Show i I 6 Veteran Solon SolonS SENATOR ci JOHN JOlL IL II BANKHEAD BANKHEAD BANK- BANK S 0 HEAD of Alabama oldest I member of upper house of Congress Congress Con Con- gress dies in iu Washington ton I II E f d. d K KANK ANK D WASHINGTON March 1 Senator t.-Senator Senator John U. U of or Alabama died here today after an illness of or several soy sev ovI ov- ov eral erat weeks week from la grippe I Senator head was 11 77 7 years cars of age and had been beren a member of oC the Senate since 1007 1907 He had been confined confined con con- con con- fined to his bed for Dc rIY a month jooA HI His condition had hafl not aA k peon cn considered o et ah un t lT b d a J- J hf physicians had bad reported ed him steadily I Improving in p ro V Ing The Senate adjourned as a a. mark marJo of respect as soon as Senator deuth death wa was announced In the chamber Senator Bankhead was the oldest i member of oC the Senate and the only surviving surviving sur sur- vl veteran of oC the confederate army In the bod body lie was leader in the work of the committees on public buildings s and rivers and harbors and was author of or the law Jaw for Cor federal aid aidI to post roa roads s The Bankhead highway high hiS I wa way to run from irom Washington D D. C C. to Los Angeles ele is named for or him A son eon William Ullam Brockman Bankhead now represents the Tenth Alabama distrIct district dis dis- let ti-let in Con Congress I |