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This innocent looking advertisement in the Times led to the arrest of William Houghton, alias Wilson Hulton, at the National Hotel yesterday afternoon on the charge of swindling Miss Fannie Hopkins, Denver, out of $200 last month, by means of a similarly alluring advertisement in the Denver papers.

"Boxed" Summaries. To give greater prominence to interesting statistics, summaries, excerpts, and lists than is possible in the lead, these facts are often put before the regular lead, usually surrounded by a frame or "box," and printed in black face type. Although this arrangement is determined by the editors and copy readers, the reporter may select and group significant facts in such a way that those who edit his copy can readily mark them to be "boxed" and set in the desired kind of type. Lists of dead and injured in accidents; telling statements from speeches, reports, or testimony; statistics of interest; summaries of facts; and brief histories of events connected with the news story at hand, are frequently treated in this way. If not placed before the lead, these "boxed" facts are put at a convenient place in the body of the story. Brief bulletins, likewise, containing the latest news are often "boxed" and set in heavier type.

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 * SOUTH POINT FIRE LOSS           |
 * Elevator B                   $300,000     |
 * Wheat, 377,000 bu.            403,390     |
 * Flax, 227,000 bu.             274,670     |
 * Barley, 7,000 bu.               3,360     |
 * Western Pacific Dock           30,000     |
 * Total Loss                 $1,011,420     |
 * Total Loss                 $1,011,420     |
 * Total Loss                 $1,011,420     |

Over a million dollars' worth of property on South Point was consumed