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Show MUG IS BACK FROM C01ST TUP Report of His Illness Appears to Have Been Greatly-Exaggerated. Greatly-Exaggerated. "My yacht started out nsaln t 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from Scaltlo for San Francisco. I hope nobody on board will have a cold this time," said Colonel D. C. Jackling last night. Colonel Jackling arrived hero yesterday from San Francisco. Ho was still suffering somewhat some-what from tho cold which was reported lo be pneumonia by wireless from his yacht last week. However, the copper magnate said It was greatly Improved and that as soon as ho recovered his voice, which Is somewhat hoarse, ho would ho well again. Colonel Jackling told of tho severe test which Ills new boat. "The Cyprus." received re-ceived when It stavtcd out from Seattle Ho said that the weather encountered was the roughest experienced off that coast in years. He fcald that his yacht stood It splendidly and that he was thoroughly thor-oughly natlstled with Its performance. Colonel Jackling attributed tho rumor that his was suffering from pneumonia to confusion In the wireless .transmission, ns one of his friends on board had wired that Mr. .Tackling was .suffering from a severe cold. Mr. .Tackling said It was not only due to his cold that tho boat returned to Sealtlo Instead of continuing on to San Francisco, as planned, but that ho had to keep business engagements In San Francisco which he could not have kept had ho tried to nogotlato the stormy trip on the. Fnclllc. Mr. Jackllng's boat will remain In San Francisco until ho goes there, when he will make another Irlp ofr the coast of California. |