St. Paul's NJ
Z. church; 43rd and l..
Fraternal Aid Union; opens
social season with card party;
Fraternity hall; 1117A Tacoma
ave.
Apple Day" throughout Wash.
ington; every person urged to OBJ.
serve the day by eating apples.
Holy Rosary fair; old churcr
building. 30th and Tacoma ave.
special chicken dinner this even.
ing.
Lecture, Prof. N. c. Hong, to.
night at Our Savior's church, So
j and 18th SITS.
California and the EXPOSE
tion," illustrated lecture by Prof
Walter s. Davis; College of Pu
get Sound; evening.
Tomorrow
National Bank of Tacoma cele
brates 30th anniversary; banlue
at Union club.
Japanese lecture with stereopti
con views; by Rev. r. II. McGin
mis-; at Holy Communion church
14th and /.
Cut rate interurban fares t.
Pnyallup take effect.
Z Blue Smoke luncheon, noon
Olympic club cafe; John Rea Il
speak on university affairs.
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Union Oldest Of All
City's Clubs

No one needs an introduction
to the Union club.
II represents the wealth and
elegance and society" of the
city in a manner that no other
club can boast.
1t demands. a great deal more
than a cash initiation fee before
an applicant may call himself a
member. And when one hears of
a banquet or dinner or dinner
dance at the Union club, one in
|stinctively knows that the "af-
fair will be something to linger
long in the daily outbursts of the
society reporters.
The Union club is Tacoma
Oldest club. 1t has been in its
present quarters on Broadway, OPP
posite Sixth, ever since the days
when Sixth avenue was o crude.
winding hill road struggling UP
|fhe high harbor bluff. Since ii
was erected. some rs years ago,
the Union club has been rebuilt
ana remodeled, enlargements
have been made, and the interior
has been refurnished with an OBJ
jectiye of comfort and dignity
rather than ostentatious display.
The rear reading rooms over
look Tacoma's harbor with a
vista that is unexcelled.
New officers Of the club were
elected at q business Elsssion last
Saturday night. They are: Gen.
James Nj. Ashton. president; w.
v. Burrill. secretary; A. @. Prich-
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Political Upheavel
Over Balkan Crisis

LONDON, Oct. 19.-The crisis
in the Balkans, the criticism of
the Dardanelles expedition and
the question of CONSUMPTION have
caused political upheaval in Eng
land today.
Sir Edward Carson, attorney
general, formally resigned from
the British cabinet yesterday. lie
had not attended any of the c,b-
met meetings lately. and it was
openly admitted that he was at
odds with the other members over
the vital problems facing the M
ton.
Later in the day 1t was an
nounced that Maj. Gen. Charles
Carmichael Monro has been ap-
pointed to command the Darda-
nelles expedition to succeed Gen.
Sir Ian Hamilton, who is on his
way to England to make a report.
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SERBIA
RESISTS
ONRUSH

LONDON, Oct. 19.-Serbian de-
tenders today are putting In their
last ounce of strength to delay the
invaders in their effort to reach
Constantinople.
Even aged men, women and
children are reported to be in
arms. Serbians are slowly being
forced to bend before the advanc-
ing army of Won Mackensen. Their
losses are admitted to be ire
mendous.
The allies are expected to
threaten Sofia from Stromnitz
and thus delay the Bulgars in
their westward advance toward
tho German lines.
1t is hoped here the Serbians
). can stay the Teutonic rush until
the British, French and Italians
can have a free hand against Con-
stantinople, now the goal of both
the Teutons and the allies.
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HOLD UP FREIGHT
AT DOORS OF N. Y,

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.--While
revolvers flashed, eyes peered
from behind black masks and the
cry of hands up" rang out, a
West Shore freight train was held
up and robbed in wild west fash
ion at Haverstraw, only 40 min
utes from Broadway" early today.
After footing one car the band
its escaped in an auto.
Quick thinking on the part of
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the finest residence in Tacoma at
the time it was erected, and still
classes among the most elegant
structures in the city. Every
room of the houss-and there are
rs of thom-is completely fur
nished in q different wood.
For instance, there are rooms
done in split birch, cypress, cyca-
more, oak. mahogany, cherry and
q Japanese room of bamboo.
The dining hall and ball room
are in the basement. Club quar-
ters, lounging room and billiard
hall occupy the ground floor, and
the two upper floors contain
bachelor apartments.
The University club originated
in 1906, when group of young
college men formed an informal
society. Quarters were rented in
the Broadway rooms now held by
the Y. w. C. A. BY 1908 the club
had outgrown these quarters, and
the old Isaac Anderson residence,
426 Broadway, was secured.
Since the change of location
this month, so new applications
for membership have been re-
ceived. -
Officers Of the University club
are Wayne j. ;Keyes, pres; C. S.
Wilson, vice pres. ). s. M. Jackson,
treasurer; T. -E. Richardson, secy.
Grand opening of the new club
quarters will take place Saturday,
Oct. 30, with a reception and ball
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STREWS
BURNING


Tossing wads of burning news
paper into seven rooms of the
lodging house conducted by Mrs.
Alice b. Reynolds, 1927 So. II
street, a firebug at 2 o'clock this
morning made bold attempt to
destroy the building.
Forty persons were asleep in
the various apartments. No one
heard any sound while the arson
attempt was being made, and 1t
was not until smoke filled the
other rooms that anyone awoke.
The roomers ran outside In
their night clothes. Firemen ex-
tinguished the blaze with chemi-
calls and few buckets-of water.
The incendiarist worked crude
ly, according to Fire Chief Nc
Alevy, who says the person was
either insane or intoxicated. n
No Fire Escapes
"Wads of newspapers were
thrown on beds and on the floor
of the seven rooms" said Chief
McAlevy. ANY person wanting
to set fire to the place, and having
full sense, would have built his
fires against the walls, or under
the beds, or in some place where
there was a chance for the fire
to spread. As it was. some of the
newspapers burned up without the
flames spreading to carpets or
bed coverings"
The rooming house occupies
the second and third floors OF a
frame building erected 25 years
ago. There are no fire escapes.
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FLASHES
&c. Daniels plans to have r

Sec. Daniels plans to have Pa
cific Coast guarded by largest
fleet in history within two years.
Train crew exhausted from inlal-
ing hot gases when fan fails to
work in N. P.'s Stampede tunnel.
Harold Burdict, Ella Ricter and
Ford Brown, Tacoma students,
honored by University of Wash
ington fraternities. Stanley
Staatz, Tacoma, promoted to first
lieutenant In cadet corps.
II. G. Burroughs, former school
teacher at Lewis, Lewis county
charged with attacking 14-year-
old girl.
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DROP CHARGES
AGAINST BOSS
TOM TACCART

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 19. -
Charges of conspiracy to corrupt
the Marion county election, made
in indictments against Tom Tag
CART, democratic national commit
teeman, were dismissed today on
the states motion.
Prosecutor Rucker announced
that conclusive evidence against
him was lacking.
The action followed the failure
to convict Mayor Bell of similar
charges.
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May Go on Stump.

AS a sequel to his resignation
yesterday Sir Edward Carson may
take the stump against the Brit
ish cabinet, it is believed.
He considers the present con-
duct in the war wrong, it is I'M
derstood, and holds there is need
of a new administration to beat
the Germans.
Asquith Is Ill.
London believes there is even
more serious dissension in the
cabinet than Carson's quitting in
dicates. His move is attributed
to disagreement over the near
eastern situation.
The cabinet met at noon, pre-
sumably to take up the Carson
matter in addition to war prob
lens.
Premier Asquith is i'll and is
taking a few days rest.
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the engineer of an express fol-
lowing the freight saved a large
amount of cash, jewelry and val
uables. He saw the robbers on
the track ahead, threw on full
steam, and escaped.
1t is reported tho express car
ried a large sum of money for the
subtreasury and the bandits may
have believed they were stopping
the express when they held up tine
freight.
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$4,000 Nuggets
In a Bread Box

SEATTLE, Oct. 19-The guests
of Patrolman Patrick Buckley, Of
the Seattle police department, had
finished with the eats at o
party given in honor of his two
brothers, Con and Tim, who nave
just come down from Ruby, Alas
ka. Pat and his brother cleared
the table, placed large tin bread
box on 1t. and said: Lamp thls!"
Then they poured out on the
table $4,000 in gold dust aud
nuggets.
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B00AYLA FACES
CRIMINAL CASE

John Bodayla, city motorcycle
officer, who was dismissed yester-
day by Chief of Police Loomis,
following an investigation, was
arrested today on warrant issu-
ed by Prosecutor Remain charg-
ing him with statutory offense.
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JOLIET, H., Oct. 19.-Three
trainmen and two passengers
were probably fatally injured and
q score others. hurt when a Chi
cago & Alton commuters train
ran through an open switch near
hare today.