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Sonalor'i Chief SivaL ,
:- Special to Baltimore Baa. 1
, -. Washington April 7. The vote
) which Senator Ftinjifotd Mel Sim
- mom, of Norrb Carolina, east in fa-
c! vor of i be retention of Larimer in the1.
. - () Senate will figure among toe iaenea
? through which hi opponent in tbc
; Tar II eel Btaie -hope to defeat him
v for re-election, '
. . ' The issue hee already been raised
K bv the friend and supporters of Gov.
f W. W. Kitehin, who is a candidate to
. succeed Mr. Simmons, and constant
"' hammering at the fact that this one
' v of Xonh Carolina's votes in the Sen
s' a:e went for Lorimer bas placed Sen
;. star Simmons on' the defensive.
- Senator Simmons is now in his sec
ond term in the upper house. His
.' term will expire March 3, 1913. The
active campaign will start in about
i nine months, and the lines are already
being formed for the contest, in which
Governor Kitehin, whose term in the
Executive Mansion expires in Jan-
nary 1913, will be the principal can
.; didate against the Senator.. There is
every indication that the contest will
be of the "live-wire" variety. Oot
. '. ernor Kitehin is insisting upon a pri-
, marjr, nue me eimmons iorees are
? against a nomination bv direct vote.
" They have the Simmons machine well
. oiled and, a majority of the exeeu
' t tive committee of the State, being
; friends of Simmons, they will not eon.
sent to a primary unless strong pub
3 lie sentimonV forces them to vield.
Senator Simmons was for years chair
man of the Stair Executive Commit
tee. In the eampaisrin of 1892. 1898.
' 1902, 1904 and,190 he served in that
-j, capacity awl built up one of the
' i strongest political organization fn
," the South. A. H. Eller is the present
t chairman of the executive commuted
t ana te represented as being favorably
j I inclined toward the primary proposi
, ; tion, but that .committee, which has
: authority to call primaries, is in con
trol of ihe Simmon forces and the
-ihaijmian can be outvoted. -,-'
The fight atrainat fTmmons is being
m.l by the jm gtcfsive-element in
the State. Democracy, who are anx
ious for- a change? Tbey sy they
';t.snt a rewr-Demoea.NLiii4h' Sen.
1"ate. But'Simnfo'Ss iy and bas aJwiys
, ' been a tighter and resents the impu
tation that he is -not as "real" as
..any other Democrat in the State. - .
The opposition to Simmon;! being
n u ny uovernor a.itDtn, - -around
?whom a strong movement is' crystal'
:T. ising, and bis friends declare them-
xseives connaent that ' he :-can - win
handily in a primary, , ' i . -. 1 . . -1
1 The four principal arguments
i pressed against Senator Simmons and
-j; which will serve as the backbone of
';the fight against him grew ont of bis
' attitude on prominent questions in
vthe Senate when he voted or spoke
contrary to the sentiment of the ina-.-.
jority of the Democrat" in Congress.
; It will be charged that he was one
of iva Democratic Senators who ro
ftted for a abip subsidy bill, sad tbat
-Tbin vote on the lumber schedule was
. contrary to the party platform and
'."that he made a speech favoring an
'even higher duty than that imposed
, W IUIUIIU JU IIIV A fljr UC-AIU. 1CU Mill,
- in. other words, that he advocated
on lumber in the Payne-Aldrieh bill;
rates undisturbed.
It will be charfed
v tbat he ran counter to. his party on
11. T - Ia - I'll 1 . t?l ..
- me ueciprufyiy oui, oy mating a sei
.: speech against tbat measure, and it is
likewise being urged against him that
he voted for Lorfaner." The more pro
gressive forces and the anti-machine
forces of tbe State do not like these
things and intend to use them for
all they are worth in the campaign.
I ;.. . The only fear of the-KUchin forces
i appears to be that the contest may
I . i get eq warm as to enable a dark horse
. , to run away with tbe Senatorshiri. In
- ) that event it ia anticipated tbat Chief
-' Justice Walter Clark or former Gov
ernor Charles B. Ayeoek would lie
i - i, winner, - . - - v. -
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. ' Cotton Mills Reduce or Pass np DM-
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: ' Boston, April 7.--As a result of
-"hard sledding", which cotton mills
- have encountered during the . past
'year or two, 17 New England mills
".have reduced or passed their divi
. ' denda. Of the 17 mills, 13 are located
in Fall River, two in New Bedford
r t and on each in Lowell and Augusta,
;i:".5,Me.- , -
.-. ' The FalL, River dividend curtail
.' " ment is primarily due to the fact that
' , . ago it was the coarse goods mills
when depression in the cotton indue-
" . try was first precipitated two years
' which were the earliest and most
,' severe sufferers. It is - connidered
. doubtful if the list of 17 mills that
' have already reduced dividends will
be extended unduly this spring, al-
though there probably will, be addl
- ; tions. . . v -
X Mrs. Hines Rogers, an aged lady,
whose home is on Vance street, while
"." r-. watering the flowers in her flower
.yesterday, fell and dislocated -
-'r '-right shoulder. 1
KAJXAPOUJI XSW8.
aymnaainBi Exiiaitka at T. K.
Boy's Bible Class lev. W. B.
Bfcina renndsd Othsc Xewa. -A
large crowd, was out Saturday
night to see the gymnasium exhibi
tion at the Y. M. CV A. by Mr. Albert
Foul, and ton of his men from the
Charlotte T. M. C. A. , The crowd
cheered and applauded - every per
formance which seemed to us to be
perfect in every particular and all
were Sorry when the exhibition was
over. -..,,..'" a. v . '
, There were sen-ice in the audito
rium Sunday evening for men and
boys. ' Mr. C. B. Towson, secretary of
the industrial work in ; the United
States, waa the speaker and delivered
an excellent message which waa in
structive and, produced a good
pression upon nis audience.
Mr. Gordon Childers won the prize
for high score on bowling alley .last
week, making 180.
The Y. M. C. A. building is turned
over to the ladies every Friday uight
and they enjoy all iU privilege all
to themselves. -;- .
The Boy's Bible Class meet in
the boy's room on Wednesday nieht
now instead of Thursday as hereto
fore. The roll of this elass continues
to grow and fully 90 per cent of .the
class are always present. The Men's
Bible class meets every .Monday
night and take supper in the ladies
room and have a social lime together
studying via Testament history. .
Writing desks have been pot in the
reading room and stationery is fur
nished on these1 desks free, and. we
notice that many of tbe souns men
are taking advantage of this conve
nience and are writing their letters
from the Y. M. C. A.. '
Mr, T. J Coggins, of Albemarle,
spent a few days recently with his
daughter, Mrs. R. u Coley and his
eon. Mr. N. II Coggins. -
Miss Lula Coggins, of tbe Southern
Industrial Institute, also visited her
sister and brother recently. ." ,
The congregation of the Methodist
ichurch went in a body to the par
sonage last night and pounded their
pastor. Rev.. W. B.' SUian. .Mr. Hbiun
preached a powerful sermon and got
onM(eir..corM Sunday night, an last
jniftht-they iem,ll,arms,, pjc, jti
leasi -ny -oao jisjt rui iu' '
thev sounded him to their hearts eon-
tent which was no more than he de
served.'' . "
-;,TheJr. 0U. "A. M. is "especially
active-now, - taking in new members
nearly every meeting. They now num
ber about 130. and the : mercury is
at ill riainir. ' - H.
Kannapolia, April 7, 1911.
; wtTH THE 0BUR0HES.
St. Jamea' Latheran. i
There will be irawr services at St,
James' Iiutheran- v churob ' Sunday
morninar. being Palm Sunday, with
sermon by the pastor, Rev. C - P,
MaeLaughlin, whose subject will be
"Triumpbant Entry,?' at tbe elos of
which the Catechumen Class will
be i confirmed. ' The choir will sing
Jerusslem. There will be no vesper
services on account of the Sunday
school rallv at the graded school au-
j;An Wlvf lr twine TTolv
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(Week there will be services each night
7:30
night.
- All Saints Episcopal '
Sunday next is Palm Sunday,
Thero will be aevvi-.:es as follows:
" Proeeuion and celebration of the
Holy Communion 11 a. m. Evening
praver 7:30 D.jn.
Everv dav next week is a Holy
Day and ought to be observed.? There
will be a celebration of JUoiy com
munion Monday, Tuesday, Wednea
dav and Thursday. Friday is Good
Friday, services for which wui Tie
announced. Evening prayer will be
held at 5 p. to. on Monday, Tuesday,
and Thursday and on Wednesday and
Friday at 70 p. m. Saturday
(Easter Eve) the first even song will
be at 7j30 p. m. -
; ', w, a. UAiuU, itector.
' Central Methodiat.
Preaching tomorrow morning , by
the pastor, v Ho services in the even
ing on account of eunday school rally
at Central graded school building,
'. First Presbyterian. .
Services at 11 a. m. conducted by
the pastor. There will be no ser
vices in the evening on account of
Sunday School eervice at the grwled
school building. -
Baa Jefferson Davia' Seat. .. ,
Washington, D. C, April 6. John
Sharp Williams, the new junior Sena
tor from Mississippi, baa succeeded
in a lifetime ambition. He has the
seat in the Senate which was occu
pied by Jefferson Davis, the Presi
dent of tbe Confederacy. , The desk
still bears the bayonet marks made
bv the Union soldiers during war
pit
bar
times, in an effort to destroy it.
The
(bayonet stabs were filled with putty,
but are easily discernible. . .
DEATH 07 MX. L K. FHA&K.
WaU Known CiUsen of He. i Dies of
Pneumonia;
Mr. I. N. Pharr, one of the besi
known and most highly respected cit
izens of tbe oeunty, died last night at
his home in No. 2 township, near
Cox 'a mill, after an illness of short
duration' of pneumonia. Mr. Pharr
was about 80 years of age, and ia sur
vived by three children, Mr. Walter
Pharr, of Rowan county; Mr. Shake
speare Pharr, with whom be made his
borne ) and Mrs. John Oehler, of No.
2 township. He was a Confederate
soldier and belonged to the. Cabarrus
Camp ot Confederate Veterans. Mr,
Pharr was a devout member of tbe
Poplar Tent Presbyterian church and
had been an elder in the church for a
number ot years. - Be wss a splendid
eitien in every respect, and the news
of his death will be received with re
gret by a large circle of friends. He
was a brother of Rev. W. W. Pharr,
U. u of Mooresville.
The funeral was held this afternoon
at 1 o'clock and the interment made
at Poplar Tent cemetery.,
Tbe Woman'a Oivic League.
Baltimore Sun.
Tbe Woman's Civic League is go
ing to work a practical way to make
this a beter eity. " Every woman who
is. interested is -invited to attend the
meeting at McKoy Hall next Friday
and to join the League, which is now
being organized on a broad basis.
Tbe man who baa done so mnch
beautify Hnrrisburg, J. Horace Mc-
Farland, will tell of what has been ac
complished there in the last nine
years, in the improvement of the un
sightly spots, the abolition of offeu
cleaner j streets. Henry M. Wilson.
the Government expert, will tell how
tbe smoke nuisance can be abated, and
Mrs. Mary E. Mumford will describe
what has been accomplished by the
women or rniiadetphia. ;
This civic league presents to women
i . opportunity - for practical effort
tbat will count in the improvement of
ho cilv in which we live. Tbe
stalldiioat of the new sewerage system,
tbe extension of good paving and the
numeroni project a . soon to be begun
will give (he opportunity to make this
m vivuuvr, fwtvw -nua-. wre iieaiuj-ui
f place of nesidenee. It ia a good
time for the women to insist 'that, at
tbe same time, this shall be,made
city beautiful.
It will probably be a long time be
fore woman is given the right to vote
in Maryland, but she has the oppor
tunity to exercise' a potent influence
in many other ways hat will count
for more in practical results than the
mere acquisition of the ballot. The
civic league enters a field for work
that will count directly in better
streets, cleaner backyards and alteys,
parks, flower gardens, playgrounds,
in the removal of obnoxious bill
boards, transforming places that now
offend tbe eye into beauty spots. When
the women unite in demanding such
practical improvements there is no
iidoubt that they will have the hearty
support of the men and will be able
to accomplish rear results in making
a brighter, better, ' more beautiful
Baltimore.
Propam for Sunday School Rally.
. Opening Song. '
Devotional 6erviej Efcv. A, O.
Lindley. '
Soig by Choir.
Address- Rev. C. P. MaeLaughlin.
Subject, ''Aim and Scope."
Hong by Choir.
Address Rev. J. A. J. Farrington,
Subject, "The Adult Class."
Song ny .Choir, v
Collection Song by Choir.
Closing Song.
:Tbis rallv wi'l be beld at Central
graded school nf xt Sunday night at
7 o'clock, and it is for all the (Sunday
schools in the eity. We ask that all
the churches dose their' doors tbat
nigh and come and join in with us,
Don't forget to no the the school
building at 4 o'clock. Prof. Holt, of
Greensboro, will be with ns and con
duct tbe music. - Let' everybody come.
. K.'L. HETHCOX, Sec.
For Citizens. Ticket at China Grove.
Rowan Record. ,
- Tbe following interesting notice
haa been posted i about town and
speaks for itself:'
WA meeting of the citizens of the
town will be beld in the Town Hall
Friday night, the 7th, at 8 o'clock,
for the purpose of nominating a cut-
sens' ticket for mayor and town com
missioners, Said ticket to be com
posed of three republicans and three
democrats; The presence of all good
citizens is requested to participate in
this convention.'-' It is signed as fol
lows: W. J. Swink, W. W. Weaver,
A. D. Seehler, J. N. Dayvault, H. S.
Secbler, C. J. Young, E. E. Gray, J.
R Sloop. Vi B. Miller, M. A. Stire
wait and J- F- Correll. - '.
Itch relieved in 30 minutes by Wool-
ford 'a Sanitary Lotion. Never fall
SoU by M. Lv Uarsh, Druggist. .
SIXTY DEATHS DT
j - COAX XXXS TOE.
Horrible Colliery Disaster Hear
BcraatoB 400 Ka Wen in Mine.
Scranton, Ps., Afiril 7.-One of tbe
most serious tout disasters which
has ever visued'taie section of the
mining country eerred today at the
little village of Tfroop,-a ebon dis
tance from this diy and sixty men
tanee from this ritir and the lives of
sixty men and bow were snuffed out.
.Among those klpwn to have per
ished are! Joaepyj Evans, who was
in charge of tbe -raited States mine
rescue car;. Isaac Ipa we, a fire boss,
and- Wslter Knight, a foreman.
Three men proie4le4 by helmets and
oxygen tanks ttu4 afternoon pushed
past the point mhi
first discovered uol
bodies of two men!
the flames were
stumbled over the
md a boy who had
evidently fallen
ile grouping their
way to safety. To?
hose familiar with
conditions in the Pncoaet colliery the
finding of these belies indiested thai
there was practically no hope for
the other imprisoned miners.
A great majority or the missing
men and boys are fore-ers. Fore
man Wanter Knight aro .fire boss.
Ait red uawe . oeije j0 Americans
who were thought&o bay perised.
Up to l late wi.'4uight nearly
I wore of bix'.ii hW teen piled at
the bottom of the ihaft, but it is was
thought advisable mot. to bring them
to the surface uhtU the crowd had
dwindled. A temporary morgue had
been erected at he opening to the
mine and here -weM congregated hun
dreds of womeft and . children, rela
tives of the men And boys, who had
been so suddenly stWcbed from them.
Their grief was pitiful. Children of
tender years :din4 ;to the skirts of
their mothers while older male mem
bers of the family sought to soften the
anguisli of tho-Bistessed mothers and
sisters of 'thieniortunate men and
boys. A'g-S.
None of the bodies recovered was
mutilated, death doubtless hating
been caused ly itihafyng flames and
gases. - fj
Annual Banqnet ejf Big Mining Com
- ; ; pin
Groenibom Newsi7lbv ' s
f -TheraTtnuirt beertBtftlt tbe Narional
Mining and -Tunnel company, which
owns large and valuable mining prop,
erlies at Leadville, Col., was held yes.
terday afternoon in the offices of the
Company in the Grissom building, on
South Elm street. A large number of
stockholders and the officers were
present.
L. a, Loltrane, of Concord, way
called to the -chair and Dr. W. L.
Grissom of this city, acted as secre
tary. After the president read his.
report, J. F. Horner, the general man
ager of yt.be. company at the mines,
made an illuminating address on the
conditions 'there. The company is
now engaged in opening one of the
most improved mining stunnels in the
country. This tunnel has now been
extended more than 2,800 feet,-and is
being rapidly lengthened. ,
VThe following gentlemen were elect
ed by the stockholders as directors for
the ensuing year: C. L. T. isher, of
Lynchbnrg, Va.; D. B. Coltrane, of
Concord ; W. L. Grissom, of Greens
boro; A. L. Baker, of Raleigh; F. K.
Harris, of Henderson ; J. B. Pipkn,
of Reidsville; F. T. Wall, of Kansas
City, Mo.; W. C. Houston, of Concord.
The directors reelected C. L. T.
Fisher, president; D. B. Coltrane, vice
president; W. L. Grissom, secretary
and treasurer; A. M. Scales, attorney.
Last evening at 8:30 o'clock, in the
Guilford hotel dining room, the com
pany gave a dinner to the stockhold
ers with J. F. Horner, of Leadville,
Col., as guest of honor, and speeches
were made by Mr. Horner and ethers.
This is Mr. Horner's first visit south,
and he is delighted with Greensboro
and this section.
According to one man there will
be a very good crop of peaches; the
other man says there will be practi
cally none. - Dne thing about it a
peach that has lived through all the
cold weather deserves well at the
hands of the man who' rai
peaches.--Oreensboro Record. ,
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' rERSOXAX, MZHTIOir.-
Soma ef the People Sere and Else
where Wae Come and Oo.
Mr. W. B. Brut ob is spending the
day in Charlotte.
Mr. T. H. Vanderford spent yester
day afternoon in tbe eity.
Mr. Majcom Bradfield, of Char
lotte is a visitor in tbe city.
Miss Marguerite Brown has gone
to Winston-Salem to visit friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Ran Ragan, of Salis
bury, are visiting relatives in the
city.
Misses Nell Herring and Caiherine
Good son are spending the day in
Charlotte.
Mr. C. E. Stratford, of Charlotte,
is spending the day here with his
family.
Senator L. T. Hartsell is spending
the dav in Charlotte on professional
business.
Messrs. A. R. Howard and A. O.
Odell will spend Sunday in Greens
boro. Mrs. C. W. Johnson, of Charfotte,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. J.
Bras well.
Miss Evelyn Grier has gone to Har-
risburg to spend Sunday with her fa
ther. Dr. Grier.
Mrs. Harley Propsi and children,
of Kanuapolis, are visiting at Mr.
Worth Propst's.
Re'v. and Mrs. J. M. Grier have up
turned from Statesville, where they
have been visiting relatives.
Mr. Joseph Fetzer. who lias been
visiting -relatives in llio cilv, has
gone to High Point.
Mr. W. A. Porter, now of the force
of the Lumberton -Robesonian, is
spending today here with his children.
Miss Ruth Ivey, who has been vis
iting her brothers, Messrs. C. M. and
LeRoy Ivey, has returned to her home
in New London.
Mr. Paul Means, of the University
of North Carolina, will arrive tonight
to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Means, for a week.
'Mr., and Mrs. J. W. Cannon, Mr.
Charles. Cannon and, Mn-E. G. Bars;
hardt, who have been visiting Pana
ma, Bermuda Islands, Porto Rico and
Cuba, arrived in New York today and
are expected home the first of the
week.
Prison Commission Asks the Govern
or to Grant a Pardon to Strip
ling Unconditionally.
Atlanta, Ga., April 7. The Geor
gia prison commission this morning
recommended to Governor Brown
that he grant an unconditional par
don to Thomas Edgar Stripling, the
former chief'of police of Danville,
Va., who killed a man in this fetate
14 years ago and escaped while lie
was being taken to the penitentiary.
His fate now rests with the Governor.
The commission heard Stripling's
plea yesterday. Stripling is in jail in
Harris county, Georgia, where he
killed W. Cornett for an alleged in
sult to Stripling's sister. While living
in Virginia he was known as Morns.
Debate at Central School.
An interesting debate was held
yesterday at the Central graded
school by members of the seventh
grade B on the following question
"Resolved, That Greece has done
more for civilization than Rome."
The speakers were: .
Affirmative: Ehse McEachren, Ar
thur Eudy, Paul Cranfleld and Eva
Gooden.
Negative: Catherine Means, Laura
Moore, Walter Furr and Ernest
Kluttz.
The judges decision was in favor of
the negative.
"The Aching Void," which will be
exhibited at The Thentorium today
is a society drama of the higher
class, produced by the well known
Vitagraph Company of America, so
famous for its "life portrayals.'
The story has to do with a childless
woman of fashion who longs for the
boon of motherhood, and it is worked
out in a way that appeal at once to
every woman's heart, The picture
should not be missed.
Bank ii helpful not only to men
has any basinets transactions.
in busineit but to every man and woman
bills with Cheek easy, . besides
K01TH CAE0UKA KEWi.
Iteaa ef Interest from ail Parti ef
the Old Vorth State.
Rev. W. II. BelL formerly castor
of the Reformed church at Lenoir, J
arrived at Crescent Wednesday and
has already entered upon his duties
ss superintendent of Nazareth or
phanage, the orphan's borne of the
Reformed Church in North Carolina.
It was announced some Hays ago
tbat Mr. R. B. Boone, who formerly
practiced law at Durham, but who
has been living in Oklahoma "for some
years, had been appointed to the Su
preme Court bench of Oklahoma.
This tarns ont to be an error.
Guilty of murder in the second de
gree wss the verdict of the jury in
the 'rase of Moses bpesks, ot High
Point, for killing his wife wiih a
butcher knife about two months ago.
The jury got the case a boot 5 o clock
Friday afternoon and were out a lit
tle less than two hours.
The statement in some of the pa
pers that the name of ex-Judge Jamet
L). Murphy, of Buncombe, had been
presented to the Governor foi ap
pointment as Superior Court is in
correct. Mr Murphy is not an appli
cant, and hag declined to permit the
use of his name.
What North Carolina Did in 1910.
North Carolina has a population of
2,200,287.
Has 11,210 teachers in the public
schools.
Percentage of enrolled school popu
lation 72 per cent.
Raised 57,000,000 bushels of com.
Rai ed 129,000,000 pounds of to
bacco.
Raised 718,389 bales of cotton.
Raised 262,000 tons of hay.
Raised 7433,000 bushels of wheat.
Raised 3,458,000 bushels of oats.
---Assessed 306,979 horses and mules.
Assessed 683,950 cattle.
. Assessed 1,190,560 hogs.
Banks have $73,405,008.88 in de
posits. i vState Fain has grown 200 per cent.
Lin last five years. ;
It is a sin to play poker the way
some people play it. . , . -
HOWARD
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X-ilLa.
Our Men's and Boys'- Hat "
Department is overflowing with ,
..New Easter Hats..
Panama Hats The kind that
will not break and the style you
like, priced . QS.(D
' , SSMaaSMewSS -
Straw Hats for both the ; young
and old at all prices, 'from
P.S. We are headquarters for
Caps. Prices, 16c, 25c and 50c
OEXEEAillWa.;
Late Items
ef ITcwi
from Bart,
Than and Everywaere.
Low cut dresses are a good thing,
according to Dr. Claude L. Wheeler,
since anything that exposes tbe ekm
is good for the general health." - -
The committee on prevention of tbe
Association for tbe Blind, in making
a crusade on tbe roller-toweL charging ,
that it spreads disease of the eye. c
The material excavated ia building
the Panama Canal, if it were consloi
dated in the form of a solid pyramid,
would make the Great Pyramids of ,
Egypt seem as pygmies by com pari
son, and the largest buildings of tbe
earth look like dolls' bouses. -"
One hears some astonishing things .
st times. Tbe latest ia that tbe wife
of President Lincoln was a Southern -woman
and a sympathizer with the
South, keeping the army of Lee past
ed as to the doings of the Federal
armies. Mrs. Lincoln was a native
of Kentucky. ,
Dr. I). K. Pearson, of Hinsdale, 111,
will celebrate bis ninety-first birthday
anniversary April 14 by the distribu
tion of $300,000 to schools and .re
ligious organizations. That will make
his total distributions of recent years
nearly five million dollars, most of
which has been given to small col
leges, -v
Senator Thomas S. Marttn, of Vir
ginia, was selected at the Democratic
Senate caucus Friday as permanent
cueus chairman' and minority leader
during the present congress. He re
ceived 21 out of the 37 -votes east,
16 going to Senator Benjamin F.
Shively, of Indiana, who was then
elected vice chairman.
Says Japan Triad t Bop Land-ea
Mexican Gout.. ... y
Taeoma, Wash., April 6. Former
Governor Savage, of Nebraska," on :
of the owners of a big Magdalena Bay
tract of land 25 miles. long, declared
today tbat tbe Japanese Government
tried to buy tbe land. He says, the
land waa recently sold, bat not to
Japan, for $15,000,000., Savage de
clined, to' name tbe purchaser,.
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