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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
HEAR ARGUMENTS
IN FAVOR OF CANAL FROM
PENSACOLA TO MOBILE BAY

ship channel at the entrance and at
Triangle shoals so as to afford a chan
nsl thirty feet deep and three hundned
feet wide; removing shoals in the AN z
chocage and widening the hag.bor op-
posite the Mallory wharf and deepen
ing IN front OF the Curry dock to q
depth OF twenty-four feet and action
by the board was urged on this report.
1t is hoped that action will be In time
to get provision made in the present
bill and 1t Was important 10 present
the matters today, as the board OF en-
gineers will lesye tomorrow on an Off
9Th. The hearings today extended over
several hours.
LEAVE FOR NASHVILLE.
Senator Fletcher was among the
committee named by Vice President
Sherman as an escort TO accompany
the body of the late Senator Taylor to
the capitol IN Nashville, where il will
lay n state, and then TO Knoxville,
where the burial will be held.
From Knoxville, Senator Fletcher
will be called to Nashville. where %
viii preside over the opening of the
fourth annual convention Of the South
ern Commercial congress, Of which he
is president. Senator Fletcher antici-
pates that the Nashville meeting viii
be the most successful yet held by the
congress.
Senator Fletcher and Senator Taylor
were very warm friends ard no one n
Waslingt regrets more keenly than
does Elorida's senior senator the death
Of q mar so well beloved all over the
south and in fact wherever he was
known or wherever his works have
teen read
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
STANDARDS ARE
NOT COMPLETE
President Of New York Cotton Elk
change Says Cotton Standards
Should be Made from Upland Cotton

washington, April addressing
the American cotton manufacturers to-
day, George w. Neville. president of
the New York Cotton Exchange, said
that body had been criticised and
threatened for not adopting the gov
eminent cotton standards
THE government cotton standards
to be complete" he said. should be
made from upland or Atlantic states
cotton. which is the basis of all cotton
traded In for future delivery on all
cotton exchanges, and is the quality
quoted In all markets, the world over.
where American cotton is bought or
sold.
I'VE are willing to meet tho criticism
and have no fear OF the judgment Of
cotton people in the position we have
taken on this question. We have al
ways stood for uniformity in classih-
cation, but Just for uniformity's sake
we are not going to adopt a standard
that does not represent the quality of
cotton traded in on any cotton ex-
change in the world"
Mr.. Neville said the cotton ex-
changes had endsavored to persuade
the secretary of agriculture to make
standard of upland cotton to match
the government standards, but that
the member OF con gress who framed
the resolution calling for government
standards refused to amend the law
80 as to provide for upland cotton, al
though his growth Of cotton was
standardized"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
Special to The Journal.

Washington, April SIN pursuance
Il appointments Arranged hy Se7stUg
f1etcher, he and Seng No Bxgsn and
Senato tors tombstone and Haulhespd, of
Alabama, and G. E Dobson, president
u the Commercial Association of Pen
sacola, presented claims Of the inland
waterway along the gulf and particu-
LARRY the arguments for a canal be-
tween Pensacola Bay and Mobile Bay
to the board of engineers for rivers
and harbcrs Monday. The board sig
nified a conclusion would probably be
rea ched within a day or two. The
whole question of inland waterway
frcIn the Rio Grande along the gulf
coast of Florida and across Florida 20
the Atlantic ocean will be acted on.
1t is thought that some portions OF
such a waterway may be found too cx-
pensive to be justified by the COM
marce ct present, but it is believed
that other portions will be approved.
Senators Fletcher and Bryan and
Mr. Dozier Of I,eesEurg, and Nr. Young
of Ocala, also presented arguments in
favor of Capt. SlatteTy's recent report
recommending a survey Of the Ockla-
Waha river. with a view to occurring r
channel six feet deap aad hundred
feet wide The report o. Capt. Slattery
on the Oclilawaha gives full and COM
plete data covering the whole subject
and is a most admirable one in every
respect. It is believed the board will
concur in his recommendations.
Senators Fletcher and Bryan like
wise presented arguments In favor OF
Capt. Slattery's report recommending
Improvement at Key West Florida, to-
wit, deepening and widening the main
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
BY Associated Press.

Washington, April S.-Secretary OF
Agriculture James Wilson, whose at
titude toward the Florida Everglades
drainage project resulted in an ipves-
tigation by a house committee, today
defended the departments actions in
connection with reports ON the Florida
lands.
He denied in detail that any one
had approached him with any proposal
to suppress any department informa-
ton on the subject with an improper
motive.
The excerpt of Major ]. o. wright's
favorable report on the Everglades
which has been used by land COM
panies in selling their land. Mr.. Wilson
said, had been given or without his
consent. AS to the department cir
cular which was suppressed. the Sec
rotary said it was in defiance of the
authority of the department" that It
was issued and was not such as To
reflect credit on the department."
LITTLE" FRIEND CLARK.
TN this connection I want to thank
my little friend, Representative
Clark, who brought this matter before
congress" said Secretary Wilson. He
said he pitied re. After the spectacle
he presented to this committee, 1 want
10 return the compliment and extend
my pity to him.
Secretary Wilson declared the de-
partment had not made a complete
Investigation OF the Everglades pro-
ject or any of the features covered in
the reports which are in contro-
yersy.
2 Wilson said he wrote Governor Gil
christ OF Florida, authorizing the pub
bcstion OF parts Of his lettar ir reia-
'rion to the EvesgIaaes. lie was ask
ed to repudiate the excerpt OF the re-
port sent to the governor, but he said !:
ut was still valuable as far as it was
useful"
Wilson's appearance today was in
answer to criticism In and out of con-
gress on his conduct in connection
with reports on the drainage of the
Florida Everglades. He has been I'M
der. fire Of opposing interests in Flor
IDA lands.
First he was attacked for permitting
to be published department records
which doomed Everglades lands and
more recently because he suppressed
the information The secretary denied
and personal knowledge OF land
sharks"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
Mrs. McRee Acquitted, Thanks
the Jurors and Leaves Court

thank you and may God bless each one
OF you"
All smiles and all tears, husband
and wife and daughter embraced and
then turned to grasp the hands of their
snany friends who had rushed up to
offer congratulations.
There was a pathetic picture on the
"other SIDE" With il-conceaIed Bit
terness and expressions of detection
and disappointment, the verdict was
received quietly. While the McRees
were Jubilant and joyous. the Garlands
gazed fixedly upon the skull of their
dead relative which had been brought
into court to prove that the boy was
shot in the back.
Judge Pavy promptly checked the
handclapping demonstration of the
sympathiZers of Mrs. McRee and in a
few minutes the principals in the
noted trial had passed out of the court
room.
Mrs McRee and her family proba-
bly, will return to Texas today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS OF DIXIE
GATHER TO AID CAUSE OF EDUCATION

Nashville. Tenn. April 3.-They do
things up right along educational lines
here in the southland.
Beginning it's fifteenth annual ses-
sion, the Conference for Education IN
the South convened in Nashville to-
day, with a host of distinguished edu-
Gators in attendance from all over the
United States. Statesmen, editors,
physicians, lawyers, farmers, msr-
chants, manutactur and public
spirited men and women in all walks
Of life are meeting with the proees-
sional teachers &c discuss tho vital
subject or the preparation Of the
young people CT Dixie to properly and
inteiligently solve the many problems
that will confront the rising genera
ton.
The discussions, as In all past meet
ings, win be along broad, practical,
non-technical lines TO meet the pre-
vsiling conditions in the southern
ststes. This conference is distinctive
r not being an organization for con-
G.Gerilg the technique OF the teaching
profession, but g. esruing together Of
all classes who have the interests of
the children at heart.
Among the spsakerz are Robert c.
Ogden, of New York. president Of the
Conference: Secretary of tAa Interior
Walter I. Fisher. Cornt BernstoTfc,
German ambassador to the United
States; Johnkheer J. Louden. ninis-
ter from Holland: Congressman Mar
tin w. Littleton, of New York; DR.. ST.
Clair McKeiway. editor Of the Brook
lyn Eagle; DR.. Walter II. Page, editor
OF the Worlds Work: President Alder
man Of the University of Virginia;
President Houston, OF Washington
University, st. Louis: President
Mitchell, of the University OF South
Carolina: DR.. John l.. Coulter, of the
United States census bureau; Senator
Bailey, OF Texas; former Secretary CT
War Dickinson, President Dabney, of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
FEDERAL. TROOPS
GAIN A VICTORY
Met Rebel General Campo at ParraI
and Sent Him Scurryina Back to
Jiminek.

Jiminez, April 3.-Federal troops
sained their arst victory In the north
ern campaign today when they de-
feated General Campo at Parral and
sent him scurrying back to this city.
Instead of finding a handful of de-
tenders, Campo met a force he esti-
mates at 1000 under Generals Villa,
Teller. Unbina and Soto. The fight
opened at dawn yesterday and con-
tinued throughout the day.
The presence of the federal force AT
ParraI and another government force
approaching Escalon seems to indt-
cate the rebels must abandon the cam
paign against Torreon and defend
themselves In a decisive battle In the
neighborhood Of Jiminez. A serious
engagement is looked for tomorrow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04

Colonel Cromwell Gibbons, OF Jack-
sonvile, one of the four candidates IN
the gubernatoriAl race. addressed q
representative audience In the Pensa-
cola armory last night. Colonel Glib
DoDs had secured a brass band which
pleyed some time before the opening
OF his talk and attracted quite a crowd
to his meeting, which had not been
generally advertised.
The speaker began his talk by giving
MS audience an account OF his political
and public career, showing that TWEEN
ty-five years Of his life had been de-
voted 10 working for Democratic prin-
cipies In Florida and that he had only
held offices which were honorary or
Taic less than enough for expenses
"hiie holding them. He laid special
streRs upon the fact that he was not
running on anyone else's record and
asked the voters to examine the REQ
ords CO the various candidates before
casting their ballot.
Colonel Gibbons referred TO his plat
1orm which he said would be in the
hands OF every voter OF the state in a
Few days. He said neither Of the other
three candidates for governor had dis
cussed as they should the principles
for which they stand, only treating
them generally He said he was always
willing TO accept good measures pro-
posed when they were practicable and
that when they were not he had the
courage to say he did not favor thern
and give his reasons for objectinE.
Among other things Colonel Gibbons
said:
The corporate growth OF the state
of Florida during the past few years
has been remarkable and n offers us
4 new condition which must be met
with wiae and adequate laws. II has
been freely estimated that more than
two and q half million dollars have
heen lost frorl legitimate Florida In
vestment channels through the opera
ton OF men who sell worthless stocks
and securities Of corporations that arc
without rec sonsble foundations and
are uJIFound IN their methods n
would be a very easy matter to devise
legislation which VIII make such op-
erations practically Impossible
There should be created board OF
examiners whose duty Il would be 10
scrUtinize the new corporations which
desire TO organize in this state, or cor
poratlons chartered IN other states
which desire 10 sell stocks or securi-
ties to the people OF Florida. II their
methods are sound and their pros
poets legitimate, the board would is
sue a license permitting the sale OF
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
ax Associated Press.

Opelousas, La, April 3.-Mrs- Zee
Runge McRee, who killed young Allan
Garland last September, was today &C.
Quilted by jury of the charge ef
manslaughter.
Holding her golden haired little
daughter. Valera. in her arms. and
with tears streaming down her cheeks,
Mars, McRee arose as soon as the FORE
Iltsn announced the verdict.
Your honor" she said may I thank
the jurymen %
Judge Payy readily granted the re-
quest and the happy little woman
each jurynan who had voted for her
acquittaL
Her husband, tall and robust, but
with deep lines OF sorrow and worry
brought by the two trials clearly de-
picted on his face, jumped to his feet
and with arms stretched out to the
jurors exclaimed:
Gentlemen, please allow me to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
PLAINTIFF FLIRTS
WITH THE JURY
So States Counsel For Miss Marion
Talbot in Asking That Case Be
Taken From the Jury.
az AsseeIated Press.

Z Chicago, April "a gross and in
sulting attack has been made on the
greatest university in the world,'' de-
clared counsei for Miss Marion Talbot.
dean OF women at the Chicago Uni
versity today, arguing motion that
Miss Eshter Mercy's $4,000 Islander
suit be taken from the jury. Several
character witnesses heard, which COM
pleted the plaintiffs case and the Jury
was excused temporarily.
The plaintiff has continuously
firted with the jury during the pro-
gress of this trial. continued the at
torney, and has made spectacle Of
this court. She has had scandal
enough. She has accomplished her
purpose and the court should take the
case from the jury"
The court did not rule on the mo-
ton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
WOMEN CAUSE OF
DECREASED DEMAND
II They WoIId Wear More Underear-
nents ThUrs Would be an Improved
Demand fo- Cotton Goods,
~ Assoclated Pee.

washington, April 3.--Evsry woman
who followed fashions edict by wear
Tag the tube skirt which requires
fsw undergaJn ents has decreased the
demand for cotton goods twelve yards
Oh every costume she purchased. This
statsmeTt was made to the members
CT Chs American cotton DlanUfactu
here today ~ George n. Neville. pres
i5ent Of the New York Cotton Elk
chemge
MIR. Neville said this had been a
large contributing factor IN the small
demand for finished goods in the last
two years. Mr.. Neville explained ths t
he had not attempted to ngUre out the
total 6ecTEas In demand by reason Of
the PREF aims fashions, but the cot
ton men apclauded him when he an
nounced that the "moulders OF femi-
nine fashions now have decreed thu [
the ladies shall wear more yards OF
cloth in their garments"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
c. P. RODGERS
GLIDES TO DEATH
TranseontinentaI Avistor Killed While
Giving an Exhibition Flight at Long
Beach.
by Associated PrsHA

Long Beach, April 3.-Calbreath p.
Rodgers. the first transcontinental
aviator, was killed late today, when
his biplane. in which he was soaring
over the ocean, fell 200 feet. the engine
MASKING his body.
Rodgers had been giving an exhibit
ton, scattered a flock OF g1Ills aloft,
scared to a height OF 1000 feet, made
a short a short turn and started full
speed for the pier.
The machine suddenly dipped and
began frightful descent. Rodgers
was seen TO make an unsuccessful eff
fort to pull the nose OF the machine
into a level position. An instant later
he crashed into the edge OF the surf.
He died en- route TO the bath house
hospital
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
DEPEND UPON A
PROTECTIVE TARIFF
President Taft Says to Take Away
the Tariff Would be 10 Disturb the
Business Foundation Of Country.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, April 3.-President Taft
addressed the American Cotton Manu-
facturers Association convention today
and renewed his plea for a revision OF
the tariff only by the tariff boards
report, which would make the reduo-
ton possible upon scientific lines.
The president said "he did not mean
to say that every business needs a
protective tariff to enable IL TO I've,
hut there are 90 many businesses de-
pendent on a protective tariff TO live
that to take away the tariff from
them would be 20 disturb the whole
business foundation OF the country"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
WILL
FOLLOW PLATFORM
House judiciary -cousn1ittss viii Re
port ths Sill Relating to Restraining
Orders and Injunctions.
ny Associated Press.

Washington, April 3.-The Demo-
Gratis of the house judiciary commit
tee today agreed 70 report bill re-
lating to restraining orders and in
Jun ctions in accordance with the Dem
ocratic platform adopted at the Denver
convention.
The bill will provide that no in
junction. whether interlocutory or
permanent. be issued by a federal
court without previous notice and an
opportunity to be heard on behalf Of
the enjoined without certain excep-
tons.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
BAILEY OPPOSES;
THE BILL PASSES
Measure to Put a Prohibitive Tax
Upon the Manufacture of White
PHOSPHORUS Matches Passes.
~ Associated Press.

Washington, April Sin the face OF
a bitter attack by Bailey, the senate
today passed the. Hughes house bill
to put a prohibitive tax upon the
manufacture and importation of white
PHOSPHORUS matches.
II was freely admitted the bills OBJ
,tect was to tax the white PHOSPHORUS
match industry out Of existence.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
WILSON A WINNER IN PRACTICALLY
EVERY DISTRICT IN WISCONSIN

delegates to thu national conventions
Of the two major political parties.
Senator La Toilette appears to have
elected a solid delegation, although
managers of the Taft campaign say
the latest returns indicate a posi-
bility of the president having gained
the delegates In the sixth district
Everything aside from this seems TO
have gone La Follette's way, including
all the delegates at large.
Wilson appears to have led Clark in
almost every district. s
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
TEDDY DISPUTES
TAFT'S STATEMENT
Says President Is Not a Progressive,
But by His Acts Has Shown Himself
a Reactionary.
BY Associated press.

Louisville. April 3.-President Taft
statement that he is a progressive was
disputed by Roosevelt IN an address
here tonight, who said Taft, IN some
Of his acts, had shown himself reac-
tionary. He also criticised the record
of the present administration.
The speech came at the end of the
first day OF week of campaigning
through West Virginia, Kentucky, Ili-
nois and Pennsylvania. He made fifs
teen speeches today and everywhere
found large crowds and a cordial re-
ception.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
American Held in Juarez By
Rebels Simply AS Decoy

the case of Powell Roberts, a resi-
dent OF FL Paso, who was arrested
Sunday by the rebels at Juarez. IN
causing considerable interest here.
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs today decided TO report the
resolution Of Representative Smith. of
Texas, directing the state department
TO insist upon Immediate settlement
OF the claims, aggregating 100000,
or American citizens against Mexico
for the killing and injuring Of Ameri-
cans on United States soil during the
Madero revolution.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
JOHNSON is SKEPTIcAL
REGARDING PROPOSED FIGHT
Ry AssooIated Press.

Chicago, April SACK johnson.
heavyweight champion pugilist of the
world, has grown skeptical regarding
his proposed meeting with Jim"
Flynn, the Pueblo fireman.
Failure of Jack Curley, the promo
ter OF the championship bout, to keep
an appointment with Johnson last
night caused the latter to think that
neither Curley nor Flynn was anxious
for an argument.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
BY Associated Press.

Milwaukee. Wis. April s.-Returns
from wlasonstzn's first presidential pri
vary elaction, while far from being
complete, show that Senator La Fol-
iette hSs big lead over President
Taft ON the Republican ticket and
that Woodrow Wilson is sure winner
over Champ Clark.
The vote for president was merely
advisory, the real contest being for the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
COAL MINERS OF
ENGLAND TO RETURN
The Majority Against Resumption Of
Work Will be too Small to Justify
ProIongation of Conflict.
BY Associated Press.

London, April At will be peace
with honor. The men viii return to
work" declared Secretary Thomas
Ashton of the miners federation to-
night The ballots will be counted to-
morrow Delegates are arriving for
the meeting of the federation tomor-
row.
II was agreed there would be too
small a majority against resumption
of work to justify prolongation of the
conflict Work in the coal fields is
rapidly extending.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
WREcKAGE TELLS FATE OF
PASSENGER AND CREW
sy Associated Press.

Perth, Western Australia, April g.
Wreckage picked up OF the coast ap
pears to seal the fate Of the fifty
passengers and the eighty men Of the
crew of the British steamship Koom-
bana, which has been missing since
the disastrous typhoon during the last
week of March
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
WILL INSIST ON
UNION RECOGNITION
Anthracite Coal Miners Will Make
This Additional Demand Whsn They
Meet Operators.
BY Associated Press.

Philadelphia, April 8.-That the an
thracite coal miners VINO have quit
work pending adjustment Of a new
working agreement Will insist upon
recognition Of the union when they
meet the operators in conferences here
next week was indicated b. the att
tude Of the mems leaders today.
The operators have said tEe-t the
only basis OF conference they will
recognize is the request for an Increase
in wages.
There was only minor disorder In
the anthracite district today, all &C.
tual operations having suspended.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
IRISH POTATOES
HIGH IN CHICAGO
They Arc Selling at S1.75 a susheI
Wholesale, Compared With so Cents
a 5ushel Last Year.
IA Associated Press.

Chicago, April 3.-Potatoes TODAY
are selling at S1.75 a bushel wholesale
the highest price recorded in recent
years. This compares with a price Of
90 cents a bushel a year ago.
impossible roads. inadequate trans
porIation facilities, inability to get at
potatoes buried last fall and urgent
eastern shipping demand are given as
reasons for the high prices. House
wives today will be compelled to pay
so cents a peck
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
lMANCLA|MSAN
ADVANTAGE IN
FLOOD BATTLE
Government Engineers Say
The Federal Levees Will
Withstand Pressure.

LOCAL WEATHER FoREcAsTER
AT MEMPHIS, HOWEVER, URGES
RESIDENTS 70 MOVE IMME-
DIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND
MEMPHIS IS NOW WITHOUT GAS
sUPPLY-BETWEEN EIGHT AND
q NINE THOUSAND HOMELESS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-04
Nv AarocIated Pres.

Austin. Tex, April 3.-Powell Rob
eits. the American arrested in Juarez
Sunday, was held by Mexicans ap-
parently as a. decoy to entice certain
Fl Paso policemen into Mexico where
the policemen have been arrested. ac-
cording to an official report to Cover
nor Colquitt today. The governor
wired Secretary of State Knox to try
and obtain Roberts's release.
Washington, April 3.-What course
the state department will pursue in