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After the fall of Cannonism, after a split with Theodore Roosevelt, after a squall with Samuel Gompers, "Uncle Joe" spent eight years (1915-23) in Congress in the subdued role of a mere member. Then he returned to Danville, to see how his Second National Bank* was getting along, to sing his old favorite songs...
...There are already signs of a split in the Dictator's government and the withdrawal of the element which cannot approve of what in plain fact is simple tyranny. Something is certain to happen. The interesting question is what and how soon...
...regret very much the split of the Big Three, but I have troubles of my own", said Tad Jones, when interviewed tonight...
...Onetime (1923-24) Governor Sweet is a radical with a millionaire background, and hence is viewed with alarm by stolid Coloradoans. Mr. Waterman's chief distinction is that he conquered Senator Rice W. Means (backed by the Klan and well-dressed Senator Phipps) in the primaries. Despite the split in the Republican ranks, Colorado is expected to return another G. O. P. Senator...
...From the bunk above Seaman Ward's issued the stertorous breathing of a 250-lb. shipmate, also slumbering. Waves lapped and buffeted the collier's hull. Timbers creaked. Into the monotonous orchestration of the forecastle's night sounds crept a small cracking note, a rip, a split, a smothered crash. Ward awoke, in intense pain. His brain flashed: "Shipwreck! Drowning:!" Then a terrible weight lifted as the 250-pound shipmate removed his person and his bunk from Ward's head, chest, stomach, legs. Ward was rushed to a shore hospital "seriously injured...