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Maebirtgto'ri
A'little while ago, when It was be
lieved that the chief battleground In
the coming campaign would be in the
the headquarters of
Pattlegronnd the Republican Con
Shifts. gressionaK Committee
in , Chicagb:v But the
aspect of things political has so far
changed that it is now proposed to
maintain twe headquarters, one in
New York and the other in Chicago,
and to have Chairman McKInley di
Tide his time between the two. Rep
resentative Loudenslager, secretary
of the committee, will remain at the
New York headquarters permanently.
Mr. McKInley will Ebon call the com
mittee together for-a general discus
sion of the . campaign, but although
-much "literature" has been prepared
and other preliminary steps have
been taken, the . campaign will not
begin in earnest until about Julyl,
when mostof the nominations will
have been made.
With such effective fortifications
at the Panama Canal the mainten
ance of, land-forces of 4000 or 5000
men might seem superfluous, but the
probabilities are that
The Land were an enemy to seek
Forces t. the capture' or the de
For Canal.' struction of the canal
the attempt would be
made by means of a force, landed at
some distance from and outside the
range of .the fortifications; "and while
the landing of aiiy material force on
the isthmus and without, the range of
the fortifications would be attended
with grave difficulties, the adminis
tration purposes to take no' chances,
and to meet such a contingency will
have an ample force of field artillery,
cavalry and infantry at hand. ' The
protection of the locks from cranks,
anarchists, and even from the fool
hardy spies of an enemy In time of
war, will also be necessary, and this
work can best be performed by the
troops garrisoned along the line of
the canal.
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The political effect of the retire
merit of Senators Aid rich and Hal Is
problematical, but.' there are masjr
who believe' it will Inure to the ben
efit of the party in the
Effect of next election and in the
, Senatorial one that follows, Al
Itetirements. drlch,' In the Senate,
and Cannon, inN the
House, have been denounced from
one end of the country to the other,
and in the minds of .the uninformed
are closely allied. The rejection of
"Cahnonism," by means of the elec
tion of a new Rules Committee of
which the Speaker is not a member,
ha3 already produced a most -favorable
effect on the country. " The as
surance that Mr. Cannon will, not be
re-elected Speaker is , expected to ac
complish still more, and the an
nouncement that Mr. Aldrich will not
come back will doubtless have weight
with many people who have been
taught to associate the Rhode Island
Senator with Mr. , Cannon and with
those who blame him for the defects
in the tariff law. Mr. Hale, too, has
been classed as a reactionary of the
extreme type, and his retirement will
probably take some measure of
weight from-the shoulders of the
party. ' .
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Actuated by humanitarian rather
than economic motives, the House
Committee on Immigration has re
ported favorably ; the Sulzer-O'Con-nell
bill prohibiting the
To Mitigate separation of immigrant
Immigration families. This measure
Hardships, provides that unless a
member, of an imml-l
Krant family Is suffering from some
loathsome or, contagious disease or
from some irreparable' mental defect
ne or she shall not be separated from
the remainder of the family or be de
ported. The present 'x law leaves no
discretion to the Immigration officials
in the matteV of deportation where
disease or mental incapacity is found,
ana has resulted Jn many hardships.
Of course, it is not purposed to throw
flown the bars, but it is maintained
that it is entirely safeand far more
humanitarian to clothe vthe immigra
tion oaicials with sufficient authority
to permit of their exercising their dis
cretion when the rigid - enforcement
or tne law would entail separating
members of a family. - " , '
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The enactment of the Alaskan gov
ernment bill will be deferred ""until
ext session, with the entire approval
of the President, who Is deeply Intei
ested in the subject, but
Alaskan; who believes that more
Legislation. Justice can be done this
, ' important subject T then
Jnan now. Mr. Taft is steadfast In
Ws conviction that the welfare of the
district depends on the creation of an
executive council, to be Appointed by
Jhe President, rather, than an elective
gislature and wouldLoubtless veto
any bill which provided for the latter.
A&e Hotrse Committee- on Terrftdries
2 cttvtocedthat .material change
'Qould be made in the present law
governing the association of land
"aims so as to prevent eight men
w claima on 160 acres of land and
noting that area by working onl7
who i acrea whercas -Mi' individual
thl I? 3 on twenty acres must work
bin ? r,e area- 11 18 Provable that a
cy Vi?,eSIns t0 correct this dlscrepan
WIU 5 reported at this session.
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CUmmif JS RftTE PROPOSAL
' BEATEH 1H SENATE
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Amendment For Approval of Traf
, lie Agreements Lost
PHYSICAL VALUATION III HOUSE
Several Regulars Join. Insurgents and
Democrats in Patting Through
Ita Follette Railroad Plan Reg
ulars Still Hold Control.. "
: Washington, D. C. The Cummins
amendment to the. Administration
Railroad bill, providing xthat traffic
agreements, with the rates and classi
fications made under them, must be
approved by the Inter-State Com
merce Commission before going into
effect, was defeated in the Senate bv
a vote of 29 to 35. The vote demon
strated that the regulars have , a" safe
though not a very wide margin for
heading off insurgent amendments.
At the same time, at the other end
of the Capitol the House insurgents
appeared to have it all their own
way, and the Xa Follette plan for
physical valuation, which has no
chance in the Senate, was incorpor
ated in the bill as an amendment.
It is now apparent that by the time
the Railroad bill is passed by the two
houses separately It will have become
rtwo bills instead of one. The meas
ures are daily getting further and fur
ther apart, and even when the House
measure came from Mr. Mann's com
mittee it was quite different from the
measure reported by Senator Elkins.
In the Senate fight the roll call
showed eleven insurgent ' Republican
votes in favor. of the Cummins substi
tute for the mild Crawford-.amend-
ment, which Chairman Elkins had al-4
ready accepted for the committee.
The Insurgents were Beverldge, of
Indiana; Borah, of Idaho; Bristow, of
Kansas; Burkett, of Nebraska; Clapp,
of Minnesota; Cummins, of Iowa;
Dixon, of Montana; Dolliyer, of Iowa;
Gamble, of 1 South Dakota; La Fol
lette, of Wisconsin, and Nelson, jpf
Minnesota. -
This list of eleven makes about the
fulL number of insurgents as ordina
rily available in the tariff fight. - The
fact that some - of them should be
found in the Insurgent -column, how
ever, indicates the force of , the cry
from home for progressive Iegisla
tion, Mr. Burkett has never been
regular in his Insurgent tendencies,
and he is up for re-election next fall.
Mr. Gamble and Mr. Dixon are also
far from straignt-out insurgents,
though tbelr terms have stillsome
years to run.
All the Democrats present voted
solidly with the insurgents, and all
the pairs that were recorded showed
the same tendency. Pour Democrats
were aDsent without pairs, however,
and had they been present and voted
with their party the defeat of the
amendment would have been by the
narrow margin of two votes. The
unpaired., absentees were Senator
Smith, of Maryland; Bankhead, of
Alabama; Clarke, of Arkansas, and
McEhery, of Louisiana. Mr.. Smith
has been at home ill for some time."
IS PLYMOUTH ROCK A MYTH?
President Lowell Also Questions Au
thenticity of Washington Elm.
" Cambridge, Mass. President Low
ell of Harvard University, address
ing three thousand school teachers of
greater Boston, questioned the exist
ence of Washington elm and Ply
mouth Rock.
He was speaking about entertain
ing President Taft and; the visitors
who willattend the convention of the
'National' Educational Association on
.July 2 in a hospitable manner.
He said the convention would be . a
failure if the, entertainment commit
tee only r showed the Chief Executive
. places like Plymouth Rock; if there
is a Plymouth Rock, and the Wash
ington elm, If Washington had any
thing ;to do with the Washington elm.
TO
PROSECUTE : BUCKET SHOPS;
Attorney, Robbins, of Chicago, Re-y-
tained as' Assistant. - ,
Washington, D. C Attorney-General
Wickersham retained the ser
vices of Henry S.' Bobbin's, of Chica
go, as special counsel in connection
with.-' the prosecution of the bucket
shops.- t! y -r ::"" 7 :--'y'y
Rdbbins is the attorney of the Chi
cago Board of Trade and has devoted
much time and attention to the prep
aration of , Jegislation on and prose
cutions against bucket shop3 in Illi
nois'and the Middle Western States,
and Is said tp be qualified exception
ally to assist in the effective prosecu
tion of them. . ' "T ' ' '. '"""
TOLD HER AGE TO CENSUS MAX.
But It Took Warrant and ihe Tollce
, to Blake Woman Do It.' -
'Jllchmond, Va It took a warrant,
a J police officer and a" United ; States
commissioner to make Miss Ellie Pet
Ucola.tjeJl. heraso-to thacenjua.man.
Miss Petticolas declared she wouldn t,
slammed the door in tbe census man s
face and fled to the. po&tm aster for
aid yyy "y:-'
i A warrant was issued, and when
United States': Commissioner Brady
told her there was a prospect of a
heavy fine and a jail sentence- If she
didn't answer Miss Petticolas tear
fully surrendered- : ' ' " r ,
HEW RECORD Hi GQTTOH
Dealers Transfer 200,000 Bales
yorth $15,000,000.
Culmination of Greatest Deal f in His
tory of World's Markets Unaccom
panied by Exciting Scenes.
New I York City. A new world's
record, for the 1 actual transfer of
"spot" cotton was established on-thef
New York Cotton Exchange when the
lohg-talked-of May deal of the Pat-ten-Brown-Hayne-Scales
pool was
brought to a head. I : .
Within an hour after the market
opened "spot" houses tendered to the
bulls 200,000 bales of cotton on' con
tract. i . ;"
The bull leaders were prepared for
the emergency. Every bale tendered
was accepted. Cash settlement for
all the cotton, tendered on May con
tracts will be made. To; finance the
deal $15,000,000 will be required.
Although the -flood of delivery no
tices came upon the bulls in enor
mous volume, the conditions on the
Exchange werevin no way perturbed.
No more excitement than usually
characterizes routine affairs was in
evidence.
May went up thirty points and then
reacted. Speculative months rose
nine to ten points.! After the first
hour the bulls received no more no
tices and it was evident then that the
bears had reached the limit of theirj
avauauie supply.
It was not learned just how. much
May cotton the bull crowd contracted
for. They assert that they are pre
pared to take-over all of their cotton,
and according to the Exchange rules
the sellers had until the last of May
to deliver. '. '
It is against this group of bull op
erators In chttrvn that , thA . Onvrn-
ment Is proceeding, on the grrfund
that they have been-engaged in a
combination to buy up all the avail
able supply of raw cotton of the 1909
1910 Crop, thereby monopolizing the
staple and causing the price to rise,
to an abnormal price. y '
James A. Patten, of Chicago; who
was here to Jook after the details of'
his May deal, said that, as far as he:
was' concerned, - there would be no
"corner." .' and that he was confident
there would be no trouble. resultlng
j from the May deals..
slam's wo3ian friend known;
Folding Bed Victim V Family Kecog-
- nizes Description.
Lee, Mass. The identity is kntwn
of tbe handsome woman who was
with Wellington Smith when his neck
was broken by the I closing up of a
folding bed in a furnished room house
in West Twenty-third street, New
York City.
The family of-: the wealthy paper
manufacturer recognize i: the descrip
tion of Smith's companion as that of
a well-to-do unmarried New. York,
woman, long a friend of Smith, whom
he called . "Anna." She usually
passes the summers In Lee, .
The family, it is said, will not dis
close .the woman's 'name. Smith's
body arrived here In charge of the
son Augustus. "
Mrs. Ralph, Jtho; boarding-house
keeper, said the couple had - been
there before, occupying the same
room. She is described as good look
ing, well preserved, with brown eyes
and hair streaked with gray. .
KERN TO BEAT BEVERIDGE.
Indorsed by Rcmoc ratic Convention
of Indiana at Indianapolis. .
Indlanapclis, ind. Two big Demo
cratic bosses who have menaced In-,
diana with their . ambition to repre
sent the State in the United States
Senate, John E. Lamb,1 of Terre
Haute, of. corporation fame, and
Thomas Taggart, gambling king of
West Baden, literally destroyed each
other, in the State convention here.
The bitterness of their fight made It
possible forthe Democratic party to;
nominate, John W. "Kern, of Indian
apolis, a candidate for the United'
States Senate. Kern was the party's
candidate for Vice-President In 1908.
The action means that Kern should
be elected to succeed Senator A. J.".
Beverldge provided the Democrats
have a majority in : the next State
Legislature and that majority adheres;
to the indorsement. Thee opposition '
to the plaii of indorsing a candidate
wanted a' State primary to select a
nominee. . i : '"- '" ' ' . '-.
KANSAS CUTS vWREAT ACREAGE.
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Nearly 2,00(,000 Acre's 'Abandoned
Owing to Winter; Killing. 1
i Topeka, Kan. Nearly two. million
acres of wheat have been abandoned
in Kansas this year and the crop con-
( dltlon on the remaining 4,532,000
acres is seentyslr per centdue to
"winter killing." Thcse are the
figures given, by F. D. Coburn, Sec
retary of the State Board of ..Agricul
ture, In his first report of tha scasoiiy
Lblsed on conditions: April .20. . y---.tr
Reports of correspondents indicate
tfiaf the area sown to winter wheat fir"
thefall of 1909 approximated 6,478,
000" acres, or more by about 93,000
acres than in the fall preceding. Of
the, total area it appears. frpm the re-,
ports that thirty per cent, is such a
failure that the ground s wfjl be de
voted to, other crops,1 quite a consid
erable - portion of it being . 'already
PBCE PALACE HOW OPEII
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Bureau of Republics' Hrjme at
Washington' Dedicated.
Carnegie, Root, Knox, With the Mexfc
y can' Ambassador, All Make Happy ?
1 Prophecies For NAmity. ' .
Vashlngton, p, CI -The new mar
ble palace oftfcjie International Union
of American Republics - within a
rtone's throw of the White House
iVas dedicated in the name of univer
sal -peace. President Taft joined
with Andrew Carnegie, with ISecre
tary .of State fKnox, with (Senator
Root and with Senor de la Barra, the
Mexican Ambassador, as representa
tive' of the Latin-American republics,
In prophecies of peace among the
twenty-onev American republics, and
pledged themselves always to strive
ta bring about that happy state. Mr.
Carnegie went So far as to express
the hope that sdme day Canada, w!th
the, consent of Great Britain, would
Join the fanillyjlot peaceful American
republics. f;
President Taft called out general
laughter tby referring to the contro
versy which arose between Theodore
Roosevelt and Mr: Carnegie two years
ago -at the ' laying of the cornerstone
of the building. J
! "They 1 differed , as to the methods
hby which .peace 'should be obtained,"
said the President, "but that both
were earnest and strenuous and de
terxnlned to have peace theYe was no
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-"Hear, hear!'? shouted Mr. Carne
gie as the laughter-died away.
- i WIth Its splendid location at the
edge of Potomac Park and the. White
House grounds;; its imposing marble
facade; Its quaint Spanish patio and
elaborately furnished hall of the re
public, the new building, the gift of
Mr. Carnegie, won the admiration of
all the " company ' that passed within
the bronzed grilled portals.
! "1 esteem it great honor to the
United States or America," said the
President at the dedicatory exercises,
"that the other twenty American re
publics should! decide that this home
qt international; union should be here
on "this soil. As the older sister of
the other 'republics we take great
pride in that fact. As the older sister,
we also are anxious that each mem-
b&piJthe.f amilyshould know, that.
we -believe in - absolute equality in
every member ipf the family. There
is nothing in preference that we in
sist upon because of the fact that we
are the older Nation and for the time
being can count more noses." i
: President Taft referred to the work
that Secretaries Blaine and Root did
to bring about a ! greater bond of
friendship among the American re
publics. He congratulated the other
American: republics upon the progress
they have-" made In the past two
decades ' not alone in the matter of
commerce but toward a peaceful set
tlement of all disputes, r V 1 "
J "It goes without saying' he added,
"that in the foreign . policy, of the
United States, Its greatest object ii
peace among this American republics.
We . twenty-one j republicscannot af
ford to have any- two or three of us
quarreling. We must stop. The -organization,
and 'work of this bureau
of the republics is doing much in that
direction. But, Mr. Carnegie and I
will never be satisfied until nineteen
of us can Intervene" by proper meas
ures - to suppress ar quarrel between
any two of us."f -J
The President" paid a personal
tribute to John' Barrett, Director of
the Bureau, saying that he was born
for the work, and that he hoped he
would live long i to carry It forward.
The - ceremonies-- were attended by
special and diplomatic representa
tives of the parlous nations forming
the union. - ..'" '
ONLY FULL BLOOD, NEGRO.
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Louisiana Court Exempts Alt of Mixed
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New Orleans, La.' That a large
part of the legislation in Louisiana
directed toward the separation of the
races does not apply to mulattoes, oc
toroons or quadroons was the, gist of
a decision handed down by the State
Supreme Court Jn the case of the
State against Octave and Josephine
Tread way. The. latter is an octoroon.
The court holds that! where the text
of the law .merely says "negroes' It
cannot be applied tojniilattoes, octo-
- The court, says there are no ne
groes who are not persons of color,
but j there are persons of color who
are not negroes. The term "color" is
applied to a negro for the very pur
pose of having in the language a term
including within its meaning, both
persons of pure and of mixed blcod.
but the converse is not true.
EIGHT-HOUR LAW n OLDS.
Court of AppealsNDecIares Railroad
' 'Act Constitutional.
,; Albany,. N. Y7 The Northrup law,
enacted a few yesra ago, limitingthe
exaplejment . certain- railroadt era
ployes engaged in. moving trains to
eight hours oat of twenty-four, was
t declared- constitutional by the tTourt
of Appeals. ,
-The court reversed tho udg-nent
of the Appellate Division, Second De
partment, which set aside a judgment
of the Supreme Court In favor of the
State, in an actio-a to recover $100.
fine; and costs against the Erie Rail
road Company for permitting one of
its telegraph operators to be on duty
more than eight hours- - . .- x.
Off. B, C. HYDE ARRESTED
SENT TO ill
Court Declares Evidence Forbids
His Being at Large. .
IURY MUST FIND HIM INNOCENT
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On. Trial For the Murder of Colonel
I Thomae H. Swope the Accused
j Was Out on Bail ot $10O,OQC
r ; Scene In Court.
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Kansas City, - Mo. Owing o the
evidence presented in the trial s of
Dr. B. C. Hyde for the murder by poi
son of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, Dr.
Hyde's bond of $100,000 was re
voked and the physician was placed
in jail by order of Judge Latshaw.
Dr. Hyde must remain in prison until
he is declared Innocent by a Jury or
Is -permitted by the court to furnish a
new bond. " t
Without advising any one of hi3
IntentionV Judge Latshaw summoned
County Marshal Mayes into the court
room, from which the jury had been
removed, and said: .
"In view of the testimony thus far
given the court is constrained to say
that It amounts to a presumption;
that, under the law, deprives the de
fendant of the right to give bond
and he y is hereby remanded to the
custody of the Marshal." .
Mrs. Hyde stared at the Judge as
he spoke, and when he had finished
she; threw her arms about he hus
band's neck and sobbed hysterically.
Mrs. Logan O. Swope saw Mrs. Hyde,
who is her daughter, standing in the
ball sobbing, but she passed quickly
by, entered her automobile and went
home. 1 f
Scarcely had the court ceased
speaking when Attorney John Lucas,
representing Dr. .Hyde, had the fol
lowing statement entered upon the
record:
"The defendant maintains and al
leges that the remanding of him to
the! county jail pending the result of
his case will have the effect of preju
dicing his right before the jury, it
being construed as a declaration on
the part of the court against Tiis In
terest ahd'Ieading the jury to believe
he guilty, of the' offense .charged,
and asks the'curfW rescind the or
der nnon.that groiind." - ;v ;!
"Tne' defendant will not be locked
up with the jury, and the knowledge
cannot come to the jury from any-
thing that the court can'.' prevent
I answered Judge Latshaw.
Cyanide of potassium, the deadly
poison which the State : accuses Dr.
Hyde of giving Colonel Thomas "H.
Bwope, causing his. death, played an
Important role in the "trial. "Hugo
Breckleln, a druggist, and three of
his i employes testified that on three
occasions, in September and Decem
ber, 1909, Dr. Hyde purchased a to
tal of twenty-five grains In capsules
at their placeof business. 1 : '
Brecklein said that in; the twenty
three years he had been a druggist
he never had sold . cyanide for medi
cine. It was generally 'sold "for the
use qf photographers.
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WILL NOT PROBE EXCHANGES.
Toombs Resolution Buried in Com
mittee by Assembly.
Albany, N. Y.The Assembly re
fused to withdraw from the Ways
.and "Means Committee the Toombs
resolution" for the appointment of a
commission to Investigate the, New
York Stock and ' Consolidated Ex
changes and all - other exchanges
throughout the State. This kills ths
measure. The vote was .16 to 92.
Leader Merritt said the resolution
had been fairly: considered by the
committee and it was deemed' un
worthy of 'favorable report. Speak
ing to his resolution Toombs asserted
the commission appointed by the Gov
ernor In 1908 to look into "the busi
ness of the exchanges was a mere
pink tea affair.
. "Wash sales," Toombs explained,
"arevtfie meanest kind of swindle.".
SURETY COMPANIES SHAKY.
MacVeagh Asks Congress, For a Lati
';" 'j to Supervise, Them.
Washington, D. C The special
need for the Government examlna
.tion of 'certain surety companies
which th.e Treasury; Department Tia
reason to believe aro in an Ninsaf
financial condition was pointed out to
Congress by Secretary MacVeagh,
who recommended that he be author
ized to create a division of surety
bonds and contracts. The office is ta
be uncTer-a superintendent, at $5000
annually, and a deputy - superin
tendent, at $3000. y
' , Secretary MacVeagh says that un
der the present system, by-which the
Government has - sustained large
losses through, failure 6? companies
the Treasury has no authority to sus
pend ! or revoke the licenses of sus
pected concerns without proof of their
MAY YOUR FREE A
Gets a Divorce FronrPatsanr Bradler
, Strong; in Oregon Court.
Oregon City, Ore.- Blrs. Puinajn
Bradlee Strong, formerly Frances
Hope and previous to that May Yohe:
a music hall singer, got a divorce on
the giound of desertion from Captain
P. B. Strong, of New York City.. -
Of recent months Mrs. Strong hat
been living in Portland under the
name of 'Mrs. Franklin." ; :
Latest News.
Cables $3000 to Redmond. - a
Boston, Mass. The ! final Instal
ment of 115000 to the $100,000 fund
subscribed I byx the United Irish
League of America for the Irish Na-..j
tlonalist movement was cabled to v
John E. Redmond, London, by Treas- I
Jirer T. B. Fltzpatrick. i - ' I
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Dcnth Remotes a Witness. '
Central City, Col. The body ot !
William H. i Chittenden, of Denver,
jpresldent and "general manager of a ,
mining company, was found burned ;
,to a, crisp in the ruins of , a, frame
cabin. Chittenden was to" have testi- v
fled in the trial of a miner charged
rlthN stealing a drill. '
Mayor Increases Honrs.
1 Milwaukee! Wis. Mayor SeldeV
Social-Democrat executive, has Issued
an order that City ' Hall employes
shall work eight instead of six hours
a day.
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SO Divorces in Two Hours.'
Macon, Ga. Thirty-six ' divorces '
Were granted jln the Bibb County Su;
perlor( Court in two hours. I Only four
df the suits jwere filed by negroes.
One wife was; sued for drinking, her
husband's whiskey. One man, who
sued one woman , for a divorce, was
himself sued by another woman.
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Ten Hours Is Woman's Day. - ,
. I Springfield, "ill. '- The Supreme
Court declared the law prohibiting
the? employment of women in facior-
; ies and stores over ten hours pee
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aay constitutional.
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Doctor Gets $100,000 Fee.
Chicago, Ull Dr. L. C. H. E. Zle
ler. by a Supreme Court decision, se
cures $ 1 0 0:0 6 0 from the estate o '
Mrs. J, H.. Mcyicker. as provided by
the contract he held to render her
medical attendance during her life.
Wet Business in Dry District.
! Bristol. Tenn. Eleven whiskey
firms and qne distillery paid nearly
$50,000 Into Jthe treasury ot Bristol
Va.; for the, privilege-of doing busi
ness for another year. Bristol is. a
distributing point for the . Vdry"
OTithem'tate5!5r;i(r-' "
Federal Justice Swift. ;" -
I : Richmond, I Va. Eddie' Fay "and
Little Eck") Harris were sentenced
to ten years in the Atlanta Peniten
tiary and fined $6000 each. They
pleaded guilty to robbing, the Rich
mond postofnee on the night of March
27, when $85,000 was taken.
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Sunday Ball Bill Vetoed.
Columbus, Ohio. Governor Har-.-mon
vetoed the Anderson Sunday
baseball bill, j The bill jrovided that
villages and ,clties: shall have the
right to vote on the question of base
ball on Sunday. The Governor fa
vored the bill, but thought that it is.
unconstitutional. '
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indictment Stands in Bribery Case
! Jackson, Miss. Judge W. A"-'
Henry, in the Hinds County. Circuit.,
Court, overruled the motion to quash,
the Indictment against L C. Dulaney
charged with bribing State Senator.
T: G. Bilbe.' :':': : "?y-
Turner, Jr., Asjts Divorce.
, Los Angeles, Cal. Frank ; D. Td r
ner, Jr., a son of ex-Judge Turner,
formerly ' a prominent attorney in
New York, who defended Albert Pat
rick, began suit for divorce here, v He
Was married jin New York City in
1908.
V eteran Ensllsh Ranker Is Dead.
j London-SIr John Henry William
Schroeder, head of. J. H. Schroeder
& Co., bankers, died at the age ot
eighty-five years. !
rem and. Chile Dispute.' x
r j Valparaiso, 'Chile. Augustln Ed
wards, Minlstet of Foreign Affairs of
Chile, says that all rumors to the ef-
Uect that an arrangement had beea
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settlement of the dispute regarding
Tacnaland Ariea were nntrne';" - -
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Virgins Image Robed. i -
t Moscow, Russia. A diamond orrrt
ment valued at inany thousand rub es
was stolen from the greatly' revei --d
Image of the Virgin in the Uepen?ki
Cathedral in the Kremlin. Mary
precious stones
the -frames f
wee also cut: out of
the pictures of tbe
saints. The total value of the
loot
is estimated at $500,000.
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. London. Davidson ; DalzIeT. - ; the '
well-known financier and Unionist
member of Parliament ! for Lambeth
has "purchased jthe controlliner inter-
est fs The Standard and The Evening
Standard from CL A, Pearson, the
L etste of whose health compels him to
restrict business activities.
Asquith Wants New Peers. , ; 1
y j London. At a political meeting
Irish Secretary Birrell, declaring that
he knows of no other way .to achieve
the' desired -end, practically revealed
Prime 'Minister Asquith's intention
to ask the King to create nvC . peers
enough to override ' tbe i House cX
Lords If that . chamber rejects the
Tela resolnUox
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