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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-15
SHELL AT HEAD
OF TOBACCO TRUST.
He Succeeds J. 3. Duke, Whoss Rssu-
nation Is Accepted at Meeting Of the
Board of Directors.

New York. Feb. 1S.-PercivzI sheal
was today elected president OF the
American Tobacco Company to succeed
]. B. Duke. whose resignation was ac-
cepted at a meeting OF the board OF
directors Of the company.
The following vice presidents were
elected: ]. B. Hanlow, George ". Hi,
NJ. G. Patterson and r. v. Yuille.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-15
DOCK AND
WAREHOUSE ARE BURNED

Amsterdam. Feb. 1.-THE docks and
warehouse OF the Ccmpagne de
IsOcean burned this morning. The loss
on goods stored in the warehouse is
estimated at over 1900 .oa0.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-15
OF
THE WHITE WAY
BY ALDERMAN
Improvements Made by the
Board of Works Subject to
Attack by DR.. Renshaw

HE OBJECTS TO BOARD SPEND
ING MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR
THAT PURPOSE ~ SUCH A
MANNER AND ALLEGES THAT
OTHER SECTIONS ARE LETT
WITHOUT ATTENTION - OUT
BURST OCCURRED AT MEETING
OF CITY COUNCIL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-15
MURPHY DEFEATED
BY P. MCFARLAND.
Latter Successfully Defended Claims
In Ten Round Bout, which Went shs
Limit.

South Bend. Ind. Feb. 1l.-Packey
Mcfarland successfully defended hts
limit.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-15
MINES ROBBED
OF 1000 PESOS
A Band of Rebels Got a Large
Acknowledgement, Guarded by 500
FederaIs, ls Surrounded by Rebels.
By AesoeIated Press.

TOrreon. Feb. 1.-THE robbery Of
PsloS mines at Mapimi by Vasiquitas,
reported yesterday. is confirmed today.
A band got one thousand pesos. Vel
ardena, forty-five miles southwest Of
Torreon, was occupied today by the
rebels without resistance. The rebels
refused to permit the railroad COM
pany to repair the bridges. A large
number OF rebels surround Torreon.
which is guarded by 500 federal troops.
Many refugee American women and
children have reached here from Vel
ardena, but can get no further. An
attack on the city by rebels at any
moment would cause no surprise.
Cuernavaca, Mexico, Feb. IA
body Of federal troops defeated force
of Zapatistas nsar Santa Maria, six
miles north OF this city, today. The
federals lost Ave killed and six wound
ed. A report has been received stat
ing that the federal troops have been
defeated with considerable loss near
Joluta-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-15
ANOTHER CLAIM
FOR FORTUNE OF
LATE w. w. WARN
Special 20 Tha Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Ell Paso, Texas, Feb. 14.-Another
woman, claiming to be the wife of
W. w. Warn, who succumbed re-
Gently to- injuries received in an
autornobsi& accident, put IN . claim
for the fortune of the late ranch
man and former naval stores
operator today.
Through attorneys abe filed an
injunction enJoining the destruction
of q will which she claims be-
oueaths TO her an OF the property
Of the dead man
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-15
Practically the Entire Of.
fetal Staff of Bridge
Workers jailed.

ALL or THEM ARE ALLEGED TO
BE CONNECTED WITH THE ell.
cANTIc DYNAMITE CONSPIRACY
AND THEIR BONDS RANGE
FROM 5000 TO $1,000 O-EAcH IS
MADE DEFENDANT IN 80 IN
DIcTMENTs.
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lContinued from Page TenJ
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CONTINUED On Paga Six.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-15

Generally fair THURSDAY and Friday;
colder Thursday exoept IN nerthwess
pertlen; warmer IN north portion Fri
day; brisk northwest winds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
CATTLE ATTACKED
BY NEW DISEASE
Prevalent in Some Sections Of
Cent? al Virginia-Real
Estate Active.
lspecial lto The TImes. Dlspatch.l

tSpecialsto The Times Dispatch.l
ArVonla, Va. September l.-Farmers
and dairy men throughout this entire
section Of Central Virginia are COM
plalning cn tho new cattle disease which
is supposed to be "mycotic stomatitls.'
an intens Inflammation OF the feet and
mouths 81 the cattle. In most cases
the dises .se produces 2 stiffenlnG OF the
animal ind & Contraction OF the mus
cles, milking it difficult for them TO
move about The milk supply Is cut of
or ren kered worthless, and COWS arc
no longer MIXED. In some cases in
this section tho cows have died. though
this 8 unusual. and tho animals get
better after antlseptic treatment and
Keeping Up and stall fed Tor q week
or more.
The disease hero IS supposed to be
carted by fungi or infected grass,
centrally the lespideza. or Japanese
Grover. which grows everywhere here
a0uudantly- II was at Arst thought
the disease was contagious and that
thf germs were blown through tho
a, T. nut this theory was some time ago
diRproven.
Tho month OF August was perhaps
Tie best month ever known In the HIS
Dry OF the Arvonia and surrounding
'late quarries Practically every
quarry was run full time. with the
minimum LOGS from bad weather. cave
ms or lack OF blocks. Next Saturday
VIII be pay day throughout the slate
district. ana 1t is said by quarry own
! ers that a larger amount Will be paid
out Tor labor than was ever paid out
H. any month in the history OF slate
qlarTying here. The demand for slate,
ZOO is active. and the month OF July
showed most remarkable record for
outward bound freight a larger num-
Der q cars being shipped dr-ing the
month than for many years
Real estate Is quite ectivs N this
seciion no' After the boon" Of 1906
and its collapse a year late. real estate
mere remained inactive. with but slight
demand FOR lots or surrounding prop
crty- At this time large tract OF
-'-eo acras on the Gold Hill Road IS
neins SOLD off In tan-acre lots with
eager demand. This road. extending
southwark TO Dillwyn. IS q dcsira BILE
residential section. and many homes
".ll shortly be erected In that section.
with small farms surrounding them.
There is also renewed demand
for gold copper and other mineral
properties. and the speculative spirit
seems 10 be abroad again. Several
COPPER prospects al New Canton Will
shortly De worked by speculative COM
nanies
More OF less conformation has 70.
Gently been caused among the coiored
PEOPLE OF this section by the wide
spread announcement tnat the world
wonld come TO an end late in August.
- seems that a young colored woman Of
this section. now a servsnt in New
YORK wrote letter here telling of ain
infant only few days old talking and
prophesying that upon .Aurus, 90 ndg-
inent day would be visited upon the
earth This letter was fead ana re-
heated perhaps exaggerated. and finally
was taken up by number OF revival
ists IN ine various oolored churches of
ihe community. with the result that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
STILL FANCY FREE,
SAYS MARY GARDEN
But She Will Listen to Matri-
monial Proposition From
Good American.

Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch
Paris. September MARY Garden
will reappear at the opera comlque
on september To- when she Will make
her debut n La Tosoar she win
sing in "Traviata" on september IL.
In October and November she viii sing
in "Salome" at the Grand opera. she
VIII sail for America at the end OF
November. and VIII open her season
there at the Boston opera House In
La Tosca." early In December. sna
VIII Join Herr Dippels Chicago opera
company al the end OF December. Az
ter her American season MISS Garaen
VIII create the leaning role In 'rne
Jewels OF the Madonna at the Paris
opera. under the supervision Of the
composer VOL; Ferrari The prina
donna has just returned .Ezrl the
south of France. where she has been
automobihng. and has commenced ac-
tive training to preserve the lines OF
tine famous Garden figure she ex-
pressed regret at Mr. Hammerstein'
failure to make opera in London go.
lie is great man all the same" Miss
Garden says.
Speaking of the rumors as to her
enGasement to be marrie1. Mics Gar
den said
Il am SIN fancy free. but am ready
to consider matrimonial proposition
from good American"
Emma Trentni oscar Hammer
STEMS ninety-nve- pound prima donna.
sailed on the France to-day to re
hearse the star part IN Fire Fly" She
only reached Paris at the last moment
ami the steamship agents thought she
had been lost Trentini explained that
her maid missed the train in Italy aud
she was compelled 10 travel alone Tor
the first time in her life She was
not worried. however. after her ex
perience with one-night stands in
America The prima donna said She
had not spoken English all summer
as She wished 10 preserve her foreign
accent she has not bought stitch
Of clothes In Europe. as she SAYS she
can dress better and cheaper in New
York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
orFIcEHoLDEns NOT ELIGIBLE.
Action Aimed at Itoiton and Reynolds
hy Forsyth RcnnblIcnns

Winston salem y c.. September III
The Forsyth Republicans. in county
convention last evening. adopted "A
resolution TO the effect that no office
holders. county state or national
should he eligible as delegate to the
state convention to be held in Char
lotto next week This action vas
aimed ~ District Attorney \ r Hoi-
ton and Postmaster g. REYNOLDS.
whose friends had their names on the
list slated as delegates The Roose-
Welt followers in the county conven
lon were Ia the majority. and while
the caucus held In the morning that
as delegates. they let IT be known In
the caucus held this mornine that
Mrssrs. Holton and Reynolds were IN
desire ble and would not be accented
by the convention ~ a. Tonee Ia
nominated for sheriff Henry Nisss.n
i iqr register of deeds. ana 3. \. Lin
Attorney u, T Benbow was elected
cn .. man i The county executive com
mittee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
STRAUSS STIRSUP
A HORNETS MES I
He Writes Open Letter Regard
ing Wagner Family's Monopoly
Of "Parsifal."

Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch ]
Berlin, september DIR. kIcharu
strauss mas stirred up a hornets nest
IN radical Germany with an open letter
regarding the agitation Tor perpet-
uating the Wagner familys monopoly
Of "Parslfal" The letter contains the
following attack on the ReicAstag, and
Untortunateiy the decision in re-
gard TO Parsifal does not rest with
the people VINO have refinement and
the development Of our culture At
heart, but with politicians who are
devoid Of Understanding the rights OF
intellectual property owners"
strauss continues: Il heard Eugene
Richter. the late famous radical par
Humanitarian. invoke the most shame
less lies 10 tread under foot the rish,
of 200 German composers. including
the Wagners and Heines I'm favor OF
200 900 German publicans Things viii
not be better so long as universal
suffrage exists. and So Ions as votes
are counted and not weighed. so long
for example. as tho voice of a simple
Richard Wagner does not count the
same as the voices of 100000 navvies
put together. No wonder the French
and Italians in matters artistic stlil
consider US as barbarians"
The letter evokes monical contempt
in most quarters
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
Social and
Personal

Miss Claire Gillaume returns to-day
from Sandy Spring. Md. where she
has been visiting Mrs. Henry w. Davis.
club members regret that she Will ar
rive too late to attend the first tea
OF the IAN season at Woman's club
this afternoon.
Dr. Armistead Gils has returned to
the city after "a pleasant stay at VIZ
gina Beach Mrs Gins Is spending
some time with relatives 1T Ports
mouth, Va.
Dr. ana Mrs c. r. scott, who spent
last week al 215 East Franklin street.
nave returned TO their nome a Cary,
y. c.
Mrs Bossieux ana MISS Irene Bossieux
are in Richmond. after spending Au-
gust at Brunswick Inn, Waynesboro,
Va.
Mr ana Mrs. Eppa Hunton and Eppa
Hunton. Jr... thifd.. VINO have been
SPENDING the summer as usual at Mrs.
Aunton's Old nom In Warrnton. Va,
returns TO thelr home. East Frank
In street. to-day.
Mrs. J Taylor Ellyson leaves this
week 10 spend September with her Sis
ter Mrs. Jordon. IN the Virginia noun
tains.
Governor and Mrs Mann Will attend
the Deeper Waterways Convention In
Sew York this week. SO that the man
sion VIII be practically closed
Mrs Cunningham Itall ana small
son have returned from spending tho
sumner on tho coast OF Maine. SO have
"A party or Richmond girls. Including
MISS kate Foniairc. Meade. Miss Mary
and Ellen Bail Misses Anna purcell.
Heteoca Gordon. Charlotte and Frances
bcmi2s.
Announcement OF Interest.
Virginia society o. interested IN an
announcement recently made ~ tha
engagement OF Miss Ethel Du Bo-s. OF
Atlanta Ga. and Alfred clinton Ear
row. ~ Lynch5usc va
MISS p ! Bose 80 tho youngest laugh
Ter ~ NJ ana Mrs " r nu Bose.
and graduate ~ Womar's College.
Lynchhurg. who nas Travelled exten-
'lvely abroad Mr Barrow is tho son
~ Nj. and Nrs Herbert barrow.
az Blackstone. ani president 81 large
manual iiirinc plant in Lyrcnhurr The
marriage VIII De celebrated during
nc month ~ October iu t1e preshy-
terrain Chnrca ~ srrlng isll. Ga
'"mpiimentnrS 10 liisr ThomnAon.
among the pleasant social events ~
the eeason at Greenwood Hotel ;hle
week Wa card party given nv Mr.
: Whi'e Of Richmond commit
.nentary 70 Miss Thompson. ~ Newpor,
The color scheme wax rink ana
white There were foor ,sblss 1s I'.D
inviter were Misees ifarv VIII to Anna
end sallic TAYLOR Trsdcricka Harris.
'''ss Inomnson- Mrs Flomlnester. Mrs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
NIGHT wNrcmI,N Assaulted.

statcsvine. y c.. September \,
KeeNcr lies unconscious at RilllnrsleI,
hospital as result Of a murdero,,s
assault made on him By some M
known party Mr. Keevor has bee,
night Waterman at the plant of
about three weeks. and last r,e.St
while making his rounds inst hetore
midnight he was assembled Ills had
was badly beaten and one hand was
Whatever was used as club Ncfpb
bois, attracted by Mir Keever;s
screams, went TO his ala. but The as
sailan, had made his escape. While
there Is no definite clue. certain ones
arc suspected OF being implicated
Wade H. Allison, who Tor twenty
i've years has run a department store
here. has made an assignment for the
oeneht OF his creators: His liabilities
$4,000 80 q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
FISHER SUCCEEDS
PAFF AS MAYOR
New Executive of Alexandria
Takes Oath of Oficc-Labor
Day Plans.
Lspeelal . &c rlmes.Dlspatch.l

Il.
~ Fisher recently elected Mayor OF
the city. So sterday appeared before \. s
NreenWay. clerk of the Corporation
Court and took the required oath OF
office lie succeeds Frederick j. Paf.
whose tenure of office expired at mid
night tonight. Mayor-Elect Fisher al
midnight assumed the duties incident
TO his new office. lie viii serve fol-
four years.
The retiring Mayor. Frederick J.
ran. was elected for two consecutive
terms of four years each and in add.
ton ne served for five years as a mem.
Der of the City Council three of which
he served president of that body.
Thomas ~ Fisher. the Mayor elect,
is now member OF tho Board of Po-
lice Commissioners from the Second
ward. and also secretary or that body.
lie to-day submitted his resignation
as such. to become effective at once.
The new City Council Will BIO called
on to elect three ont OF the five COM
posing the Board of Polics Commits
sloners. tho three retiring having been
elected to other city Offices.
There Will be a big Labor Day rally
Monday at Luna Park. Alexandr-ta
athletic and field day exercises has
been prepared. The affair will be un-
der tho auspices of the Trades Councils
Of this city and Washington.
a list of tho speakers as announced
follows John g. Colpoys, secre-
tary OF the Washington Central Labor
Union. p. J. Conlin, first vice presi-
dent OF tho International Association
Of Machenists. Washington. and A J.
Montague. former Governor of Virginia.
The speaking will take place at 1870
o'clock In the afternoon. and the
speakers will he Introduced by Howard
r Colvin. secretary of the Virginia
Federation OF Labor.
Three out OF the four glass facto-
ries here Will resume operations
this waak Firse were started
some time ago in the furnaces. and the
indications are that the season will be
most successful one. Most OF the
blowers. who have been away on their
vacations. have returned prepared to
resume work.
The work OF issuing permits to chill
dren 10 attend the public schools will
be begun Monday and end Friday The
public schools viii be reope,l=d for
studies September next
The three newly elected sergeants
of police assumed their duties to-
day. Each sergeant will have
charge Of a squad OF six men They
are 3. Frapk Bettis. first. William !.
Wilkinson. second. and Wilmer Scott,
third.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02

for some days one or two OF tho quar-
ries fell short OF men. they all being
at church. preparing fol the end OF
all mundane things. II was observed.
however. that August % came and went
without bringing tho destruction of
tho world.
Tho district school boards OF the
county are making their Anal selection
OF teachers for the coming session.
The high schools Will open on septam-
oer l6 and the common schools on Oc-
tober Z. 1t is thought tnat about
ninety-fve schools viii be run in the
county this year. thirty Of which VIII
be colored. Up to this time only
eleven colored teachers have registered
with the division superintendent and
had their certificates signed. 1t is
thought that at least half the colored
schools Of the county VIII be without
teachers this year unless emergency GER
tihcates can be secured. This method
Of securing teachers. however. IS much
discountenanced in Buckingham County.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
LYNCIIBURG CITY COUNCIL
WILL ORGANIZE TODAY
lspeclai 10 Tie Times-plspateh.

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.1
Lynchhure. Va. September IT, For
the purpose OF organizine for the next
two years, the two branches OF the city
Council will hold separate sessions at
the Council Chamber Monday after
noon. The Common Council VIII meet
at $50 o'clock ana the Board of Alder
men at o'clock
Inasmuch as all the city officials were
elected two years ago FOR a term Of
four years. no Joint session will he
held Monday. John Victor will be re-
elected president of the Common Coun-
ell, and 1t is generally expected that
William King, Jr. Will head the Board
of Aldermen for the coming term.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02
He Is En- Route to New York as
Guest of Commodore
Todd.
DY IA MARauIsE DE roNrrNon.

DY Ia MARoUIsE DE FoNTENoT.
7 ORD ANNESLEY. who has sailed
from Cowes for New York. on
- board the three-masted schooner
yacht Katrina. as one OF the guests OF
Commodore Robert Il. Todd. of the
New York Yacht Club. Is one Of the
large land owners Of ireland. his es
tates IN County Down alone extend
Ing over an area of some 10000 acres.
II he has taken no part In public life
and has failed to follow tho example
of the former earls OF his house in
serving In the army. It is because he
has suffered from infancy from some
what serious impedlment in his speech.
resembling by curious coincidence
his father in this respect. for the
fifth Lord Annesley during the Crimean
War. at the battle OF the Alma. had
his Jaw smashed by a Russian bullet
which took of part OF the tongue and
/ twenty-four teeth. kinzlake. In his
history OF the Cr.mean War speaks
OF the courage and composure with
which the Young subaitern Of the
Scots Guards bore injuries which, es-
pecially In those days of nonantisep-
tic surgery. seemed so irremediahle as
to render death release. Yet the
wounded man survived for more than
half a century, marrying. ZEN seconces
noces.' at the age of siXty-one a IA
nous beauty forty years mis- Junior,
daughter OF William Armitage Moore.
of Arnmore. who used to be known in
Dublin society as Pretty Priscilla"
The present Lord Annesley is a son
OF the FIRST marriage and until MS
fathers death. In 1903. bore the name
OF Nlscount Glerawly. a Jaw breaking
one, Indeed This title is entirely due
to a clerical error Tho name should
have been Gienawloy. after a place In
~ 80 ~f1 raa. -fr Ill
trusted with the writing out OF tho
patent Of creation wrote tho word
wrong. and as the error was discov-
cred only after the document had re-
Viewed the slgn-manval OF the SOW
ereisn II was too late to change g..
Consequently tho Earls OF Annesley
possess among their monor honors the
Niscounty Of Glerawly-a place that
has no eXistencei
Possessed Of an income estimated a,
S2oo.ooo. Lord Annesley makes his
principal home at Castle Wenam. a
splendid granite structure nesting
among tho mountains Of the old King
dom OF Mourne. the estate Including
within it's botders tho quaint old town
Of Castle Wellam. as we'll as the sea-
side resort and port Of Newcastle in
County Down The castle mark is
celebrated for its trees. The mild
climate az ireland and the sheltered
nature Of the locality. having enabled
arboriculture 10 be carried on there
with success unusual I'm Northern
Europe and at the International Svl-
viculture Congress- held twenty years
aEo in London, 1t was demonstrated
that nowhere else In the world ex-
cepting in some parts OF Brittany Is
there gathered such "a wonderful num-
her OF rare and varied trees.
Not long ago announcement was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02

Archduke Joseph Ferdinand has fol-
loved the example of the Archdukes
Eugene. Frederick. Leopold. Francis
salvador and Henry In rcsigninG his
command in the Austrian army. soon
or than submit to tho directions Of
-Archduke Frl.icis- Ferdinand. tn. Il IN
apparent. or TO the dictatorial .celma
which he has inate uratei as tn. f.u,-
peror's generanssino There is no
doubt that the withdrawal OF tho
Aichdukes Eugene. Frederick and
Leopold ia distinct loss to the d.,n .
since their military qualities have al
ways been held in high esteem not
only by the Vienna War Department..
hut also by that at Berlin
Joseph Ferdinand is not however.
irreplaceable He has hitherto been
general OF the Third Infantry Divis-
ION and Is second son and prlucipSl
heir OF the last rand Duce of Tus
consequently. the head OK the
Tuscan branch of the House OF laps
burg As such. he stands NTH in the
line OF succession to the imperial
throne and owes this position and his
wealth to the quarrel OF his elder
brother. Archduke Leopold. with his
parents and with the Emperor--a quar-
rel which eliminated In Lcopold's re-
nunciation OF his birthrisht. his hon
ors and his prcrogatives TO become an
exile ana plain swiss citizen under
the name OF Leopold Wolhing
'Wolnlng" is not deserving Of
much sympathy. but there Is much
foundation for the general impression
that prevails throughout Austria that
Archdukc Joseph Ferdinand envenomed
his brothers case in every possible
way. especially at its most critical
moment in order to get his place IN
the succession and his paternal IN
hcrltance. This is an opinion so gen
orally held that he, Joseph Ferdinand
enjoys tho distinction to-day OF be,
ing tho most unpopular member % the
Imperial family tho more so since 1t
is understood that he has failed 10
keep the promises in connection with
monetary matters which he made
when pressing Leopold to surrender
his birthrght to him Joseph Ferdi-
rand moreover. gave ofense to the
army authorities and the Empero- by
tho publicity Of his relations WITH a
certain Mile. Mitzke while holding a
military command
'Copyrlght, 1912. by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-02

tSprcla! 10 The Times Dispatch
Tho local manufacturers shipped
55a3.773 pounds of tobacco this month
this being an increase Of 63O.se2 pounds
as compared with shipments made the
this september aggregated S4+N5OlSS