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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
OON EXCEPT SUNDAY
J. L. & S. GILLESPIE, Editors and Publishers
VOLUME 4—NUMBER 113
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SUBSCRIPTION: SI ^5c ^«aSWoo
DAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 9, 1920
GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COU]
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NATURAL GASS
ENRICHING MANY
Snake Hollow Field Yields 100,000,000
Cubic Feet Day—Covers 100 Acres -
Town Lots
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9—Spouting
tural ga$ at the rate of almost 100,
^0,000 cubic feet a day, the Snake
Hollow field, which is not yet four nex
months old, already has made a large
number of persons comfortably rich,
while some subterranean gamble in
more than 2oo wells where the drills
—"are Jcept^going day and night. J
The development, which became ary
apparent when a strong flow of gas
blew the top off a derrick on Septem- ! ^
ber 28 last, covers no more than 100
acres of town lots in the outskirts of ;
the thriving little city of McKeesport,
16 miles from Pittsburgh. Efforts
are being made by important oil and
gas interests to extend the field. If
these test wells, now being drilled,
come in gushers, an important addi- j
tion to the gas producing territory of Dr
Allegeheny county will have been
found. If they are "dusters," geolo- !
gists say, it will not be long until for
Snake Hollow will be a thing of the
past, and dreams of wealth be nothing s |
more than memory.
Rock, pressure, the measure of nat
ural gas at the well, was 1,600 pounds
to the square inch when the first well
came in. This pressure, experts say,
has not geen reduced to 600 pounds, j
indicating that already the field is be
ginning to decline. However, there
are some 20 good wells in the field
and every well which reaches the
Speechley sand where the gas is.
found, comes in a gusher good for 5," *
000,000 to 10,000,000 cubic feet. This
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cannot last, for the wells are drilled j
close together that the pool will be
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so
exhausted very soon unless it is found [
to extend over a much wider area
than that now producing.
But while it lasts Snake Hollow is
taking on all the features of a boom
district where fortunes are made ov
er night. Steep hillside lots which six
months
for a song have sold for $10,000, and
leases, covering space, not big enongh
to hold a drilling.- ««ipment, have
brought half that ^ sum. Churches j
have leased their back yard, and j
schools have given over their play- |
grounds to the driller for a consider -1
atien; In one instance the township:
board of education leased a school j
property, getting $5,000 down and 30 >
per cent of what the drill might find.
The lease of an amusement park sold
for $160,000. A year ago the land,
surface and all that might be under it j
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could have been bought for $300 an
acre.
The amount of money already in 7
vested in the field is placed by bank
at $20,000,000. This is due to the
ers
high cost of everything, from drilling
which reaches about $20,000 a well, to
commissions of stock salesmen who
handling the securities of the 170
companies now in the market. The
most profitable concerns, however,
are close corporations, and some of
their shareholders have been paid
many times over the amount of the
original investment.
The gas bearing sand is from 3,000
feet to 3,200 feet below the surface,
with the average well 3,100 feet deep.
Pipe lines have been laid to some of
the most important holes, and work
is being rushed, day and night, on oth- 1
ers There is everywhere in the field !
a feverish desire to get the gas out
and the money in with the least pos
sible delay, and while some people are
getting some money, experts agree
that a whole lot of investors and spe
culators are going to be disappointed.
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Germany To Punish
Illicit Traders
Associated Press
BERLIN, Jan. 9—New courts for
punishing illicit traders are about to
be established in Germany. As a gen
eral rule they will be composed of
three judges and two unpaid magis
trates, of whom one will be a consum
and the other a food dealer or pro
Persons who export without
er
. . . !
essary for life will be punished by
these courts. .!
Penalities will include both impris
onment and fines up to ÖOO.ÖöO marks.
There is to be no appeal from the ver
diet of these courts.
seriously
ducer.
government permission articles which
the Economic Minister holds as
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Joe Williams Was
Reported Resting Well
Joe Williams, who was
cut Wednesday night by Barnes Ar
cher of Cruger, was reported to be
resting well this morning by his at
tending physician. Unless blood poi
develops, the physician stated he
atm
would recover.
Take the Daily °Commonwealth.
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BUSINESS DONE BY
COUNTY BOARD
Appointment Of County Highway En-
-Election For Bond
Issue On February 10th.
gineer Mad<
The County Board of Supervisors
which has been in session
week at the courthouse, adjourned yes-
meet again on j
all this
terday afternoon to
nex ^ Monday.
Abbott was appoint as j
Highway Engineer for the >ear o
1^20 at a salary of $300 per m on
Abbott, Jr. w,as appoin s |
sistant Highway Engineer with a sal-j
ary °* $ 125 per mont •
The Board ordered that the coun-
, , . . .
! ^ discontinue the supplement to the .
salaI T of the Home Econoirucs
; Agent after February 1st. The
Board also ordered the discontinuance
the count y «»PPlement to the negro
Home Economics Agent.
The contract [ or treatmg and do '!
^ practice on the county mu.es dur
j the ensuin f year ' was awarded to
Dr - H. Foge . . .
sa a *j y ° * e + y P Y sici au,
! was ordered flxed at p f mont *
for Practice at the county home and
Prisoners m the county jail, the phy
s | cian to furnlsh a11 necessary medi
j
. , ,, ^ . A , u ,
* "t.on be held on February 10th to
p certain whether the qual fied elec
.jf the cou ty shall vo e to issue •
eines.
President J. L .Haley, C. E. Wright
and W. G. Poindexter were appointed
the members to inspect all property
j offered as security for loans from the
ounty.
H Y. Fraiser and H. L. Walto.i
' ere appointed to look after the man- .
agement and control of the County
Convict Farm.
The Board ordered that a special
as
•: cu tural Hi. h School for white stu
The bonds ma" !
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"45,000 in bonds at 6 per cent inter
1 st : the bonds not to mature later ;
! 25 years, after date, for the es
tr blishment of the Bm L. Junes' Ag
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eTlts at Schlater.
payable after fi e years a i
^ion of the county. The is ^ anc ® ,
^ùipmeX i«t'o„ oÏtu«d- I"
, . lands and live
">£. the
j'. and .mprovements ne. ssary
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> rbri^tmas in Lexnsrton. bv
mu y ' *. ? :
the shocking .
a , , . u nt . n H.a^
j titute cade was ea a *i
Of cadets were at
« ni r tu re show at the Lyric
^ ^ 'tv,! Lws of his death caused
>vhen . , t rn to
them to rise quie y a " re TO j nutes j to
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rt that hour. ^
The dead youth was William Sloan
Stroud, of Greenwood Miss. Only
five days befôre he died he appeared
at the hospital saying that he was
sick. An investigation revealed that ;
an alarming case of pneumonia had
already developed. From the firs U
'he condition of his heart was unfav- j
orable. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. .
W. Stroud, of Greenwood,
reached his bedside three days befor Q |
death occurred. He was the only son (
1 >f the family.
! Cadet Stroud was nineteen years
of age. He entered the Institute in
the fall of 1917, and was this season
a member of the Second Class,
barracks. This /was a
His death occurred
nast 3 o'clock.
Miss.,
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He
was successfully pursuing his studies
and commanded the esteem and good
will of his instructors and fellow ca- J k
dets. A handsome youth of stalwart
and manly bearing, years of |
form
life appeared in prospect for him,
when he was suddenly stricken down. s
The announcement of his death was j
promptly followed by the display of
the V. M. I. flags at half mast where j ,•
they remained until after retreat
Thursday, the body having been taken
away that morning- A play arranged
cadets for Christmas Eve in
to
of
by the
Jackson hall was postponed in rec
ognition of the bereavement of the
corpse.
The remains left the hospital at 5
o'clock Thursday morning bound for
! Buena Vista for the southbound Nor
by ^ Western morning train. Six
cadets of the second class were Je
^ ^ a g^^ Q f honor and pall
d ^companied Mr. and Mrs.
" their ^ s body. They
were; Cadets H. T. Ineys, F. T. Ham
ilton,- G. McKeUer, T. W. Smith, R
McC. Pate, and J. H. Jordan. When
Buena Vista was reached the train
sought was found much behind time;
the Cliesapeake & Ohio tr^jn was tak
Lynchburg. Cadets Inez and Ham
ilton went as far as Lynchburg as
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TO BUY TIMBER M
OF PHILIPPINES
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China In Making Effort To Boycott
Japan Tries To Obtain Raw Tim
ber From Philippines.
Associated Press
SHANGHAI, Jan. 9—Lumber in
terests in China and particularly in
! Shanghai, as a result of the boycott
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, timber in fut from the p hüi ppi nes .
I" Conner years the vo.ume of Japan's
lumber trade with China has run into
millions of taels annually,
David s N Hsl „ s graduate of the
Philippine school of Forestry, said to
have been sent here by the Philippine
1 government with the approval of Gov- °f
{ ornor General Harrison ,has just com- ! self
j v-| e ^ ed a survey of China's lumber
! market and a study of means by which pair
Philippine lumber may be most econ
: -mically brought here. j es
"JChinese wood workers, carpenters
and builders are said to manifest an
increasing aversion against the use of
Japanese lumber. lar
Upon the completion of Mr. Hsia's the
survey it was announced that in fu
ture the Philippines would undertake °f
j to supply a large portion, if not the
bulk, of China's lumber needs. An in
t.ention expressed was to apply to the
shipping authorities
"ith the request that boats be sup
lied to encourage the growth of the e(
boy
son
V 3 I 1 IG Of AthldlCS
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movement against Japan, are report
ed engaged in a project to obtain raw tion
and
lock
with
ery
ted
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U • ö. 1 eUCnerS T rent n
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American "doughboy",
yj da i president of the Union
Porting Federate-s, who was re
United States
rew business.
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Associated Press
15 ^RTS Tan 9—One of the biggest
• s^ns learned bv France from the
j i -
according to
"pntiv e'ected to the French Chamber
deputies, is the value of outdoor
athletics. He predicts France will
J k av e at least 1,000 open-air athletic
-t.*> d iu ms in various cities and towns
| within the next five years.
Tt was due to football, baseball and
s ? m ii ar sports," he said, "that the Un
j Spates was able to raise, equip
and train an army of 2,500,000 men j
j ,• a f ew months. Athletics is the
sor t Q f military preparation.
v : dal t"ld a representative of
^he Associated Press that one of the
in he will attempt to have
passed by the Chamber will be to ;
meke the appropriation of 10,000,000 1
francs given this year for athletics an j
He said that he also
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as
annual affair.
--nl d interpellate the government on
the manner in which the 10,000,000
*^-cs of 1919 were expended.
Referring to the coming Olvpipic
Games, the new member of Parlia
ment said that France would send 200
trained athletes to Antwerp, as well
two complete soccer and Rugby
football water-polo teams and
;
as
tennis.
If the funds allotted by the govern
ment are insufficient, Mr. Rameil and
Mr Pate, legislative colleagues who
also much interested in athletics,
-will raise a public subscription which
will be called "The French Olympic
Million " in order to finance the
French, athletes.
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work because they have found out
there is no law to compel them.
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Yesterday Afternomt By A Negro Boy
- —Clothing »Shoes, Watches, Suit
Case Stolen.
Raise
General McClures residence at 600 j
Washington Street was entered by a
negro thief late yesterday evening tatoes
when none of the family were at 40
home. He made a thorough examina- the
for
equals
ed
°f Monroe, Jr., where he dressed him
! self with Monroe's best seventy-five
dollar suit, a silk shirt, collar, tie and
pair of eighteen dollar shoes,
Matt Steele, one of Monroe s great
j es ^ chums, had spent the night before
with him and left his suit case with a not
valuable suit in it in the room. The was
thief found that Matt's suit was too | ists
lar & e for him > 30 he stored {t under ghai,
the bed and packed the grip with an- c ial
other pair of Monroe's shoes, a pair j
°f Matt's and a pair of Walter Bell's
Monroe's room-mate, then filled it girl,
with another pair of Monroe's fine j fined
pants, another silk siftrt, and some J
his dressables, then put Monroe s steps
gold watch in his pocket and decamp- j him.
e( h j had
The thief sold the watch to a negro
boy at the negro pool room on John- ;
son Street just across from the Sou- The
them depot for $6.00, at about 8 by
o'clock last night. The watch had of
Monroe s monogram on it and the boy
reported it at the Bon Ton Cafe where
Moroe was called and identified it.
Thé boy who purchased the watch de- Dan.
scribed the thief as a low black young
negro, dressèd up in Monroe's clothes start
with a long over coat on. The boy
said the thief told him that he won
the watch from another negro in a
card game. , The police were notified
and a diligent search instituted for
him, but he has not yet been appre
hended. Captain Bonner, the chief
j of police, thinks that he will yet the
catch him. Monroe, Jr., says that the e r
girls must excuse him for a while,
Really he would rather see that nig
ger now than his best girl.
tion every buxéau, wardrobe,'closet
and trunk in the house, prizing the
lock off one of Mrs' McClurg's trunks
with the fire poker. He tduseled ev
ery drawer and everything in the
house, but seems to have been conten
ted with Mrs
^
rested
watch and what he found- in the room
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England Strives For
Aeronautics Supremacy
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Associated Press
i ten
1 LONDON, Jan. American prog- t y,
j ress toward popularizing civil avia- t h
tion is giving the British government
no fears of the United States achiev
ing a supremacy in this line of aero
nanties. A White Paper just issued if
by the government lists France, Ita- i
ly and Germany as England's most
serious competitors in securing an in- a i
temational aircraft trade.
Efforts are being made in Italy to
form a combine to strengthen the
position of the aircraft industry. A
semi-rigid airship of 1,100,000 cubic
feet capacity is being constructed for nil
civil avaton »t v* should be ready for
It is believed that in
;
the
servee soon.
tKw vessel the Italians will attempt
a flight from Italy to Rio de Janeiro.
It is intended also to despatch a squa
dron of airplanes from Italy to Japan,
The French have adopted the prin- e
ciple of sabsiduing airplane service
to
out
and 18,000,000 francs have been ear
marked this year for that purpose.
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BIG ADVANCE IN
PRICE POTATOES
Raise Of Twenty Five To Forty Cents
Per Hundred Weight Occurs
In 24 Hours.
ary
ing
j Associated Press ^
CHICAGO, Jan. 9—The price of po- n
tatoes advanced from twenty five to ! and
40 cents per hundred weight during
the past twenty four hours to $4.75 ;
for Northern Whites, which almost j
equals the highest record ever touch
ed here.
crossing the Manchurian border, did
not attempt to escape from Korea but
was kidnapped by Korean revolution
| ists who were taking him to Shan
ghai, according to the Japanese offi
c ial version of the incident.
j The Prince, who formerly was re
ported to be engaged to an American
girl, has since his capture been*con
j fined to his palace at Seoul while the
J government delibertated upon
s steps decided to be
j him. It was first believed that he
j had attempted to escape.
The story reads like a court con
; spiracy of medieval Korea or China.
The Prince had been closely watched
8 by the Japanese who suspected him *
of favoring Korean independence. The ^
Japanese say that he was lured to an
empty house by members of a secret
organization known as the Dai Tong
Dan. There he was confronted by 10
armed Koreans who compelled him to
start for Shanghai with them. The
leader of the band of kidnappers, the
Japanese say, was Zen Kyo, a well
a known independence leader,
The Prince was kept secluded for
some time in the mountains around
Seoul and then was taken on board a
train for the Manchurian border. On j
the way he was arrested with 14 oth
e r Koreans alleged to have been par
ticipants in the conspiracy.
Korean Kidnapped
By Revolutionists *
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Euiwha of Korea who recently was ar- it
rested by the Japanese as he was
Associated Press
SEOUL,
Korea, Jan.
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taken against
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Says Movement
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No Hope Of Success
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ROME, Jan. 9—(Thurdsay)—The
Epoch says Nikolia Lenine has writ
i ten the director of the Socialist Par
t y, employing them not to precipitate
t h e Revolutionary mo'wement. which
unde r the present conditions has no
probability of success.
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if is understood that the present pol
Ita- i cy i s for the French government to
supply the material for a commercial
in- a i rs hip service from Marseilles to Af
rica and later to South America by
to way of Dakar.
the Germany is understood to be dev
A eloping airship services to Scandina- ;
via.' The policy foreshadowed is for
for nil German airdomes to be i* the
for hands of the state and for a combi- j
in nation to be formed of all firms for
Each firm is to
eminent. An Air Fleet Union, mod- j
prin- e lçd on the lines of the German Navy j
League, has been formed with the ob- !
ject of fostering national interest in
aviation.
working purposes,
standardize a type,
planes are to be approved by the gov
and types of ;
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MANY VILLAGES
BEEN DESTROYED
In
Thirty Four Bodies Have Been Recov
ered — Many Are Panic
Stricken.
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9—Seven tow
ns near Teolelo, south of Jalapa, were
overwhelmed by earth quake distur- j
bances and the Great Lake is cover- ters
ing the scene of former sites. Ac
cording to Teolelo, dispatches, thirty i the
four bodies were recovered when the j fore
message was filed. The panic regions !
are among the inhabitants of the "may
cities of Corbea and Oriziba. in the , of
j täte of Vera Cruz, because the open
ing of the new crater of the Volcano
of Oriziba. An estimate of casual
ties as a result of Saturday's earth- the
quake which centered the line between term
the State of Vera Cruz and Puebla, ment
says that about 2220 villages were vate
destroyed.
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Call Meeting Of The
Presbyterian Synod
the
as
the
ion
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Jan. 9—The Synod
j of the Tennessee Southern Presby
j terian Church, has been called to
j meet here January 15th, to consider
; the proposal to remove the Southw r es
; tern Prebyterian University from
î Clarksville to Memphis.
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The Revolutionary
Movement Spreads
Associated Press
GENEVA, Jan. 9—The revolution
ary movement in Bulgaria is spread
ing among the peasants and work- der
^ 'Zlt'lnT the Royal fam
n are said to be in a secluded place
! and under heavy guard .
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In Vienna Snow
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Associated liess
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—Cotton
ginned prior to January 1st, amoymt
essee 239,876 bales,
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VIENNA, Jan. 9—Although there
about 9Q 09G unemoloyed in the
I city, when the Authorities called f j
: workers to clean the stieets from a ;
: recent snow fall only about 100 ap
p j cants responded. Investigators found |
it wag due tQ the fact that the fabric 1
shoes worn by the people melt after
a few hours of working in slush.
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Census Bureau Makes
Report Cotton Ginned
ed to 10,017,089 running bales, the
Census Bureau announced today.
ginned 715,663 bales,
Mississippi 623,082 bales and Tenn
Arkansas
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Jan. - - 138.05:38.30 38.00 38.30 38.10
36.40 36.78 36.25 36.75 36.50
Open High Low Close C ose
Mar.
May - - 34.80 35.23 34.73 35.15:34.97
Closed 18 to 25 up.
New York Spots 39.25.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET
Prev.
Open High Low Close C ose
139.65139790 39.65 39/J0 39.G0
137.60 37.98 37.47 37.93 37.70
Jan. -
Mar. -
May - - |35.50|36.08 35.47 35.95 35.75
Has_
- ! Closed 20 to 30 up.
New Orleans Spots 41.00.
GREENW'OOD COTTON RECEIPTS
...160,064
._....133,197
. 99,721
.116,132
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1918-19 receipts .
1917-18 receipts
Since Sept. 1, 1919
Same date last year
no Week ending Jan 8,
Stock on hand now ..
2,174
35.839
25.839
44,919
Stock on hand last year
Same date last >ear
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; MISSISSIPPI—Snow in the north.
for snow or rain in the south portion
the Friday, colder with a cold wave by
j night in the central and east portions
for Saturday fair and cold.
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j 1.69; river gauge 28.5; fall in
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TWIN SURPRISES
AT CONVENTION
In President's Message He Made No
Mention Of Third Term Or Re
tirement To Private Life.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9— President
Wilson's decision that the League of
j Nations issue be placed before the vo-
ters as a "solemn referendum" and '
William J. Bryan's contention that
i the Democratic Party cannot go be-
j fore the country on the question but
! should accept such compromises as
"may be possible" are twin surprises
, of the conclave of tb<* party, of. chief -
tains, which found the climax in the
annual Jackson Day Dinner,
The President's message read to
the diners made no mention of a third
term for himself and no announce-
ment of impending retirement to pri-
vate life,
Bryan's speech took a definite is
sue with the President's decision on
the great question, accompanied by a
statement that he was not speaking
as candidate for the Presidential
Nomination.
.Sentiment among the party leaders,
expressed after the speeches last
night, seemed to be divided between
the support of the President's decis
ion and Bryan's position.
The National Committee decided
yesterday to hold the National Con
vention at San Francisco on June 28.
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Will Aid Dependents
Of Deported Radicals
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—The gov
ernment has definitely decided to ren
der aW to the dependents of the de _
ported alien Radicals, Assistant At
torney General Garvin announced to
day. Action in this direction will be
taken purely as a humanitarian mea
j sure and not because of any obliga
I tion to the families of aliens, he add
j ed.
It is indicated eventually, if the
persons concerned so chose, they
will be sent to join those deported
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dence of the Kings of England. The
uniform worn by the Constable on
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Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 9—Rumor has it
j that Field Marshal Earl Haig will
be appointed to the decorative post
of "Constable of the Tower of Lon
don" which has become vacant thru
the death of Field Marshall Sir Eve
lyn Wood. This position dates from
state occasions is one of the most
magnificent and showy in the King
dom.
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Jerony and Boles Were
Warned By Officials
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Associated Press
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MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9—F. Jerony
and Early Boles, who met death in
the Tampico region early in this mon
' - th, were killed by rebels after having
disregarded warnings from local au
thorities who advised them not to
venture into the lawless regions a
lone, according to telegrams from the
State officials at Tampico.
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Conférés Agree On
Railroad Legislation
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan.. 9—The con
tinuation of the standard for the re
turn to the railroads for a period of
six months, after the termination of
Federal controï7~'Wiâ agreed upon to
day by the Senate and House cor
feres on the Railroad Legislation. Ii.
fixing the date the conférés accepted
the Esch Bill provision. The Cum
mins Bill limited the time to four
months.
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* BIac1 " Sentenced
To Death Penalty Deferred
Indefinitely,
by
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STAYS EXECUTION
NEGROES ISSUED
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Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 9—Stays
. of execution for twelve negroes under
the death sentence in connection with
the recent uprising at Elaine, Ark.,
| was issued by the Arkansas Supreme
24 Court today, when appeals were filed
by the attorneys for the negroes. The
stays will defer the executions indef
initely.

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