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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
Usual Riots and Disorder
Follow Strike of Street
Car Men.
MANY STRIKE BREAKERS LEAVE
CITY, WHILE OTHERS ARE IN
JAIL TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
-oFFIcEs OF GENERAL MAN
AGER ATTACKED AND ALL
TRAFFIC STOPPED - FEDERAL
COURT JUDGE TAKES A HAND.
BY Associated Press.

Des Moines, Aug. 5.-Striking street
car employees today rid the city of
strike breakers, all those brought here
from Chicago or Omaha having started
home or are in Jail to protect them
selves from violence tonight, intending
to depart on the first train tomorrow.
Riots, which at times threatened the
calling out of federal and state troops,
a wild hunt for strike breakers, and
assaults and broken heads marked a
day of intense excitement attendant
upon the strike. Not a car has moved
since the men walked out early this
morning.
At 1880 tonight a mob numbering
several thousand attacked the offices
of General Manager Harrigan in the
city railway station, smashing nearly
every window in the building. The
leaders said they wanted Harrigan.
Twelve arrests were made.
At midnight International Organizer
Fay, Of the car mems union, announced
the union would obey the mandate is
sued earlier in the evening by Federal
Judge Degraff ordering the car COM
pany to resume operations.
lkE-BREAkERS READY.
trike-breakers were at the various
barns Of the company at 8 o'clock this
morning to take out cars, but union
sympathizers were on guard. The lat
ter appeared TO De ready Tor trouble
and the company management ap-
peared slow in resuming the inter
rupted traffic
An attempt to take cars from the
Second street barn failed when nearly
500 union sympathizers threatened to
attack the strike breakers. The latter
;etreated to places of safety Whf1e the
crowd Jsereds tsT#oT ssafr rSlsessis fi,akers
were failed. charged with carrying con
cealed weapons.
The third riot call of the day was
turned in when union sympathizers at
tackled the Twenty fourth street barns
and wrecked a car. Bricks were
hurled freely. r. w. Allen, a loyal
employe. was knocked senseless.
Detective Thomas Denholm, of the
city police, was seriously hurt at
hotel where a mob sought the leader
Of the strike breakers, swarming into
the lobby and up to the upper floor.
Two platoons Of police arrived in auto
mobiles and the mob left hurriedIy.
Later the mob attempted to throw
street car into the river. Cries of
down with Mayor Harrigan! Beat up
the strike -breakers!" and stick to the
union!" were heard on every hand as
the mob surged through the streets.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06

NINE sELF-coNsTITUTED Off.
GERS OF HIGH RANK ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF INcITlNe A RE-
BELLION.
BY Associated Press.

Mexico City, Aug. 5.-Nine self-con-
stituted generals and colonels of the
'Liberating Army" were arrested here
today charged with melting a rebel
lion. All signed the recent protest to
President da la Barra against the re-
moval of Vasquez Gomez from secre-
tary of the department of the interior.
More than score signed the protest
and 1t is said activities of the secret
custody.
Madero returned today from a long
rest at Tehuacan.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
UNUSUAL ACT
BY THE SENATE
MAKES PUBLIC THE TEXT OF
FOUR TREATIES WHICH HAVE
NOT YET RECEIVED ACTION ITS
HANDS
BY AsseeIated Press.

Washington, Aug. b.-The senate to-
day adopted the unusual course OF
making public the text Of the fouI
treaties which have not yet received
action at its hands, the Anglo -Ameri-
cana and Franco-American general ar
bitration treaties and the treaties pro-
viding for the adjustment Of finances
and customs in Honduras and Mica
ragua-
Publicity is given at the request OF
the administration, which desires that
the subject matter shall receive full
publicity in order to enlighten the SEN
ate as to the real sentiment of the
country as a basis for its own action
No date is set for the consideration
OF treaties by the senate foreign rela-
ttons committee.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
BEACHY WINS
DISTANCE RACE
HERo or MANY THRfLLiNc AIR
PERFORMANCES TAKES CROSS
COUNTRY AERoPLANE RACE
AND GETS 5000.
Bv AssocIated press

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 5.-Lincoln
Beachey, the hero of many thrilling
performances in the air, won the first
long distance cross country aeroplane
race ever held in the United States
this afternoon when he flew from New
York to Philadelphia, about 95 miles
in two hours, % minutes and 25 sec
onds, defeating Hugh Robertson and
Eugene Ely. ...-..-.-..
The race, which was for a prize Of
five thousand dollars, as witnessed by
hundreds Of thousands.
The aviatoIs left Governors Island at
s:40 o'clock. Engine trouble forced
Ely to land near New Brunswick, AMI
Robinson descended, mistaking New
Brunswick for Trenton.
Beachey londed near Trenton for ten
minutes for gasoline and oil and then
resumed his fight. Robinson arrived
here son after Beachey.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
Taft to Open the Presidential
Campaign With a Long Tour

cations. Tho president so far has
given almost no consideration to
speech making on this trip, but IL has
long been the idea OF Republican Lead
ers that he would make as many po-
litical addresses as possible west Of
the Mississippi
With three definite dates on the
schedule, the whole trip has been ten
tatively arranged. The first Is at
Knoxville, Tenn, where on the 18th,
the president is to open the Appalach-
ian exposition. The next is at Ro-
chester, y. Y, where on the 23rd the
president will address the National
Encampment Of the @. A. r Between
Knoxville and Rochester he may re-
turn to Beverly for a days rest.
Other southern states have asked tha
president TO visit them in September
and It is probable that he will ACCEPT
some Of the invitations.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
TEN YEARS IN PEN FOR
ROBBERIES DONE IN 1902
BY Associated Press.

Spartanburg, S. c., Aug. 5.-James
Johnson, alias Portland Ned, was sen
fenced this morning to serve ten years
in the state penitentiary for robbery
He is just out of the federal prison at
Atlanta, where he served seven years
for robbing the postofice at Enoree, s.
C., the same night he dynamited a safe
in the office Of the Enoree Manufac-
turing Company, for which his latest
sentence was imposed Johnson was
placed on trial yesterday and pleaded
his own case. asking that he be given
a chance His robberies were COM
mitted in November 1902. He obtained
$4,000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
CHAOS RE|GNS
IN PT. AL PRINCE
AMERICAN MINISTER REPORTS
THAT CONFLICT BETWEEN oP.
POSING REBEL FACTIONS SEEMS
INEVITABLE.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Aug. 5.-EfOrts of the
diplomatic corps at Port au Prince
Hayti, to form a committee of public
safety have failed. American Minister
Furness has reported to the state de-
partment that a conflict between the
opposing revolutionary factions seems
inevitable.
The dispatch from Minister Furness
says nobody is in control of the gov
ernment. Foreign officers view the
situation with trepadition. Whenever
the situation warrants, American blue
jackets will be landed to protect for
eign life and property.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
BY Associated Press.

Chicago Aug. 5.-Mrs. Minnie O'Her-
rim says she will gladly sacrifice the
index finger Of her right hand in or
der to give her six-year-old daughter,
Isla, a musical eduaction.
The ouyer OF the living finger, if
Mrs. Reginald Waldorf Of PbiIadeInhia.
Mrs. Waldorf's index finger on the
right hand was injured by a cnt from
a rusty nail. Blood poisoning re-
suited and the finger was amnntsted.
There is but one thing that can
restore your hand to it's former con-
dition," said the surgeon who am
putated the digit. Some other woman
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
Mother VIII Sacrifice Finger
to GiOe Daughter an Education

whose finger will fit and who is WILL
ing to sell her finger must be found
The new finger can be amputated and
grated on"
So an advertisement was published
in the Philadelphia papers inviting
proposals for a finger.
Mrs. O'Herrin saw the advertisement
and wrote that she would make the
sacrifice.
Are you willing to have your fing-
er cut off to buy the eduaction for
Isla ?" was asked.
why, certainly" answered Mrs
O'Herrin. Haven't I made every
other sacrifice for her a woman could
make? l would be the happiest woman
alive to do anything"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
ACTION
ON COTTON BILL
SENAE FINANCE COMMITTEE
WILL TAKE UP THE TARIFF RE-
VISION MEASURE NEXT WE'D
NESDAY.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Aug. 5.-The senate Il
nance committee today deferred action
on the cotton tariff revision bill until
next Wednesday. The postponemenI
was at the request of Senator Sim
mons Of North Carolina. in whose state
all cotton mills are affected by the
proposed 21 per cent average cut on
cotton duties. Hearings will be granted
then.
Senator Smooth of Utah. expressed
the opinion that the bill should be re-
ported adversely and Senator Williams
OF Mississippi, that 1t be reported IA
vorably, but votes were not taken upon
these propositions. The bill must be
reported to the senate by next Thurs
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
LEROY PERCY
ASKED TO STAY
GOV. NOEL REQUESTS HIM TO RE-
CONSIDER HIS ANNOUNCED IN
TElTIoN OF REsIoNINo FROM
SENATE.
BY Associated Press.

Jackson, Miss, Aug 5.--Gov Noel
has telegraphed to United States Sem
4tor Leroy Percy, urging him TO re-
consider his announced intention to
tender his resignation at the January
session Of the Mississippi legislature
The governor informs Senator Percy
that IL is his duty to serve out the term
for which he was chosen, regardless OF
the result of the recent primary. His
term Will expire March 4, 1918. -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
KICK ON THE TARIFF.

San Diego, Cal, Aug. 5--The San
Diego chamber of commerce has tele-
graphed to Senator Works a strong
protest against the removal of the
present tariff of one and one-half cents
per pound on lemons. Many fruit
growers and business men also sent
like kilograms.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
A RATTLE FOUGHT.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Aug. SAC
cording to advices received here today
battle has been fought between Co
lombian and Peruvian trops in Aqueta
a large unorganized territory in Co.
lombia, and the Colombians were de-
feated with great losses.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
JAPAN INVITED TO
JOIN WITH POWERS
President Taft Extends the
Invitation Through
Admiral Toga.

AFTER OFFERING A TOAST TO
THE EMPEROR, THE PRESIDENT,
TURNING TO THE NATIONS
GUEST, SAYS HE HOPES JAPAN
WILL JOIN WITH THE UNITED
STATES, GREAT BRITAIN AND
FRANCE IN UNIVERSAL PEACE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
GAVE CONSENT
FOR MERGER AND
BRAGS ABOUT IT
Former President Roosevelt
Appears Before Steel
Inquiry Committee.

DECLARES HE CONSENTED TO
THE TENNESSEE COAL & IRON
CO. DEAL IN ORDER TO AVERT
A PERILoUs FINANCIAL DIsAs-
TER-HIs APPEARANCE THOR
oUeHLY RoosEVELTlAN AND
SAYS He Is RESPONSIBLE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06

New York, Aug. 5.-The murder Of
William Henry Jackson, the wealthy
broker, by Paul Geidel, a seventeen
year bellboy, will go down in his
tory as one Of the most brutal crimes
of this city. The youth of the murder
er did not prevent him from overpow-
ering his victim and forcing a chloro-
form soaked washrag into his mouth.
Shortly after his remarkable confession
he was indicted for murder in the first
degree. He will be tried in October.
Patrick McGrane, GeidePs roommate,
who pawned the dead mans watch, is
held by the police IS an accessory af-
ter the fact
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06
NAVAL RESERVES TO
REACH HERE TODAY
Louisiana Brigade Coming
on the Flagship Isla de
Luzon and Stranger.

VESSELS IN COMMAND OF CAPT.
}. W. 7osTIcK AND WILL RE-
MAIN HERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS
AS THEY ARE TO ENGAGE IN
TARGET WORK WHILE ON THE
SUMMER cRUIsE-uEUTENANT
FRUTcH TO WITNESS WORK.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-06

Pensacola Harbor Is the Deepest and
Best Port South of Newport News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-11
DEMAND REMOVAL
OF POWDER MILL
Residents of Stricken Wis.
consin Town Hold Indig-
nation Meetings.
-<Americau News Service,

r Kenosha, Wis. March n.-With
nothing but a mass of ruins marking
the places where their homes once
stood. citizens of Pleasant Prairie
and the neighboring country today got
together and planned a campaign that
would for all time take from their city
the Laflin-Rand Powder mills, which
exploded and destroyed the town on
Thursday night.
Meetings held last night and today
in Pleasant Prairie and Kenosha were
attended by indignant citizens all OF
whom expressed an intention to safe,
guard their homes even to the extent
of taking the matter to the state legis'
lature.
No attempt yet has been made to re.
place the shattered homes, but TEN
porary patchwork has been done tc
provide roofs for hundreds of home
less. Practically the only inhabitants
of the ruined village today are men
The women and children are staying
away fearing another explosion.
Liability a Question.
Liability for the damages inflicted
to themselves and their homes is q
serious question to the villagers ant
it is likely several hundred suits will
be brought against the Dupont De
Nemours company, which owned the
Laflin-Rand plant at Pleasant Prairie
In the last ten years the powder
plant has spread destruction nine
times, although tn. explosions were
not anything like the last one which
completely wiped out the plant. One
of the freaks of the explosion was the
fact that a glazing cylinder from tht
mill was hurled two miles. 1t is three
feet thick and six feet long and wa:
made of heavy steel.
4 gigantic hole in the ground mark:
the site of the former plant. 1t i:
200 feet long. 100 feet wide and six
ey or seventy feet deep.
None of the injured here or il
Pleasant Prairie will die. =
Experts of the powder compan.
who arrived today declared that it il
marvellous that only one man was kill
ed.
Today's estimates of the damag
place it at nearly $3,009.000 at th
plant and in the town of Pleasan
| Prairie.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-11
PARTITION SUITS
ARE FILED TO-DAY

Three suits to partition real estate
have been filed in the circuit court.
In one Patrick Madden and thirteen
others are asking that fve city lots,
in which Bernard Madden and two
others also claim an interest, be dI-
vided or sold and the receipts of the
sale divided according to the interest
of each shareholder. Charles H. Sell
is suing Bernard Madden and two 9TH
ers for the same purpose, excepting
that two city lots are involved. VIII
liam Threewits and others are asking
the partition of FIVE acres OF ground
in which Alvin Threewits also has an
interest,"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-11
Will City Fathers Agree to
Increase Fee Ordinance to
Maximum Amount Being
Asked Now.
ONLY2 WEEKS NOW
TO REACH DECISION
With No Action Taken at
End of That Time the Ii
cense Fee Automatically
Becomes Only $500.

Some OF the wise ones around the
city hall, seem to think that the city
license will not 20 above the present
rate. 1851. and possibly 1t may drop
TO 5000. as fixed by the state law If no
action IL taken by council within the
80 days prescribed by law.
The mayors motion in board of
works meeting yesterday. that the or
dinancc be taken from council and a
$500 city license fee clause substitut.
ed has reused opposition among the
city fathers, II Is claimed. The board
has already recommended that the H.
cense be made $500. which was at first
believed to be the limit.
One OF those With the inside infor.
nation" says council Is not tickled to
death over the prospects OF raising the
liquor license anyway, but that IL the
board or mayor tries to dictate an
amendment fixing the license at $251,
the present rate, Is coming forth.
An Adjourned Session.
Now that Mondays meeting will be
IN adjourned session from last Mon
day, the liquor ordinance Is still on
first reading. and for a passage then.
must get a unanimous vote on the sus-
pension OF rules. The wise one say
they would stake money that the mo-
tion for suspending the rules will be
defeated. Thus the ordinance could
not be passed until Monday, March 90.
Il appears nov that council holds
the balance Of power as to fixing the
license fee. BY the Proctor bill, thir-
~ days from March is given city
councils to Ak the license fees in any
sum not exceeding $500. but II action
ID not taken by the council within that
time the license for cities drops to
$500. the minimum rate fixed. Any
rate under $500 is Objectionable to the
mayor It 10 claimed.
Council holds power.
II the mayor should veto an ordin'
ance providing for a license fee OF
$500 or less he thereby will Ak the
license fee at $500. for council will
not have an opportunity in the pre-
scribed time to pass another ordin.
ance meeting the requirements de.
manded by the mayor. The meeting
OF March 20 is the last of the month
II 10 not believed likely that the mayor
would call special session to get an
ordinance passed over his veto.
Not councilman has committed
himself on the liquor bill which Is be
fore council. but II Is generally under
stood q maximum license measure
would not be received favorably.
City Attorney A. NJ. Gardner has re
ceived copies Of the Proctor bill which
are being mailed to councilmen. sc
they will know It's provisions Monday
A spicy meeting with plenty Of &C
tion is the promise made by one OF
the councilmen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-11
REPORTERS WILL
ANSWER CHARGES
Of Spreading False Reports
as Soon as They Can
Be Arrested.
(Amcrican News Service)

Spokane. Wash. March 11.-Corre-
spondents in Spokane, Seattle and
Olympia. Washington who flooded the
newspapers in the Middle-Western,
Eastern and Southern states with
telegraphic dispatches on February q
and 2S and March l, that the bubonic
plague had caused the death of three
members of the family and that sew
en- other persons are in a critical con-
dition from the same malady. viii; be
arrested as soon as located and charg-
cd with spreading false statements.
Section 2431 of the Remington and
Ballinger Code provides that every
person who shall willfully state. de-
liver or transmit. by any means what
ever, to any manager, editor, publish
er, reporter or other employe of a
publisher Of any newspaper magSG1e,
publication. periodical or serial. and
statement concerning any person or
corporation, which if published there
in, would be a libel, shall be guilty OF
misdemeanor."
The council Of Spokane has direct
ed F. b. Morrill,. corporation counsel,
to make thorough investigation OF
the source Of the misleading dispatch.
es. and the Spokane chamber Of com.
merce has retained Frederick w. De-
wart OF Spokane. to assist in prose
cutting the offenders. 1t is declared
the scare" originated in Seattle.
so far there has been no intima
ton Of proceeding against the news
papers that published the dispatches
said r. j. MacLean, secretary Of the
Spokane chamber Of commerce, "bu,
1t Is likely they will be requested to
give space to a statement showing the
true condition Of public health in Spo
kane. as there have been no cases OF
bubonic. typhoid Of typhus fever in
this city. The three deaths in the
Oliver family were caused by severe
influenza and pneumonia, which facts
were known at the time the dispatch
es were sent to the newspapers of the
country"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-11
FILE A CLAM ON
CONVERSE ESTATE

Claim for $416 including principal
and interest on a mortgage has been
Aled by the Second National bank
against the estate Of the late W. C.
Converse. former city Judge. In Jan
uary 1910 the decedent borrowed
500 from the bank, the loan beins
secured by mortgage. On this
amount $500 was paid during 1910
leaving $500 due on the principal and
SIS accrued interest on the unpaid
amount. John l.. Rupe Is attorney
for the banking institution. The es
tatc Of the dccedent is insolvent.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-11
FARM VALUATIONS
TO Be INCREASED
But Assessments on Rich
mond Property Will Re-
main About Same.

On completion of the assessment or
Richmond real estate sometime before
May Is, many changes in valuation
will be found, some properties being
assessed at a lower value than four
years ago and others at much higher
figure, but on the average the assess
ment will remain the same during the
next quadrennial period.
On the other hand while the assess
ment will not show that city property
in general has increased much in val
ue. yet noticeable increases of from
five to fifteen per cent will be found
in the assessment of farm properties.
The reason why city property will not
be raised in the same proportion as
farm lands is that assessors believe
sessed too high. in proportion to the
valuation placed upon farm lands.
Receiving Reports.
County assessor William Mathews
Saturday received reports from the diff
ferent township assessors and their
deputies as to the progress made in
appraising values of real estate in
their respective townships. BY these
reports it was found that farm lands
all over the county have increased in
value in the last four years and the
average county increase on such real
estate is estimated by the county as
SCISSOR to be five per cent higher than
the assessment fixed four years ago.
The most general increases reported
were from to 10 per cent over the as
sessment four years ago and in some
; cases, where farm values have grown
because of the extreme productiveness
of the land or the Improvements to it,
the increase has been Is per cent
, There are instances on record where
the 1911 assessment on farm property
is lower than the 1907 assessment, due
, primarily to assessors finding the
farms run down less productive and
many. however.
Wayne township assessor Charles
Potter and his deputies who are as
sessng real estate are endeavoring to
make the assessment of city property
/ on a basis whereby its value will be
equal to the assessment OF farm prop
erty, in proportion to the actual or
sales value.
! Main street property. particularly in
those sections which have been built
up or much improved in the past four
years, will be assessed higher than in
1907. This also is true in the factory
and North E and Ft. Wayne avenue
districts. There are few residence
sections where property values have
increased greatly. but taking the city
in general, property owners need not
anticipate paving more tax on their
real estate holdings in the next four
years than they have been in the past
four.