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Mrs. Granville Roland Fortescue, New York and Washington society woman, shown above, is one of three persons accused of the murder of Joe Kahahawai, native Hawaiian who was tried for an attack on Mrs. Fortescue's daughter. Others arrested are Naval Lieut. Thomas N. Massie, husband of the woman attacked, and E. J. Lord, a sailor. They are charged with having kidnaped the Hawaiian, using a fake warrant as a ruse, and shooting him. Kahahawai's trial on the attack ended in a mistrial when the jury failed to agree.
BILLS FLOOD BOTH HOUSES
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the less than 400 votes cast in the questioned election of November 3.
As a result of the election as announced by two of the county commissioners—L. C. Dulaney and J. Peter Brown—a tie vote of 129 resulted. In order to settle the issue, the two commissioners, without the knowledge of Commissioner S. F. Alford, he said, met and in a drawing of lots, gave the seat in the House from this county to Livingston Peyton, who ran on the Dulaney ticket.
After members of the other faction learned of the drawing, they appealed to the legislature when it assembled January 5, declaring that J. C. Newman, the other candidate, was as much entitled to the seat as Peyton, in fact, they held, Newman was the duly qualified Democratic nominee. Peyton did not participate in the Democratic primary election of last August, but ran in the general election in November. He is alleged to have withdrawn from the August election because he recognized the Dulaney Democratic faction as the controlling body and by which group he had been nominated.
Newman was named by the Democratic group headed by Lester Brown.
After the tabulation, the committee will take up the question of 12 contested ballots, should no other questioned votes be uncovered in the recount.
One o'clock sessions start in the House with today's meeting, a procedure to be followed this session with adoption of temporary rules last week. The Senate likewise will meet at 1 today, but hereafter it plans morning sessions. The new procedure will put house committee meetings in the morning and sessions in the afternoon while the Senate will observe the old custom of morning sessions and afternoon committee meetings.
Because the House has adopted a new set of rules, under which "committee rule" is practical in the lower body, and because Speaker Tom Bailey has not yet announced his House committees, there was little but anticipation in the west corridor.
Senate committees, named last week have not yet organized and few of them have any bills to work on.
BANK CLOSED YESTERDAY BURNED AT MIDNIGHT
Bogue Chitto, Jan. 12.—(AP)—The Planters Bank, which suspended business yesterday, was totally destroyed by fire at midnight.
The banking rooms on the first floor of the two-story brick building, Masonic lodgerooms on the second and a one story brick store building, unoccupied, all were razed.
Origin of the blaze had not been determined today.