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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19

About forty members attended the
regular monthly meeting of the PEN
saeola Commercial Association held in
the auditorium of the San Carlos hotel
lSst night at O'Clock. The neetind
was one OF the most successful vet
hsio and some interesting and profit
axle discussions were heard. which. h
is hoped, will result in good beinq se-
compIished.
Besides the report of the secretary.
which was q brief summary of the
work or the association so far this
year, reports from a number of tha
chairmen of the standing committees
were made and suggestions We're OF
Tered by number OF the members of
future,
PAPER MILL DISCUSSED,
A subject which was discussed AZ
some length and upon which a con-
siderable amount of enthusiasm Was
evident was the establishment of "A
paper mill, to manufacture book papor
from wood pulp.
The subject was first broached I'm
the report Of the secretary and was
later discussed by others present. HI
being shown that within easy access Of
tnls city are large quantities OF the
proper material for the manufacture
of book paper. The report of the sec
retary also showed that the prospects
for securing an enterprise of this kind
are good
c. w. soULE TALKS.
6. w. Soule, OF Camp Walton, was
visitor at the meeting and at the
conclusion Of the reading of the sec
retary's report, said that he wished TO
say just a few words as to the utiliza-
ton Of the gum tree for making paper.
He discussed the paper industry
briefly and said that right at Pensa-
cola's door are thousands OF acres of
gum trees splendidly adapted to the use
of paper mills and which are worthless
for anything else. He said the cost of
transportation would be almost moth
ing, while in the North they haul the
same material long distances to manu-
facture the same product which might
be manufactured in this city. Pensa-
cola, he said, is peculiarly adapted to
this particular industry.
ROEHR DISCUSSES SUBJECT,
Chemical Engineer c. J. Roehr. who
has made a special study OF the manu-
facture of paper and who helped to
establish the paper mill at Orange.
Texas, which is now the only mill of
it's kind Of any consequence in the
South, was the next to discuss the
paper mill proposition.
Mr.. Roehr said there was nothing to
keep such an industry from succeed
ing in Pensacola. He said the gum
trees, so plentiful in the vicinity of
Pensacola, make the best fibre for book
paper Of an fibre of which he knows
except poplar, which is so scarce that
it is very expensive.
One Of the stron gest advantages OF
Pensacola as a location for a factory
to manufacture paper from gumwood,
he said, is the fact that the material
is so accessible to the city that II may
be delivered here in any quantities at
a cost not to exceed S1.50 per cord,
while the northern mills are paying
$3.50 to $3.50 per cord for the same
material
SHOULD OFFER INDUCEMENTS.
1t seemed TO be the concensus Of
opinion that the principal thing neces-
sary for Pensacola to secure some
manufac curing enterprises is for in
ducements to be offered to the manu-
facturers.
The secretary touched upon this
subject in his report and other mem
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Special to The journal.


Tallahassee, July 1s.-obe Mathis
murderer of Rufus Wester, is to pay
the death penalty for the crime at
Mariana tomorrow, the pardon board
after sitting today and hearing the
last petition of the condemned man.
denied that application and Mathis
will be hanged until dead in the
county where the crime, described as
atroeious by the pardon board, was
committed:
In denying the application the par
don board made the following order:
Sam Mathis and his son, Obe Ma
this, were Jointly indicted, tried and
convicted of the murder of one Rufus
Wester in Jackson county. They were
convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, without recommendation to
mercy, and by operation of the law,
were sentenced to suffer the death
penalty. They took writ of error to
the supreme court, where the judg-
ment of the circuit court for ia ackson
county was sustained.
From a complete copy OF the evi
dence addueed at the trial. from the
arguments, and other matter submit
ted to this board. no doubt is enter
tained that both Sam Mathis and ODE
Mathis were guilty of murder in the
first degree. unusually atrocious in its
circumstances.
''On June IL, 1912, an application
was submitted to this board for com
mutation of the death sentences i'm
posed upon Sam Mathis and ODE Ma
this. After thoroughly considering
said application in all its phases, II
was resolved to be the sense Of the
board that in this case the plain terms
Of the law of this state should be vim
&1I ~ hn -
penalty imposed by law for the crime
Of murder in the first degree.
UNoUEsTIoNARLY GUILTY.
'Tt was the sense Of the board that
both Sam Mathis and ODE Mathis
in the first degree, and that neither
could Justly complain If the sentence
of death imposed by the court should
be executed in the fullest, but as to
the father, Sam Mathis, 1t was shown
to the board that this man had
throughout a life of fifty eight years
been a hard working, Industrious
peaceable and law abiding citizen, en-
joying the confidence and respect OF
all his neighbors and associates. II
further appearing from competent
medical testimony that Sam Mathis
was suffering from a badly diseased
condition, certain evidence which was
not admissible before the jury, tend
ing to show extenuating circum
stances, was presented to the board
which, while not justifying the muir
der, was considered.
Under the circumstances stated, II
was resolved by the board at the June
meeting to extend mercy and elem
ency to the father, Sam Mathis, and
to decline to disturb the judgment oi
the court as to the son, ODE Mathis
it being the opinion OF the board that
the law would be vindicated by such
action on its part.
LAW SHOULD BE VINDICATED.
Tn the present application, no new
evidence has been submitted sufficient
to change the views held by the board
at the hearing held in June, and after
exhaustive consideration, 1t is the
sense Of the board that as to Obc
Mathis, the demands Of justice and
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
BY Associated Press.

Montgomery, Ala, July 1s.-In a
battle three miles south Of Alexander
City, Ala. at 10 o'clock this morning,
one of the robbers who blew open the
postofice safe at Auburn Wednesday
was killed by posse.
The bandit had hidden himself in
the woods when he was discovered b.
the posse. He opened ire on the ofn-
GERS and in less than ten minutes he
was lying helpless on the ground with
two bullet holes through his body and
one through his head. He was taken
to Alexander City, where he died an
hour afterwards without regaining
consciousness.
On the robbers person was found
1895 in money, but no papers 70
identify him. However, he told negro
nearby earlier that he was fleeing from
justice and that his home was in
Oklahoma He held a 30 calibre au-
tomato revolver in his hand. The
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
$25, 900 WORTH OF
JEWELRY STOLEN
Sample Case Taken From Carrier on a
Crowded Street in Chicago and
Thief Escapes.
~ AssoeIated Presa.

Chicago, July 1S.-Jewelry valued
at nearly $4,000 was stolen from a
sample carrier today on a crowded
street in front of the Silversmith
building, No. u South Wabash ave
nue.. The thief escaped.
The sample carrier, McDermott. was
held by the police He declared that
he hed been entrusted with two cases
of jewelry and instructed to meet a
salesman at the Silversmith building.
He told the police that he sat the
cases down in front of the building and
sat on one of them and that he had
hardly noticed the disappearance of
the case beside him until the sales
man appeared.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
HEARD SCREAMS OF
DYING CHILDREN
Wife's Search For Husband Causes
Death of Nine Persons and the
Father Was Helpless.
BY Associated Press.

Jacobs Creek, Pa, July 1S.-A wife's
search for her husband who had been
missing less than two hours was the
indirect cause of the death of nine
persons at Barren Run, near here, last
night
During a heavy storm, John Ray
mond left his house and went to a
barn built in a nearby ravine. His
continued absence alarmed Mrs. Ray
mond. With her six children and two
guests she went in search. AS they
entered the ravine a wall of water
swept down on them. All were drown
ed. Raymond, safe from the storm in
the barn, was helpless to aid when
his drowning children screamed for
help.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
In Battle With Officers Robber
Who Blew Safe at Auburn is Shot

desperate fred several shots, none
taking effect
The body Of the dead man is at an
undertaking shop in Alexander Cit
and will be turned over to the govern
ment authorities. He IS the same man
who escaped from the posse at Alex
ander City on Tuesday night after
shooting Sheriff Linch. Of Tallapoosa
county. His pal fed north and is be-
lieved to have gone through Birming-
ham and on to Nashville
Postoff1ce Inspector Brannon was
advised Of the death Of the yeggman
early Thursday afternoon and took a
train at 1880 to Alexander City.
The dead man in his flight Tuesday
night left a grip containing his spoils
from the Auburn postoh1ce, a collec-
ton Of safe-blowing equipment and a
soiled shirt bearing this stamp, The
Model Clothiers, Tulsa, Okla" This
family connects him with the gang
who held up Queen & Crescent train
in Mississippi recently and obtained
in the neighborhood Of $3.50, 900.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
BY Associated Press.

New York, July 1s.-"Ths trail
leads to where thought it did" re-
marked District Attorney Whitman
this afternoon. This was ust after
he had heard the statement of "Jaek"
Rose, the friend of Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker and the man who hired
the gray automobile in which the slay-
ers of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler,
drove to the spot where the yictim
met his fate Tuesday.
Tonight it seemed probable that
other important arrests will be made
soon.
Roses surrender and confession
that he hired the murder car" al
though declaring that he was not in 1t
at the time of the shooting, were the
big events of the day in the pursuit of
the band who shot down the man who
had accused policemen of being in
partnership with the gamblers.
Mayor Gaynor took a hand in the
investigation and sent for Lieut..
Becker and other policemen and was
closeted with them long time. The
outcome of the consultation Is un
known.
Rose, who was wanted by the police
in connection with the murder of
Herman Rosenthal the gambler and
informer against the police, went to
police headquarters this morning and
was first questioned for two hours by
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty
Rose admitted, Dougherty said, that
he was a passenger in the automobile
in which Rosenthal's murderers drove
to the Hotel Metropole, but Rose said
that he left 1t before the shooting took
place.
The deputy commissioner would not
So hot toll ale
| in the car when he left it. After the
examination Rose, who is the man who
| figured in the charges of gambling
graft made by Rosenthal against
| Police Lieutenant Becker, was placed
under arrest and taken to District At
torney Whitman's office, where he was
given another examination in connec-
ton with the grand jury investigation
! into the gambling situation.
Rose gave himself up, the deputy
commissioner said, after the latter
had told 'Bridgfe" Webber. arrested
| yesterday in the case, to find Rose and
| tell him to come Immediately to head
| quarters.
Il am positive" said Dougherty
| later, that I shall have the murder
| ers Of Rosenthal in custody before
long and believe know who did the
| shooting. Roses statement to me
does not lmplcate Lieutenant Becker
l believe Becker was entirely ignorant
that the murder was going to take
| place. Rose told me of his where
abouts Monday night. He acknowl
edged he was in the gray automobile
but not at the time the shooting oc-
CURED.
His statements as to his where
abouts at the time Of the shooting are
very vague Rose said If anybody
/ used the car afterwards he did no,
know what happened. He admits that
/ he hired the car"
Rose was arraigned before the coro-
/ ner, who remanded him without bai
for an investigation on Monday.
| Hundreds of the gambling fraternity
| CONTINUED on Page Thrse.I
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
COL. ROOSEVELT IN
FAVOR OF WATERWAY
Believes In the Lakes to the Gulf Pro-
ject, as Well as Using Canal Ma
chinery on the Mississippi.
BY Associated Press.

Chicago, July 18.-NauonaI control
and building through any state OF the
lakes to the gulf deep water way and
using Panama canal machinery in
guarding the Mississippi river against
foods, are favored by Roosevelt in q
letter made public here by Laverne
Noyes an Illinois supporter, to whom
1t was addressed.
The letter points out that not only
would such work protect thousands OF
acres of rich lands from devastation
by floods and would prove CONNER
cially important in storing Of power
but do great service by wfping out
sectional lines and give the north and
south an opportunity to join in a great
work.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
THE CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE IS
ATLAST NAMED
Fourteen Men Will Have
Supreme Charge of Presi-
Dental Campaign.

GOVERNOR WILSON SELECTED
THE MEMBERS, NAMING WILL
LIAM A. INCOMES AS CHAIR
MAN-THEY ARE MEMBERS OF
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE,
SENATORS AND coNeREssMEN
WHO STOOD BY GOVERNOR IN
HIS FIGHT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
J. 3. M'NAMARA is PLACED
IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
BY Associated ersaa

San Quentin, Cal, July 1s.-After
q week in solitary confinement ]. B.
Mcnamara, one Of the convicted dyna-
miters Of the Los Angeles Times
building, stubbornly refused to con-
form to prison discipline. Warden
Hoyle said today Mcnamara would be
kept in the dungeon indefinitely.
Mcnamara was placed in solitary
confinement when he refused to obey
an order given by a guard in the jute
mill
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
NET TIGHTENING
ABOUT SLAYERS
OF ROSENTHAL
"The Trail Leads to Where I
Thought it Did, Says
District Attorney.

MAN WHO HIRED THE GRAY AU-
ToMoRILE USED BY THE AS
sAssINs OF THE GAMBLER
sURRENDERs AND CONFEssES,
THOUGH ne CLAIMS HE WAS
NOT IN THE CAR AT THE TIME
IMPORTANT ARRESTS ARE
EXPECTED.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
PARDON BOARD
DENIES MATHIS
RIGHT TO LIVE
Young Man Will Pay the
Extreme Penalty at Mari
anna Today.

BOARD GOES THOROUGHLY INTO
The EVIDENCE AND AFTER MA
TURE DELIBERATIoN, DENIES
THE APPLICATION OF THE CON-
DEMNED MAN FOR cLEMENcY
AND ANNOUNCES THE LAW
MUST BE INDICATED FOR AN
ATRocIoUS MURDER.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
BLIND TIGERS
Of CHARLESTON
GOTPROTECTION
Witness Testihes to Collect
ing Money and Giving
1t to Constable.

1T WAS KNOWN AS PROTECTION"
MONEY AND CAME FROM SIX
TO TEN BLIND TIGERS, AMOUNT
ING TO ABOUT $50 PER MONTH
SAM J. NICHOLS DENIES ANY
WRONGFUL DoiNGs IN DEAL
INGs WITH GOV. BLEASE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
.F|LIBUSTER OF
DEMOCRATS IS
SUCCESSFULONE
Senate Reaches Agreement
to Vote on Principal FL
nance Tariff Bills.

wool TARIFF BILL WILL BE
TAKEN UP THURSDAY, WITH
THE EXCISE BILL CONSIDERED
ON FRIDAY AND THE SUGAR
TARIFF MEASURE SATURDAY,
DEMOCRATS ABANDONED FILL
BUSTER AFTER AGREEMENT
HAD BEEN REACHED.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
FUNERAL OF JULES POINcARE,
THE FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN
Rx A.soclated Press.

Paris. July 1s.-The fueral Of Jules
Henri Poincare, the famous mathema-
tician, who, died yesterday, win take
place tomorrow with military honors.
The Paris newspapers are unanimous
in asserting that NJ. Poincare was the
greatest scientist Of modern France.
The Figaro says his death is the
greatest loss that the contemporary
world OF science could suffer. The Ma
tin thinks the body Of the scientist
should be placed in the Pantheon
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ARRESTED FOR PERMITTING
GAMBLING ABOARD VESSEL
Nv Associated Prass.

Cleveland ,Ohio, July lo--Charged
with permitting gambling aboard a
lake steamer in defiance Of an order
issued by Federal Attorney Joseph
Fogg, Captain George L. Phillips. Of
the steamer EastIand, and J. F. Null
holland, manager of the Eastland
Navigation Company, were arrested
here today. They pleaded guilty and
were held to the federal grand jury,
each furnishing $1,000 bail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
TOWN WIPED OUT
BY CLOUD BURST
Twenty Are Reported Dead in Sever
Trouehs. Nevada, and Seven at An.
other Place.
BY Associated Press.

Reno, July 1s.-Twenty lives are
reported lost tonight in a cloudburst
that wiped out the small town of Seven
Troughs, Nevada.
From Loce Lock comes word that
seven persons are known to be dead
and that the hotel at Mazuma was
turned upside down by the rush of
waters. Communication by wire is
crippled and the roads so furrowed
that automobiles are obliged to make
wide detours in seeking news.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
MANUFACTURES
DISCUSSED At
GREAT LENGTH
The Commercial Association
Hears Numerous Sugges-
tions From Members.

PAPER MILL AND OTHER INDUS
TRIES TALKED OF WHICH
WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO PEN
sAcoLA-MEETING ONE OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL YET HELD
AND CONSIDERABLE ENTHu.
sIAsM AROUSED.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-19
BIG APPROPRIATION
BILL IS PASSED
Senate Adopts Conference Report on
Rivers and Harbors Measure Carry
ing $33, 900.
RY AssocIated Preaa.

Washington, July I6.-Ihe flVets
and harbors appropriation BILL carry
ing about $4,000, 600. including S6,000.-
600 for Mississippi river Improvement,
was finally passed by the senate today
when the conference report was
adopted,
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Official Weather Forecast

LOCAL SHOWERS FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE
VARIABLE WINDS.
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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-06-06
TO PATRONS AND VISITORS:

Realizing that there are great
many people who at various times
have occasion to do some correspon-
dence while in town or at the Bank,
we have fitted up in our directors
room a place that is for the ex-
elusive use of patrons and guests
for this purpose; where at all times
can be found supply of stationery,
good pens, ink, blotters. If you
have any correspondence to do, or
other writing, you will find it con-
venient to use our writing room.
You can order your drafts while
writing your letters.
To those who are interested, we
wish to announce that we have Sc
cured several government Bulletins,
Circulars and treatises concerning
a multitude of subjects, in some OF
which every settler on the tract will
be interested. AS an illstratioun of
the variety of subjects covered, we
give partial list below:
The Apple and How to Grow It.
Alfalfa Seed
Butter Making on the Farm.
Barley Culture.
Rape as a Forage Crop.
The Use of Concrete on the Farm.
The Lawn.
Pig Management.
Potato Culture on Irrigated Farms
of the West.
Management of Soils to Conserve
Moisture.
Farm Management in Northern Pc
tato Growing Sections.
Practical Methods of Disinfecting
Stables.
Modern Conveniences for the Farr
Home.
The Dairy Herd; It's Formation
and Management.
Designs of Dairy Buildings
These are, only a few. We Will
have a typewritten list of the bulle-
tins and circulars on hand. These
will be numbered so that they will
be easy of reference. If you are
going to farm, build up a dairy herd
raise pigs or what not, do 1t as IN
telligently as you can. The results
will Justify the extra effort. These
pamphlets will help you. Come in
and look them over.
FIRST STATE BANK,
Richfield, Idaho.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-06-06
BOISE CHAUTAUQUA.
Place In the West for
Pleasant Summer Week.

Attention is called to a display ad
vertisement in this weeks Recorder
fer the Roise Chaut1uqua. This is
the third year for this really nota-
BILE institution, and the program is
far ahead of even the excellent ones
that have gone before. While up to
the present time the original Chau
tauqua idea of an outdoor, near-to-
nature camp has not been carried
out at Boise, there are other advan-
tages there that may be even more
valuable. Boise is a city with beau
tifui shade trees, the whole city al
most as well shaded as a natural
park The Chautauqua programs
are held mostly in the magnificent
Pinney theatre, the finest play house
in the inter-mountain country; well
ventilated comfortably seated, and
centrally located The program for
the ten days session could not be
eXcelled anywhere, east or west
and for the tired out-of-town guest
who wants a rest as well as an OPP
portunity to hear fine msuic, great
lectures and other intellectual good
things that never reach the smaller
towns, there is nothing elso so at
tractive in the state. Low rates on
the railroads. and the low cost OF
living in Boise, make it an ineXpen-
sive as well as delightful outing.
Season tickets, good for the whole
ten days, sell for $3.50. These are
good for everything--morning, aft
ernoon and night attractions. In the
list of attraction is the great ora
torio, "Elijah," by Handel, rendered
by the Chicago Operatic company
and the Boise Choral Society. The
Chicago operate company of artists
will render several programs of Sc
lected masterpieces. The Schumann
Quintet, 4 members of which were
of the great Theodore Thomas or
chestra, will give several concerts
DR.. Griggs, a famous lecturer, Will
be the star literary feature of the
course Other attractions will be
offered, enough to make it ten days
Of pleasure Richfield would be
real gamer to send a good delega-
tion to the Chautauqua, as a tonic
for the daily affairs of a country as
full of hard work as this is.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-06-06

The republican national committee
is in session in Chicago this week
to hear contests and to make final
arrangements for the national con-
vention which is set for the 18th of
June. About 200 contests were in
prospect, and on these will turn the
convention nomination. Should even
a fair proportion of these go to
RCosevelt---even one-third---he is as
sured Of a victory; indeed, his man
ayers claim enough without winning
any of the contests, while it is only
by counting every contested seat and
every uninstructed delegation that a
victory can be figured for Taft. AS
the convention will in many ways
go as this committee directs, it is a
most important meeting. The talk
OF a progressive bolt if Root is
chosen for convention chairman, is
not likely to become a fact. Sen
atcr Bcrah, a member of the nat
ional executive committee, is in at
tendance, and will do a strong fac
tor for sane action.
With only one more paper before
the convention nomination, the Re-
ccrder believes it is a good four to
one chance that it will be Roosevelt
or some other very real progressive;
and better than two to one that it
will be Roosevelt and no one else.
1t is to be considered that the Bit
ter personalities of the past six or
more weeks have made more possi-
BILE the third candidate in the in
terest of party harmony; otherwise
Roosevelt should be better than
three to one favorite There is no
possible doubt that Roosevelt leads
Taft a good three tc two if not two
to one all over the country; the
only consideration now is, to what
extent will the Taft followers bolt,