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VOL XXVII NO 95 PADUCAH KY THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 21 1910 TEN CENTS PER WEEK

BASEBALL MEET

TO DECIDE FATE

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OF KITTY LEAGUE

Upu Leyalty of Fans at ToI

H Bightsl Gathering Des1

peas League

4Ati Traction Ollice the Place at

8 Oclock

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sic s OTHEIl TOWNS AHE WORKING

Tonight tho baseball fans of Paducats will meet for tho purpoeo oforganising tbo Paducah Baseball as¬

sociation and preparing for tho or ¬

ganisation of tbo local team It willtita meeting of vital Interest andcfery admirer of tho Rome shouldbe present on the second floor of thePaducah Traction companys omoo

t6 Broadway at 8 oclockThe but plan suggested IIs for tho

orgnlution of the aiwoclatlca andfUns articles of Incorporation Thocapital stock will be fixed at 13000

R and tads sham sold for 1C By this+ tame It will make It possible for a

t Urge number of fans to bo lomlill Every person who takes over tio

worUi of stock wilt bo entitles to thoprivilege of paying CO per scat downnod tho other halt In CO del Ue

ides tho tolling of shares It IIs pro-posed

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to sell at least LOW ticketsJ

IIhIin the treasury sufficient to equipthe teams and fMurer a good start

In Clarks 1Iio Tenn it U report ¬

ed the tins bavo purchased lumbercap will start the work of erecting a

s grand stand In a low days Hopkinsy ivilla Is alto bard at work raising thet nocewary money for tho team Pa ¬

ducab IU unusually fortunate ns theball park Is practically ready and

f the onlyI work necessary 1s to orgraIlEe tho tram Other cities In theleague will have greater odds to-

tt tacos and the promoter feel tenthP s dent that Paducah will not fall down

Mr II II ftewill manager of thet Paducah Traction company return-

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ed yesterday from Boston where howent on business In the east MrBewail lays the Interest In the nation ¬

al game IIs greater then It lass beenIn several years Mr Sowoll Is afan himself and itll anxious for thesucte5 of tho Kitty-

llrookport ElectionI

Ilrookport 111 April 31TntsIdaT the elly of Urookport held itselection for aldermen re¬

I sulting In tbo following men beingelected Lora Davis without oppo¬

IIIIltlon In Ward 1 Jeff Austin end-

s W IL McOhoo tied In Ward 2 81 Douglas defeated J H Stephen

t son In Ward 3 defeated by T J4jElyJ

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Tobacco SalesAt the salesroom of the Planters

Protective association this morning160 hogsheads of tobacco whichwas 80 per cent of the offering worosold The prices were Leaf 0

to SU lugs 6 to SR There weren largo number of buyers present

IS Woman in the Case

a atr rZ In line with the now dew refer-red

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Ito In tho Evening Sun of Mon ¬

t lay that tho murder of LutherThompson may have started In the

5- house of two women it far fromthe steno of tho crime Police JudgeCrow today questioned A youns

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e woman who was taken before hims

and had her view the bodji Het would glvo out no InformationMrs Thompson Is pxpected hero

tonight or tomorrow

NO HOPE FOR MINERS

IN ALABAMA MINEt

Birmingham Ala April 21Reg I

Ilcuerl are entering tho Mulga mineI 11 All of the forty men confined aro un ¬exhaustedfIIA rescue party of mining exports1andt Inspectors made a vats attempt

4 to penetrate tho lower level of thoMulga mine wrecked by tho oxplosIon last night They were driven

JJback by ga-

sHALLEYS COMET SEEN

IN THE EASTERN SKY

Halloya comet was visible thismorning In tho eastern sky Thosewho woro up at 430 oclock and

t thought to look toward tho oastd t bodyFk bright and largo as on arc light shin

Ing by Itself There was no tall tobo seen The comet does not shineby reflected llgbt but by IU ownIncandescence u

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Fowler Ml Would Relieve Uncle

Joel on of All His AuthorityrttdtteCommittee AppointmentsoftII

Accepts Challenge of Speak ¬

er tp AKWe by Rules orFight and Proposes to

Fight

fmallItepthaihlellolutlonIntroducedadopted lt will strip tho speaker ofall appointive power It Is the ac ¬

ceptance of Cannons Invitation tofollow tbo rules or fight

Tho dissolution of power arro-gantly abused by tho speaker Is es ¬

sential to the restoration of a treerepresentative government ualdFowler It Is now tlmo t> limittho functions of tho speaker to pre ¬

siding over the deliberations of thohouse

The resolution will secure to boththo majority and tho minority theright to select membership of all

committeesThoIn the speaker

of the right to appoint tho commit-tees

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gavo him the most autocraticInfluence In American public lfoThe consequence of tho power madetho office a gigantic machine forpolitical blackmail Tho resolutionprovides for the election of sevenRepublicans and seven Democrats toname members of all committees

Tho Fowler resolution was re¬

tarred to tho committee on rulesTho Fowler resolution was read

In silence After It was read Repre ¬

sentative Mann tried to call a pointof order The resolution was a sur ¬

prise to the Insurgents aa well asthe regulars Norris hurried overto Fowler when tho resolution wasread Morris Fowler Murdock endother insurgent loaders conferredAfter tbo skirmish Fowler saId howould not insist on IU present con ¬

sideration

Tnft Illll pttMtraWashington April 21A bill mu

thontlng the president to make with ¬lIurp ¬

tho houwj Tho session was devotedto tho consideration of tho measurewhich It was stated met the ap¬

proval of the president-

As the bill was passed practicallyin tho form Introduced by Plckett ofIowa under tho terms of tho meas¬

uro the president Ic authorized towithdraw from location etc publiclands In tho United States and InAlaska for public uses and for ex ¬

lamInation and classification to de¬

termine their character and valueThese withdrawals tho bill provideswould remain In force until revokedby the president or by congressThe administrations railroad billand a resolution authorizing the ex ¬

penditure of 65000 for an extensionof tho senates inquiry Into tho costof living occupied tho attention ofthe senate but no action was takenonrfther meaIlUftISenator Purcell spoke In opposi ¬

Ion to tho railroad bill declaringthat It was the purpose of tho Admin-

Istration to change tho1 personnel ofthe United State supreme court TO

as to reverse former decisions on therights of states to control questionsInvolving railroad litigation

Following Purcell speech tho son ¬

ate engaged In a long wrangle overa parliamentary entanglement rolat ¬

ing1 to the iftatus of tho amendmentsoffered by Senators Crawford andCummins to the provision legalizingtraffic agreements between railroadcompanies

The condition was relieved by tho

Burglars worked tho combinationto tho safe In tho omen of the Padu-

cah

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Printing and Hook Binding com ¬

pany 108 Broadway last night androbbed the cash drawer of 100 con-

sisting of money and checks A lotof printing supplies were taken fromthe show window-

J Harlan Griffith tho proprietorfound tho front door unlocked whenho went to his store this morningbut was unablo to toll whether theburglars effected entrance throughtho front or rear Evidently theyknow the combination or were crack

THE

The predictions and temperaturo for the past twentyfourhours will bo found at the topof the seventh column on page

fowloi a iJi rr1iJ

liOV ilANIHTSDenver Colo April 21Fit ¬

I teen women and two men woreheld up hero last night in a seataumnt by two boy banditswho robbed tho till and escap ¬

ed The boys catered tbocafe Ono stood at the door andcovered tho customers and tho

I other looted tho cash registers

acceptance by Senator Elkins of theCrawford amendment as a substitutefor the original provision Tho ef¬

feet was to give the amendment thestanding of a committee amendmentand permit Cummins to prevent hlqsuggestion as an amendment to thosection as thus modified The Craw ¬

ford provision requires that suchagreements shall bo subject to theapproval of tho Interstate commercecommission but does not specificallyrequire that this approval thill bevouchsafed before tho atJteemcnU goInto effect

Unwilling to take any chances onthis point Cummins presented a subBtituto specifying that tho approvalshould antedate tho taking effect ofagreements As Cummins desired tospeak at length on tho subject thesenate adjourned without taking ac¬

tion on either provision

Bryan At ChicagoChicago April 21Wllllam Jen¬

nings Bryan was tho guest of theChicago Newspaper club last nightHo delivered an address and avoidedany reference to pplltlcs Ho saidho was glad to learn of tho Dome I

cratic victory when ho reached thiscountry H Is difficult to say whatIt Indicated He told tbo club thatnewspaper ethics and Influences IsIn South American countries

lloOHcrcIt for TaftWashington April nTho state-

ment was made today by one of Pre¬

ident Tarts advisors that Rooseveltwill support tho administration whenho returns It Is said Root wilt meetthe colonel soo-

nThompson

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Must VacateNotice was served today on County

Almihouflo Keeper Thompson by thomagistrates that ho must vacate byMay 1 as tho almshouro will bo con-

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under a different plan here ¬

afteraHublxr Good + Advance

Now York April 21Prices ofrubber goods of all descriptions IIIadvance approximately 1JO reF centaccording to an announcement madetoday by tho United States Rubbercompany The reason assigned bythe corporation Is the Increased costof tho raw materi-

alROMAN CROOK IS

PREYING ON D A R

DIAMONDS AND SAPPHIRES OK-

MAYKIXMVKR DESCENDANTSARE STOLEN

Washington April 2 Daughtersof the Revolution In scailon hero arelooking for a woman crook who Is

masquerading as a member Tworings one with a 3000 diamondstolen and another sot with diamondsand rapphlres disappeared

Burglarc Open Safein Broadway Office

WEATHER

safe burglars The cub box wasprized open and > 3G In cash and 66-

In checks taken No clow was leftand tho police aro working on thocato

Evidently tho same burglar brokeInto the wholesale feed store of H PHawkins Son 212216 South Second street last night but nothing wasmissed There was no money left Inthe sate last night and the safe doorwas left open With a pair of solesore the burglars prized open thecash box and found nothing Theonly thing missed this morning wasa bunch of keys When Mr Hawkinsopened his office ho found the satehad been locked The burglars gotthrough a rear window by knockingout a pane of glass They loft noclew to their identity

Mr and Mre C W Grate ofClark street are the parents of afine boy baby

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CONVICTS SEIZE

TRAIN IN PRISON

YARD AND ESCAPE

Desperate Break by Five

Men From Government

Pen at Leavenworth

Leader Was Famous TrainRobber in His Day

Milt Nth CAPTURED AGAIN

Leavenworth Kaa April 21Three life convicts escaped from thefederal prison today The convictsseized a switch engine outside thoprison rode a short distance andtook to the woods Two short termmen went along

Tho men overpowered the engi ¬

neer and fireman of the switch en ¬

glno working In tho prison yardand forced tho engineer at the pointof a gun to run tho engine Into thoopen country Of the five who madetheir escape three are serving lifeterms Forty guards and a companyof soldiers are In pursuit on a apeclad train Tho men are consideredtho moat dangerous In the prisonWhen they left the engine Clarkand John Gideon woro so closelypursued they dived Into a patch ofwoods and wero captured ArthurHultt Robert Park and ThomasKeating ring leaders took refugein a wIno collar The soldiers areclosing In on them Hultt indKeating wero leaders Intbo jailmutiny of 1901

Tbq switch tracks enter theon the west side The prIsonIII

just pushed lumber carswhen some of tho men throllghI I

crow and others openedIt Is believed the arras were rur ¬

nished the men by former convictsGideon was captured by a farmerHo tried to bluff tho farmer with adummy revolver Three are still atlargo Gideon 4s tbo man who hold

padncitrnlnThe engineer tells a thrilling story

of his ride with tho convicts Hesaid ho ran them five miles whereho reached a bridge being repairedlie told them If they ran Into Itthey would all bo killed Ho stoppedthe train and the mon forced thocrew to change clothes with themClark was captured by a formerprison guard

Curtain tho engineer said theconvIcts ran out and climbed on theengine when ho entered tho yardsand pushed their guns in his faceTho men set tho switch for the maintrack and when tho engine startedtho first gate was open and the see ¬

ond locked Tho convicts orderedhim to smash IU Tho gate gaveway and tho train then ran Intoopen territory Tho convicts scat ¬

tered when the engine stopped

Futrell Case ContinuedThe case of J S and Louts

Futrell charged with murder wascontinued In criminal court for thedefense on account of lack of witaeases

Judge Reed has called a specialcriminal session of court beginningJuly 18 At this torn the trial ofFutroll and John Wiggins coloredwill be hold

PUT COTTON EXCHANGE

CLEAR OUT OF BUSINESS

Now York April 21When thefederal grand jury Investigating thecharges against tho cotton pool re-convened today a dozen witnesseswore on hand to testify Thero wasa fooling on the Exchange wlenBubpocnaea woro issued for Pattenand other cotton men to testifythat tho real plan of the Jury H toput the Exchange out of business

New York Aprtt x1James A

Patten today made a statement thatall the cotton mills In the world willhayo to close down in August andSeptember on accqunt of no mate-rial to work on He reiterated hisstatement that ho haa DO intentionof cornering tho market He saidthere Is a scrap on hand started by

follows on the cotton exchango whothought ho would lose his nervePat tin criticized tho governmentssuit

Chicago MarketMay High Low Clem

Wheat 108 t<H34 108Corn LSVa 57A 67-

Mss

42 H 41K 42> rov 2190 2172 2190

Lard 1250 1237 1245Ribs 1235 1222 133I

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Hiram Smedley Secures Reversal

of Verdict in Criminal Court andis Granted New Trial on Charges

Former County Court Clerk

Convicted of Hisappropristing Public Funds Wins

His Point

Frankfort Ky April 21 SpecialThe appellate court today reversed

tho verdict of the McCracken circuitcourt in tho criminal prosecution of

courtlclerk¬

tentlary on tho charge of utteringand publishing forged warrants-

In reversing the decision in thecase the appellate court says that theIndictment Is good but that Smed ¬

toy should haw been granted a con ¬

tlnuance that the circuit judge waswithout power or Jurisdiction to tryor proceed in a criminal case at acivil term of court and that Sraedlays attorneys had tbo right to showthat he had been adjudged of unsound mInd Changes were also or-dered

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In thee Instructions given to theJury

ISmrdley Rejoices

The news that the case had beenreversed and a now trial orderedcreated much interest Smedley hasbeen in jail one year Last summerho was tried and found Insane as aresult of the drug habit Last Octo-ber ho returned from the asylum and

Continued on Page Four

Presidential NominationsWashington April 21 Prcsldunt

Taft sent to tho senate the follow¬

lingnominations

be collector of internal roveFifth district of North Caro-

lina Henry ReynoldsTo bo secretary of Porto Rico M

Drew Carrell of Illinois1

9100000 FireTojodo April 21110 Clover Leaf

M1amIIMalzocarscontaining automobile and assortedmerchandise The loss Is over 100000

City Pound ProfitsSo for this month the city has

netted over 11 a day on livestockLycurgus RIco stock policeman fig-

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up today that ho had impound ¬

ed 22 head of horses mules endcows In 20 days Fifty cents is paidat tho city hall and 60 cents morefor pound rent making 1 receivedfor every stray animal taken upSixtysix dogs have been Impoundedand 61 of this number have beekilled with strychnine InjectionsFive dogs were redeem-

edROOSEVELTS

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IN PARIS TODAY

FRENCH CAPITAL RECEIVES STHEM IN HOSPITABLE

STYLE

Paris April 21A large crowdgreeted Roosevelt on his arrival tthismornttB Ho greeted J J Jusaorandformer member of tho Tennis Cab ¬

toot effusively Ho will bo theguest of Ambassador Bacon He vieIted President Falllores at the palaceand Foreign Minister PInchon at hisonce Both returned tho calls Thocolonel will give his first speech Sat-

urday¬

to the students at CorbonneMonday ho will bo presented with agold medal by the city Tuesday hewill visit the military academy atSaumur Ho was shown a copy ofthe Now York Sun saying RooseveltclaASed tho Methodists at Romo usworse than Catholics and ho wouldtake steps qn his return homo todrjvo them from Rome Tho colonelsaId it was an unqualified falsehood

Monaco Under tartRome AprLl2tTho pope sever ¬

ed diplomatic relatlona with the prin ¬

cipality of Monaco on account of thePrince of Monacos proposed visit tothe king and queen of Italy beforeappearing at tho Vatican MonacoIs a Catholic principality

PremierFor KillingCairo April 21Tho trial of bra

ham Wardanl charged with the mur ¬

der of Premier Boutroa Pasha begantoday Soldiers are hold la readinessfor any attempted rescue Tho de¬

tense will be that Pasha died froman operation performed later andnot from the bullet

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JEFFRIES GUESTNow York April 2LJames

J Jeffries donated a ticket toCalifornia and a ring side tick¬

et In his fight with Johnson toActors fund fair today lie Bald

1 want the winner of the tickct to1 bo my guest at the fightI will show him tho time of hislife

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EXCITEMENT AT

HYDE TRIAL HIGH

JUDOS ORDERS DOORS CLOSEDAND MAY CAM OUT THE

MILITARY

grealjwasthe Hyde trial orderedIdeelopmenta

He said he willmilitia If necessary The

crowds will bo removed by force Ifthey do not obey orders The excite ¬

meet has not taken hostility towardanyone yet but all precautions orebeing taken

Judgo Latshaw ruled that the ad¬

ministrator or John 0 Paxton willnot have to produce Iletters writtenby Hcktoen and Halnes in whichthe experts are said to have express ¬

ed the opinion that there was no poi ¬

son In the body of Swope Thenurse was called to the stand

hair May Bo Evidencerow York April 21A fow

strands of yellow hair may send Al-

bert¬

Welters charged with the mur-der

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of Ruth Wheeler to the electricchair Whoa his trial for the mur ¬

der of Ruth Wheeler was umedit-oday Itwas believed ProsecutorFrank Moss will try to prove the hairclutched in the murdered girls handcamo from the head of WolterWhen Professor Huntington was ask-ed whether the hair was Ruths hesaid Ruth had yellowish brownhair This Is yellowish brown Att-orney Scott for Wolter objected atthis point

HELD TO JUVENILE COURTF

Clarence Babb a boy about twelveyears old was arrested last night byPatrolman Charles Mitchell It isalleged that Babb took a horse andphaeton from Spencer Woolen andenjoyed a joy rides The boy wasbuggynabout midnight Ho was taken tothe homo of County Judgo AlbenW IBarkJey who recognized him forhis appearance In juvenile court this

I afternoon at 4 oclock

Death of a HeroKobe Japan April 2tTbo Jap

anese submarine Sixtyone wasraised today Three officers andeleven men were asphyxiated Amemorandum was found which ox ¬

plained efforts to refloat the boatTho memo was written by the lieu-

tenant¬

commanding the boat whosaid be was glad to die for his coun ¬

try His last request was that theemperor taro for tho families

Mrs li SlelnfcldMrs Morris Stelnfold receIved a

telegram announcing the death of DrStclnfelds mother Mrs L StclnfeldIn Loukvillo last night at 1030oclock Dr Stelnfcld Is In Louisvillewhere ho was called a fow days agoby hIs mothers critical lllnoss MrsStolnfold visited her son in Paducahlast year and made a number offriends here She bad been III onlya short tlmo The time of the funeralhas not been se-

tBRIBERY TO BUY

UP CERTIFICATES

COURT OF APPEAUS REVERSESFAYETTE COUNTY ELEC

TION CASES

Frankfort Ky April 21 Sp-oclalTho appellate court reversedtho Fayctto court in tho electioncontest cases In Lexington allowingMayor Skaln and others to keetheir seats The contest was on theground of fraud and bribery Thecourt holds that it Is as muchbribery to buy election certificatesas to pay money for votes

STATE LEAGUE OF-

MUNICIPALITI ES

WILL GET AGUEt-iMeeting May be Called at

Louisville ThgrssJiy bySecretary

May Decide to Join NationalLeague

OUTLINE OF AMBITIOUS PLANS

A meeting of the Municipal leagueor Kentucky probably will be calledby City Solicitor James Campbell Jrff

next Thursday or Friday at Louis ¬

ville Mr Campbell Ja secretary ofthe newly perfected organization

Two Important matters will be dlscuspqd at the meeting and some ac¬

ion taken Ono will be that of talcMqrnC1pal ¬headquarters ¬

er will be that of entering into a con-tract with some municipal paper topublish the proceedings of tho leagueand keep in touch with the steps beIng taken by other leagues MrCampbell says the state league te notyet able to publish a journal of Itsown but this may be done In the fu¬

ture after the league Is on a firmerfoundationThe

league Is a mightybig organlaztlon to be so little knownaccording to Mr Campbell Most allof tho local leagues are affiliatedwith this organization and IIt ofIs Im ¬

portant that the Kentucky leagueshould be A special committee oftho national league composed of thebralnest men la Investigating severalmatters one of which Is the muchtalked about commission form of gov-ernment for cities The nationalleague does pot make any recom-mendations but simply gathers datafor the benefit of the local leagues

Atihume tlBsofvthe Kentuckyleague next week arrangements forthe program of the annual meetingwill btf made The tang eta to havereputeThol

Louisville July 5 and 6 and will beconcluded with a banquet

The Kentucky league was organ-Ized

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about the same time ait those ofKansas ant Nebraska while most ofthe eastern states have municipalleagues They are important as asource of information to all cities inthe states and wonderful results arebeing gained from them It Is theIntention of the Kentucky league toorganize a bureau of information toact In conjunction with the leagueThis will not be perfected for sometime owing to the largo expense ofmaintaining it-

Probing Butter TrustWashington April 21O E Har ¬

risen special assistant attorney oftho department of justice Is in thiswest investigating the charges thatthe Eocallcd butter combine arbitra ¬

rily fixes the price Governmentagents are looking Into all reportsalleging an unlawful combinative Infood staples

Dr Ilincknnl Welcomed

The Rev Ji tVo Blackard D DofQrownsvUo Tenp former presidingolder of the Paducah District Metho-dist

¬churches Is spending today la-

the city He arrived yesterday after¬

noon and is tho guest of tho Rev OT Sullivan 109 North Seventh streetDr Blackard hold the prayer servicelast evening at the Broadway teethodlst church and was warmly greet-ed by a number of hla former peopleDr Btackard la a delegate from theMemphis conference to tho generalconference at Asheville N C and a

will leave early in May to attend thesessions which last the month

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May Day in PaducahMay 1 will be tho day for the

union carpenters and the contractorsto sign tho new scale None of thecontractors have signed but from re-

ports¬

It is thought a strike will beavoided The carpenters ask An Increase of GO cants a day

Mark Twain Grows WeakerBedding Conn April 21Saml-

idl Clemens Mark Twain Is weak¬

or and probably wilt grow weakerduring the day Ho Iis resting corn ¬

PortablyDespite his Increasing woaknew c

Mark Twain lIs brighter today thanssapstatement ho 4s thinking as well asever Clemens today declared hisgreatest trial Is that ho Is not permltted to see his friends It is ydTwain js etllj smoking cigars y F1

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