Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1911 — SNAPSHOTS AT NOTABLES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SNAPSHOTS AT NOTABLES

W. S. Vare, Who Would Be Mayor of Philadelphia.

William Scott Vare, who seeks the Republican nomination for mayor of Philadelphia, has been recorder of deeds for the past ten years. The primary elections take place Sept. 30, and Mr. Vare has the support of Mayor Reyborn. the present Incumbent Opposed to him are United States Senator Boies Penrose and State Senator James P. McNichol, leader of the Republican party in Philadelphia. The machine candidate is George 11. Earle. Jr., banker and alleged foe of trusts, who was formerly a Democrat. Recorder Vare has been In politics since 1806, when he was elected to the select council, to which office he was re-elected- Three years later he was chosen recorder of deeds and baa. since been twice re-elected.

Would Pro bo the Panic. If the idea of Senator Robert Latham Owen of Oklahoma prevails the financial panic of 1907 will be investigated by the senate next winter. Just before the close of tbe extra session of the Sixty-second congress the Oklahoma senator offered a resolution asking for an investigation into the causes leading up to the panic of 1907 and the benefits secured from it for any persons or corporations. Immediate con-

sideration of the resolution was not asked, so the resolution went over until congress reconvenes. Senators Kern of Indiana. Works of California, Reed of Missouri. Page of Vermont and Clark of Wyoming were named in the resolution as the investigating committee. Senator Owens Is a native pf Virginia, fifty-five years old and has Cherokee blood in his veins. He was nominated in June, 1907, as the choice of the Democracy of Oklahoma for the United States senatorship in a state wide primary and was elected by the unanimous vote of the legislature the following December.

Prince Louis Saved to the Navy. Admiral Prince Louis of Batten- ! berg, who Is well known in America, .is regarded in England as one of the I men who would receive an important ! command in case of war. Curiously enongh. Prince Louis wished to abandon the navv when a midshipman because of the difficulty he found in mastering the English language. The late King Edward, then Prince of Wales, heard of the boy’s intention and sent for him. He persuaded him not to abandon his career and so saved for the British navy one of her ablest admirals.

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®1911. by American Press Association. SENATOB ROBERT L. OWES.