The Green Forest tribune., 1911-08-18
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The declaration of Senate Bailey of Texas that he would support Ihom- as Ball, former congressman, for gov ernor, against Governor Colquitt is followed with the announcement that Ball will be candidate. Ball led the recent prohibition campaign against Governor Colquitt.
 William J. Bryan is willing to of fer an apology for his recent criticism of Chairman Underwood of the ways and means committee, providing the Omaha World-Herald Limited States Senator Hitchcock'S paper) fails to substantiate a Washington dispatch which inspired the Bryan criticism.
 Declaring that the injunction which terminated the street car strike of last week in favor of the union was in violation of the United States con- stitution, the Des Moines City Rail road company prepared to fight the mandate.
 Three are dead as the result of an railroad crossing, three miles east of Eandalia, H., when the westbound Vandalia fast mail struck an auto be- longing to A. c. Walker London resembles an armed camp, and an entire division of the British army, armed with Eall cartridges, will stamp out all disorder resulting from the strike of transportation employees and dock laborers. The advent of the soldiers, who are now camped in London, presages rioting. The house of lords accepted the veto bill as sent back to it from the commons, by vote of 131 to IA, adopting Viscount Morley's motion not to insist upon the lords amend ments, which practically limits the power of the house of lords to two years suspensory vote
 The will of John w. Gates, who died In Paris, will be probated in Port Arthur, Tex. where the financier made his residence. This was learned at the offices of Byrne & Cutcheon, lawyers, of "A Broad street, which firm has custody of the last will. That the American Federation of Labor will stand behind the railroad unions in their proposed strike against the western system, was re- ported in Chicago Union leaders de clare the Federation's 100000 mem bers will back them up and force the | railroads to agree to higher pay and shorter hours.
 Stopping to pick up what he be- lieved was stick of licorice, 4-year- old Harold Richey grasped the brok- en end of an electric wire and was electrocnted at Jerseyville, H. He struggled vainly in the coils of the deadly strand, while his childish com panions stood about in wide-eyed hor- TOT.
 Joe Stilley is dead, and his wife .S a sanitarium with a buckshot <ourd in her neck, as the result of mysterious shooting affair at a Eel lowship church, Alexandria, La, pro- tracted meeting in the pine woods near Alexandria. An unidentified per son fired through an open window just as the services concluded. Waving his arms about his head in earnest gesticulation, George w. Per- kins, former partner of J. P. Morgan, denounced the Sherman antitrust law before the Stanley steel commit tee and predicted business disaster as result of it's enforcement. Cut almost in two five miles east of Tarifa, in the straits of Gibraltar, tbn ,,tn within five minutes, carrying down with her 93 passengers and members of the crew.
 Patrolman Cornelius D. O'Keefe of the Central district, considered one of the bravest and most efficient police men on the St. Louis force, died at the city hospital from the effects of bullet wound over the heart, in- fiicted by a negro burglar whom O'Keefe surprised trying to break into candy store.
 A general investigation into freight rates on live stock, packing house pro- ducts and fresh meat, in effect throughout the portion of the country west, south and southwest of Chicago, was ordered by the interstate com merce commission. The proceeding will begin at Oklahoma City on Sep tember II.
 Gov. Colquitt of Texas sent a mes sage to the legislature recommending an appropriation of $10,000 to prose cute alleged violators of the election law at the recent statewide prohibit tion election, announcing reward ot $50 for a conviction.
 Carrying out President Tafts in. structions, Frank Bloom, Battery c, Third artillery, the young Jew whose futile efforts to get commission last spring attracted so much attention, has been ordered to report at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, for examination on Sept. 1.
 Caught by the swift rising waters of Flat creek, near Sedalia, Mo, a party of six campers were forced to aban- don their camp and, attired in thei, night clothes, waded nearly a mile in water waist deep. The overflow was caused by downpour of rain.