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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
NO MORE PAY FOR
ALABAMA GOV.
CONFER REFUSED TO SIGN MEAS
URE AND 1T is VOID so FAR AS
IT AFFECTS THE NEW Gov
ERNoR.
BY Associated Press.

Montgomery, Jan. 1.-THE govern
or's salary bill, SO far as it applies to
O'Neal, who takes the oath of office
Monday, is dead, as Conner refused to
sign it. The bill provided for a sal
ary of $500 per year. and the present
pensation is $4,000.
The session of the legislature to-
day was marked by terrific infiux OF
bills, twenty being introduced in the
senate. and siaTy-four referred to com
mittees in the house.
The bill had to be signed today IN
order TO be Of any benefit to Governor
O'Nea1, who will take the oath Of OF
ice on Monday because, under the
state constitution, it is impossible TO
increase the salary Of any official after
be is in Office.
The first local option bill to be pre-
sented to the present legislature was
offered this morning and marks the
opening Of the battle TO wipe out the
state prohibition laws passed by the
last legislature. The fight is expected
70 be lively one in both houses but
from the makeup Of the temperance
committees il IS the general opinion
that local option will be sustained ir
accordance with the wishes of the
Democratic convention.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
Action is Begun by Creditors
Defrauded by Knight,
Yancey & Co.
The Louisville & Nashville
and the Southern Railway
Are Made Defendants by
English and German Con-
cerns-Sirnilar Suits Will
Be Brought by Other
Firms in Ten Days.
BY Associated Press.

Birmingham, Jan. 14.-The first suits
against The Louisville e Nashville
Railroad Company and the Southern
Railway Company brought by English
and German creditors of knight,
Yancey & Co., were begun today by
the filing of complaint against the
railroads by Alexander Eccles & Co.,
of Liverpool, and by eight other ner-
chants of Bremen, Germany. Other
English creditors of knight, Yancey &
Co. are expected to file similar suits
within the next ten days.
The total sum for which the actions
will be brought against the railroads
is more than two million dollars. The
gist of the actions is the following al
legation in their complaints:
Knight. Yancey & Company had
been in the habit of obtaining money
on drafts secured by spurious bills OF
ladin1 a month or two after each bill
of ladirg was issued, Knight. Yancey
a Company to buy cotton similar to
that called for by billing, and ship for.
ward under the same marks as those
described in the bill of lading.
It is alleged that this practice was
we'll known to the railroads and OF
fceTs of the roads. It is alleged that
more than four thousand bales hao
teen delivered on forged bills and that
when the Knight-Yancey failure cams
there were outstanding forged bills oi
lading for fifty thousand bales upon
which no cotton had been delivered.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
PROMOTERS ARE
HELD IN PRISON
|. c. SIBLEY AND H. c. MASTERS
ARRESTED IN JACKSON ARE
UNABLE TO GIVE BOND OF
$1,000 EACH ~-.-, -,..-~-..
BY Associated Press. =

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 14.-Tn default
of bail in the sum of $4,000 each, |. c.
Sibley and II. c. Masters, who were
arrested here on charges of using the
mails with intent to defraud in con-
nection with the promotion of a con-
cern known as the Albermale Develop
ment Company, we're remsnded. to Jail
here today to await orders OF federal
Judge Niles for transfer of the cases
to the jurisdiction of the United
States court for the Western district
of North Carolina.
After hearing a statement from
Postof1ce Inspector John w Bul7a. of
North Carolina. United States Com
missioner Moselv announced that the
two men would be allowed bail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
To Sell Estate ofLate Count
ToLstoi to New York Fnanciers

talists whose names are not divulgej
agree to purchase the estate on condi.
ton that the $50 acres which the Tol
stoi heirs desire to devote to a mem.
orial settlement and school of agricul-
ture should be paid for by an interna.
tional subscription fund, TO which ad
mirers Of the late count might send
donations.
On the remaining SIX hundred acres
they purpose to erect a permanent ex
hibition of American agricultural nv
chinery and cultivate the surrounding
land by modern methods, TO demon
strate to the Russian farmers hoy
they can produce twice the amount OF
crops on their fertile lands and save
q Dor and expense
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
NURSE OFFERED
ONE THOUSAND
TO KILL SCHENK
Wife of Sick Man Was Anx-
ious to Get Him Out
Of the Way.
This Testimony Given by
Eleanor Zoeckler, a Detsc-
tive Nurse, Who Was En-
ployed to Trap Mrs.
Schenk-She Purchased a
Fine Overcoat For Daniel
Phillips.
BY Associated Press.

Wheeling, W. Va. Jan. 14.-Testi-
mony to the effect that Mrs. Laura
Schenk offered her thousand dollars
to administer poisonous pill to her
husband while he lay i'll last Novem-
Der, was given today by Elanor Zocck-
Ter, detective nurse. The witness
admitted that she was brought here
to work herself into the confidence of
Mrs. Schenk and trap her in any at
tempt to take her husbands life.
Little else was brought out at the
trial today, although the state showed
that Mrs Schenk ordered a fine over
coat for Daniel Phillips, who testified
yesterday that he had taken many
night. rides with Mrs. Schenk in her
automobile.
CROWDS OUT EARLY.
AS early as 6Io'clock 6 this morning,
many people we're waiting anxious
~ to gain admission to the Schenk
trial Those who looked for a con-
tinuance of such testimony as Daniel
Phillips, local piano salesman. gave
Yesterday in admitting that he and
Mrs. Sehenk had been taking night
rides in her limousine for the past
year or more, were to meet, however,
with less interesting chapter.
The effort Of Prosecuting Attorney
J. B. Handlan to prove that Mrs.
Schenk attempted to poison her hus
band last fall, is taking the form of a
hypothetical question covering the
facts in the case so far as they have
developed. This question began yes
terday whi1e DR.. ]. T.. Th6rnton, VINO
was ca1led to attend Schenk Curing his
illness, was on the stand. DR.. Thorn
ton concluded yesterday with the I'd
mission on cross examination that rht.
symptoms Of poisoning in Scnenk' S
case might have been due to serious
stomach disorders" In his direct
questioning he had stated that certain
symptoms indicated lead poisoning
and others arsenic.
It was said that the continuation CT
this more technical phase Of the te ,ti-
mony was expected to occupy the at
tention OF the court until the noon re-
cess, but the crowd sruck tenaciously
to the courtroom, believing that the
tedious technicalities would be re-
l!sved by the calling of more WI ..esses
70 show that the love Of anot,sr man
might have been a motive for the
crime with which Mrs. Schenk is
charged ...--
For two hours before court opened
this morning every available seat in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
TO ATTACK WILL OF a
MISSISSIPPI WOMAN
BY Associated Press

Gulfport, Miss, Jan. IA petition
was filed in chancery here yesterday
wherein the will of Miss Myra Nc
Cavock is to be contested on the same
grounds as those brought up in the
will Of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, of
Christian Science fame.
By the terms of the McGavock will,
$4,000 is left the orphans home OF
Memphis, Tenn, organized and iacor-
porated under the diocese Of Tennes-
see, Of the Protestant Episcopal
church. This. it is claimed, is a vic
lation Of the Mississippi constitution,
under an act of 1906, which prohibits
the bequest Of such a large sum to
any church, according to attorneys
who are representing the heirs of the
deceased.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
AN ALLEGED EMeEZZLER
ARRESTED IN JACKSONVILLE
sv Associated Press.

Jacksonville. Fla, Jan. 14-Minor
J. Winchester, who IS accused of the
embezzlerent Of s2225.32 from the
Citizers First National Bank of Al
bany. Ga, last July while employed as
clerk. was arrested in this city last
night and this morning Judge ]. VI.
Locke, in the United States court,
ordered that he be returned in Albany
for trial
Winchester said today that he had
believed the case against him had
been settled by his uncle, T. S. Da-
Wis, and his arrest a surprise. He
has been in Jacksonville for several
months representing a North Caro-
lima, tobacco firm and was married
here August IA to Miss Bertha May
Hawes. of Atlanta. She says she will
stick by him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
PROPOSES TO WOMAN
FOR TWENTY SECOND TIME
sv Aseoriated Press.

New York. Jan. 14.-Genardo Bion-
di is waiting in jail here for an oppor.
tunity to make his twenty-second pro-
posal Of marriage to Nunziata Cesa-.
rama. He made his twenty-first pro-
posa2 yesterday and did It in open
court. The all important question and
the giri's refusal stand upon the
court records. II was the only cues.
ton Bonds asked after listening 70
the girls recital Of the twentieth pro-
posal. At that time, she said, Biondi
attempted TO cut her throat when she
refused. She displayed a long scar
on her neck in support of the charge.
The magistrate Informed the pris.
oner tnaC he might ask any question
of the witness he pleased
Il want to ask her to be my wife"
said Biondi, hopefully. The girl shook
her head.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15

Improvement bonds to the amount
of $3.50 600 will be sold Monday bv
the city of Pensacola, provided the
proposals are satisfactory to the board
of bond trustees, who have advertised
IN New York financial journels, as well
as local papers, for the sale of the
bonds The proposals are to Be
opened at noon, and from the volume
OF inquiries 1t is expected that there
viii be quite a number OF proposals
for the issue
The bonds we're voted last year at
a special election, the money SO de-
rived to be used in paving additional
streets and adding to the sewerage
system. Inasmuch as abutting prop
erty owners will have to bear a Dor.
ton of the paving expense, as we'll az
railroads and street railways. the
paving TO be done as a result of this
issue of bonds will be quite extensive,
and will give Pensacola a much larger
number Of improved streets.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
GENERAL ORDER
0FRtPR|MAND
SECRETARY OF NAVY TAKES AC.
TlON IN CASE OF COMMANDER
SIMS FOR HIS "LAsr DROP OF
BLOOD ssREEGA." 'ra'
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan IA general or
der reprimanding Commander VIM. S.
Sims for his last drop of blood
speech has been issued by the secre-
tary Of the navy. The order will be
sent to every officer of the American
navy and posted on every board on
every vessel and at every navy yard.
Sims IS now at Guantanamo, Cuba,
in command Of the battleship Mime
sofa.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
sMARTLY DRESSED YOUNG
WOMAN SHOOTS HERSELF
Ev Associated Press.

New York, Jan. IA smartly
dressed woman, who said she was
Clara Z. Pratt, 35 years old. widow,
OF Cincinnati, shot herself twice to-
day in her room in the Hotel Mar
Unique. Her wounds are not seri-
Gus.
When questioned by the police she
insisted that the explosion of the re-
yolver had been accidental. When
told she would have to go to hos
pital as a prisoner, charged with at
tempted suicide, she made no objec-
ton. Hastily gathering together her
belongings and valise. she walked to
the elevator and descended to the Of
fee floor. At the desk she asked for
her account and paid 1t from a gen
erous roll of bank bills.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
Frisco Merchants Charged With
Attempting to Detraud Government

customs department last year is said
ito have laid the foundation Of the
present prosecution. Upon this advice
imports We're being marked far below
their value, shipments of oriental art
goods to Cuttings were held at ths
local customs house Shipments valued
by the importer at $4,000 are in
volved in the present proceedings but
customs officials express the belief
that wholesale frauds have been per
petrated in the last few years. Ths
estimate Of the governments loss bY
these operations IS 100000 z year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
REBELS ACTIVE
IN HONDURAS
GOVERNMENT ISSUES STATE.
MENT SAYING IT REALIZES THE
SERIOUSNESS OF SITUATION
TRUJIlLO HAS BEEN CAPTURED
BY Associated Press.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. IA
Censorship was relaxed sufficiently to-
day to permit statement by the gov.
ernment that it realizes the serious.
ness Of the revolutionary movement
led by former President Bonilla. That
Trujillo has been captured is not de-
MED.
The officials are reticent, but are
satisfied that the revolution will be
suppressed. There is an unconfrmed
rumor that there will be an invasion
from Nicaragua in support of Bonilla
No official information regarding the
loan to be secured from an American
syndicate is available.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
BY Associated Press.

New York, Jan. 1{-Michael Kius-
minsky, nephew of the late Counl
Tolstol, who came here from Russia
ten days ago to sell his uncle's estate
20 Andrew Carnegie, announces that q
GFoup OF United States bankers ana
manufacturers have offered to take the
property under certain conditions. Mr.
'arnegie declined TO buy the estate Oh
,as ground that Russia was a long way
ION New York and that all his time
- taken up by his other philan.
t.1Op.c schemes.
me estate includes about $50 acres
g.. r.cE agricultural land and is valued
a shout s1.S0e. The American CAM
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
WILL FORCE
PRICES UPWARD
FLORIDA CITRUS EXCHANGE
WILL CLOSE EXCHANGES IN OR.
DER TO GET BETTER PRICES
FOR FRUIT.
81 Associated Press.

Tampa, Fla, Jan. 14-On account
of the glut in the market resulting
from the holidays, the Florida Citrus
Exchange has closed every package
house in the state under its control
and will not open them until prices
I.
When they are reopened they will
be operated so as 10 dispose of the
remaining three million boxes within
six weeks.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15

taken to the rear" This meant that
Elkins was to be shot. Cole Younger
was one of the men detailed to do the
work. Elkins was mounted, as were
the guerrillRs. Younger found oppor-
tunity to whisper to Elkins that he
should run like blazes" when they
reached q certain spot. Elkins took
the cue, put spurs to his horse and
galloped away. Younger fired q shot
in the air to deceive Quantrill Sena-
tor Elkins always showed his graft
tude for this service, and when Young
er was released from the Minnesota
statk sDffsohE after twenty-five years
| Incarceration he aided the ex-outlaw
| financially and entertained him in
| Washington
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15

LARGEST WARSHiP EVER CON-
STRUCTED IN THIS COUNTRY
GLIDES. INTO THE WATER AT
+ .,s>is issaE : ft<
'~~csMpEN;N j.
BY Associated Press.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 14-Splash-
ed with the traditional bottle of cham
pagne, the battleship Arkansas, the
largest warship ever CONSTRUCTED in
this country, was launched this after
noon from the yards of the New York
Shipbuilding Company at Camden. n.
j. Miss Mary Macon, daughter of
Representative Robert B. Macon, OF
Helena, Ark, was the sponsor for the
ship.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
BY Associated Press.

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 14.-Se
rious charges Of attempting to defraud
the United States customs by under.
valuations Of imports ocoasIoned the
arrest last night Of two prcmtnen;
merchants handling oriental goods in
this city. The prisoners are Carl J.
Cutting. who has a store in this city,
and ". \. Nilsson. of Oakland, wno
operates between this port and Yoko-
hama as an importer of tea.
4 secret agent sent to Japan BY tha
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
FEAR LYNCH|NG
Of FARMERS
GENEVA COUNTY FARMERS, WHO
ASSAULT ON GIRL, TAKEN TO
SAFER PLACE. .-. So
BY Associated Press.

rothsn, Ala, Jan. 14.-On an order
from judge Pearce, Joel Aycock and
Alto Barefoot, white farmers of Geneva
county, were removed from the jail
here tonight TO prevent possible
lynching. The two are charged with
criminal assault on a fifteen-year-old
married woman Of Geneva county.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15

Lees Summit. Mo, Jan. 14-O1d
residents of this little western Mis-
souri, town are retelling since the
death of Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of
West Virginia. the storg-o OF the saving
of Elkins's life in Civil war times by
Cole Younger, former outlaw, who
now lives here near his birthplace.
Elkins and Younger grew UP togeth-
er and were fast friends when the
war started. Younger became mem
ber of the Quantrill guerrilla band in
the Confederate service. Elkins join
ed the Union army. One day Elkins
was eaptaaed-As~some Of Quantf4!i.s
men and taken before the blood
thirsty chief, who, as in the case of
all prisoners, ordered that he be
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
THIS TRAGEDY
IS MYSTERIOUS
YOUNG COUPLE FOUND uNcoN-
5CIoUS AND WILL DIE--GAS
BURNERS WERE ALL OPEN.
BY Associated Press.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. t4-Found
unconscious today in a bed room OF
their home in the northern section
of this city with gas escaping from
the open burners, John Ernest and
his wife, Lille, are in a hospital
where they Will die, the physicians
say.
The tragedy, which followed a quar-
rel between the couple, is enveloped
in mystery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
RECEIVER FOR
A TAMPA BANK
GROOM CHARGES
CASHIER WAS ALLOWED TO
RUN BANK AND ISSUE STATE
MENrs TO DECEIVE PUBLIC.
EY Associated Press.

Tampa, jan 14.-Following the ap'
p1ication of State Comptroller A g.
Groom in which he declared the Bank
of Tampa to be insolvent, Circuit
Judge Wall today appointed j. A. Grit
fin, cashier of the Exchange National
Bank, as receiver.
In his petition Comptroller Groom
alleges that Cashier Tatum was allowed
to have the entire management Of the
institution, investing funds as he saW
fit and making false statements 20 de-
ceive the public. No action is being
taken against Tatum. .-s-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
ESTRADA EXPECTED TO
CARRY OUT POLICIES
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 14--General Emil
10 Estrada, who has Just been elected
president Of Ecuador, IS expect O
carry out the policies Of the adrinis-
tration Of General Alfaro, who now
occupies the executive chair, accord
ing 10 advices received By the state
department. General Alfaro. abiding
by the constitutional prohibitionists,
l-as not 2 candidate for reelection.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY

Olympia, Wash, Jan. 14.-BiIIs were
introduced in the Washington legisla-
ture abolishing the death penalty for
murder and treason and providing for
the commission form of government
for the state
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
ClNClNNATrs POPULATION

Washington, Jan. 14-Corrected fig
ures announced by the census bureau
today give the population Of Cfncin-
natl as 565, 591 instead Of 364.463 as
given out some time ago. The previ-
Gus announcement included Delhi.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
CENSUS REPORTS.

Washington. Jan. 14.-Census fig
made public by the census bureau TO-
nres for the following towns we're
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
TRAIN ROBBERS ARRESTED.

Ogden, Utah, Jan 1.-The train
robbers who held up the Overland
Limited on the Southern Pacific a
week ago. we're arrested IN this city
today
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
IMPROVEMENT BONDS
TO BE SOLD MONDAY
Bond Trustees Will Open
Proposals at That Time
For the Entire Issue.

Expected That There Win
Be a Number of Bids For
The Bonds-The Money So
Derived is to Be Used For
Additional Paving and
Adding to the Sewerage
System.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
WORST SNOW
storm Of YEARS
HUNDREDS DO BATTLE IN At
TEMPT TO KEEP TRACKS OF
Rail ROADS CLEAR FOR TRAINS.
By Associated Press.

Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 14--With
hundreds of men battling with the
snow-choked passages Of the Sierras in
an effort to keep the railroad lines
clear and bring relief to the stalled
overland passenger and mail trains
all the gigantic resources Of the South
ern Pacific and Western Pacific com
panies are being brought to bear In
fighting the worst snow storm in the
mountain districts in the last twenty
years.
Realizing the imppossibility OF
forcing a passage through snow drifts
of six and eight feet depth. the Wes'.
ern Pacific Railroad officials last nigh:
ordered it's stalled eastbound overland
trains at Belden and Ovoville to re
turn to San Francisco and annulled
the overland. which was ready to de-
part for the east.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15
BIG COTTON SHIPMENT.

Savannah, Ga. Jan. 1.-two mil
lion dollars worth of cotton in 1926
bales. left port today on steamers
bound for Liverpool and Bremen.
Three steamers loaded with fertilizer
came into port today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15

CONTINUED on Page Nine)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-15

You Make Your Money at Home
Then Spend it Here.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-29
ARE WORKING HAND INLAND.
Secretary Campbell Of Northwestern
Development League Says New
Plan ia the Best.

Secretary Campbell Of Northwestern
Development League Says New
Plan Is the Best.
Commercial clubs In the northwest
are changing their policy rapidly and
are working more and more with the
them less trouble in the commerce
courts and before the railway COM
missions" says Will A. Campbell.
secretary Of the Northwest Develop
ment league.
This policy of state, city and rail-
road organizations working together
for development is resulting in sur
prising growth in the northwest states.
Take our organization, which 10 prob
ably the largest commercial club in
the world. 1t is composed Of city and
state commercial clubs and develop
ment leagues. assisted materially by
the transportation companies. The
railroads are spending thousands for
the direct benefit of the towns, vii
lagos and states and not only farmers,
but industrial classes are being taken
into the northwest which makes it
possible to locate hundreds of fac
tories and other industrial enterprises
there.
Department Established.
las a result of the policy of north
western business organizations. the
Hill lines have established develop
ment departments with their own COM
m~tssioners. The Great Northern has
just engaged Prof. Chamberlain, out
OF the powerful factors in developing
South Dakota and for many years
with its agricultural college. Prof.
Chamberlain is the DEVELOPMENT com.
missioner of the Great Northern.
These commissioners work with tho
commercial clubs throughout the
northwest and some very effective
campaigns for development are being
made.
The railroad presidents OF the
northern lines are giving more and
more Of their time and attention to
development work. They travel over
the territory continually on develop
ment work, making scores Of address
es and lending assistance wherever
possible. to such, efforts as towns and
cities are making for themselves.
When they r not dragged into legal
matters and forced to stay in the east
TO appear before commerce commis-
sions. they are enabled to do more Tor
country through which their ines
pass" "s'