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VOLUME 4—'NUMBER 112
• GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MI!
f, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUAR! 8, 1920
SUBSCRIPTION:
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PL. PER MONTH 60c
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ATLANTIC FLEET
TO GUANTANAMO
To Participate In the Annual Winter
Maneouvers and Exercises—Fleet
Smaller Than Previous Years.
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number of destroyers in port. Of the
108 destroyers attached to the Atlan
tic fleet, only 35 have large enough
crews to warrant sending them to
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Admiral Wilson's flag ' flies from
the main of the dreadnought Pennsyl
vania, wartime flagship of the Uni
ted States fleet. The other dread
noughts in the fleet are the Oklaho
ma, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Florida, re
and Delaware. The North Dakota,
recently at Constantinople, is en route
to Cuba to join the fleet.
Despite the handicaps of depleted
and untrained personnel, the fleet this
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OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., Jan.
8—The main body of the Atlantic
fleet, including seven dreadnoughts
35 destroyers and, a number of sub
marines and auxiliary vessels, under
command of Admiral Henry B. Wil
son, sails today from Hampton Roads
for Guantanamo, Cuba, for the annual
winter manoeuvres and exercises.
The fleet as constituted is relative
ly smaller than previous years due to
the fact that lack of men kept the
number of pre-dreadnoughts, battle
ships »several cruisers and a large
sea.
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year faces the most extensive and
comprehensive scedule of winter man
Particular atten
oeuvrs in history,
tion will be given to working out les
sons, and problems resulting from the
war and in giving a careful test to
wartime mechanical inovations. Co
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operation between naval aviation for
ces and the fleet, experiments in sub
marine attack problems and tactical
manoeuvrs under high speed, in addi
tion to the usual strenuous program |
tar ^ et P ra ctice, are expected to
d!y P durinT the' sUy" a^GuInt^i^o. j f
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were to give the first opportunity to ,
experiment with the pracHcabi ity of ^
large tactical units carrying t ei
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ruary -5 the units will be j e t
Colon where they will rema
March 4, giving all hands an oppor
tunity tor s ore eave a ' !
rtb, anrconûnue exeLres !
return to Cuba and cont u .
and manoeuvres, including main ai - ,
tery target practice, unti pu ■
willbe^rokenTurand the" retu^Tvoy- j
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brief respite from the strenuous
round of drills when the seventh di- :
vision of dreadnoughts goes to Bar
er editor down in Missouri, who refus- j
ed to publish the death notice of a
merchant who had not advertised in :
his home paper. He said: "People j
who don't advertise in the home paper j
never were alive and their passing j
away has no news value."—Albany j
Park (111.) Record.
After arriving in home
age started,
waters the vessels will scatter to var
navy yards of the Atlantic coast
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HAD NO NEWS VALUE.
MRS. LITE DIED THIS MORNING, j
Mrs. M. A. Lite died this morning
at 4 o'clock at the home of daughter, ■
Mrs. R. J. Bishop at 207 Gibbs street. '
The deceased was 78 years old. The :
funeral will be held here today. ;
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION, j
Notice is hereby given that a spec- i
ial election was ordered by the board i
of supervisors of Leflore county at its j
regular January, 1920, meeting, to be
held at the several voting places in ;
said county on the 10th day of Feb-|
1920, when the question will be i
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submitted to the qualified electors of j
said county whether the bonds of said j
county to the amount of forty-five ;
thousand dollars, bearing interest at j
the rate of six per cent per annum,
payable annually, said bonds to
ture not later than twenty five years
after date of issuance ,but payable
after five years at the option of said
ma
The proceeds of said bonds
county.
to be used only in the establishment,
equipment, erection of buildings, pur
chasing lands, live stock or other nec
essary improvement of the Ben. L.
Jones Agricultural High School, for
white children, of Leflore county,
Mississippi, located at the village of
Schlater, in said county.
By order of the Election Commis
This tiie 8th
ionen of said county,
day of January, 1920.
R. B. SCHLATER,
T. J. PHILLIPS,
S. GILLESPE,
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JOE WILLIAMS
SERIOUSLY CUT
Wound Was Inflicted By Barnes Ar
cher Of Cruger, When Quarrel
Occurred Last Night.
Joe Williams was cut' and seriously !
injured last night at 11 o'clock in the
cofe of the Kitchell Hotel by Barnes
Archer of Cruger, when an alterca
tion arose between the two. Just how
the trouble started could not be ascer
tained, but Sheriff W. S. Vardaman
stated to a reporter, that both were
drinking.
It is alleged that Williams struck
Archer over the head with a pistol,
knocking him through the plate glass
window. It is stated that Archer then
got to his feet and drew a pocket
knife, cutting his assailant in the low- ;
er abdomen, inflicting a wound ten |
inches lon S- Williams was also cut
in the left thl * h ' a three mch ^ ash
havin S been inflicted. j
Wilhams was taken to the Kings
Daughters Hospital. His attending 1
Physician stated this morning that his
wound was serious. The physician
said that after the cat wa ® mulcted,
the intestines escaped and that he ■
re * arded his condition s critical
Archer was arresb?d a " d plaCed "
tbe count J J a i • ls morning e
arranged for a $2,o00 bond and was
released He has employed Gardner,
MtBee & Gardner as his attorneys.
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Salary WeSlCm UlUOIl
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Employees Increased
In common with thirty two thous
and of their fellow employes in other
cities, the local employes of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company who
have been six months or more in the
service of the Company will partici
Jn salary j ncreases totaling over i
f iv ?J2S n d °SS4gT ar C °CT;" j
1Dg WMWiy 1st. TSnapToyes wntr have
been * year ° r m ° re in th ® service
^ receiye a 16 per cent increase I
^ hoge who haye been gix months but
legg than a year in the serv ice will |
recek/e ^ per cent. Only employes : t
wbo rece ^ ve kss than $250 a month ;
participate. ! 0
Manager Mrs. N. A. Dodge of the
local office says that these increases j
are in P ursuance an agreement j
reac b e d some time ago between the
management and the Association of
the Western Union Employes. The
W es t ern Union is one of the large cor- ;
porations which engages in the pro- ;
cegg of collective barga ining with its j
employes> and this is the latest of
several general increases which have
been a ^«tiated as a means of off
setting to a certain extent the in
creased cost of living wh i c h has fal- |
len so heavily upon the salaried i
class ' . . . 1
District Five of which the local
office was attached, has been discon
tinued and the Greenwood office is
under the supervision of Mr. J.
B. Cheatham, District Commercial
Superintendent.
Owing to, the increase in business
i n ^ be Greenwood office, Mrs. Dodge
j gtates that an additional operator
and a nother clerk will be added to the
: force at once. Mr. Harvard, an ex
j perienced operator from Jackson, ar
j rived today to accept a position
j here.
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j "Glorianna" the scintillating musi
ca i CO medy with book and lyrics by
■ Catherine Chisholm Cushing, and the
' mus i c by Rudolf Firml, will be pres- I
: e nted by John Cort at the Green
; wood Theatre with Fritzi Scheff in
; the title role,
j Fritzi Scheff is the ideal person
i ifi ca tion of the impetuous "Glori
i anna " > who assumed the role of the
j w j do ws friend temporarily. The story :
Q f the play revolves around the
; f r i end l y efforts of one friend to se
cure for the other her inheritance. To
i do so . s he impersonates her friend
for "Glorianna" and her friend.
Louis F. Spaulding,
Mr. and Mrs. Calhoon Wilson and
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Malone left this
afternoon for New Orleans, where
they will visit for a few days.
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IANNA.
j and f or the time being, "Glorianna"
j adop ts the widow's weeds of the lat
; ter All almost goes well, but the
j unexpected return of somebody up
sets their plans and all ends happily
Tbe cas t i n support of Miss Scheff
included At. H. Wilson, George Ev
ere tt, Ursula Ellsworth, June King,
Curtis Karpe,
James Joseph Dunn, Marie King, Ed
Malden, James Simpson, Margery
Lane, Harriet Press, Vera Dunn and
the one hundred per cent Beauty
Chorus.
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Sunday from Greenwood on a visit to
Mrs. H. Hart je and Miss Annie
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U.S. SENDS TREE
SEEDS TO EUROPE
Most Unique New Year's Gift From
One Nation To Another—Sent
By American Forrestry Assoc.
WASHINGTON, . Jan»
«ve 'müloin tPee seeds, making the
mos t unique New Year's gift one na
tion ever made another, are on the
wa to Europe American Forestry
^sLiation announced today. They
are int * én ded for reforesting the bat
t j e area s of France and Belgium and
depjleted forests and woodlands
0 f Great Britain. The seeds were pur- :
chased by funds raised by members of
tbe Association. They include Doug
j ag pj r> Western Larch, White Fir, \
Engelman Spruce, Red Oak, Sugar |
iyj a p] e> White Ash and Tideland j
gp ruce . More seeds are to be sent '
wben f unds are available.
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Marine Demonstrations
To Begin April 12th.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 8—For the pur
pose of creating nation-wide inter
es ^ j n development of the Am- I
er i can merchant marine, a series of
demonstrations showing marine re
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sources of the country, will begin here
April 12 and last one week, it was
announced today by the National Ma
rine League. |
According to P. H. W. Ross, presi-,
den t Q f the League, the demonstra- j
tions will consist of parades; dinners,
a j. w hich prominent marine author
jties will be speakers; expositions of i
s hjp models and exhibits of cargo
handling and shipping devices. John
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Barton Payne, Chairman of the Unit
ed States Shipping Board; secretary
of Commerce J. W. Alexander, and
other men prominent in America's
commercial development will be in at
tendance. While centering in New
York, the demonstration will be na
tion-wide in scope, it was added.
The League, according to its offi
cers, now has more than 9,000 mem- !
hers including not only prominent
steamship men, but executive heads
D f many of the largest manufactur- j e
j ng) banking and general business ; r
firms in every state of the union. !
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
The U. S. Civil Service Commis- |
sion announces an examination for un
skilled laborer, to be held at Green
wood, Miss., on Jan. 19, 192Q. Vaca
ncies in the Custodian Service at
$660 a year will be filled from this
examination . Both men and women,
if qualified, may enter this examina
tion but appointing officers have the
legal right to specify the sex desir
ed i n requesting certification of .eligi
bles. For existing vacancies male eli_
gibles are desired . The distribution
of applications will begin on Jan. 12,
1920. Age limits, 20 to 50 years, but
this does not apply to persons entitled
to preference because of military or
naval service. For further informa
Hon and applications, address T. F.
Prophet, the Secretary, Local Civil
Service Board, Greenwood, Miss.
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PARENT-TEACHER MEETING.
The Parent-Teacher Association
will meet Friday, January 9th, in the
high school building at 8:30 p. m.
JEFFERSON DAVIS SCHOOL HON
OR*ROLL
The following pupils names were
placed on the Horjför Roll of the Jeff
erson Davis School for the past
month: V j
Third Grade—Elizabeth Dunn, Et
bel Keesler, Marian Dickens, Jessye
Stinson, Eloise Taylor, Mary Whit
tington, Maxwell Yates, Cornelia
Rush, Elizabeth Montjoy, Lenora
Crook, Ruth Milburn, Alice Barnwell,
Louise Guess, Julia Barrier, Graee
Exum, Harriet Hamner, Edward Tur
nmr, Pee Coolly, William Jones,
Vaughn Errin, Clarence Grely, Milton
Moorehead, George Meadows, George
Pearce - Vesta Kit^eH, Louise Sch
ultzz > Bill F Chaiidl^, . Eldred Corn
stock > Charles FrXan. Ward Feas
ter, Billy Gist, Erh«rgt JÖhhson, Sarah
Reginold.
^th B. Grade—-Ruth Forman, Bern
ard Dacus, Laurie Hyam, Kathleen
Tollison, Richard Sampson, Kenneth
Wurtz, Josephine Couty, Frances Hoi- j
me s.
^ A. Grade Mabeth Beaman, Mary
Catherine Busam, Clara Chambless,
Delà Meyer, Margurite Naaman, Mary
Pearl Whittle, Cecil Wamble, Mary
Ida Dunn, Eleanor Dulin, Josephine
Ellington, Frances Gray, Sara Gwin,
Jeanette Leftwich, Jewell Melton, Do
vey Overby, Sara Prosser, Dorothy
Sabin, Sarah Schlater, Mildred Turn
er, Nell Baine Wilson, Cullen Bed
well , Percy DeLoach, Billy Gearhiser,
Orman Kimbrough, Gwin Mounger,, :
David Nichols, Porter Peteet.
5 A. Grade—Burton Clark, Christ
ine Eubanks, Freida Gellman, Gene
vieve Kitchell, Ethel Minyard, Jose
phine Stern, John Stokes, Ruby C.
Smith, Jewel Westbrook.
5 Grade.—John Everett Gayden,
J° se P b Blanchard, Florence Baglan,
Ira Boswell.
5 B. Grade—Clinton Pepper, George
Taylor, Clinton Lomax, Billy Foun
tain, FrAl Sanifer, Walter Samuels,
i Elizabeth Rovenhorst, Roanoke Pond,
Dolly Galle, Frances Ward, Martha
Couty.
Sixth Grade — William Woods,
Francis McGehee, Laura Lee Thomas,
A. B. Langham, Golda Higgins, Julia
Mounger, Leela Francis DeLoach,
Eulah Bowlus, Margaret Bedwell, An
nie Hughes Dixon, Ethel Hogan,
Anease Calhoun, Mary Dora Kirby, j
Seventh Grade—Clifford Scott, Sal
ii e Williford, Louise Beaman, Eugene
! Thomas, Mary Nash Keesler, Theo
do re Austin, James Bealle, Sam Gwin,
Arch Peteet, Jeannette Arenzon, Eth
j e l Baglan, Civiliah Blanchard, Har
; r j e t Barnwell, Mary Bess Guice, Edna
! Garrott, Bessie Comfeild, Mary Eliza
j beth Mattox, Mary Ella Magee,
Azolee Tupper. ;
| Seventh A.—William Ross, Buster i
Bright, Shack Smith, Lurline Fulton,
Emma Prophet, Joe Whitehead, ;
Graham Kitchell, Salem Caplan,
Authur Galle, Flora Borsch, Lyle Wil
Hams, Frances Wright,
Eighth Grade—Hazel Pond, Mil
dred Strickland, Annie Mae Melton,
Margaret Leftwich, Esther Gelman,
Alice Gayden, Martha Feaster, Cath
e rine Fox, Etta Furgeson, Edna Mae
Cahn, Mollie Bedwell, Theresa Barks
da le, Ethel Colvard, Linden Bruce,
Annie May Taylor, Louise Whittle,
Herman Bruce, Simon Diamond, Lucy
Huchins, Frank Gariove.
Deputy Sheriff E. H. Crippen and
family are today moving
county jail to reside. Mr.* Crippen is
both deputy sheriff and jailor.
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Mr. Sam Balkin was a business
visitor here yesterday from Schla
ter, mingling with his many
friends.
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GIFT PACKAGES
SENT TO GERMANY!
Ten Million Marks Worth Of Chari- ;
ty Reached This Country From
The United States.
TIi e shipments are ususally con
signed to President Ebert, in order to
p reven t their deliveries being delayed
by the official customs control.
rp be consignments received up to
da t e have been allotted to industrial
sec tions where the need is greatest
suc h as Upper Silesia, the Ruhr dis
trict , Saxony, and Thueringia. The
eovernment i s simplifying the impor- |
of the parcels and large con- |
s ig nme nts, by removing the custom:;
ieattM to aa .
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Mail Who Saved Life
L0SeS HÎS Pension
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BERLIN, Jan. 8—Ten million marks
worth of charity gifts packages, con
taining food and clothing, reached
Germany from the United States, dur
ing the three months, ending Novem
ber 15th.
Among the contenta was 100,000
pounds of flour, an equal amount of
bacon and 1,000,000 cans of milk.
TOKIO, Jan. 8—The Japanese rie
ksha-man who saved the life of the
f orm er Emperor Nicholas of Russia
w hen an attempt was made to kill him
on his visit to Japan as crown prince
i n 1891 has lost the pension which was
p a j d him for many years for that ser
v j ce to the Russian ruler. This is the
result of the death of the former Em
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peror and the Russian revolution.
Nicholas was attacked by a Japan
ese policeman with a sabre. Interfer
ence by the ricksha-man enabled him
to escape with a slight wound. While
receiving his pension the ricksha-man
ij ved i n luxury but now has returned
to t h e work of hauling his ricksha.
The Leflore Board of Supervisors
was s ^jjj j n session today, but the
business to be considered at this
mee ting was expected to be completed
by this evening and adjournment
made.
The Board issued an order yester
day a n ow ing the sheriff to employ
j an itors for the courthouse at a sal
ary not exceeding $85 per month,
Routine matters of business were
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Still In Session
considered yesterday.
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LEXINGTON ADVERTISER,
JANUARY 2nd.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Q. Stigler left
yesterday morning for Greenwood
where they will reside in the future.
Mr. Stigler has accepted a position
with the Schilling Auto Co. in that
cïty.
He still retains his interest in
Stigler Drug Co. in Lexington While
in our city Mr. Stigler and his esti
mable family won a large number of
friends who regret their departure,
but wish them much success and pros
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Hon. Frank E. Everett, of Indiano
la, a former distinguished Circuit
Judge of this District, was in Green
wood on legal business today.
THREE CITIES
SEEK CONVENTION
Clevelend, Cincinnati and Indianapo
!.. lis Are Not in Race...Clark Howell ..
Chairman Resolutions Committee
A^feociated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Only San
Francisco, Chicago and Kansas City
are in the race for the next Demo
cratic National Convention when the
to
National committee met today
choose the time and place for the 1920
meeting.
Ohio and Indiana did not signify their
intention to compete for the conven- h
tion although Cleveland, Cincinnati
On roll call the states of
and Indianapolis were previously in
the race. Clark Howell, of Georgia
was appointed chairman of the résolu
tions committee. One of the first ac
tions of the committee was a vote that
until the National Convention was
made definite the number of the asso
ciates of the Woman's National Com
mittee, as now constituted, to contin
ue in office.
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Two Thousand Were
Killed In Earthkuake
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8—(Wednes
day)—It is estimated that the number
of casualties attending the earthqauke
Saturday in the Western part of the
State of Vera Cruz, standir two thous- ;
and or more. A new earth shock was
held here this morning.
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BERLIN, Jan. 8—A new telephone
line has just been opened from Ber
lin to Stockholm. The distance is 625
miles of which 80 miles are of cable,
said here to be one of the longest
telephone cables in the world.
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Telephone Line From
en i n g the telephone apparatus.
both cable i and i n g stations the sounds
are raised to their original strength,
PARIS, ,Tan. 8-August Renoir, I
the famous French impressionist,
died at Gagnes this week; aged 78
on the dav that his picture of the Pon>
Neuf fetched 100,000 francs at an art
gaJe Jn hig th he often pa i d for
his dinner with a picture.
Renoir was one of the first of the
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The lowering of the electric-impulse
in parsing through tire cable is in part
overcome by special construction of
that part of the line and by strength
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impressionists. He worked to the last
and died with his palette in his hands,
«j f ee j j am j us t beginning to know
niy trade," he said when he was .well
over 70 .
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MANILA, Jan. 8—The women of the
Philippines have launched a campaign
for suffrage. The senate committee
has been holding public hearings on
the Sison bill, providing for their
enfranchisement.
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New Orleans market closed on ac
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; MISSISSIPPI — Rain Thursday;
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tions Friday much colder and pro
bably fair; fresh to strong southeast
w i nds D n the coast, shifting to the
! northwest by Friday morning.
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TEMPERATURE—Highest, 51 de
lowest, 40 degrees precipitation
grees
g3 river gauge 28.7 fall in 24 hours
q. 3.
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DEMOCRAT PARTY
LEADERS MEET
Banquet Tonight Expected To Be
Greatest Of Kind In History Of
The Party.
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WASHINGTON,
dozen speakers representing the var
i° us wings of the Democratic Partv,
including mostly those prominently
mentioned for the Presidency nô hand
Jan. 8—With a
to voice their views on current issues,
be read ' th eJackson Day banquet to
h 6 held here tonight for the party
leaders ,is expected to be the greatest
event of its kind in the history of the
The banquet will follow a
and a lette rfrom President Wilson to
P art y
meet > n ? of the National Committee
today to select the time and place of
holding the 1920 National ( onvention.
The contents of President Wilson's
k tter is closely guarded, but the
committee members expect it to touch
on the peace treaty as a campaign is
sue and possibly outline the Presi
dent's attitude toward a third term.
Much interest is centering in the
address of William Jennings Bryan,
his re
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turn to party councils, after being
absent for several months. Reports
that he will disagree with the Presi
dent, regarding the treat)' and put
himself in the race for the Presiden
tial nomination, has started endless
speculation, although the reports re
main unverified.
DENOUNCE REPUBLICANS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—A resolu
tion endorsing the treaty of Versail
les and denouncing as unpatriotic the
attitude of the Senators who would
defeat it directly or by nullifying res
ervations, was unanimously adopted
by the Democratic National
j Committee. "Arrogant" Republican
leaders of the Senate were denounced
as having earned the "contempt of the
world" by throttling the treaty for
seV en months and the Senate was call
e ,-i upon to "quit playing politics with
the question of ratification,
i y to his efforts for world peace, was
adopted.
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0 f the two Wilson administration: .
and the manner in which the wal wâ. ..
won, resolutions expressing gratifica
tion of the President's regaining
health after a break down, due large
After adopting the resolutions and
hearing the claims presented by the
delegates from San Francisco, Chica
go and Kansas City as selections for
i the next convention, will be selected
today. The place is apparently be
tween San Francisco and Kansas City.
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Store Keeper Dies
From Burns Received
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Farmers
aroused by a negro who discovered
the building in flames, found W. E.
Hansel, a storekeeper bound to a post
in his store hpilding at Holt, near
here, which was apparently set afire
by robbers after they looted the build.
inp: ' Posses are searching for the men
who committed the crime,
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Soviet Ark" About
To Enter Kiel Canal
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iet Ark Buford, with a cargo of Rad
lcal Aliens, is about to enter the Kiel
Canal, according to official dispatches
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—The "Sov
received today. The officials refuse to
disclose the destination of the ship,
but it is believed now that it will go
to Riga to discharge the Radicals
for transportation across the country
into Soviet Russia.
Underwood Not Be
Candidate President
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Senator
Underwood of Alabama, today an
nounced that he would not be a can
didate for the Democratic Presiden
tial nomination.
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Successor To Hermann
Not Yet Elected
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Associated Press
CINCINNATI, Jan. 8—August Her
mann, chairman of the National Base
ball Commission, recommended today
that no chairman to succeed him be
elected to succeed him at the pre
sent annual meeting of the commiss
ion in the view of the committees re
presenting the two major leagues had
not yet reached definite conclusions
Chairman Hermann
in the matter,
suggested that the election be defer
j ed until the meeting of the two lea
; gues next month.
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