Evening star., 1921-03-06
SWANSON SEEKING
RETURN TO SENATE
Governorship Involved in Vir-
ginia COnteSt-NeWS OF
"OId Dominion"
Special Dispatch to The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, March 5.-Ffght
for the governorship has brought
the United States senatorship contest
for next year to the front. This is
the report that has come here from
varius sections in tho last few days.
particularly from Norfolk, where the
friends of Senator Claude A. Swan
son have maderthe contest for gov
ernorship a part of the fight for the
United States Senate. There is no
question that the friends of the SEN
ator are interested in the outcome
of the struggle of next year, and
they are openly saying, according 10
a representative politician OF that
the issue on the choice for a sue
cessor to the senior senator from
Virginia They are expressing the
belief that the election or nomina-
tion of Mr.. Tucker Will mean en-
couraCement for the opposition TO
the senator, and for that reason they
are lending their energies 70 deleaI
any such scheme or posslolIlty OF
that sort.
son is recognized on all sides, ana
it is becoming increasingly plain tnat
they will make the goVernorshlP tlis
wear their own affair, with the we"
of making certain his success IN the
urinary of next wear. The fact that
Senator Swanson was forced 10 nsn
for his seat has resulted IN ms N
ming by immense ma1orltleS, anu .nJ
fact that he has already niadt ~, me, tn
announcement of his intention 70
make the race has spurred his friends
in his behalf.
To Dedicate New Temple.
April has been fixed Tor tne oeut
cation of the handsome new Scottis,.
sRite Masonic Temple, when now 10
la
bought several years ago, ana tne
.work of practically rebulidihs va
mot long afterward begun. the entire
building will be set aside for the PUT
poses and uses of the SEQ, t'sn aa,,araI f,raI
.Masons of whom there are several
thousand in this vicinity. There are
two other temples in the state, one aI
Norfolk and the third at koanohet;
MANY of the best known members OF
the order for the southern JurlSdic-
tion are to be invited here TO the
ceremonies. which will be elaborate
and in keeping with the usage OF tne
craft. The next reunion for TINS CITY
is fixed for May 30 to June I. Win
very large class of candidates
Charges Undue Influence.
,Suit has been instituted in the
chancery court of Richmond to upset
tha la st will and testament of the late
Iouisa Triplett a colored woman. VINO
died January IS. The dead woman
a memDAT OIL Ilt Il II - LhPNIt'N
church, which is presided over by
Rev w #. Johnson, coiored minis
ter. who has always stood well IN the
city The contest papers were pre-
pared by Col. Giles y. jackson. col
ored lawyer. who alleges that the
preacher exercise an undue influence
over the deceased. The suit is brought
in behalf of Emma Harris; a sister or
the dead woman. one allegation is
that the woman was under hypnotic
and that she WOulU prepare
fancy dinners and delicacies for the
minister while at her place of en-
pioyment. This is the leading colored
congregation in the city
Leper to Be Transferred.
George Hogapolakis, a Greek, suf-
fering from leproSy. who for more
than three years has been a charge
on the city and who has for
that time been living in house
built for him near the city, is soon
to leave here for Louisiana, to become
a member of the leper colony. The
man has become much Interested in
rhe growing of flowers and his habita
tion has been made place of BEAUTY,
the grounds being a garden of roses
and plants, which has been viewed
at a safe distance.
Hat shot From Head.
T. ]. Maxey. one of s. r. Brame's
force engaged in enforcing the pro-
hibition law and in arresting violators
of the law, had the hat shot from
his head by Patrick Taylor. an eight
een-year-old negro, whom ne was
seeking to capture on the charge of
operating a still. The negro fired
at distance of six feet. but not
one of the shots hit the officer. who
closed in and fired three times at
Taylor two of the shots hitting his
legs The negro still resisted and
the officer used his fists to subdue
him Maxey also took into custody
another negro. named Brown; placed
the two in a car and lodged them in
Jail. Officer Hudgins aided in the
work of manacllng the men.
EIectrocuted for Murder.
, John H. Williams. formerly of
South Carolina. the man who shot and
killed Detective l.. A. Mann of Lynch
burg, just a year ago. went to his
death this morning in the peniten-
,tiary. Williams had killed two men
in South Carolina and the officers
were seeking to arrest him. He cs-
tcaped. went to Ohio and was caught
,and brought back. He was to have
sbeen executed in September. but the
supreme court granted writ of err
iror. Williams had a long record as
"a desperate criminal.
To ReOrganizc G.. q. Il. in south
James X. Pollard. colored lawyer
of this city, the man who made the
race for the United States Senate la ST
fall, and chairman of the solid black
wing Of the republican party. has
been called to Washington to meet
The committee which is to consider tho
matter Of reorganiZiug the party IN
sthe south. Pollard was at tho ChI-
scago convention. where his faction
failed TO win the recognition demand
cd. and last fall the colored people
had up their own candidates for Con-
Sress in many Of the districts in which
there were white republicans seek
ing Office. The republican party. il
is said. is making good growth here