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SENATE PASSES NITRATE MEASURE; Four Republicans Sustain Democrats ?King and Gore Vote With Opposition.?Under Feder eral Operation. I Washington, Jan. 15.?By a vote of 34 to 29 the senate late today, passed the nitrate bill for perma-, nent federal operation of the nitrate. plants built by the government dur ing the war at Muscle Shoals, Ala. j The measure, which had been fought vigorously for about two weeks and been made the subject of charges and counter charges of lobbying and wastefulness, finally was put through with the ajd 01 a few Republican votes and now goes ; to the house where its future is un- ; certain. Rascal changes were made ; by the senate in the measure as re- j ported originally from the agricul-1,' tural committee. !,' !' In today's vote on the final pas- ; sage, 30 Democrats were joined by ; four Republicans?Senator Capper;; of Kansas, Gronna, of North Dakota,;;' La Follette of Wisconsin and McNarylj of Oregon. Twenty-seven Republi-j; cans and two Democrats, Senators j; * voted in opposition. The bill was advocated as a meas-1 ure both for the farmers' aid and as ; a protection in case of war, the ni-j trate properties being designed for; manufacture of fertilizer in times of; peace and for nitrates, used in pow- j der making in case of war. Oppo nents declared that the plea of agri-j cultural assistance was "camouflage," | that the cost of making fertilizer would be excessive and that it was' proposed to commit the government to developing and selling hydraulic Dower from the Wilson dam at Mus-: cle Shoals, now partially completed, j EX-KAISER RESIGNED TO APPROACHING DEATH I OF FORMER EMPRESS j j Doom, Holland, Jan. 15.?Form , er Emperor* William of Germany : /j and others at the house of Doom are convinced that the death of for-j mer Empress Augusta Victoria is a x matter of only a short time and are resigned to the inevitable. Dr. Hae r ner, the physician attending the for mer empress said today her condi tion was such that she might linger indefinitely, although it was be coming increasingly serious. . Every detail for her funeral has . already been worked out. A Doom florist has been ordered to keep constantly a stock of flowers on hand, and one of the employes of the estate has been given a list con-' taining the names of friends and royaties to whom telegrams ara to be set when the end comes. Former Crown Prince Frederick , Wilhelm arrived here today from Wierengen. He was unable to come during the holidays because the is-i land of Wierengen was ice-bound. ALABAMA TROOPS PLACED IN JAIL Birmingham, Ala,. Jan. 16.?A member of Company M made a complete confession of the part he .. took in the lynching of William j Baird at Jasper last Thursday morn ing', according to an announcement -mde late tonight by Judge Horace ~C, Wilkinson, special assistant at torney general, appointed by Gov ernor Kilby to carry on the investi . gation of the case. Other members of the aame detachment were named 1>y the soldiers as accomplices, ac . cording to Judge Wilkinson. <4In his confession," Judge Wilkin son said, "the soldier states that thei part^ started after midnight in two i automobl7?5& There were nine or ten | in the party. In the confession the I soldier names the men in the party. < He says they went to the jail and | got Baird, who was in his night j clothes, and that they put a towel ) around his neck. . j "They then took him from the ' - jail and put the prisoner in one of the cars. This automobile took the;; lead, followed by the other contain-j; ing the other members of the party. When they arrived at the outskirts of the city both cars were stopped and there was some discussion as to whether they had gone far enough, it finally being decided that they were too near the town, and they proceeded to a point something like two miles from Jasper, whei^ Baird was shoved from the automobile and shot. "The confession then says that the soldiers returned to camp at Town ley, where they arrived just in time DAYS The fin now; gu I all odd I at just < I ten dayj A surprise prices on si and want t Schloss $ 5 00 t $20 00 ? <t9Cl.OO for CO, $3000 t $37-50t | $5.00 for Boys S $7.50 for Boys s $10 for Boys sui $12.50 for E$oys: 50c for Odd Tro 75c for Odd Tro $1 for uaa iroi 1.25 for Odd Tr 1.50 for Odd Ti 1.75 for Odd Tr I ) f ?<</^yy</>/s/vv>/vs^vvvvs/w>/^A/yw,A/^/v>/w>AWw to be checked up. "The man making the confession says that members of the party wore civilian clothes, several wear ing overalls." Judge Wilkinson says that the overalls and other civilian clothes were apparently obtained from ga rages and other places near Town ley and that spots where some of the clothing was burned after the party returned to Townley have been located. As a result of the confession! 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These men will be kept here and will not be taken to Jasper to give further testimony, Judge Wilkinson an nounced, although.he will leave for Walker county tomorrow morning. Birmingham, Jan. 16.?Four non 17 DC _j! 1 5HS> tig For Men in Februe All overcc our store i original p ash. nd. young men who rhe reductions are fir ,'ou buy them, this is >. s, Stylepli Good Clo 3 AlL-WooI, ^ garments; sele - last word in s 0 ; i quality suits a 0 short men, st< r* rect ht assure* Come in at Once and mal^e your Purchases .uu r commissioned officers and three pri vates of the Company M, Alabama National Guard, were held in the Jefferson county Jail 'here tonight in connection with the lynching. Arrest of the soldiers followed testimony before Judge Horace C. Wilkinson, special investigator, by a private in the company. 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