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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09

Liverpool cables were due 6Ib to 71a
points lower; opened easy at to points
decline. At 1915 p. m. the market was
to 10 points on old crop and II to liz
lower on new crop. Later cables re-
ported an advance of IL points from
Spot cotton in moderate demand at 10
points decline; middling 696d; sales 1000
bales; American 5000; imports 1000, all
American.
At the close the market was easy with
prices showing q net decline of is to 1872
points from the final figures of Thursday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS.

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Dressed poultry
quiet; turkeys, 14Q23; chickens, 1905;
fowls. 1920 ducks, tS41sh. Live poul-
try firm; chickens, 1920; fowls Is
(asked) turkeys, Il; roosters, IA; ducks.
IA; geese, II. Butter quiet creamery
specials, 25@26; creamery extras. 2ShGD
Gals, 2415 Eggs firmer; nearby white
fancy, 3tG32; nearby brown fancy, gag
&c; extra firsts, 231a Q25; frsts, 2O02f
Cheese firm; white milk specials, 1512D
15& whole milk fancy. 156D15A skins,
specials. 12A 012A Skins, fine, 1917 N
liz; full skins. 61s@Sh.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
GRAIN MEN LOOK
FOR BEAR REPORT
Anticipation of UnfavorabIe
Government Statement Is
Cause of Liberal Selling.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO, Aug. 9-Wheat opened
steady in tone and abount unchanged in
good selling and lack Of support report
of less demand for the American hard
wheat was the weakening influence.
Corn was unsettled and irregular with
September a shade higher and the de-
ferred months fractionally lower
oats were better all around on shorts
covering.
Provisions were unchanged and the
market was featureless with trade small
Wheat closed with losses of a to Mc to-
day and there were recessions in the price
of corn of "a to sc.
Oats declined Il to &c and there was
considerable reaction from the bottom
prices. The government crop report
which was given out after the close of
business, was construed by the trade as
a bearish document
Provisions closed lower with trade dull
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, Aug 9.-Hogs-Receipts 49,.
000 Market weak to Sc lower Mixed
and butchers $730@8.3O. good heavy ST.
a8.15, rough heavy S7.30Q760, light 81 65
$3.50, pigs S6.60m7.75, bulk S7606S15
Cattle-Receipts 1000. Market steady.
Beeves $6.500 1925, cows and heifers 50. rs
G BIS, stockers and feeders S4.40G7, Tex
ans S6.30WS,40 calves SS5009.75
Sheep--Receipts 10, 600 Market steady.
Native and Western $325@4.6O, lambs
81 75GIT rs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.

Thompson Towle &, Co: The market
may go lower in the near future before
spectators will take hold.
Baily e. Montgomery: Further wide
market changes will be in order until
condition of the crop is available.
Logan q Bryan Think the selling is
overconfident and market should have a
good rally.
Hayden. Stone g Coz We may get re-
actions, but market looks lower before
basis for a permanent improvement can
he reached.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
RANGE OF NEW YORK FUTURES
rkHIE0E OF NEW YORN FUTURE5.
3 ! ! ii J i
Aug. 1ISOI11. S0I11 Ga IL Hi. 71-73T11 81 IS
Sept. II 70il1 72ll1 701I 7il11 75-77i11 So 81
Oct IL 9SIl1 9SIII rs II SSH IS Sqi11 90 %
Nov. -. 49,. ..... lii So 81 ~. 90 OIL
Dec. 12.O1l12. O2lf1 So ii 96 III 95 10 o. 05
Jan IL SO II OIL. 1911 SSH az Sel11 9S-1 2
Feb. 49,. - III "a 9SI - Of -0S
Mch IL 06l II O6l1 81 IL OOI12 90 Oi 10 10 il
May Il2l2l1212j11 9612 O0l12 NJ 1OI12 IL 90

The visible supply of American cotton
decreased during the past week 15S,797
bales, against a decrease the same week
last year of 1854 bales, and a decrease
of 11l,546 bales the same week year be-
fore last. Other kinds decreased 5000
bales, against a decrease last year of 80
600 bales and a decrease of 81, 900 bales
the same week year before The total
visible supply decreased 1S7,797 bales,
year. and a decrease of 142,54 bales the
year before
Spinners' takings discontinued through
August
Worlds visible supply:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
chicago CASH QUOTATIONS..

1O2G1O5; No 8 red 9SGlO2; No hard
winter, 94@96; No. 3 hard winter. 800
94h No. l northern spring. 1.01@108; No.
2 northern spring, 1,00@1,06; No. 3 spring.
9301.02.
Corn, No. 2. 741a @75h; No. 2 white. n
d77H No. 2 yellow, 76K ORGY; No. 8,
73% @74; No. 8 white, 76h@76%; No. 3
yellow, 75% @76h No. 4. 72073 No
white, 74h @75; No. yellow. 74975A
Oats No. white, new. 1914 G34h; No.
3 white, new, 32A @3234; Standard, old,
40d4315; new, 33133%.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.

Wheat opened 3sd higher; at 80 p m.
was sd to "a higher Closed unchanged
to y d higher
Corn opened asd higher at 1870 p m
was I'd higher. Closed lsd to I'd higher.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
RANeE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.

Atlanta, nominal; middling 1874.
New Orleans, easy; middling 1872.
New York, quiet; middling 1890.
Boston, quiet; middling 1850
Philadelphia, quiet; middling 1855.
Liverpool easier; middling 696d.
Savannah, quiet; middllng 1917.
Augusta, quiet; middling 1874.
Mobile nominal.
Galveston, quiet; middling 12A.
Norfolk, quiet; middling 13c
Wilmington, nominal.
Little Rock, quiet: middling 12&.
Charleston, nominal
Baltimore nominal; middling 13c.
Memphis, quiet; middling 13c
st. Louis, quiet; middling 13c.
Houston, steady; middling II 1916.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
NEW YORK GROCERIES.

NEW YORK. Aug. s-Coffee steady;
ordinary to prime, 4h@53s. Molasses
steady; New Orleans. open kettle, $3.50
Sugar raw. quiet centrifugal 450 mus
covado 355; molasses sugar, $50; re-
fined. quiet standard granulated, BIS;
cut loaf, $50; crushed, $50; mold A, 5.45:
cubes, 6.35 powdered, $40; diamond A,
SO: confectioners A. 4.95; No. l, 495;
No. ?, 49O; No. 3. 4S5 No. 4, $50.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09

BOSTON, Aug 9.-Fruit 1919, Shannon
1712, Arizona Commercial 5Ia Nevada
Consolidated 21&, Greene Cananea 10,
Chino 33%.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
CHICAGO CAB LOTS.

Following are receipts for Friday and
estimated receipts for Saturday:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
PERKINS WANTS AN OFFICE

NEW YORK. Aug st was reported
at progressive headquarters today that
George W. Perkins, who will lead the ma
tlonal campaign for Colonel Roosevelt
win himself run for congress in The
Twenty third New York district, in which
he lives
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
PORT RECEIPTS.

The following table shows receipts at
the ports today, compared with the same
day last year:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
MINING STOCKS.

Total sales, $685. shares,
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
GEN ERAC.

Women all over the United States
are planning to boycott butter in an
effort to bring the price back to nor.
NAL.
The proposed municipal dance halls
in Cincinnati will also be matrimonial
bureaus If conducted on the lines set
forth by Mayor Hunt.
The proposal to adopt the commits.
sion form of government was defeated
at Madison. Wis, the total vote being
2.193 for, 2,6G9 against.
Glass and commodity freight rates
to Denver and other points in Colora-
do from Chicago, Peoria, Mississippi
river and Missouri river territories
are attacked as unreasonable, discrim-
inators and unduly preferential in a
petition filed with the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission by the Colorado
Manufacturers Association and the
Denver Chamber of Commerce.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

A syndicate that will guarantee the
destruction Of property by fire at the
rate Of $3.50 fire. is said to exist in
New York City.
Fannie Ramsey OF Weston. W. Va,
113 years old and said to have been
the nurse Of General Stonewall Jack.
son when he was an infant, is dead.
Clarence W. Kuhn. a member of the
former banking firm OF 8. Kuhn G
Bros. Of Cincinnati. and a cousin Of
the head Of the banking firm Of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co.. of New York, is dead.
A mob Of 500 men stormed the Jail
at Cordelle. Ca, where Albert Hamil-
ton, the negro assailant Of white girl,
was confined. took him forth and
hanged him to a tree. Troops ordered
here failed to arrive in time to save
the negroes life. The girl identified
the negro.
The federal grand jury which has
been investigating the dynamite con-
spiracy in Indianapolis begun what 10
expected to be the last week OF its
work. Reports about the district at
ty indictments have been drawn up.
District Attorney Miller said the in
dictments. II any are returned. will be
secret, the names Of those indicted
being withheld until arrests are
made.
There is every indication to believe
that the American State Department
will resist any attempt of British
syndicate or of the British govern
men: to assert sovereignty over Pal.
myra island, in the Pacific ocean.
The United States and Great Britain
may have to submit to international
arbitration the question OF sovereign.
ty Governor Frear Of Hawaii notified
the State Department that the island
long had been in the possession of
Judge Henry E. Cooper of the Hawaii
an Supreme Court, who was much dis
turbed over the report that Great Brit
tain was about to claim title.
The worst rioting in the fort
night Of the Lawrence, Mass, tex
tile strike, involving 10000 persons,
occurred when street cars were held
up and stoned by mobs which refused
to let operatives go into the mills.
One woman was struck and killed
by stray bullet, a patrolman was
stabbed in the back, a militia captain
was badly cut by brick and several
others hurt by stones as well as by
the clubs of the police and militia.
Governor Foss ordered twelve addi-
81
cavalry troops to proceed at once to
Lawrence to reinforce the nine com
panies already there.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
SPORT.

Jack White has signed articles to
box Joe Rivers twenty rounds before
a Los Angeles club on March 18th.
Packey Mcfarland and Eddie Muir
ply have signed articles for a ten
round fight at South Bend, Indiana,
on February 14th.
Earl Puryear, champion bantam.
weight of Colorado, knocked out Abe
Tobin in the fifth round of sched-
uled ten-round bout in Longmont.
Jack Curley, promoter of the John
son-Flynn match for the heavyweight
championship of the world. an
nounces that the fight will take place
at some point on the Western Pacific
railroad just across the Utah line in
Nevada.
Plans have been perfected for select
ing team of fifteen speediest skaters
in the United States and Canada to
make a tour of the Canadian, Western.
Middle states, New England and East
ern Skating Association districts. The
team will be selected in qualifying
races.
Public boxing and all sparring ex.
hibitions are prohibited by an ordi-
nance adopted by the city council of
Ogden, Utah.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
ereeley.Poudre Litigation Ends.

Greeley.-Records OF the dismissal
OF the appeal from the District Court
OF Weld county to the State Supreme
Court OF the contest over confirma.
ton OF the bonds OF the Greeley.Pou-
DIRE irrigation district were filed In Dis.
trict Court. ending all contests regard.
ing the right Of the district to issue
and dispose Of $5.OOO.O00 In bonds.
The men who appealed from Judge
Garrigue's decision confirming the
bonds In District Court In June, 1910.
asked for and were granted the dis.
missal OF appeal.
Matters are shaping In a satisfac-
tory manner toward re-financing the
irrigation project and the $3.50. 900.
to be furnished when all details are
competed will be used in finishing
the work for the district at an early
date. Now that all suits pending. con.
testing the validity OF the bonds OF
the district have been dismissed and
desert entrymen given three addition.
al years to prove up on their land.
prospects are bright for the Greeley.
Poudrc district. work on which will
be renewed with an increased force
in the spring. About two-thirds OF the
work Is compiled.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
Minor VentIon.

Seven inches OF snow has fallen at
Ouray.
A business block In Lamar recently
sold for $4,000.
During January Denver enjoyed 2O2
actual hours OF sunshine.
The Farmers Institute held three
Gays session In Boulder.
Jennie Ross has been made post.
master at Cheyenne Wells.
Manitou Is short OF money and will
probably borrow to run the town.
George F. Thomas. a pioneer. aged
seventy.five years. OF Grand Junction.
Is dead.
The postal receipts for the City Of
Denver for the month Of January were
100000.
Tho sale OF cocaine In Colorado
Springs Is being Investigated by the
district attorney.
The new drop curtain recently hung
in the Burns theater in Colorado
Springs cost $4,000.
An election will be held In Gilcrest
March I to vote on the question OF In.
cooperating the town.
1t Is reported that deer are being
killed In large numbers in the noun
tains west OF Loveland.
Union Evangelistic services will be
held in Canon City during February
and part OF March.
FL Paso County Commissioners will
probably replace convict road labor
with needy farmers.
Fort Morgan high school defeated
Julesburg high In basketball game
by score OF 81 to Is.
J. Frank Anthony, employed in the
Oak Creek coal mines, was crushed to
death between two mine cars.
The Lovella ditch and reservoir.
cago capitalists for $325.O00.
Mystery surrounds the discovery Of
two dynamite bombs In the basement
of house in Cripple Creek.
Business men OF Pueblo have taken
up the fight against the suit recently
filed against the citys charter.
George Lucas. a boy Of five years.
Of Georgetown, has captured live
owl that weighs fourteen pounds.
DR.. A. l. Gresher has been arrest
ed at Fort Morgan on a charge Of
rracticing medicine without license.
Mrs. Harriet Van Deusen, aged
eighty. Of Denver, has instituted n
SIT for divorce from her husband.
Twelve Steamboat Springs girls
have taken a solemn vow to take ad-
vantage Of leap year and become en-
gagged.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
WASHINGTON.

The proposal for children's bu.
reau IL the Department Of Commerce
and Lsbor to investigate and report in
all matters affecting the welfare Of
children, was debated in the Senate
without action. and will be voted upon
later.
Senator Dixon's resolution calling
upon the secretary Of the interior for
a detailed report OF lands withdrawn
from settlement in Montana was
adopted by the Senate after the reso-
luton was amended so as to include
all Of the public land states.
The letter Of Secretary Stimson rec.
ommending a reorganization Of the
army garrisons Of the United States
has reached Congress and senators
and congressman from at least five
states have begun a fight to avert the
action he requests Of Congress.
A speedy reduction OF the number
OF regiments in the Philippines by
one-half has been decided upon by the
government, for reasons of economy
and military administration. Four reg
AASutS VI lAAoAlly anu wv VI SANdhy
will take over the duties now per-
formed by twelve regiments.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma will ad-
vocate federal appropriation Of
from $12,O00,OOO to $16,OOO,OOO for the
next ten years to be expended upon
roads. In his bill, the senator makes
the proviso that the states to derive
&c 1f do
10 appropriate double or triple the
amounts received from the govern
Dent.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
Fighting for Colorado Miners.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Guggenheim
Is fighting the proposed reduction OF
tariff on Colorado ores and asks that
cities send representatives to the
finance committees hearing opening
February 18th. when the bill will be
considered. Tungsten. produced large
ly In Boulder county. is scheduled for
the free list. which would force com
Petition with cheap Asiatic labor and
probably destroy the home industry.
Zinc ores are also placed on the free
list by this bill. abolishing the pres
ont duty OF 4 cent to cent a pound.
This would seriously injure state in
dustries. a cut OF IS per cent. is aro-
Tosed on lead ores and lead bullion.
The reduction would close many OF
the Colorado mines. The senator be
lieves that the steel schedule revls.
ion OF the House bill would seriously
handicap Colorado mills.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
NEWS OF COLORADO POINTS

| Loveland Is to have a municipal
light plant costing 100000 II the
present plans OF the council are car.
ried out.
The appointment OF Harry E. Kelly
as United States attorney for the dis.
trict OF Colorado has been confirmed
by the Senate.
The Supreme Court has dismissed
the suit attacking the validity OF the
$b.lO0.OOO bond issue Of the Greeley.
| Poudre irrigation district.
John Sprague. a farmer living forty.
five miles northeast OF Glenwood
Springs. was arrested and fined 325
for killing a mountain sheep.
A great stir has been caused by the
report that Idaho Springs will attempt
| to wrest the county seat OF Clear
Creek county from Georgetown.
The Modern Woodmen OF America
will hold the next camp In Colorado
Springs without requiring the bonus
o. $4,000 1t was intended to ask.
Ground has been broken at Keota
for the First Methodist Church and
the people OF the town have offered
their services toward Its erection.
Mary Murphy mine. thirty miles south-
west OF Buena Vista. died as a result
OF inhaling fumes OF burning dyna.
mite.
Alfred Williams. proprietor OF q
hotel at Frederick. has been arrested
on n charge OF seriously injuring his
wife by striking her with a monkey.
wrench.
A large consignment OF black bass,
which were placed in Bear creek at
Craig two years ago. are now said to
be In good condition. some weighing
about a pound each.
Farmers in the Johnstown vicinity
who are interested in the dairy bust.
ness will form an organization hav-
ing for its purpose the establishing Of
better herds of milk cows:
| The Denver Chamber OF Commerce
will have printed several thousand
circulars on How to cultivate arid
lands" and they will be distributed
to the farmers OF the state.
Perry II. Brewington. formerly Of
Eaton. has been sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for fifteen months and must
pay fine Of 5000. ut Reno. Nevada.
having been convicted OF bigamy.
The stockholders OF the Fort Bent
Ditch Company have approved the re.
cent action OF the board Of directors
In contracting for the sale OF $4,000
bonds to provide for the completion
Of dam across the Arkansas river
at Fowler and the widening OF the
main channel.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09

A French column commanded by
Colonel Simon has had a severe en-
gagement with the tribes that are in
the habit Of attacking the posts on
the RabatMequinese. NJ ,cco. road.
Many tribesmen were killed or in
jured and the French lost four killed
and fifteen wounded.
Owing to the grave situation caused
by the general strike. the constitu-
tional guarantees have been suspend
ed and martial law has been pro-
claimed in the district Of Lisbon,
Portugal. The city has been handed
over to the keeping Of Gen. Carvalhal,
and troops surrounded the town.
1t is understood that immediate alb.
dication of the Chinese throne has
ben decided upon as a result Of the
conference between the empress dow
ager. Prince Chun, the ex-regent, and
Prince Chin, the ex-premier, in accord
ance with conditions laid down by the
Republicans, namely, that the impe-
rial family and princes are to retain
their empty titles, reside in Picking
or elsewhere at their pleasure, and
receive annual pensions aggregating
100000 and that the transfer of
ROVER will be effected with as little
los Of dignity to the throne as pos
sible.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
MAN, WIFE AND 17.YEAR.olD BOY
GO DOWN IN WHIRLPOOL
At NIAGARA FALLS.
MANY SEE TRAGEDY
HUNDREDS WOULD HAVE BEEN
LOST IN ANOTHER
HOUR.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Niagara Falls. y. Y.-The great ice
bridge that has choked the river chan
mel between the cataract and the up
per steel arch bridge. below the falls
for the last } weeks. broke from Its
Snoring and went down the river. tax.
ing with 1t to their death a man and
woman said to be Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ridge Stanton OF Toronto. Canada.
and Burrell Heacock. seventeen. OF
were on the ice at the time. but man
aged to get ashore In safety.
The bridge was considered safe. For
weeks the great fields OF Ice had been
coming down the river. piling up
against the barrier until 1t was from
sixty to eighty feet thick, and under
tho influence OF zero weather the great
mass had become firmly anchored 10
the shore. The jam was about 1000
feet vide. and in some places q quar-
ter of a mile in breadth.
For two weeks 1t had offered safe
passage to the hardy. and an immense
crowd Of excursionists case to view
the winter wonder Of the river. Had
the accident happened an hour later
hundreds would have lost their lives.
for the crowd was moving into Pros
pect park in the elevators that run
down the cliff for the purpose OF VEN
turing out upon the ice.
Somewhere deep in the great whirl-
pool sleeps the man. partially identi-
fled as Mr.. Stanton. who twice put
aside chances Of rescue in order to re-
main with his terror-stricken wife,
and who. in the shadow Of death-just
at the break in the rapids-spurned
assistance for himself and attempted
10 bind about the woman's body q
rope dangling from the lower steel
arch bridge.
The lad. Burrel Heacock. was cast
in the same mold. Had he not turned
back On the ice to give assistance to
the man. he might have made the
shore.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
WESTERN.

W. W. worthington. one Of the most
prominent coal miners in Montana,
died in Billings. He was known all
over the West.
Homesteaders Of Meade county, s.
D.. have issued an appeal for aid. de-
claring that many face starvation as
the result OF crop failures.
Thirteen persons were killed and
twenty-four injured during the Okla
homa hunting season, which has just
closed. OF the injured ten were per-
manently disabled. Seven Of the
deaths occurred in the Kiamichi and
Wichita mountains, where hunting for
big game" predoE1inates.
Contract for delivery of 100000 fine
ounces of silver at .5S375 cents an
ounce at the San Francisco mint has
been made by the Treasury Depart
ment It will be used for coming
dimes and quarters. The price is
slightly higher than the governments
last purchase.
When 200 angry consumers gath.
cred at the office OF the Leavenworth
Light. Heat & Gas Company in Lea
venworth. Kan, complaining because
a rate of ~ cents had been charged
for gas used in January, the company
ordered the rate cut to 25 cents after
the crowd had voiced its objections
for two hours.
Bert H. Franklin, chief of detectives
for the Mcnamara defense, practical
ly admitted in Los Angeles that he had
confessed his knowledge of the al
legged bribery Of Jurors Balm and
Lockwood in the Mcnamara case and
that when Attorney Clarence S. Oar
rows case was called he would be the
star witness for the state.
Two months of uncertainty and sus-
pense ended for Clarence S. barrow,
the noted union labor attorney, when
the county grand jury, which for four
weeks has been investigating allega-
lions of corruption in connection with
the trial jury in the Mcnamara dyna-
mite case in Los Angeles, returned
two indictments charging him with
bribery.
The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1912-02-09
Colorado Woman to Head Bureau.

Washington.-The passage by the
United States Senate OF the Borah
bill. providing for the establishment
of a bureau for the protection OF
women and children in connection
with the Department OF Commerce
and Labor. brings Mrs. Sarah Plat
Decker OF Colorado to the front as the
most popular candidate for appoint.
ment ms the head Of the bureau. Her
name is spoken OF by many leading
officials here as the one person best
qualified for the place.