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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. Fair Saturday, Sunday In creasing cloudiness and warmer, - probably rain Yesterday's Temperature: Highest, 51 degrees Low est, 42 degrees. VOL. XVI. NO. 360. PENSACOLA. FLORIDA. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' ij n SWT IS COASTPEOPIE Directs Work of Extinguish ing Blaze At A Gulf port Residence WAS RETURNING FROM GOLF LINKS Discovered the Home of Judge Neville On Fire and Instructed Two Chauffeurs and Two Secret Service Men How to Quench it- Receives Telegrams Con gratulating Him on Pas sage of Currency Bill BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Pass Christian, Miss., Dec. 26. Pres ident Wilson's work as a volunteer nre chief has made him the hero of the gulf coast. The word has spread that the watchful eye of the nation's chief executive had spied smoke curling from the roof of the Gulf port heme of Judge J. II. Neville and that the president stopped his . automobile., calmed Mrs. Neville and directed the work of two chauffeurs and two secret service men in ouenchir.? the flames.- The presi dent, in the White House automobile. was returning from a game of golf Jate this morning when he discovered the. blaze and directed the work. He took no motor ride this afternoon, ! PRE .1H EM EYES oort rested, dictated a few letters and Houston, Texas, New Orleans, Atlanta, read scores of telegrams that had been Cincinnati- and Cleveland. The ad pouring in congratulating him on fois vantages of many others will be. con fuccess in enacting the currency re- sidered and their advocates given a form law. chance to present their claims. .He was enthusiastic about the ell- mate today, which had been warm and sunshiny, compared with the chill and gloom of Christmas day. He spent the evening indoors with his family. ' READS OF DISASTER. President Wilson today read, for the . nrst time, meagre. .. press reports- e--t ceived here regarding the recent disas ter at Calumet, -Mich. He offered no omnent, ,TIi president -had received (Continued on page four.) FIRST BLIZZ Blanket of Snow Covers Many .Sections and Storm Along Atlantic Coast Is Known To Have Taken Toll of Life and Property BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Syracuse, N. Y., Dx 26. Syracuse and the outlying districts are blan keted today with a heavy snow. The first real blizzard of the winter is ragin-g, interfering with telegraph wires and trolley service. RAGED ALL NIGHT. Rochester, N. Y., Dec 26. A bliz zard which raged all night and con tinued with less violence this morning pfUyzed street traffic in this city to day. Thousands of workers were forced to walk to their shops. Rail road trains entering Rochester were very late. Reports from the country said roads were impassable on account of the drifted snow. FREEZING IN TEXAS. Dallas. Texas, Dec 28. The last of the summer roses which were still blooming in North Texas on Christmas morning were killed by a general freeze over the southwest last night. Roses in this section generally dis appear before Thanksgiving. The temperature at Dallas dropped to 25 above and frost extended to the coast, Galveston reporting a light frost at a temperature of 3S. The coldest point in Texas was Abilene, with 16 above rero. ONE LIFE LOST. New Yoik. Doc 26. The Forked River (N. J.) life saving station re ported today that two barges sank EaPERIEHCI G id OF THE 1 ;!TCn II I CI "Z1 . ' -VT m u nf that under an umbrella against a driving SJltiJ'tJllTn when the first car. a limousine! mast of one of the barges was stand ing and a man appeared on the top of it. Later the mast was carried away and the man not seen again. CUTTERS ARE BUSY. Washington, Dec 26. The revenue cutter Itasca was ordered to proceed at once from New York to Forked river to rescue- the barges. SCHOONER IN TROUBLE. Washington, Dec 26. Wireless ad vices to the revenue cutter offices early today from the U. S. S. Seminole re ported the schooner Augusta W. Snow, Jacksonville to New York safe and proceeding north. The Seminole left Cutiuu&i oa i'Aie four.) iLO HEARINGS TO DETER RESERVE CITIES Cabinet Officers Decide This the Best Means of Get ing Information WILL CONSIDER FOURTEEN CITIES Hearings Will Be Conducted In Each of Them and At the Conclusion the Com mittee Will Determine Which Are the Best From Every Standpoint and Select Twelve From Eight to BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. r-i wasningion, .uec it. -udiic near- ings will be held in fourteen large cit- ' ies of the United States under the or- n(Mil UW ilVII WlSXAlXAi uuc a LfiB.tiO eating regional hanks provided for in the ne wfederal reserve banking sys tem. The committee will fix the lim its for from eight to twelve districts into which the country will be divided. The list of cities where hearings will : be held, was announced tonight and includes New York. Boston, Chfcago, (St. Louis, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, Los Angeles, The twn cabinet officers. comDosintr the board, expect to conclude the j hearings about the time that the pe- riod given the national banks to an nounce their intention of becoming members, expires. This date -la Feb-j ruary twelfth. Thedates of the hear- j ingfv. are-not-definitely -fixed, but those In Atlanta and New Orleans will be between .January Sa,nd ?larchilfc4a The committee wants in ormation on the following points considered vital in ' determining the boundaries, and selecting the reserve cities. Geographical conveniences, involv ing transportation, communics'ion and facilities within the district; indus trial and commercial development; the needs of each section, involving the movement of commodities, business transactions, transfer of funds, ex change credits, established customs, trend of business developed by the present system of bank , reserves ,and checking accounts. It is declared that political consid erations will not be permitted to influ ence the committee. Applications for membership are i pouring in and it ' estimated that nearly one thousa v: have been re ceived, or one-seventh of the total national banks and trust companies eligible. Every section is represented, and nearly every big- city. The New York, Chicago and Boston banks slow, but it is believed they -will come later. U HURT BY FAST AUTOS Mrs. Gertrude Lee and Hus band Victims of Speed j Maniacs on Streets of New York, as They Were Crossing Street in Driv ing Rain Shower BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. New York, Dec 26. Mrs. Gertrude Lee, daughter" of Col. Philip F. Har vey, a retired United Statea army officer was killed and her husband, ! Richard B. Lee, Jr., was serioulsy In-, jured by two automobiles which ran j them down early today as they were , returning homo from Christmas din- f ner at the house of a friend. The Lees were crossing the street, struggling knocked trem down and the second, a taxicab, ran over them before the i driver could atop. Mrs. Lee died on ! the operating table at a hospital. Her J husband may recover. j arrested but released. The police started a hunt for the driver of the limousine which after the accident disappeared. Col. Harvey, here on a visit from Washington, had accompanied his daughter and son-in-law to the dinner and was walking ahead of them. He did not learn of the accident until he rered home. Lee is superintendent of transportation of the American Sugar Isnning Company. Mrs. Lee, before hC second marriage. wa.s Mrs. Mi WOW 0 5 Covills 5old. MINERS SPURN . IflOIYOFFERED T0BURY72DEA0 Bereaved Families Refuse to Accept any of the $25,000 Proffered MINERS UNIONS ARE! AIDING THEM Citizens of the Section Raise Public Fund and Offer it To the Families With the Best of Motives, But the Miners Believe Panic Was Started By Members of Citizens Alliance and De cline. :-V. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Calumet, Mich., Dec. 26. Not a sin- -fie or the S25.000 collected br the citizen's committee for the relief of the families stricken by the Christ- I mostly children, were killed, has been A 1 J 1.111. J 1 accepted by the bereaved households. The miners' union is firmly resolved not to accept non-union aid. Most of the 54 families accepted aid from the unions. me relief committee attributed this condition to the belief that a member f the Citizen's Alliance shouted the word that started the fatal panic in the hall, but are -confident the investigation win enow tms is untrue, ana that the man reported to have pushed his way 4o the door did not wear that organiza- (Continued on Page Eight.) REQUEST fiteuruiMiLu TO EXTEND AID Mikado's Ambassador Asks That American Govern ment Look Out For His Subjects in Mexico Who Have Incurred 111 Will of Rebels BY ASSOCIATED , PREStj. Washington, Dec. 26. -Japan is be coming alarmed over the safety of citizens in Mexico who have incurred the ill will of the rebels. The Mika do's ambassador today called on Act ing Secretary of State Moore, request ing the United States to do everything possible to protect Japanese in the border point. The acting secretary promised to instruct the American consuls in Mexico to extend the same care to the Nippones as to Americans. Apprehension is felt that the Japa nese would feel the weight of the reb els resentment because the federals are receiving shipments "of arms and ammunition from Japan, though the Oriental manufacturers are only ful fillin gcontracts made last April. Warships or the international fleet have visited most of the Mexico sea port and report nothing alarming, ex cept a growing scarcity of food. How to Get A Good Room Those who have good rooms to rent in the beat and most accessible loca tions naturally seek the aid of The Penaacola Journal's "Want Ad Way." They're pretty sure to get a quick response from the port of people they desire. If you want a room with plenty of air in it a room that is comfortably fur nished and well cared for start in now reading the "Rooms for Rent" columns ot The Journal. Mistakes are often made by being in too much of a hurry. The news of rooms to rent changes constantly. So if you don't find that which , pleases you today, look for it tomorrow. That's much better than moving your things into a " place and then moving them out again. But maybe you are ultra particular. There's a rem edy for that. too. Carefully write an ad for the "Rooms Wanted" de partment, describing your special desires. When they are expressed to your satisfaction you can leave with The Pensacola Journal West Florida's Great Morning Daily. JflHo 0 STATE AUDITOR WILL rJJAKE AN IfJl'ESIIGIIlO Will Make A Thorough Ex amination and Audit Books of Sheriff ' EXPECTS TO HEAR ' MANY WITNESSES Judge Jno. C. Avery, County Attorney,'; Receives a Let ter From the Governor Stating He Has Instructed the State Auditor to Pro- ceed Here for An'Investi-j gation A thorough audit of all books of Sheriff A. Cary Ellis, including his mileage accounts against the county for summoning jurors and witnesses and making arrests, will be made by the state auditor by direction of Gov. Park TrammelL In the .performance of this duty the state- auditor has been instructed to summon before him what witnesses he mlgrtit deem neces sary to testify regarding mileage charges or any other account the ! sheriff has submitted to the county for oavment since Jan uarv 1. when he assumed office This information Is. contained ; in a letter . to Judge Jno. C. .Avery, the county attorney,' from Gov. Trammell, end is in re-ply to the letter sent the governor by-instruction- of the -board of county, commissioners when the lat ter concluded an investigation of one day into the matter,-" . ' All of the evidence taken by the commissioners, and . forwarded th.o .gov ernor has been turned over to the state auditor; for- his' consideration in eontinuin the- Inquiry Into the-allega-- I tiono.f . ''padded bJUJby-tlre Iherlff. - , j; is statea me examination win be a very thorough' "dhe and" "will' go! into all matters r!atfnsr to the sheriffs 100 YEARS OLD Silver Coin Bearing Date of 1804, Highly Prized By Numismatists, Was Dug Up By Laborer While Making Excavations For New Ice Rink BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Nejy Haven. Conn., Dec 26. A sil ver dollar bearing' the date 1804, highly prized by numismatists, and under stood to be quoted at (3.500 for col lection purposes, was found here to day. William Sullivan, a laborer, excavat ing on the site of the new ice rink for the Yale hockey team, turned over with his shovel an old jar which rested on a boulder seven feet belw the surface of the street nearby. Under the bowl was a silver snuff box, made in Nuremburg and green with oxidi zatffm. In it was a United States sil ver dollar dated 1804, in good condi tion, a number of Connecticut copper coins, a continental note for $2, ser eral state notes and some rings. ' The metal articles were slightly corroded, but they rubbed up well and dates were plain. The notes had to be carefully handled to prevent disin tegration. The Northampton canal was close by in the old days and excavation showed a ledge of rocks on which the boulder rested, giving the impression that water formerly covered the spot. The snuff-box was taken to jewelers for examination. In It were: Silver dollar, dated 1804, with letters around the edge in place of milling; silver dollar, 1798; three Connecticut copper coins, 1787; Connecticut state bank note for 40 shillings, 1778; con tinental note of 1775 for three dol lars; a watch made in Strassburg in 1731; a deed of property written in old English, not yet deciphered, of date of 1697; a document dated 1728, with six Imprints on it which appear to be Im posts by the British government. The hall mark on the snufT box is of 1740. When it was cleaned, the 1804 dollar shDwed on one side a woman's' head with liberty and 13 stars above it and "1804" below it On the other side is an eagle with "E Pluribus Unum" as the motto. A -shield and -arrows and United States of America com plete the design. The words on the edge are 100 cents. LIKELY A FOREIGN COIN. New York. Dec. 26. Numismatists said today that it was extremely un likely that an American dollar of te date of -1804 had been found in New Haven, as reported, as the only known (Coatiaufd on Pags Four) DOLLAR FOili WHICH IS OVER Carnival Select Queen by 'Popular Vote Everybody Wants to Making the Christmas a i 1 i t r annual event THREEIGROES KILLED 1 A DAY I THIS COD All Shootings Occurred at Different Times and Places rDeputy Sheriff Killed Negro at Molino and Two Negroes arej Shot in the City , Two negroes, a man and a wonia-n; were killed in Pensacola": yesterday, while a third negro was killed at Mo- j lino, twenty-three miles north of here. oy 'Ueputy snertn isryant Harris. The woman was murdered it is alleged by her husband, . but no inquest has yet been " held o'r the, man : killed here. Deputy Sheriff Harris was arretted, but was shortly afterwards discharged from custody by a coroner's jury, which declared the killing of the ne gro at Molino a Justifiable homicide. The negro who murdered his wife has not been captured, but the man who killed the other one was arrested by policemen Immediately after the kill ing. Alphonso (alias Son.V-. Robinson 1 thevn!cro - wtio .murdered his . wife. While .'John Adams killed Gurney Johnson. 'The woman was killed at home in the northwestern portion of -the city and Johnson in a saloon 'at"th r.TtVr-'ct rrfr-r of Zarragossa and iJaylea streets;' -f-:'n-r" SHOT FOUR TIMES. The negro woman, Lizzie iigbinson, was killed at her home, corner of G and Wagner streets, about 6 - o'clock by her husband, Alphonso Robinson, a rous'about on river steamers plying out of Pensacola, He fired five times at her, but one of the bullets missed, tne other four striking her in body on the right side, causing her to die almost instantly. ' According to what her mother told Motorcycle Officer Harper, . the wo man tried to escape from her husband after he had threatened to kill her, and in her efforts to dodge him she hid behind the kitchen door, but he found her. From behind the door, the woman ran to the j'ard. but before she could . get out of the way he fired four bullets into her body, Kobinson left the place immediately after shooting his wife and has not yet been captured. SHOT THROUGH AND THROUGH. was killed in the saloon at the north- ; east corner of Baylen and Zarragossa streets, about 7.30 o'clock, last night i by John Adams, a bartender in the I place. He fired once at Johnson, a 3S- calibre bullet striking him in the right side, going through and through and passing through a 7-8-inch board In a partition which , divides the saloon from a restaurant. The bullet was picked up in the restaurant by Officer Simmons? who, together with Officer Saccaro. arrested Adams, who was taken to the city jail, but later turned over to the sheriff and locked up in ' the county jail to await the action of : r-r-'i irv nilav Johnson Aie ' while being carried from the saloon to J the police station, from which place his body was removed to Pou's un dera'king establishment. Adams claims that he was endeavor ing to stop Johnson from having a fight with another negro in the saloon. water bottle at him as he (Adams) i stood behind the bar, but the bottle j missed him and struck an ice box. He says that Johnson was in the act 0 . n . V. 1 kAftt. n Vim ' when he secured a pistol from a shelf behind the bar and fired one shot. Officer Simmons and Saccaro, who were near the saloon when the shoot ing occurred, say that Adams made no effort to escape, but handed over the pistol and submitted to arrest without any trouble, KILLED AT MOLINO. Charles Mack was the name of the negro killed at Molino by Deputy Sheriff Bryant Harris yesterday after noon. According to reports received in Pensacola, Harris was assisting the town marhsal-of Molino to arrest Mack at the home of the later for a viola tion of one of the ordinances of that place. When the two officers reached the home of the negro he fired once at them with a double-barreled shot gun, but neither of them was hit. Be fore the negro could fire again. Deputy Harris fired one shot at him, the bullet lodging In his right side and causing his death within a short time. The negro lived at Molino. AMBASSADOR PAGE'S DAUGHTER IN DANGER London, Dec. 26. Miss Katharine A. Page, daughter of Ambassador Walter Hlnea Page, escaped without injury when' an automobile in which she was driving yesterday smashed into a wall and was wrecked at Barnes, a. south western suburb of London. . Her companion, Haroid Fowler, the ambassador eTetary. was slightly "nrTii?d TY of 1914 is Help In An I ree I in rensacoia Merchants, Business Men And Citizens Generally Express Gratification to Miss Ella Ward, the St. Nicholas Girl, for the Suc cess of the Undertaking The big Christmas tree lor the chil dren Is a thing of the past, ' but the Christmas blossoms can never fade, and the fruits that were hung on the branches will bring forth other fruit, that will be sweet and fragrant through many years to come. The children were not the only ones who enjoyed Christmas day. The grown people enjoyed it, too. They enjoyed the happiness of the children, but most of all, they enjoyed the thought that it was through them that this happiness, had come to the children. The St. Nicholas Girl has brought happiness into many little lives, and through her efforts she has so aroused the interest of the men and women of Pensacola in her work, that next year the Christmas tree will be not only a bigger tree, but broader in Its work of love and the spirit of goodwill, for which it stands. When Miss Kila Ward, as The Jour nal's St. Nicholas Girl, began her work for the children of Pensacoia. the re sponse was ready and generous. But, at the end of her six weeks' work, she finds the ready spirit of generosity Intensified, and the interest so great that next year there will be no neces sity for any solicitation for the Doll and Toy fund. . :K very body loves children. Every-,, body wants to fie them happy. And It is .natural tcpa the heart and the porse strings at Christmastime. Most of the contributions to the St Nicholas Girl. Doll and Toy fund were volun tary. For it was especially impressed upon everyone that they Were asked to contribute for love of the children, ahdno other donations were wanted. How -nsiich evifrj-bjuy wanted to help has been demonstrated, and when the St. Nicholas Girl went about yester day, settling up her accounts with the merchants, there was nothing but goodwill and offers of help, from every side. Kverybody wants to help next year. Everybody thought it was a good thing and a beautiful thing, and. many merchants and others have expressed the wish to contribute largely to the cause next year. After settling all bills there will re main in the St. Nicholas Oir! fund at the American National Bank about fifty dollars in cash, which will be used to alleviate suffering amom the poor, several very needy cases having been reported by Mr. H. Paulsen, pro bation officer, and others. Miss Ella Ward, daughter of Mr. i and Mrs. John G. Ward, who has given ' her time and attention to this work j for the past six weeks, has earned the love of every child in Pensacola, and the gratitude of every man and Voman. man to undertake such, work as she undertook for the little children of the poor at Christmastime the season when so many. - forgetting the real spirit of Christmas, give themselves to merrymaking, with no thought of others, who are less fortunate. That her work was appreciated was shown in the ready response of the merchants, and others who contrib- t "1C vc,jr T ' if. TL . n S ITk"" 7 " "V .7 . .w ....v . ??b""n J?0 u!e' afnon eIn MJ; - H- ,Boy en dol,ars. Ir- R M- two dollars, and a Purse made up by several gentlemen. on om were Mr, N J Lillard. Mr. M. E. Clark, and others whose names could not be ascertained. The St. Nicholas Girl's Christmas tree has not ended the work for the children this winter. The Journal has other plans which will be announced i in a few days, and those who have "Stle ?nildren wiI1 be invited to tms- to' ... , , ONE OUESTION 30,000 WORDS LONG BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. New York, Dec 26. Hans Schmidt's attorneys brought into court today hy pothetical questions 30 000 words long. They expected to spend more than two hours reading these questions this aft ernoon or tomorrow to the alienists called by the state to prove that Schmidt was sane when he killed Anna Aumuller. Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald. one of J e state's medical experts, continued his testimony at the murder trial today. He-said that when Schmidt told him "God commanded me to slay Anna Au muller," he said to the defendant, "now Schmidt, you know you are lying- You know that that Is just a scheme of yours to pretend that you are insane and escape the consequences of your 1 At this Schmidt became greativ t -r- i cited, said Dr. MacDonald. insisted that oikers of lh--he was not Insane and that he wanted claim to have f- to die. DEWEY CELEBRATED I 76TH BIRTHDAY Was-hin-gton, Dec. 26. George Dew ey, admiral of the navy, began celebra tion of his 76th birthday by appearing early at his office to discharge the duties entailed upon him as president of the aavy general board. He received many birthday gifts and congratulatory telegrams from all partr of the country. Assured; Meeting is Held and Officer; Are Elected for the En suing Year GEORGE A. BERRY MADE PRESIDENT General Manager of Deep Water Route Will Direct the Work of Giving a: Successful Carnival and it Is Proposed to Give One Ot the Cleanest hver Witnessed one of the southern cities where Mardi Gras celebrations are staged each yeas on an elaborate scale shall not wane, and that there shall be no Interruption of these annual events which hav done so much toward advertising tv'" city to the outside world, stockh r of the Pensacola Carnival Ass? and public spirited citizens 1:" launched plans for the nfteeir Mardl Gras celebration in and made a most auspicioy by electing George A. mana-srer of the Gulf, bama railroad, as prn" A feature of the f" be the selection,.' carnival by pected by t thod that f the fif teer ' it is con not fxrf enjoyntf' Pensacf It is carnivj aroun' sary tj tures The' tc-mp! ' the plans comrf In tlf 'worM In sn celefet . . ' Thl IT VI Bloci TrJ KeA Excl Mayes Kennn Jr, Ch He-Tvey You?ig! J. E. I L. Re.l Hanlonv erts, Gk Morris Elkan, Ct Hamson, I son..' bl M Sirflivan, C. X D'Alemberte, Dt. Robert Anderson,! Knowles. F. F. L White, Thomas II. . H. Hanning, Fred Roei J. D. Carroll and Thorns) SCENE OF llli PLACED 0 MARTIAL Place Where Unemployed Men in Los Angeles Were So Disorderly, Resulting In Death of Several Riot ers, Now Patrolled B Militiamen BY ASSOCIATED PP.Ki. Los Angeles, Dec. 26. The historic Plaza district In the oider section of Los Angeles, where a riot among un employed men resulted in the death of one man and the injury of mor than a dozen ethers late yesterday afternoon was practically placed un der martial law today. City detective: hunted the Mexican quarter nearby lot Information concerning the reported death of two more rioters. During the night the police rdide i every restaurant, saloon, pool hall and lodging bouse in the vicinity of the Plaza, taking into custody all wh were -armed -or -who showed signs having taken part in th? riot. Durinsr their '"rTati.-ins the pohco visited the rend--r.vni of Industrial vVoi'!'l. where they n i !'!!?; jnd other weapons. . The riot occurrc.I !ai- yesterday afternoon when the i i i e attempted to break up a street rt-etins- attended by nearly l.Ouo unemployed men, most ly foreigners, at whi-:.-h speeches in citing to violence were made. In the fight which ensued Rafa! Adames, a Mexican was shot and killed by Harry Koenigheim, a pa trolman. The ofheer admits liririg sev eral shots into the crowd wh-n he saw a' Mexican point a r.-voivf r at another patrolman. 00: