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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
MOTHER BUSINESS
OF BOTH HOUSES
sy Associated Pres.

Washington, May 30.-Passage of
the government employees liability -.''I
and adoption OF conference reports on
the puhic buildings and deficiency ap-
p,opiation bills were accomplished to-
day. The vice-president tonight an
Aldrich, AIlson, Burrows, Halle,
Knox, Danieq, Teller, money, and
Bailey. as members of the currn~~--
commission recently authorized by an
act of congress. Knox is the only
senator on the commission who is not
a member of the committee on f.
nance.
Speaker Cannon appointed as mem
bers of the commission ON behalf OF
the house Vreeland. Overstreet, Bur
ton. Weeks, Bonynge. Smith, republi-
cans: Hadgett, Burgess, Pujo. demo
crats Only Weeks. Burton and Puio
fare members of the committee on
9bantdng and currency. In the house
today conference reports on the gen
eral deficiency AMI public buildings
bills were agreed to and a number OF
minor measures passed.
CURRENCY BILL SIGNED.
The president shortly before 10
O'Clock signed the compromise cur
rency bill. and presented the pen
used in affixing his signature to Rep
resentative Wilson. In coversing with
members. the president expressed
satisfaction as the accomplishments of
the congressional session
An hour after the arrival at the
capitol. the president had signed all
bills placed before him including
PUblic buildings, general deficiency
end government employees liability
Oils.
Congress adjourned sine lie at
80 tonight.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
SNAKE BITITs cHARMER
travelling Salesman Dies by Fangs of
Pet Serpent.
n Assocntet Press.

Louisville, KY. May 30--ChaT1eS
Conn, twentF-seFen years of age, Uav
cling salesman for a law book concern
and a M-Scn. Of Lexington, KY, died
here tOCss$ as the result of a bite by
a rattlesnake in the cafe at the Mary
Anderson tSeatre. Conn. who was for
nerly a civil engineer in Arizona.
claimed to be a snake charmer and
late last nignt took the reptile out
of its exhibition case in a spirit OF
bIavado. but was bitten twice. He be
came unconscious in a few minutes
and was taken TO a hospital. where
he rayed until death ended his sui
fering.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
SAYS POPE WAS
SUPPORTED BY
REPUBLICANS
Ran independently for Gov
ernor Against Perry and
Was Endorsed by Repub-
licans-Gen. Perry Won
by Large Majority, How
ever.
Pine Barren, Fla, May 80.

Editor Pensacola Journal
[ notice in The Journal of today
that Frank w. Pope is to deliver a
speech in Pensacola Monday night. /
just happen TO remember that FRANK
W. Pope made a speech in Pensacola
several year, ago. when he was an
independent candidate for governor
against General Perry. the democratic
candidate for that office
He said = great many hard things
about Gen. Perry, but Gen. Perry was
elected by a large majority.
Pope carried the negro vote as ne
was endorsed by the republicans and
ran on both the independent and re-
publican tickets. | wish some OF
your old citizens would ask him if he
TecoIlectS when he ran on the indie
pendent and republican ticket for gov
ernor of Florida
S. T WILLIAMS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
oNE-ARMED NEGRO HoNoRED
Ferryman Who Saved Life Of Mont
qonerian Gets a Medal.
N Assoclated Pc.

Montgomery, Ala, May 3O--A
medal was today given Bob Goodwin,
one-armed negro ferryman, who
saved the life of f. w Bliss, travel
ing passenger agent OF the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, few weeks
ago. Bliss and a companion were
thrown from d boat and the latter
drowned Bob got a boat to Bliss IN
spite of the handicap Of one arm
being gone, and pulled him out. Th9
medal was presented by Horace Hood
editor of the Montgomery Journal, ana
pinned on by Mayor league.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
HARMLESS SPILL WHERE
CEDRlN0 MET
DEATH
By Associated Press,

Baltimore, Md, May 30.-Eight
thousand spectators were given a
thrill during the last part of the 100
mile automobile race at PiInlico to-
day. under the auspices of the Motor
Car Racing Association, when, with
in 20 feet OF the spot where Cedrino
yesterday met death, the right front
tire of the car driven by j. Price
burst and the car crashed through the
fence and stopped 100 yards from
the track Price was uni1jured and
his mechanic escaped with slight
curt on the head.
The race was Won by Ellembach.
Time, hours. Al seconds. There were
six contestants.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
Used Mails to
Defraud Public
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, May 30.-Thomas c. Mil
Ter. president of the Marinette Gas
Engine company, and Frank l. Mon
roe. general sales manager of that
concern, were today sentenced IN
the United States district court to
Imprisonment for three years, follow
ing their conviction on the charge OF
using the mails TO promote fraud.
They sold stock to a large number
of people throughout the country and
made promises unable to fulfill.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
SERVICES AT
MEMPHIS, TENN.
Nv Associated Press

Memphis, May 3U--The graves OF
the federal dead in the national Gem
etery, several miles north Of this
city were decorated today and a pro-
gram of addresses and musical num-
bers carried out The principal ad-
dress OF the day was de-IVered by
Judge J. W. Vernon, commander or
Post No. ), G. A. r. There was a
large attendance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
KILLED GIRL and SELF
IN FIT OF JEkl-
OUSY r
Nv Associates press.

New York, May 30.-iln MT OF Jeal-
ours rage tonight, Herman Hitker IA
tally shot Miss Pauline Perdicky, age
10, and then shot himself. Hitker
heard that the girl was keeping COM
pany with another man and returned
from Olson to ascertain the situation.
He called the girl into another room
Immediately following .linner at her
home tonight, and the shooting fol-
lowed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
PATRIclDE TRIES SUICIDE
Beach Hareis Who Killed Brethitt
County Judge Unsuccessful.
BY Associates Press.

Jackson, KY, May 30.-Beach Har-
gis, in Jail here awaiting trial for the
murder of his father, Judge James
Hargis, attempted suicide last nighs
by morphine. The doctors who work
ed over him for several hours an
nounce that he will recover.
Allen CTeech, now on trial for muir
der, drank a pint of whiskey contain
ing strychnine today and is in a pre-
Carious condition.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
AUTO SKlDDED
Young Duke and Mrs. Farley Dicken
son Were Hurt.
BY AssocIatee Drsas.

Vile d'Avray France, May 3O.-Mr.
Duke, son of the president of the
American Tobacco Company. and Mrs.
Farley Dickinson were slightly hurt
yesterday by their automobile skidding
and overturning
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
BEAT YANKEES
AT BASEBALL IN TOXIC
BY. Associates Press.

Toxic, siMay 30.-The baseball team
of the American squadron have been
playing a series of matches with the
Japanese universities. The Japanese
Lave been winning most of their
games
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
KILLED ASSAILANT
OF HER DAUGHTER
Ry AssoeIated Press.

New York, May 30.-Declar-
ing that John Mara had com
united an outrage and assault
on her six year Old daughter,
Mrs. Teresa Phillips shot and
instantly killed Mara in Brook
lyn today She was arrested.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
OBSERVANCE IN
PARKWAY JAPAN
sY Associated Press.

Toxic, May 30.-Memorlal day was
observed by services in the American
hospital at Yokohama. The address
was made by the American ambaS-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31
Came Back to City.
Wounds Not Serious.

1t is not believed that the wounds
OF Musician Wilson will prove Of a
serious nature One bullet passed
through the arm Another lodged in
the leg and was extracted by the
post surgeons The third struck the
mead, but was a CHANGING shot. and
IS not considered serious The wound
ed man was placed in the hospita
hmm lately upon the arrival of the
car at Barrancas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-31

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
JOHNSON
DELIVERS ADDRESS

are the compensation of local agents,
the improvement of fire insurance
hazards and raising the standards of
qualification for local representation
of insurance companies.
The officers of the National Asso-
ration are as follows:
President, F. w. offenhauser, Tex
arkana. q.
Vice-presidents: J. W. Alexander,
Alexandria. La; E. w. Beardsley,
Hartford, Conn; B. L. Baldwin, Oma-
ha, Neb.; E. B. Case, Chicago, H.;
Fred Guenther, Detroit, Mich; F. G.
Lumpkin, Columbus, Ca, j. N. Man
ssn, Wausau, Wis; A. w. Neaie,
Cleveland, o.; H. N. Pinkham, Port
land, Me.
Secretary, Henry H. Putnam Mass.
Treasurer, W. H. Vaudeville. olesn,
N. Y.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
Attorney General Fletcher
Goes to Poplauille Today
in Bay St Louis Depot Case

issued after the filing of a petition by
citizens Of Bay st. Louis in an effort to
have the depot removed from its pres
ent location to the Front street cross
ing. They did not get what they asked
for, and the order as passed by the
commission. which is a sort of COM
promise, provided only for stopping
two trains in each direction at the
front street crossing, in addition to
making the regular stop at the depot.
Under the statutes the removal of a
case from the state to the federal
courts subject corporation to the
forfeiture of its right to do business in
the state, and this course will probably
be pursued by the authorities in the
event this case reaches the point
where such step becomes necessary
or 'expedient. The attorney general,
however, hopes the matter can be ad-
justed without the necessity for such a
course.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
ATTORNEY GENERALS
PREPARE FOR SUITS
Several of Them Still Keeping Their
Fire Close to the Fuse in the Belief
That Further Effort to Combine Will
Be Made.
Hearst News Service.

New Orleans. August 11.-That the
proposed pooling of interests among
the lumber kings of the country has
been abandoned as impracticable and
unlawful was made known in New Or.
leans yesterday.
1t is said that Frederick Weyerhau-
ser, one of the largest holders of
standing pine in the world, fiatlly re-
fused to enter the combine. This was
within itself enough to make the mer.
ger impossible, but eminent lawyers
rendered opinions showing that such
a combine would be in direct conflict
with federal and state laws.
In connection with the abandon
ment of the plans situation arose
which was not without humor The
Attorney Generals of Mississippi, Tex.
as and Missouri and some other states.
it is said, had begun their prepara-
tions to bust" the incipient trust. and
these plans were pushed along vigor-
ously after the lumbermen had aban-
doned their plan of consolidation. 1t
is said that even now, in some of the
states, the rust-busting" attorney
| generals have not finally been con-
vinced that the deal is off, and are
holding matches near their fuses in
order to be ready to stouch off their
suits at a moments n lice.
| Well-informed lumbermen here
said yesterday that while the proposed
consolidation would have been a good
thing both for the lumber manufac.
turer, and in the long run for the
consumer, at the same time the hos
tility which had been aroused, together
with the combined fact that the pro-
posed merger was unlawful and i'm
practicable, was an obstacle which
could not be surmounted.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11

st. Paul, Mimi, August 11.-An ad-
dress of welcome by Governor John
A. Johnson, of Minnesota, opened the
twelfth annual convention of~the Ma
tional Association of Local Fire In
surance Agents in this city today.
Brief speeches Of greeting were also
made by Mayor D. w. Lawler and
President F. H. Wagner, of the Min
nesato Association of Local Fire In
surance Agents. The report Of Presi-
dent F. w. Offenhauser, of Texar-
kama, was presented at the opening
session, and shows that the affairs of
the Organization are in satisfactory
shape.
The organization deals with insur-
ance questions affecting the interests
of local agents, and is composed of
thirty=fiye State associations. The
questions up for discussion this year
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11

Daily News Special.
jackson, Miss, August 11.-Attor-
ney General Fletcher left this morning
for Poplarville, where he goes at the
request of Attorney 3. J. Gex, of Bay
st. Louis, to resist the efforts of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company before Chancellor IT. A..
Wood, to remove their case at Bay st,
Louis, where they were ordered to
stop certain trains at Front street, to
the United States courts.
! Gen. Fletcher was notified yester-
day morning by wire of the intention
of the railroad people to apply to the
chancellor for the removal, and at
once got into communication with Mr..
Gex, who represents the people of Bay
st. Louis in the case, with the result
that both himself and Mr.. Gex were
present when the case came up today.
This fight is on the enforcement Of
an order by the railroad commission,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
CHASERS ARRESTED
ON SENSATIONAL CHARGES

inson, Miss Isabel Clarke. H. P. Dun
ham and Daniel Wecker, all of whom
were charged with '.outraging public
decency"
Because the police alleged she is
the acting head of the sect or church,
Mrs. Robinson was also held on a
charge of keeping and maintaining
a place for indecent purposes" She
was arraigned on the seperate charge
Mrs. Robinson denied, excitedly,
that women disrobed in order to
carry out their religious exercises, She
said that the Sisters prayed in a
room on the upper floor in the chapel,
while the ''brethern. prayed down
stairs.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11

New York, August 11.--Charged
with engaging in mad orgies, in
which it lis alleged that they wore
70 little clothing, the members Of
devil chasing sect in Brooklyn
ill appear in court tomorrow. The
sfendants, who are alleged to have
srformed their indecent rites under
% guise of religion strenuously as
,rt their innocense of any wrong
bing.
1t was ceremony known among
be sect, according to police informa-
Jon, as drawing the dragon" or
chasing the devil" that caused four
I the prisoners to be held In $500
bail. They were Mrs. Elizabeth Rob-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
All is Quiet
With Strikers
mBnnninghan1
Hearst News Service.

Birmingham, August 11.-All is quiet
today in the strike district Governor
Comer's proclamation calling on the
miners to observe the law or he will
use the military forces and posses to
stop the outrages is generally regard
ed as a weak deliverance under the cir
cumstances.
Sheriff Higden has called on the
mine leaders to help to capture and
punish the vandals.
Nothing further has been heard from
the committee appointed by the citi-
zens meeting yesterday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
HOLLIS and WIFE
HAD SEPARATED
Hollis stoutiy Denies His Guilt and
says He Would Never &c Guilty Of
Setting Fir. to House, Especially
One That sheltered Wife and Child.

j.. w. Hollis was, placed in jail this
morning on the suspicion of having ct,
fire to the dwelling house Of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Ella Coker, which
was almost destroyed at 8 o'clock this
morning. An account of the fire ap-
pears elsewhere in this issue.
Back of the charge against Mr.. Hol-
lis are some sensational features.
About year and half ago, Mr.. Hol-
lis was married to the young daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Coker. The young lady
was about 16 and it was Hollis second
matrimonial venture.
When Hollis was arrested, no wsr-
rant was sworn out, but the arrest was
Made on the suggestion of Mrs. Coker,
the motherin-law, who it is said, de-
clares that Hollis had threatened to
burn the home on a previous occasion
Hollis was seen at the Jail this morn
ing and emphatically denied his guilt.
He stated that he lived just across
the street from the Cokers and had
been living by himself since his wife
separated from him few days ago.
He thought his mothsr-in-law was the
cause of the separation, but said he
still had hopes of a reconciliation with
his wife, Notwithstanding he had heard
that she had filed divorce suit
against him. The couple have a little
girl 6 months old and for the child
and the mother Hollis expressed the
greatest affection and thought 1t was
inconceivable that anyone would think
he would set fire to house where
his wife and child were sleeping.
Speaking of the fire Hollis said that
his attention was first attracted by
the shooting of a pistol and some
screams that Mrs. Coker's house was
on fire. He said he got up, and in his
great anxiety, only partially dressed.
He slipped his pants over his night
shirt, put on his socks and at once
EdH W tuc niC, shihhih6 VI thS uoh6Si
To- his wife and child, He denies,p pos
itively that he ever had any thought
of setting the house on FIRE.
Mr.. Hollis young wife was up to see
him at the jail this morning. He stat.
ed that he owed Mrs. Coker $35.75 on
money borrowed from her to the
amount of $3.50; that he had been told
If he would pay $100 that the case
would be dropped. He said further
that he had sent for his father, who
lives away from here, and did not
know what to do until he saw and
talked with him.
What will be the denouement to this
tragic affair Of love, dislike and sus
picion of arson, cannot yet be told
until the case goes to trial, If 1t ever
does
Hollis states that he is a mechanic
by trade The case against Hollis has
been set for trial at the court house
at 8 o'clock this sfterpoon before
Justice Bolton. There is some prob
ability, however, that the case will moi
60 to trial at this time.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
CONFEDERATE STATES
WOULD HAVE TRIUMPHED
WITH BALDWIN'S BALLOON

the civil war, enabling the Confeder-
ate army to see the federals in full
retreat, that the Confederates would
have marched on Washington, cap
tured the city and established an in
dependent republic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
1900 KILLED
IN BLOODY
BATTLE
Hearst News Service.

Constantinople, August 11.-Official
advices received here confirm the early
morning advices to the effect that the
royalists have taken Tabriz after one
of the fiercest battles of the campaign.
More than 1900 lives are said to have
been sacrificed in a hand to hand en-
counter that lasted for nearly two
days.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
CANN|bALS
DEV0UR
GUIDE
Hearst News Service

Ottawa, Canada, August 11.-Unmis-
taxable evidence shows that August E..
Lemioux, lost guide, was eaten by two
white men whom he was leading into
the interior. Hunger forced canibalism
and the guide was murdered and con-
sumed by the two men who have dis
appeared. Parts of the body have been
found.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
Hearst News Service.

Hearst NEWS OeFNlce.
Milwaukee, August 11.-Robert M.
LaFollette, Republican senator who
tried to prevent the passage of the cur
rency measure at the last session of
congress by making the longest fill
buster speech ever delivered on the
floor of the United States senate, will
enter journalism.
1t is stated here today that Senator
LaFollette has practically completed
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
SULTAN RECALLS
HIS AMBASSADORS
Hearst News Service.

Washington, August 11.-News of
the recall of the Turkish ambassador
to the United States has been con-
firmed by official advices at the state
department. The ambassadors of Tur-
key to France and Russia have also
been recalled. The Sultan is said to
be making clean sweep.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
CH|NAMEN
DEP0RTED,
Hearst News Service.

Hearst News Service.
San Francisco, August IL
five Cinnamon, caught while
their way through Southwest
were brought here today for
tion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11

|NPRUSS|A
Hearst News Service.

Saarbrucken, Rhenish Prussia Au-
gust.-Thirteen miners were killed and
many injured and entombed by an ex-
plosion Of fire damp in the Dudweiler
nnina,z <1>IAst
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
THREE GIRLS PERISH
in wheeling FIRE
] Hearst News Service.

Wheeling, w va. August H.
Misses Clara. Mamie and Margaret Ga
gin, three popular young women of
|his city. were burned to death Il 11n
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11

There WAS very little doing IN the
police court this morning A fsrusnllI
cases we're tried. but none Of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
Hearst News Service.

Washington, August 11.-Colonel
James Temple, of the Royal Engineers
of the British army, declares that if
balloons of the Baldwin type had been
used at the battle of Bull Run during
------------
explosion this morning caused by de-
fective plumbing over the Gavin store,
where the family occupied apartments.
Mrs. Gavin, the aged mother, jumped
from second story window and was
seriously injured, but may recover.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11

Hearst News Service.
New York, August 11.-A tenant
with the toothache awoke to give the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
WITH BURNING HOME
Of MOIHER-|N-LAW LAST night
Man MN 7o0fhache
SaUed The LiUes Of 200
IN NezU York Tenement

alarm and save the lives of at least 200
persons in a blazing tenement at VII
liamsburg this morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-11
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The Washington times., 1908-12-08

merely the acknowledgment OF the
patent fact that Capitalization has
already come in business. II this ir-
responsible outside business power is
TO be controlled in the interest Of the
general public il can only be con-
trOlled in one way; by giving ade-
quate power of control TO the
one sovereignty capable OF exercising
such power-tne National Govern
ment.
Forty Cr fifty separate State govern
mcnts can not exercise that power over
corporations doing business IN most or
al of them; first. because they abso-
lutely lack the authority 10 deal with In
Ond, because Of the inevitable conhict
Of authority sure TO arise in the effOrt
TO enforce different kinds OF state regu-
iation, often inconsistent with one an
other and sometimes oppressive in them
selves. Such divided authority can not
regulate commerce with wisdom and
effect.
The central government is the only
power which. without oppression, can
nevertheless thoroughly and adequately
control and supervise the large corpora
tiOns. To abandon the effort for IA
tiOnal control means 10 abandon the
effort for all adequate control ana yet
10 render likely continual bursts OF ac-
zion by State Legislatures, which can
not achieve the purpose sought for. but
which can do a great deal Of damage
to the corporation withCut ccnferrns
any real benefit on the public.
I believe that the more farsig tied ccr-
porations are themselves co ming 10
recognize the unwisdom OF the violent
hostility they have displayed during the
last few years TO regulation and control
by the National Government OF COM
binations engaged IN interstate bust
ness.