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Show m i k.j ..a . 4 . - , ' c T ' NEW 1 O...:, f'-roh'S.-Ihii 'i.' of rsn- s ptrug,'! J in vain -.t ril y l.t the ( Tort to enter the Maj stlc th?al T to 1 i-ar S. L. CI. :nens (Mark Twain). So great was the crowd that had gathered to hear the veteran humorist that for a time It was beyond the control of police referves front two precincts. In the Jam clothes were torn atid several persons were slightly Injured. ' When, the struggle to enter the theater was at Its height two patrol wagons laden with reserves drove up. The ' police charged! Into the crowd end three young men and a woman were forced through the big glass In one of the doors opening Into the lobby. All were cut by the broken glass, but none seriously. ' Mr. Clemens' talk was delivered under the auspices of the West Side Y. M. C. A. During hi lecture he read a letter from William Dean Howella in which the novelist said he would be 69 years old today. Mr. Clemens commented humor pvfIv on this letter and his own age. |