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REENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 15, 1920
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Nebraska, March 15—
Special—John J. Pershing's candidacy !
for Presidential nomination on the re
publican ticket was formally launch
ed here today when a voter's petition \
signed by nearly 5,000
LINCOLN,
Nebraskans ;
asking that his name he placed on the
primary ballots April 20, was filed ;
with the secretary of state and ac
cepted as legally sufficient.
Signatures attached to the petition
represent practically every county in
the state and include hundreds of ex
service men and a large number of
women, who will vote for the first i
time in Nebraska at the coming elec
tion. Only 100 signers from each of!
the six cong'essiom 1 districts are]
needed to accompany the nomination j
petitions according to the 1917 prim-|
ary law in Nebraska.
The Pershing organization announ
ced that large numbers of additional
petitions were being received daily
from all parts of the state and that
an additional block of signatures may
be added to those filed today,
final date for filing in Nebraska is
March 20 and candidates are not re
quired to file an acceptance. Hiram
Johnson and Leonard Wood are the
only other candidates who have enter
ed Pershing's home state.
At the time of filing the petition,
Mark W. Woods, chairman of the
Pershing organization, gave out a
statement in which he said, "General
Pershing will accept the nomination
if he is the choice of the people,
has, however, refused to personally
seek this honor.
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"The country looks upon Nebraska j
as a pivotal state which will indicate 1
the western sentiment. I am confident j
receive in Ne
the majority he will
braska primaries will be so great that
will have no cause to
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the country
doubt that the nomination of Persh
ing will insure a republican victory,
next November."
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OFFICERS NAMED
FOR BALL LEAGUE
J. H. Pettey Is Selected As President
Of The Permanent Greenwood
Base Ball Association.
At a largely attended meeting of
the people of Greenwood and vicinity
Saturday afternoon at the Chamber
of Commerce, a permanent organiza
tion of the Greenwood Baseball Asso
ciation was perfected with Mr. J. H
Pettey as president. The other offi-!
S. H. Montgomery, vice i
Dudley, manager,!
cers are:
president; M. G.
Warner Wells, secretary and treas
urer; J. B. Rovenhorst, assistant sec
retary and treasurer.
The Board of Directors is composed
of F. Herr, G. P .Elliott, W. P. Weav
, E. B. Robinson, G. A. Wilson, Jr.,
C. E. Saunders and S. H. Montgomery.
Manager Dudley was authorized to
lease the ground for a ball park and
to the erection of a grand stand
and the organization of a team for
er
see
Greenwood.
The meeting Saturday afternoon
an enthusiastic one and interest
manifested in the Greenwood lea
. The officers chosen are thorough
was
was
gue
ly interested in the project and are
live baseball fans and the prospect for
the people of this city having an op
portunity to witness some good games
is excellent.
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Arrested With Whisky
And Jamica Ginger
Sheriff W. S. Vardaman and deput
ties searched the furniture store Sat
urday night of J. B. Meriweather on
Carrollton Ave., and found a pint and
a half of "moonshine whisky" and six
ty two bottles of Jamaica Ginger.
Merriweather was arrested and his
trial will occur on March 18th, before
Judge R. H. Hicks..
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nv g* S. Wood spent Sunday in
daBbti ft 1 "! returned home last
NORTH DAKOTA
FACES UNIQUE
Situation Of Presidential Preference
Primary Tomorrow With But One
Candidate Entered.
Associated Pie
BISMARK, N. D.. March 15—North
Dakota faces the unique situation if a
Presidential preference
March 16 with but one candidate en
Joh son
Intra-par
tered -
primary
on
Senator Hiram
stands alone in the field,
ty delegation contests, pivoting about
W.
the Non-Partisan League,
the chief barbed wire entanglements
on the voters battlefield.
Major General Leonard Wood and!
Governor Frank O. Lcwde i, of Illi
nois, refrained from filing ror 'na-j
ations in this state after a second Re-|
upblican State convention had voted |
that delegates to the national conven
tion should go uninstructed,
constitute
William Jennings Bryan withdrew j
his name as democratic candidate !
leaving the California Senator a chal
lenger without opposition.
The primary is to elect for each
party a national committeeman, five
presidential electors and ten national
convention delegates,
There is considerable speculation in
political circles as to whether the re
publican delegates elected
bound to vote for Senator Johnson at
be
will
the (
gate law the delegate takes an oath
that he will to the best of his judg
men t an (lability, faithfully cai*ry out
Chicago convention. Under the
the wishes of his political party as
expressed by the primary.
For the first time in this state, wo
will vote for presidential elect
iîmmi
ors but, under a ruling of the state
supreme court, cannot vote for dele
gates to the national conventions al
though the state may be represented
in those conventions by women dele
gates, one of whom has been nomina
ted by each pary.
THE CHARTER OF INCORPORA
TION OF THE BUSINESS
WOMEN'S CLUB.
1. The cörpor» f o title of said com- j
pany is The Busiiit 's Women's Club, j
2. The names of the incorporators j
Hugh Ella Quarles, Postoffice, i
Greenwood, Mississippi. j
Eula Nettles, Postoffice, Greenwood, !
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are:
M. L. Turnage, Postoffice, Green- I
wood, Mississippi.
M ississippi.
Loreena
Greenwood, Mississippi.
Zilphal Cain, Postoffice, Greenwood,
Mississippi.
Annie Hobson, Postoffice, Green -1
! wood, Mississippi.
El ma Rimmer, Postoffice, Green
wood, Greenwood, Mississippi.
Mattie Hobbs, Postoffice,
wood, Mississippi.
Mamie Gilliam, Postoffice, Green
wood, Mississippi, and their associates
and successors.
3. The domicile is at Greenwood,
Mississippi.
4. Amount of capital stock None.
The par value of shares is Noth
Postoffice, I
Lumbrick,
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6. The period of existence (not to
exceed fifty years) is
Fifty (50)
years.
7. The purpose for which it is cre
ated: To purchase, lease, hire or oth
erwise acquire, real and personal pro
perty, improved or unimproved, for
the purpose of erecting, building, ae
i quiring, maintaining, equiping, furn
ishing, holding, leasing, managing
and operating a house, building, stru
cture or home, with all the incidents
and appurtences thereto, for the occu
pation, use and benefit of the incor
porators, their successors and asso
ciates; to sell, convey, rent, lease,
mortgage or otherwise dispose of or
encumber the same, or any jsart there
of, and to issue notes, bonds, or other
evidences of debt thereof, and to is
notes, bonds, or other evidences of
debt therefor; to contract_and be con
tracted with and to sue and he sued,
in it's corporate name and capacity;
and to do any and all other acts, of
whatever nature, which may, at any
time, be necessary or convenient to
better promote the purposes for which
this corporation is created.
8. This corporation is organzied
not for profit or gain and no div
idend or profit shall ever be declar
ed, withdrawn or paid by this corpor
ation to any of the incorporators, their
associates or successors, but any pro
fit or surplus so earned shall be depo
sited or kept m the corporate funds,
other depository or fund
sue
successor,
a member of this corporation, who
s h*n cease to be a member of this
or m some
designated or created for that pur
pose to be applied to and used for the
purpose for which this corporation is
created; or for any charitable, bene
volent or like purpose, which in the
judgment of a majority of the mem
bers of this corporation may seem
proper.
9. Any incorporator, associate or
now or hereafter to become,
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OPEN CATHOLIC
MISSION SUNDAY
Father Finnerty Preaches Sermon On j
Grace"—His Subject Tonight Will
Be "The Christian Home."
Father Finnerty opened the Mission
at the Catholic Church last night with j
I
a large crowd attending. The subject
of his sermon was "Grace," which was ]
masterfully explained so that all could
understand this difficult doctrine of i
.
re ÿ lon -
Tonight at 7:30 he will speak on, :
"The Christian Home." Everyone i
should hear this sermon as the sub-i
ject is the most dear to every heart. ;
Morning service will be held at 6
and 8 o'clock each day of this week, i
All are cordially invited to
these services.
erners.
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BUSINESS MEETING.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Business Woman's Club of Greenwoo !
will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock. A
full attendance is desii'ed.
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The condition of Little ^lary Bai
ley Whittington, who has been ill with
p neumon j a> was reported better to
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day.
many friends.
This will be good news to her
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Little Ruth and Marybelle Com
stock, children of Mr. and Mrs. J
Charley Comstock, are critically ill
Miss Johnnie Com
with pneumonia,
stock is also suffering with a severe ;
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corporation according to the by-laws
governing said corporation, which may !
be enacted from time to time, shall I
forfeit all of her or their right and*
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case of the "flu.
Chapter 24, Mississippi Code,
interest in and to the uses, benefits j
and privileges of said corporation; to
it's property, funds or other things,,
>f like nature; and to the conduct of the ]
"orporate business and affairs, all of,
the right, interest, benefit, privilege, ]
etc., of such member or members en- ;
uring to the use, privilege and bene
fit of her or their successor or sue
cessors, the incorporators, their asso- j
ciates and successors, perpetually. j
10. The right and povrers that may]
be exercised by this corporation are ;
those conferred by the provisions of
M. L. TURNAGE,
HUGH ELLA QUARLES,
LOREENA LUMBRICK,
EULA NETTLES,
ELMA RIMMER,
ZILPHAL CAIN,
ANNIE HOBSON,
MATTIE HOBBS,
MAMIE GILLIAM,
Incorporators.
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Acknowledgment.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,!
COUNTY OF LEFLORE. |
This day personally appeared be-1
fore me. the understigned authority,
M. L. Turnage, Hugh Ella Quarles,
Loreena Lumbrick, Eula Nettles, El
ma Rimmer, Zilphal Cain, Annie Hob
son, Mattie Hobbs and Mamie Gil
liam, incorporators of the corpora
tion known as the Business Women's
Club, who acknowledged that they
signed and executed the above and
foregoing articles of incorporation as
their act and deed on this the 12th
day of March, 1920.
(SEAL)
W. G. GREEN,
Notary Public in and for the City of
Greenwood* said county and state,
DISCUSS!
DRAINAGE. ANS
Of
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Supervisors From Other Counties
Meet With The Leflore Board In
Greenwood Today.
Members of the Board of'Supervis
ors from Holmes, Yazoo and Sharkey
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counties, meet in Greenwood today
with the Leflore Board and discussed
drainage problems of paramount im
portance in the Delta Section. It is
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believed m order to effect con
struction work that an organization
should at" Once be perfected and this
matter w^r- liscussed together with
various drainage system.s
Numbers of representatives from
Holmes, Yazoo and Sharkey were in
attendance at the meeting here today
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Mrs. O. J. Quiggins
RäSSCd Away Her©
Mrs. O. J. Quiggins died Sunday
morning at 7 o clock at the Sturgis a
H° use > after an illness oi only a few
da Y s i n ^ uenz ^» followed by an at
1 - ac 'k pneumonia. The remains were
taken to Holly Springs for interment
yesterday afternoon on the 1 o'clock
train. The body was accompanied by
Mr. Quiggins and Mr. Clayton Myers.
Mrs. Quiggins had resided in Green
wood for about a year and during
her sta y here she has made hosts of
She was formerly Miss
friends.
S he
Lpuise Mackie of Holly Srings.
a devoted member of the Episco
p a ] Church, a member of the choir
an d was much beloved. She was
greatly interested in the Business
Woman's Club of Greenwood and had
many friends among the members,
The mother of Mrs. Quiggins was
w j tb ber when death occurred.
The sympathy of the entire commu
d ty is extended to the husband, moth
and other relatives in their ber
er
e g V ement.
The funeral was held this morning
at jq o'clock at Holly Springs,
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The Commercial Appeal is for sale
by the sales boy, Reiman House,
Intyre's Drug Store, Barrett's Drug
Store, Irving Hotel and Kitchell Ho
tel, Commercial Appeal carrier boys
have extra papers for sale on Sunday
only. ]
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Mr. B. E. Shelby, an automobile
] truck representative of Alma, Mich,.
1 and Mr. J. D. Cullen of Memphis,
! spent the week end in Greenwood on
! business. Mr. Shelby is an enthuias- !
! tic booster of the Delta and stated
: that Greenwood was by far the
best town he had visited and that
j there was more business here.
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Mr .Richard Gregory, of Durant,
was in the city last Saturday visiting (
his son and mingling with many ;
friends.
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Mr. Jack Gray, who has been tak
ing treatment in Memphis for several
weeks returned home last night much
improved.
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Mr. George Steen, who underwent]
operation last week at the King's
Daughters Hospital, is getting along]
nicely. He injured bis foot some time j
ago a second operation was nec
an
j eggary.
CLOVER CULTURE
THE DECLINE IN
By The American Farmers Threatens
To Be Serious, The Department
Of Agriculture Advises.
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 15—Decline
in clover culture b American farm
erg seems to have gone gQ far ag tQ
threaten to be ser ious and for the :
good of the nation's corn and wheat
cropg it is time to get the land back
into clover, the Department of Agri
culture advises. Productiveness of
Innd under corn and wheat decreases
most rapidly. Rotation of crops is
earnestly advocated by experts who
say the most important is corn
wheat-clover, with oats in place of
wheat where corn occupies the land
too long to permit seeding wheat in
time.
Experiments show that in continu
j
ous culture for 20 years, the yield
fell from 9.24 bushels as an average
for the first ten years to 5.79 bush
e]g for the second ten
years, while in j
a g.y ear corn-wheat-clover retation :
yj e j d wheat rose from 9.92 ;
busbe j s j n ^ be fi rs t ten years to 12,78 j
busbe j s j n ^ be se cond decade.
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Rhine Number 13,000 !
WASHINGTON, March 15 While ]
technically still under the direction of
Marshal hoch, the American troops| ^
0,1 Rhine would not participate in i
an y allied advance into Germany with
,ut specific directions for President
Wilson, it was said at the War De
partment today. The American forces
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on the Rhine consist of about 13,000
troops.
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MISSISSIPPI — Fair and warmer
Monday; probably rain at night or
Tuesday in the north portions; partly
cloudy in the south.
Local Observations #
TEMPERATURE —Highest, 72 de
grees; lowest, 45 degrees; précipita -
tion 0.0; river gauge 23 feet; rise in
j 24 hours 0.1.
Miss Annie Long Stephen
Local Observer
[FINAL VOTE ON
TREATY TODAY
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Efforts Being Made To Continue To
Modify The Republican Article
Ten Substitute.
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—With ad
I
I vacates of the compromise, conceeding
; that developments had turned against i
them on the Reservation to Article J
i Ten of the peace treaty before the
: Senate today, unanimously consented
; to the agreement that it be put in fin-,
j al form and adopted before the ad
! jounrment tonight. |
The compromise advocates are con-j
tinuing their efforts to modify the ;
j Republican Article Ten Substitute, or !
i bring enough Democratic support b?- j
hind it, to insure the ratification of j
the treaty, but among the leaders the j
General prediction is that the substi- j
tute will be adopted as it stands and
with it the ti'eaty would fail of rati
fication. i
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Paving]
the way for a final vote on Article j
Ten Reservation, the sera tors today;
rejected 59 to 17, Senator Freiing G.J
REJECT SUBSTITUTE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15
Hughes' substitute. On the proposal]
of a summary disavowal of all ob- ,
ligation reservations worked out but ]
not agreed to in a Bi-partisan Con- !
ference, offered by Senator Kirby, j
Senator
rejected
Shields, Williams and Harrison were
among the Democrats voting against ;
45 to 31.
were
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COMMISSIONER OF
REVENUE NAMED
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William Martin Williams Of Alabama
Named To Succeed Daniel
C. Roper.
Associated Press
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March 15—Wil-!
iiam Martin Williams of Alabama,
has been selected by President Wilson
WASHINGTON,
as a successor to Daniel C. Rofer as j
a commissioner of internal revenue. ;
Williams is now solicitor for the De- !
partment of Agriculture.
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HOMELESS TODAY
Fire Destroys Portion Of The Resi- i
'
dence Section In Grandview,
Texas—Heavy Loss.
GRANDVIEW, Tex., March 15—Ap
nroximately one thousand persons are
homeless today as a result of the fire
which yesterday burned a wide swath
through the residence business por
The loss is estima
^j ons Q f ^ be town.
ted be tween a million and a half and
^ wo million dollars.
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STAG SUPPER GIVEN MR. T.
WELLS.
A most enjoyable treat to the part- I
ici pants was the stag supper party
last night by Mr. George Bain
es Austin in special compliment to
Mr. Terrell R. Wells whose engage
ment to Miss Emma Jones Harding,
was recently announced.
The brightness of St. Patrick's de
corations made the table most at
and much amusement was afford
ed the guests by clever toasts, place
cards and center-piece.
Mr Austin acted as
his usual original and capable man j
ner. Besides the honor guest,
given
ct
ve
Mr. I
Austin'
Wells, those enjoying Mr.
hospitality were: Messrs Harper Stod j
dard, Dave Humphreys, Albert Marx.i
Robert Baird, John H. Pettey, Leslie !
Walton, W. G. Barner, Hannis Stod
dard, Frank Pettey, R. H. Wilson an 1
Sidney Lenoir.
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Special Meeting For
Knights Of Pythias I
pi
Leflore Lodge No. 46 K. of
wil lhave a called meeting tonight a :
7:30 o'clock for work in the first and
second ranks. Hon. H. M. Quin, Grand
Keeper of Record and Seals, will be a
guest of the Lodge and all member: !
are urged to be on hand promptly. AH
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visitors welcome.
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COLORED WEDDING OCCURS.
Billy Drain, dwarf and negro port
for J. D. Lanham, was married last
week to Pearlie Saulsbury. Billy
weighs only 80 pounds and the lady of
tips the
Billy has been in the
er
color, who won his heart,
scales at 150.
employ of Mr. Lanham for years and
friends among the white
has many
people of Greenwood.
SHOW POPULAR
OPPOSITIONTO
NEW GOVT. HEADS
! Strike Orders I
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All Parts German
Empire
i ALLIES REFUSE
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Regime
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AGREEMENT REACHED
PARIS, Mar. 15—(3:40 o'clock)—
A Berlin dispatch received this
ning, says an agreement has been
reached between Chancellor Kapp of
the new government and Minister
Noske of the Ebert government and
that the government crisis in Germany
has ended. The new government will
be constituted under
eve
an agreement
between the old government and the
new, the
ment stated.
Havas Agency annour ce
BERLIN, March 15—Leaders of the
Ebert government ousted from poi
Saturday,
forces
or
by the reactionary revolt
are apparently gathering
combat the new regime. They are I
ing aided by labor forces and a gen
eral strike has been declared in
to
H 1
pro
test against the change
ment.
of govt'
Prussia seems to be the
around which the
nucleus
military leaders
have built their movement. Reports
in the various cities in the other parts
of Germany, indicate popular opp< d
tion to the new regime. Fighting is
reported at Frankfort and resolutions
have been adopted by the workmen at
Dusseldorff, Essen and Cologne again
st the revolt. Strike orders were is
sued yesterday and it is expected to
be a critical moment for the new gov
eminent, when the workmen walkout,
Chancellor Knapp has announced he
will take decisive steps
any insurrection by the strikers, but
it does not seem possible he
sent the wholesale
to suppress
can pre
stoppage of the
work .
ADHERENCE TO NOSKE
BERLIN,
Mar. 15—(Wireless to
London). It is reported here that
South German generals and Saxon
troops havegiven adherence to Gus
tave Noske, Minister of Defense
the Ebert government.
REACH AGREEMENT WITH
EBERT GOVERNMENT.
BERLIN, Mar. 15— An uncor.firm
ed report was current before midnight
that the new German government lias
reached an agreement with the Ebert
government in order to avoid the
threatened railroad strike.
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE NEW
GOVERMENT.
LONDON, Mar. 15—An official
British message today says that the
allied commissions .a Germany have
ignored the request for recognition
from the new government in Berlin.
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Meet And Proclaim
The Soviet Government
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Associated Press
PARIS, Mar. 15—Independent Soc
ilaists and Communists met yesterday
at Mannheim and proclaimed the Sov
iet government, according to advices
from Basle.
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Report Of Cotton
Consumed February
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—Cotton
consumed during February amounted
to 51 6 59 g ( equivalent to 500 pound
ba i es Q f lint, and 26,320 bales of lint
; evs were consumed, the Bureau an
nounces.
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T: panese Soldiers
Revolt In Siberia
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LONDON, Mar. 15-A revolt has
! broken out among several units of
the Japanese troops in Siberia,
1 cording to a wireless dispatch sent
ac
by the Soviet government at Moscow.
Will Test Validity
Prohibition Amend
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gey was granted permission today by
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—New Jer
fhe Supreme Court to institute orig
[ inal proceedings to test the validity
of the prohibition amendment.