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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11
MORE OF MORGAN
ART WORKS SOLD

the Morgan collection that are said to
be unsurpassed by any others in Amer
lea. These are the famous "Dolfu.
Cruciixion" and Saint Veronica"
both wonderfully rich with gold. The
"Dollfus CrucihXion" once belonged TO
the Berwick and Alba collection. spoken
Of so reverently at the time OF the sale
by William Morris. II is later in date
than the Mazarin tapestry, having been
woven about 1926, and is in the style
Of the early Renaissance.
Saint Veronica" like the Mszarin
tapestry, is late Gothic in style and
was woven about the same time. IL Is
perfect in every detail. even 20 the bro
caded gold letters that designate Yes
pasian and the face Of Christ. The
border is divinely delicate.
Other important tapestries in the
Knole collection are THE Tournament"
and The knights Repentance" panels
~ feet 6 inches high by % feet long
The only other Gothic tapestries In any
American museum TO compare with
them are the two in the Boston Museum
Of Fine Arts, one given and one loaned
by Mrs John II. Wright. "The knights
Vow" like the MaZarin tapestry, is a
triptych in construction, with side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11
SAYS NEW U-BOAT
SANK THE PORTUGAL
Correspondent Asserts Giant
Craft Are In Black Sea.

Copenhagen. April io.-German sub
marines. larger and speedier than any
previously seen, have appeared In the
BLACK Sea, according TO the CONSTANT
NOBLE correspondent OF the "Vossische
Zeitung." who asserts that 1t was one
Of these that torpedoed the Russian
hospital ship Portugal.
The Portugal was sunk in the Black
Sea March 80. At the time she had a
large number OF wounded aboard. An
official statement issued by Petrograd
declared that German submarine had
sunk the ship. Neither Germany nor
Turkey had made any announcement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11
Saws British Open U. S. Mail

Berlin, April 10 by wireless to Say.
VILE, y. Y).-T The British censorship
has been extended 10 the mail OF the
American Embassy at Berlin. A letter
addressed TO a member OF the embassy
stan has been received, marked:
Opened by Censor"
Members Of the staff Of the American
Embassy are suffering inconvenience.
wing TO conhscstion OF checks In mail
Jne OF the secretaries has been asked
o make good the amount OF an Ameri-
an check taken By the French authori.
Ties from u letter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11
Bank Cashier Uninjured as
Motorcycle Strikes Hack
in LarChmOnt.
OLDEST CARRIAGE
DRIVER DIES
Girl and Boy Run Down in City
-Jacked-Up Machine Falls
on Athlete.

Automobiles and motorcycles killed
three persons and badly injured six in
and near New York yesterday.
Joseph Bird, president of the Man
haitian Savings Institution. and his son,
c. VI. Bird. cashier Of the same bank.
escaped being killed when a coupe in
which they were going from the Larch-
mont station 70 their home in Park
Avenue, Larchmont Manor, was struck
b. tandem motorcycle on the Boston
Post Road near Beach Avenue. John
Maddox, seventy, who was driving the
carriage, was killed and Mr. Bird, ST.,
suffered a broken leg. One of the two
men on the motorcycle escaped unhurt.
Mr. Birds son was shaken up.
Mr.. Bird had gone up from New
York on an afternoon train, and, as
was his custom, directed Maddox. the
oldest cab driver in Larchmont, to drive
him home. Maddox has had station
hack for thirty years and is said never
to have had an accident until yesterday
Turning into Beach Avenue, the mo-
.orcycle bore down on the carriage.
Maddox tried to turn out, and the
driver Of the machine made a vain eff
fort 70 dodge.
The elder Mr.. Bird WAS reading
newspaper and did not see his danger.
The motorcycle cut the carriage in half.
Mr.. Bird and his son were thrown out
and the aged driver struck on his head
fifteen feet away He died instantly
from fractured skull.
John Heiding. one OF the motorcycle
riders, was taken to the New Rochelle
Hospital. lie has fractured skull
and may not live. The other, Joseph
Bssando, Of New Rochelle. WAS not
hurt.
Boy Killed in Gutter.
The second fatal accident occurred
last night, when an automobile owned
and driven By Charles Ries, Of 8 Ar
lington Place, Brooklyn. turned into
Sumpter Street from Patchen Avenue,
Brooklyn, and ran down two boys who
we're wrestling in the gutter. August
Marsh, fifteen. OF SO Sumpter Street,
was killed, and James Forbes, eight, Of
the same address, severely hurt
Several companions Of the boys ran
to the homo OF young Marsh's mother
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11
SPARROW STOPS CAR
LINE; q TOWNS WALK
Causes Short Circuit in Fleeing
StOrm-Strikers Blamed.

Harrison, n. J.. April l0.-Whil. tho
streetcars stood still for FIVE hours
Sunday the people in Harrison. Eu.
Newark. Arlington ana Kesrny walked
and blamed the strikers. Among the
rumors circulated were that the men
had cut the cables and damaged u.
powerhouse.
Linemen discovered yesterday where
the trouble lay A sIarrow, seeking
shelter from the storm. had entered
one of the reduction boxes and caused
a short circuit.
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several hours before the French after
noon statement. does not chronicle the
latter phases cf the struggle nov pro,
ceeding. Dealing chiefly with th'
capture OF Bethincourt and the attacks
east Of the Meuse, it says: :,
"West of the Meuse. Bethincourt and
also the fortified points OF support
known as Alsace and Lorraine, south
west Of Bethincourt, were ISOLATED.
The enemy sought 10 avoid danger by
hasty retreat, but was cut on oy
Ciesians who, in addition 10 inhicung
heavy losses, enabled US TO take tour,
teen officers and about 700 unwounded
men prisoner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-11

turned 10 London tonight IRON
France. where he had exceptional OPP
portunities for gaining inside iniorih@.
ton. told The Tribune correspondent
to-day that optimism was never gte"'-
er in Paris. ,,.os
The French General staff believes
he declared. that the attack on Neruun
will continue for several weeks yo..
II also believes that the Germans are
resdv 20 sacrifice 100000 men, II nee
essarv. in the capture OF the iotI'esS'
II at tho end Of that time ana WIN
that expenditure they are sun u"SuS
cessful IL is thought the Germans VIII
again turn their attention TO tho ea'
front in an effort 10 take Riga anu
possibly Petrograd
Must Continue Offensive.
The Germans are bound to continue
the offensive or surrender the initiative
TO the Allies, to do which at this stage
of the war, il is pointed out, would be
20 confess their defeat
"West Of the Meuse." says the Paris
statement tonight, "the bombardment
continued with increasing intensity
during the course of the DAY. About
mid av the Germans launched an at
tack, debouching in the region of Hau-
court Bethincourt on our positions
south Of the FORCES Brook. Notwith-
standing the violence of the assaults,
which cost the enemy very serious
losses. our line was not moved on the
whole Of our front OF lie Mort homme-
Cumieres Consecutive attempts 10 at
tack. preceded by intense artillery prep:
aration, were arrested by our curtain OF
FIRE.
East of the Meuse Cote Du Poivre
was very violently bombarded. The
enemy at the end Of the day attacked
several times our positions in the Call
lette Wood, but was everywhere re-
pulsed"
The desperate battles during the
night were stated in the afternoon off,
cial report as follows:
"Bombardments last night were par
,icularly directed against Hill 3O4. The
attack delivered by the enemy yester-
day evening against lie Morte Homme,
and which was, generally speaking. re-
pulsed, with important losses TO our
adversaries. made 1t possible for the
Germans 10 penetrate our advanced
trench at Hill 295 along a front OF
about five hundred yards. We took
shout one hundred prisoners.
Spirited Fighting in Wood.
ITO the east of the Meuse there was
very spirited fighting last night in the
little wood Of Fontaine st. Martin, east
OF Bacherauville. We have made prog
ress in the communicating trenches OF
the enemy 10 the south Of the village
of Douaumont.
at has been confirmed that the day
of April o in the region OF Verdun was
marked by the first general offensive
movement in which the forces Of the
enemy attacked over a front Of more
than twenty kilometres (thirteen
miles). Our adversaries, who have not
achieved any result commensurate TO
their effort, suffered losses, the extent
II which are evidenced by the bodies
piled UP In front Of our lines"
The Berlin report. which is issued
The border vidette., 1916-03-18

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 The Chandler everywhere in America Thou them coast in the hands of happy the mechanical excellence or this car. Now know the handsome new Chandler bodies
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SPECIAL TRAIN RUSHING THE
 PRESIDENT 10 WASHINGTON
ANOTHER GREAT SHIP SUNK

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA cable message from Skinner, the American consul general at London, an nOunceS that the great British steamship Persia has been submarned by an unknown submarine in the Mediterran can and seventyve to hundred people have perish ed The Persia was bound from London to Alexandria, Egypt and was sunk last Thursday evening" With the exception of the LuSitana and the Arabic she IS the ag est British ship submarned since the beginning ot the war and at the time of her sinking she had aboard two hun dred and thirty-one passengers including eghtysix women and twenty-siX children large number of the crew is reported lost but several women and children are also among the missing The most serious aspect of the affair from the American point of view is that the Amer can counsu at Alden, R. N. Nelly, aboard as pas senger when the vessel san enrOute to his post and he has not been heard from since. His fate is unknown.
 Later word has been received that four boatoads of pas sengers have been landed at Alexandria but is believed that no other boats were launched There is way of telling whether the Persia had been warned or had been fleeing but fears of the gravest international comphca tons are felt in Oficaldom
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SAN FRANCISCO HAS
 A TREMENDOUS STORM
Nothing Like It For Twenty-Seven Years had Swept Though
 the City.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-The worst storm for twenty-seven years ragged over this city and all the region around the bay last Sunday. Los Angeles was also visited by the gale and in that city some lives were lost. A falling sign killed at least two. At one time a ferry was running from this city to Oakland the passengers came to fear that the end had come and began to pray. Many ships had to put back with their passengers for safety when the wind rose to it's worst and travelled at the rate of seventy miles an hour. One two story apart ment house in the city was blown down and hundreds of plate glass windows were smashed by the sheer fury of the gale.
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JUSTICE LAMAR
 PASSES AWAY
SECRETARY LANE MAY SOON BE JUDGE OF U. s. SUPREME
 COURT.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Joseph Fucker Lamar, associate justice of the United States supreme court, died last night at the age of ffty-eight after long illness. Justice Lamar was a democrat and was appointed to the supreme court by President Taft in 1910. He was born in Ruckersville, Ebert county, Ga, October IA, 1857. He had been a member of the state legislature and also a member of the state supreme court but retired from office in 1905 because of i'll health.
 Secretary Franklin K. Lane is be- ing prominently mentioned as the most likely person to succeed Justice Lamar on the supreme court bench. His name, has indeed, been mentioned for some time in this connection and general opinion is that he will be ap- pointed.
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BELIEVE McNELY DROWNED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Advces which have been received by the state department and which believed to have been authorized declare that McNey the Ame can consul at Aden was drowned when the British liner Persia was sent to the bottom last Thursday Alex andria Egypt When last seen he struggling in the sea and as several days have elapsed since the sinking of the great vessel there is only too much to believe that he is dead It is now believed that two hundred and
 fifty people went down with the ship The greatest ten sion prevails in official circles special train has been
 rushed for the president HOtprngS and he is expected to arrive before morning. Reports which circulated that the Persia had struck mine denied by the cued members of the crew. No one, however saw the submarine but the second officer declares that he the wake of the torpedo Most of the passengers were att luncheon when the terrific explosion and the vessel sank in six minutes The acting Austrian ambassador has already informed the state department that Austria will make full amends if it is found that Austrian sub marine was responsible but all comment is being withheld pending fuller reports.
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SEATTLE DRIES
 LIKE A LAMB CITIES INSTEAD OF CELEBRAT- ING GO TO BED AND
 SLEEP TT OFF.

SEATTLE, Dec. 1.-Seattle is dry and went dry last night almost as quietly as lamb might lie down be- side a well. The great uproarious celebration did not take place and if anything the New Yeor was more quietly ushered in than any New Year for years before. Snow first came to dampen the ardor of those who had prepared for a wild time. Then it was found that the stocks of liquor in some of the saloons had been exhaust ed and many of tahe places closed as consequence in the afternoon and early in the evening. Indeed there was no unusual excitement and all obeyed the law. Similar reports come from Portland, Tacoma, Spokane, Boise and Denver.
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R. R. Commission
 Man Dies of Grippe
Ernest Royden Ramsey Passes Away at Anchorage and Leaves
 a Family.

ANCHORAGE, Jan. 3.-ErneSt Royden Ramsey, a clerk with the railroad engineering commission, pass ed away at o'clock this morning after a very short illness. He was suffering from Grippe yesterday and ate green olives for dinner, after which he was taken violently ill. He was at once removed to the govern ment hospital but remained uncon- scious until death came. He was re- garded as a most capable man. A wife and two children are left to mourn him.
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$ ( < | | < * z . : . . :: ALASKA THIRD "
 * IN GOLD OUTPUT :

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Alaska took third place in the gold produc- tion of the United States and it's ter ritories last year, according to the of ficial statement made this morning. California was first and Colorado was second. Alaska's output was sixteen and a half millions. California and Colorado produceded twenty-three and twenty-two millions respectively.
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FIXING RATES ON
 GOVERNMENT R. R,

ANCHORAGE, Jan. 3.-The Com mission has announced that the tariff rates have been completed for g DOT tion of the line towards the coal fields. The passenger rates are "ten miles, twenty-five cents; twenty-six miles, dollar fifty-fve centS." Freight per hundred ten miles, twenty-five cents, twenty to thirty miles, thirty-fve cents. Per ton; fifteen miles, two dollars twenty-five cents; thirty miles, two seventy-five cents.
 (Note) That passenger rate does not look right but there was no chance to have it cleared up,
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ANOTHER B|G LINER SUNK AND |. s. CONSUL LOST
OH TANKER BLOWN UP RIGHT
 AT TH[ DOCK AT BROOKLYN
SINK SHIP AT DOCK

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-What is regarded as the most daring and sensational act of the alleged Teuonic plot ters occurred here this afternoon when Norwegian tanker was blown up while she hoated at her dock m Brooklyn The vessel had been carrying oil to the allied nations and the authorities have doubt her destruction was intentional One man is known to have been kled seven are missing and believed to be dead and ten others are in the hospital The tanker went to the bottom at once The two tanks aft were blown up.
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THE RELOCATION PARTY
 DISBANDs FOR WINTER

The relocation party, under George W. Colwell, has been disbanded for the rest of the winter for the lack of funds. The party has been relocating the Old Alaska Northern railroad in the vicinity of Kenai Lake and will probably resume work there again in the spring.
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ANOTHER HEAVY SNOW.
 COASTER KILLED SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Jan. 9.-The second heavy snow fall of the season fell last night and the hills are covered. While some boys were coasting near the city yesterday they ran into an auto. One boy was killed and others had legs or arms broken.
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SON OF DIR. SUN TO
 JOIN REVOLUTIONISTS

BERKELEY, Jan. 3.-Dr. Sun, the first president of the Chinese republic, has wired that his son is enroute from Japan to join the Chinese revolution ists. He had been under surveillance by the Japanese authorities for the past two years.
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( * * {: < * . * * s * * :: WALDORF ASTOR * |: BECOMES A LORD {:

LONDON, Jan. 3.-William Wald- orf Astor and Sir Thomas Shaugh- messy have been made barons by King George, Both men are born Ameri- cans but Shaughnessy became the head of the Canadian Pacific railroad and having made his home in Canada became a British subject. Astor has been known for years to have been seeking a title.
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DIR. COOK ADVISES FORD PARTY

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 3.-Another amazing bit of humOr injected into the story of the Ford peace petition when Dr. Cook of North Pole fame visited the members of the expedition yesterday and advised them not to let rdicue bother them full third of the Ford party mostly students will leave the mission here and probably go home The Ostensibe reason given by them for their departure that they fear trying to make the passage of the North Sea.
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BOMB KILLS THREE
 IN SACRAMENTO

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. S.-A bomb which was hurled through the window of the residence of an Italian family here last night killed three members of the faimly and wounded another. It is supposed that the act was due to a quarrel with another family. Several suspects have been arrested.
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PETROGRAD ALIVE AGAIN

LONDON Jan. 3.-The Russians have captured heights near Czenowitz BukOwna, according to advces from Petrograd this morning and pressing the Austrians hard The same advices declare that in the battle for the heights the SavS captured eight hundred and seventy-fve of the enemy and killed and wounded enormous numbers. This demonstration of strength on that part of the front by the Russians believed be meant to impress ROumania.
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FLOODS DRIVE TWO
 HUNDRED FROM HOME

COLUMBUS, Jan. 3.-Two hundred families are homeless owing to the heavy floods which have come as re- suit of the rains of the past few days. The state generally is affected but the worst conditions are prevalent at Tiffin. In some places the water is five feet deep for great areas.
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TO EXPERIMENT IN
 ALASKA WINTER FISHING

SEATTLE, Jan. S.-The Maid of Orleans will leave this week for cod fishing cruise in Alaska. The trip will be in the nature of an experiment in cod fishing in Alaska waters for the winter season.
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TEUTONS BUY NEUTRALS

LONDON, Jan. 3-The Teutonic empires have spent the sum of three hundred and sixty million dollars in fifteen different neutral countries to secure the neutrality or aid of those countries in the present conflict The three chief methods of operating on the neutral nations by Germany have been intimidation persuasion and brb cry Romana Greece and Sweden are the three nations said to be receiving the most attention
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Ouakes Felt All
 Over the States
Seattle Has One So Has California and Even Buffalo, New
 York.

SEATTLE, Jan. 3,-A distinct shock of earthquake visited this city at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon but no damage of any kind resulted. Later reports came in from all parts of the country telling of Quakes in various places.
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MARTIAL LAW FOR GREECE

LONDON, Jan. 3.-The government of Greece has decided to declare martial law all the country on January b. according to the newspapers of Athens but the reason is not given Whatever negotiations might have been going nothing has been published about them and the future actions of Greece are expected to depend on unlocked for circumstances which can hardly now be even guessed at.
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FORD PARTY CROSS GERMANY

COPENHAGEN Jan. 3-The German government has given the Ford Peace party permission to cross Ger man territory by train the way from this country to The Hague but with the proviso that no member of the party leave the train German territory. special train has been chartered and the party will leave soon
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NEW YORK HAS A
 WILD CELEBRATION

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-New Years Eve celebration was the widest in the history of the city. Hundreds of thousands of people of all kinds and sexes turned the streets into pande- monium until the early hours. Chief amongst the special celebrations was that of observing the fact that this is now the metropolis of the world.
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SLEIGHING AT STOCKTON

STOCKTON, Jan. 3.-The first sleighing since 1882 was indulged in here yesterday. Stockton and Sacra- mento have each three inches of snow on the level.
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< < < * * (: < < < < |: < [: HUERTA BELIEVED .: < NEAR TO DEATH <

FL PAS0, Jan. 3.-General Huerta is now in serious condition and is not expected to recover. He has just undergone an operation for gall stones and the operation brought out the fact that he is also suffering from a complication of diseases which make it almost impossible for him to live long.
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JAPANESE SHIP SUNK

LONDON, Jan 3.-The Japanese steamship Ken kon Maru has been orpedoed and sunk in the Mediter ranean but all aboard were saved This is the third ship sunk in those waters within week and the fact has caus ed people to assume that Germany shipping submarines overland and launching them at COnstantinope.
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KING AND KAISER SICK

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 1.-The kaiser is now reported to be suffering from vruent carbunceS and blood poison ing and it is believed that he is confined to bed King Constantine of Greece is also sick and will undergo min or operation tomorrow
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ANOTHER LEVIATHAN SUNK

LONDON, Jan. 3.-The big British freighter Glen gye vessel which might be regarded as in the class o1 the Lustania Arabic Persia was torpedoed sunday morning in the Mediterranean and sunk put Wlth te JOSS of only few lives Although mostly used for freightng the Giengyle had few passengers aboard all ot whom were however, saved
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GREAT WAGE INCREASE

BOSTON, Jan. 3.-The American Woolen Company has granted an in- crease of five per cent in the wages of sixty thousand employees. The company runs three mills.
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BRYAN MEETS FORD

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Ford arrived from Europe to- day and wired William Jennings Bryan to meet him i'm mediately which he did After the conference neither would speak but Bryan declared that he will not go to Europe very Ford to be recovered from the nervous effects of his expedition
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[: .: * < % .: * $ < * % < * CHINESE TROOPS * * NOW IN REVOLT <

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-Sixty thousand troops in two provinces of China have broken out in revolt. Ac- cording to cablegrams from Shanghai the new empire is once again facing a bloody period.
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TACOMA ATTY. DEAD

TACOMA, Jan. 3.-A. H. Garrett son, aged sixty-eight, prominenet attorney and politician, is dead of pneumonia.