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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08
FORMER PASTOR
BACK TO INSTALL
REV. MR.. ARRICK

At the installation of Rev. judi
son Arrick, D. D., pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Aledo,
Wednesday evening, May II. Rev.
Thomas B. Terhune, ID. D., of New
Albany, Ind, close personal
friend of Rev. MIR. Arrick, will as
sist at the ceremonials.
Rev. Mr.. Arrick succeeded in the
local pastorate Rev. A E. Moody,
who resigned last fall to take up
work in the new era movement.
DR.. Terhune was ordained in the
Aledo Presbyterian and since has
won fame as a lecturer and achiev-
ed a creditable ministerial record.
DR.. Terhune will remain one day
longer, and On Thursday evening,
May Is, will deliver one Of his best
lectures.
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Moline PUPIL
WINS CONTEST
Cyrus Churchill First in OratOrical
Honors OF Big Eight
ut Canton.

Cyrus Churchill, member OF the
1920 class of the Moline high
school, was winner of the Big
Eight oratorical contest which was
held in Canton, ILL.,, last evening.
Robert Wood of Canton took sec
ond place and a member Of the Ke-
vance high school took third place.
The winners were awarded hand
some gold. silver and bronze med
ais. The subject chosen for the ex-
temporaneous speeches was Pres
idential Possibilities"
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Kansas City Cash Grain

Kansas City, May Cash
wheat: unchanged to &C higher;
No. l hard, 3.Os@3.1S; No. 2, $3.50
BIG; No. l red, 3.06@3.07; No. 2,
sos.
Corn, unchanged; No. 2 mixed,
1.SS@1.S9; No. 2 white. 1.92@1.94;
No. 2 yellow, 1.90@1.92.
Oats, unchanged; No. 2 white,
1.21@122; No. 2 mixed, 1.17@1.20.
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Moline Obituary
Funeral of Fred J. Savage.

Funeral services for Fred J.
Savage, former Moline resident who
died Thursday in Bloomington, ILL.,,
where he had been stationed since
1915 as manager of the Deere &
Co. branch house, will be held at
$50 Sunday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. E. H. Sleight, S26 Seven
teenth street. Rev. P. c. Ladd will
officiate and burial will be in Riv-
erside cemetery. Mrs Savage. the
widow, the daughter, Mrs. Cleveland
Cross and Mr.. Cross will arrive
this evening to attend the services.
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Kansas CITY Livestock.

Kansas City, Mo-, May S.-Hog
receipts, 200; all weights, 10c high
er; top price, 14.70; bulk. light to
medium, 14.00@14.70; bulk, heavy,
13.25@1425.
Cattle receipts. $50. For week:
beef steers, mostly Csc to 75c low
er; she stock, mostly Csc to .Oc
lower; Gamers, weak; close,
steady: vealers, 1.00@1.50 lower;
heavy calves, soc lower; feeders,
mostly Csc to SOC lower.
Sheep; no receipts; market for
week: lambs, 75@1.00 higher than
last weeks close; sheep. steady to
Csc lower.
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Weather Forecast

Illinois: Fair tonight and Sun
day; rising temperature Sunday in
west and north portions.
Missouri, Wisconsin and Iowa:
Fair tonight and Sunday; rising
temperature Sunday.
Indiana: Generally fair tonight
and Sunday; little change in tenn
perature.
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Toledo Seed.

Toledo, Ohio, May 8.-Clove1
seed; prime, cash, $500; October
24.25; December. 1885.
Alsike: prime, cash, 24.00.
Timothy: prime, cash (1917)
5,45: cash (191S). 5.45; cash (1919)
$50: May, $50; September. SIS;
October. 5.52ha; December, 5.571s.
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Money and Exchange,

New York, May S.-Mercantile
paper, z; exchange, irregular;
sterling, demand 3.S2A. cables
$685.; francs, demand 1882, Ca
bles 1880; Belgian francs. demand
1892. cables 1870; guilders, de-
mand 36as, cables 361s; lire. de-
mand 1877, cables 1875; marks,
demand 100, cables 1.91.
Government bonds, irregular;
railroad bonds, easy.
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Henry ]. Fortkamp.

Henry J. Fortkamp Of 1868
Third avenue, Moline, died at 2:40
this morning in the Moline city
hospital. His home had been in
Moline since November, when he
came here from Quincy. He was a
machinist at the Silvis shops. Mr.
Fortkamp was born Aug. %, 1868,
at Mt. Sterling and was married to
Miss Rose Schempemper in April,
1917. His widow is the only ssS-
vivor. Funeral services will be
conducted at his former home in
Quincy.
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HUMPHREYS Is NOT
GUILTY, j. P. SAYS

The Carl Humphreys trial, which
has agitated many residents of the
annexed territory in the southeast
of Moline during the last two
weeks, ended last evening when
Humphreys was found not guilty
by Justice +. c. Entrikin of a charge
of cruelty to animals. Humphreys
was arrested on complaint of
Corinne Belle BASTARD, who
charged he cruelty and inhumanely
beat his horse.
Witnesses for the deefnse de-
clared Humphreys was never guilty
of beating his horse.
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Peoria Livestock.

Peoria, ILL.,, May S.-Hogs: Re-
ceipts, 500; hod overs, 500; offer
ings cleared; steady, active; top
price. $14.75; bulk. $13.50@14.75;
lights, s14.50@14.75; mediums,
$14.00@14.75; heaVies, $4,000
14.25.
Cattle: receipts, IS; steady; &C
tive.
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LEGAL.


Estate of Johanna Holmes, decfa7el,
The undersigned having been ippo.N ~
administrators with the VIII annexed % ~, ~
estate of Johanna Holmes, iale t ~
county of Rock Island, state Of AAi"v NJ
deceased, hereby gives notice ina ID.
viii appear before the Hon FRANK D. ~
dee. Judge of the probate court OF I'M m
Island county, at the probate couIt Tnly
in the city of Rock Island, at tiie ~
term. on the first Monday IN Ja!' i rs
at which time all persons HAVING "a -.
against said estate are notIheo d'a of
quested to attend for the pafpoN
having the same adjusted. -. .e
All persons indebted TO SAD ~. 70
requested to make immediate pa'N''
the underslg ned. -oaa
Dated s3rd day OF April. A. D. ls-''
SELMA II. HOLAEs,
Administrative with the wlil Anhe
WALKER AND SWEENEY. At'orlts--
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DISPATCH FAMILY
VISITS MUSCATINE

Employees of the Moline Dispatch
numbering more than one hundred,
went to Muscatine this afternoon by
interurban to inspect the recently
completed home of the Muscatine
Journal after which the new Dis
patch Office, soon to be erected, will
be patterned. A special car was
chartered to accommodate the dele
CATION. After the inspection the
staff will be guests of their en-
ployers at a dinner served in the
Hotel Muscatine late this evening.
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FOR SALE

Fortv-two room hotel in
Rock Island; 2o room
rooming house in Daven-
port; modern with long
lease. Phone Dav. 75o2Y
or Dav. 2Sool.
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Estate of Elva c. SHELTON. deceasss7u-n,n,ed
The undersigned. having oftn az. apt ,nnetlt
executors of the last VIII ana u S,nry of
of Eiya c. Shelton, late OF the cg3e,a4-ed
Rock Island. state pf Hiinoi9, ~ anrear
be e the probate court of Rock !, i,li me
county. at the probate cour. room 10 ' os
city of Rock Island. at the june " which
the first Monday in June, ntAl, a. ,raltl.t
time all persons having e- aini5 TO
said estate are notified and Iequ .b. sanie
attend for the purpose OF haFins 'A
adjusted. -. os-ate are
recuested to make immediate pa. Ei'"'
the undersigned. n 1920.
Dated oath day of Arril, A; u, ION non
n DANFoRTH skELlo''
Executors
lC. L. HUBBARD, Attorney.
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LIGnT-Ro1

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terms.
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gas. e,ec
on TWEEN
pad. II
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payment
sixth 6
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Peoria Grain.

Peoria, Ill, May S.-Corn: I'M
changed to &c higher; No. 2 yell
low, 2.02; No. 3 yellow. 1893; No.
mixed, 200; No. 3 mixed, 1850
1873; No. 4 mixed, 1876; No. 6 mixed
1881.
Oats: &c higher. No. 5 white
1.16.
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Liberty Bonds.

New York, May S.-Final prices
today, were: 3hs. 91.S6; first As
$500; second As. S5.06; first 4As
$3.50; second AIS. 85.16; third
ANS. 5000; fourth AIS, $50; Vic
tory S3ss, 1892; Victory 4As, 96.O2
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Chicago Potatoes.

Chicago, May S.-Potatoes: firm;
receipts 10 cars; Northern White.
sacked and bulk, $7.3507.5O per
swt.
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ROCK ISLAND CHAPTER NO. m
ORDER Eastern STAT, ---i.eg alar meelas
second " eunesday vi eacn moaln ~
thug stars ~elcome. Ars. Jess.e 4 il,
xr, ". A.; Mary h. hrels. s.cr,,sr. ~
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MONEY TO LOAN.

>~~~~~<~~(S~>>-->~-~N ~~~-~-~N~~~~~~~S~~~O
l CAN ARRANGE A LOAN FOR YOU
on CT stteis, real property or by con-
tracts at 7Go annually. 412 Best build
ing. Phone &. l. 81.
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New York Sugar.

New York, May S.-Raw sugar,
firm; centrifugal. 10 Sc; refined,
firm: fine granulated, 1S.50@23.00.
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ROCK ISLAND AERiE NO. $50, FRArEl
mai Order OF Eae meeiuI,
first and third TUESDAY OF each noun
at Eagles home. fourln avenue A.
Twenty -hrst sLeet. Frank Wlea, W, n,
Joseph Lrote.ut. secretary.
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knights Templas.

hNIsnId IenlpI1f.
THE STATED CONCLAvE OF soc,
Island Commandery No =
~ hnlg..ts IempIar YIN ~
AASSE the seeohu Aonday Of -
H8 Il month. ). 4. Dawn, oums.
WI er, J. l.. hickey, I..,s.
AractIle uriils urs. sua ~,
Mous~.s.
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OIL and RAIL
STOCKS SPLIT
DAYS RECORD

New York, May S.-Oils and rails
divided the honors Of today's stock
market, displaying greater activity
than such favorites as steels. equip
ments and motors.
Royal Dutch rose points to a
new high record and Mexican Pc
troleum was bought extensively.
advancing u points. Crucible
Steel featured the high priced in
dustrials at 5-point rise, but other
issues Of that group were compare
lively quiet.
The demand for rails began with
heavy buying Of Texas & Pacific, at
a gain of almost 3 points. New
Haven, Rock Island and Missouri
Pacific, also such investment shares
as Reading and Southern Pacific.
made irregular gains.
The closing was strong. Sales
Appropriated 375,000 shares.
American Beet Sugar ....... 94%
American Can ......... AK
/ American Car & Foundry .13oh
American Locomotive ....... So
American Smelling & Refin... 81
American Sumatra Tobacco. 9012
American T. & T. ........... 945s
! Anaconda Copper ........ 571a
Atchison S0A
Baldwin Locomotive .115H
Baltimore & Ohio .......... IS
Bethlehem Steel "B" ...... 951a
Central Leather ......... "A
Chesapeake & Ohio ..... 53A
Chicago, Mil. & st. Paul ..... 35A
Corn Products .......... 971a
Crucible Steel las
/ General Motors new ...... 301a
Great Northern Ore Crfts. e. 361s
| Goodrich Co. ............... Ga
Int Mer. Marine prfd. ....... S57s
International Paper ......... "a
kennecott Copper ...... 27h
Mexican Petroleum 1868
| New York Central ........... Tx
Norfolk & Western .......... Ola
Northern Pacific ............ Is
Ohio Cities Gas ........... 4034
Pennsylvania ............. 40h
Reading .................. S65s
Republic Iron & Steel ....... 97a
Sinclair Consol. Oil ......... 36b
Southern Pacific ............ 964
Southern Railway .......... 22A
Studebaker Corporation 800. 80
Texas Co. new .....~...... son
| Tobacco Products ........... 66A
Union Pacific .11SB
United States Rubber ....... 99A
United States Steel ..... 97h
Utah Copper ................ 20
Westinghouse Electric ...... 40
WHY'S Overland ............ 20
Illinois Central ............. IS
Rock Island ........... 35A
Standard Oil prfd. .......... 104 IS
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Silver.

New York, May S.-Bar silver,
1.04A; Mexican dollars, 1875.
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L LODGE NO. COS. l. q. !,
Meets every Thursday eycm,,
FN3 at ODD Fellows leup.e On
I'd Fourth avenue, teIuun ~.
enteentn and LI.nteentn sires,,
INklN, nuoIec h, men. ". T., ".
l.cr Losand. 4. s.. iua
thursday Of month. iniusO,
81. tirst. second and tllrd deSrss lin
wLnE lnuI suay.
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Today's Events

Centenary of the birth OF Henry
Bergh, the New York rsilanthropist
who formed the first society in
America for the prevention Of cruel
ty to animals.
I. Jubilee exhibition is opened at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
In New York today by way Of ceie-
brating tho museums 50th annivec-
aary.
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a ROCK ISLAND Lopcp v,
A 65S, A. y. 4 A, k,-S,.
&EWA1 meeting first Friday 0. e..
MNX Month. otlo fries,er, " !,
,~~ u. 5. Bo..man. secls.ss,
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ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL NO. 20. RA
M.-The stated assemblies OF Eo,. HI
land Councl No. ~, d. 4 s, n, ~
be held On the thIrd Wedn. saay a, ..'a
month. Z. W. Tnaches. /. n; -
hllue urant, Recorder.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08

A I 7 Z n TIoN ELKsl
Rock Island Lodge,
No. $50, b. P. 0. Z
Meetings first and TIM
Mondays OF each nOaa
DAN X. BRENNAN.
Exalted Ruler.
{. n. Isaacson, Secrs.ay
Visiting brothers always
welcome.
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LODGE DIRECTORY


d. n. VI.
THE STATED CoNvoCATIoN Or IN.
AanAso Island Chapter No. lkR :.
NNN NJ viii be held or ,As g.
MWfX Tuesday OF each uon,A .
NA go .. N. 1. J, kas.IAl
~S Z. Il. p: h. H. Ash, s.rss.ss
Special convocation Tuesday, Nas i,
1920. at y. N. Royal Arch d,s,. L
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&. OF Y.
Il, c, CLEAVELAND CAMP, NO, 3li
Sons of VeteraDs.-Meets on secOl
and fourth TUESDAY evenings OF esl
month at O'Clock in Memorial hal "
the court house. L. l.. harms, COZ
mander; Eugene johnson. secretary.
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TODAY IN ALEDO
AND MERCER COUNTY
THE ARGUS

ALEDO OFFICE
IFS North Coii~gs AvenuA
Telephous, Old and NV, n
William Nichols ........ Represent tive
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G. A. D.
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sIBONEY BAY CAMP NO. Z

T.. s. W. v.
Meets the drst and thin
THURSDAY of each month a.
D, IN. at NJ mortal hall. W. "
Medcalf, commander; l. Y
Tltterington. adJutant.
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degree, 1rst. second
following lhWsuay.
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FOR sAI

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NJ ADOO AND COX
LOOM STRONG is
DEMOCRATS CHOICE.
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau)
623 Riggs Building.
Rv THEODORE TTIEEP

WASHINGTON. May 6.-Reports
are current in political circles here
tween the supporters of Attorney
General Palmer, presidential candi-
date. and those of Mr.. McAdoo, be-
cause of Mr.. Palmer's persistent ac-
tivity in his own behalf. With all
potential Democratic nominees for
the presidency holding their ambi-
lions in allegiance and urging unin-
structed delegations to San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Palmer's active campaign
ing Is said To be quite irritating to
other possibilities. and especially to
the closer advisers of Mr.. McAdoo.
There is no doubt here that the
drift, as forecast in these dispatches
with Governor Cox, of Ohio. as Nc
Adoo's companion on the Democratic
ticket State after state is sending
uninstructed delegations to the Dem
ocratic convention and each unin-
structed delegate is regarded as one
more element in McAdoos favor.
The attorney general is making the
only active fight which the Demo-
cratic party reveals at this time, all
other candidates sitting back to
await the judgment of the conven-
ton, as the needs Of the convention
hour may demonstrate.
PaImer's Activity Initiates
w MIC dluleI Is SIlcTSSIICdlly
campaigning, the net results have
been few and McAdoo is unquestion-
ably in much better shape today
than Palmer. At the same time, it
is learned, some of the ardent, sup
porters of McAdoo think that Attor-
rey General Palmer should have
gone along with the other Democrats
and submitted his claims to the con-
vention.
In the Republican field. for in
to Wood. Only about $4,000 votes
were cast in the entire state. When
it is recalled that Maryland cast
$4,000 votes for Hughes in the last
national election, the apathy of the
Republican voters of the state is
revealed. The same applies to most
states where democratic primaries
have been held.
= Nevertheless, Palmer remains act
i've and it is indicated that his at
tempt to get on the ground floor
while the other candidates have
ton should select the most avail
able man, is not making a hit with
the democratic leaders. Palmer is
openly after the delegates and frank
ly says SO. McAdoo, Marshall,
clined to enter the primaries and are
for uninstructed delegates. The
Ohio governor has stayed at home
and will bide his time at the con-
vention. Both McAdoo and Clark,
it is expected, will go to the con-
vention with more strength than any
other candidates.
McAdoo or Cox
The convention, in fact, promises
to be either a McAdoo Or a Cox con-
vsntion after the first Or second bal
lot, and it is a question then of get
ting two-thirds. The best advance
dope" is that McAdoo will have the
ascendancy. and that Cox will prob
ably be offered second place. Poll
tieians seemed to think that Palmer
will have only a few delegates and
will not be able to cut much ice at
the San Francisco convention. One
weakness of Palmer will be the fact
that he made an active campaign
while others did not.
It is not that Palmer has not the
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women need SWAMP. ROOT

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BENSON EXPLAINS
HIS WARNING TO
ADMIRAL SIMS

WASHINGTON, May 6.-Admiral
w. S. Benson, before the senate naval
investigating committee today, said
"he did not think he told Admiral
Sims that I'VE would as soon fight
the British as the Germans"
Admiral Sims previously charged
before the committee that Admiral
Benson, who was chief of naval OPP
him this just before he started for
England a short time before this
country declared war.
Il do not think I said it. but 1
can't deny it under OATH" Admiral
Benson testified.
Whatever was said" he insisted,
was to impress upon Admiral Sims
the delicacy of the situation when he
was sent to London"
Did you ever have any idea that
we could possibly fight on the side
of Germany" Chairman Hale asked.
mo, SIR" Admiral Benson replied.
II can't recall my exact words. but
1 cautioned Admiral Sims to be very
careful in his conduct and called at
tention to the very delicate situation
that then existed. We had been di--
rected to maintain strictly neutral
relations and L gave him very ear
nest instructions along that line
DO you recall warning Admiral
Sims not to let the British pull the
81 do not" the witness replied. ''It
would be impossible to repeat the
language used. Our conversation was
very confidential and as l felt very
strongly about the situation I prob
ably used very forceful language to
impress upon Admiral Sims that his
feelings toward the British must not
hn al n load him into in
discretion
Asked if he repeated the warnings
to Admiral Sims in London after war
was declared, Admiral Benson said:
when 1 went to London in 1917
there was a feeling that through
was being persuaded to give too
much attention to British shipping
and was using destroyers for that
purpose instead of for protecting our
own ships. I told him that this feel
ing existed and advised him to be
more careful both for his own sake
and for the sake of the country. Ety.
eryone in the navy department knew
how I felt about the whole situation
and that 1t was a source of personal
qualification to me to see the two
services fighting side by side. I have
the British government has decorat-
ed me. The injustice done me and
the embarrassment it places me UNI
der makes it practically impossible
that I can ever visit there again"
Charges that witnesses before the
committee were being asked ques-
tons prepared by outside parties"
were made by Senator Pittman, DEM
ocrat, Nevada.
'I object to the reading Of ques-
lions fired up here every day by mes
sengers," said Senator Pittman. THE
hearings have been dragging on. three
>or four months, and 1 am satisfied
that no members Of the committee or
the chairman would be asking the
same question over and over again
unless they were submitted by out
side parties"
Chairman Hale replied that he had
asked for legal counsel and it had
been refused by the senate, adding
that he had to have help in prepar-
ing the questions.
"Then it is obvious that the will
Of the senate is being avoided by the
reading of questions prepared by an
admiral for outside parties" Senator
Ptttman declared.