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THE CAREER OF CHAMP CLARK Olmo to Close Last Wednesday Af ternoon-iMI Years tu House. Washington, March 2. - Champ Clark died here to-day in his 71st year, and within two days of his re tirement from the House of Repre sentatives, after a service of twenty six years. Death was due lo an attack of pleurisy and a complication ol' dis eases incident to his advanced agc l p to ten ?lays ago, however, when h( developed a severe cold. Mr.Clark had shared actively In the proceed-j ings of the i Umso as the Democratic leader. To his last conscious moments the former Speaker's mind was en grossed with memories of his long legislative career. .lust before he lapsed into lnal unconsciousness early to-day those who were by his bedside heard him whisper, "The question is on tho adoption of the conference report." At Mr. Clark's bedside when the end came were Mrs. Clark, their son, Dennett Clark, and their daughter, Mrs. James Thompson, of New Or lea ns. Tho body will be sent to the old home at Howling Green, Mo., where the former Speaker expected to re tire at tho end of his Congressional service. j Mr. Clark presided over the House throughout the World War, relin quishing the Speakership after eight years when the Republicans regain ed control last year as a result of their victory in tho 1918 Congres sional elections. Ho then was chosen ns tho Democratic loader in the House. During tho present session lt was apparent that tho former Speaker's health was failing. Ho walked slow ly, with a dragging step. While ho usually was on the floor and follow ed proceedings closely, ho rarely en gaged In debate. On ono or two oc casions, however, ho spoke at some length on important questions. Close friends believe his death was hastened by tho death, a year i go of his only grandchild. Champ Clark Thompson, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Thompson. He was passionately fond of his grand son, and associates say that after tho child's death they noticed a per ceptible chango In his condition, which in the spring of 1920 alarmed his family. n?ri-r fhe tu ml . how li? regained ?vigor sud ?'?ok sri . <: iivo pan in bl. campaign tor < olA'RlPn iii ..AU*sot.ri. M 1.1 >.. . Clark was* defeated by approximately 3,000 votes. Judge T. W. Hukriede, of Wnrrenton, Mo., was elected to the seat in Congress held for so many years by Mr. Clark. In Congress : ?lice ISP2. The former Speaker first was sent to Congress in 1892, and after serv ing one term he was defeated for re election. Two years later, however, he was again returned to Congress and had served continuously sinco that time. Ho soon became a na tional ligure, and was chosen Speak er when the Democrats gained con trol of the House during the last year of President Cleveland's admin istration. House Pays Tribute. Immediately after tho death of Mr. Clark was announced, tho Houso recessed for thirty minuter?. Repre sentative Rucker of Missouri, (Dom ocrat.) who made tho announcement of the ex-Speaker's death, said that it was Mr. Clark's wish, as expressed through his son, that thero bo no interruption of Congress In its clos ing days. Immediately convening after tho thirty minutes* recess, tho House adopted a resolution providing for tho payment to Mrs. Clark of a year's salary, totalling about $9,000. Members of Mr. Clark's family left the funeral arangements to Con gressional loaders, who expressed ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine Reware! 1'nless you see the name "Hayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting genuine Aspirin, pro scribed hy physicians for twonty-one years and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in tho Hayer package for colds, hoadacho, neuralgia, rheumatism, oaracho, toothache, lumbago and for pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Hayer Tab lets of Aspirin cost few cents. Drug gists also sell larger packages. Aspi rin is tho trade mark of flayer Manu facturo of Monoacoticacidesler of Salicylicacid.-adv. tho wish to have services Saturday In the rotunda o? the Capitol before sending 'ho body to Dowling Green for burial. A largo delegation of Representative*: and Senators Willi accompany the body to that place. Lcd .Nomination Fight in 1?T15. In the Democratic National Con vention ut Ballimore in 10 12 Champ Clark led on twenty-seven ballots fcr die nomination as candidate for President, and had a clear majority Oti nine ballots, prior to the final naming of Woodrow Wilson. The two-thirds rule of tho convention alono prevented Mr. Clark's nomina tion. The honor which his party lints paid him was the most notable of his public life. In American poli tical histr/y Martin Van Buren was tho only other man who failed of tho Democratic nomination for the Presidency after having received a majority of ibo votes in the national convention, but he enjoyed tho uni que distinction of bi.ng elected sub sequently. Brynn Deadlocked Convention. William Jennings Bryan's sensa tional attack on Mr. Clark at Balti more, charging him with being affil iated with leaders representing "the Interests," held the convention in deadlock for more than a week.when lt ended in the nomination of Wood row Wilson. Bryan's speech, declar ing that Thomas F. Ryan, August Belmont and Charles F. Murphy wero supporting Clark, was a bolt from the blue which made the Clark ranks waver. Clark supporters de clared afterward that none of the three leaders mentioned were for Clark as first choice, but that the unit rule carried tho New York del egation to the Clark forces. Tho breach between Bryan and Clark never healed, although they mot at a luncheon arranged by mu tual friends a few months later and exchanged perfunctory speeches. Coolness between Clark and Wilson wore off after tho President entered tho White House, and on legislative policies they worked In harmony, except in one notable instance-the repeal of tho Panama tolls exemp tion-which Speaker Clark opposed unsuccessfully. Tho failure of his candidacy at Baltimoer never ceased to be the disappointment of Mr. Clark's life. Ho refused the nomination as Vice President, and told the House on the eve of his defeat that ho preferred to remain as Speaker. Hf?? otoctl ' ; lo the Sp urshii of tho House como in the - 3d pou grotte, prior to the Ba Uhuwo Con ! vc?tfou, and lt <v'?.s ev .\ 'united In i?niuun m mw con test Mr. Clark had made against the rule of Speaker Joseph Cannon. Mr. Clark had served in every Congress ' since and including the 43d, in 1913, except the 64th, when he was de feated. Was Born Ju Kentucky. Although Champ Clark was best known as a Missourian, he was born in Anderson, Ky., on March 7, 1859. Ho was christened .lames Beau champ Clark, but early in life he reduced this lo Champ Clark. His first work was as a farm hand, clerk in a general store, and on a country newspaper. Ho was educated at Kentucky University and Bethany College, and at tho Cincinnati Law School. For a short time he was president of Marshall College, and at 22 held tho record of being tho youngest college president in tho United States. In 1875 he moved to Missouri, where ho took up the study and practice of law, and became the prosecuting at torney In Pike county. His next step took him Into tho Missouri Legisla ture, whore ho formulated the Mis souri primary law, an anti-trust sta tute and an Australian ballot law. Ho was permanent chairman of the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis In 1904, and headed the commltteo that notified Alton B. Parker of his Presidential nomina tion. Ho was first sent to the national forum in 1 893. Although then re garded aa "green," his .strength In the House developed rapidly. When John Sharp Willama left the House for tho Senate, Representative Clark was made minority loader by virtue of his seniority of the ways and means committee, which drafted thc Payno-Aldrich tariff act. His service on that committee, in trying to koop dutlos down, won for him tho regard of the Democrats, and his spocch ol llvo hours against tho bill was ont of the notablo addresses of that Con gress. Mr. Clark's sincerity, frlendshiv for opponents and adherents alike his fairness as a presiding offlcei and his knowlodgo of history, hb lovo of clean anecdotes and humor ons stories, and his marvelously re tentive memory ranked with his at tributes of leadership. Ho welded tho minority into a virtual Demo eratic unit when he was minority leader, and after the ousting of Can non, which robbed Ibo Spoakorshit of many of its powers, ho divider i Yow Had Better Crack Hickory Nuts and Hunt Rabbits than Raise Cotton You Cannot Sell, j waa Ute inajorily loader Underwood the control of the Democrats in the House, and they formed a great and systematic working team. Physically he was a giant, stand-1 ing over six feet two inches in his height and weighing a trifle more than two""hundred pounds. Speaker Clark and Mrs. Clark, tho latter being a familiar figure In the Speaker's bench in the gallery, entertained not only at an annual New Year's house and at other func tions, but gave .informal weekly luncheons at the Capitol, to which members of both Houses, and others, were invited. Genevieve Clark, whose engagement to James M. Thompson, a New Orleans newspa per editor, was announced in the waning days of the 63 Congress, and Dennett Clark, parliamentarian of tho House ct the Speaker's appoint ment, whom tho Speaker hoped to have succeed to his seat in Congress, comprise tho rest of tho immediate family of the deceased. -- DODSON'S LIVER TONE KIDDS CALOMEL SALE. ' Don't sicken or salivate yourself or paralyze your sensitive liver by taking calomel, which ls quicksilver. Your dealer soils each bottle of pleas ant, harmless "Dodson's Liver Tone" under an Ironclad, money-back guar antee that lt regulates tho liver, stomach and bowels bettor than cal omel, without making you sick-15 million bottles sold.-adv. Superintendent Beaten by Citizen. York, S. C., March 3.-Informa tion has been received hare of the severe whipping of the superintend ent of tho high school at Blacks burg, recently, by a citizen of that town. Tho citizen, said to bo a much larger man than the school superin tendent, met tho latter on the street and beat him up severely. Ho was fined $40 for tho alleged assault in mayor's court, and from the finding of that court took an appoal. Tho attack on the teacher, it is said, carno after the teacher had slapped a child of tho citlzon for al leged misconduct. Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days .LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a spcciolly proparcd SyrupTonic-I.axatlvo for Habitual Constipation. It relieves promptly but should bo taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action. It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take 60c per bottle. .J. HONOR ROLL. 4. ?T. ?J. <?>*? ?J? ?J? .J. ?|? ?Ja .T? ?|? ?|? ?J? ?|? ?J. Following is the honor roll of the Earle's Grove school: Primer-Lela Grant 97, Ruby Lee 97, Ralph Vickory 97, Ethel Baker 97, Albert Clarke 9 6, Elbert Clarke 96. Lillian Bischoff, Teacher. First Grade-Johnnie Lee 97,Aza lee Smith 06, Harrie Richey 9 5, Da vid Lee 95. Second Grade-I). C. Clark 9 6, Louie Hubbard 96, Aden Honea 95, Floyd Lee 95, Jasper Richardson 95. Ruth Cox, Teacher. Third Grade-Clara Callabam 96, Lexie Crawford 96, Eva Kay 96, Clara Campbell 95. Fourth Grade-Whit Simmons 98, Fostine Simmons 9 6, Harrison Lee 95, Ethel Gibson 95. Fifth Grade--Lucile Campbell 95, Milton McCrary 95, Lula Baker 95. Sixth Grade-Dollie Crawford 95, Rosa Leo Ables 95. Sue Ellon Cox, Teacher. Seventh Grade-Clay Grant 96.4, Hubert Callahara 96, Janie Sim mons 95.6, Ernest Richardson 95, Henry Brock 95. Eighth Grade-Leland Grant 97, Clinton Ables 95. Ninth Grade-Thelma Graham 97. Tenth Grade-Bula Ables .96.2, Theodore Stevenson 9 6.8, Lillian Rico 96.5, Keiner Whitfield 95.6, Clarke Ablcs 95.4, Ruby Whitfield 95. Milton Nicholson, Principal. Between Two Pires. (Minneapolis Tribune. 1 'Mary," ordered the teacher, "throw that gum In tho waste bas ket." 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