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REGISTER NOW! PENS AC OLA WEATHER Increasing cloudlne Mon Yeaterdtfy's temperature; day, Tuesday fair except J Highest 62 degress, Low south portion, light winds I est 43 degrees. You ernot vote m the primary unls you rsjie ter, and the final limit is alrro?t up. VOL. XVII. NO. 33. PENSACOLA. FLORIDA. MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WORLD'S FIRST NAVAL AERONAUTICAL STATION OPENS HERE TODAY WITH FLIGHTS OVER PENSACOLA BAY AND THE GULF BY ENSIGN CHEVALIER AND OTHER AVIATORS " 3I El ( H ill 1 fiCII PJ H K H flril i feel's '.Jk-'Vy JLJkJV I if V,2' it A i AGED MRS. KILLED FOR MONEY Men Who Committed Crime Secured At Least $2,000.00. the $1,000 IS FOUND IN AN OLD MATTRESS Known That the Aged Wo man Had Large Sums of Money Hidden At Her Home and About Her Per Son and Robbery is Believ ed Motive of Murder Two Suspects Are Under Arrest. SPECIAL. TO THE JOURNAL.. Bonifay. Feb. 1. That the aged Mrs F. R. Chaneey, who was found dead ncrr her home recently, was murdered for money, and that the parties secured at least $2,000, has become known as the result of the coroner's jury inves tigation, which has been in progress for the past week. The two women arrested, both of whom are alleged to 1 of ill repute, have been released by the jury, there bein? no' evidence to connect them with the affair, while the general belief is that the husband, who is also in jail, is equally inno f ,-r r He strongly protests his guilt ;.'.! .k : i-ts he was shocked when he : a- i.ei wife dead. i u- i , : . r . Sapp and Herman, tenants ;s h" r'M:-ry place, have been ar- I.'-' u:al ;ri held in Jail, cnargea ;;n the "him'.t. The , husband will n-f: :j. prcll-ninary hearing before d T v Vn Tuesday morning. He . if . 1 1 -resented by Ma this Weeks, " 31.CCC IS FOUND. ".hat the nmrd.T was . committed by fr '!' who knew the aged woman .' d i re svms of money about her I:.-m- and carried much of it p bout her rcr r, is the 1 elief thut exists here A .search of the premises by officers rp'oaleJ $1,000 in cash, which was found- hidden between the mattresses of one of the beds at the Chancey home. That the murderers secured $2,000 is the belief and they evidently thought this all the money the woman possessed and did not take the trouble to search the homo or they might have found the 51,000. Other sums may be secured about the house. ELECTRIC LIGHT IN ARCTIC ZONE BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. New York, Feb. 1. The right Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe, protestat Epis copal bishop for Alaska, who has been in this country since the general con vention last autumn, has arranged to supply light for Point Hope, one of the centers of the missions he has estab lished. Point Hope, which is in continuous darkness for a considerable portion of the year, will soon have an electric plant. This will be designed and built by Dr. Temple of the engineering de partment of the University of Penn sylvania. Power will be obtained by wind mills there being a superabundance of wind upon the bleak coast. Not only light iut a certain amount of power will b furnished. Point Hope Is far with in the Arctic circle and is the most northern mission of the Episcopal church. BABES WERE THE TWO DEFENDANTS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Philadelphia, Feb. 1. Two children, three and four years old, and said to be the youngest defendants ever be fore the court, were arraigned In the Juvenile court here yesterday on chrges of malicious mischief. "Where are the defendants?" in quired Judge Gorman, when the case was called. "Here they are," said the mother. carrying the younger child In her arms and leading the other by the hand. "You don't mean to say those babies have been charged with anything and arrested for It?" exclaimed the Judge. "Yes" replied the mother, glancing scornfully at the complainant, a wo man neighbor, who explained that th children had broken a window In her house The court reprimanded the com plainant, adding that he would see If measures could not be taken to pre vent other children of such tender years of being arrested In the future. CREW OF BARK LOST. Falmouth, England, Feb. 1. CapL Lorenz, the first officer and seventeen of the crew of the German bark Hera, lost their lives today when the vessel struck a rock as she had almost con cluded her voyage. Five men were saved. CHANCEY Aeroplane Race Around World; Purse$ 100,000 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. New York. Feb. 1. The Aero Club of America announced today it had given Its sanction to an aeroplane race around the world, to be started from the Pa nam a -Pacific exposition grounds at San Francisco in May, 1915, and to be completed at the same place within ninety days. The first prize will be one hundred thousand dollars. SPOT LOCATED WHERE LINER MONROE SUNK Divers Will Be Sent Down Today and an Effort Made to Recover the Bodies of Large Number Drowned. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Norfolk, Feb. 1. The exact spot at which the old Dominion steamer Mon roe was sunk by the Merchants and Miners steamer Nantucket was located today by the revenue cutter Onondaga. The Monroe Ies twenty-four miles west and one-quarter south of the winter quarter lightship and almost at the exact spot where the collision occurred. Fifteen feet of her mast is visible above the water and a red light was placed on the mast to warn passing vessels. The wrecking tug I. J. Mer- ritt is standing by. She has two divers aboard who will make an effort to go down to the sunken steamer tomorrow. Every effort will be made to recovei the bodies believed to be on the Mon roe. The vessel will probably be blown up. TexasMcrchant Given Liberty By the Federals BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Laredo. Tex., Feb. 1. Samuel Cantu, a merchant of Lampasas, Mexico, whose release by the Mexican federal authorities was demanded by the Un ited States on representation that he was kidnapped from the American side of the boundary, was turned over to the United States consul at Nuevo La redo today. Cantu was ordered shot immediately after ho was arrested, but the execu tion Was halted by United States de mands. MILITIA HONORS ARE DISTRIBUTED BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Feb. 1. Geographical honors were fairly distributed in the militia organizations which made practice with the big guns of the coast defenses last year. The marine coast artillery militia, with Captain E. A. Reid's battery, had the highest figure of merit with twelve Inch rifles; North Carolina witn Captain F. L. Page's battery, took the lead with the . 12-inch mortars; Cap tain Clarence Parker's Washington battery scored first with ten inch rifles; Captain E. A- Mett's North Car olina battery took the lead with eight inch rifles and Captain George W. Mock's Washington battery made the best record with the six inch rifles. "KANSAS" LEADS IN COMPETITION BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington, Feb. 1. The battlesh'p Kansas, with a record of 134.602 led in the navy ' department's engineering competition for the six months ending December 31, last, the department an nounced today. The Iowa was second and the New Jersey last. The department regards the steam ing, efficiency of a naval vessel second only in importance to accuracy of fire and recently began standardizing and placing in competition the engineering forces of the service. The results thua far have been highly gratifying. SOCIAL LEADER WHO WILL DEVOTE REST v f fZZ ' f-W f . c? - j r r' j,1 nil',),!'! W! V" ' -r ill i' " Mr. and Mrs. Robert Go Daytona, Feb. 1. Mrs. Robert Goe let, society leader of New York and Newport, who came to Florida last week following the commencement ot her divorce action in Rhode Island, is living a secluded life here, and, it is said, is devoting practically ' all of her time to her art. It is Mrs. Godot's ambition to become a famous painter. This explains her determination to ob tain freedom from her multi-millionaire- husband. Intimate friends of Mrs. Goelet who have known her since girlhood are not surprised at her action in seeking a divorce. Nine years ago as the beauti ful Miss Elsie Whelen of Philadelphia, she was admired and courted by many "desirable" suitors from both Europe and America. It is said that of them all she loved but one but he was poor. Goelet had $35,000,000. He loved her almost to the point of madness. He was the "catch of the season" of many seasons, in fact. Her mother was anxious for the match. The girl final ly said "Yes," though the word did not come from her heart. Her great passion, everi then, was to paint. She knew she eould never love Goelet in I II i 11 it i Hi t it ? "-.x Mississippi Moors at the Navy Yard Dock Suffragettes Get After the LondonBishop BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. London, Feb. 1. Suffragettes today set up a chant at St. Michael's church during a service conducted by the bishop of JLondon. who had aroused their ire by declaring- there is no truth In the allegations that suffra gettes in the Holloway jail are sub jected to torture whiie being foroiblv fed. The disturbers were removed. An attempt by the women to reach tht bishop as he left the church was frus trated by the police. ALLEGE THREE ARE THE BANK ROBBERS Shreveport, La., Feb. 1. W. G. Cole, H Jor.nson. H. F- Cham-.ers and Sam Hennesan have been placed under ar rest at points in Louisiana and Texas i and have confessed according to po lice to the robbery of the Bank of Lo gansport. at Logansport, La. yesterday. Cole was arrested near Joaquin, Tex., Johnson in Shreveport and Chambers and Hennegan near Tenah, Texas. Cole in his confession to the arresting- officers gave a description o the place where tha $7,00u stolen was cached in. the woods near Loansport. SEEKS DIVORCE OF HER LIFE TO ART I 1 ii--" 1 I'll1 J""- - ii ii . r -h &4 IfiVO EAtiwwOC elet and their son Ogden. spite of his millions when she mar-.-, ried him- v .. Though Goelet's love' for tria wife has apparently remained as it .was when he married her, their life to gether was not happy. He showered hundred of thousands of dollars in gifts upon her gave her an unlimit ed allowance, last summer begged to build a new house for her that should cost a million dollars -but all to. no purpose. It is related by a friend of the Fair that after the birth of the sec ond son, Peter, three years ago, the happy husband gave his- wife a new pearl necklace .that cost over $100,000. "I would so much rather have a studio fitted up with the money that cost," waa her only comment as she accepted the gift. From that time on things went from bad to worse. Mrs. Goelet then be lieved, and does now believe, that she in cut out to do a great picture. But she believes she can not give the froest and fullest play to her powers until she has obtained her freedom. The Rhode Island court will dispose of her case in March. First Time in History That a Battleship Has Gone Alongside of a Wharf At a Port On the Gulf Coast. I j Pensacola's claim to the title of Deep Water City is given added strength by the fact that, for the first time in j history, a modern battleship is tied up to the docks here. The battleship Mis sissippi, still in the first line and among tb.e iartest in the United States navy only a l'.-w years a.o, is now j moored to the concrete dock at the- j navy yard. This has never hannened ; before in Pensacola or at any point' ! on the pralf. I Tiie Mississippi draws twenty-seven feet of water, is three hundred and j seventy-nve rcet ions, nas a seventy seven foot beam, displacement of thir teen thousand tons, has a speed of seventeen knots, carries in all t'nirry six guns (four twelve-inch rifles, six teen less than four-inch, twtnty four inch and over), and has a coal eapacitj of eighteen -hundred and twenty-four tons. She was not ordered built untii ""arch of 1903 and was launched and but in commission several years after that time. SIX DEPUTIES ON TRIAL. Ploughton, Mich., Feb. 1. Six deputy sheriffs will be placed on trial here tomorrow, charged with killing Alcise Tijan and Steve Putrich, strikers, on August 14. The charge is second de gree murder. Tijan and Putrich were the first men killed in the copper mine strike. Eight Naval Aviators of Note Aoze; 4 Will Repair and Build All Classes of Flying Machines At the Pensacola Navy Yard Commanding OfHeer TS. C Mustin, who lias charge of the battleship Mis sfssippi, as well as tne aeronautical station, fluted yesterday that he was preparing to open the iiachina hop at tho yard in it very few day;-:. Tin arruFinnes will be repaired here n as soon a? possible new aircraft V b built at ti yard, the machinery thtre ix'ing- capable of manufacturing parts for almost any-- kind -.:' water or air craft. Capt. Mn-nm stated that within ten days all of the air craft iu-re will have been assembled, housed in their indi vidual tents along the beaon, chutes to the calm waters of .the bay constructed, and aviation practice will be in prog ress from early morn till sunset each day. It is expected that the speed rec ord of sixty-two miles an hour will Vie broken a the atmospheric condi tions here are found to be ideal for aeronautics. Commander Mustin said there is nothing arloat in this hemis phere which can h passed by t'ro Curtias flying boats. The French navy has a hydroplane which is equip ped with n air propeller but does nut rise from the water. This makes. SO miles. "CATAPULT" TO BE BUILT. Landing on the battleships is not so necessary because the flying boats can alight in the water near the dread noughts and be lifted to the decks with ease, but there musi be some means of rising from the decks of the men of war. A new experiment will be tried at Pesnacola a catapult", as the men of the avy xvili. caK it, w ill ba built on the deck of the Mississippi with which to shoot the fiyir.g ma chines off into the air. The hydro planes cannot rise "frtfm the water at sea because there it is too rough, a speed of fifty miles an hour being nec essary for a ris. and this tpeed can not be attained on the high seas. If the "'catapuit" proves a success on the Mississippi they will be installed on all oi the new dreadnoughts. Tht "catapult" on the vessel will be similar to the runways on the beach -which now lead from the water to the lent overed "hangers" which contain thu winged boats, except that the "cata- ,.711 ' n-iTl ha :i i t'i riHf i t It A.n t ' , . i - - - .... - iricaliy driven apparatus to dm a the plane far out into the air. Something of this nature has been .triod once before with some sue-.rcss. but tho aerial navigators of today have not as yet found an absolute substituto for the running start method. In or der to make naval aeronautics of prac tical value, some way to depense with the running start miij-t be dis covered. Experiments leading to this end will be conducted . here- WEIGH ONE TON EACH. Fully equipped and provided virn oil. gasoline and two aviators, th flying m o chines now used by the navy weigh a i'atle loss than two thousand pounds. I.andirvg in ro-.uli water will ! one of the lY-aturta of the practice at the. aviation school. Capt. Mustin stnteo to the Journal that he had no authority to give civil ians atria! joy ridi-s. that such per mission wouid have to bo obtained from Washington. SHE PAYS EXPENSES OF FARM TENANTS ,a.- . v i - - ' - --vll .- '.y-r' -k- Mrs. Mathew T. Scott. Thirty farm tenants of Mrs. Mathew T. Scott, former president of the Daughters of the American Revolution, have just commenced a course in ag riculture at the University of Illinois. The expenses are all being defrayed by Mrs. Scott. r , x J.'d..-'-rJ,i l Aeronautical 7 he Officers and A via tors A board the Mississippi n, C. Mustin, Heutf-rrir.t o"n: -manrir, V. S. N.. commantlin U. S. S. Mississippi and nav'l aeronautical station (a qualified aviator.) I.teir'tnant ,ommnndr-r, "-n-tlve officer of U. S. S. Ms isipp;, W. O. Itoper. Senior lieutenant, Jack 11. Ton ers, aviator. Iiieut. J. M. Murray, atria tor. Licut. J. II. Bi-ocks. Lieut. P. X. 1,. l-:t-ranger, s ia tor. Lieut. R. C. Paufley, aviator. Lieut. V. I. Herbster. aviator. Ensign W. L. iStoiz, aviator Ensign Godfrey de C. Cl.ev;';- ', aviator. Ensign TV. I. Ijflmont, aviat--'-. Past. Assistant f'ayTnia cr ,1. H Gunnell. Past Assistant Surgeon Georo F. Cott1. J. L. Callom, a representative of the Curtiss factory, an aviator, is stationed nt the yard ;is an in structor in the aeronautical school. RE PREDICIE FOR THE WEE nOWeVCr tile J euipt'iTttures j in the Gulf States Will mt be Low and Rains Will Occur Middle of .. nY associatf:i. thk. AVaishlngton, I'fl. 1.--j"v.i iitrj own n - storms are fxpect-d to oros.s in try from the west t'uis wi.- T i' . weather bulletin tonight says the iir.-t Iart 'of the wuK 'M he f-'r over -.la-eastern central and s-jutliirn r-orriuris of the country -uita mixK r;' te tf-ni-leratures as a rale, although tli-av will be light fronts MonJay mornins in northern 'Florida. The bt-i.-ond disturrianee i -;i"-ted tj appear on the north Tuesday or Vedneda. Paeitle coast Jn the- Houtli cenerally fair weather is lnua.-aU'M with probable local rains in the gulf otates toward the middle of the. w';k with higher temperature. GRESSION LEADERS READ! FORHARDWO . , . . i . . ' j j Plails. Mapped tO rtlll UCll Legislation Through Con gress As Is Desired by the Administration. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Feb. 1. The' xtnsion of arbitration treaties and general cleaning up of the nation's foreign re lations, anti-trust legislation and rural credit enhancement through the es tablishment of land mortgage banks for the farmers, legislation authorizing the government to build or purchase a railroad in Alaska, and revision of the immigration laws appear today as the main guide posts for the administra tion leaders in the course of the pres ent session of congress- WINTRYSTORMS it C1 utation Chevalier Will Be Fir to c Flier lit From Fcach At Yani STARTS S O'CLOCK THIS MORNING lie Will U-e n Curt 15 Hy droplane. Which Is Oiilr Air Crafs At the Station Com jiletely A s - e i n h J e 1 Another Will 15c I'e.nlv in- . ruTnor n :ui : F.tii: Will Sioil liMy Make FliVhi -.1 , t ',- Jol'l"' .i ::i ! erf a! f-: CTi.om! ' of t!"' .1 ;iCOI'lnl r. - a 11 ..-.irli J ni v i, at 1 1 :n-i 1.-., i'i; ! - raft ivtn- i !l. :! I I 1 1 a . y j l! ira: fl.;,::t rd. II. .-.t Oj :n.'-a il v, ill 1,- I III- I 'll' v oil- .f lii. 1 1 ; r has I10W at t pi.-t-'K yard v an aN'ii foil' o! In r v, ii I af 1 1 ri'i 'o" and w : liiate . Lii.'-iyti t 1- wiii-i I. A ce t Ye hum n-1--r J 1. v ll.e b.tli. .-ii';. Mi,. -.-111 --il.-J " y (hi!" P'lt :i.ta nn-ra- ' , iiir at ; i . ' 1 . i 1 1 ti iij ?: t -'in. -a i!..i i 11 of 1 a'. ha lam- s-ir a 1,-, i.s- -! V .".I ".! l.t of tioa, ,!' :---'iiT'.' -I.H-ut'-.a-et ,f r . K s-'t.-ltz .11 1! Luiiii a fri )i: i : rn- j. a n 1 or. tee a t i--t ftri c:n!t "i vi vy t.'u ; 1": 1 : i ' 1 ; " S -n i i 'T Tow r;-, i.'lii-va lit r, ii' ' ,! i'a; hi-'!'!, f I'm -tf, . i w : . : a r. I in t lm :. . v; ' ' ie v a ; i,-r ha f : a- .1 1 ui ra nks i t i jjtor.-. of t h(!i in '1 a' '.al. ,ja. ', 1 i-)i. u.l. AVIATION SCHOOL PLANS. A n ;,- . ai itiw' ..' :!: J-nrnrJ lien! y sta iriv :e :-.o-n at t!.e Pen- a-i;la r..' - ' :::, i " 'i ' h- I" " furlh no rat I'Ton.int. .-.!: . 1 1.1 lii: ::!,: Plain- I'l'P'V! I-1 I -f i This is t; i I a i re ii i 1 1 ' th- al-ia . , t i ' r-1 -f t .i- a? a Tin . tian :. !:!;. M oi- - -.nj; corps t n U: ..in ".rc. inlfiiiia,-'. CHItF AVIATOR COMING. Capt. Mirk I., liri ", u ia' ! I ci:--ir i -f ,-.:! t'-ifi f-i o'i ' i r ,-cs- of I .a - x- v.-it !i o'fl i- :'i ;. I- ': r! iia-n 1 i ' ri la l r . a : o'--lo. Wa-iiin:: TiTsitiy I ' .-'ri ? i f will ' "-no it i-aille loi a i.' a a t : ..f tie f'.c ati'n not ! 'a pt i ',r . . s i i a 1 1 ' a i la: v ia-'1 l lii r.l ii I im i f ii.-. W-'i t . r - i a; of a pr-i f.ji ' rnmer; J ri-; ' -i i ion wi ris -,v 1 1 -1 1 ii;inn 1 1 1 1 1 i tt 'I I ii" 1 M-a3 -el i: I .11.! M;-i r.-- a- ! ' l i : r--1 a EIGHT MACHINES HEflE Tra-re ,ii.- im u;at machines nf tia- ta .'.in. ft v ri .-f waii'i a rri . f i witt) i he " 1 1 i .- i ; i : On- i-atiM-i .f Nj,f-e-:-' .i:i i from I :, I '. ry. nr ravircr lat w'a ! ' n aeeoiint "T : sh-irtai' in tb--' s.jppiy of d y nuiiit to f u.-d in ' leariiii- the bejteh. only two of tin- 'raft b.tve re-en a.-.--'mbItJ Howi.'V.", it is ao-.ied 1 o have th'tn all set :; t-y Tu r-l,y "in n Capt. I Bristol irri vi.-s. 'ot;foaii'a- .".f!jtln Intel yc-i-t' rii.e after? n that fiyir.g v.o tM tin.i'-' t br oiijbivU belay. ! FLY OVER GULF FOR HOURS. f Cap'.. Ma-tin ,s arr-rir-e hi... andierc yesterday v.-Uctt l,- stated th-'-t t-lD niil te-' made o'-i-r rhc sulf. thi n!r ni'-ti voii.K ! :-' a for in my ini'eK snl reinair.in-' -en po-s'biy r"!' four or riv hour s at a tim- , He aid the niacbnie i would -oar aetv ceii twu and thrp tlMiasa nd f.-er. aiiove the farfa'-e and in ail Wirertjwna beyond tb- rea-h of th j naKe-l eye. Twei . v !a(or ;,.re earrie-i j in ea cb trip tii ii oni may r-l'-fv lie- on. er- ai. i ., r,, j j ae ;n i it'M will atf'-'iia! to I-.i ea k all r-.i-or-la for Iom? rion-.-ioii run:-. The pr'nt r-c- I ord U ihtrte.. n hn-jrs without nlb-t'tir-r Ti:' y v i.l not r-bciit in fiio rough w-'iti ) t.b'- git'f )( ea it 1" im- j- !. there, a KJee-1 of rnir ti an t-C.y nn''S an hour bir.g n-r,.. s.ry In order for tb mrif-hln-i to shoot aaow t'f- surfaee. This np--e1 ciniiot ' r'-o-bi-J in rout 1 1 wan-r-. Tb'-refore, on'C in the p-jlf fh" mar., bird niit star alio: the surface. The sl'-w-xt ma '-bine her" is a Wright, which nir)ke- for!y-f!e milfy ,-ir, ho.ir the ot hers a eragre sixty. C'apt. Mus tin said the trip to I'enhacola from the a ni r.-vihl easily rnftdfj In ?evon niinuti.?. Avl.iti--n in the AmTi can navy, ft appeAra, is i.-y . no mtan's in its infancy. Ail en.,gns and lieutenants who ie sire to learn aeronautics and join tha aviation corps will be sent to Pen sacola for instruction. The govern ment doe.-! not ordr K-ny nrhrer to enter th:r- da ngi-rous bran-h of th service. All the members of ths avia tion corps are volunteers, but receive I i i 1 (Continue l on Fas Two)