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Ay imes E Associated Press Service Vol. LXX. No. 18. WEATHER Unsettled. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JULY 24, 191 L LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Dovible the Number of Paid Subscribers in R.aleigh of any Other Newspaper 1 lexglx 7 GOVERNOR REPLIES Shows From the Records That! Charges Made Against Him Are False The (inventor Issues Sdaiiilil furvninl Statement in l!e'i!y (it (lie Pis giiinl led Ones Wlio I line I teen At tacking Him Show That He Has Kept His Pledges mill (lie I'ledges nf (he I'liiiy on (he -Trust Q-ucstloii Recites the Story ;f Trust- Legislation In the Legislii line IK'iiies liupiiliiliuis ami (lie Charges. - -.To tne Kdilor ol I lie News and Ob server: I have tins lo say In roplv 10 Hie joint attack if yourfto:l and-.Messrs Loekhurt ninJ'Miseniii'iiiii v, Inch is in accord willi olli"r iinLiir attacks on your part. When the-Legislature of 1 ."! ni'-l. I was hopeful lhat a thorough anti trust, hill would pass. Alter learning Hie sentiment of t.ie Senate. I bee, me thoroughly satisfied thru it was im- po.-sible to net any Irusl measure through the Senate be.voud Mio re illi'einelts 1)1 the pi, li form. t)n Hie muht of February 1. llttisi, one ot the hesl inlormed genl l-.'i'ie: i t (he Sen ate said to nut lli.it when the "Lock luwl bill came Irom III ! committee, alter his speech, a moiiini would he made and carried, and that turn would end trust legislation !i.T I fiat session. A Senator present snared that opinion. I proinply replied that that would never do and road mo plallorni to them .1 ml , declared us reiiiiireineiils in u.st . 'id erloriueil. 'I hey both agreed with me. Tlie Lockharl hill had heel some time prior lliereto in I rod'icod. A short lime thereatier. Senator Lockhart uiion n i y request caiiK! t:i see me ,it!i" Senator Nlniocks to '.all; over the i-il-unlioii - the only conle.'cM :e I ever hail with these two gen! :lein"i. Our cuti I ereiice was lull, Iran;, a ad in i c served, all 01' ns agreeing on wli.it. ought to he done Mid all doubtlul whether auy'lliing could lie done. 1 have a copy of a letter written on April t'i, l'.!i!l, within ihirtv -tlii.il. niter I hsit Legislature 'idio'irued, which compelled mi! men to recall that coiilerence, and I le'iiemhtr much ol' it. 1 asked Senator LoeUinrt wnat were (lie chances il his hill passing the Senate. He replied that counui.g all the. doubtful men, lie could iiius'.i.t only 'twenty-two senators in its sup port. 1 staled that, irom my talk with various senators, 1 had clso conclud ed we would not secure the passage ot his hill. I distinctly remember repeating to them the conversation wiiicli occurred In my oilico on the night of FebruiHiy 1st. a bow ?aen tioned. Arter Senator Lockhart, Sen ator Nimocks and myself had can vassed the situation, my clear recol lection Is that It was our unanimous opinion that a comprehensive hill could not pass. 1 stated thai if the legislature ilul not enact the s. di stance of our State platform that the party would probably l:e defeated in the next campaign. To tills they ab sented. It was ;lnaily understood MAINTAINS HIS LEAD Kdlnhurg, Scotland, July 24 J. Vedrlnes, the French aviator, in a Morune-Borel monoplane, maintains the lead In the Great Britain's cir cuit avail ion race for the London Daily Mail's ten thousand dollar prize. He covered the distance of three hundred and forty-three miles form Hendon to Kdinburg this morn ing in less than six hours' actual Hy ing time , Licaumont followed Ve drlnes closely, the other aviators be hind ut vnrying distances. Weyman, Hie American entry, Is held up at Hel lon, awaiting the arrival of a new propeller. If a man could own a thousand au tomobiles he'd want to own some thing else he couldn't. IflTCHi TO CRITICS that Senator Lockh.irt would el'iii nate I ro in his hill its were already the law. .substantially copied parts willed lie having the original Iteid-.lnsticc lull, anil Ilia1 we would all strive at any cost to nave tin platlortu declaration enacted. I then stated that I had noon contemplat ing sending a special message to "lie Legislature on the suniect and asked Senator . Lockhnrt if he made ; the ell m I n anon me nt lonod, would be deem a special message r.w vsary. He replied, "Yes, and as ho: as yo'i can make it, for it would be hard to put the ten eommanclPieiu:! -through the Senate." As I said above, the conteroiico was tor the purpose of accomplishing something against :rusU. I ; ro-fill no dillerence in senii'iK lit betwien Senator Locklinrt, S;vi;itor .iuioci s (t'ontiniied on Page Four.) TRANSPORTATION TAX The Immense Cost of Moving Commodities Costs Over $27 l'cr Capita to Haul the Things We I alt ami Wear anil I se Water Lines Would llclti to Lessen the liurden. Washington, I). ('., .1 1. 1 1.--I ndcr our complex civili.at iton ev ery m tin, woman in 'I child ilepemls lor at least part ol the nei'i'ssarus of life on the transportation oi com modities. This buiduii it Is ta:r to recognize as a lux. If is recalled tliut in VJO'j, our iuitiuiil piiynients t. railways (in which about 70 per cent, was lor Ireiiit), lust rose above two million dollar: iliat m lilOi it exceeiled a, f .S !) . 'I'M ,0 ltd , and in lints, it. ilei lined to little below $1!, KID, (KMl.tllltl, the current average being reckoned m i wo and halt bil lion of dollars; This vast amount ol monev spent for the. transportation ot the things that we eat and 'Venr and use; the coal that we burn, the brick, the iron-ore ami (he thousand ami one things which enter into the lite ol the people, if reckoned as a neat! tax would he equivalent lo over I'll per capita for our U2.ouo,ooo iuliablUuts as a tiinnly tax it ts $ 1 "i annually lor each average family'-.. Reckoned as a 1 ;t n (1 tax it is over an acre lor every acre of our vast national (Ionian, or un annual figure corre sponding with the price for which most of the public lands were sold; and if ligiired as a tax on the im proved land which yields our abound ing farm products '. averiiges (i.l'0 yearly lor each of our 4 1 ",il0ll,(lU0 acres. 1 i tie queslun tut relore as serts itself with .brutal torce how long can production continue under so 'Weighty a liurd.m? No wonder the quantity of "farm". production ot the necessaries of lite has fallen off since the year of congestion, l0(i, though the value of Hie products continues to Increase under the in verse relation brougnl out by tliw Secretary of Agriculturj in his lusi report; and no wonder that retail prices of food have soared si nec the larmers learned in I UOli to limit their production to what tlx railways can carry. There are in the UniieJ States 'i$ navigable rivers ol' a tola! length or 26,400 miles. If these rivers could he made to do a qu irer of the haul ing of freight and thereby move that freight at a quarter of the currnet cost, there would lie an apparent saving of half a billion dollars an nually in trafllc charges, l educing the current transportation burden to $20 per capita or T 100 per family, or $1.00 an acre on land, all of which saving might he measured in reduced cost of living. Commissioner of Cornorations Hor bert Knox Smith In speaking of the crying needs for a comprehensive policy by the general government toward the.waterways of the Knlted States, which has been the slogan 'of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, since its organization tit teen years ago. said tha: our water ways must be niadoi an integral part of our entire carrying' system. "The tremendous predominence of through trafllc in the United States between i (Continued on Page Five.) t ..(. I Hi CHASE OR MAN Miller E. Starling Arrested At Tarboro For Alleged Forgeries In Georgia OFFICER COMES FOR HIM CI ief of Police ,1. ! W'nile, . iiiini, (in.. Locates mui' in North Carolina Alter Seuicli Wlit ol' Habeas d Ouil. ( 'orpil May I'l'i'vent ICeqiiisii inn 1'iimi lie lnj Honoieil Start i lorn Near ;clilslNrt) Said 'o ll'ice l'"oretl About $i!,:soo. Chased till and down t he At lard 'e over a year. Miller K: youiii'; while uiiin .To in jail at Tarboro on h'alioard for Starling, a years old, is (lie charge of committing, forgeries at Quilinan, Itriiuks -county, (la.; and Chief of -Police ,T. P. Wado ol' the eorgiii town is in Italeigh awaiting the action of the North Carolina authorities. Incidentally, Chief Wade run his man to the ground after two - detective', agencies had failed.' Pnless a- writ ol' habeas corpus is sworn out bciore a state judge at (loldshoro, as is .contem plated,' (lovernor Kiteliin will to morrow honor the requisition of Governor lioke Smith for Starling. Friends of Starling have employed Messrs. Aycock & Winston to -appear for )iim mill if a writ of habeas corpus is taken out either . ex-.ludue Winston or ex-fiovernor Aycock will go to Coldslioro to represent the young man.-" Requisition'..-will lie louglit, it' it is fought, on the grounds that Starling is insane. II is father, Mr. James Starling, lives at (!olds- lioro, and the young man was born near there lifi years ago. Starling located in (leorgia sev eral years ago. According to Chief of Police Wade, lie appeared to 'in a young man .of gootl habits, asso ciated with good people,-- attended liurch and was soon in the confi dence of everybody., at Quitman. lie engaged in the business of a truck farmer and seemed to prosper. About. year ago he is alleged to have dis posed of . his farming implements; forged the names of various persons to orders and -checks and -secure! goods and money to the amount of about $2,300. He then lied the state, later-hiring as cook to the battleship South Carolina, lie was once arrested, but escaped. Two detective agencies were at. work, but it remained for Mr. Wade to locate lilm. H is wife is said to be living with a brother in this state. Atlanta J.nvtyei on tc. Itevision Coniniit- Atlanla, G.., July 21 Alex C. King, of Atliinlii, tlie dist iuguislied lawyer, has been- chosen, following suggestions made by President. T.'if: and the I'liited Slates supreme court, to act on a committee to revise plead ings and practice in equity in (lie I'nited Slates courts. Each oilier southern state has one representa tive: llomh Kvploded on Kerry Hunt. New York, July 21. Police patrol boats were sent speeding up North River this morning by the explosion or a black hand bomb on board the ferry boat "Netherlaml." I lie bomb was placed in a milk can on Its way from an Italian dairy to ICastside. A: hundred passengers in the cabin were thrown into con fusion. SHIP FROM NAPLES WITHOUT PASSENGERS Now York, July 1 1. -lioc.uise of the unusually strict regulations is sued by this government lor protec tion against the cholera invasion, the steamship San Giorgio arrives irevn Naples tomorrow without .i single passenger. She had previously book ed seven hundred passengers when a cable message was received at -Naples that this government had int reat-ed the time of quarantine of vessels hound to the United Status Irom live days to ten. Rev. L. F. Johnson, pastor of the Christian church, is conducting a revival at the Christian church at Six Forks, about ten miles north of Raleigh. ' r A Plucky Southern Girl Ciiiiooiiic (he only oi k, pretty : l ii in I - n painter in New AI iss ( iuihoi'uc, ii yii I, whose gi i'iil-i a tiovi iiioi' of I . i 1 1 1 - i . 1 1 1 i i . painls signs lor a ,i-r .I'lv 'i t isitig igns for a mil bcciiiis In cienle coiitpany not because of love lor tlie work' or In crenle n sensation, lm( lo earn hei liyeiihood. she is sav ing' her money so as to. be. able to study iiii. Miss ( liiiboiue liits (lone much creditable work in itiiui.il tire, hut she wi:s ol-lii." I In tio (enipor.ii il' tin sake 'her liivoiile work for Iter present employ iiteiil . One of the uu-ii'-ual siyhls if the metropolis is this young unman standing on lad ders aii sciifl'oldini; niiitiv I eel above (In lu'iiiis ol pedestrians and wield ing liei brush on some giiilil hull corset or s.ilely razor. T Five Thousand Houses In Constantinople Burned Ocalcsl Disaster the Cite Mas Mil- lereil in M.niy Iim: . ( ires Were Kliirlcd in .Several 'Places' .Simul taneously and Are lielieveil to Mine llceii started by I iiccndiiiries. Conslanl inople, July 2 1 - A con llagriil ioii stiirt itig yesterday after noon, continued until this morning. Tlie disaster is. the-greatest since the great lire in i'era in 1ST 0 . it is -believed tlie lire was the. Work of iO ceiidiaries. It broke out at sex-erai points in Stiiinbul simultaiieoiisly wliile tlie people were celebrating the anniversary of tlie new const it u fi.oti.. Two square' miles were 'devas tated,' Roughly estimated five-thousand - houses were, destroyed,--mostly wooden structures. Stambul lias a sen front of eight miles. On. the west, it is walled. This district contains .the Sultan's palace, and the principal mosques and Miiiiseleuins. The population is principally J'urks, Jews, Armenians and Creeks. ... The most formidable blaze, near (he war ministry, was borne by a strong wind through the residential section to the southern coast. Tried lo Wreck Passenger Train. New York. .lulv 2 I --Ploodliounds are aiding detectives in searching tor liighwiiyineii who attempted to wreck a Long Island train near Valley stream lust night'. tineeii-cur train, crowded with pleasure seekers, was speeding toward tlie city when Kngineer Whll ford threw on .the brakes and brought (lie engine to t slop within lift eon feet ol the obstruction. i -Xkm .Miss Mild woman mi ill wink, (.'aivi'sidii fndier was S 1 SOON rim August 2 2 GOVERNMENT EXPERTS Me-sls. Urn kill iitid J .l.i b.iol ol De piiiliuetil of f ii I I i .' I ; :m I-. lo sb ivv llou W oi k k D'Hie soii;!icrn " lt:liluil.V to Alloid I'eoclc l),qioi-. titnity of otiscrxiti'i il-.e I'.'sl M'lli - oils. ..Tlie citizens-iil" Ibis S'-ct i..n !'.! .e uiveii ii tine lipporl unify to V ;ii"i the .'.Importance of --goinl- v.ol ; and the best jnet lioiis of buibh'il;; iiifil -.keeping tliem in - .repair,- v.'u.,'n tlie "Itoiid .. improvement' Train"., be ing o perilled by Hie Soutiiern .U-ail.ay and iiililiiiteii lines work inc in con jiiiict iiin .'vil!i i lie l iiiied 'Slates o'f lice of . pub!." roails, visits Italeigh. on Wednesday, Aughs't 2. at 2. p. ni. The train consists of lectiire. and di'inonstrat ion coaches equipped with il .stereopficon, exhibits and- Working: models, anil , is: iiccotiipiiiiieil ; by .tessrs. 1... V.. liovkln. an, I II. S. Fairbanks, two uovernmeut. road en gineers, who I'roni wide experience are .."qualified' to. give the most, valu able informal inn'.--, oh. . good '-.roads building. W'. . I. Iturlbiil, of tin? land and -'industrial department of the Southern It, ill .way, goes with', tho train." ..'-. It is tlie object proyi'iiient Tr:iin '. uiiin.' interest in lllDVelnent but to of flic' "Roiul 1 in--not only lo stim t he good . roads give priicliciil in building of. roads .st ruction in the mil their .repair. President Kinlev of the Southern - Railway- is an ardent. ..good roads iulvccate . and renli.in;v the vast economic importance of a system' of '.improved'. ..'high ways, to the people of the south, made it possible to have this "(loud '..roads school on wheels'' visit all the territory served by the 'Southern Railway and allied linos in order., I liat tlie people might have the-, opportunity, to receive I he information as to the iuiproveiiient; of-'roads which it affords. Should Prove lloiplul. .The Southern . Railway,; at great expense, is 'handling.' this train with-, out charge to. the government or Un people and all tlie lectures and demonstrations are free. Tlie lec tures and eviiibiis are bound to prove helpful to all interested in good -roads anil (lie experts will be ready to answer all questions whose solution may be puzzling tlie indi vidual as to how best to improve his road. Milking Models. Tlie working models will he shown in . actual liperat ion, tlie. motive pow er, being 'furnished by a gasoline en gine installed for Hie purpose, and with these the experts are citiihVI to: -explain -what -materials make the best roads and how ,t hoy. are made and .repaired '-at' the smallest" neces sary cost. '...' Tlie "Road Improvement Train" will lie on tlie road com iutiouslv all tlie; .summer and fall completing an extensive tour over tlie 'whole 'smith at Richmond, Va., at a good roads convention to be held there in Ocio her. The tour began at .Mobile, Ala , Afay 1st and a warm, reception ms been iiccorded ilie train at all stops. Those in charge of the t ruin ex tend a cordial Invitation to the peo ple of this community to attend the exhibition.. All county .-officials and road supervisors are asked to take purl and the ladies will be especially welcome. ELECTION IN TEXAS IS STILL IN DOUBT .Pallas, Tex., July 24 Anti-prohi-hitionists lire still lending on unof ficial returns in tlie Texas state-w ide prohibition election, according to re ports received .by the Associated Press. This mornings additional re turns slightly increased the anfl prohlbitlon lead but not, sul ticiently to assure tliem victory. Their majority is still under four thous and. Conceded t o A lit is. Houston, Texas, July 21. Chair man Hall,' of the Sta'ewiile urolilbi tton committee at leu -o'clock this morning conceded that the unli-pro-liihifionisls will h,iv u ma.ioiily ot not exceeding five thousand on the face of the returns from Saturday's WOOL NOW WITH THt elect ioii:. .1 lo- ea.ii'i'v: that rjniuilf iii'n' 'priii't iced anil 'll'-e. pi i 1 1 lis I iMlilsts Wij'l - resii'rl: to llle'COilll,. : 1 ' llil 1 1 ! nil li Willi- r-. of the lii'i ai.iii.in loin- Is. said t lie ! oi cms iiiil i: :ii c, U ni.i i H it y K'liglil IV i.i.uu. ien I ll ( ) i ! ;. 1 1 1 ' i . aeilllii-t Statewide pruliiliil io.i. so i:w ciiol:;i: i casks.- Slriiiiieni Mciisiues lliive Piined l-.t lei l i in Checking Disease- ..Vow York, .1 uly Si ringent Ili'lilSill'eS'. lo prevent a . cllob'l'il ' pi deiLiie ii 1 1 1 1 1 j ) 1 1 it i(1 ly have been ef fective, accoriling to .'tlie. health of lici'l'S. . . 'No new vases have developed since Hauirdiiy when Mali ted lierminles, .a lireniiin, was I'onnii, .sulTeriii)'; from Hie disci.-.,, at HHI-vito. - 'The alviiiiiers I '.-rii in ill and Prin cipe I itpeinio.iit are mill anchored off quarantine. DR. J. R. BROWN PASSES Brother to Late Corporation Commissioner Dead Was oicd Physician in Indianapolis and Specjalisl iii AerOns lliseases Spent I'iiily Lite in North Caio. linii l .diicateil il I rinil v -.liege. I)r. .John It. Ilrowii, a. brother lo t he .hit el letiry , Ciity llrown, of. lial eigli, died in . Ind iaiiapolis Saturday, .lulv 1.7. Ilis death was due to over work, he being like his brother, ('or pin a' Ion Coiiiiiilssioiier dirown, in tins respect. Dr. lirown was .r)i years old. ;. While a native of Ran dolph county, ho : spent- his early boyhood days in : Chatham county, w here his'. mot her removed during tlie war. Several years ; ago lie caliie within one; vote: of being elected Sli pecinliuidi'lit of I lie ''Central .'Insatjo I lospitiil ol' North Carolina. The following 'article,'" taken from tlie In dianapolis Star, will lie of interest to many persons in North Carolina; Dr.'. John Randolph lirown. f.O years old. for many years assistant superintendent of the Central In diana Hospital ;for the .Insane and later assistant superintendent, of. the Kastei'u Hospital for tlie insane at Knoxville, Tenn., du d at 1 : :! o'clock yeslerditv morning :it Dr. W. ,, Fletcher's Sat it a riant . ; 11 In Kiis. Alnrket street." Dr. lirown .had been in (leclinint : Itenltli for more (hail a year, haviiig given ui liis position at Knoxville; to-.coniir to Indianapolis. For many years,.. after having' 'com pleted oxf eiisi v( si u dies; in ' mi'dical colleges.'; 1 r. Urown acliieved ti'repu iation us a .specialist in nervous ilis-eiises.- . lie yas born in Randolpli county, North Carolina, in 1 S."i."i. t lie so') of. John.. Randolph and. --Alary.' Lit ire Brow n. I le ..received- his early education in file-public. -schools, and later graduated. I'roni Trinity Col lege' ill North Carolina. In lStli Dr. lirown graduated from tlie 'Indiana . I'tiiversity.. School of Medicine, .. having previously '-'-studied extensively in Haltiniore, Mil. Al most his entire life was spent 'either' in .Hie siudy of, insanity or in the care and treatment of tlie insane. d'oes lo Know ille. For many years he .was assistant superintendent of the Central ' In diaiia llosiu'lal for the lnsuhei Later he accepted a posit ion .'or. '.assist a lit superintendent, of the Fiisferii 1 los pitiil for the. Insane, at Knoxville, u posit ion. w'hicli lie held for thirteen years. Dr. lirown married Miss Agnes Fletcher, a daughter of Dr. W. li. Fletcher in ISSli. . lie is survived by ill's wil'o and two children, Agnes and Randolph -Fletcher lirown. A brother, James Milton lirown, and a sister, Mrs. Fauna lirown Woodman, of Raleigh,' N. C, survive him also. Besides being connected' with sev eral prominent medical, 'institutions, including Dr. Fletcher's sanitarium, of which he was a director, Dr. lirown was a member of several prominent' clubs in Knoxville, '..In cluding'' the Churchman's and Country Clubs. New Menagerie At Atlanta Park. Atlanta, (ir.. July 24 - Again tlie lions are roaring, Hie camels are humping themselves and tlie cubs are cavorting al the (Irand Park Zoo. A whole new menagerie, al a cost of thousands of dollars bus been in stalled for the amusement and edu cation ot the Atlanta public, t THE ISSUE SENATORS 'Debate On the Bill Began To day and Will Run Until Thursday FATE JS Nil Conlidcnl Pre lection us to the Result ol" the Debiale and Vole on the Wool lir.l Speaker ("lurk anil Leader I'lnlcrv. oo.l l imbic to Figure Out W hat the Result Will lie Senate rroceeillii' Witli the Program Agreed l'pon---Kree List I'.ill Comes I p , to lie Voted on August 1st. Washington, July 24 Wool today became the freut ir::ii. in the Sen ate 'Debate on the I nderwood re iion bill irom Mouse, beglnnmit alter routine business, will run until tlie vole .Thursday.. 'I here are no ronllilent predictions as to iie result With various amendments pending Speaker ( lark and Mouse majority Leader' I'nderwood are unable to fig ure 'accurately--oir .he outlook after conferences- with :)imoe,i atlc Senator--. Willi reciprocity passfcd; the Senate is proceeding with the pro cntui agreeil upon lor (louring up all important biiKliiess Unit miisi. be oi sposed .)! betore the special session Is ended.; . : ' W ieii the wool vote is taken Thursday tlie debate on tree list bill begins. .That measure will bo voted mi August 1st. I'hen conies the House rc-appoinl nu-nt bill with a vote August :'rd, followed by the Statehood -bill , for ;i vote August 7:h. ;",'; .. . ;.-;;' The House meels Wednesday and takes i i j common s "vision. Piesident Coiniiieiids IV'iiiociutK. Koverlv, Mans., July 24 -In th brst stiiieiueiit he h;n made since the passaire of t.ie reciprocity bill by the senate, Presiilen. 'latt at the snninie.r "White 1 loiiao last night free ly acliiiow ledged that his ling, hard campaign in behalf of that measure would have proved unavailing if the Democrats had nor helped him. With out : such aid tlie president declared reciprocity would have been "Im possible.". ''The Democrats did no: 'play pol itics' In the colloquial sense in which t hose, w ords are used,'.' said tlie presi dent, 'but t hey .'followed the dictates ol a higher policy," For Secretary Knox and ins associates in the state department who conducted the nego tiations ami framed the act the presi dent said more than a word of praise. I hose Itepnblicans." he said, "who louglit tor reciproci'v and some ot whose votes were neessary to the passage ol the bill may properly en-jov.-mutual felicitations on a worlt well done." In his own judgment,--the presi dent declared, the agreement would mark an epoch iu the relations be tween t..ie I'nited States and Canada, and those who opposed the bill in congress would find their prophecies disproved ami their fears allayed by its actual operations. Its passage by the Canadian parliament, the last su p beiore it becomes a bond be tween the two countries, he hopes ami -believes, would be lorthconilng. " I he .satisfaction that actual expen ( Continued on Page Six.) EARLY MORNING BLAZE Durham, N. ('., July 24 Fire broke out at 2- a. m. and destroyed the 'plant -.of the Durham Steam Laundry .Monday morning. The laundry is located on Main street, la the heart of town. It was owned by Thomas Bros. Loss to laundry is over live thousand dollars. The Model Steam Laundry located, next door is also slightly damaged by water and heat. The armory, locat ed over these two laundries Is also greatly damaged. Thomas had $L',800 insurance. Damage to the armory amounts to over ' three thousand dollars with fifteen hun dred insurance. Cause ot fire unknown,
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