< r I 1 L 4 OFFICIAL from WASHINGTONFair Thursday Fjiday partly cloudy possibly showers moderate to brisk south winds 25 Miles of THE JOURNALS CEMENT SIDEWALK i WANT AD WAY bt infnaL I NowBeing Built in Pensacola U M t Is The Way To Prosperity J VOL XIINO 102 PENSACOLA FLORIDA THURSDAY MORNING APRIL 29 1909 PRICE 5 CENTS LUMBER SCHEDULE OF > I TARIFF BILL SUBJECT OF LONG DISCUSSION Simmons of North Carolina i j Speaks For Over Three r Hours J FAVORS RETENTION OF PRESENT TARIFF BAYS THE LUMBER PRODUCT REPRESENTS PRINCIPAL INDUS TRY OF TWELVE SOUTHERN STATES EMPLOYES EIGHT HUN DRED THOUSAND MEN WHO t t FEEDAND CLOTHE THREE MIL LION PEOPLE By Associated Press V Washington April 28An exhaus tive treatment of the lumber schedule ot the tariff bill by Simmons of North Carolina was the feature of the sen ate session today He spoxe for three and a half hours supporting the reten tion of the present tariff which nu I maintaied was but a revenue rate He said the lumber product repre sented the principal industry of twelve states affecting mOro than one thou I sand cities largely dependent upon Its trade He opposed the reduction of lumber principally he said because the labor constituted a larger item in the cost of production of lumber than the cost of any other manufactured product When Dixon of Montana asked him how he squared his advoca cy of a tariff lumber with the decla ration of the National Democratic plat form of 1908 Simmons asserted that the Democratic platform declared for tarift for revenue and he did not be lieve the Dlngley rate on lumber was more than the revenue rate NO FORTUNES MADE He declared Jt is not true that the prices of lumber have been fabulously high and in emphatic terms denied that any great fortunes have been made in tho manufacture of lumber the tjnltaiLStatos Certainly more are being hmde now he said Hesald the best purchaser in the south of meats corn bay and wheat from the West was the sawmill laborer Those eight hundred thousand men feed three millions of mouths clothe three million backs and If you cheapen the lumber duty and succeed in enab ling the Canadians to drive the South ern manufacturers out of their mar kets you will do it by paralysing the purchasing power of your best custo mers Several times tho Democratic plat form of 190S which declared for tree lumber wfts injected Into the discus sion by Republicans Bacon of Geor gia remarked that he was not bound by a declaration written into the plat form at midnight by a few interested ThenBurke Burke bf Nebraska whoso home city is In Lincoln sought to state wh < and where the Democratic platform actually was drawn but Simmons re fused to yield time to prolong that discussion FIVE PERSONS DROWNED Oakland Cal April 8Fiv per son were drowned in the Black Dia mond yesterday according to advices received this morning when word was received from that resort Three were drowned by rockinf the launch und two were run down and drowned while asleep in a boat CHEMICALS EXPLODED Chicago April 28An explosion oT Chemicals in the first story at 1297 Wabash avenue early to Iay resulted 1133 the death of Joseph Mullen and thC injury of a dozen persons and I the wrecking of a portion of the build ing Mullen was blown with his bed against the ceiling of his second story room and fell through a hole in the floor to a bicycle shop below I GOVERNORS VETO OF THE PUBLIC PRINTING BILL IS SUSTAINED WILLIAM THOMPSON NOT IMPLICATED IN LYNCHING Jury Remained Out Only a Short Time Before Reach ing a Verdict THE ONLY EVIDENCE THE STATE PRESENTED TO PROVE THAT THOMPSON WAS CONNECTED WITH THE LYNCHING OF ALEX ANDER WS ALLEGED CONVER SATIONS HE HAD WITH TWO PARTIES In ten minutes after being given the case the jury in the circuit court yesterday which heard the evidence in the trial of Wm Thompson white who was indicted by the recent grand jury on the charge of being impli cated in the lynching of Dave Alex ander colored in the Plaza on the morning of April 5 reached a verdict of not guilty and the defendant was discharged from custody The trial consumed the entire day and with the exception of Georgia Spencqr Fred Abbott Mrs Thomp son wife of the defendant Geo Mames the witnesses were the same ones who testified before the inves tigation of the lynching held by the board of public safety Nothing additional was adduced from the witnesses who testified be fore the board of public safety GEORGIA SPENCER The testimony of Georgia Spencer white was what some one told her about Thompsons connection with the lynching She knew nothing of her own knowledge as to Thompsons guilShesaid 1 fine said when ThompsoiTfaTled on her to talk about the lynching he aidit was allrighfifthd grand jury did not take it up and that he would hang all the negroes for two dollars She said he told her that he was the man who put the rope over the cross arm on the pole in the square Fred Abbott white testified that Thompson had made a confession to him that he Thompson was the man who put the rope on the crossarm of the pole to which the negro was hanged and that if he met him later he would tell him the names of those who were in the mob That Thomp son told him there were 24 men in the mob but some of them become afraid and did not go to the square In the county jail Thompson said if I am convicted of this I will not hang by myself said Abbott Abbott said in the presence of Deputy Sheriff Smith at the county jail Thompson denied being impli cated in the lynching but when Smith left he admitted being in the mob I At the conclusion of Abbotts testi mony the state rested FOR THE DEFENSE Mrs Thompson wife of the de tfendant testified that Thompson came home at 11 oclock Sunday Anight and remained there until 5 oclock Monday morning George Mames who boarded at Thompsons house also testified that Thompson clime home at 11 oclock Sunday night and remained there until 9 oclock Monday morning The first he heard of the lynching he said was wlSn he was in a res taurant with Thompson shortly after 5 oclock Monday morning He heard Thompsons wife call to him to get up about 5 oclock Monday mornin Thompson the defendant said he went home about 11 oclock Sunday Continued on Pago Two t I Patrolman and Pick l Pocket Killed in Duel By Associated Press Logansport Ind April 2SA pa trolman Joseph Krieger and a pick pocltet whose name is unknown were killed inn duel with revolvers lat last night following a performance of a circus A second pickpocket Chas Pierce of Scranton Pa was caught this morning by a policeman chasing him on a handcar six mile north of this city and is charged with having fired the shot that killed the police J man i F After the night performance of the I circus the thugs raldedfhe crowd with 1 revolvers in their hands Two of the I crocks established a station on the I Third street bridge They not only held up and robbed the passers but they forced their victims to line up against the rail to see their succes sors despoiled Pellagra Claims Third Victim in Hattiesburg I By Associated Press Birmingham Ala April 28 A spe cial from Hattiesburg Miss says Pel lagra a disease which is common in Northern Italy but unusual in the Ignited States luai claimed its third victim within the past two years in JIattle burg in the person of Mrs D P Bell whose funeral took place I today Mrs Bell had been suffering I for months and the physicians were puzzled as to what to call the disease with which she was suffering It was finally diagonozed as pellagra caused from eating bread from musty corn meal It attacked the mucus mem I brane of the mouth throat and stom ach and finally affected the brain NEW SULTAN 15 RECOGNIZED BY UNITED STATES This Government the First to Officially Recognize i Mohamed V as Ruler of I Turkey By Associated Press Washington April 28 Mohmed V Turkeys new sultan was today offi cially recognized by the Washington government following an official notifi cation of the change by Turkeys am bassador Kiazim Bey and similar In formation from American Ambassa dor Leishman at Constantinople A favorable Impression was created in Washington by the remarks attr btted to the new sultan in his public 1 I1itteran es The hope is expressed that Turkey is about to enter upon a new era of successful constitutiona government Ambassador Bey is very optimisilc I From the American standpoint ibc permanent improvement of conditions lin Asia Minor where massacres are occurring is the most important duty now confronting the new govern menL Dealing wiG this will put the young Turks toa severe test The state department IsV arranging to put to the best use the AmericanA war vessels now approaching g Gibraltar which will be partially under deposi tion of the ambassador at Constanti nople The cruisers North Carolina and Montana now on their way with the cruiser New York were today ordered to the eastern Mediterran can Di will form an emergence squacjon for the Mediterranean Till state department has determined that as far as possible American lives and property shall not be sacrificed or destroyed TORNADO HITS KANSAS TOWN I i MANYINJUREU Many Houses Wrecked at Douglas Where An Aged Man Was KilledThree School Buildings Demol ished By Associated Press Wichita Kan April SOne per son Louis Ayers aged 78 years was killed Mrs J J Jones seriously wounded und nine others were in i jured by a tornado which struck Doug i las Kansas this evening I Many houses were completely wrecked including three chool build ings At Rock near Douglas a store was wrecked and one man injured Wire service is badly interferred with I and it is impossible to learn the ex tent of damage at other towns MONUMENT TO POCAHONTAS Washington April 28To aid in the erection of a monument to Poca hontas and in commemoration of the first permanent settlement of English I speaking people on the western I hemisphere Representative Wash burn of lassachusetts has introduced a bill authorizing the payment of 5 000 to the Pocahontas memorial as sociation after that association has raised a like amount towards erect ing a monument < ROOSEVELT STARTS > ON A LION HUNT < + By Associated Press < Naibori B E A April 28 < The members of the Roosevelt party will start tomorrow from 4 the ranch of Sir Alfred Pease 4 < on their first hunt after lions 4 < The remainder of the Roose 4 < velt camp was moved this 4 < morning from Kapiti Plains to < the Pease ranch 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 + 4 4 Close Vote in Senate When Motion Was Made to Sustain PENSACOLA PAVING BILL IS SIGNED I MEASURE WHICH ALLOWS CITY TO PROCEED WITH PAVING IS TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF STATEBEARD INTRODUCES BILL REGULATING > OSTEOPATHS AND OSTEOPATHY I By Fred M Allen Tallahassee April 81n the sen ate today a communication was re ceived from the secretary of state transmitting the veto message of Gtfv ernor Broward in connection with the public printing bill passed at the last session The message of the gov ernor was read Senator Harris spoke in favor of overruling the veto of the governor He referred to conditions alleged to have existed in the past in regard to the Capital City Publishing Company and stated that the bill wag designed to eliminate certain > conditions which were said to have then existed He held that the present law and the 25000 certified check required of bidders enables the Tallahassee com pany to maintain a monopoly as no other printers in the state can put up the amount He asserted his belief that the state is now paying 100 per cent more than it should for the public printing Senator Humphries of the public printing committee which recom mende in its report that the veto be sustained agreed with Mr Harris in many of the points advanced He stated however that when he came to consider the bill and the veto he found thsx nG gap > ha4 been left open so that finjis from alloverthe cquntry could come ju He expressed the belief that the senate would pass a new and better bill The veto was sustained by a vote of 16 to 11 On a motion to pass the J > ill over the veto the vote stood Ayes Broome Buckman Dayton Harris Henderson Johnson McLeod McCreary Sams Sloan West Nays Hudson Baker 20th Baker 29th Crill Cook Cone Cottrell Da Tis Flournoy Girardeau Hasford Humphries McMulIen Williams AVithcri NEW BILLS Bills were introduced as follows Senate joint resolution 252 West for amendment No 253 Buckman proposing amendment relating to pardons No 254 Leggett relating to creat ng town of Madison 255 Baker of 29th boundary be tween Clay and Putnam in town of Melrose The rules were waived and the bill was read twice and passed Senate bill No 256 Cottrell relat ing to obstructing roads 257 Cottrell relating to penalty for carrying arms 258 Cottrell relating to procure ment oath and action of commis i sioner in dower i 259 Henderson relating to munici pal referendum on charter changes I 260 Withers allowing Leesburg to maintain electric light and water plants II 262 McMuilen prohibiting fire in surance companies from combining to fix rates I I 263 McMulIen requiring such com panies to file securities with state treasure 266 Dayton prohibiting keeping or attending houses of ill fame 267 Dayton prohibiting rental of premises for immoral purposes 270 Hudson requiring payment of license tax upon certain vehicles in Dade count 271Hudson giving state legislature right to revoke corporation charters 272 Humphries to reimburse De Soto county for maintenance of I L Ccopel 1 sesrmeni 274 West relating to property as 275 McLeod creating town of Jen nings The rules were waived and the bill waJ passed on second and I third readin I 276 Cotttell to encourage main tenance of unenclosed game preserves I 220 Hum ihries incorporating city of Bradentqwn was taken from sec ond reading under waiver of the rules and ailopted The hour of 11 oclocTc having ar rived senate bill No 121 Henderson fixing standard of cotton seed meal and prohibiting misbrauQing was taken up as a special order Upon motion of Mr Henderson the rules were waived and the bill was read a thirdtime The bill was pass ed by a vote of 24 to 2 The senate then proceeded to the consideration of bills on third read ing ingSenate Senate bill No 76 Sams relating to service by publication upon parties in suits to convey and for decrees laid 01 table subject to call by re quest Hous bill No 178 Roberson of Suwannee authorizing and empower ing Suvannee board of public in iContinued on Page Two i r BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI WILL ARRIVE HERE MAY 28 PAVING ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL GENERAL HAINS TO OE CALLED AS I ST WITNESS Examination of Witnesses Will Be Commenced This Morning in Case of Capt Hains By Associated Press Flushing April 28General Peter Hains the defendants father will be the first witness called tomorrow when the defense begins to attempt to establish the insanity of Captain Hains charged with killing W E Annie The trial moved today with marked despatch When court adjonrned for mer District Attorney Young had completed his opening address and outlined the defense while in five I hours previous the prosecution put in its case to establish proof of the crim < General Hains will be followed by Major Hains the defendants brother then by some thirty witnesses All will testify concerning the captains irrational acts following the revela tions of his wifes alleged infidelity Thornton Hains recently acquitted is expected in court tomorrow as a witness for his brother OHIO > lOCAL I OPTION FIGHT DISORDERLY Troops Called Out at Chilli cothe to Quell Disturb ances Which Almost As r sumed Proportions of a Riot I By Associated Press Chillicothe 0 April 28The local I option election was characterized by disorderly scenes through the day at I times bordering on riots Ross coun ty today voted wet by a majority estimated at two thousand Chilli cothe went wet by eighteen hun dred and a small majority in the county swelled the majority to two thousand I The fight was the hottest ever I witnessed in Ross county For months past both sides waged an unceasing conflict Mayor Yale and the ad ministration led the wets while the drys campaign was conducted by many prominent antisaloon persons Conflicts during the day were so numerous between partisans that it was necessary for a company of the national guard to bo called out A large force of deputies was sworn in carried wagon spokes instead of rifles and guarded the disturbed quarter until the polls closed CAMPAIGN EXPENSE BILL Denver Col April 28Governor Shafroth yesterday signer the cam paign expenses bill passed by the recent legislature and the unique measure becomes a law in ninety da s It provides that the state shall con tribute for campaign expenses every two years 25 cents for each cast at the proceeding election SEABORN WRIGHT TO OHIO Toledo Ohio April 28Ien of na tional prominence in antisaloon league j work will take part in meetings here 1 Sunday May 16 Among the big men of the nation in antisaloon league work who will come here is Seaborn I Wright the man who made Georgia dry There are about 565 saloons I in Lucas county that would be closed If the county should be voted dry 4 < THE MAYFLOWER 4 ARRIVES AT COLON + By Associated Press 4 Colon April 28The May 4 flower with Secretary of War 4 4 Dickinson aboard arrived here 4 4 today from Jamaica He was 4 greeted by Lieutenant Colonel 0 C Goethals and other canal offi 4 4 cers I II Board of Bond Trustees Is Authorized to Advertise For Bids TARRAGONA STREET DISCUSS ED AS IT ISNOT INCLUDED IN THE STREETS TO BE PAVED THE MAYOR TO INVESTIGATE THE QUESTION ORDINANCE IN TRODUCED PROVIDING FOR THE WIDTH OF STREETS The ordinance providing for paving ami grading certainStreets was read the third time and adopted by the city council at its meeting last night this actl9n on the part of the council au thorizing the board of bond trustees to advertise for bids for the work The satisfactory bid will be recom mended by the bond trustees to the council for acceptance The fact that Tarragona street is not included in the paving area covered by the ordinance caused Alderman An drews to read a section of an ordi nance from the city code which pro vides that the Louisville and Nash Ville Railroad Company shall keep Tarranoga street in repair with suita ble material He said the chert now used on tbat street was found to be not suitable Alderman Brown said If there was any law which could make the rail road company keep Tarragona street in repair it should be enforced Alderman Mover said Tarragona I street was not being kept in condi tion as requried the city ordinance I The matter was disposed of by re ferring It to the mayor An ordinance providing that the Unes bf Palafox street extending from DeSolq slreet to GonzalesT street be changed so as to run on the evt and west sides of Georgia square with a width of 50 feet on each side was introduced by Alderman Moyer The ordinance was referred to the commit tee on parks and public ways Section two of the ordinance provid ed that that portion of Palafox street now extending through Georgia square be and the same is hereby abandon ed as a street and shall be and re main a part of said square LEASE OF WATERFRONT The harbor and sanitary committee to whom was referred the applica tion of W F Creary for a lease of a portion of South Palafox street ad jacent to his wharf recommended that the same be not granted for the reason that it was found that this committee recommended neretoforo that the petition of E E Saunders dated December 11 1908 be granted The committee recommended that a lease to E E Sauirders be prepared in accordance with its former recom mendations The committees recom mendations were adopted and the city attorney will be instructed to preparo the lease leaseNEW NEW ORDINANCES At the request of Mayor Goodman Alderman Yonge introduced an ordi nance providing that any person keen ing horses or cows on their premises within the city limits be required to place all stable refuse in closed receptacles and that all persons keep ing horses or cows on their premises shall keep their premises clean and free from manure A violation of the ordinance is punishable by a fine not exceeding 25 or by im1risonment not exceeding 30 days It was re ferred to the general ordinancb com mittee t I At the request of Mayor Goodman II Continued on Page Two By Associated Pres Monte Carlo April 28A man named Verdier who was arrested here today by the French police de clared that he was an anarchist and that he had come to Monte Carlo for the purpose of killing President Fal liercs of France who is visiting here A revolver loaded with jacketed bullets was found on Verdier as well as a letter addressed to the prefect of By Associated Press Montgomery Ala April 28uTwins again boy and girl both O K was the telegram Dr W H Sanders of i the state health department received yesterday from Dr B T Etheredge of Town Creek Ala who at the rwent convention of the Alabama Medical Association told of the remarkable 4 Orders Received at Pensa cola Navy Yard to This Effect WILL TAKE ON 800 TONS BUNKER COAL IS COMING HERE PRIOR TO GOING TO HORN ISLAND TO ACCEPT p SILVER SERVICE 0 FROM STATE FOR WHICH SHE IS NAMED LENGTH OF HER STAY IS NOT > KNOWN The battleship Mississippi one of the largest and finest of any of the new battleships of the navy is to come to Pensacola on May 28 This news was received at the Pensacola navy yard yesterday when official communications from Washington in structed that a supply of not less than SOO tons of coal be reserved for the battleship as she Is coming here prior to going to Mississippi The length of the stay of the ship is not known at present but will probably be several days The Missisispi is to proceed from here to Horn Island and there accept the silver service presented by the state for which she is named The date of the presentation has not yet been definitely decided upon but will probably be during the early portion of June The vessel is then to pro ceed up the Mississippi river as far as Vicksburg provided the stage of the river is such that will permit the big ship to make the trip without danger I A BIG VESSEL t The Mississippi will be the largest battleship ever to enter this port though she draws only about 25 feet of water Her keel was laid in 1004 and she is of 13000 tons displace ment She Is of 10000 horsepower and makes 17 knots an hour Her length is 373 feeton the water line < 77 feet in breadth and has a bunker coalsupply of 1750 tons The main battery consists offour 12Inch breech loading rifles eight 8inch breech loading rifles and elgfyt 7inch breech loading rifles The secondary battery is of twelve 3inch rapid fire guns six 3pounders two 1pounders two 3Inch field guns and six 30calibre rifles TORPEDO BOAT REPAIRS From a reliable source it has been learned that the secretary of the navy has practically designated the Penba cola navy yard as the point where all torpedo boats arc to be repaired in the future The work done upon the flotilla now here has been dono quicker cheaper and more satisfac torily than has previously been done at the Charleston yard ana this has re sulted in the decision to have all work of this class done hare V It is understood that the commander of the marine corps is to ask for an appropriation of 2001000 wlUj which to construct barracks as it is the in tention to in future keep large num bers of marines stationed here PRESIDENT TAFT RETURNS Washington April 28 President Taft accompanied by his military aid Captain Butt and Assistant Secretary Miscbler reached Washington from Philadelphia shortly before 4 oclock this morning The party remained In the car Independence until 7 o lock when they were driven to the White f House SUICIDE ATTEMPTED Mobile April 28 Gustavus Shultz f of New York employed since Fobrtt ary as a tailor for the United States v troops at Fort Morgan made a des ft perate attempt to end his life bert today by cutting his throat with af razor and taking a dose of rat poison It is thought that he cannot live Visits Monte Carlo to Kill President Fallieres the department of Alepa maritiraas Ii in which the man explained the mo J tive for his q contemplated act Verdier comes from Haute Garche The police believe he is insane < President Fallieres arrived here yesterday in au automobile from Nice and he and the members of his party were given a hearty welcome and en f tertained at lunch by the prince of i Monaca Children Seldom Born t Singly at Town Creek birth record of that vicinity Dr Etheredge declared that because of some influence perhaps in thtair the water the soil childen are sel dom born singly there His own rec ord is of attending eighteen sets p twins three sets of triplets and bntf fo quadruplets since 1906 One famjly claims twentyone children