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The Washington times., 1904-08-25
SAY WHITE NAN SLEW
THE MARYLAND LAWYER
Negroes Held Under Suspicion of Being
the MurdeTeTs of Albert Con-
stable Are Released.

BALTIMORE, Aug. Although the
mystery surrounding the murder of AL
bert Constable. the ElkJou lawyer. last
Thursday, Is apparently deepened by
the verdict Of the coroner's jury at the
inquest. strange stories are floating
about.
It is limited that within few days,
possibly hours. arrests Will be made by
the PlnkertOu and Baltimore detec-
tives that will startle the state.
At the hearing the jury. after sitting
all the evidence. declared that Mr. Con-
stable came 10 his death at the hands
Of person or persons unknown. and the
two negroes. Holland and Hops. who
had been held on suspicion, were dis
missed from custody.
Holland was the star witness and the
only one having direct personal l>uOw!-
edge Of finding Mr.. Constable IN the
roadway where be was shot down.
Holland repeated how q white man
came 90 his shauty and told him a man
was sick down the road and needed
help
Marshal Farnan. ~ the request Of the
family Of Mr. Constable. sent Detec-
. tives Pohler and kratz. two VI the most
skillful officers I'm Baltimore, 70 aid the
PiukertOuS-
I IS now openly said that a white
man Of highest STA nding I'm Cecil county
Will be implicated in he killing. IL is
whispered that behind the murder OF
/ Mr. Constable lies "a story OF revenge
and hatred that has seen brewing a
storm for many mOuth3
no personal scandal Is connected with
this phase Of the case. so far as can be
/ learned. but IL is said the hate cuRen-
dcred by a pC!itiCIl do7l had much TO
do with the murder Of Mr.. Constable
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SOUTHERN FEAR
Of RACE QUESTION
Mr.. Sanders, Of Louisiana,
Talks on Situation
MUST KEEP THE NEGRO DOWN
Ignorant Vote Greatest Danger Con-
fronting States-Problem Pinches
in Border Comm0nwealths.

Lieut. Gov. Jared Y. Sanders, Of Louis
lana. one Of those foremost members Of
the constitutional convention of his State
in 1898. who brought about the adoption
of the grandfather clause" passed
through the city on his way TO Newport
News Va. where on Saturday the bat
tleship Louisiana will be launched, and
where he will represent Governor Heard
Although less than thirty-five years old
he has been in politics since he was
twenty-one. when he was elected TO the
Legislature.
With reference to general conditions
in the South, Mr. Sanders said:
THE South is today on the eve of a
wonderful development There Is no sec
ton of the nation in which money can
be more probably invested ans 10 which
a young man can go with fairer pros
peCt of getting a home and livelihood
for himself and hts family. The only
cloud on our horizon is the possible re-
vival Of the race question, which would
give the lie TO the entire civilization OF
the South"
How are you meeting the question in
louisiana the lieutenant governor was
asked.
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CRONK, AVA, N. Y

ago. Hiram Silas Cronk the last pen
sioner Of the war Of 1872. is now living.
attended by his daughter, Mrs. Sarah
Crowley. herself quite an aged lady
Mr. Cronk was born April %. 1890. but
one would not believe tnat more than a
century has rolled back TO see him sit
ting quietly IN his home talking TO his
daughter, singing hymns, and offerin-
an occasional prayer for his own soul
and all mankind.
Mr. Cronk enlisted at Western. y.
Y, or August 5, 1914. vine ne was just
a little more than fourteen years old,
and on the same day his father. James
CrOnk and two brothers, Casper and
John. also enlisted. serving under Cap
Edmund Fuller in the defense Of Sack
ett's HarbOT. At the close Of the war
the father and three sons were honor
ably discharged November is. 1914.
While Hiram CrOnk is the only actual
survivor Of the war OF 1872. there are sle
/ widows Of soldiers of that war on the
pcnsiru rolls. There are 1851 survivors
and 3.519 widows Of the Indian wars
dra wing pensions. OF the Mexican war
/ pensioners, 5.2l4 are survivors, and ISL
widow
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Said the Little Fat Man.

Thought So" chimed I'm the little fat
man, and I guess you've got en- 70
the bad Il you tGink it can be worked
out by any such dope as that Took
me two days and half a night to get il,
and If anyone thinks he can do II quick
er he's ratty, ratty, sir, and wants TO
be put away.
"G'wan. YOU amt nobody on figuring
If that's your gait" retorted the big
slim man; bet you a flyer $3.50 is right.
and ! got it in half an hour.
FUDGE said the little fat man, II
I was betting I'd call the turn that
the pianos in my house now. all but
the sending uD. and 500 sends II up;
better come around Saturday night, II
you're loose" and he sidetracked out.
SO vanished another sidelight in the
little by-plays which creep in TO vary the
monotony Of registering counts IN The
Times figure contest.
Others appear in the many letters
which accompany the answers 10 Inc
Times. Here is one that arrived this
morning. ard it's genuine too: 8S1,93S,-
rs 40 439 O58 $50 O2S 55I as 02Z 6ol. 81 800
It came from one of the committee
rooms I'm the Treasury Department, and
il takes the long distance prize
a. 3 p. II X Street northwest sends
in his final answer. with the remark
that if 6.s97 isn't correct there amt no
correct answer
And hero IS one more.
Enclosed find the absolutely and un-
eQuivocally correct answer, 6,9e9, &C
companied by % cents Am sure this IS
correct. so will give you my express
Office ScottsviIle. Va. Please send the
piano a. soon a. the contest Is over
before, II YOU wish -
Two more days and the puzzle EDITOR
viii BEGIN to reduce this chaos 10 or
der Saturday night the contest ends.
and ogsce more Washington will settle
down 70 a state Of normalizatiOn.
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Settled in Louisiana.

I'VE have no race question there, an
swered Mr.. Sanders. grimly. I'VE have
passed IL up 10 you people up here. You
people Of the border States. You have
got to settle it, We have settled II on
the basis that the preservation Of the in
tegrity of the white race depends upon
the non-amalgamation Of the white and
COlOred races. In order to preserve the
white race in Its purity and strength
and power YOU have got 10 keep It aoso-
lutely separate and distinct from lnfe-
rior races That is the way We have
settled the problem-by giving the nc
gro everything he is entitled 60 under
The law and the Constitution.
would you suggest the adoption Of
a grandfather clause In a State like
MaTylandZ
Il would suggest the adoption os any
clause" said M. Sanders that would
eliminate from the body polite Of any
State. North. South. East or West, =
mass Of voters who are unthinkinS and
unintelligent, and who nave no cOnce3-
ton Of this Government OF ours. whuse
forefathers contributed absolutely moth
ing 10 II, and who come from race
that the history OF the world clearly
demonstrates is incapable Of any en-
lightenment or civilization or progress.
unless il is like the light of the moon,
reflected from some superior body.
This talk about giving the negro a
chance is all fOOlishnesS in the light O.:
history. In the beginning all the races
were equal. and II the Caucasion race
today is any superior TO the Africa n
race, il IS because It had inherent quail
tiles which made % superior. The fore
fathers Of both races we are taught
were savages We have elevated cur
selves out OF that condition, while the
negro is lust where ne started. and he
has never done anything anywhere for
the advancement aud enlightenment Of
the world for trade. art or morality.
unless he has received his inspiration
1frrrV In non
tact with II as the Southern negro has
done"
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AFRICAN METHODISTS
IN POTOMAC CONFERENCE

Members Of the Potomac District Con-
ference Of the A. NJ. r. Church are in
convention at the Brown Memorial
church, Fourteenth and y Streets north
east. Devotional exercises at the open
ing Of last evenings session we're con-
Quoted by the kevs. q. A. Hawkins and
W +. Spratley.
THE PeruiciOus Iuflucscc Of Worldly
ADJUSTMENTS I'm the Church was the
title Of "a paper read BY the Rev. j.
p Lewis Of Washington. The Rev.
/. S Flagg Of Blagdeusburg, read a
paper on THE Duty OF the Christian
Church With Reference 20 Education.
Both papers were discussed by the con-
fCreuCs
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THREATENED SUICIDE.

WEBSTER. Mass. Aug. 25.-Carl Rob
ert Dietrich. paymaster at the slater
Wooden Mills. left Webster a week ago
without notifying his friends or en-
ployers. He had been suffering from
nervous trouble for a long time. Mr.
Dietrich went to New London, Conn,
and took a boat for New York In his
statercom was found a letter addressed
to Charles Gerber. friend in Webster
I'm which word was sent that he would
be dead when Gerber received the let
ter. There was no discrepancy I'm mis-
accounts
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$40 Niagara Falls Excursion.

Pennsylvania Railroads next popular
o. rsonall y-cOnducted excursion 20 Nj
; CARA Falls leaves Washington August
o. Special train, vesubuled coaches and
Pullman parlor cars, leaves Washington
At an; tickets. SO. good for ten
days. Later dates. September and %
and October "a
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Seashore Excursions.
5000
C6oo.

Pennsylvania Railroad. Tickets sold
Friday and Saturday 10 Atlantic City,
Cape May. Sea Isle CITY, and Ocean City.
good until the following Tuesday In
elusive. at 81 for the round trip. The At
lsnuc city Special. coaches and par
lOr cars. leaves Washington at l.lJ p. m.
Through without change.
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New Times Want Ad Branch.

Want advertisements and subscriptions
FOR the Evening and Sunday Times will
be received az regular Office rates az
Nichols Pharmacy. 1901 Pennsy lYauia
Avenue northwest
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Baltimore and Return, SI.z5.

Pennsylv4nla Railroad sells tickets
every Saturday and Sunday 10 Baltimore
and return. s1.25. good until sunday
night
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Majority From Civil War.

The great bulk OF the pensioners come
from the civil war. Today there ace
ego. 1872 invalid soldiers on the rolls. The
widows Of the civil war number Z53. So:
the army nurses. Cos.
In the past five years the number of
the widow pensioners OF the civil war
has increased Z7.457. The number Of
soldier pensioners has decreased in the
same time By 80 467.
There are 1910 pensioners residing out
side the United States, dra wing S122. 44C
Questions are often asked. says the
Commissioner. concerning the length OF
service OF pensioners of the civil war
He arrives at the conclusion. after much
figuring. that at least half a million Of
the soldiers OF the civil war served three
years or longer out Of the 2Z3.365 sol
diers who were engaged on the Union
side in that great struggle.
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Elijah Weeks Daughter.

Sarah g. HurlbUtt is pensioned by a
special act as daughter Of Elijah Weeks.
who served two and one-half years.
from I776. as private IN Capt. Josiah
Smiths company, Col. Thomas Mar
shalPs regiment. Of Massachusetts
troops
Rhoda Augusta Thompson IS pension
ed by special act as daughter OF Thad-
deus Thompson. who served six years.
from May. 177. az a private in Capt.
Jonathan Browns company, Coz. John
Lambs regiment. OF New York troops.
Two pensioners Of the Revolution died
during the past fiscal year. One WAS
Hanna Newell Barrett She died al Bos-
ton. Mass, December 20. aged l03. She
was pensioned by n special act as
daughter Of Noah HarrOd who served
two years as private IN Colonel Shep-
aTds regiment Of Massachusetts troops
The other was RebeCca Mayo, who
died March g. AT Newbern, Va. aged
ninety-One She was pensloned as the
widow OF stephen Mayo, who served
with the Virginia troops for over TWO
years.
Hiram Cronk IS the only surviving
pensioned soldier Of the war Of 1872
On a small farm at Ava, n. Y. cleared
by himself more than seventy-fve years
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Enormous Expenditure.

Enormous has been the expendituro
Of pensions. taken in the aggregate from
the foundation OF the Government" says
Commissioner Ware. THE number Of
men who have been engaged In up
holding the flag Of the United States
has also been enormous"
He says that the total amount paid IN
pensions up to this time is S317s III. 16l- 60
This gigantic sum has been divided
among 1904. 995 soldiers OF all our wars
and regular army.
The cost Of the pension system per
capita Of population IS SL77. according 10
the Commissioner. He says.
THE pension system was the creates.
as a burden 20 the people OF the United
States in 1893. since which time the bur
den has been constantly decreased Un-
I'll IL has shrunk in eleven years from
1924 20 less than $132 per 1000 Of tax
able wealth. In ten years more the bur
den will cease 10 be noticed
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81 Harpers Ferry, CharIestown, and

winchester and return. via Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. Leaving station $3.50
a. m. Sunday, August -. Splendid OPP
portunlty for fine country outing.
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Special Rate, s3.5o Every Saturday

During summer. good returning Sunday
night. Norfolk & Wash. Steamboat Co
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s1.zs To Baltimore and Return sI.zS
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, every Sat
urday and Sunday. All trains except
Congressional Limited Convenient train
service.
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s1.zs Baltimore and Return, B. & o.

r. r.. Saturday and Sunday. All trains
both ways, both days. except Royal Lin
tied. Hourly Service" Saturday.
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TWO MORE DAYS
OF THE PUZZLE
Times Contest Closes With
out Fail Saturday.
ANSWERS STILL COMING IN
Little Fat Man and Big Slim an Ar
que Things Out to Mutual
Satisfaction.

little fat man and a big slim man
STEPPED up 10 the desk in The Times
Office yesterday and presented counts
in the figure contest. The little fat man
entered the door sideways, and the big
slim man bowed his head to avoid the
tranSOm-
Counted en- n half an hour" said
the big slim man as he laid down mis-
count IT'S a cinch; easy as elm bling
down a creased pole; no work at all;
simply a snap; all you've got to do IS
multiply each figure by the number of
times Il appears on the chart, add II
up and you got EN-
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Three of the Revolution.

Although the revolution was fought
two centuries ago there are today three
pensioners of the war enjoying the bOun-
~ OF the Government.
They are Esther Damon. aged ninety,
and now living at Plymouth Union. VT;
Sarah c. HurlbUtt. eighty-six years OF
age. OF Little Marsh. Pa, and Rhoda Au-
gusta Thompson, eighty-three years of
age. of Woodbury.. Conn.
Esther Damon IS pensioned as the wild
ow Of Noah Damon, who served as a
private In the Massachusetts troops as
follows: Six days, from April 70. i775.
IN Captain fuckers company; twenty
i've days. from April Il. IN. in Capt.
Seth Summers company Col. Benjamin
GilIs regiment: two months and five
days, from May 10 III. in Capt Moses
French's company, Col. Jonathan Tit
CONS regiment; two months and twenty
two days. from December 70. 1777. In
Capt. Thomas Whites company. Col. Ed
ward PrOctOr's regiment; two months
end twenty-five days. from April 9, 17lS,
IN Capt Benjamin Lapham's company,
Col Jonathan Reed regiment; one
month and seven days, from July o.
1778, in Capt Nathaniel Clapps com
psny. Col. Benjamin HOwes regiment
Private Damon served with different
commanders from THAI time on until
1850
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s1.zs Baltimore and Return, B. & 0.

r. r. every Saturday and Sunday
Tickets good returning until Sunda,
night Hourly Service" Saturday.
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Women's 81 White S. 40
Duck OXfords........ H.O ,
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Women-s $50 quality Kid
and Patent Leather > OEc
strap Slippers-.........,.I ?
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Boys and Girls good-wear-
ing Kid and Calf hQC
school ShOeS............. " >
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Alabama. number of pensioners, 1903
amount S5S32F5: Al ska 6l. SO 3a5 !.
Arizona. 10. 81. SIS: Arkansas, II SOS.
Sl,69I.11S; Ceii4oinia. .-.19S $5.lB. 5l5:
Colorado. S.'I I.T).ft g ,nnect.cut.
J. S66. 81 so % -: Delaware. 2.402. $50 So /.
District of Coi'Tbi So. Sta, I0l ,
Florida. S.714 S5,3Iio. Ce0rAia. $50,
$3.50. 352. Idaho. 1879. so OF; Illinois, IL
ca. $4,000 G99; Indian 61.95' Slu.l59. lO9:
Indian Territory, S,I5s So as; Iowa
$3.50. s.. sol Isl, Kansas. b.409. $500, 04
Kentucky, Is, 333: 81. 056, SOS; 1uisiana. s.
702 SSS1 $40; Maine. 19. 265. S2.9,9.55-: Mary
land. 12S47 S.5S6.7l2: Mas aCnusc.ts. 81
S33 S5121. S31 Michigan. 42,S2-. $500, 03l
Minnesota. I663S. SZ303. 799 Mississippi.
SIS $3.50. 629; Missouri. 52,170; s.. 365.6il
Montana. 1895. S260.3f7; Nebraska. 1851
s. go. 305: Nevada 31S, so. go; New
Hampshire S.59S 81. Z5S.376; New Jersey,
%. 251 $2.317 ia; New Mexico. 1879 $3.50.
lbs: New York. S9.I42. 81, 956, $50; North
Carolina. 4.253. s659, 922; North Dakota
983. S254. OS6: Ohio. 10000. S14,995, 535;
Oklahoma. $50. 81 .234. 6Z5; Oregon, 1851
S96S SO; Pennsylvania, 10000. $13 46420l
Rhode Island. 5.154, S24.7Sl; South Caro-
lima 2090. S266.3l8; South Dakota 5.o52
S519. 524: Tennessee. Is. SO4. 80, 1896, Texas
1885: 81 Y. 96S: Utah 926. Sl31. ia Yer
mont. S,642 81 400, SCI; Virginia, S.S46 81
2S6. 424; Washington. S173, $l.l65.l69; West
Virginia, 12,269. E.769.112; Wisconsin, "a
81. 81. 1lO.0l1, Wyoming. $50. Sis .l3U.
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Women's red and
black Kid Boudoir S0c
Slippers. ---...-.--..- -
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VANISHING ARMY
OF PENSIONERS
Number Decreases 1913 in
Fiscal Year.
HIGH WATER MARK IN 1902
Three on List From Revolution and One
From Wax of I5I2-Spanish
Battle Veterans.

on the pension rolls Of the Government
on July /. past, there were 7b2 names.
During the fiscal year ended June
80 the cost TO the Government OF its
pensioners was S1H. So. 937.74
This information is contained in the
annual report of the Commissioner Of
Pensions, Eugene =. Ware, which gives
an interesting account of the pension
history OF the country.
The high water mark i'm pensions,
Commissioner Ware says, was reached
on September 80 1902. when there were
Loo. 732 names on the rolls. on July !,
1908. there were 1865 pensioners. A
year later there was a decrease i'm this
number of 1.7S3. During the year just
closed there was added TO the pension
list 47.314 names. OF these additions,
$50 were made at the direction of Con-
gross. and the remainder by the Pen
sion Bureau, in the everyday conduct Of
its business.
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Balanced by Deaths.

These additions were more than
balanced by deaths of pensioners. and
removals from the rolls for specific
causes. The loss through death was a.
so; by remarriage of widows. 1.0l9; by
minors becoming of age. 1859; by fail
ure to claim. 1887; anu for other causes,
11,2S2.
The death rate among the pensioners
for the coming year will be about 1900,
and the losses to the roll from other
causes will be about 5000.
The present number of invalid SOLDIERS
OF the Spanish war on the pension rolls
is Il. 40 The widows Of the Spanish
war soldiers who are pensioned. num-
Der 4,3S9. There was an increase in the
number of Spanish war soldiers pen
sions from July J. 1875. to July /, 1904.
of 3.240. The number of wiuows In
creased in the same time by ~.
There are 9.501 regular army invalid
soldiers pensioned. and 1921 widows Of
regular army soldiers carried on the
rolls
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Pensioners BY States.

The following table shows the present
location Of the pensioners I'm the United
States ard the amount paid 10 pen
sioners in the different States and Ter
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
FAV0R|TES
Won all Four Events at
ReadvIlle.

Readville, Mass, Aug. 25.-Sweet
Marie, Red Bird, Day Book and Nc
kinley, the favorites in the four events
on the card this afternoons grand cir
cult races, proved to be the winners
Mckinley was no better than third ia
the first heat of the 2:O7 trot, SO Geers
was put in place of Boone, and the
favorite took the next two heats.
In the q: IA trot Sweet Marie was not
driven to the satisfaction of the judges
in the first two heats, so Smith was
ordered down and A. Mcdonald was
put in his place. She won the next
three heats and the race. The Rajah
threw his driver when scoring for the
fourth heat of this event and ran away
Ike Weier, the former pugilist, stopped
the animal in clever style.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
WHOLE BUNCH
OF PEOPLE BORE DOWN ON
ROSEMOUNT
POLITICIANS, ACTRESSES
And Some That Are Not
Classified.

Rosemount, Esopus, Aug. 25.-Rose-
mount was surfeited with visitors to-
day, ranging from gubernatorial candi-
dates and campaign committee CHAIR
men to song and dance actresses. All
had tales of loyalty and confidence to
tell and when they went away Judge
Parker exhibited the most cheerful
mien in several days. First of the Wis
itors to come was Representative
Francis Burton Harrison, recently ap.
pointed to assist William S. Rode
upon the upstate bureau of organiza-
ton. Another visitor was Lorenzo T.
Durand, of Saginaw, Mich. Mr.. Durand
was the defeated Democratic candt-
date for governor in Michigan in 1902.
He came to assure the nominee that tho
party has hopes of carrying two or
three additional districts in the state
this fall. He believes that William
Ferris, the Democratic nominee for
governor Of Michigan has a fighting
chance of defeating Fred M. Warner,
the Republican candidate. Frank M.
Patterson, who is organizing ParkeS
College clubs in New York and Other
large cities, and c. NJ. Preston, friend
and business associate Of Perry Bel
mont, the newly elected chairman OF
the Ulster county committee were other
callers.
Last to come and last to go away
were five actresses who said they rep,
resented the theatrical Women'5
Parker League. They were: Miss
Bertha Blake, member OF The
Royal Chef company, Miss Estslle
Perry, of the "Fantana" company, Miss
Bessie Stewart. Miss Mae York. ami
Miss Carlotta Doty, of THE Runaways"
company. ... r
They wanted to tell Judge Parker
that they composed a delegation OF
the 150 odd women who show In Sam
schubert's plays and incidentally erer-
else political domination over the same
number Of gentlemen actors in Mr..
Sehubert's forces. They said they were
going to see to it that all those gentle-
men actors voted for Parker and
Davis, and they went away vastly
pleased after the nominees wife serv-
ed them tea and sandwiches in the
Rosemount dining room.
Judge William H. King, former reps
resentative at large from Utah and
Mrs. King called on Judge PARKER this
Ievening and Dr. st. Clair McKelway,
the Brooklyn editor and Mrs. Nickel
way were guests at Rosemount over
night