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WASHINGTON

Chairman Hull, Of the on
affairs, has reported to the House
the army appropriation bill carrying a
provision for a q per cent increase in
the pay of enlisted men and noncommis-
officers.
The louise has agreed to a resolution
extending for tive years from March 8,
Nos. the provisions Of the act appropriate
ing $2es, 600 for the marking Of the graves
OF the soldiers and sailors of the confed-
crate army and navy who died in north
ern prisons and were buried near the
prisons where they died.
Representative Sulzer, of New York, has
Introduced a bill to establish a department
Of labor. The bill provides for six as
sastant secretaries Of labor, who shall
have supervision OF questions relative to
labor.
The Senate has adopted o resolution APP
propriating 5000 for the purchase of a
bust Of Zachary Taylor, executed while
he was president. The u is owned by
Mrs. Lola Wood, widow of the grandson
OF the former president.
The president has sent to the Senate the
nomination Of William l.. Day to be
United States attorney for the northern
district of Ohio. Mr.. Day is the son Of
Associate Justice William r. Day.
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100000 PURSES FOR
Big RACE MEETINGS

Chicago. Feb. 1s.-A racing season Of
three months duration for purses ag-
gregating $500. ooo was determined at
the annual meeting of representatives
of the Great Western Trotting circuit
held here today.
George Keller, of Decatur, H.. was
reelected president; w. H. Smolltnger.
Iron Mountain. Mo-. secretary. The fol-
lowing racing stewards were selected:
George Keller. w. H. Smollinger, E. ].
Lulgrew. Dubuque; 1. l. Sears, Daven-
port; c. r. 0utfin, Terre Haute.
The following schedule of dates with
the amount of purses offered by each
association was adopted: Peoria, July
$40, $50. 900; Terre Haute, July 1920.
s25, 900; L%ibertyville. Ill. July 2O-25, $685.
900; Decatur. July 27-sl. SIS, 600; Kala-
mazoo, August 81. 10000; Galesburs.
gust 1921. $751; 900: Dubuque. August
24-2S, $4,000; Hamline. September l-5,
$4,000: Milwaukee. September I'll, $780,
900: Peoria. September 14-1S, s25, OOo;
Pekin. September 1925. s1O,0 600: Spring
field. September 25 to October 2. se0.-
GU0 4 AH.-'
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New York, Feb. l9.-Charles w.
Morse. f1nancier and promoter of many
large combinations, including the So
called lice trust" and q merger OF near
ly all of the coastwise steamship lines.
returning from his brief trip to Eu-
rope was arrested In his state room
when the steaner Etruria reached
quarantine In the lower bay, held IN
custody unit! the ship was docked and
was then whirled away in an automo-
bile to the home of Justice Victor BOWL
Ing. Of the supreme court. where he
gave bonds in the sum Of $40, 600 to
answer to two indictments charging
grand larceny M involving the sum OF
500, 900.
MIR. Morse was released and went Inn
mediately to his Fifth avenue home.
where he gave out a statement assert
ing his innocence and asking the pub
lie to suspend judgment NTH he has
the opportunity OF facing his accusers
in court.
Mr.. Morse denied his trip to Europe
was a flight. He said he had gone to
Europe to sell stock in a large interest
and to secure a fortnight's rest. Both
purposes We're spoiled by the publica-
ton of reports that he was "a fugitive
from justice. he declared.
The charge against Mr.. Morse grows
out of a note given him by former
Chief Justice Morgan G. O'Brien of
the u of appeals. Judge o'Brien
Is said to have deposited three notes
for 100000 each with MIR. Morse in
payment for a block of 1,ooG shares OF
stock In the National Bank of Alneri-
ca. The notes Were to be held three
Years and not discounted. according to
Judge O'Brien. and at the end of the
three-year period he was to have the
privilege of consummating or with
drawing from the bargain for the pur-
chase of stock. 1t is charged that Mr..
Morse discounted one OF these notes at
the Mercantile National bank, In which
he formerly was a. director, and that
he reported to the bank tina he was
authorized to receive its check for the
amount of the loan. 1t is alleged fur
ther that the check given to O'Brien
and was caslled by Mr.. Morse ut the
National Rank of North America.
Morse signing Judge O'Brien's name,
per &C. w. Morse"
1t is the theory of the Indictment
that the check never having passed into
the hands of O'Brien or his authorized
agents, its use by MI. Morse consti-
tuted grand larceny from the bank.
title never having passed from that In.
Stitutipn.
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OUTWITS FATHER,
WEEDS IN OMAHA

Omaha, Neb.. Feb. 20.-The sheriff ct
Sac City. Ia. outdid himself to stop q
wedding between two young people Of
his town who came to Omaha to be
married Monday. but he was Ave min
utes too late. Abram Bruner and Miss
Elvira L. Broad roamed into the coun-
~ clerks office during the morning and
secured a license. The young woman
said she was IS. but Carl sundblad.
looked at her doubtfully when she ave
her age, but did not question the truth
Of her statement.
Armed with the license Bruner M
his bride were directed to the Office Of
County Judge Leslie, who performed
the ceremony, with two reporters at
witnesses. The bridegroom. to prove
his devotion to homo industry. handed
the reporters cigars made In his home
town and passed to the judge an en-
vel0pe supposed to contain q IS bill.
And then the telephone rang.
Father Objects.
told the Judge that Miss Broad's fa-
Their had refused to sanction her mar
riage to Bruner and that in the event
of their calling On him for that pur-
pose he should refuse to perform the
ceremony.
81 have just concluded tho ceremony.
replied the Judge as he helped the bride
ON with her coat.
Then the father came t. the telephone
with the explanation that the girl was
under g and threatening all kinds of
10 stand.
But it was too late. The happy couple
were on their way to the depot. en-
route to Des MofneS.
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WANTS MINERS TO
ROW TO NEW YORK

Needles, Feb. 1s.-charlcs s. Russell ma
f. r. l.1acst, who made a successful pas-
sage OF 1852 miles of the Colorado river
and the Grand canyon. will not end tho
trip here. A searchlight mine owner APP
preached the men and offered to outnt
them If they would continue down the
river. with New York CITY as the final
destination. the entire distance to be ira
versed in the 16-foot rowpoats in which
they fought their way through the Grand
canyon. What consideration beyond out
fitting the party Russell and Monett are
To receive for the successful accomplish
ment Of the feat neither will disclose.
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SON OF MINNESOTA
CONGRESSMAN JUMPS
OVERHEARD; BROWNS

Newport, r. l., Feb. 1s.--Two men,
one in the uniform of the United States
marine corps and the other in citizens
clothes. jumped overheard from the tug
Annie r. Wood, while on the way from
Newport to Tor Greble and were
drowned. Although the bodies have not
been recovered and no positive identi-
fcation has been made, the man in uni
form is thought to a v cen Private
Benjamin G. Stevenson, a son of Con-
gresham Halvor Stevenson. OF Mime
sofa.
The other man is believed to have
been John NJ. Mcintosh, a marine, who
was awaiting discharge from the SER
vice. They had been drinking.
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IN CONGRESS-
THE CENSUS PLAN is }
OPPOSED BY REFORMEH

Washington, Feb. 19. "A horr
scheme to break down the civil serY
ice regulations in order h a politicta1
may get jobs more easily for constjtd
cnts, is espied by the farseeing civ
service reformers in the bill which hag
been reported to the House. for MAI
asement and organization Of the lit
census.
The bill provides for d~eterminatioN
of fitness by a noncompet1tlNe ext
animation. Competitive examination ol
the very essence Of the civil service
reform theory. To eliminate the CONF
petitive theory is to make the mad
who hires the help the sole judge IA
qualification. Therefore the refermet1
oppose the measure. N
The next census Will be q big BUSH
ness enterprise. There will be about
$500 employees in the Washington off,
fee, and these will hold their positions
for long periods. Many will practical-9
ly be permanent places. In additionl
there will be the great army Of enums1
orators, supervisors, etc, scattered all
over the country. The latter will serve
ly be political appointments. it Is def
clared. /
The House committee may have had
in mind the difficulty, nowadays. in th4
way of a statesman who would securd
a place for his constituent AT any
lid, and hat the census bureau H.
about to be prostituted to the pun
poses of practical politics. Wherefore
there is to be a fight on the measure
Beyond this. the census bureau hal
long been suspected of ambition ID
get itself established as an indepen!,
ent affair. free from the supervision
OF h department OF the interior: and,
this scheme of appointment is declared
to be in futherance of such an ~
bition, because 1t will give the burd
immense political pull, and gSat ol
portunity, through a clever directo
greSS,
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DISGUST CAUSED
COMMISSIONER TO
RESIGN HIS OFFICE
Judge eallinger Despairs o,
Lack Of Attention Paid to
New Problems.

Washington, Feb. 2O.-Disgusted with
official life. despairing of possibility
that the country as q whole could be
Induced 10 take an intelligent interest
In the problems OF the new West. and
tired Of listening to the pleadings Of
aged and mlrrn employees of the gov
eminent who begged not to be re-
moved from position which they must
have or pc reduced to want. Judge r.
A. Ballfnger resigned as Commissioners
Of the general land office.
Since resignlng, Judge Ballinger has
been telling some very frank impres-
sions about this country and Its tend
encies. For one thing. ne thinks there
3 no sufficient understanding Of the
fact hat q crisis Ia impending. due
to congestion of population in q few
great cities, while the West goes COM
naratively undeveloped. He insists
either-will see h conditions of the
country become serious unless remedy
10 provided. They will see the time
when Alaska will be developed and
carved mp into great states, n when
It's riches and will be appre-
ciated. In hat time, the now undevel-
pped West will be teeming with popula-
ton, and Alaska will be he last cheap
land for Americans.
Judge Ballinger believes the West
does not get its share of attention and
consideration at the hands of the coun-
try. It ought to be peopled by the In
creasing population. u instead the
tendency fs to overcrowd the cities OF
the East and to neglect h West. The
Pacific coast - not adequately defend-
ed. There is but one dry dock there
large enough to hold a battleship. yet
the feet has been sent there because 1t
Is needed there.
Il was in an address at the Univer-
sity club that Judge Ballinger told his
Impressions Of the national. t~houghtless-
ness of possibilities and dangers. He
handled the question without gloves.
and some of his observations We're de-
cidedly sensational.
Judge Ballinger was once a of
Seattle. and known as a reformer. He
was brought to the general land office
to clean 1t out, and his work
there has moi been calculated to
reaasure him. for everywhere he has
met obstruction and difficulty In get
Ting at the business OF systematic graft
IN the public domain.
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AUTOISTS AND FARMERS:
PULL FOR GOOD ROADS

Washington, Feb. 19.-The automo-
bilists will all be for the agricultural
appropriation bill this year. il they gel
an idea OF what that bill is trying to q
for good Dads. II the "city fellers' a
the farmers ever get to pulling togetl
for better roads they may be brou
about; and the bill proposes to get O.
together.
ton under the agricultural department. \
which for years has been engaged In l
construction OF sample pieces of roads, I
mainly macadam, With q view TO how !
Ing country folk how to do it. Ihere1G
is II difficulty about this plan, Which
consists in the fact that the average
mile of macadamized read costs from
$4,000 to $4,000. In most OF the country
communities of the United States this
is prohibitfve. In a great many regions
there are no materials at any price for
macadam work.
So it is proposed in the icw bin that
is about to be reported, to provide that
instead of building sample miles of
ideal road. the department shall send
about the country expert road builders.
who hall study local conditions, and
adapt to local needs such plans as will
give each region the best possible roads
within its means and of the materials
it can command. The road surfaced
with a mixture OF san and clay can
be produced at from $500 to $500 perk
IAl oia ny 0PEAASaAA'A " IA0PSA
knowledge Of drainage and surfacing
methods it is Il right good highway.
So the bill has been drafted to pro-
vide this new scheme of road supervi-
sion and education, with the purpose OF
teaching the people to use the ma
terials at ham to the best advantage
and at the same time tc adapt the road
work as far as possible to present
financial conditions, and to use mate
rails at hand. 1t is expected there will
be opposition, but the committee is pre-.
pared to fight for the new plan.
WAGE OF GOVERNMENT
PRINTERS is REDUCED
Washington, Feb. l9.-P:esident Roose-
welt has approved an order reducing tho
price of composition to be charged by thu
government printing office from $40 to
50 cents an hour for hand composition
and from $3.50 an hour to 50 cents per
1000 ''ems" for machine composition. The
order was recommended by William S..
Rossiter, who is conducting an investiga-
tion of the printing office as the presLl
dents personal representative.
The prices We're raised in November las
from practically the same figures which,
have been restored.
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GREAT HAVOC WROUGHT
BY TORNADO IN SOUTH
Score Of People Killed and
Great Property Loss in Texas
and Mississippi.
ONLY A FEW
BUILDINGS LEFT.

M~ossville. Miss, Feb. 1S--Four
whole buildings and two halves
Of buildings are the only habit
able abodes in this village today.
The remainder of the structures
IRE blown down and many Of
them swept outside of town by
yesterdays tornado. Two cid
negroes are dead, and Edwin
Campbell, a white. probably fa-
tally injured. OF a dozen other
persons painfully injured. all are
rapidly recovering.
Reports reaching here from
other towns in the t%ornado's path
give not to exceed five other
fatalities, only one Of which
has been confirmed.
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RETIRING,
PRAISED BY PRESIDENT

Washington. Feb. 19.-Frank Fl.
Hitchcock today presented to the pres
ident his letter OF resignation as first
assistant postmaster general. The
president accepted the resignation
and made a felicitous response to it in
which he referred to H~itchcock's serv-
ices in the %postoffice department..
Hitchcock expects to enter practically
Immediately upon his new duties as
manager of the presidential campaign
Of Secretary Taft
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KING PAYS $500
EACH FOR CIGARS

New York, Feb. 1a.-The king of n
land has placed with a New York firm OF
tobacco brokers an order for 500 cigars.
which, in point of price. will be slightly
ahead Of what the royal smoker paid two
years ago, when his bill for 1000 cigars
was $1,000. For the 500 which are to be
shipped from Havana in time to reach
England at the beginning of the Eastar
holidays. the price will be S1.600.
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TORNADO WIPES OUT
THREE WHOLE TOWNS

Meridian. Miss. Feb. l8.-Three
small Mississippi OWE were practi-
cally demolished by a tornado yester-
day afternoon. Reports of the number
killed range from six to ten, with the
smaller number probably coE|ect-
Mossville. Service and $3.50 are the
towns destroyed.
They are in Jones county, and all
are very small. being merely a hand
full OF scattered dwellings. The tor
nado struck them about noon and in
most instances is reported to have car
ried the buildings in Its path III
pletely off the and on which they
stood.
Nearby fields were covered with
were Uttered with small household ar
ticles.
Il. N. Morrison. a resident OF Mess
vile, who came here after the storm.
said he vas outdoors during the blow
and compelled to grasp q wire fence to
keep from being blown away.
He said the dead at Mossville are
Alec Windham and wife. negroes.
Near the town. he said. four white
wife and their two children, whose
names he did not learn. Those seri-
ously injured at Mossville are j. r.
Robinson, manager Of the Mossville
Mercantile company; Mr.. and Mrs.
William Campbell and Minnie Camp
bell.
Near Service one child Of IKE Hobo
way is reported dead and also an un-
known negro. Nc report of fatalities
have come from Soso.
The tornado was accompanied with
rain, which caused a sudden rise in
the creeks and washed away several
bridges.
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TO START ST. Louis
SUBTREASuRY PROBE

Washington. Feb. 3.-Representative
Shackleford, of Missouri, introduced a res
olution calling on the secretary Of the
treasury to furnish to the House such
Information, facts documents as the
investigation by his department ascer-
tanned as to whether during the year 1906
there was discovered a shortage in the
s~ubtreasury at st. Louis and, If SO. what
was the mount of such shortage.
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S RIGHT HAND
MAN COMMITS SUICIDE

West Orange, N. J.. Feb. 1e.--John i.
Randolph, treasurer OF the Euison
Manufacturing company, o. which
Thomas A. Edison is president, cons
mitted suicide today by shooting. 1t
is believed Randolph was temporarily
insane,
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FRANCE CLAIMS PERFECT
RAPID FIRING GUN

Paris, Feb. 1S.-Government artillery
experts claim France possesses a per-
feet rapid fire gun. This conviction is
the result of tests just held at St.
Eticnne, where $50 shots a minute were
fired without heating the gun. The
mechanism acted effectually.
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CHESTER GILLETTE,
MURDERER, MUST DIE

Albany. N. Y, Feb. 2o.--The of
appeals today decided that Chester Gil
lette, of Cortland, must die in the cleo
trio chair for the murder of his sweet
heart. Grace Brown. at Big Moose lake.
In the Adirondacks July IL. 1906.
The court affirms the judgment Of
conviction of murder in the first de-
gree and the sentence Of death rem
dered at an extraordinary term of the
supreme court.
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CONGRESSMAN BURTON y
is ~RE-NOMiNATED

Cleveland, Feb. 1s.-Congressman Theo-
dore E. Burton was unanimously renoml-
mated by republicans of the 21st congress
sional district to succeed himself In con-
gress. Delegates to the national conven-
ton were instructed to vote for Taft.
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ACTRESS CABLES FOR
DOG MEDICINE; PlNKY
PANKY POO is SAVED

Panky Poo, the griffon dog she has owned
for IS years and which has accompanied
her during each of her visits to this coun-
try, was about to die. Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell cabled to London and to Cologne for
medicines which just arrived. Mrs. Camp
bell says they saved the life of her pet.
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OHIO DEMOCRATS
ENDORSE BRYAN

Columbus. Ohio, Feb. 2o.-The demo.
cratic state central committee today
unanimously adopted resolutions, indoors
Ing William J. Bryan for the nomination
o spresident.
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Tyler. Tex, Feb. 1S.-Tylcr was
swept by the most disastrous tornado
in its history yesterday. Coming up
from the southwest, the storm swept
over the mal residence portion OF the
city, leaving a trail OF death and de-
VISITATION.
The known dead in Tyler at this hour
the Dallas News. and wife and child
about l year old. n an old negro
named Nose Lee. Francis was about
% years old. His body was found 100
yards from his wrecked home, and the
body Of his child was found In the
street. Mrs. Francis was in the wreck
age in the building.
1t is expected the death list in Tyler
will reach IL and the number Of injured
will aggregate two score or more.
Twelve buildings We're wrecked. and in
the confusion which exists 1t Is difficult
to compile an accurate list of the cas-
ualties.
Wires are down in all directions from
Tyler, and reports from farmers who
tent of the damage are to the effect
that farm houses all around Tyler were
blown down. 1t is impossible to as
certain the loss Of life or to approximate
the extent of the disaster. 1t is known,
however, that the tornado swept every
thing clean for a distance of five miles.
Three miles from town 1t struck the
home of Irwin Franklin. demolishing
the structure and severely tnjuring Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin and their four chill
dren. The tornado came up from the
southwest and tore 81 path through
Tyler 100 feet wide. Buildings and tele-
phone and electric light poles were laid
fiat in the storms path. while great
damage was lone in other parts OF the
CITY.
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SHAH RUMoR A cANARr.

London. Feb. 1S.-NO credence what
ever is attached here to the reports
from Vienna that the shah Of Persia
has been assassinated.
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MORSE IS ARRESTED
IN HIS STATE ROOM
Financier Gives Bond OF $780,
OOO---D Declares He Is lnno-
cent of Grand Larceny.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY..

New York, Feb. 1s.-charles
w. Morse, former banker and
financial promoter, was arr
aligned before Justice bowling
today on two charges, of grand
larceny and misrepresentation OF
the funds Of the Mercantile
National bank. Through his
counsel he pleaded not guilty.
The court fixed the hearing for
next Monday.
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U HARoIs INDICTED.

Lexington, KY, Feb. 2o.-An indict-
ment was found against Beech Hargis,
CHARGING him with the wilful murder
81 his father. Judge Hames Hargk.
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IN CONGRESS
WOULD AMEND THE
SHERMAN ANTITRUST LAW

Washington. Feb. D.-Representative
Hughes, of New Jersey, introduced an
amendment to the Sherman antitrust act
which is designed to meet the objections
raised by the supreme court of the United
States in a recent decision. The amend
ment is as follows:
h act shall not be construed to apply
10 any arrangements. agreements OF COM
binattons between laborers made with the
view of lessening the number of hours of
labor or of increasing their wages, nor to
n arrangements, agreements of combs
culture or agriculture made with the view
Of enhancing the price of agricultural or
horticultural products.
amendment before the judiciary COM
mittec.