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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
OVER 100000 COAL
MINERS ON STRIKE
The Strikers Have the Government
Behind Them and Feet That Vie
tory 10 a Certainty.
BY Associated Prerr

London. Feb. 29.-settiernent OF the
threatened coal strike is yet afar on.
The government is unable 20 Induce
all the coal mine owners to agree TO
the demand OF a minimum wage by
the miners, and Premier AEquith de-
clared tonight II the principle OF a
minimum wage is not obtained by
agreement it would be by other means
Fully eight hundred thousand miners
are already on a strike. The men have
the government behind them and feel
the victory is won. Chanceilor Lloyd
George is drafting q minimum wage
bill, but II is stated the government IN
hopeful Of establishing a minimum
wa"e scale without recourse TO legis-
lation.
The delegates OF the miners were
approached early this morning BY sir
George Asquith with some or mis- col
leagues Of the board Of trade end also
several labor members OF the house ~
commons with a view of finding some
way out of the crisis. Al the same
time the coal owners gathered again
at the foreign Office, where they con-
ferred with Premier Asquith and sew
eral members Of the cabinet
Both sides are blaming each other
for the failure OF the negotia tons
The miners say that the coal owners
did not show a conciliatory attitude
while the owners insist the miners
were determined TO strike. no matter
what terms were offered.
II is understood that tho Eovern-
ment has drafted a minimum wage
bill with safeguards for the owners
and Is ready 70 rush Il through par
lament in case OF necessity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
MAJOR BUTT IS
GRANTED A LEAVE
Personal Aid to President is in Fail
ing Health and viii Go to the Medi-
terranean for q Month.
Ry Assoclated press.

Washington. Feb. 29.-Major A W.
Butt, personal aid to President Taft,
was today granted a leave OF abserce
by the war department for the month
and twenty-fou days and on Satur-
day he will sail from New York for
the Mediterranean. The leave was
granted ona surgeons certificate.
Major Butt was taken III on the
presidents trip west last fan and for
a part of the journey was confined 20
his room In Mr.. Taft's private car
Ever since his return to. Washington
his health has been poor and finally
army doctors ordered him to stop work
and take a vacation.
Major Butt was personal aid to
former President Roosevelt for the
last year he was in the White House
and has not had vacation for four
years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
DR.. WILEY SAYS HE
WILL NOT RESIGN
Pure Food Expert Declares That
Rumors Are "Preposterous" and
"Pure Fiction" in Every Sense.
ny Associated Press.

Washington. Feb. 29.--D-. Harvey w.
Wiley. chief chemist of the depart
rert OF agriculture, denied today that
ne had any intention of resigning from
office. He characterized az 'preposter-
Gus" and ''pure fiction" the runners to
the effect that he was considering such
action. and that ne probably would
come out with a statement attacking
Secretary Wilson and the administra-
ton.
DIR. Wiley declared that the rumors
that he was about tc resign un-
6obuteoly came from enemies" who
recently had attacked him in other
ways.
AS to the report that after he re-
signed he would be q candidate for
VICE president 90 the Democratic
ticket. the Doctor laughed snd said:
'T could not nun on that ticket 1
am wlcIe Democrat; that is. the
others are only semi Democrats. be-
neve in the equal rights of men, the
right OF wor7eH as well as Of men to
vote. Therefore ! SIN a whole Demo
crat."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
COL. ROOSEVELT
BACK FROM BOSTON
Large Number Of Politicians Cali 70
See Him on His Return to His New
York Headquarters.
ny ArsocIrtaa Pr.aa

New York, Feb. 2s-Back from his
trip to Boston. Col Roosevelt resumed
his work at his editorial office here
today. II was his first day in New
York since his announcement that he
was willing to accept the presidential
nomination and a large number of
politicians went to see him.
Col Roosevelt said he expected to
remain I'm New York until tomorrow
afternoon, after which he VIII go to
Oyster Bay. lie said he had made no
definite plans fer the time between
now and the Republican convention
in June. He has received a large num-
Der Of invitations to speak, but said
he did not wish TO make extended trips
IL no could avoid It. One invitation,
hcWeVer, he has accepted. II is TO
speak before the convention Of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
on the battlefield at Gettysburg. Pa,
OF Memorial day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
WILL NOT PREVENT
SHIPMENT ARMS
United States Will Take No Steps Re-
sardins Legitimate Expectations
From e Paso 20 Juarez.
Bv Assoc.ated Press.

Washington, Feb. 29.-The United
States will not prohibit legitimate ex-
portatiOns, including munitions of war,
from FL Paso, Texas, into the rebel
town Of Juarez. Mexico. This con-
clusion was reached today at confer
ences among officials of the depart
ment of state, justice and the treasury.
The attitude of the United States
governmen in dealing win Juarez Is
n1arely a federation of the policy
adopted during the Madero revolution.
Shipments Of arms and ammunition
which to all appearances are legitl-
Hately sent from a shipper In this
country TO a dealer in Mexico will not
be intercepted. Agents Of the depart
ment of justice and treasury on the
southern border have been instructed,
however, to see that the neutrality of
the United Stat ia preserved.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
Taft Recommends Establishment
Industrial Relations Commission

labor and two representatives of or
gantzed labor. The commission would
inquire into 'the general conditions of
labor in the principal industries in the
United States; into existing relations
between employers and employees;
into the effect of industrial conditions
of the public welfare: into the growth
of associations of employees and wage
earners; the result of methods of COL
lective bargaining and into methods
OF avoiding and adjusting labor dis
putes through peaceful and concilia-
tory methods, together with an in
quiry into the methods employed in
foreign countries for the maintenance
of peace in the Industrial world
House ard senate committees on
labor soon will hold hearings on the
bill.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
BY AssocIated Press.

Fort Worth. Texas, Feb. 29.--Stand
ing seven for acquittsl and Eve for
conviction, the Jurors who tried John
Beail Sneed for the murder Of Captain
A 9. Boyce. the aged Panhandle cat
tie king, was discharged today hope
lessly disagreed.
Sneed, a wealthy banker of ANA
rillo. Texas. believed Captain Boyce
had tried to assist his son. Al Boyce
in abducting Mrs. Sneedo, and shot
Captain Boyce in a Fort Worth hotel
when. he testified, he heard Captain
Boyce apply an epithet to him. The
jury was out one hundred and twelve
hours.
The Sneed trial began January 2e,
the jury being finally selected Feb
ruary 9. The case went TO the twelve
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
BY Associated Press.

Washington. Feb. 29.-President
Taft's recommendations for the estab-
nshment OF a commission on indus
trial relations are embodied In a bill
introduced in the house today by Rep
resentative Hughes, Democrat, of New
Jersey. The bill is significant in view
of existing labor troubles in several
sections of the country.
The Hughes bill, which is similar TO
one to be introduced In the senate by
Senator Borah, which would provide
for a commission of nine to serve
without compensation. The depart :
Jnent of commerce and labor would De
authorized to cooperate with the
commission and the latter would In
cluds not less than two employees OF
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
LAWRENCE STRIKE
MAY COME TO END
Wages viii be Readiustsd and Textile
Workers Will Receive Increase of
Not Less than Five Per Cent,
Rx AssoeIatea Press.

Lawrence. Mass, Feb. ga read
justment of wages and not less than
five per cent Increase, to take effect
March 4, was announced by the presi-
dent of the Arlington mills tonight.
According TO an alderman, a similar
announcement will be posted by the
other mills probably tomorrow.
kIter a conference of mill represen-
t8tives and city officials, it is said the
mills promised TO make certain con-
cessions TO their employees immedi-
ately.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
SPINAL MENINGITIS
rs IN LOUISVILLE
Precautions Taken by Health Auhtroi-
ties to Prevent Spread of Dreaded
Disease.
BY Associated Press.

Louisville, KY, Feb. 2S.-Further
precautions were taken today by
health authorities of Louisville to
prevent spread Of the epidemic of
cerebro spinal meningitis. officially
recognized as such last night.
One new case was reported today,
making a total of five under surveil-
ance of the board of health. The
death list to date also totals five.
Strict quarantine regulations have
been established and as fast as cases
are reported, police are placed on
guard over the house occupied by the
patient
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
DIXON LEADER OF
ROOSEVELT FIGHT
Montana Senator Issues Statement
Accepting and Attacking Taft and
His Administration.
BY Associated Press.

New York. Feb. 2e.-United States
Senator Dixon of Montana. tonight
accepted the leadership Of the cam
paign for Roosevelt's nomination for
the presidency. Truman II. New
berry, Of Detroit, has accepted the
chairman of the Roosevelt campaign
national advisory board
Dixon has issued a statement at
tacking Taft and his administration.
Alexander Revell, Of Chicago is per.
manent chairman OF the national
Roosevelt committee, and T.. w. Sims,
Of Chicago, is secretary.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
PHIL COOLEY RETURNS TO
HIS SAVANNAH HOME
BY Associated Press.

Savannah, Ga. Feb. 29.-Phil Cooley,
of New Orleans, the member of the
executive board of the international
association of bridge end structural
iron workers, arrested here recently
under an indictment in the Indianapo-
lis dynamite cases, returned today from
the Indiana city. where he had gave
bond. He succeeded in getting every
man employed in the steel construction
work of the Savannah hotel to quit
work today. The men demand in
creased pay and recognition of the
union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
Jury in the Sneed Case Gould
Not Reach a Conclusion

men Saturday night at $3.50 O'Clock
and for three days the body beKEed
the judge TO discharge them. an-
nouncing in less than twelve hourw
after getting the case that they were
hopelessly divided.
The defendant was plainly diSap-
pointed this morning when the court
finally discharged the body. He had
expected an acquittal. The Boyces had
no comment to make.
on october 13 last Mrs. Sneed told
her husband that she loved Al Boyce
and wished To go 20 South America
with him. Sneed sent his wife 10 a
sanitarium, saying he elieved her in
sane. From that institution she wrote
TO Al Boyce:
For Gods sake come and take mo
OFT OF this madhouRe."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
SO LIVES PENALTY
FOR PRISON REVOLT
Elk Killed DurIna the ousrrssk and
Twenty-Five Others. Regarded as
Ring Leaders, Executed.
~ Associated Press.

Laredo, Texas, Feb. 29.-Thirty six
lives paid the penalty OF yesterdays
revolt In the penitentiary at Monterey.
Mex, according to incoming passengers
today. These passengers said that ak
of the prisoners were killed during
the outbreak and that twenty five
others, regarded as ring leaders, were
executed at A o'clL .tday after
noon.
There were about 5000 prisoners In
the institution. Today's reports do
not account in detail for all the
deaths. Last nights reports said the
warden of the penitentiary was among
the slain.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
BY Associated Press.

washington, Feb. 29.-The decision
OF the executive committee of the
American Bar Association to GUST w.
H. Lewis, negro, an assistant attor-
ney general of the United States,
from membership of the bar associa
ton, has aroused. Attorney General
wickersham to the defense of his as
sistant.
In spirited letter sent to members
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
MAN SAYS HE HAD A
HAND IN TAXI ROBBERY

Little Rock. Ark, Feb. 2s.-Edward
told the police here today
that he participated in the recent taxi
cab robbery in New York. His story
is given little credence. but he was
detained and the New York authori-
ties notified.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
WICKERSHAMTODE DEFENSE
OF HIS COLORED ASSISTANT

of the association, Wickersham charges
the committee with arrogance Of
power, unwarranted by the ooa~,s con-
stitution and in "orle- TO CRAFTY the
race prejudice entertained by some II
its members"
He asks the members who disap-
prove of ousting Lewis to write the
secretary of the association requesting
the revocation Of the committees ac-
tion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
DEMANDS RELEASE
CHINESE PRISONERS
Dutch Foreign Minister Receives a
Telegram to This Effect From the
Chinese Government
ey Associatec Presx.

The HaguC, Feb. 2s.-The Dutch
foreign minister, Jonkheer Reneke de
Marees van Swinderen. received
telegram today from the Chinese gov
ernment demanding the release OF the
Chinese residents who had been ar
rested In Java in connection with dis
orders during the celebration Of the
abdication OF the Chinese throne.
He has replied that only the gov
ernment Of the Dutch East Indies can
deal with such demand
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01

Lawrence, Mass, Feb. 29.--It is now
said that charges of neglecting their
children will be made against the
striking operatives whose children
were seized by the police to prevent
them from being sent to Philadelphia
Saturday to be cared for until the
strike has been settled. When the
parents are summoned to court they
will be defended by counsel engaged
by the Industrial Workers OF the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
SENATOR ]. \.
BANKHEAD OF
ALABAMA HERE
Manager of the Underwood
Campaign Reaches
the City.

SAYS THAT HE FEELS MUch
GRATlFIED OVER THE sENTl-
MENT HE HAS FOUND IN THIS
STATE FOR ThE ALABAMA CON-
eREssMAN-sToPPED IN TAI
LAHAssEE EN- ROUTE AND
CONFERRED WITH GOVERNOR.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
FOURTEEN PERSONS HURT.
BY Associated Press.

St. Louis, Feb. 29.-Fourteen pas
sengers were hurt when a sleeper
train of three cars on the Illinois Trac-
ton system was wrecked at Benld, IL,
so miles northeast of st. Louis today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01

Senator ]. II. Bankhead OF Alabama,
is distinguished visitor IN Pensscoia
today. having arrived on the late train
las. night. from Tallahassee. where he
he'd been to confer With Governor Gn-
Gals In regard 20 tho candidacy ~
Oscar Underwood for preside=t Of the
United States
Senator Bankhesd says he feels ve4y-
much graufled over the Underwood
sentiment he has found So Florida.
especially 30 since Mr.. Underwood has
been candidate for such a few dayr.
Speaking OF bis visit to Florida anf
his friend, Oscar Underwood, Senator
Bankhead said to representative OF
The Journal shortly after his arrival
at the San Carlos last night:
i came down tC Florida with tuo
purposes in view. Cne 20 get 9 whff
OF your balmy air. after spending tho
winter In Washington, and also 10
ascertain the sentiment with reference
to Mr.. Underwood as thS presidential
candidate. Mr.. UnderwoOd's friencs
did not deem IL best TO announce him
as candidate until the pressure from
every sectil OF the country became
so strong that further delay seemed ia
be unwise
II am not for MIR Underwood be-
cause he is on Alsbamian or q south
ern man. I am for him because n. ~
both OF these, and at the same time
an American OF the broadeEt type
That which gives Mr.. Underwood his
hold upon the people IS that he IN
practicable and conservative. lie is
level-headed and sure footed and ~
just the character OF man. IN my
opinion, that the country IL looking
for as a presidential candidate
LARGE EXPERIENCE.
h~a Il.
perience in public affairs, having been
a member OF congress for seventeen
years. and during all that time he has
not uttered q word, or cast a vote that
will call for an explanation. He be-
gan, as all new members OF congress
do, at the foot OF the ciass taking his
lContinneh On laana T...nA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
COLD WEATHER PUTS END
TO TEXAS BALL PLAYING
BY Associated Press

Dy FNsSDNEdICu FTCSA
Marlin, Tex, Feb. 29.-BundIed up
heavily, the New Yort, National league
team recruits did little training except
hard road work today.
A cold norther struck here during
the night.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
BIG BREWERY BURNS.

Valdivia. Chile, Feb. 2s.-The brew
cry belonging to Andwandter Broth
ers, the largest in South America, was
totally destroyed by fire today. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, 900.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
MANY KILLED IN
MUT|NY AMONG
PEK|NSOLO|ERS
Fires Started in Various
Sections of the For
hidden City.

SOLDIERS ARE LooTING HOUSES,
INCLUDING THOSE OF FOREIGN
ERs-AMERIcAN coMMANDANT
SAYS THAT AMERICAN MIS-
sloNARiEs HAVE BEEN SUP
Piled WITH FIRE ARMS TO
DEFEND THEMSELVES.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01

World. and it is expected that the
question as to how far the police au-
thority extends in the matter viii be
thoroughly fought out. Scores of wom-
en- have been beaten and arrested dur
ing the riots following the efforts of
the parents to send the children away
from the city as we'll as during pa
rades of the strikers. In many cases
two or three policemen were seen
beating and hauling at one woman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
OFFICEHOLDERS ARE
ACTIVE IN CAMPAIGN
Taft and Roosevelt Forces
In a Row Over Their
Activity.

EDMUND LEE OF INDIANAPOLIS,
A ROOSEVELT SUPPORTER,
WRITES TO CHAIRMAN OF THE
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
AND WANTS HIM TO DEFINE
THE PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE
VIOLATING THE RULE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
PERSIANS WHO
ARE STARVING
EAT CHILDREN
Cannibalisrn of Startling
Kind Prevails in That
Country.

FAMINE FOLLOWS sAcKING OF
TWENTY FIVE TOWNS AND VII
IAGES BY REBEL TROOPS AND
PEOPLE ARE EATING HUMAN
FLEsH--DR. MOODY IN LETTER
SAYS THAT FORTY THOUSAND
PEOPLE ARE STARVING.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01
LARGE EXPERIENCE.

Continued on Page Two.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-01

GENERALLYlFAiR FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. COLDER FRIDAY;
MopERATElNoRTH WINDS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-17
aMrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch.

"Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch"
One of the splendid attractions
coming to the Grand opera house soon
is Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch, :.
dated for Friday, November 20. 1t is
great play with great players and
will be welcomed by Grand patrons.
In fact the attractions that are COM
ing to the Grand are of very high
order and every one should be gree
ed by crowded houses.--Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-17
INSPECTORS
TO LECTURE HERE
Local Dairy Inspector Receives Word
That Authorities VIII Lee
ture Here.

DR.. w p. Sherlock, local milk in
spector, has received a letter from
DR.. o. p. Thompson, stale dairy in
spector, informing him OF the fact
that the milk dealers OF Des Moines
have called meeting to be held at
the Wellington Hotel in that city De-
cember 18th, and asking him to notify
the local dealers and use his influence
in getting a large number Of the
local men to attend.
The meeting will convene at ten
O'Clock on the morning of the eleventh
and continue through the day, con.
Guiding with banquet at the hotel
furnished by the Des Moines dealers
Another letter received by DR.. Sher
lock tells of the arrangements with
w. B. Barney, state dairy and food
commissioner. that has been conclud
ed by Mrs. Ruth Rowland Dewitt OF
Keokuk, whereby DR.. Thompson and
Prof. ]. Raymond Chittick, state
chemist, will address the Keokuk Wo
mans club on the evening of Decem
Der .3rd. All the milk dealers OF the
city are to be asked to attend this
meeting also.
The speakers have lantern slides
with which their talks are illustrated
and an interesting lecture on tbs
n,fll, subject is exreeted,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-17
Naughty Marietta"

Oscar Hammerstein's comic opera
Naughty Marietta" with Florence
Weber, his new and phenomenally
successful young American prima
donna and company Of sixty vocal
lists assembled from Mr.. Hammer
STEMS grand opera enterprises, are
announced to visit this city. The re-
ports from cities wherein Miss Web
Der has appeared and the general
opinion of the critics writing for our
unhesitatingly pro-
claim Miss Weber as a marvellous
artistic fully capable of displaying
the different emotions OF Victor Her
bert's music and OF portraying the
different emotions in the difficult role
of Marietta" as written by Rida
Johnson Young, the authoress, A spe-
cial orchestra has been supplied az
well as splendid production, It be-
ing the intention of Mr.. Hammersteln
to make Naughty Marietta" the best
light opera organization in existence.
With its wealth Of comic opera Access
series and it's, winsome little star,
Naughty Marietta comes to the
Grand opera house Wednesday even.
ing, Nov. 20.-Ady.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-17
WATCHED THE GAME
BY WIRELESS
President Elect Wilson is on His Wa,
to Bermuda Islands for
Rest.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Seryice.1
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Out on the
Atlantic, bowling toward the south
east at lively pace, Governor Wood
row Wilson, democratic president
elect, was kept in touch by wireless
this afternoon with the progress OF
the Princeton-Yale football game. The
governor, accompanied by his entire
family, sailed at two this afternoon
On the Canadian steamer Bermudian.
enroute to Hamilton, Bermuda, where
he will spend the next four weeks IN
securing what is likely to be his las
long rest for many months.
The governor had a lively time be-
fore starting. He tried to get into
touch with President Taft at the lat
ter's hotel. but failed and passed out
a limerick on the subject which was
included in the autographs edition or
Toe Millefs jokebook. However, COM
ing from the next president, everyone
who heard it smiled and applauded.
Then the governor went shopping.
He wanted new shirt and proceeded
to one of the noted department stores,
where it took him only few min
utes to buy the article. He handed
the girl a five dollar bill and then
waited for his change after the APP
proved department store style. AT
the end of Ave minutes he asked II
the change could not be hurried up.
But he had to take his time. as mir
lions OF shoppers have done before,
and when he finally left the store ne
heayed sigh of relief and said:
cts funny that it takes more han
twice as long to get what one buys
as 1t does to buy it.
Governor Wilson and family nars
- - CALLED F'f~--,@1.-n nj
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