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WEATHER FORECAST THE YEAR 1914 Is Going to Be the Best in Pensacola's History. We're all going to make it so. Fa'r Friday, Colder In Peninsula Saturday, fair brisk west winds. Yesterday's temperature; Highest, 50 degrees, Low est 44 degrees. VOL. XVI. NO. 359. PENSACOLA. FLORIDA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. fr:J. i t OD IT i IJLi QU Makes the Day Memorable At Pass By Visiting ..' Post-Office EXPECTS TO SECURE SOME NEEDED REST Will Play Golf in the Fore noon, Take A Motor Ride In the Afternoon and Spend the Evening Quiet-' ly At HomeThere Will Be No Social Diversions Or Political Callers- President Takes A Walk; -Without Overcoat V BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. " - Pass Christian, Miss., Dec. 23.- President Wilson, by a mid-afternoon visit to the postofflce, made Christmas day memorable in this quaint city. Only a few natives caught a glimpse of the - presidential party as they motored to the cottage, a mile from the railway station in the cold gray dawn. The President continued his walk after visiting the postofflce. scorning1 an overcoat, although the mercury reg-istered about forty de grees. Barlier In the day the President and Mrs. Wilson motored to Gulfport, the nearest city, and tonight sat down to a happy family Christmas dinner. They exchanged presents and then read the holiday greetings that poured In by mail &-l telegraiih. The winter White House, though picturesque, Is in humble contrast to the big bungalows and handsome homes that dot the coast. The President's program for the vacation la like that oa' his trips to Cornish, N. II., the summer capitol. a. golf in the morning, a motor ride In the afternoon and quiet evenings a home, without social diversions or political callers. The links are t-irteen miles away. The President expects a nealthful and restful vacation, and the town authorities are determined to make this possible. The Supreme Court Directs Lower Tribunals to Send Up Such Cases and Clearer Rules Will be Pro mulgated at Early Date BT ASSOCIATKD PRESS. I "Washlngton, Dec. 25. The supreme eourt will promulgate clearer rules I for the business of competition. Re- 1 cently rfie courts have been direct-1 Ingf the lower tribunals to send up j oases involving alleged unfair com-' petition for decisions and which are GOiimiH BUS1SS WILE BEPilSSEBBPfli expected to become almost aa Impor-, V.IUS vmiis wui. visace-irraine. tant aa iiie supreme court's anU-. rust! This accounts for t-e vote of non ruling. The patents and trademarks S?".'" on klhe Tt o the 'C11- , . KMAin,. . Rta-jer last week. tt!ed and few caes tnvolvln-r unfair I competition in business have come be- fore the court. The importance and necessity of de cisions In this Eel 3 has recently been demonstrated and business men throughout the country desire to see ; tne court . pass on many pnasea ui business competition. CELEBRATION IS QUIET AT MILTON SPECIAL. TO THE JOURXAI Milton, Dec 25. Milton and Santa Rosa county spent the quietest and most orderly Christmas known In many years- Reports of a shooting affray at a turpentine camp were with out foundation, according to the state ment of Sheriff J. It Harvell. who t.ald Christmas day had been cele brated in a most peaceful manner. Only one arrest was made in Milton today, and that for a minor offense, PECULIAR WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED Louisville, Ky., Dec, 25. Conditions of late twilight or the darkness of mid right were variously reported from rnanv cities in the central valleys dur ing the early forenoon hours yesterday. At 9 o'clock In Chicago the blackness of midnight enveloped the city. After 7 o'clock in Louisville when the sun should have been well above the horl ron. deep twillgHt prevailed. Neigh boring cities in the Ohio valley told of similar phenomena, and as far south as Atlanta these conditions obtitned la diminishing degree. t The darkness was caused in the various localities by a pall of smoke and fog that was undisturbed because of the utter absence of air currents. "A feeble high pressure area" the weather bureau facials designated it. explaining that it overspread the lake section, the Ohio valloy and Tennes see. - DENTSPENDS T CHRISTMAS CHANCELLOR'S ACT" BRINGS TRQUBLE Dr. von Bthman-Hollweg (top) and Count von Wed!. Berlin, Dc. 24. The clash , between thflf civil a'j-thorltVs of Alsace-lorraiae to an:tt last weec, nas orougni two Imjxirtant though disagreeable facts before th attention of ihe German people: First, the bitterness still ex istent among .Alsatians against ail things Geri-'on; secondly, the Inability of Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg to cope w! h some of Germany's big Internal problems. Hostility to thejGerman government is not a new thing In Alsac-Lorraine. The people of the provinces which were taken from Prance after the war of-1870 have long been hitlle to the Prussian regime. They j j ;e . shown their "hostility4"' by being irru lident and insulting to the military.- The militant element, on the ether hand, has fanned the flames or iil-feelins by being over bearing and tactless. The kaiser caused a sensation last year when he visited Strasshurs: and warned Iho mayor that th eonsaiiu- tion of the province would be taken away If the ag-it-ation persisted." Soon afterward came the blow struck by the German government, when orders were withdrawn from the enine works at Grieffshrjfen, owned-and controlled by anti-German agritators. Since- then numerous incidents have occurred to stir up hatred. The- immediate' cause r ,ne reeen1. outbreak was the state- ment made by Lieutenant Baron von orstner tnat he "wouw willingly give len marks to any German soldier who ran hIs bayonet through an Alsatian "ongano. , ,Dn " Tn Bethmann-Hollweg is Plani,ed or not usin more diplomacy ?,af. has determined to give to this end has had several confer ences with Count von Wedel, governor-general of Alsace-Lorraine. QUIET CHRISTMAS AT CARYVILLE SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL Caryville. Fla.. Dec. 25. Christmas passed off quietly at Caryville. The old-fashioned firecracker was heard but few times during the day. The big guns did not even sound early in the morning. Not a drunken man was seen on the streets. The day was spent In a Christian festive manner pertaining to the solemnity of the oc casion. The tast half of section 11, township 4 north, of range 16 west, has recently been 'purchased by a company which has been here for a few days surveying and laying off several hundred lots in order to open up a new addition to Caryviile, which seems to be what is to be known as "East Caryville," This project is creating quite a stir. The enw addition la selling lots already. HUNGRY MEN RIOT AT LOS ANGELES BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Los Angeles, Dec 23. Hundreds of unemployed and hungry men began rioting today and a large force of police late this afternoon was nee-ded to clear the streets for traffic. One man was reported shot. J In addition to the man shot, who died, five policemen were hurt and twenty rioters arrested. The demon- strators put up a vigorous fight wit? bricks and clubs when the poliof charged throng and cleared tifc plaza. I J t ; - , -" . . : v.-.- v.-.- -..X v . V J I ' 5 " BITMUESSIS SUPPLANTED BY C01101 GRIEF Calumet Is Saddened By the Death of Seventy A : Three Children i CITIZENS GATHER IN MASS MEETING The Bitterness -Engendered Bv the Weeks of "Indus trial Strife is Forgotten . And All Express Sym pathy for the Bereaved Families and Devise - A Means to Ameliorate The Suffering Arranging for Funerals BY ARSOCIATUD PRKSS: r Calumet. Mich., Dec 25. The bitter ness engendered by the weeks of in- CiUstrlal strife in the strike ridden jcotFr district was today wiped out by I the great common rief over the ca tastrophe that cost the lives of seventy-two, mostly children, in the panic following: the false alarm of fire in a ' crowded hall during- the Christmas tree I entertainment last night, " t " On the day set aside by Christendom 1 for rejoicing over the birth of the Saviour, grief stricken Calumet ath- ered at a great mass .meeting to ex ! press sympathy and devise means to ameliorate the suffering of those- death , had stricken by taking their loved ioaes. " . . A committee was named to vl3it the victims' homes and ascertain what as sistance was -needed. The copper mine strikers also named a committee, rep resenting the different nationalities of the victims to learn the wishes re garding the funerals ami the report to morrow. 1 : , The authorities, thus far, have, been unable to ' trace , the man blaJned for the -tragedy and who Is said to have chnutpitl throtttrh thrdrvcr, and ithcre Is theory is that the fatal cry cwne from the interior of the hall and i,t is sub stantiated by a striker who lost a son. It is declared the shout came from a group in the lower front hall. Fireman told of the pitiful pleas of the children caught In tlie stairway for life as the mass of panic stricken hu man beinsrs pressed out their life. HELP WILLINGLY GIVEN. The relief workers disregarded the statement of President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners, that no contributions, except from mine or ganisations, would be accepted. The local union headquarters eagerly awaited a reply sent to President Wil son by Mover asking a federal investi gation. Moyer today decried the charges that he attempted to make capital for the copper mine strikers (Continued on Page Three) WEST NOTIFIED STATE VICTORY CO, The United States Supreme Court Upholds the Law Placing A Tax on the Pullman Car Company of . ' 2 Per pent On Gross Re- ceiptsf l SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL. Tallahassee, Dec 25. Attorney General T. F. "West is in receipt of a notice from the clerk of the supreme court of the United States that the cases of the State of Florida vs. the Pullman Company, in which the Pull man Car Company was resisting the paymentof certain taxes imposed by the state had been decided by the supreme court in favor of the state. The importance of the ca-se is shown by tbw fact that some $25,000 of reve nue 7as involved directly and . also the constitutionality of a line of tax ation enactments and the right of the state to Impose certain taxes on for eign corporations. "When the case w&s last argued the state was represented by Attorney General West and the Pullman corn paly by Hon. Frank B. Kellogg, of St PauL Minnesota. & lawyer of national reputation. Mr. West is re ceiving congrautlatlons on the suc cessful termination of - this suit as yell as that of the suits against some f the insurance companies recently iettled, and which also Involved ap proximately $25,000 of state revenue. These amounts are taxes levied on the gross income of the corporations mentioned insofar as their business in Florida is concerned. The state levies a tax of 2 per cent on gross ' receipts upon the Insurance companies and on - miiroan car companies. OVER CAR ROraiELLILL RES Gfi BEFORE EfJDOFTHEYEAR " -: -' -" City - Engineer Expected to Sever Connections With the City at Early Date GOOD POSITION IS OPEN IN BALTIMORE Owing to the Poor Condi tion of the Sewer System ; It is Intimated the City Commissioners Recently Intimated to Mr. Rommell His Resignation Would Be Accepted City Engineer George Rommell, Jr., will sever '-his connection with the city of Pensacola on ori before January 1. according to reliable authority arid will accept a civil engineering position in Baltimore which. fca. been open to him for the past two tr three' montns. His resignation is not et in the hands of the city commissionrfr, but will be before the end of 1313. . The city engineer is beinar Warned for the very, poor oon-diiidn of the en tire sewerage system, and it is statod tliat the -city cxxmnrisoJoners,- who have learned of this condition of the system. have intimated to him, that his resig nation would be acceptable, provided it is tendered not later than .January 1. Mayor Greenhut. when asked about the matter, substantiated the state ment that Mr.. Rommell' had been told that his resignation would be accept able. The mayor, 'however had nothing further to say about the matter. . The commissioners are incline!, the same as the public -to hold Engineer Rommell responsible for the sewer system ,He was the assistant of T. Chaikley Hattou, the consulting engi neer, w.hen the first work was done en tailing a cost of over; $300,000 on the city. JLater he was the engineer of the ! 4 -ba. AritiA. tmsim j. sm.zi-t atM:err-'of. h-' littc was -Heme funitvlZ when the commissioners assumed of- I other engineer had haV charge of the!m' ZS pipes laid by a local contractor ami this was done under Eweineer Thorn ton, and is said to, be the only sewer work done which Is giving satisfaction completely. - f It is expected by many .that t.. Earle Thornton will succeed. Mr. Kjomsaell a& city engineer. . r TAIfICO BE LEFT BY THE REBELS They Give Up the Attempt To Take, the Great Oil Port and Will Now Center Their Efforts in 'Capturing- Monterey "BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Brownsville, Tex, Dec 25. Rebel forces operating along the east coast of Mexico haver given up attacking Tampico, the great oil port, and are planning a New Year's attempt to capture Monterey, the capital of the state of Nuevo, Leon. Formal announcement of this plan was made from the constitutionalist headquarters at Matamoraa today. Six troops trains have left for Matamoraa since Tuesday for Ramones, forty-nine miles north of Monterey. This is part of five thousand soldiers en route there1. General Pablo Gonzales, com mander of the constitutionalists in the states of Tamanlrpas and Nuevo Leon, was with the trains that left. He took along six cannon recently captured at Victoria and a number of machine guns and rifles. WILL ALONE Peace Over the Entire South on Christmas Day BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. ' Atlanta, Dec 25. Unlike other years, little loss of life and property today attended the celebration of Christmas day aird the advocates of a safe and sane observation are juDiiant. Tne po lice in a majority of the southern cities rigidly enforced the regulations re garding the use of fireworks. Inclem ent weather aidea tne authorities in the crusade at New Orleans. The cele brating in Birmingham was tha quietest in years. Old Santa oor FAMILY OF VANISHED BROOKLYN GIRL FEAR HER CAPTURE BY WHITE SLAVERS Miss Jessie New York, Dec. 25. Fearful that she has been kidrf&psec! ? white elavers and dragged into the bldecus unoerwoTld of NewI ork, -ac ter.tivea na jSTIckr t55ing every c"srT!lri the search for Miss Jessie Evelyn Mc- Cann, who mysteriously disappeared in Philadelphia, but neither her parents nor the police' have any knowl edge as to her whereabouts. The only explanation for the girl's disappearance aside from the one of white slavery is that she ha3 had an attack of aphasia and Is wandering aimlessly about, forgetful of her own identity. Normally healthy and ath letic and even given to boxing and running foot races with her brother, she' became given to spells of being "blue" about three months ago. She 1I1G FIGHT TO SECURE THE REGJOrJAL BANKS Many Cities Have Launched Campaigns to be Desig nated as Headquarters Seattle Making the Hottest Fight BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington. Dec 25. Half the big cities throughout the United States have begun, an active campaign for rency reform law. Scores of telegrams were received at the treasury depart- ment today, devoted to setting forth their claims for executive approval. Secretaries McAdoo and Houston, the organization committee authorized to chose the reserve cities, today consid ered tentative plans for making a list of not less than eight, nor more than twelve cities. One plan suggested was having the secretaries make a thorough but hur ried personal Investigation of the claims of the cities regarded as pos sible sites for the reserve banks. The proponents of this plan say it would be quicker than the second scheme, that of holding hearings in Washing ton. Seattle is making the hottest fight. Business men's organization are sending telegrams and the city is planning a jrreat demonstration. Kan sas City is making a similar fight. Philadelphia and Baltimore are at odds, while Atlanta, Minneapolis, Kew Orleans and Dallas are in the running and a lively time for the organization committee In prospect. PROTECTION FOR THE SPANIARDS BY ASSOCIATED PRKSS. Vera Cruz. Mex.r Dec. 23. Thou sands gathered on the waterfront to day to watch the Hpanish armored cruiser Emperador Carlos cast anchor. Tbe warship was ordered to Mexican waters to protect the Spanish subject. Claus Visits the Childi ren -.V. .. ivifcua.i.".. became nrrvous an -unheard-of thing for hcvr pj-.a at frequent intervals wou'ii ihe.va outbursts of tears, for wihlch the other, members of the fam- "I s."v 'nr a few day's- before sh left h-ome." sakl Dr. Roarer Durham, the fanvUy pnysician. '"She -as ner- UU! "VT . .u muri.u. Bee complained that she had not been do- iiKe to luave oone. 1 tnink she may ha.ve wandered away in a state of aphasm, because of her nervous con dition and may therefore be found be fore a great length of time." Miss McCatin was a social worker in Brooklyn. She is twenty-three years old and a pretty blue-eyed blond. Robert G. iJcCann, the well-to-do father of the missing' girl. Is con nected with a large wholesale groc ery firm in Brooklyn. HIGHEST VELOCITY WAS AT TAINED YESTERDAY AT 11:08 A. M., ALTHOUGH WIND RE MAINED HIGH ALL DAY. Tjie highest wind velocity' during yesterday was thirty-eight miles and this was reaehed at 11:06 in the fore noon." The weather bureau displayed storm warning signals throughout the day and these were not lowered until last night when It was learned the storm which was off the mouth of the Mississippi river, had passed Into the interior. From early yesterday morning until 10 o'clock last night a high and cold iirevaueu, ine temperature va .r,ie? ??iXy. f1 d?in-ees during the entire day, the highest being fifty degrees and we lowest torty-rour degrees. CHRISTMAS CHEER FROM WHITE HOUSE Washington, Dec 23. Christmas cheer went out from the White House yesterday to hundreds of the needy in Washington by direction of the Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson and their daugh ters, Margaret and Eleanor. Before the President's family left for Pass Christian, Miss., Tuesday night, de serving families in the capital had" been listed for practical Christmas gifts. Many of these had been discovered by Mrs. Wilson and her daughters by per sonal investigation. Accordingly two large automobile trucks left the White House early today loaded with turkeys, ham:; ves- tariC9, cooked foods of many kinris fruits and nuts and a glittering array ' ot toys ana tuck nacKs tor children of the poor. The entire day was taken ' up by the White-House attache's in! miir he, deliveries. ; j me irresiaea iai i,nrisimas giving was by no means the only evidence of the fcofiday season st the executive mansion, however, for gifts of the president and members of his family arrived constantly throughout the day. They wil be held here but the family will be notified at Pass Christian of the nature of the presents and the names of &e givers. WIND' VELOCITY-. WOILES ofP ensacoia Distribution By St. Nicholas Girls Features Christ mas Day HUNDREDS OF LITTLE ONES MADE HAPPY Wonderful Sight is Wit-J nessed When the Children,,,' Eager and Waiting WitH! Keen Anticipation Pict ured in Their Faces, Rej ceived Gifts Which Madcjf Them Happy i At 9 o'clock: yesterday mvrmirw? th.i sun, that nad been hidden undePj threatening clouds, beyan to shine wltV a brighter promise, that was f ulfllled , by 10 o'clock, when the children had gathered in -the big room In tho Blount, building, on Garden street, whera Santa Claus and the St. Nicholas Girl, with their aides, had gathered, anrt where, alight with twinkling bulbs oC green and red knd yellow, a Christmas tree spread its friendly branches, laden with the fruits of goodwill and tha flowers that bloom only for little chil dren at Christmastime. They caame, very quietly and gravely, littie brothers and sisters, with tli shadow or. their faces that want en graves. And there were mothers, with, babes In arms, and littie toddling- ones, clinging to their skirts. It was strange and wonderful sight to watch these children. Quiet they were, and very, very still. They stood in rows and watched the Christmas tree, with its twinkling lights and its bea.utifl to5';i and scarcely spoke one word to another. This was at first, before Santa Claus came. Then there was a stir. A whi-pfr r-t excitement eddied through the crowd, a murmur rippled alonsr the outskirts, as Santa Claus passed from one to another. Then the murmur deepened, until it became a bnza, then. like. the un dertone of the sea it grew and grew until one could scarcely hear fM- the ea.ger, glad young voict-s and the te stacy of Chrietma' was in thp air. Jt reached out snJ gri- r.-n tho rt. f rh'l"aJ-" stood. ' ja,.:Jer;t atml U r t -he chaldren, as they wailed icr a I to assemble in the wide hall, and frr the photographer to take the piMii of the sjrmg. crowd of bos and gir.s .ri,.r tr,. st wihr.i,, rT:' Christmas tree. Then there was an explosion a flasU and the picture was snapped and tha children surged forward again to tha ropes, which divided them from the tree and. the countless toys, arranard on long tables, piled high with gi'ts. Then a horn blew. Another! an other! and another! A whip cracked! a cap pietol fusllade shocked the cars pleasantly! and the fun was on! After that it was a kaleidoscopic scene of children and children and rue; re children. Girls wttii b&sketa of toys, were lost In mobs of eager, smil ing, longing Iittl girls little gtrla who had asked od Santa Claus for dolls who shut and opened their eye an-l got them. Ldttie girls who had asked for workboxes and got them. Llttlo girls who had asked for tea sets and got them. And boys had swords and - drums, and their were bats, and fames, and nreworks and candy and oranges and trains and puzzles and little stoves, ard books and woolly dogs, and funny mon keys, and every kind of toy. It almost seemed, that any Uttla girl or boy could want. And how they wanted them! How they crowded about the girls and men distributing, with eager faces and waiting hands! It was a wonderful sight and pitiful. There were tears in many ere, t- they walched these children. III ela! and pallid faced, stretching out their hands for the gifts of tha Christmas- tide. Strong men felt their eyes grow dim, and were not ashamed. But the children their eyes weri bright with happiness, and their hap piness was lefiected in the faces f those around them. If there r'. tears behind the tears was the joy in the gladness of tho children, tha'c nothing can dim. There was a mother with seven lit tle ones and one of these barefoot, on Christmas day. She went away not only the richer for the toys, but with a purse made up by several men' vitKjvv3 .-.V. V(1 .1 I . , - joy. -Mi . 4 . . . am niose who naa worked for this Christmas tree were gla. in the knowledge that not only these children were made happy, but that there were others, whom the St. Nicholas Girl hnt reached, who could not come to tU Christmas tree, and some who ivouhl be made happy by the toys left after the distribution. Between three hundred and forty and three hundred and fifty ickets ww distributed by Mr. Paui.en for th-; Christmas tree, and many who eouid not go to the distribution were care-! for before and after the celeration. The St. Nicholas Girls Christmas tree was an unqualified succe&s, and next year such another tree will be. held, only on a larger scale ana with a wider scope. At l?ast, that Is what The Journal hopes for, and shall work for. with the consent of the St- Nicholas-GirL who has made such a wnn- lerful success of the work she has ac- l-iur me vuuuren at ims Christmas season. THKiiii KILLED BY EXPRSS TRAIN Hammonton, N. J., Dec. 25. Three young men distributing Christmas packages near here yesterday were killed when their wagon was struck by a Reading express. The victims were Clifford bit, Milton Dilger and Dunk el all of Hammonton. V