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jj1J1ab tb ktntht3 UtiVOL XXV NO 100 PADUCAH KY TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 27 1909 TEN CENTS PER WEEK i1II

AJLIFE SENTENCE

I IS IMPOSBD UPON

0 LOUIS JEFFERSON

Negro Who Killed Woman on

Street Pleads Guilty toI

the Charge1-

p

i itCOo of Pat Lamoore Con

tinued to SeptemberoI

TUB C1IIAXD JimV IXlhCTMBNT

Louis Jefferson colored murderer t

of Dstsy Stanton colored pleaded tguilty to tile charge of murder and 1II

the jury returned a verdict ot con tt-

I flncmcnt In tho state penitentiary forlife The trial of Jefferson was etfor tomorrow but an agreement was I

made by the attorneys whereby Jetfcrson threw himself on the mercy ol

I the court and accepted a term of Iraprlsonmcnt for life l

The commonwealth had a etrongdcase against Jefferson who waslug along the street with the womanwhen ho pulled his pistol and killedher Jefferson claimed tho womanthreatened his life

lAtuoro Cue ContinuedTho case of Pat Umore tho saloon

keeper charged with the murder olDeb Mason was continued until thersecond day of the September term byiithe commonwealth Lamoro is outon a bond of 3OOdOther attcrsTho grand Jurfreturned an Indict ¬

ment of murder against Lula Ilecdcolored who stabbed and killed Ches-ter Heed colored and the cue wai I

a set for trial tomorrow Tho trial willbe finished tomorrow It it thought

a and on Thursday tho cues of LouisI Putrell and J C Futroll charged

with the murder of Horace Osburnwill be tried J

The case against Manuel Troutwinetcharge with Incest wasmorrow

Indictments gainst W4li HolmesLula Holmes Emma Martin and Matttie Tucker all charged with grandolarceny were returned by tho grandJuryOn

tho charge of petit larceny IdaTaylor colored was given 30 da y Inthe couiy jailtJ

TOBACCO MOVEMKYT THIS IrJR AGAIN JIIJAVY I

4 J Tcbacco II still roiling Into Padua dcab In wagon loads tho past tow

I4 days All day Saturday yesterday tF and today the rohandllng house tt

have been rushed with deliveries oand there seems to bo no end to theamount of tobacco yet to como IDIIRetail trade II feeling tho benefit lof the crop movement and business I

this week has been very good In all I

lines of traderI

Rsesevelts setterNairobi April 27 Roosevelt and

Kermit todaji have recovered fromtheir sickness of yesterday and cxpect their real hunting to begin In afew days

fFair Associatien

Articles of in4orporatl6n wero hied

I In tho county court clerks offlco thistmorning by A 8 Thompson GeorgeIU Goodman T 3 Stahl Wesley

IViewers John W Keller Den Wcllloand nodney Davis for tho 1nducah

ItFair association Tho capital of theassociation is fixed at 300 with a ilimited Indebtedness of 600 Tbocompany wll become effective MalII

IS The purpose of tho company Isto jive fairs and ra lICONTRACT TO BE LET

t FO4000 RESIDENCE

t Plan have been completed In tho-r offlco of Architect A L Lansltcr forL the erection of a modern residence by1rp MrV 0 Gttrncr 408 South Sixth

street and tho contract will bo letIn a few days When completed Itwill bo a handsome residence of sevenrooms and will be Unitbed In tho lniImprovementaTIll

1 I Tho residence will be two storiesand will be constructed of marblecrete with a white veneering It willhave a slate roof concreto floors totho porches and will be finished

r throughout with hard wood floor Thot rooms on the lower floor will bo tin

iehed with oak1 The residence will be beated withl

warm air-Work has begun on tho bungalow I

which will be erected by Mr HarryMeyer as a summer home on Sandershill Contractor George o IngramI

secured the contract and will rushI

r thVbunislow to completion< Jj

Abdul Hamid Deposed as Sultan ofTurkey Mehemid Rechad Effendi

is Proclaimed Ruler at Same Time

Vote of General Assembly

and Religious Edict Accom

push Work Young TurksBegan

Constantinople April 7A saluter ono liumlmi guns JMW just been

Iliwl at UUO in honor of tho new miltan It Is the official naluto Cheftak inxlin the real ruler of Cbnitnntluople is today organizing n bignriny to sweep Asia Minor and Ilutdown tho disorders An army of fivehowoa nIl reactionaries In marchingram Srurntl to Khk Melilr in tin1010 of pitlicrlne ouffldcnt recruit

to tart a civil war-Constantinople April 27The

aultnn II deposed The dethronemen-ts the Joint Work or the national asBcmbly which secretly voted in favorof deposition and a religious edictby SlieikUIIslnra approving andlegalizing tho act Tho sultan wille removed from Ylldlz Kiosk toay Immediately on his deposition

Mohemld Ilcchad Effcndt was pro-

claimed Sultan amid scenes of thowild enthusiasm

Constantinople April 27Bitterluarrcls have resulted In the ranks ottho Yoqng Turks over tho questionhow to punish tho sultan WhileMielkcl Islum Is believed to have di-

ected that Abdul must die tho mil-Itary loaders are opposed fearing It

cr ato civil war It Is believedeosit1on will be the final fato of the

Final Act of SiegeYesterday witnessed the final act

In tho siege of tho Ylldlz whereGeneral Schcfket commander of the2onitttutlonallsts forced tho Alba-

nian Into surrender This forcevhlch woe composed of 200 men wastalloned IIn the imperial palace TheAlbanians were not otigaged In theIghtlng Saturday but persistently rcuiqd to lax down their arma

SchcfUet sent up a strong body ofMacedonians and six field piece wereplaced In n Prominent position abouthe palace Other suns were disposedin the neighboring heights while the

troOps commanded al approachesarrlKon Surrenders

The red flag conttritied howeverot Sly defiantly untU 2r clock whenho watchers saw It drop slowly nrnk

InI place for the white the token ofurrenflor X few minutes later a

rowd of fugitives were leon pouringIdown the dusty road leadinghlmtach where they were fastenedogcther with ropes and conducted toho headquarters of tho commissionif Inquiry

It Is estimated that at least 10000prisoners are In tho hands of tho Ba

onlklns Those liable to severe punhmcnt such as the rebellious Sa

nnlkl Chasseurs have been sccurelyioped

Columbus 0 April 27Elmer-sI

Carr 34 years old under arrest atDayton charged with arson 1s accused by State Fire Marshal Rodgersof tho series of girl murders whichbaffled the Dayton police Today I

Rodgers gave out a statement con I

taining jtho sworn testimony ot CarrieMIddlcstcttor of Dayton pointing toCarr as tho murderer In two casesTho marshal thinks evidence can befound showing him to be connectedwith all the murders Carr lived atII

the iMlddlcfttettcr homo and bad the I

woman completely In his power 6ho

WEATHER

IShowers this afternoon and toHl lit I

fair and cooler Wednesday probablyfrost tonight ugliest temperatureyeMmyi T7j lowest today 60

000 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 000oS 0-

oNe Ulm Minn April 27 0-

o Ester Courtland 14 scars old 0-

o vena kldnaiicd Uiis morning wliilo 0-

o on her way to school A man In 0-

o a buggy stopped her saying lie 0-

o was sent to take her to her sis II-o ers Iioinc as her sister was ill 0-

o The girl refused and lie got out 0JJof the buggy and tied her anus 0-

o with a rope and lifted lher lIt and 0-

o drove away She managed to 0-

o epcnpo later Size says the man C

was bleeding at Uio neck Ho 0-

o scented to be in a stupor suit 0-

o half sleepingI when she junntcU 0-

frotu Ute buggy S0 0

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Will Punish GnlltytGeneral Schcfket last night Issued

a proclamation announcing that thedInstigators of the recent crimes in ¬

cluding those who havo been guiltyof stirring up a feeling of discontentwill too exterminated as tho worstenemies of tho country and that mess I

uro will be taken to prevent the propagation of subversive Ideas Thoproclamation concludes with the as¬

that will boStamedolull

Thero was an ImposingI ceremonyrrsterday morning which was attendJd Iby 2000 troops when 300 SalonIIkinaon ShlslI Top Hill now called LibertyliiiLEnvcry Denmade stirring speeches declaring thatIJthe men had died for liberty and theinstitution

Sultnn Is Irl80BertLondon April 27ConstantInoplei Idispatches say a

prisoner in tho palace of Cheraghans

Continued on Page FourfTwo Yours For lJullert

Wlckllffe Ky April 37 SpecialJohn Bulger of Paducah wasfound guilty of the robbery of theBallard County bank at Bandada c-

and a verdict was returned fixinghis punishment at two years in thepenitentiary The Jury had the case I

from Friday afternoon until yester-day afternoon after 4 oclock whenthe verdict was returned The casesPt Will Husbands Ernest Elmendort and Sam Evltts were continueduntil the next term of courtIHelen Westlako In whoso resortthe men are alleged to haw countedthe money has returned to PaducahShe was an important witness at thetrial but was not located until shereturned to Paducah after the trlAl

was completedI

Mr H R Reese of Cairo is In thoII

city ou business

MURDERER OF YOUNG GIRLS IS ARRESTEDj

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refused taijjfacoj jjtntemont untilhe believed ho was going toprlaonI

Then she eaidijko kept Isgulsea ather house TWi night ot the murderof Lizzie Fulhart January 23 he ladIbeen out hut returned late andburned his outer clothing and dis ¬

guises4

Worlds Suffragettes MeetLondon April 27Tho attendance

at the twelfth congress of tho Inter-national

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Womnns Suffrage Alliancewhich opener here was the largestIn tho history of the organizationMrs CanJo Chapman Oatt of Nowr

York president of iho InternationalLeague of Woman Suffragists occu¬

pied tho chair Sho spoke for moroI

than an hour at tho nights meetingHer address was strictly confined toInternational aspects

PRICES OF FLOUR

GO DOWN RAPIDLY

CORNER IS BROKENr

Chicago April 27Flour prideare going down rapidly now Pat¬

tens wheat corner Is broken Mili

lors today predicted they would soonbe back close to tha normal numberLocal millers announced today theyhad cut the price to 660 twentycents under tho prevailing pricesSaturday and sixty below the topfigures

THE ORATORS ARE

CHOSEN FOR THE

DEDICATION DAY

Littleton of New York Ellis

Owensboro Stone Eddyyule Young Louisville

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Program For The ExercisesC

is Ab u1CothpIetcdJ-

E1TIRE

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orrv TO DEOOUAT

Paducah is promised a feast oforatory on tho occasion of the dodication of tho Confederate monu-ment May IB Tho ladles havingthe program in charge have selectedhe following distinguished Canted

erates to deliver ibo principal ndresses

Martin W Littleton of fcow Yorkformerly a very prominent lawyer orTennessee a confederate veteranand was tho chief counsell for ThawIn his last trial and to whom Is duocredit for his aeqaltai

Captain William Ellis of Owensboro formerly congressman from the-econd

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district of Kentucky and onof the leading orators In the state

Captain Wm J Stone of Eddyvlllc who represented the first dis-trict in congress for many years Itprominent veteran ann a splendidspeaker

Colonel Bennett H Young iof-

ouisville one of tho Fall Citysprominent citizens and a din

IngulBhod veteranAll of these gentlemen have ox

pressed their intention of being heroo speak on that occasion

Tho program so far as completedIs as follows

Tho procession will form on Firthitreet between Madison and Ken

avenue and proceed down Jeferson to Second street thence overo Broadway and out to tho park

Dr D Q Murrell will bo marshalif the day having tho parade iInharge A prominent band will botecurcd for the occasion and a-

avalcade of Veterans and Sons ofVeterans automobiles and carriagestarrying distinguished visitors a un-

Iform rank of veterans from UnionCity Tenn and other commnnderiewill bo In the line

Captain Harrison Watts will Introduce the speakers at tho park andho Rev J R Henry will deliver the

nvocatlonDr D Q Murrell will deliver tho

address of welcome when CaptainJills will speak Then will follow Inorder Captain Stone ColoneYoung and Colonel Littleton

Captain Watts will present themonument to the city and MayorSmith will deliver the acceptation

Assurances received so farthat tho city will be IndlcatoIvisitors on the day of theand tho ladles aro now anxious tonterest all the merchants sail cltiseas of tho city In a plan to decoratethe entire town The local book

stores will have tho Confederatecolors flags and bunting and it Isthought that every one will decor-ate

Over two thousand invitationshave been mailed to commandcrlcior veterans and chapters of U D tanI acceptances are coming In dally

Mr Tllghman of New York theson of General Tllghraan will attendthe unveiling of tbo statue and willbring a party of slxteea from Now

York with himOno of the social features ot the

occasion will be a reception at thePalmer House on saturday evening

rIRE ON BATTLESHIP

JrDOES DAMAGETODAY

Now York April 7lro said to

have been started by the dropping ot-

a hot rivet wat discovered early todaytn the cradle ot the battleshipFllorida at the Brooklyn navy yardFiremen extinguished the blase beforeIt damaged the iblp When the Con

lectlcut was building at the navy

yards several attempts were made todestroy It-

IINIGIITSTEMPL4R1

ELECT

OFFICERS TONIGHT

oflKnlgbtsofl

election of officers at theMasonic hall la the Fraternity buildlug After the election tho nowQIcei s will be inttalled Mr Ei WiVhlttemore the present eiot

commander The eminent commanderwill represent the Paducah commander1 at the Itato meeting at shlandMay 192 consIderab1ainteiet is

being peculated In over thf lotiont

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Opponents ofJudge Barry Organize

the Second District Convention andElect Jack Fisher Chairman Today

The Slogan is Anything to

Beat Barry and Fisher Willl

Appoint Credentials andOrganization Committees

Jack Fisher of Denton was nom-Inated for temporary chairman ofthe convention and tho opponents ofBerry seem to have the whip in handIt is a question now whether theycern deliver tho goods

Anything to beat Barry is the slogsa at the convention to nominate asenator from thIsdstr1ctcM ttempiwits math Ithis roornnp to jand Carlisle county off by oKerlng jRoy as adark horse but only one man agreedto support him so the effort failed

When Jack Fisher was elected ternporary chairman tbo advocates ofEaton felt victory already in theIrgrasp

During the count of tho votes WA Barry and Eugene Graves laboredlike deacons at a revival to inducethe delegates to change their totesThey succeeded In switching two InMcCracken and this gave them enoughto return Fisher victor

Tho vote on temporary chairmanwasrPiahcr ji09

Garlner4516UpoPaducah tho ciinnan is to appoInta committee on dentIals Und permanint organization

Tho convention Las adjourned till4ocliek to pho the committeestimo to organlu and report and Intim mcanwlillu Mnrrous orators

At 2 oclock W F Brad haw Jrdistrict committeeman mounted thestage and called tho convention toorder In a brief speech The Rev JW Blackard presiding elder of theMethodist church opened the converIon with prayer

Chairman Bradshaw appointedMagistrate c W Emery secretarywith the following assistants J pteeth George W Walters city tress

urer and Dr I B Owen of carlisleOn volt call the following contest

were developed West Bardwell InSarllsle Gallmans In Paducah and

Bandana and Blandvllle In gallardAll the delegates are in attend-

anceAn effort was made this morning-

to ewltch Carlisle from Judge lkJr11to J S Roy but it failed

On motion of W A Berry of Pa-

ducah tho roll call for nominationsfor chairman was ordered end R Ethemwell of Benton nominated TT Gardner of Carlisle a Barry manIcnry Holllns nominated Jack Fisherof Benton for Eaton This marksthe beginning of a contest Ballardand Carlisle seconded the nomination

In the call of the roll It was ap-

parent that the fight was being madeon Barry and all the other candidateshad combined against him This wasollowlag the receipt of a telegramfroM Louisvllk Inquiring about thereport In itie Louisville papers that

1ECORD BREAKING

DAY IN THE TRASH

CLEANING CONTEST

Elizabeth Starrclt 150 loadsJames Tol 139 loadsJames Conley 94 loadsRobert MIlis45 toadsJohn Wright 9 loadsWay Plttman 3 loadsToo Armstrong3 loadsWilliam Kopfl load

The stand In tho trash removalcontest has not changed materiallyalthough the children aro workingwith seal Friday afternoon at 5

clock tho contest will close Qnd-

then tho winner of the 35 goldwatch which Is offered by MayorSmWl will be known Miss SUrrottstill retains first place by hard workalthough Master James Todd hasmade a splendid showing since lastE1r1day having advanced from thirdtt9 second place

All children competing for prhteqare asked to notify Ernest Bell streetInspector as soon as possible ot anji

IdY8Iof the contestants eg several wagon-

wore necessary tb haul the trasliItway from homes whose owners thechildren had Induced to clean upAlthough only three more days re-main for It It Is uncertain who willbe the winner as three days work-can bring a surprise In the number of-

loads of trash that may be scraped

tup h

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e 0 0 0 0 0-

oS COOPERS ARE DENIED S-

S A NEW TRIAL ArPEAL 0-

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0 Nashville April 7Judgo S-

S Hart this morning denied the ap¬ 0-

o plication for a now trial for the 0-

oI Coopers Their attorneys took 0-

o an appeal to the supremo court 0-

o and Ute bonds of the defendants Swere continued The decision 0-

o vas expected ns Judge Hart had 0-

o practically ruled OB all Uio points S-

S raised by the attorneys during 0-

o the trial It is said tho Coopers S-

S are going on an extended trip to 0-

o rest while rumor JUts it that 0-

o Robin Cooper is to be marriedS very shortlySo S-

S S S S o S I

Barry would win on tho first ballotThe fight after that was manipulatedby wire and all got together

McCrncken CountyFollowing are tho delegates from

McCracken county to the Democraticsenatorial convention here todayBerrys Frank Smith Gallmana WN Warren or tho Rev J IB ClarkHennebergers Pat Lolly SchmidtHerman Kattorjohn Butlers L RBarnes South Side Fire Station JimLally Chalks George AugustusDlegds Frank Eaker Kirkpatricksharry George North Side Court-House Gardner Gilbert South SIdeCourt House No1 Ernest LackeyGlaubers Alex Patten South SideCourt House No2 8 O RudolphWarehouse J S Summers RogersLuther Graham Yancys Miles Stewart Savages A E Boyd Plow Fac-tor Mr Howell Florence StatloiTom Rouser Hovecamp Ben Hovecamp Parish Dr E B WllllnghamMelber Riley Hnddlcston MassaiMark Jones Maxon Mills A WRlckman Milan Evans Jett Onhamvllle John Graham WoodvllhBaxter Kuykendall Cecil DrownPace Lang 8 Morten Aocock ReIngton iM JB Tapp Eagland WillCpvlngtoa HejjAjgHj John Younlers Lamest Ed Kellyi Roldland SC Brookseire New Hope H CRudolph

Ballartl CoaatyBallard county delegates as far as

reported are Lovelacevllle B 6Davis Barlow J W Gholson LaCenter W D hines Bandana V ACrlce Oscar Dallas Moore Hinklerllle Dr J D Rollings Gage DrW A Ashbrook Blandvllle LetRay Ogden Thomas McGee SlaterDr T L Davis South WlcklltteHenry Reeves East WIckHffe W Aindersoa West Wlckllffe John Coxlazlcwood MacD Ferguson

Marshall CountyThe Marshall ounty delegates are

Ross W M Rudolph heights IR

Wolfe Blrmlnghanl George SmithIrlenshurg B Hastings GllbertsvllUTorn Gregory Calvert City L 8-

Dccs North Benton R L ShemwellOak Level Claude Shemwell HardinTorn Miller Harvey IL Perry SouthBeaten J E Fisher J Elva Tom HillLittle Cypress M jrojland Olive LPadgett SUtonW fl Field

Carlisle CountyCarlisle county delegates aro West

lard well Burt Biseit East Bardwell W 0 WllllagtJam North Bardwell W C Ray Arlington L BOwen Berkley J C Ford Kittyton W E Gholfion Mllbtirn J AGraves Cunningham J W WardRudd John Shepherd

ISTILL DEADLOCKED OVBfV

ILLINOIS SIIATOtI

Springfield April 271yeiitys-ixth senatorial ballot HopklM 7CFss 16 Stringer 21 afeartleff 1William Loefflor Chicago 34 othersscattering

SENATOR UTLBY

SUES BENNETT

ND ATTORNEYI

E4dyvlle Ky April 27 SpecialIltlaas well filed Irtko Lyon

uaty circuit court by N W Utleyewate senator aaIaett Henry D-enattd his ittorneyt Wheeler Camp-

bell George DuRelle arid Carl lienderlOn for 1000 damages Utleywag named as a defendant in Henryannetts suit against night ridersUtley denies this and says in pleadIngs that his name was placed on thopetition not because ho was guiltybut that It waS an attempt to forcehim to pay money to them Thecharge Is sensational and borders on-

the line of blackmail Mr UtleyJ

formerly was state senator andone ot the moat prominent mentonod as a defendant Service WaSjbeen secured on Henry Bennett

Wheeler CampbellI

REV M1B DODD

WILL DELIVER THE

GLASS SERMONiL

f

Senior Class at High School

Selects Him For lSacca au-

reate¬

Address

Alumni Association to Enter ¬

fain the Class as Usual

SCHOOL EXEROISBS JUNH iOTH

The Rev > M E Dodd pastor ofpreahthelee claw of the High school The KevMr Dodd was selected this morningat a meeting of the members of boththe January and June classes whenboth divisions met to lltheplans for the commeneeaeafc Thebaccalaureate sermon will be preach ¬

ed In the evening of June 6and itwill ba Attended by the class ami fac¬

ulty In a body The Rev Mrt Doddhas beea pastor of the church about18 months and is a young Aaa ofmuch ability

For the purpose of deciding whatform of entertainment the Alumniassociation will entertain the younggraduates Miss Lucy Belle Settle ofthe January claM and Mlsa AimeeDreyfus of the Juno class were ap-pointed to meet with the entertain ¬

ment committee of the Alumni asrelation The meeting will be heldthis afternoon with Miss Olga Listbeginning at 4 oclock A receptionwill be gives but the members qtthe Alumni association desire tohavo something new this year It isIntended to have all the fomer grad-uate

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ot the school to meet the grad ¬

uatesTheInvitation will be Mlected by

the senior class next Thursday morn-

Ing for the commencement and thenSuperintendent Caraagey Prof Suggsad TrtMtee 8 H WIutea V sHUr

juan of the printing commute i willordertke Invitations

When the midyear class flafefeedthe course of study the school1 boardcould not gIve the class a gradua ¬

tion and It was agreed to let bothcleee be graduated aleae thisJune The Kentucky tk ater hasbeen secured and the commenceseat exercises will be held OR theiTealag of June 10 Dr Jeffersonor Transylvania university will deliver the address to the class s

High School Debate

Interest In the debate between thoU8V Behool and the Cairo High

scheel ts warming up and from ye-

ports the Cairo rooters may charter a-

peclal ear to come to Paducah and-

root for their representatives Marvin

lllealidBdwafd Mitchell will represent the High school gad both haveoMIted their arguments and will-

bei ready for the debate on May 7-

ne enbject Resolved that the-

URItelltatesNTr Should be En-

larged is timely and plenty of op

ortualty Is afforded for both sidesThe deelamatory contest will be-

held the first week in June and thereare several students who are certainto eater In fact several studentshave selected their declamations andhave bogus fo practice thesi A gold

medal will be gltea te tjje wlaaw of

the Oataet

JONAS SMITH WILL

HAVE HEW TRIAL

ON MURDER CHARGE

Jonas Smith colored who shotand killed his father Amos Bwlthwill have another chance to save hlaneck as the appellate court atrraakfort reversed the case this Bi ntlagand ordered a new trial The reversal was given on Inatruetieiia giv-en the jury by Judge William Reedthe trial Judge Salth WM sonnetedl at the last session of circuit courtand was sentenced to be hanged Feb-ruary 26 but an appeal wdtakenS-mith killed his father when he at-tempted to keep his sea from quar-reling with another negro JudgeTames Campbell was appointed by-

the court to defend SmithWhen Informed of the decision

SmIth was unconcerned and merelythanked Deputy Jailer PurchaseSmith was lying dewa when In-

formed and sever arose from his-

palletS

JChIcago April 27A committeeiresenting the western leather man

efacturere will leave for Washingtonthis afternoon In au tjrort to Alht-placlnl duty on bIdeL D

s i a