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WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and colder Monday) focal rata
at night op Tuesday, colder Tuesday in
south portion; moderate, variable
. . winds.
Come to Pensacola. For
Mardi Gras
February 1-2-3-4
VOL. XV. NO. 350.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
POWERS ENDEAVORING
TO PREVENT DEPARTURE
OF TURKISH DELEGATES
Rechad Pasha Says Allies
Are Responsible for Sus-(
pending Conference.
ADOS THAT. TURKISH PLENIPO
TENTIARIES CANNOT REMAIN
IN LONDON INDEFINITELY, BUT
CONSENTS TO TELEGRAPH CON
STANTINOPLE FOR INSTRUC
TIONSALLIES EXPECT TO RE
SUME WAR IN FOUR DAYS.
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
London, Jan. 12. The British sec
retary of foreign affairs. Sir Edward
prey, and the ambassadors of the
powers bave made representations to
Recbad Pasha regarding the projected
departure of the Turkish delegates
which is equivalent to a definite break
in peace negotiations for which Turkey
is considered responsible.
In reply 'Rechad' Pasha said he is
not responsible for the suspension of
the conference, which was decreed by
the allies without consulting him. lie
said he bad waited a week hoping the
allies would - alter their views but
nothing had developed. He added that
the Turkish plenipotentiaries could
not remain in London Indefinitely. He
consented, however, to telegraph Con
stantinople for definite instructions.
The allies , are also tired of waiting,
&nd do cot believe the note which the
powers will present to Constantinople
nfli have the deslredj effect. They
l;ave notified their ambassadors to de
nounce the armistice as soon as the
note is presented the porte. They say
they will be ready to resume the war
four days later.
COMPANIES INDICTED.
Los Angeles. Cal., Jan. 12. The fed
eral grand Jury returned Indictments
today against five promoters connected
v. ith the Seaboard Oil and Transit
Company., a corporation capitalized at
f 20,KIO,00 the C. P. Bowers Land Com
pany, a concern interested Jn Mexican
land promotions, and the American
brokerage Company. The charge is
uning the - mails for fraudulent pur
poses. ' ,. .
'r URQB MILITIA PAY BILL. .
Washington. Jan." 13.- A party of
officers of the National Guard appeared
before the House Rules Committee to
day, and requested a special rule! for
the militia pay bill at this session of
congress. Gen. -E.. C Young of Illi
ncis . was - accompanied by Adjutant
Gens. Chase " of Colorado, Obear of
Georgia, and Fridge of Mississippi The
committee will hold -further hearings.
WOULD ENLIST JAPAN.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 12. Russia is
urging Mongolia to negotiate a com
mercial treaty with Japan, so as to
interest Japan In the maintenance ot
the new condition of things and to
counterbalance the efforts of China,
which offers" to open Mongolia, to for
eign trade it its sovereignty Is re
stored. BALL! IS MAGNIFICENT..
, Chicago, Jan. 12. Instead . of the
usual formal dance annually given In
, Chicago for charity, a new set of man
agers last night presented an innova
tion in an "Arabian Nights" balL The
display of Jewels and the magnificence
of Oriental costumes exceeded any
thing of the sort ever before seen in
Chicago." The Jewels "worn by the
women were valued at ' several mil
lions . and the cost of the costumes
amounted to more than half a million
more. .
HORSE OMNI8US PASSES.
Tarls, Jan.. 12. The funeral of the
horse omnibus of Paris took place to
day, when the last of the lines, that
running from La Villette to St. Sulpace,
was suppressed.
When the old vehicle was to start
on its final journey a crowd gathered
on the Place SL Sulpace and. with
mock -solemnity, hung wreaths In
scribed with the ' virtues and past
glories of the ramshackle conveyance
round the eiJes.
The United States Plans to Make of
Honolulu a Gibraltar in the Pacific
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Honolulu, Jan. 12. The people of
Honolulu, while bemoaning the fact
that within a year the entire staff of
the United States naval station in this
city and the army post here will be
moved to Pearl Harbor, are proud of
the fact that the island is to have a
wonderful array of fortresses surround
ing tt. and will literally command the
Pa rifle. From reports from the main
land and facts that have gradually be
come known here, it is evident that
the United States intends to make
, ahu a Gibraltar. In fact, a ranking
jprmy officer said recently:
V "Oahu is to be made the greatest ar
tillery post in the world. This Island
is to be made Into a post which will
bave the highest powered guns manu
factured and these, with the lesser cal
iber guns, will outnumber those erect
ed ln any other fortification when the
plans are - completed. Gibraltar will
dwindle into insignificance.
"Oahu will be essentially an artillery
post, and although we may have half a
dozen or more Infantry regiments one
COLD WEATHER
II GULF STATES
IS FORECASTED
WEATHER
WAVE IS
BUREAU SAYS COLD
MOVING OVER COUN
TRY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
AND WILL CAUSE LOW TEMPER
ATURES DURING FIRST HALF
OF WEEK.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, Jan. 12. The week wW
open with a cold wave east of the
Mississippi river and low temperatures
will continue the first half of the week
with generally fair weather, accord
ing to the weekly bulletin of the
weather bureau today.
"By Tuesday," says the bulletin,
"snow will cover the .western portion
of the country, except the Gulf States.
To the eastward, rain and snow, with
rising temperatures are expected dur
ing the middle of the week. Toward
the end of the week there will be an
other disturbance in the far northwest,
accompanied by rising temperaturea
and unsettled weather. .
SEVERESTORMS
MANY VESSELS WRECKED, OTH-
ERS DAMAGED, AND COAST
SHIPPING INJURED BY HEAVY
GALES THAT SWEPT THE COAST
DURING SATURDAY AND SUN
DAY. BY ASSOCIATED PRES3.
Ixmdon. Jan. 12. The United King
dom was swept Saturday and Sunday
by heavy gales and storms. There are
many wrecks of, small craft and coast
shipping was considerably damaged.
Some vessels arriving today are badly
scarred.
The German steamer, Claus Horn,
from Jacksonville and Norfolk to
Bremen, reports the loss of all her
deck cargo and two blades of her pro
peller, but is proceeding. Se'eral others
met similar damage.
New York, Jan. 12. Buffeted by a
succession of storms, the French liner
La Provence reached here today from
Havre. Almost all the loose deck
equipment was swept away. -
Halifax. N. S., Jan. 12. The steamer
Uranium of the Uranium steamship
line, from Rotterdam to Halifax and
New York, stranded on a reef in thick
weather near Chebucto head light sta
tion, nine miles belcw Halifax, at 11
o'clock today. Tonight she is still
fast Eight hundred and eighty pas
sengers were safely removed tonight.
CLEARANCES OF BREADSTUFFS.
Galveston, Tex, Jan. 12. Clearances
of breadstuffs for European ports for
the week ending today were: Wheat,
235,000 bushels; corn, 68,000; flour,
2,918 barrels.
or more cavalry and several of field
artillery, all the latter branches will be
merely supports for the chain of forti
fications which are planned to be
placed around the island.
"We have hardly" begun to build our
artillery post, but I have no doubt that
the recommendations of the last army
board which met here this summer will
be generally accepted, and that will
mean the early commencement of many
more fortifications. It is almost cer
tain that before the fortifications of
Fort Kamehameha. on the Honolulu -side
of Pearl Harbor channel, are com
pleted, another extensive system ef
works will be commenced on the Ewa
side, and that Waianae and Waialux
will receive attention. The recent ma
neuvers showed these two points vul
nerable, and they will receive atten
tion." The great 1.000-foot dry dock at
Pearl Harbor will not be completed
until 1915, but within fifteen months
vessels which may require repairs of a
minor nature, but not docking, can be
cared for.- In the machine shops there
will be a vast amount of machinery.
UNITEDKIN6D0I
SUFFERS FROI
OHIO REACHES
60 FOOT STA6E
AT CINCINNATI
River Continues to Rise
at Rate of Two Inches
an Hour.
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED PEO
PLE DRIVEN FROM THEIR
HOMES IN DAYTON, NEWPORT
AND COVINGTON AND PROP
ERTY LOSS WILL REACH THOU
SANDSMANY HOMELESS IN
LOUISVILLE.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Cincinnati, Jan- 12. The Ohio river
passed the 60-foot stage here today
and continued to rise rapidly at the
rate of two inches an hour. In the
lower part of the cities of Dayton,
Newport and Covington, suburbs across
the river, twenty-five hundred people
were made temporarily homeless by
the invading waters, and the property
loss will reach thousands.
"Warehouse owners along the water
front will suffer heavy damage. Some
of the buildings are In water up to
the second story. All trains running
to the central station have been re-
! routed, owing to the inundation c-f
the freight houses.
SEVEN HUNDRED DRIVEN
FROM LOUISVILLE HOMES
1onlBvllle, Jan. 12. Between seven
hundred and one thousand families
have been driven from their homes
on fhe waterfront in the past twenty
four hours by the rising waters of
the Ohio. The stage is more than S5
feet and rising. Dispatches from
many points in the state tell of dam
aged homes and other property. Rail
road service is much impeded.
FLOOD CONDITIONS ALONG
LOWER OHIO OMINOUS
Evansville, Ind., Jan. -12. Flood con-
, ditions tonight on the. lower Ohio river
are more -ominous than at anjLUme
I since tlie rise began.- Many refugees
in the surrounding submerged district
reached here today.
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES'
FORCED FROM HOMES
Portsmouth, Ohio, Jan. 12. Several
hundred families were driven from
their homes by the flood here. Along
the waterfront the water is almost
to the roofs.
RIVER TOWNS ARE NOW
, SURROUNDED BY WATER
Gallipolis, Ohio, Jan. 12. 'The Ohio
river reached a stage of fifty-two feet
here today and is rising. Every river
town within a radius of fifty miles,
except Gallipolis, which 13 now sur
rounded by water, is flooded.
MANY WEST VIRGINIA
HOMES ARE ABANDONED
Huntington, W. Va., Jan. 12. The
steady rise of the Ohio river today
caused many to abandon their homes.
All railroad traffic is crippled and the
damage is heavy.
ROCKEFELLER
EXAMINED
BY PHYSECIA
DR. CHARLES RICHARD80N, REP
RESENTING THE HOUSE MONEY
TRUST COMMITTEE, MEETS
MILLIONAIRE, WANTED AS A
WITNESS, WHEN HE LANDS AT
MIAMI.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Miami, Jan. 12. William Rockefeller,
whose testimony is wanted by the house
money trust committee in Washing
ton, was examined here this afternoon
by Dr. Charles W. Richardson, rep
resenting the committee, to determine
whether his physical condition is such
that' he may safely testify. No an
nouncement of the result was made.
Tr. Richardson asserted that noth
ing would be given out until he made
his report to Representative Pujo,
chairman of the committee. Rocke
feller declined to see anyone except
Richardson, who would make no state
ment of his plans.
REPORT OF PHYSICIAN WILL
BE RECEIVED DURING TODAY
Washington, Jan. 12. No report of
Dr. Charles W. Richardson, who ex
amined William Rockefeller at Miami
today, was received by Chairman Pujo
of the house money trust committee
tonight. He expects a report tomorrow.
A BUSY WEEK IS
FORECASTED
House And Senate Will
Begin Preparing for Demo
cratic Administration,
SENATE WILL HAVE AS MUCH
WORK AS THE HOUSE, FOR A
VOTE IS TO BE TAKEN ON DIS
MISSAL OF JUDGE ARCHBALD
TODAY, AND FIGHT WILL AFT
ERWARDS BE WAGED OVER
TAFT'S APPOINTMENTS.
. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. !
Jf 0n Th Problems
of the approaching democratic admin -
Ir.. , i... will i. :
WASHINGTON
V" "aus uver ibic3 iuio audience. His theme was "The Broth
week .Tariff, currency, and anti-trust crhood of ." It was a thrilling ad
legtelation. characterized by Gov. Wll- ess, fu of 8yrnDathy for the bur.
sun ia ug LiJC most important suo-
jects to be considered, will be the cen-
efrmf! 5he u!e
Jon J"" me aemo-, rictares were beautiful, and soul-ln-cratic
and republican flght In the sen- spiring
ate over Taffa appointments, thirteen Dr. Alison ln t:
hundred of which are awaiting con- gl0Tioua age hatred and
nrmation. r.f4,n -i .... ,
The ecope of the currency and anti:!fellowshl A naw era ha3 dawned; ,
rrnsc legislation nas not been outnnea,
by the house although a sub-comrmt- fewcr theories and more of the help
tee is Investigating with the intention lng han(J Many mope hunger for
of finding a substitute for the Aldrich pathy. kindness, and love, than hunger
currency piaJI. xne investigation oy.for bread. A kind word will help that !
the money trust section by the bank- ihumble b whftfiA faM ,s wUll .
Ing and, currency committee will be
resumed Tuesday.
Voting in the Archbald impeachment
case will begin tomorrow, and the thir
teen charges will be disposed of before
adjournment. The conclusion of the
trial, which haB occupied the senate
since the first session will make way struggles and triumphs of Henry Clay,
for the first active legislation and will , .The kmd word na(J Us eff and
be followed by efforts to secure a vota;that boy at Iast stood upon the brld
on a resolution for a constitutional of the ahlp of gtat8j and plloted ner
amendment providing a single six-year j througn the xorst storm that ever
term for the president. swept the sea of time, and dropped
Appropriation bills will be centers of anchor at last ln a peaceful harbor.
activity in win nouses, onierences
are expeciea to oegin soon Deiween ine
democratic .leaders . of the house and
for the extra session. Actual prepara-!tn
tion of the bills will begin before the;. wnmo- m.r, w .
present tariff hearing is concluded.
Hearings on the committee Invest!-
gating the alleged shipping trust will
be resumed tomorrow. The senate
campaign committee on contributions
will also hold a short session and Inter-
rogate witnesses alleged to be con
nected with the Hearst letters.
COPY OF TOM JONES BURNED.
xat, f,r. i ,.,. . inn a
bate, the committee of the Doncaster
corporation free library, by formal
resolution, has destroyed Its copy ot
Fielding's novel, "Tom Jones." An old
member of the committee, who never
had read the book, recently happened
to take it home for perusal, and re-
nnrtrt at. th npt mtlnir of th com.
mittee that the book was immoral.
FOUND NEARLY STARVED.
New Albany, Ind., Jan. 12. A search
for Miss Julia Deat, fifty-three years
of age, who is named as legatee to the
amount of $2000 under the will of her
uncle, Henry Wills, of Mount Clemens,
Mich. revealed that she was on the
point of starvation in a hovel near the
railroad yards here, where she lived.
iAY BE THE NEXT
FRENCH PRESIDENT
Raymond Poincaire.
premier itaymona Joincaire is a
candidate, for the presidency of France
at the coming meeting of the French
national ; assembly at Versailles, on
January 17. The assembly U. compos
ed of members of the Senate and
chamber of deputies, and will choose a
J successor to President Fal'icres.
Vij? f "V"' - '
FINE LECTURE
S DELIVERED
BY OR. WILSON
"The Brotherhood of Man'
Subject of Noted Ora
tor Last Night,
SAYS HATRED AND PREJUDICE
HAVE GIVEN PLACE TO LOVE
AND FELLOWSHIP, A NEW ERA
HAS DAWNED AND MORE HUN
GER FOR SYMPATHY AND KIND
NESS THAN HUNGER FOR
BREAD.
r, tt r
!noted orator8 of the 6poke at the
Christian church last night to a large
denert soul. H i, a rwalr of rrMt
power, articulation faultless, and at
times intensely dramatic His word-
, Q doematjam nn mnr of rhrist- I
the soot of toil, to become a man. Tell
him what men have done; inspire him .
to look up.
KINDLED HOPE.
"A great lawyer kindled a Are of
hope in the heart of a boy a child of
- torat tmmA hv teiunc y,im
.LINCOLN'S NAME AN 1NSPIRA
TION.
'And X.
southern man, believe the
.0th .
vtm tnav th vm of mm - iMm th
nf -nrrM- rT.nm tt, nrrntow
page. wbat the worId ls ln
vn , taw a mt, Hrrlo nff anI
tTl -..-op.Rf,,, hminp mn f
your town, and ask them to tell you
the secret of their success. I am sure
W1U 81 ve you an auaiene, ana
' win soon nnu xne Key mat wau
opn Inner temple of honor
a Umf Jn PWtlcal circles we hear
, dlsfd0t 'lT U,V-r
I JEN PEFCEN7 GRADUATE,
ln our Publ,c schools less than ten
'Per " of our boys ever graduate:
;Sventy - flve per cent of the young men
; never attend our churches; from these
sad facts, It seems to me, the 'para
mount Issue' of all Issues, is the Amer
ican Boy.
"Every man, worthy of the name,
should lend a helping hand to inspire
lofty Ideals in the minds of our boys,
and girls, as welL
"The admonition cf Paul, "Bear ye
one another's burdens," Is the real phi
losophy of a happy life.
"It was the practice of this sublime
law that bridged the chasm of blood
and tears than once divided our coun
try, when the curtain dropped on the
last act of the awful drama, on the
fated field of Appomattox.
WOUNDS BEGAN TO HEAL.
"The wounds of southern souls be
gan to heal when General Grant is-
( Con tinned on Pag Three.)
RESCUE HOIS
FOR THE WHITE
MILLIONAIRES TO ESTABLISH A
FUND OF SEVERAL MILLIONS,
THE INCOME TO BE APPLIED TO
THE SUPPORT OF TWO THOU
SAND HOMES THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, Jan. 12. Stanley O.
Finch, in charge of the investigations
of the department of justice in en
forcing the white slave law Is now in
communication with a group of philan
thropists formulating plans for a na
tional movement to reclaim the vic
tims of the traffic
It is understood that John D. Rocke
feller is one of the principal financial
supporters.-. It is planned to estab
lish a fund of several millions, the In
come to be applied to the support cf
rescue homes for girls. The homes will
be situated throughout the country,
and perhaps will number two thousand.
SLAVE VICTIMS
PROMINENT CITIZEN
CONFESSES KILLING
WILLIAM GUNN, JR.
WARD GIRL IS
DELIVERED TO
FATHER'S CARE
FOURTEEN - YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO
LEFT PENSACOLA IS GIVEN TO
CUSTODY OF FATHER ON HI3
ARRIVAL IN MOBILE MRS. MER
TINS NOT ARRESTED.
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.
Mobile, Jan. 12. 'Nellie Ward, the
fourteen-year-old girl who was ar
rested by the police Saturday on re
quest of the chief of police of Pen
sacola, was turned over to her father,
C. M. Ward, when the latter arrived
here today from Feusacola, and they
are supposed to have left tonight for
their home.
The girl, who is yet in short dresses,
was not held at the police station,
but placed ln a detention home", where
she was held until Mr. Ward arrived.
The latter claims that his daughter
accompanied Mrs. Syble Mertins, also
a young woman of Pcnsacola, to Mo
bile. Mrs. Mertins has not been arrested,
neither has she been located by tho
police. A special agent of the govern
ment is investigating the case with tho
view of ascertaining if there has been
a violation of the white slave act
WILSON WELL
PLEASED WITH
CHICAGO TRIP
SAYS HIS AUDIENCE, COMPOSED
PRINCIPALLY OF FINANCIERS
OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
KNEW PRETTY WELL WHAT HE
WAS GOING TO SAY IN HIS AD
DRESS. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Crestline, Ohio, Jan. 13. 'President
elect Wilson traveled eastward tonight
from Chicago, where he left at 12:40
today for Trenton. He was deeply
pleased with his visit to Chicago. The
audience that heard his speech at the
Commercial club was composed of fi
nanciers of national importance.
"I had spoken at the Commercial
club several times before and knew the
crowd pretty well," said he today.
"They knew what kind of a speech
I was going to make, and think the
only thing that tcsak them by surprise
was I talked not so much about what
the government is going to do as what
they themselves ought to do."
The morning passed without inci
dent in Chicago. The governor at
tended the Fourth Presbyterian church.
Charles B. Crane, vice-chairman of
the finance committee of the Wilson
campaign, was at the train to say
good-bye. A delegation from Wiscon
sin rode as far as Gary. Ind., with
the party, to explain the Wisconsin
situation to Wilson.
German Building Expert Condemns
the Skyscraper to His Government
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Berlin. Jan. 12. Heir Ouedefeld, who
ls attached to the German consulate
general in New York as an expert on
building engineering, has Just submit
ted to his government a report in con
demnation of the skyscraper. His rep
resentations will inevitably do much
to arrest the movement now crystalliz
ing with a view to legalizing the con
struction of this form of building on
the American model in Berlin and
other overcrowded German cities.
Herr Quedefeld says:
"Although skyscrapers are built of in
combustible materials and therefor
rank as fireproof, it must not be for
gotten that all the upper stories are
so full of combustible furnishings and
articles that a fire among them, de
spite the incombustible construction,
finds plenty of nourishment."
He points out that, aside from the
cellars, where the great boiler and en
gine plants and immense quantities of
fuel are stored, as well as highly in
flammable stores of packing boxes,
waste paper, excelsior, and similar
stuff, there are also innumerable cases
of heavy supplies of petroleum and
gasoline in the immediate vicinity.
"Ag soon as a fire reached the base
Assassination of Popular
Young Man Is Fer
reted Out.
THOMAS CLEMENTS, COUNTY
COMMISSIONER. IS ALLEGED TO
HAVE TOLD A MEMBER OF THE
CORONER'S JURY THAT HE AND
HIS TWO SONS COMMITTED ONE
OF THE MOST ATROCIOUS
CRIMES EVER PERPETRATED
IN LIBERTY COUNTY.
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL..
Marianna, Jan. 12. The coroner'a
Jury investigating the- death of W. H.
Gunn, Jr., who was murdered several
weeks ago, near his home at Bristol,
about fifteen miles below here, return
ed a verdict Tuesday, charging Thoa.
Clements anl two of his sons, T. F,
and John Clements, with tho deed.
Thomas Clements, Sr., is a promi
nent citizen of this county, a member
of the board cf county commissioners,
and has, siiice his residence in Liberty
county enjoyed the confidence and es
teem of all who krew him. His con
fession of the killing of young Gunn
was a surprise to his friends, wha
gave but little credence to the 6tory
when his name was mentioned in con
nection with the assassination of tb
young man. The two young sons ot
Clements, whom lie is alleged to have
admitted were with him. have not been
apprehended, having l-ft for parts un
known immediately after the tragedy.
There had already been a warrant
issued for the three, but they had
never been served, except on the older
Clements, for which he immediately
gave bond. As he was not allowed V
jgive bond after the coroner's verdict
was rendered, he has been compelleil
to remain in jail until his preliminary
hearing.
The hearing began Wednesday
morning. The State was represented
by Attorneys Paul Carter of Marianna,
and J. Frank Adams of Blountstown.
The defendant was represented by Will
H. Price. The trial consumed all of
Wednesday a nd the greater part of
Thursday. There was quite a lot of
damaging testimony brought out, oi.
the first day. among It being that of
a negro who testified that he beard
the guns fire and went in sight of
where the murder happened, and saw
the Clementses getting on horses. Mr.
Price for the defendant cross-examined
the witness for nearly five hours,
trying to break down the testimony.
But what came as a shock to the
defendant's attorney, was when tha
State placed a member of the coroner"!
jury on the stand, and he testified that
Mr. Clements had confessed to him
during the hearing before the coron
er's jury, that they did the awful deed.
Judge Owens bound him over with
out bond, until court convenes in
March. Fearing that he would not be
safe ln this jail, the court asked Judge
Mai one for an order to have him trans-
ferred to the Gadsden county Jail.
ESCAPED CONVICT CAUGHT.
Summitt, Miss., Jan. 12. E. E.
Blount, city marshal of this place and
deputy sheriff of Pike county, cap
tured Sid Herrin, a white man, an
escaped convict, from the Marion
county convict farm, yesterday at a
point six miles west of this place and
lodged him in Jail at this place to
await the arrival of the sheriff from
Columbia.
RECEIVER FOR CEMENT CO.
Kansas City, Mo Jan. 12. Upon ap
plication of creditors, a receivership
for the Altoona Portland Cement
Company of Altoona, Kan., was granted
late today by Judge Pollock ln th
federal court in Kansas City, Kan. C.
W. Lyon of Altoona, was appointed
receiver. The company is capitalized
at $800,000.
ment of the elevator shafts, which ter
minate there," he says, "they are con
verted into gigantic chimneys, which
give a fire in the lower regions a draft
requisite to spread the blaze instan
taneously throughout the upper stories.
The elevators having now been put
out of action by the fire surging
through their shafts, the thousand
who inhabit the modern skyscrapers
must have recourse to the inner stair
case, which is the only one the aver
age tall building possesses. This stair
way often winds around the rJevator
shaft and is, therefore, made inacces
sible by the fire.
"Frequently it is hidden in an ex
treme corner of the building, or some
times shrouded in Impenetrable dark
ness, and isAiften even if the bul'd
ing shelters thousands only three feet
wide. Few cliff dwellers, being thorough
ly accustomed to the , elevators, even,
know where the emergency stairway
ln a skyscraper is. It seems altogeth
er improbable that the inner stair
way would enable any considerable
number of persons to escape from a
burning skyscraper. It" would ainioat
tcertainly be choked and blind witi
smoKe before the fleeing people could
negotiate the twenty, thirty, or forty,
floors to safety on terra Crma."