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WEATHER FORECAST PENSACOLA'S RAILROADS. A new railroad Is now operating trains Into the Deep Water City. A third road Is laying rails. A fourth road Is being Graded. You cant maks a mistake by Investing In Pensacola. GENERALLY FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY; LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS. . VOY. XVI. NO. 90. 10 PAGES. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, TUESDAY MORNING; APRIL 1, 1913. 10 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. .WPP;-.-:i P j, pierpont: morgan, AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS, SUCCUMBS IN ROME 1i Noted Financier Toward the . End Showed He Was Suf fering Intensely. END CAME A FEW MINUTES AFTER NOON Heart Tonics Were Injected, But These Had No Effect 'And For Several Hours Before His Death He Was In a State of Coma Breakdown Said to Be Due to Money Trust In vestigation. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Rome, March 31. J. Pierpont Mor gan, the American financier," died at , tftve minutes past twelve o'clocJc noon, twtT,f (S:05 a, m. New Tork time).; !iM .Alien Starr, of New York, railed into consultation In connection With J. PiMTinnt Af nrerftn'n iMntm at. iributed -the financier's breakdown to emotion caused by the investigation carried out by the Pujo committee at 1 (T -i a. J i. 1 ... . .1 "money trust." When the death of Mr. Morgun was reen to be approaching rapidly, Prof. Bastianelll and Dr. Dixon forced Mr. end Mrs. Herbert I Satterlee, his son-in-law and daughter, and Miss Helen Hamilton, who had been in constant attendance, to leave the room. Mr. Morgan toward the end showed that he was suffering' intense!y only toy a movement of hla right hand. Otherwise he displayed n J.gn of vitality except by contlnu heavy breathing. Frequent bulletins were Issued dur ing the morning showing that his con dition was gradually becoming worse end by 11 o'clock the physicians had iriven tip all hope. - HEART TONICS INJECTED. Mr. Morgan -was unable to assimilate it ha a rtificial nourishment administered ' 'durlEsr; the morning ' 'ss& Jusbiwacal. r I'eajtliiss was eiuenin- u-um J Vere injected, tout these had no effect Wnd for several hours before bis death ihe was in a state of coma, unable to respond to any questions or to recog nize any of those at his bedside. One of his relatives, Mrs. Fitz Sim mon, wife of Rev. M. Fitz Simmon, ar rived from Cannes and was shown into the death chamber, but her presence remained unknown to the dying man.. Besides the four trained nurses in attendance, Miss Helen Hamilton was of great assistance to the three physi cians. Prof. Giuseppe Bastianelli, Dr. M. Allen Starr and Ir. George , A. Dixon. ' ' i During the morning George Post Wheeler, secretary of the American embassy, called to make inquiries on behalf of the American ambassador, Thomas J. O'Brien, and was told that Mr Morgan had collapsed and that his condition had been rendered worse toy Increasing deafness. From his arrival In Rome, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert I Satterlee had feared a mistake had been made in bringing Mr. Morgan to Rome instead of taking 5him direct to London, where he -would have been In his own house instead of a noisy hotel and they thought, too. that the climate of Rome was too mild nd enervating for him In his condi tion of ill health. " . Cable dispatches from America, Great Britain and other parts of the world t poured In aH day, making anxious in- iuiries and expressing the affection in which Mr. Morgan was held every where. M . ... The financier's secretary found it impossible to reply to all the inquiries and Mr. and Mrs. Satterlee expressed the desire' to inform the enquirers how touched they were at the manifesta tions of sympathy they had received The body of Mr. Morgan is to be embalmed and sent to the United States from Naples. A funeral service will be held here before Its departure. DEATH OF FINANCIER IS ANNOUNCED IN NEW YORK JTew Torts, March SI. J. Plerpont Morgan is dead. He died at 12:05 p. m Rome time. This announcement was made by the offices of J. P. Mor gan & Co. today. - Henry P. ravison, a member of the house of Morgan & Co., made the an nouncement. He said merely that he a.ad received a cable that the financier had passed away shortly after noon. rTr Davison had planned to go abroad some time this week, but it is thought probable that this trip will be post poned. . , . Coincident with Mr. Morgans death it became known that he had sustained . serious attack before his departure for Europe; but hd rallied so rapidly that it was not considered a forerun ner to fatal iHness and was known only o his most intimate friends. FIRST COMPLETE REST. For many years Mr. Morgan spent a considerable portion of his time abroad Hat on this trip ror iw im severed all connection wun oumtjss ft ff airs and permitted his partners to s-houlder U responsibility for , tfceir t conduct. It was the nrst instance u his taking such a complete rest since -he entered the banking business in ihis city bffre the civil war. COoAi&ued oa Ps Sevea.1 J. P. MORGAN "' f 1 I River Stage If -.Z ft " j As He Appeared When He Left the United States For Europe. MORRISO lEETS DEAT AT WESTILE Jt ro t n e r sl, i- ew ears Ago, "is. Stabbed -to; Death By Dan Sellars, Who Is Not Yet Arrested. SPECIAL, TO THE JOURNAL.. "Westville, March 31. Dee Morrison was stabbed and a'most instantly killed last night by Dan Sellers on a public road, near this place. Morrison and Sellers were accompanied by Bony Benton and the three were walking along the road towards town when Morrison suddenly attempted to stab Sellers, who was walking1 by his side. It is said that Sellers warded oft the blow with his right arm and with his left hand drove a knife into Morrison's breast. The wounded man turned and ran a few steps and then fell dead in the road- Sellers has, not been ar rested. . . Morrison is the young man who killed his own brother here a few years ago. - ' : SWISS ENGINEERS THINK FLOOD COULD BE PREVENTED Geneva, March 31. Swiss engineers who have constant experience in "op ing with sudden and extensive floods express the opinion that the damage in Ohio could have been in large measure prevented by the adoption of their methods of constructing a second arti nrial river ibed- This would hold back an unexpected and vast inrush of wa ter, which experience ha3 shown is re sponsible for most of the destruction. DEE First Photograph From Stricken m. null rrintesiofr - aoaa-SSaifVr., . -5S Th tornado wlu-li Easier Sun-lay killed serral hundred people in t; Middle .West, injured hundreos more and destroyed property valued st htm ares of millions, did enormous 3am ;gc in Terr Haute, In. In this ity fully a score .of persons were killed and others may die from injuries receied. Xj i.'hotoi-ai;li iJnwa afco-ve -. taken Uie day Xciiowias. The view is looking esi on Vorhees street, whei t tte toraaUj wa must, severe. CINCINNATI IS FL00DED.8UTN0 LIVES ARE LOST There Reaches the of Over 69 Keet, Nearly Predicted Crest. ESTIMATE DAMAGE AT TWO MILLIONS Across f the River Several Kentucky Towns Are In undated and at Dayton, Ivy., There Are Four '. Thousand Homeless Stories of Destruction and Desolation Reach Cincin nati. XBT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Cincinnati. March 31. Late today the river reached a stage of sixty-nine and a-half feet, within two-tenths of a foot of the predicted crest. The flood ed district has widened, but there has been no loss of life reported. The di rect damage Is estimated at two mil lions and the Indirect damage cannot be estimated. Across the river several Kentucky cities are without lights or heat and the property damage is enormous. Re lief in this section is adequate ex cept at Dayton, Ky., where four thou sand are homeless. An appeal to the state authorities was made today. At points east of, here the river is reced ing, but many stories of destruction, and desolation accompany the reports of the. rising waters. During the night the central part of this city was thrown into a semi panic by an explosion that could be beard for miles. The Union Carbide Company at Pearl and Elm.'streets had been destroyed in an explosion caused was" injured as the builwng was--not occupied, and is practically isolated- The river reached the stage of 69.3 feet at noon today and continued to rise at the rate of two -tenths of a foot every two hours. The crest of the present flood is expected to be reached some time late today. It is not be lieved the stage will go above 70 feet and that by tomorrow the waters will begin to recede. SIXTY-SEVEN BODIES ARE RECOVERED AT COLUMBUS . Columbus, Ohio, March 31. With a total of sixty-seven bodies recovered, most of them Identified, as having been among the missing since the flood waters of the Scioto river wrought havoc In the west side of this city, ef forts to recover bodies believed to have been swept down by the swift cur rent were continued today. It was planned to explore sections that for five days have been inundated In the expectation that bodies might be foynd beneath the huge piles of wreckage. Although there was a heavy drain on the food supply of the city yester day and early today, many of the gro ceries of the city being "sold out" it was stated this morning that .efforts to prevent a food famine would be .suc cessful because of outside relief that has reached the city. The organized effort to relieve the sufferers in the district that was flooded and to supply them wtth food and provisions are be lieved by the authorities to have met the demands. The order of Mayor Karb to make (Continued on Page Two) f .. S.?t PEOPLE RESIDING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI SHOULD PREPARE FOR BIG FLOOD Engineer in Charge of the North Mississippi Levee ' Sounds a Warning. FORTY-SIX FOOT STAGE PREDICTED He Also Declares" None of the Levees Can Hold Over ,Forty-Six Feet of Water Large Forces of Men Are at Work at Memphis and Other Points South Preparing For, the Floods. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Memphis, Tenn., March SI. ."The people ' in the Mississippi valley had Just as well prepare for a 46-foot stage in the Mississippi river,", said Major T, G. Dabney, in a long distance telephone statement from Clarksdale, Miss., to day. Major Dabney is the '.' engineer In charge of the north Mississippi levee board, with headquarters at Clarks dale, '. ' He also' declared that none of the levees could hold over 46 feet of water and predicted a maximum height of 55 feet at Cairo. He said that a cer tain amount of relief would come to that city because of the Drihkwater, Mo.. g&.r being opened but not enough to lower his estimate. A 54-foot stage at Cairo will give Memphis 45.3 feet, the highest poin in 1912 when levees at Holly Bush and Mound City, Ark-,- broke. FOUR HUNDRED MEN ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT Vicksburg, March 31. Four hundred men are working night and day buiM ing up the break in. the Beulah levee. Favorable progress Is reported. WORKING TO BUILD UP THE LEVEES AT MEMPHIS their predictions made several 3ays ago that a stage of 45 feet or more will be attained at Memphis before the crest of the flood has passed south. ' Forces of men in Xorth Memphis worked Sunday raising the levees pro tecting low portions of the city from a possible overflow from . Bayou Gayoso and Wolf river. The city authorities now claim they will be. able to with stand a 47-foot rise. Thousands of empty stcks have been sent to the weakest points on the levees above and below Memphis. .. Two hundred convicts have been employed for several days aiding in raising the embankments so they will withstand a pressure of forty-five feet. Major Markham, of the local United States engineers, says everything is in good shape from Memphis to Hickman- Late reports from Beulah, Miss., (Continued on Page Two.) The merchants of Pensa cola have set aside the days from April 5 to April 12, in clusive, for BARGAIN FESTIVAL WEEK and during that time they will refund rar.road fares, and offer special bargains to the trade. Terre Haute, Where ' 1L I ' T.V':. -'. FARRIS FOR THE HOUSE PRESIDENT ivi'ARCH EXPORTS HAD VALUATIOI OF SI ,1 62.778 Shipments Made to Thir teen Countries, Not Includ ing Island Possessions. GERMANY WAS THE BES13 CUSTOMER Shipments There Had a Val uation of $422,013 Lum ber Exported Totalled 14, 418,000 Feet and Timber 5,693,700 Feet Thirty Four Vessels Cleared Dur ing the Month. 'JVtth thirty-four vessels clearing during the past month, twenty-two of which number carried lumber, twelve timber, two parUy loaded with cotton and one with naval stores, the total value of a.11 exports from Pensacla for-the month of March was $1,162,778, according to the official figures com piled by the- custom . house at the pi'i!isBg vesterdav a f ternoon. Germany. towHrii was- etporftor'W&TTai-,,.,,.,., the amount of the exports Bh3iited there being $422,018. Among the big cargoes loaded during the month was the one which was cleared yesterday by the American Naval Stores Company on the British steamship Kenllworth, valued at more than $100,000. The shipment, which will be carried to Rotterdam, consists of 6,050 barrels of rosin, 2,052 casks turpentine, 6.187 oak staves and 50,350 feet of lumber. She also took on 20 tons of bunker coal. An extra large amount .of lumber was shipped during the month, twenty two vessels taking a total of 14,418,000 feet. Twelve of the total number of ves sels which cleared during the month carried 5,693,700 feet of timber. The countries to which shipments were made, together with their values, were as follows: Austria $ 21,974 France 60,186 Germany 422,013 TtnU. 40.373 rcherlands . . 183,026 England 190,511 Scotland . . 15,750 British Honduras 2-.177 Jamaica T S,'jZ Cuba V.s-...,: . 3K494 Argentina 1,373 Brazil 1 16,880 French Africa 17,016 $1,162,778 750 ... 5,365 Forto Rico Foreign Merchandi3e 168,893 Easter Tornado Killed a Score s.".5 s. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SAYS HE WILL VISIT THE PENSACOLA YARD SOON SPEAKER OF AND HUDSON OF SENATE Former Says He Has Fifty- Five Pledges, Which As sures His Election. HUDSON IS ALSO AS CONFIDENT Did Not Begin His Canvass Until the Eleventh Hour Biit Has Fourteen Pledges of Support Is. Opposed For Presidency By Drane of Lakeland and Adkins of Starke. SPECIAL. TO THE JOTTRNAI Jacksonville. March 31. 'Ion I Far ris will be the next speaker of the Florida house of representatives, pro vided each .of the fifty-five members who have pledged him their support, vote for him. Mr. Karris says that h,e has this number of pledges, which as sures his election. Fred. M. Hudson, of Miami, says that he is confident of winning the presi dency of the senate, although he be gan his canvass practically at the eleventh hour. - HUDSON BECAME CANDIDATE ONLY FEW DAYS AGO Tallahassee, March 31. .Hon. Fred Hudson, of Miami, will be the presi dent of the next state senate, according to political rumors about the capitol. Senator Hudson, -w is attorney for the state railroad ' commission, had practically retired fromXthe race until flw days ago, not carit.g to take on Ing over the upper house- He had also been influence in his attitude .by flends of the other candidates, H. J. Irane, of Lakeland, and A. Z. Adlcins, of Starke, but at the eleventh hour he concluded that it was his duty to make the race. As a result. It is understood that he already has fourteen pledges of support, and the belief is that the following of Senator Adkins will go to him after the first caucus ballot, which would Insure his election over Senator Drane. However, the tight is not over yet, and the outcome may be different from that predicted by the local prophets. President Will Decide if Sugar Is on Free List BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, March 31. President "Wilson will decide If raw sugar shall go on the free list or carry a small duty in the new tariff bill. Congres sional leaders are willing to defer to his attitude. Chairman Underwood, of the ways and means committee, is waiting to hear from the president The Louisiana delegation ind con gressmen from the beet sugar districts want a duty. -4 it if w u - 1 ' 1-":--. .'. . - . sj I - f y 'i Will Make a Tour of the Southern Navy Yards In Near Future. DEFINITE DATE NOT DETERMINED Mayor Reilly Receives Let ter From Secretary Dan iels in Reply to Letter of Invitation Sent !By Him And the Commercial As sociation Will Be Ad vised When Date is Fixer Secretary of the Xavy Daniels whol will make a personal inspection of allLi the navy yards, examining their condi tions, noting their military and mercial importance, has written a ... 1 or 10 aiayor jrrank Reilly IntorfltJ him that Pensacola is in his ltiru'ori but says the date of his arrival'niir ? city has not been definitely ":JI I upon. However, it Is generator utf'V? stood that Secretary Danlaals win visit; jfensacoia aunng the latter part of thi'- month. I Secretary Daniels's lefter to Mavor Reilly is as follows: V SECRETARY'S LHTTER. Washington, Majich 28. 1913.' "Hon. Frank Reilly, Mayor City of Pensacola, Fla. . "My Dear Mr. Mayor: I thank you very much for your kind letter of March 25, supplementing the invita tion to visit Pensacola extended by the commercial association of your city. I expect to make a tour of the southern navy yards in the near fu ture. However, at this time, the dato has not been definitely determined upon because. my time is so taken up with my duties in the department. Pensacola is in my itinerary and I shall be very glad to advise you when the date has been definitely fixed. "Hoping to have the pleasure, of making your acquaintance. I am. "Very truly yours. . "JOS73FHUS DAKIKLS." HP A 1 ennessee Are A sain Hid BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Knoxville, Tenn., March 81. A spe cial to the Sentinel from Mlddlesboro, Ky., says: Nine members of the Tennessee legislature arrived in Middlesboro this morning. They have engaged quarters at a local hotel for a term of three weeks and declare they will remain here as long as may be necessary to carry out their avowed purpose of breaking a legislative quorum and pre venting the possibility of the amend ment to the Tennessee election stat utes becoming a law. The law-makers here now are: Representatives Frank Ij. West, J. I Henderson. J. T. Dan neTl, Henry . Fisher, N. R. Robinson, A. J. Argo, William Ausmus, J. V. Steph enson and L. A. Scott, all republicans. Th ree Trainmen Killed in Wreck On Southern ET ASSOCIATED PRESS. Hickory, N. C. March 8L Ed. V. Boyd, W. M. Eagle and A. L. Hurl, conductor, engineer and firemen re spectively on Southern Railway freight , train No. 73 enroute from Salisbury to i Asheville were killed about 4 o'clock; this morning when tbe locomotive and eighteen cars left the track at Oyama, between Hickory and Newton. The three men were in the engine cab and when the locomotive turned turtle they were instantly killed. So far no explanation has ben rIvpii of the wreck. Wrecking crews are nt j work from both ends of the line and j it is stated that the track will be cleared today, j The bodies of the dead men wero i taken to Saliybury for interment. Organizer of World's Workers Given 6 Months BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Paterson, N. March 31. William D. Haywood, organizes- of the Indus trial Workers of the WorM, was sen tenced to six months in jail this after noon on conviction of disorderly con duct in connection with the gathering of the striJters yesterday. He came here in connection with the I F.Wk mill workers' strike and was taken., j to j3.iL He probably will appeal, i