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Evening star., 1924-01-08

northeast, was driver Of 4 motor
truck that collided with an automo-
bile at 18th and Euclid streets north
west yesterday afternoon and landed
against Il lamppost The post was
broken, and Leonard Wise, colored
eighteen, Bruce street, Garfield, a.
helper on the truck, sustained an in
jury to his back. He was taken TO
Freedmen's Hospital.
Elizabeth Ball, sixty-eight, Marl-
boro, Md, yesterday afternoon was
knocked down by the motor truck of
K. L. Jenkins. Suitland. Md, at Penn
sylvania avenue and 7th street north
west, and slightly hurt. She refused
hospital treatment
Charles d. Hunter, forty-four, 1l3
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, suf-
fered an injury to his left ankle yes
terday afternoon as result of a coll
lision between his bicycle and an
automobile at I'd and G streets north
west. Surgeons at Casualty Hospital
rendered first aid.
Jessie La Sale, Grace Dodge Hotel.
suffered a cut on her arm last night
when her automobile collided with
the automobile of William Coleman,
IL Burr place northeast, at Rhode
Island avenue and 18th street north
west.
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ZIHLMAN PRESENTS
BILL FOR BIG POWER
PLANT ON POTOMAC

Continued from First Page.)
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m,tted without disproportionate line

corn is.. IN. y. woRLp,. PRESS rrR CO
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Washington along the lines suggest
ed in the proposed super-power sys-
tenn between Washington and Bos-
ton, would not scrap existing plants,
but existing utility plants in the cit
les along the Atlantic seaboard would
be hooked up with the greater power
agencies to be constructed as part Of
the super-power system, Secretary
Hoover DECLARED today.
The Potomac Electric Power Com
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pany would be used as a part of the
proposed superpower project and
would be hooked in" with the sug-
gested power development plant on
the upper Potomac or its tributaries,
he said, under present plans. The
upper Potomac, however, he added.
from his present knowledge, offers
comparatively small opportunity for
great power development as proposed
I'm the superpower plan. Construc-
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m!tted without disproportionate line
loss or transmission system loss
1T is confidently believed that in
analyzing and passing on the matter.
which is confesSedly of grave impor-
tance, the committee to which this
bill is referred and the House will
reach the same conclusions as those
arrived at by the water-power COM
mission and the Army engineers"
Utilization of existing water
power resources in the territory about
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soThe project when completed. will
stand as an illustration to the coun-
try generally Of the immense value
Of water power development In the
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FAVOR new HOLIDAY.

The Commissioners today indorsed
the bill pending in Congress to make
Abraham Lincoln's birthday anniver-
sary. February IL, a legal holiday in
the District.
Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the
board. was directed to draft favor
able report and transmit 1t to the
Senate District committee.
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PROPOSES TO KEEP
SHIP BOARD INTACT
President Would Have Emergency
Fleet Corporation as
Subordinate.

The administration shipping pro-
gram as worked out and approved by
President Coolidge is regarded by him
as contemplating maintenance of the
integrity of the Shipping Board with
the Emergency Fleet Corporation as
a subordinate agency
The resolution now before the
board looking toward the divorce
ment of fleet operation from the board
and the placing Of it under the Fleet
Corporation does not, in the opinion
of the President, divest the board Of
any of it's final authority.
Evening star., 1924-01-08
WORK APPROVES CONTEST

The approval of Secreary Work
has been given to the designation
of Huntington, W. Va. as the place
for the seventh international first
aid and mine-rescue contest in Sep
tember. the exact date to be deter
mined later. These are held under the
auspices of the bureau of mines, with
the cooperation of the American Ma
tional Red Cross, the national safety
council and various mine operators
associations and miners organiza-
tionS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
DISCOVER WH|SKEY FRAUDS IN CHICAGO
UNDER InE STARRY
SKY OF THE LOWER
RIO GRANDE VALLEY

Probably there j. no other section
of these United States where the
sight being Witnessed NIGHTLY in
Bro~nss HE tais week AZ the Rio
GraRds Delta Exposition can ~ seen.
Open air vaudeville. with u grand
opera singer from Chicago singing
the most exquisite songs. aud a
hansh of the prcttiest American
girls you ever saw doing their stunts
Of song and dance under The starry
shy Of the Sunny South, while an
audience of ihonSand persons
crowd the open air thcater.
That i the program in Browns
Vile throughout This lass week of
February and the first nights of
March.
a truly midwintcr entertainment.
which no other part Of this country
can rival.
Show us any other section outside
This glorious Lower Rio Grande
Delta that can rival such a perform
ancc i'm mid~intcr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
Million Dollars Worth of Ii
quor Secured Through
Fofgcd Permits; Records
of Withdrawals Have Dis
appeared

CHICAGO. Feb. 90 Eight thousand
eases of pfe-war 1onded whi ks val
uci II ncar.y SI.00OO9 have vanis he'd
from the fcde III e0nct tltration depot at
tn Sihley warehouse and storage com
pany here, according to a copyrirhtcs
news story IN the Chicago Herald ana
Examinrr
Withdrawal of the whiskcy from the
government upcrviscd warehouse IL
which the accumulation "a liquor was
smoar the largest i'm tha country, was
sccomplizhcd 81 forget Or Eaixcd per-
mits for mca icinal whiskcys cyl news
paper says. An Withdrawal rceords Of
the company are said e. have vanish "a.
a Weeping iaycsiies ton hss been or
dercd ty Roy A. Haynes. national pro-
hihition commissioner, according to the
newspaper.
The withdrawal records cf the com
pany were spirited away nv two men.
III Tcaentin@ themselves to he prohihi
tion agents, who cellcd II the concentra-
tion u pot and presented letter pur-
porting t0 come from the Internal rev.
cnuc department directing that the rec
crds br turned over to them. Acccrdinr
~ prohibition officials the letter wan "a
counterfeit and the signature forged.
An investigation ~ Withdrawal per-
nits or filr in thr offices VA the prrhi-
bitten department, the newspaper states.
shows orders calling for fifteen gaffrrr
or whiskey were rai cd a. $50 gal-
Ions in numerous instances were found
u be forred.
The Sibscy warehouse and storage
company WIS designated hy the fcEcral
government as one of the three depotS
II Illinois X which distiIlcr should
bottle liquor and fiji orders for mri-
cinal whiskey sanctioned under gov
ernment permits
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
THREE MEN HELD in
CONNECTION With
CHICAGO SLAYINC

CHICAGO, Feb. %. Three men are
IN JAN charged with murder or compile
iy in the Staying NJ John Duffy. whose
body was found i'm roadside snowhank
last Friday several hours before that ~
his wife was found IN their apartment.
Tht,te held arc William EnEclkc. who
told police hc was present when Duffy
killed his wife during quarrel wv Feb.
10. ANA who last night rc-cractcd rhn
shooting ~ hc told ia. in the apart.
mcnt whcsA her lody was found: Carl
Helm. n friend of EnEcikc. and Jul;tn
Kaufman, commission merchant. slii Nv
Errelkc ~ have furnished the ausomo-
bile in which Duffy was ~ make hi
escape.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
Official Weather Reports

brownsville and vicinity: Fair and
warmer tonight and Saturday.
EaS, Texas: Gcnc-ally fair tonight :
warmer except in northwest portion
Saturday generally fair; WARMER in
southeast. somewhat colder III north
portion. I.ight "a moderate svnthrfly
winds ON the coast.
Weather Conditions.
The pressure was relatively low this
morning over the northern half of the
country east of the Rockies" with
ccntcrs II minimum pressure over iowa
and off the New England coast. and
moderately high over the baIan of the
United States with the ercSi Of the
high over the north Pacific coast
states and Idaho Except for light pre-
eipi;ation over the Canadian Northwest.
Montana. Wyoming. and North Dakota.
the weather has continued generally fair
90 partly cloudy throughout the United
States since the last report. Temper.
atnrcs were generally higher throughout
the country M the morning observation
except in Texts where there was little
change. and over the far Canadian
Northwest Where il Was colder Light
frost o curred again hast night on fhs
middle Gulf coast.
The lowest temperature last night nj
Texas stations ranged from rs ut Am
arilIo 10 10 ~ brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
ARKANSAS SHIPPER
BEFORE BOARD TO
DEFEND RAIL RATE

LITTLE ROCK. Fch - Arkansas
shippers and members of the state rail
road commits ion appeared before vii
liam A. Disauc, an examiner i0r thc
interstate commerce commission today
IN ono of series cf hearings being con-
Quoted by the commission IN the 50
called TcxaS-o Oklahoma rste case which
lyoives revision of virtually MI freight
rates now IN effect on railroads in
southwest territory.
A msss of testimony was Ia br in
trodrcc1 ia the hearing in 1upport III
the contention Of Arkansas shippers
That existing rates within the state are
fair t0 other shippers IN other sections
OF the southwest.
The cortsover. : over southwestern
rates originated in 1922, when the Ok
lahoma corporation commission filed iss
petition FIR revision of rates into ihc
territory anI through Arkansas on the
grounds thft thr existing tariffs were
discriminating arainst hipncrs In
oklahoma and Texas. The chamber WI
commerce of nlIrs and tho freight
bureau Of Fort Worth later fi'cd'a sim
ilsr petition which brought into thx -
sue the Same rates aftlcLrl xsnu1
lahoma case and other
tn Oklahoma petition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
MUSCLE SHOALS
BILL TO COME UP
In HOUSE TUESDAY

WASHINGTON. Feb. e. The McKen-
zic bill which wouli authorize III. ac.
certance of Henry Fprd's offer fo-
Muscle Sanals will he taken up Tue
cay b. the house uadcr an agreement
reached to-day.
The rules committee reported rc o.
luton giving The measure priority over
gencrai legislaiion after disposition of
the tax lill. Chairmau Smell said ger
crnl fcbate, which would bic limited "a
10 hours, woUld get under WY Tues.
tay afternoon.
Representative Mckenzie. republican.
Illinois. author of n, bill, predicted :
final vote before The cnl WI thr week
lie expressed confidence the mf sure
would D. pa sci without matcrisl
rhanrr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
Statements in kilograms to McLeanF|a|
ASSertS>
Gave w

WASHINGTON. Feb. "a
teiegramH sent a. Edward H.
denied today In testimony bel
A. Mitchell Palmer. formc
scI for the publishnr, declared l.
forncy for Harry r. Sinclair; th
hert =. Fall and that he did not
wood or anyone else To bring prs
off the witness stand.
The witness added that he
and defended under severe era
ncy general tO dismiss prosccuti
California.
The committee also cross Ga
declared the Denver group that
were bouglt out by Harry ". Si
conspiracy" between Sinclair A
1he senate itself. meantime,
b asking President Coolidge ID
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
Order Daugherty Investigation
Senate Action on Wheeler
Resolution viii be Taken
Before Night. Passage AS
sured by Republicans

WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 senator
Heflin. demecra Alabama. t5ld thc
senate today he could 81 bmit letter
by Attorney General Daurhefty I'M
structing iSirict attorney in TIC west
not 70 prosecute ce'ta:n rcFubl.c "
national committee He said Tho
letter contained the cnte lcr "hc ii
our msn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29

WASHINGTON. Feh. % Attorney
General naughcriy to-day became ihr
center ~ one of tile hifscrcSi senate a.
bates IN recent wears.
When the resolution for an inquiry
into The d~ariment ~ justice was
brought up for action democratic sen.
atorS let loose against the ATTORNEY
general an attack hrisiiing with &c usa-
tions against his personal AMI official
acts since he entered the cabinet
Singie-handcd. Senator Willis. Ohio.
Alr. DanshcrtyS home state. attempted
to stem the tide Of crit .n while re-
publican party leaders looked silently
on.
The Ohio senator conceded ~ had dis
cuSscd the m3kcur of the investigating
committee with the attorney general.
but insisted there was nothing improper
in his conduct
charges of efforts 10 nrllc I a packed /
jury flew hack and forth across the
chamber a. ~" debate On the makeup w
the committee progressed and The gal
lerieS were stirred io repeated demon
straticnS. despite reiterated warnings
Lrom ihc chair.
Controversy at once developed over
the question ~ appointing the inycSiiga-
eating committee. Senator Wheeler.
democrat. Montana. author 81 the reso-
luton. proposed five scsaiorS. thser re-
Fnbirans and two democrats. ~ elected
BY the senate
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. re-
publican leader. countcred with pro-
posal for appointment III the committee
in tho customary manner hy the Scnaic's
presiding officer.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas. demo
cratic leader. supported The plan for
election Of the special fommiiiec hy The
senate. declaring iii had been openly
declared that efforts were contemplated
to pack the committee lie added that
he had reason 10 believe that senator
CumminS iowa. the President pro tenn.
did not desire ~ name fhc committee
The inquiry is expected to begin next
week. but those who are seeking the i'm
mediate retirement Of the attorney gen
eral point out that IL may continue
much longer than they are willing to
see him hold office. II has been made
clear that Mr.. Daugherty's absence from
the capital will not delay the inquiry.
The toughest bone of contc Nion in
today's debate on the resolution was
the provision naming Senator Brook
hart. republican, Iowa. identified with
the La Toilette insurgcnt group, az
chairman of the special investigating
committee. Despite this obstacle no
organized opposition TO the investigation
itself has developed since the introduc-
tion az the measure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
MISSOURI SENATOR
CONTINUES ATTACKS
ON WILLIAM M'ADOO

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 2a.-AnEouncc-
mens that William G. McAdoo will not
come 10 Missouri TO answer charges be-
inn made by United States Senator
James A. Reed. his opponent for the
democratic presidential nomination Is
the latest development in the heated
campaign being waged in this state.
Senator Reed continued his attack
last night declaring the former secrc-
tary Of the treasury had received large
fees from r. l.. Dohcny, oil operator.
and from corporations " in the guise Of
legal services but in fact for poli-
teal inflccnee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
Arthur Hendersc
To Parliament

LONDON. Feb. 90
return cf Arthur Hcnd'
IF home rffairs. in N.
hyc-clection at Burnle
taken hy his friends
other things how lit
aroused among the put.
rcstion that The rovcFni
vision Of the IN of
Mr.. Henderson recciv
agair l i7,53i fer III. Z.
scrvativc.
Mr. Henderson is now
position Of sitting III y
two of his sons ais
There IL said to be onl,
for this in pafliamen.al
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
COMPROMISE ON
MEASURE IS
BEFORE HOUSE
Insurgents Lining Up With
Regulars to Defeat Garner
Plan With Compromise on
Mellon Measure

WASHINGTON Feb 2g-Thc house
vot.d down NV amtntmrnt to the rev
c,,,. Min r.hirh ,vn,,la bava rcetn,cd the
w.lIon ;nrano tax rato vhieb vcr,
eliminated win the adcptioa WI thr
Garner democratic schedule.
The amendment was pronoscd hy Rep
reSentative Hawlov. republican. Ore
ror ORGANIZATION laaaprs MANNED. after
4- rnl,rtinn ANN offfr their romnro-
.u;.. ..h;.h ,ro,,la f;v .bo sn,,ax maxi-
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WASHINGTON. Feb. -g. - House
repuhliran insurgents formally agreed
ta .unnnrf an. reunbl an compromise
for the democratic inccnc rates ~ the
revenue biII.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
STYLE SHOW AT
THE EXPOSITION
MANY
Attendance Records Broken
by Crowd Which Thronged
EXPOSITION Tent Last
Night

The largest crowd or the week packed
tho i,. un4phithcatre Ut the Rio Granac
Delta Exposition Inst night, to see thf
tvic shew staged y Brownsville MGR
CHI nts, the feature Of yesterdays pro
gram. All rccor for attendance were
broken. II addition 70 the style show
the REGULAR vaudeville entertainers pre-
snted an excellent program and MIS-
Lydia Van Glider, contralto of the
Chicago Grsnd Opera Company, again
delighted the augicnce with her solo
numbers.
The tyle show was directed ~ Miss
PeEpy Ward. who has hcrn deIightng
crew all'thn week with her jazz song
on Che vaudeville program. This versa
tie star presented "A showing of ex-
quisite new styles hown hy Browns
vile merchants. which easily eciipscd
tny event Or ICY kim ever held III the
Valley. The show was siegcd with RE-
markabIe amoothness and WIS very at
ifar. ive.
Latest styles III spring clothing ard
hats were displayed hy live models. The
show was made pos ihlc through VI
cuoperatiua uf Brownsvills merchants
and the showing reflected great credit
upon the completeness aan attractive
ness W M stock cHrricH Y lccal mr~-
chant Tho Harrison Dry Goods Com
pany. NeNair's. Bcliack Store and Axiz
Brothers provided choice models from
thfir s;ockS from ihc display. ihc hitter
company showing mems clothes as well
al models for Iadic Miss Amaya dis
played in attractive collection of new
spring h.ts, selected from her stock
The Model shoe store furnished late
models ~ stylish hoes for the cos
tlmcs shown wv McNair's.
Another style show wil b. presented
Saturday night. and other spsing and
summer style from the stocks of
Brownsville merchants will hc shown
The other entertainments % yestcr
days program werr up u the hivi
stanAarl of previous performance n.
Peggy Ward. cf louisville Loo. fame
again drew prolonged applsu with her
blue songs and iazx srlcc' ions. Mis-
ward came 10 Brownsville direct from
tn Junior Ofphcum Circuit, where n
has hctn playing with Y jazz orchcSira
during the pest acf on. she is also
experienced clcthinEs model. AMI had
general charge of the style show.
Tie DARING bicycle act III Iloffman
an1 n rhes was orr of the best numbers
nm the program. The girls of The Grider
Gate Revue prcsc ltcd MI catirnly not'
pro-rar of songs and dances. in colnr-
ful costumes. and were well received.
Thc appearance. or Miss Nsn Gillcr
here ~ proving a real treat to Browns
vile music lovers. and with her wonfo~
ful vcice and her delightful PERSONAL
~. she il proving enc ~ the hig at-
tsaction of the exposition
Irdicftio this afternoon were tha
the attendance records would again bc
broken before the exposition closes to
night. and Brownsville j. preparing
cni itain record crowi tomorrow.
Many Valley residents who have been
deferred from attending the exposition
on account of the inclcmeat weather, are
expected today and tomorrow The
farmers in all part of the Valley have
been very busy the past we,k with
their field work. but REPORTS Indicate
that they will be present iAIlSE>n6
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
Disappointment In Love
Caused Suicide or Well
Knowa Writer And Actress

NEW YORK. Feb. 2a- disappointment
in love, besides literary and theatrical
failures. uscd NalIie BcIasco Martin,
formerly af Seattle and Milwaukee, to
kill herself i'm her mothers Riversiae
Drive apartment yesterday, II was
learned tofay.
Miss Martha WIS said 10 have killed
herself less than m hour after he had
returned home from y gay supper party
with two m,n. NJ uL w - Tor
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-02-29
COOLIDGE FILES II NEBRASKA

LINCOLN. Nebr.. Feb. 29--Frank r.
Corrick. director Of the Coolidge cam
paign in Nebraska today filed petitions
with the secretary Of state placing
President Coolidge IN nomination fol
the republican primary election and en-
tcring a full ticket Of delegates at
large, district delegates and alternates.
thirty eight names in all.
, 1924-11-12
BIG HORN COUNTY'S
NEW OFFICERS ELECT

The following officers wer elect
ed in Big Horn county al the gen
eral election on November A:
For the State Senate = A. C.
Mercer. Republican.
For the Legislature-Chas. B.
Mann, Republican,; DR.. C. w. Tar
rant, Republican; NJ. l.. Austin,
H. E. Harris, Democrat.
For County Clerk-Zela Murphy,
unopposed.
For County Sheriff-A. c. Bur-
CESS, Republican.
For Treasurer Lou Blakesley.
Republican.
For County Attorney-Thomas M.
Mckinney, Republican.
For Assessor. S. Athrely, Re
publican.
For Surveyors. ]. schenk. Re
publican.
For Clerk of Court-John d.
Landfair, Republican.
For Coroner-Ed Dunaway, Re-
publican.
For County Commissioners-T.
w. Spratt, Democratic. four-year
term; X. X. Kimbro, Republican,
two-year term.
, 1924-11-12
UPPER SAGE
+ + + 1. + + + + + + 4 + + +
nelayed)


Mrs. Henry Dahlem and Mrs. E.
with Mrs. Fred Mcneil.
Ed Mangus came dow from Holm
Lodge last week after a very busy
summer at this popular resort.
Mrs. w. A. RAIDER entertained at
her home Thursday afternoon the
following: Mrs. H. c.. Fritzler, Mrs
VIM. English and daughter Martha,
Mrs. David Freeborg, Mrs. Harmon
Schultz and o John and Mrs. AL
bert Schultz and children.
Miss Faye Mcneil was the over
night guest of Mrs. Harmon Schultz
Wednesday,.
? Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Boron visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hutchinson
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. NJ. L. Freeborg's sale on
Wednesday of last week drew a good
crowd. Things were reported as
bringing fair prices.
Farmers are busy getting their
turkeys ready for the Thanksgiving
market. A shipment goes out next
Saturday.
Miss Grace Stewardson, who is
teaching school at Fenton, spent
the week end at home.
Joe Isham is assisting Ernest Ed
wards in the building of some sheep
corrals this week.
Lou Pearson, Miss Amanda Pear
son and Mrs. Emily Pearson re-
turned from Billings Wednesday
where the latter had her eyes treat
ed.
Miss Margaret Hoaglund is spend
ing a few days at the John Cook
home in Cody.
Tom Bateman spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hutchinson.
The farm bureau members of the
Sage creek community had an in
teresting meeting at the community
building Friday night. Charlie
Gawthrop was elected chairman and
Mrs. Oscar White secretary. E. E.
Newton and Mrs. H. F. Schultz re-
tired from office.
, 1924-11-12
OFFICERS ELECT
In HOT SPRINGS COUNTY

Fol State Legislature - j. r.
Pierce and C. E. Stewart, Repub-
licans.
Fol County Clerk-Kenneth. M.
Mccullough, Democrat.
For Sheriff-Scott Hazen, Dem
ocrat.
For Treasurer-Glenn E. Smith.
Fol County Acknowledgement E.
Lewis, Republican.
For Assessor. N. Harper, Dem
ocrat.
FOL Surveyor. NJ. Templeton,
Republican.
For Clerk of Court-Geo. b.
Short, Republican.
For Commissioner (four years.
w. f. Virgin, Democrat.
For Commissioner (two years.
S. L.. Cleaver, Republican.
For Coroner, P. H. Knight, Re
publican.