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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
GENERAL HAMS
To BE CALLED
AS 1ST WITNESS
Examination of Witnesses
Will Be Commenced This
Morning in Case of Capt.
Hams.
Rv Associated Press.

Flushing, April 2S.-General Peter
Hams, the defendants father, will be
the first witness called tomorrow
when the defense begins to attempt
to establish the insanity of Captain
Hams. charged with killing w. E.
Annis.
The trial moved today with marked
despatch. When court adjourned for
meT District Attorney Young had
completed his opening address and
outlined the defense. while in five
hours previous the prosecution put in
its case to establish proof of the
crime
General Hams will be followed by
Major Hams, the defendants brother,
then by some thirty witnesses. All
will testify concerning the captains
irrational acts following the revela-
tions of his wife's alleged infidelity.
Thornton Hams, recently acquitted,
is expected in court tomorrow as a
witness for his brother.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
OHIO LOCAL
OPTION FIGHT
D|SOROERLY
Troops Called Out at Chilli
cothe to Quell Disturb
ances Which Almost AS
suned Proportions of a
Riot.
RY sssociated Pcs.

ChiIlicOthe, O., April 2S.-The local
option election was characterized by
disOrdeTly scenes through the day, at
times Bordering on riots. Ross cOun-
ty TODAY voted wet by a majority
estimated at two thousand. Chilli
Gothic went wet" by eighteen hun
dred, and small majority in the
county swelled the majority to two
thousand.
The fight was the hottest ever
witnessed in Ross county. For months
past both sides waged an unceasing
conflict Mayor Yale and the ad-
ministration led the vets while the
'drys' campaign was conducted by
many prominent anti-saloOn persons
Conflicts during the day were so
numerous between DaTtisans that 1t
was necessary for a company OF the
national guard to be called out. \
large force of deputies was sworn IN,
carried wagon spOkes instead of
rifles. and guarded the disturbed
quarter until the polls closed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
NEW SULTAN IS
RECOGNIZED BY
UNITED STATES
This Government the First
to Officially Recognize
Mohanned V. as Ruler of
Turkey.
BY Associates Press.

Washington, April 2S.-Mohmed W,
Turkeys new sultan, was to-day Off
cially recognized by the Washington
government. following an official notiti-
cation of the change by Turkeys am
baSsadoT, KAHN Bey, and similar IA
formation from American Ambassa-
dor Leishman at Constantinople.
A favorable impression was created
in Washington by the remarks attr'-
bUted to the new sultan III his public
MtteranceS. The hope is expressed
that Turkey is about TO enter upon a
new era of successful constitutional
government.
Ambassador Bey is very optimistic.
From the American standpoint The
permanent Improvement of conditions
in Asia Minor, where massacres are
occurring is the most important duty
now confronting the new govern
ment. Dealing with this will put the
young Turks to~a severe test
The state department is arranging
to put TO the best use the American
war vessels now approaching Gibraltar,
which will be partially under deposi-
ton of the ambassador at Constant
nople. The cruisers North Carolina
and Montana now on their way with
the cruiser New York, were today
ordered to the eastern Mediterran
can aDG will form an emergency
for the Mediterranean. The
state department has determined tlat
as far as possible American lives and
property shall not be sacrificed or
destroyed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
~ AssocIated Press.

Washington, April 2S.-An exhaus-
tive treatment OF the lumber schedule
OF the tariff bill by Simmons, of North
Carolina. was the feature of the SEN
ate session to-day. He spoke for three
and half hours supporting the reten-
ton of the present tariff-which, ne
maintaied, was but a revenue rate.
He said the lumber product repre-
scented the principal industry of twelve
states, affecting more than one thou
sand cities, largely dependent upon
its trade. He opposed the reduction
of lumber principally, he said, because
the labor constituted a larger item in
the cost of production of lumber than
the cost of any other manufactured
product. When Dixon, of Montana,
asked him how he squared his advoca-
ey of a tariff lumber with the decla-
ration of the National Democratic plat
form of 1908. Simmons asserted that
the Democratic platform declared for
tariff for revenue, and he did not be-
lieve the Dingley rate on lumber was
more than the revenue rate.
NO FORTUNES MADE.
He declared 1T is not true that the
prices of lumber have been fabulousIy
high, and in emphatic terms denied
that any great fortunes have been
made in the manufacture of lumber in
the OulLeu4 SlateS- -Aeftal0iN more are
being made now" he said. He said the
best purchaser in the south of meats,
corn, hay and wheat from the West
was the sawmill laborer.
Those eight hundred thousand men
feed three millions of mouths. clothe
three million backs and if you cheaper
the lumber duty and succeed in enab-
ling the Canadians to drive the South
ern manufacturers out of their mar
kets, you will do it by paralysing the
purchasing power of your best custo-
mers."
Several times the Democratic plat
form of 1908 which declared for free
lumber was injected into the discus
sion by Republicans. Bacon, of Geor-
gia, remarked that he was not bound
by declaration written into the plat
form at midnight by a few interested
men
Burkett, of Nebraska. whose home
CITY is i'm Lincoln, sought to state whN~
aud where the Democratic platform
actually was drawn. but Simmons, re-
fused to yield time to prolong that
discussion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
BY Associated Press.

Monte Carlo. April 2S.-A man
named Verdier, who was arrested
here today by the French police de-
cIared that he was an anarchist and
that he had come to Monte Carlo for
the purpose of killing President Fall
Heres, of France, who is visiting here.
4 revolver loaded with jacketed
bullets was found on Verdier, as well
as a letter addressed to the project of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
TORNADO HITS
KANSAS TOWN.;
MANY INJURED
Many Houses Wrecked at
Douglas, Where An Aged
Man Was Killed-Three
School Buildings Demol-
ished.
BY Associated Press.

Wichita, Kan, April 2S.-One per-
son, Louis Ayers, aged IS years, was
killed, Mrs. J. J. Jones seriously
wounded and nine others were in
jured by a tornado, which struck Doug
las, Kansas. this evening.
Many houses were completely
wrecked. including three chool build
ings. AT Rock, near Douglas, a store
was wrecked and one man injured.
Wire service is badly interferred with
and it is impossible to learn the ex-
tent of damage al other towns
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29

The ordinance providing for paving
and grading certain streets was read
the third time and adopted by the city
council at its meeting last night, this
action on the part of the council au-
thorizing the board of bond trustees
to advertise for bids for the work.
The satisfactory bid will be recon-
mended by the bond trustees to the
council for acceptance.
The fact that Tarragona street is not
included in the paving area covered
by the ordinance caused Alderman An
dTews to read section of an ordi-
nance from the city code which pro-
vides that the Louisville and Nash
willie Railroad Company shall keep
Tarranoga street in repair with suita-
BILE material. He said the ebert now
used on that street was found 10 be
not suitable.
Alderman Brown said If there was
any law which could make the rail-
road company keep Tarragona street
in repair it should be enforced.
Alderman Meyer said Tarragona
street was not being kept in condi-
ton as required by the city ordinance
The matter was disposed of by re-
ferring it to the mayor.
An ordinance providing that the
lines of Palafox street extending from
DeSoto street TO Gonzalez street be
changed so as to run on the e~st
and west sides of Georgia square, with
a width of so feet on each side, was
int: Oduced by Alderman Meyer The.
ordinance was referred to the commit
tee on parks and public ways.
Section two of the ordinance provid-
ed that that portion of PalafoX street
now extending through Georgia square
be and the same is hereby abandon
ed as a street and shall be and re-
main a part of said square,
LEASE OF WATERFRONT.
The harboT and sanitary committee
to whom was referred the appIica-
tor of w. F. Creary for a lease of
a portion of South Palafox street ad-
iacent to his wharf, recommended
that the same be not granted, for the
reason that it was found thai this
committee recommended heretofore
that the petition of E. E Saunders,
dated December IL, 1908, be granted.
The committee recommended that a
lease to E. E. Saunders be prepared
in accordance with its former recon.
The committees recon-
were adopted and the city
attorney will be instructed to prepare
The lease.
NEW ORDINANCES.
At the request of Mayor Goodman
Alderman Yonge introduced an ordi-
nance providing that any person keen
ng horses or COWS on their premises
within the city limits. be required |
10 place all stable refuse in closed |
and that all persons keep
ng horses or COWS on their premises |
snail keep their premises clean and |
rec from manure. A violation of the |
ordinance is punishable by a fine not |
exceeding S25 or by Imprisonment !
not exceeding 80 days. 1t was re-
tered TO the general ordinance COM |
nittee.
Al the request of Mayor Goodman |
(Cnnfinued ON Page Two
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
MONUMENT TO PocAHoNTAs.

Washington, April 2S.-To aid in
the erection of a monument to Poca-
hOntaS and in commemoTation of the
first permanent settlement of English
speaking people on the western
hemisphere, Representative Wash
burn of Massachusetts, has introduced
a bill authorizing the payment of So
600 to the PocahontaS memorial as
sociation, after that association has
raised a like amount towards erect
ing 2 monument
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
Jury Remained Out Only a
Short Time Before Reach
ing a Verdict.
THE ONLY EVIDENCE THE STATE
PRESENTED TO PROVE THAT
THOMPSON WAS CONNECTED
WITH THE LYNCHING OF ALEX.
AMBER WAS ALLEGED CONVEX
SATIONS He HAD WITH TWO
PARTIES.

In ten minutes after being given
the case the jury in the circuit court
yesterday which heard the evidence
in the trial of VIM. Thompson, white.
who was indicted by the recent grand
jury on the charge of being impm-
Gated in the lynching of Dave Alex
ander, colored, in the Plaza on the
morning of April 5, reached a verdict
of not guilty and the defendant was
discharged from custody
The trial consumed the entire day
and with the exception of Georgia
Spencer, Fred Abbott, Mrs. Thomp-
son, wife of the defendant, Geo.
Names, the witnesses were the same
ones who testified before the inves-
tigation of the lynching held by the
board of public safety.
Nothing additional was adduced
from the witnesses who testified be-
fore the board of public safety.
GEORGIA SPENCER.
The testimony of Georgia Spencer,
white, was what some one told her
about Thompson's connection with
the lynching. She knew nothing of
her own knowledge as to Thompson's
guil..
She said when Thompson called on
her to talk about the lynching he
said it was all right II the grand jury
did not take it up and that he would
hang all the negroes for two dollars.
She said he told her that he was the
man who put the rope over the cross
arm on the pole in the square.
Fred Abbott, white, testified that
Thompson had made a confession to
him that he CThompsop) was the man
who put the rope on the cross-arm of
the pole to which the negro was
hnF hn Lot
he would tell him the names of those
who were in the mob. That Thomp-
son told him there were "a men in
the mob butt some of them become
afraid and did not go to the square.
In the county Jail Thompson said if
Il am convicted of this / will not
hang by myself" said Abbott.
Abbott said in the presence of
Deputy Sheriff Smith at the county
Jail Thompson denied being impli-
Gated in the lynching, but when
Smith left he admitted being in the
mob.
At the conclusion of Abbott's testi-
mony the state rested.
FOR THE DEFENSE.
Mrs. Thompson, wife of the de-
fendant, testified that Thompson
came home at II O'Clock Sunday
night and remained there until B
o'clock Monday morning.
George Names, who boarded at
Thompsons house, also testified that
Thompson came home at II o'clock
Sunday night and remained there
until ) o'clock Monday morning.
The first he heard of the lynching,
he said, was wl4n he was in a res
taurant with Thompson, shortly after
o'clock Monday morning.
He heard Thompson's wife call to-
him TO get up about o'clock Monday
morning.
Thompson. the defendant said he
went home about IL o'clock Sunday
Continued on Page Two.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
sEABoRN WRIGHT TO OHIO.

Toledo, Ohio. April 2S.-Men of ma
tionaI prominence in anti-saloOn league
work will take part in meetings here
Sunday, May 16. Among the big
men OF the nation in anti-saIoOn league
work who will come here is SeabOrn
Wright. tine man who made Georgia
drv." There are about $50 saloons
in Lucas county that would be closed
if the county should be voted dry.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
CAMPAIGN EXPENSE BILL.

Denver. Col. April Ex-Governor
Shafroth yesterday signe1 the cam
paign expenses bill passed by the
recent legislature and the unique
measure becomes a law in ninety days
1t provides that the state shall con-
tribute for campaign expenses every
two wears. % cents for each cast at
the proceeding election.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
PafrOIr77an and Pick
Pocket Killed i'm Duel

fired the shot that killed the police
man. =
After the night performance of the
circus the thugs Taided~the crowd with
Tev0lvers in their hands. Two of the
crooks established a station on the
Third street bridge. They not only
held up and robbed the passers. but
they forced their victims TO line up
against the rail TO see their success
sors despOiled.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
Visited Monte Carlo to
Kill President EaMereS

the department of AIeps 'maritimes,
in which the man explained the mo-
tive for his contemplated act
VeTdier comes from Haute Garche.
The police believe he is insane.
President FallieFes arrived here
yesterday in au automobile from Nice
and he and the members of his party
were given a hearty welcome and en-
tertained at lunch by the prince Of
Monaco.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
BY Associated Press.

Montgomery. Ala. April 2S.-"Twins
again. boy and girl. both o. K" was
the telegram DR.. w n. Sanders, of
the state health department received
yesterday from DR.. B. T. Etheredge of
Town Greek, Ala, who at the recent
convention of the Alabama Medical
Association told of the remarkable
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
BY Associated Press.

Logansport, Ind, April 2S.-A pa
trolman, Joseph Krieger, and a pick
pocket whose name is unknown. were
killed in duel with revolvers late
las. night following performance OF
circus. y second pickpOcket, Chas-
Pierce, of Scranton, Pa, was caught
this morning by a policeman chasing
him On a handcaT. six miles north
OF this city. and is charged with having
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
PeIIagra Claims Third
Victim i'm HaftieSburg

to-day. Mrs. Bell had been suffering
for months and the physicians were
puzzled as to what 10 call the disease
with which she was suffering. Ii was
finally diagOnozed as pellagFa caused
from eating bread from musty corn
meal IL attacked the mucus mem
brane of the mouth, throat and stom-
ach and finally affected the brain.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
FIVE PERSONS DROWNED.

Oakland, Cal, April 2S.-Five per-
sons were drowned in the Black Dia-
mond yesterday according to advices
received this morning when word
was received from that resort. Three
were drowned by rocking the launch
and two were run down and drowned
while aSleen i'm q hnat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
CHEMICALS EXPLODED.

Chicago. April 2S.-An explosion OF
chemicals in the first story at 1897
Wabash avenue early to-day resulted
iDs the death of Joseph Mullen and
the injury of a dozen persons and
the wrecking of portion of the build
ing. Mullen was blown, with his bed.
against the ceiling of his second story
room and fell through a hole in the
floor to bicycle SHOP below.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
Children Seldom Born
Singly at Town Creek

birth record of that vicinity. DR..
Etheredge declared that because OF
some influence, perhaps in the air,
the water. the soil, children are sell
dom born singly there. His own rec
ord is Of attending eighteen sets of
twins, three sets OF trIp.ess and one
70 duadruplets since 1906 One family
claims twenty-one children.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
SUICIDE ATTEMPTED.

Mobile. April 2S.-GustaVus ShultZ,
of New York. employed since Febru-
airy as a tailor for the United States
troops at Fort Morgan, made des-
perate attempt to end his life here
to-day by cutting his throat with a
razor and taking a dose of rat poison.
1t is thought that he cannot live.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
PRESIDENT TAFT RETURNS.

Washington. April 2S.-President
Taft, accompanied by his military aid,
Captain Butt and Assistant Secretary
Mischief, reached Washington from
Philadelphia shortly before o'clock
this morning. The party remained in
the car Independence" until z o'clock
when they were driven to the White
House
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
ROOSEVELT STARTS
ON A LION HUNT.
BY Associated Press.

Naibori. B. E. A. April Is
The members of the Roosevelt
party viii start tomorrow from
the ranch Of Sir Alfred Pease
on their first hunt after lions.
The remainder of the Roose-
welt camp was moved this
morning from Kapiti Plains to
the PeaSe ranch
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
PAVING ORDINANCE is
ADOPTED By THE COUNCIL
Board of Bond Trustees Is
Authorized to Advertise
For Bids.

STREET is DISCUSS
ED AS 1T is NOT INCLUDED IN
THE STREETS TO BE PAVED
THE MAYOR TO INVESTIGATE
THE oN-oRDINANcE IN
PRODUCED PROVIDING FOR THE
WIDTH OF STREETS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
Nv Associated Press.

Birmingham, Ala, April rs A spe-
ciai from Hattiesburg, Miss. says Pei
lagra. a disease which is common IN
Northern Italy, but unusual IN the
United States. has claimed its Jllrd
victim within the past two years IN
Hattiesburg in the person OF MRS.
ID. r. Bell. whose funeral took place
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
LUMBER SCHEDULE OF
TARIFF BILL SUBJECT
OF LONG DISCUSSION
Simmons, of North Carolina,
Speaks For Over Three
Hours.
FAVORS RETENTION
OF PRESENT TARIFF

SAYS THE LUMBER PRODUCT
REPRESENTS PRINCIPAL INDUS
TRY or TWELVE SOUTHERN
STATES, EMPLOYEES EIGHT HUN
DRIED THOUSAND MEN WHO
FEED AND cLoTHE THREE MIL
LION PEOPLE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
BATTLESHIp MISSISSIPPI
WILL ARRIVE HERE MAY 28
Orders Received at Pensa-
cola Navy Yard to This
Effect.
WILL TAKE ON 500
TONS BUNKER COAL

is COMING HERE PRIOR TO GOING
TO HORN ISLAND TO ACCEPT
SILVER SERVICE FROM STATE
FOR WHICH SHE is NAMED
LENGTH OF HER STAY is NOT
KNOWN.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
THE MAYFLOWER
ARRIVES AT COLON.
BY Associates Press.

Colon, April 28.-The May
flower, with Secretary OF War
Dickinson aboard, arrived here
today from Jamaica. He was
greeted by Lieutenant Colonel
Goethals and other canal off,
GERS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29
GOVERNORS VETO OF
THE PUBLIC PRINTING
BILL IS SUSTAINED
Close Vote in Senate Wher.
Motion Was Made to
Sustain.
PENSACOLA PAVING
BILL IS SIGNED

MEASURE WHICH ALLOWS CITY
TO PROCEED WITH PAVING is
TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY
OF STATE-BEARD INTRODUCES
BILL REGULATING oSTEoPATHS
AND OSTEoPATHY.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29

Continued on Page Two.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-29

ontinued on Page Two.)
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1909-05-21
A Military Crisis.

The annual report of the Brit.
ish Army Medical Department,
recently published, has had a
startling effect upon the British
public. 1t reveals the fact that
average recruits are, on enlist
ment, the youngest and IN the
poorest physical condition of
those in any civilized army. -
Moreover, the report continues,
"they are nearly all confirmed
cigaret smokers and cannot stand
work which would be only play
to well fed csnscripts of twenty
years of age; still less can they
face exercises which would do
no harm to robust men" We
wonder if England will curtail
the personal liberty" of her
young men by prohibition of the
cigarette or she will go in for the
disarmament of nations?-Ex.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1909-05-21
Meat of the Trust Decision.

Judge Potter yesterday i'm
posed a fine of 5000 upon the
Jackson Cotton Oil Company for
it's connection with the agree
ment with the Wilson Oil Com
pany of Lexington, whereby
neither was to purchase cotton
seed in the territory of the other.
The case is an old one, and one
of the first suits entered by At
torney General Fletcher under
the anti trust laws OF the State.
The constitutlonality of the law
and the liability OF the company
had already upheld by the SUI
preme Court. cor. IN. o. Daily
States.
It is very clear that the right
thinking patriotic citizens willnot
encourage a lot of paid sleuths,
for other states, to come and shoot
down our people in clear viola
tion of law, human and devine.
For what? The almighty dollar.
If we are not honest, let's get
honest and enforce the law a.
mong ourselves.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1909-05-21
STURGIS LOCALS.
BY MISS sALLlE BEvlLL,


Mesdames Portlock and Chiles,
Of Starkville, and Mr.. Frank
Shropshire, of Longview, were
thetguesss Of Dr.J. W. Edwards
family SUNDAY.
Mr., and Mrs. Davis and moth
er. and Master Hoyt, of Bradley.
spent Sunday in Sturgis.
DR.. i. w. Edwards is suffering
with pneumonia. This is the
fourth attack. He is like the
proverbial cat with nine lives, he
always recovers, and is improv.
ing slowly.
Mr.. Allie Patterson, of Brad
ley, Sundayed here.
Mrs. L. G. Bevill, of Stark.
vile. spent Saturday night and
Sunday in the home of her broth
er, Mr.. James Beyill,.
Mr.. W. T. Woodson IS spend.
ing the week in Columbus at.
tending the Grand Encampment
of the |. 0. O. F.
Mr.. w. M. Cotton has closed
down for the summer and has
carried his teams to the delta
where he has a large hauling
contract.
Mr.. J. v. Hannah, of A. & M.
College, spent Sunday with rela-
tiveS here.
Rev. w. G. Galceran's family
are visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. E. Galceran.
Mrs. Bette Carroll has return
ed to Mrs. Leila Richardson's S
otter an extended visit to her
youngest daughter, Mrs. Myrtle
Starnes.
Mr.. Allen Jones and family
have come down for the Rich
ardson-Edwards trial.
Mr.. Walter Shropshire has
been a visitor in his mothers S
home this week.
Mrs. Jane Montgomery has
been quite sick.
mir. ard Mrs. Lamar Quinn
were in town Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Quinn
spent a couple of days in town
last week.
Mrs. Mary Bevill is improving
slowly. She has been confined
to her bed for sixteen days with
acute gastritis.
Mrs. Anna Hannah and two
little daughters have been quite
sick.