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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-01

along the Florida portion was well
under way.
l have not and will not forget my
pleasant association with the people
of Jacksonville while being stationed
among them, and would, myself, be
very quick to notice any premedltated
slight to Jacksonville and Florida, and
believe that I can assure you that any
omission to mention the ship canal
across the state which you have no
ticed, was entirely accidental, as
have not yet seen or discovered any
opposition to the measure in any sec
ton of the country.
Very truly yours,
LANSING H BEACH,
1t. Col, Corps Of Engineers, U. S. A.
From Col. Kinsman, v. S. A.
July 6, 1909.
Senator Duncan u. Fletcher, Wash
ington. D. c.
NV Dear Senator: Your letter OF
July 3rd is received. In reply thereto
I would say that there was meeting
of the senior members OF the three
boards Of engineers having charge OF
the survey of the inside water route.
This meeting had reference merely
to the size of maps to be used, the
character of topography to be repre-
scented and matters of that KIND, IN
order to make them uniform. l do
not know how the papers got hold OF
the matter.
| myself am in charge Of the sur
vey from Beaufort to Key West, and
also in charge of the surveys for a
canal across the state or Florida
This survey is now being carried on
Five routes have been selected fOI
trial. and we shall carry the surveys
far enough to determine which one OF
these is the best, and then the ina
survey will be made on this line.
l assure you that this matter has
not been overlooked, and 1t is re-
garded as of great Importance My
desire is. if possible, to find route
across the northern portion OF the
peninsula in order 20 shorten as mucf
as we can the distance from the gull
to the Atlantic / am just today re-
commencing the purchase of a core
drill to be used in rock boring, in or
der to test the quality Of materia
I that must be excavated-
Very respectfully,
DAN c. KINGMAN,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-01
''THE STRANGER WITHIN OUR CATES''
By BONNIE BURNHAZf


perhaps, all may be duly compli
mented by the adept.
Being a really flesh and blood lit
tie woman, as we've mentioned be-
fore, with all the EVe-like prOpensi-
ties in the bargain, she is a remark
ably strong minded person, indeed, il
she stands her ground. Soon she is
won to the side of this undesirable
man Cfor men who first APPROACH the
strange girl are nearly always unde-
siFable)-she is seen in his company,
innocently enough-and her doom is
sealed.
When she finally finds him out, the
world too fancies that it has found
HER out-and straightway forms its
erratic and biased opinion.
What vast amount Of good, then,
may be expected from the establish
ment of a mission in Pensacola, when
all things are carefully weighed and
jCdiciousIy considered What heart
aches, what embarrassments, what il
retrieVable losses may thus be pre-
vented through the ministrations of
a fervent little band of Cody men
and women, gentlemen, whose efforts
will be indeed, above the price OF
RUbieS!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-01
WHO PAYS FOR
ADVERTISING?
Your Competitors, Either
Poor Advertisers or Non
Advertisers.

Following is a letter written to a
customer by a travelling salesman:
Who pays for your advertisement?
Answer me that question and l will
tell you the kind of advertising you
do without ever seeing your copy.
Do you pay for it yourself? Then
you are a very poor advertiser, and
YOU had better pay some one to write
your copy for you. Nobody but the
men who manufacture the worst OF
advertising ever pay for it them
selves.
Who does pay for it? Your Gus
toners? No. You could not charge
up your advertising account to your
customers. Who pays for it? If your
adv ertising is good, your competitors
gay it. Advertising is not good I'M
less it helps to sell more goods
unless in fact it helps you to sell
sufficient quantity of goods to pay
for the cost of advertising and net
you a profit into the bargain,
Suppose you are one of the mer-
chants who do not advertise and sup
pose you are selling a certain limited
amount of goods, upon which you get
a profit of % per cent. Suppose you
BEGIN by spending a hundred dollars
for advertising. Suppose that adver-
Using enables you to sell $500 worth
OF goods more than you were ever
able to sell before. You have sold
the goods at the same price to your
customers-they did not pay for the
advertising; you have more money In
your cash drawer than you ever had
before; you have not paid for the ad-
Yerti5ing; you paid the same price to
the wholesaler that you were in the
habit of paying-he did not pay for
your advertising. Who paid for it :?
Your competitors. For every time
you put an extra net profit in your
cash drawer you were getting prof.
it on goods that they would other
wise have gotten the profit on had
it not been for your advertising.
In addition to the trade which you
are able to divert from your COM
petitor to your own store, your ad-
vertising is continually educating the
/ public up to the point where they
/ spend more money and live better
and buy higher priced and more
goods than they ever did before.
Thus it pays to advertise, II yot
/ do good advertising, for you do it a
the expense of your competitors AnC
if you do not advertise you may bt
4 sure that you are helping pay for the
advertising of someone else.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-01
CAPT. MORENO
IS RELIEVED

A special from Tampa says: Capt.
E. A Moreno was on Saturday re-
Iieved of duty as commanding officer
Of the First Battalion, Second ReSi-
ment Infantry, N G. F.
This order, it is understood, came
from Orlando, headquarters OF the
regiment, and was duly signed by
Col. F. X. SCHUYLER and endorsed by
Leroy B. Giles, captain and resi-
mental adjutant. It is the direct re-
suit of charges which have been pre-
ferred against Captain Moreno,
which are said TO be OF a most Sc
rious nature
The order directed that Captain
Moreno Immediately turn over all
properties and the command Of the
post etc, to Capt. Max P .Moritz,
The second ranking officer at this
post and il further directed that
Captain Moreno Immediately turn
over all the properties and command
of Company NJ to Lieut. A E. Nc
Grew, the line officer Of that COM
pany-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-01

When Pensacola's new mission, a
refuge ard harbor indeed for the
friendless, becomes established at
length, with the fine splendid work
well under way in its various depart
ures. the most important, the vast
iy telling part Of the work right here
In the city will be the care which is
10 be taken of the girls.
Think of It!
Pensacola with it's Y. NJ. G. A, it's
sIlerdid opportunities for the stranse
young man and likewise for the pam
perez young man at home, is actually
10 begin taking steps toward look
Ing after the girlsi
The dears have needed this sort
Of thing for such a weary. weary time.
hat the news is a welcome tidbtt in
deed to far-seeing, thoughtful people
Of the city.
Under the new regime, in the first
place. sweet faced, Cody women are
10 meet all incoming trains for the
purpose of charging themselves with
The care of any stray little eve lamb,
who, far from home and friends,
mayhap, presents herself in a metro
politan center the first time, perhaps,
in her pitiful quest for work. That
same. little woman may be as honest
and as true as your own sheltered
Nomankind at home, gentlemen
and she's helpless. God knows how
helpless, in her changed surround
lngs, when the aid of a helping hand
md the gold of trusting woman
heart is well nigh priceless.
Under the rules of the splendid
mission work, a girl arriving alone
md unattended is promptly taken =
IN appropriate retreat arranged foI
Iuch emergencies. Here she will be
ooked after until she is properly in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-01

soon, that what might have been
we'll enough with home folks" in
communities where she has been
reared, and beloved from her infancy
is reckoned as rude and most unbe-
coming on the part of a stranger.
She has done herself InjustiCeS by
the score.
She has been thrown with the
most undesirable class Of people.
This she must live down and undo,
and II she has the STUFF" in her, she
straightway warps and grinds and
withers that fun loving rOllicking in
sttnct of hers into the prim, nervous
ways of the hunted little creature
she is, and begins anew.
She works up, too, the little lady
with grit of this sort, and she's learn
ed a world of experience in this gen
eraI ordeal of character moulding.
And what if she lacks the courage
to begin again2 Aye, there's the
question for you!
On she goes, and on to the brink
OF perdition and shame.
II has happened in Pensacola. You
and l know of just such instances
ard all for the lack of a helping hand!
! Just an Instance.
| Recently a fair example of the
strug giles of an unprotected young
woman came beneath my notice
right here in Pensacola, gentlemen,
ana one which is widely known
throughout the city.
BY some freak of fortune, a young
woman of fine family. sterling NOR
ais, and good education, was thrown
upon her own resources, arriving in
the city in quest of work. Being
fairly attractive, she was stared at
ogIed at. and subjected to the usual
| brand of street corner interest in
which the Great and Ancient Order
of the Tin Horn is so especially eff
| ficient.
| She finally secured a boarding
! house, a strictly private boarding
house" the ad had read, and the
sleek, greasy smiles of the boarding
house lady entirely won the frighten-
ed girl as she bargained for her mod
es- retreat.
! The woman, being unable, failed to
Introduce her charge among the bet
ter class of people. She lived OF ]
questionable plane herself, and the
girl felt herself dragged down, down
down, into depths that frightened
her
Then she left
u put her out" announced the
ctagrined old 1andlady to the world
"She couldn't stay in my housed"
Unusual?
Not in the least
There is more than one young wo-
man who has had this sort of starr
in Pensacola and in other cities.
The mission will stop all this. i
is. indeed. one of the chiefest phase!
of its work
And the Men,
One of the things to which the av.
era &c young woman is most suscep-
tibIe is-fattery. If she's not GOO
locking, and moreover has sens,
enough to know it. there's plenty o
sneaking old repFObates who know
too well how to infuse the subtl
poison of their dishonest attention.
through other channels. Her styl
and dash perhaps, may be cleverl.
touched upon-heT brains, her con
] yCIsationaI qualities, her sympathy
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-01
By BONNIE BURNHAM

troduced to the minister Of the flock
Of her choice, among business circles
where she may be most likely to Sc
cure honest employment, and into
respectable social organizations best
suited to her sphere in life.
Good work? It's the very breath
of the angels abbreviated down on
this sordid earth of ours!
What Besets Strange Young Woman
Have you, little lady, ever played
this most difficult role of a strange
young woman, in an absolutely for
eign community? Or, perhaps, Mr..
Comfortable Man About Town, you've
had sisters in the same predicament?
Then you know of the heartaches,
the regrets. the absolute tortuTes at
tending it all. The average young
woman, with the restraints OF home
removed, being a flesh and blood
creature, you see, delights in the hi
| larious abandon one sometimes en-
! joys among friends that are tried and
true. Before she knows it, If, espec-
ialy, she has been thrown with ignor-
! ant classes, she has become most
thoroughly misunderstood and her
downfall is imminent
She has no one TO guide her, and
no one to offer advice. She lacks
/ judgment in the ways of the world
| and the strange young girl, If she
| has no credentials to offer, is nearly
| always thrown among undesirable
people at first.
| No well established woman of the
city will hardly attempt the chapeT-
| onage of an utterly strange young
woman, for such a course would 5C
/ full of risk.
! And the girl?
If she's a really level headed, sen
sible sort of girl, she'll see, oh, very
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-01
SAVANNAH AF TER
FLORIDA COTTON
SCHEME ON FOOT TO CONTROL
PRODUCT OF THIS STATE-A
MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED
APPEAL MADE TO BOARD OF
TRADE TO ACT.

In it's issue of Saturday the Florida
Index of Lake City, paper publish
ed by T. J. Appleyard, says:
Some two years ago the Index
took the position that the movement
to establish a higher price for Sea
Island cotton would be q failure, IN
less there was another market es-
tabIished: This paper contended that
ipasmuch as the bulk Of the Sea Is
land cotton was raised within ra-
dius of one hundred miles OF jack
sonvilIe, and freight rates were IN
that city's favor, the farmers should
geJ together, form an export COM
Dauv. with the assistance of Jackson
Vile capital, and deal direct with the
Skinner. The plan was good one,
and had the hearty endorsement OF
the Sea Island Cotton Growers As
ISOLATION. in session at Valdosta.
JacksonviIle's enterprising board OF
trade took up the matter. A meet
ing was called in that city and was
largely attended.
The Opportunity offered.
a temporary company was formed
so as TO give the farmer an Opportun-
ity of subscribing for shares OF STOCK
a. SO each Three men in Columbia
county took $500 worth OF stock. Ba-
KoI county SuDSCIlDSu LEIOu5l I'm
/ Charles F. Barber and others the
amount allotted to hers, 900. Here
and there were a few other subscrip-
/ tions. Jacksonville proposed to take
! all the stock up to $2.00O,0OO, and
thus help the people Of our sister
state, as well as our own. But the en-
/ terurise fell through, because the
man who made the cotton refused to
! be helped by his home people. These
are cold facts.
Where Danger Turks
''Now behold. A meeting has been
| called in Savannah, the hotbed OF
the gang that has been crowding
down the cotton raiser Of Florida for
years, and we are asked to walk into
/ nv Darlor, said the spider to the fly.
If our people get tied up with these
! people good and hard they will place
I themselves forever and day right
u1der the foot of the most 1ntoleranI
set of money sharks ever known.
| Let the Jacksonville Board Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-01

Trade get cheap rates to that city as
Savannah has done. Let her enter
prising business Board Of Trade make
another effort TO divert this cotton
business in that city's channels, and
we believe it will be successful. IL
is sure to mean success.
will Secretary Richardson please
sit up and take notice."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01
FIRE DESTROYS FLOWER BOATS
TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST ON
FAMOUS HIVA TING.
Many of Dead Are Mandarins-17O
Bodies Recovered From
Ruins at Canton.

CANTON. China February AT least
CURED today in a fleet of flower boats.
The charred bodies of ITO victims
have already been recovered. Marv
persons are still missing.
The famous fleet of flower boats
which sank in the typhoon of July and
were at once rebuilt. were destroyed
by the fire. The fercity of the flames
created a panic among the floating pop
ulation and prevented the rescue Of
life and the salvage OF property.
Among the corpses SO far recovered
are many mandarins.
The picturesque hwa ting. or So
called flower boats. which abound in
the Canton river. are source of pc
ennial interest to visitors to that city.
They are really not. boats at all in thc
accepted meaning of the term, for ;h2y
never travel anywhere. being used rs
restaurants or floating music halls.
They are for the most part neat and
attractive in appearance. Not a few
are beautiful. They are elegantly dee.
GRATED within end without with cX-
quisite furniture.
Tea. sweetmeats. Chinese wines and
liquors are always to be had there, aud
they have frequently been the scene Of
of the wild revels of the glded you'll.
of China ard Europe.
1t IS stated that on one occasion How
Qua. son OF the great Chinese million
aire, took one Of the boats for three
months with party OF friends. r.:S
experience cost him S3OUODU.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01
GODFREY GIVES BAIL
Man Accused of Attempted Assault
Secures Release
'ecial Dispatch /" The star


HYATTSVILLE. Md. February l.
James c. Godfrey of Chesapeake Junction
Just beyond the District of Columbia line
in Prince George county, who was arrest
ed Saturday ut Rosslyn Va. on a warrant
charging him with attempted assault on
Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsey. has been re-
leased on bal. 1t is alleged the attempt
was made at the home of Mrs. Lindsley
at Chesapeake Junction the evening of
January IS last. The wife of Godfrey
was stopping at Mrs. Lindslay's at the
time
Sheriff Thomas II. Garrison Wen, to
Ross!yn and placed Godfrey in arrest and
the prisoner consented to go To Hyatts-
Vile without requisition papers. The
warrant was obtained by Horace c.
Lindsey. husband of Mrs. Lindsey. 1t
was issued by Justice Carr
Mr.. Lindsey has also sworn out an ad-
ditional warrant for George and Ernes.
Godfrey. sons OF James C. Godfrey, and
C.eve Walker. charging them with as
saulting him with an AK and clubs as a
sequel to the other casa. He was cut
and bruised when he appeared before
Justice Carr. Deputy Sheriff Ray bold
has the last warrants and is looking for
the three men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01
BIG SHIPS FIRE GUNS
American Fleet SaIutes in Port
of Gibraltar.
SOUNDS LIKE ENGAGEMENT
Vessels Begin Coaling for Last Lap
of Journey Home.
BANDS HELP BY PLAYING RAG
Rear Admiral Sperry Goes Ashore
to Make Official Calls-Guard
of Honor.
SOUNDS LIKE ENGAGEMENT
BANDS HELP BY PLAYING RAG

GIBRALTAR. February 1.-For one
hour this morning the port of Gibraltar
seemed to be the scene of a naval engage
tleships that arrived yesterday were ex-
changing the salutes with the shore and
the foreign warships in the harbor omitted
because of Sunday.
The Connecticut saluted the port and
the flag of Vice ADMIRAL Sir James Good
rich. the commander of all the naval es-
Establishments at Gibraltar, with twenty
one guns. and when these had been re-
turned gun for gun from IA shore battery
and the British battleship Albemarle.
other salutes were fired to and answered
by the Russian, French and Dutch war
ships in port. The reverberations were
incessant for an hour and clouds OF
gray smoke blew over the waters
Coaling for Trip Home.
The colliers promptly took their posi-
tions alongside the Minnesota, Vermont
and Kansas, and before the sound of sa-
iuting guns had died away the bands on
board these ships were playing rag time
to liven up the arduous work of coaling.
Each ship requires from twe've to sixteen
uuhuitu tOHS 10 Hi ner Du0KerS 1Of the
homeward voyage.
The Rhode Island and the New Jersey
came into port at 10 o'clock this morning,
and were followed an hour later by the
fourth division. the Wisconsin, Illinois.
kearsarse and Kentucky, which anchore d
outside the breakwater
Third Division in Rear.
The third division, consisting of the
Louisiana, Missouri. Ohio and Virginia.
brought up the rear and presented d
beautiful picture as they steamed in.
glistening in the sunlight and their signal
flags cracking in the smart breeze. The
warship basin is too small to permit the
entrance OF the entire American fleet
consequently some OF the vessels had to
anchor outside
Rear Admiral Sperry, accompanied by
three members of his staff. came ashore a.
noon and called officially upon Gen Sfr
Frederick Forester Walker, the military
governor. y guard of honor consisting OF
company of the Norfolksfire regiment,
in red coats, nat the ad,niraIs launch at
Kings Stairs and escorted the carriages
of the American naval officers to The
residence OF the governor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01
At MONTREAL
THREE SHOCKS LAST NIGHT
AND THIS MORNING.
Confined to City and Vicinity and
No Damage Done-Shocks Felt
in Mexico City.

Special I,ispaten to Tse Star.
MONTREAL, February 1.-This city was
visited by s.ries OF earthquakes late
last night and this morning. The shocks.
which We're distinct. We're none Of them
severe and appear to have been confined
to TIE city and imm ediate vicinity. as re-
ports from localities off the Island o.
Montreal indicate no disturbances.
The first shock came at 11:45 pm. ami
other tremors followed between that time
and 1890 this morning. All was quiet
until $40 o'clock, when another shock
was felt. This was the most severe of all
In no case were the shocks of more than
momentary duration.
III the western portion of the city and
the suburbs in that direction the shock
was much more distinct than in the east
ern portions of Montreal.
Throughout the island residents We're
awakened and in many instances the
frightened inmates of houses rushed out
into the zero weather.
There are no reports OF casualties. how.
ever. and in no instance were the shocks
sufficiently severe to even disturb the
plaster on the walls.
Montreal was visited by a series Of
earthquakes in 1897 and spread over Il
period of several days. These were much
more severe than were the present dis
turhances. McGilis scientists are Of the
opinion that the present disturbances ars
indirectly connected with those which
have occurred on the other side OF the
world
Mount Royal which overlooks the city.
was at one period of it's existence a living
volcano, but not for many ages has 1t
been active. and scientists are of the
opinion that it never will be again.
MEXICO CITY. February 1.-Two slight
earthquake shocks have been felt here in
the past forty-eight hours. but no DANA ge
has resulted except the cracking of walls
OF some buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01
ROBBERS INVADE SICK ROOM.
Kill One, Shoot Two Others and
Make Their Escape.

LANCASTER, Pa. February l.-At s
o'clock las night. while Alfred kaufman.
an aged farmer cf Pauuea township. this
county, was sitting a the bedside OF his
sick wife. in company with Mr.. kreider.
Mrs. C"amer and two neighbors. two
masked men entered the room and de-
i,?anded money. The sick woman called
to Mrs. Cramer 70 give them what was
in q kettle in the room.
Mrs. Cramer picked up the kettle and
fed The men shot at her and then turned
and snot Alr kaufman in the neck, kill
ing him. They then shot Mr.. kreider
twice, dangerously fniuring him.
The robbers fed and have not been cap
tured. The Haullmans some yeas ago
lost mone.' in a bank failure. ard have
since kept their cash in their house in ii
Kettle. 1t is supposed that the robbers
knew this and were after it..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01
BILLIK OFF FOR JOLIET
Man Respited Five Times From
Death Begins Life Term.

CHICAGO, February Herman Bllik.
after two years Imprisonment in the
county jai'. during which period he has
FIVE times been respited from death on the
sallows. was taken to the state peniten-
tiary at Joliet today to begin a term OF
life Imprisonment for the murder of Mary
VZral.
The death sentence of Billik was com
muted to life Imprisonment by Gov De
neen 1t was the first time in two years
that Billik had been outside the jail walls
He expressed confidence before his de-
parture that lie soon wCi.ld receive com
pete freedom