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Show uu TRY TO BLOW UP A j HUGE SMOKESTACK j Salt Lake, Dec. 21 What appears to have been an attempt to blow up i the huge smokestack of the American smelter at Murray, said to be the sec- ! ond tallest in the United Stales, has : como to light. f A box containing 50 pounds of dyna- ; mite and a fuse seven feet long was ; discovered in time to prevent an ex- i plosion by James Martin, an oiler In j tho power house, who, observing two I men loitering near the stack, decided j to investigate. Martin was about to poor Into the j l.ox when he was felled to tho ground ' and while on his back be was stabbed, j but fortunately bis gold watch re- ' reived the force of the blow and he was not injured. He cried for help I and his assailants took to their heels. Further investigation showed that one of the iron doors near the bottom bot-tom of the smoke Hue had been removed. re-moved. Indicating that the men were about to push the box into the space and touch off the fuse. The men. according to Martin, are foreigners. No reason for the apparent appar-ent attempt to blow up the stack can I be given. I |