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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-03-14
CITY ELECTION NOTICE

To THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ALMA.
MICHIGAN:
Notice is hereby given that the annual
election for the City of Alma, Michigan,
will be held on Monday. April /, 1912.
from seven O'Clock in the forenoon, or as
soon thereafter as may be, until FIVE
o'clock in the afternoon of same day, at
the places i'm the several wards herein
after designated; also the Election In
spectors of the several wards will be in
session to complete the Enrolment
Books for the Primary Election to be
held in August. 1912, at which election
the following city officers will be.eected;
Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, also for each
Of the several wards one Supervisor, one
Alderman for two years, one Alderman
for one year in the Second Ward. and
one Constable
The places for holding the elections in
the several wards in said City are as fo'-
lows:
First Ward-City Hall.
Second Ward-Printing room, Calf
ney block.
Third Ward-Reading room, Hotel
Area la
Fourth ward-W. +. Adams Sample
Room.
Dated Alma, Mich, March 8, 1912.
ID. w. ADAMS, City Clerk.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-03-14
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BY Associated Press,

Chicago, Jan. 24.-Negligence on
the part of three trainmen CON
tributed to the Illinois Central wreck
at Kinmundy Sunday night, in which
]. T. Harahan and three other rail
road officials were killed, so an in
vestgating committee declared here
today.
The trainmen are Engineer r. ;
Stuart, of the train which crashed
into the one standing at the water
tank; John Fl. Brainard. conductor ol
the train standing at the water tank
and ]. Broecke, fagman Of the train
which was run into.
W. L. Parks, vice president of the
Illinois Central, and a member of the
committee, said what steps will be
taken in the trainmen's cases was not
determined.
The committee found that the con
ductor and fiagnan of train No. rs
the one run into, knowing that No.
was following closely, We're negligent
in not using the means they had ir
protecting their train. The board
also finds that the engineer Of trair
No. was negligent in not discovering
earlier his proximity to train No. 25.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-01-25

The franchise committee of the city
council has decided to incorporate in
the Louisville & Nashville ordinance
the common carrier clause suggested
by Frank L. Mayes at the meeting of
citizens with the committee recently
and a meeting Of the committee and
City Attorney Jones will be held today
and this amendment, as well as the
others agreed upon, will be properly
incorporated in the measure.
porated in the measure.
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
has agreed to this amendment, which
is as follows:
For and in consideration, In part,
of the valuable grants and privileges
conveyed to the /. & n. Railroad
Company by the City OF Pensacola
in this ordinance, the said L. & n.
Railroad Company expressly agrees
and binds itself to permit a physical
connection with any of it's side tracks
or spur tracks, between Muscogee
wharf and Bayou Texar, by any rail-
road track which the city may build
or authorize to be built from any
wharf or landing between such linn
its. The said L. & N Railroad Com
CONTINUED on Third Pagc)
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BY Associated Press.

xa7v Orleans, Jan. 24.-Judge Luther
r Hall, the candidate Of the Good
Government League for governor, had
q small plurality Of the votes counted
m to 10 o'clock tonight when the vote
stood: Hall, 40,G25; Michel, 38,991,
and Aswell 16,057.
The Indications at that hour were
that United States Senator FoEter
had been defeated for denomination
h. Congressman Joseph Z. Ransden,
although the latter had a lead Of but
1890 out of a total Of $4,000 votes
tabulated.
For the junior senatorship Con
gressman Robert f. Broussard had a
lead of about 1000 votes over Gov.
Sanders, but not enough to give him
q majority in the first primary over
both Sanders and Congressman Pujo.
MIDNIGHT RETURNS.
At midnight practically the COM
piete returns indicated that Ransden
wins the nomination by 5000 to 1000
majority.
Gov. Sanders will enter the second
primary with Broussard and Hall will
enter the second primary with Michel
the administration candidate.
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THE FUNERAL OF
MAJ. E. E. WRIGHT
Body Inferred in Forest Hill Cemetery
Roosevelt Wires His Sympathy to
Gen. Luke Wright.
RY Associated Press.

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 24.-Funeral
services were held at the family resi-
dence here today over the body Of
Major E. E. Wright, who was killed
In the Illinois Central railroad wreck
uear Kinmundy, H., Monday last. The
Right Rev. Thomas Gailor. Protestant
Episcopal bishop of Tennessee, con-
Quoted the services. The interment
was in Forest Hill cemetery.
Among the numerous telegrams Of
sympathy received yesterday was one
from Theodore Roosevelt addressed to
General Luke E. Wright. In addition
10 the active paIlbearers. the list of
whom included some of the most
prominent citizens of Memphis, hon
oCary pallbearers were named by the
Tennessee Club, of which Mr.. Wright
vas member, and from the Christian
Brothers College alumni.
The body of James T. Harahan, who
vas killed in the same wreck as Ma
ior Wright, will be brought to Mem
his on a special train Thursday
morning. Services will be held Thurs
day at the residence of Captain W. 3.
Mallory, father -in-law of Mr.. Hara-
han.
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HARMONY PRIMARY
PLANS GO FORWARD
Tennessee Democrats Are Getting
Ready and Six Members of Primary
Board Are Named.
BY Associated Press.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 24.-Prelimi-
nary plans for the Democratic har-
mony primary to be held April q have
gone forward to the extent of the
naming Of six members of the board
to hold the primary. three from each
faction. These six are yet to name a
seventh and complete the board.
A question is being brought for
ward as to who selects the temporary
officers of the convention May 16-
whether the regular state committee
or the primary board. In case of nu-
merous contests, control of the tenn
porary organization might mean con-
troll of the convention. 1t is not yet
apparent whether the point will make
serious trouble or not. In several
counties, Independents are not in
cIined to follow the leaders in the har-
mony plan.
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BY Associated Press.

Buenos Ayres, Jan. 24.-The Angen-
tine government has ordered four
warships to Paraguay in anticipation
of breakage of diplomatic relations
between the two countries, the result
of the failure of the Paraguayau gov
ernment to satisfactorily answer the
demands by Argentina for compensa-
ton for losses incurred by her citizens
through attacks by Paraguyans on
shipping and other property.
The Argentine foreign minister,
Ernesto Bosch, recently instructed the
Argentine minister at Asuncion to pre-
sent a formal claim for compensation
for the attacks on Argentinian ship
ping and property.
The Paraguayan government curtiy
refused to discuss the matter. The
Argentine minister reported to that ef-
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TRUST REFUSED TO
SELL HIM MATERIAL
r. H. Gary of San Francisco Tells
How He Was Forced Out of Com
petition With q Subsidiary.
nv Associated pra

Washington. Jan. PA witness be-
fore the house steel trust investi-
eating committee declared today he
had been forced to surrender a valu-
able contract because companies sub
sidiary to the United States Stee' Cor
poration refused to sell him matel al
and that their refusal was based on
the ground that one of their number
had been an unsuccessful bidder for
the job.
The witness was R. H. Gary of San
Francisco. He is dealer in iron and
steel products. He secured in 1905 a
contract to supply seamless tubes for
the gunboat Bennington. When he at
tempted to buy supplies for the Ben
nington order, he testified, from sub
sidiary companies of the steel corpo-
ration, he was refused because the
Shelby Steel Company, another sub
sidiary, he says, had been an unsuc-
cessful bidder for the job he got.
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ITALY SUPPLIES
CROP INFORMATION
Cables Department of Agriculture the
Area of Winter Wheat 5own in
Many Countries.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 24.-The interna-
tional institute of agriculture at
Rome, Italy, has cabled the United
States department of agriculture the
following crop information:
THE area sown to winter wheat in
Belgium this season is 104 per cent of
last seasons area; IN Spain s5 per
cent; in France 112 per cent; IN Great
Britain 106 per cent; in Canada 81 per
cent; in British India 80 per cent.
Weather conditions in the countries
named are favorable for winter cereal
crops and their termination is regular.
THE production Of lint cotton in
Mexico this season. is 76,500,000
pounds; IN British India 1,240,750,00O
pounds; in Egypt $50 o,500,0 600 pounds.
THE combined production of lint
cotton of the three countries named
this season is 1853 per cent of last
seasons production
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-01-25

A call for a meeting of the Demo
cratic executive committee Of the
Third congressional district to be he
held in this city on Monday, February
18th, has been issued by Chairman
Frank L. Mayes and sent out to the
committee of the fourteen counties
composing the district. The meeting
Will be held in the auditorium of the
San Carlos hotel, convening at 2
o'clock, and will be the first meeting
of this committee ever held in Pen
sacoIa.
In selecting the place Of the meet
ing Chairman Mayes named Pensa-
cola for the reason that it is an ideal
convention city, and furthermore that
the low round trip rates that viii
then be effective from all points or
account of the Mardi Gras celebration
will make it much cheaper for the
FT-t-9
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ITALIAN WARSHIPS
CAUSING TROUBLE
Shipping Insurance Circles Are Being
Effected by the Activity of the
Ships in the Mediterranean.
BY Associated Press.

London. Jan. 24.-The activity Of
italian warships in the Mediterranean
and Red seas is causing increasing
uneasiness in shipping insurance
circles. Several large tnsurances have
been effected during the past two days
at Lloyd's in this connection.
A premium of five per cent was ac-
cepted to cover the risk Of an out
break of hostilities between France
and Italy in the course Of the next
four months and although there is no
apparent reason for such an accept
ance, a premium Of six per cent was
paid on the risk of the outbreak OF
war between Great Britain and France
and Germany within the next six
months.
The stoppage of the Austrian Lloyd
steamer Bregenz yesteray in the Red
sea is regarded here as likely to lead
to an exchange Of views between Aus
tria and italy
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-01-25
GAG LAW" KEEPS
ALL FACTS HIDDEN
Chairman of Committee on Postoffices
Says Congress is Kept in the Dark
Regarding Many Things.
Ry Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 24.-"It Is a re-
markable situation that this gag law
of the department should keep con-
gress from getting at facts" declared
Chairman Moon of the committee on
postonces today after a former mail
clerk declared the postmaster genera.
and postal officials suppress facts and
misinform congress as to the safety @
railway mail clerks.
A former employe, Urber Walter, O
Denyer, now editor of a trade journ9
of his craft, exhibited 500 letters from
clerks reporting on unsanitary OF un-
safe conditions in the railway mai
service. He declared the positions Of
the letters author would be jeop-
ardized if the names were published
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REPUBLICANS WILL
FIGHT REDUCTIONS
After Conference With President,
Payne and DaEzeII Say They Will
Fight Lower Steel Schedules.
RY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 24.-After a con-
ference between President Taft and
Representatives Payne and Dalzell,
minority members of the house ways
and means committee, Mr.. Payne de-
clared the minority would oppose the
bill endorsed by the Democratic house
caucus reducing iron and steel duties.
According to Mr.. Payne, the min
ority would not agree to reductions on
the iron and steel schedule unless
based on information from the tariff
board. President Taft was understood
to share the view of Republican lead
ers.
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GEORGIA SOLONS IN
A SPECIAL SESSION
Canvass Returns of Gubernatoriat
Election and Governor J. M. Brown
viii be Ingurated Today.
Rv Associated Press.

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 24.-The Georgia
legislature met in special session to-
day, canvassed the returns of the
gubernatorial election Of January 10
and declared Joseph N. Brown gov
ernor of the state to succeed Hoke
Smith, who resigned to accept the
United States senatorial toga- Mr..
Brown will be inaUgurated tomorrow.
No business except the formalities
in connection with the coming of a
new chief executive is on the program,
and the assembly will adjourn after
the inauguration.
Gov. John N. Slaton, who occupied
the governors chair in the interim be-
tween Smiths resignation and the in
auguration, submitted q brief messag &c
on general subjects this morning.
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RY Associated Press.

b Mays Landing, n. J.. Jan. "a
Louis Kuehnle, Republican leader OF
Atlantic City who was recently con-
victed of unIawfully participating in
the award of a contract to a com
pany in which he was interested while
he was a member Of the Atlantic City
water commission was today sen
fenced to one years imprisonment al
hard labor and to pay a fine Of s., 900
KuehnIe was released on bond pend
ing a hearing for new trial Mr.
kuehnIa is reputed to be a millionaire
and has for years held undisputed
sway as the Republican boss of At
lantic City and county. He is also
president of one of the largest banks
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-01-25
WOULD PUBLISH
ALL ENDORSEMENTS
House Passes Bill Requiring Publicity
Before President Makes Appoint
ment of Judges.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 24.-Publication by
the president OF every written and
verbal endorsement of candidates for
all federal judgships from the su-
preme coutr down, prior to the ap-
pointment of judges, would be requir-
ed by a bill passed by the house this
afternoon after a lively debate.
The bill was introduced by Repre-
sentative Culop, Of Indiana, as an
amendment to the Evans bill which
would abolish the federal iudgship al
Chicago made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Peter S. Groscup and supplant
it with additional district judgeships
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KILLS YOUNG WOMAN
SCHOOL TEACHER
She Had Sued the Wife of the Man
Firing Shot-He Then Killed Man
Who Was Friend of Girl.
RY AssncIated Rrass.

Salem, Va, Jan. 24.-Miss Eva
Chambers, young school teacher, was
shot and killed near her school in
Roanoke county today by Joshua
Raines. Later he shot and killed
Charles Day. one of his neighbors.
Raines surrendered to the police here.
The killing was the direct result of
a suit for SANDER instituted by Miss
Chambers against the wife of Raines.
Raines said tonight he attempted to
get Miss Chambers to dismiss the suit
and when she refused he shot her.
He says he will not employ counsel.
Raines's motive in killing Day Is
said to be because of the interest Day
had taken in Miss Chambers.
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sy Associated Press.

3, l0EN, Jan. 24.-After a trip
-'-s1 The south in an effort to over
r. ,s eo1ecJoRs to the central bureau
p.z-T,-' established here for the regis
Ss--1 u cotton bills of lading. H.
- Iaalrman of the European
: g conference committee, and J.
Ilf~----Ss0n, manager of the Bank Of
tsv .i' -, returned to New York to-
b. t@eE will remain here few
L. Ie-oFe returning to England.
- : mat the English visitors had
-'ia' need that the bureau must
e., --a1.aoned on account of opposi-
t-tl'g shippers in the south and
II the north were denied by
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-01-25
representatives Of the European
Bankers Return From Tour

Charles Il. Haight. counsel for the
European committee. Mr.. Haight
spoke for Messrs. Kern and Simpson.
Nothing will be decided upon for a
few days" said Mr.. Haight. THE
visit of the English representatives to
this country has resulted in a better
understanding on the part of every
body. At the Memphis conference
one or two points were suggested in
regard to alterations which might
help things along. We hope that it
will be possible to avoid past grounds
of friction"
Mr.. Haight said that some definite
announcement as to the future of the
central bureau would be made soon.
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Weatner Forecast.

FAIR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS.
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Republican Leader Of Atlantic City
is Sentenced to One Year

in the city and a director and heavy
stockholder in several others.
His trial was notable for the effort
to clear his skirts of participation In
the profits of the illegally awarda6
contracts for water mains.
Thomas McDevitt and George
Amole, convicted OF violating election
laws in Atlantic City, were sentenced
to six months and three months in
jail, respectively.
Three freehoIders Of Atlantic couu-
ty John Arnsworth, Harry May and
Frank Enderlon, who were convicted
of accepting money for granting road
contracts, were given one year each I'm
the peniteruary, but the justice eIimi-
mated the hard labor provision F-ofn
the sentence.
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WILL LIBERALIZE
PUBLIC LAND LAW
1t viii be Done in the Hope of Check
ing Emigration of American Farmers
to Canada.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 24.-In the hope
of checking emigration of American
farmers to the Canadian northwest,
important amendments to liberalize
public land laws were favorably re-
ported today from the public lands
committee.
The enforced term of residence on
a homestead would be reduced from
five to three years and a homesteader
would be permitted to absent himself
from his claim six months every year.
Senators who stand for Iiberalizing the
lands have declared in the senate that
a class Of American citizens were
being driven to Canada at the rate of
100000 a year by the stringent laws.
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BIG DEMANDS BY
MINISTER OF WAR
Republicans Order the China Mer-
chants Steam Navigation Co. to
Turn Over Ten Million TaeIs.
e. Associated Press.


shanghai, Jan. 25.-Huang Sing,
ne republican minister of war, to-
ca made a demand on the China
Ae7ch2nt's Steam Navigation Com
Fany for ten million taels (approxi-
aaIely $l090000). In the event Of
ia1-lFs by the company to produce the
s-1 the company's vessels will be
I-2E1andered by the republican gov
.,@hAet and sold. The directors of
Is company asked the war minister
~ I2e TO consult their stockholders.
AEas reported a few days ago that
- publican government had Sc
:, ,-79 control Of the stock of the China
.-ssia'ts Steam Navigation Co. and
ss-.to>ed naortgaging the entire fleet
., ten million taels.
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NAVAL OFFICER DIES
OF YELLOW FEVER
Commander Levi c. Bertolette, of the
Yorktown, Dies Suddenly Aboard
His Ship at GuayaquiI.
BY Associated Press.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jan. 24.-Com-
n1ander Levi C. Bertolette, of the
United States cruiser Yorktown, re-
ported Ill several days ago with yellow
fever, died suddenly aboard ship here
at o'clock this morning.
Washington, Jan. 24.-Commander
Levi C. Bertolette, who was command
er of the Yorktown. was stricken with
yellow fever soon after his vessel ar
rived at Guayaquil to protect Ameri-
can interests during the revolution
He was native of Pennsylvania.
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MINERS WANT TEN
CENTS TON INCREASE
Twenty Per Cent More is Also De-
nanded for all Day Labor About the
Mines.
Nv Annotated Praaa.

indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 24.-An in
crease of 10 cents ton Of run Of
mine basis, and an increase of TWEEN
ty per cent for all day labor about the
mines were the demands of the wage
scale committee submitted to the con-
vention of the United Mine Workers
of America at noon today for the
bituminous coal miners. The commit
tee also demanded a 7-hour day.
No recommendation is to be made
to the convention as to whether a ma
tionaI strike will be called in event
the operators refuse to accede to the
miners demands before April 1, it was
understood.
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S. S. SFMMES OF
OSCEOLA, ARK, DEAD
Uncle of Major Wright, Killed in
Train Wreck, Dies Shortly Before
Latter's Funeral.
av Associated Presa-

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 24.-Previous
to the funeral services over the body
of Major E. E. Wright here today, a
telegram to General Luke E. Wright,
Major Wright's father, contained the
information that S. S. Semmes of
OsceoIa, Ark. an attorney well known
in Arkansas and an uncle of Major
Wright, died at his home in Osceola
early today. Mr.. Semrnes was the
eldee4 son of Admiral Raphael Semmes
of the Confederate navy.
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Every Live Pensacola Merchant Is a
Journal Advertiser.
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TORELEASE TURKS
NOW AT CAGLIARI
All of Them Affiliated With the Red
Crescent Society Are Ordered Turn
ed Loose by Italy.

Paris, Jan. 24.-It is understood that
as a result of the inquiry conducted
by italian experts into the identity Of
the Turkish prisoners captured by the
italians aboard the French steamer
Manouba, who are now at Cagliari, In
Sardinia, the italian government
probably will release all of them afTin-
ated with tie society of the Red
Crescent
There are four physicians among
them and the remainder are known
to be hospital attendants.
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STEEL SCHEDULE
BILL INTRODUCED
Measure Is Referred to Ways and
Means Committee-Debate Probably
Will Begin on Friday.
BY Associated Press.

Washington. Jan. 24.-The revised
iron and steel tariff schedule, approx
&c by the Democratic caucus Tuesday
night, was introduced today by Repre-
sentative Underwood and referred to
the ways and means committee, which
viii act on the bill tomorrow.
A strict party vote is expected. I'm
derwood will report the bill with the
committee recommendation that it
pass. The debate probably will begin
on F.ida3.
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c. r. HEIKE WANTS
HIS CASE REVIEWED
Man Convicted of Conspiracy Claims
Immunity Because of the Informa-
tion He Supplied.
BY Associated Press.

Heilze, the former secretary of the
American Sugar Refining Company
who was found guilty of conspiracy to
defraud the government in connection
with the sugar weighing scandals, to-
day petitioned the supreme court to
review his case, claiming immunity
because of the testimony he gave the
federal grand jury which investigated
the sugar trust.