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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-09
RAISE FUND FOR WIDOW
OF LATE CHIEF JUSTICE
Attorneys in Washington Start Move.
ment to Alleviate Needs Of
Widow and Daughters of
Justice Harlan.
IBy Associated Press.l

Washington, Aug. 9.-Prominent
members of the bar have started a
movement to raise $4,000 for the
widow and two daughters of the late
Chief Justice Harlan of the United
States supreme court. He left prac-
tically nothing
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-09
PRESIDENT TAFT
VETOED WOOL BILL
Claims Low Rates Would Ruin Home
Industries--Urees Congress to
Pass Bill Favorable to
His Views.
[By Associated Press. ]

Washingtonf Aug. president
Taft vetoes the wool bill. holding its
low rates would ruin home industries
lie says he will sign a bill which re-
duces wool duties to point to meet
the difference in cost OF production
at home and abroad, but not lower.
He urges cngress to remain in session
until such wool bill as Taft favors
is passed.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-09
.bATTLEsH|P NEBRASKA
BADLY DAMAGED
LBy Associated Press l

Washington, Aug. 9.-The battle
ship Nebraska ran on an unchartered
shoal near Port Rhode Island yester-
day and was so badly damaged she
was taken to the dry docks in Boston
harbor.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-09
BECKER MAY TELL Of
ROsENTHAL' S MURDER

New York, Aug. 9.-The Tombs
prison keepers seem to think today
that Police Lieutenant Becker, the
central figure in the Rosenthal muir
der case. is on the point of breaking
down and telling all he knows about
the sensational murder.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-09
STORMS Do DAMAGE
IN NORTH TEXAS
Methodist and Baptist Colleges at
GreenvlIIe Were Heavy
Losers.
nv Assoclated Press. ]

Dallas. Texas, Aug 9,-There were
heavy wind, rain and electrical storms
last night over all North Texas from
the eastern boundary westward a
long distance toward the Panhandle.
They did much general damage, but
were also of many thousand dollars
benefit to the crops.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-09
Every House in Merit Damaged.
TBy Associated Press |

10y HSsoSiattu 'SSS'l
Merit, Texas, Aug. 9.-Practically
every house in this town of three
hundred people was damaged by last
nights storm, and many buildings
were partly destroyed. No one was
hurt. The postoffice was blown fiat
and other business buildings were
damaged Much damage is reported
in the surrounding country.
The damage at Merit and vicinity
is estimated at 100000
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-08-09
GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE
OF CORN CROP
[By Associated Press.l

Washington, Aug. 9.-The depart
ment of agriculture estimates the
corn condition as so per cent of nor
NAL, and estimates the production at
2,Sl1 900, 900 bushels.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08
MEDICAL SOCIETY
RAPSQUACK DOCTORS
District Physicians and Surgeons Defend "Resu-
lars" Who. the Organization Says, Are
Responsible for All Progress

responsibility for the ignorance. lack of
logical reasoning, fanciful notions. and
tremendous doses Of our ancestors. Mod
ern scientific medicine. which applies the
experimental. analytical. scientific meth
cd, which demands proofs, reproduces the
same conditions in animals and applies
the remedies sxperimentaiiy. 10 but half
q century old.
Tt can be asserted without fear of
contradiction that no other science has
in half a century made greater progress
than has medicine. And. speaking of
medicine itself. II has within the last
fifty years made more progress than II
has during the previous 500 or $500 years.
All our notions of disease its nature, its
causes, Its rationale of cure, have under
gone a complete revolution. And the fu-
ture of scientific medicine Ia full of prom
ise
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08

same question was asked, be admitted he
had tried II. as you put II into my head
al. the last confession The once popular
Talks to Boys Only much IN vogue with
certain religious enthusiasts Of our
country, were soon shown to be sources
Of much evil. for the reason that boys of
the better type heard at such gatherings
innoculated with. and the less fortunate
Of the boys used the talks to feed their
already degenerate imaginations.
Ignore Immsdest Dress.
"To, come directly to the truth. II men
are sincere and do not write and speak
about woman's attire to exploit their
periodicals or gather congregations when
they are falling of. suggestion might
be given them: Take no notice whatever
of any particular attire that 1t Ii advis-
able TO Danish, and long step Is made
in the direction of it's banishment. Any
woman who dresses ffashily or even i'm
medestly has more or less reference to
being noticed. Fail to notice, refuse to
turn the bead. or call attention to her.
and the attire is doomed. Do what some
wouid-be good folks are ever doing, and
the result Is about what happens when
an improper book Is advertised by a
preacher In his pulpit when he says, BY
no means read it That book has a good
sale at once.
But the question remains: Is the mod
ern dress of woman. after all. SO I'm
modest? 1t is charged against certain
fashions now very popular with women
that they exhibit grace and symmetry,
though not dignity and modesty.' All.
indeed. Then dignity and modesty' are
at war with grace and symmetry. Ger
tanned outraged and shocked leaders Of
thought are signing for -old-fashioned
modesty.' such as Shakespeare tells of.
Perhaps a little dip into the history Of
the times of Shakespeare would do such
preachers of Righteousness good. But IL
woman's present attire is scandalous be-
cause it exhibits grace and symmetry.
let US go back to hoop skirts with their
Disagreement Of the female form, and get
thereby dignity and modesty.' Or, IL
our critics think well. let the women OF
America adopt the costumes OF MohAm-
medan women of such cities as Algiers,
where an immense pillow sham on each
limb tied tight at the ankle. and a bed
sheet over the head. falling TO the ground.
would do justice to the attire. This surely
would sufice to hide all grace and SYM
metry.' No perverted youth. such as is
quoted as attributing his recent horrible
deed of cannibalism to woman's sugges-
tive dress, could md any reason for his
act when feasting his eyes on such
specimen of uglification- Yet. wonder of
wonders Algiers Is one Of the most de-
generate cities on the face of the earth
And the land of modern Palestine, where
women Of Syria dress with bare cover
ing. and hardly that, Is a land of COM
paratiyely pure morals
Dress is noticeable or otherwise as we
become accustomed to It Where fash
ions change SO often as with US. atten-
ton is ever attracted TO these changes.
II women wore perpetually such grace
full and symmetrical clothes as We see on
the beach at Atlantic City. there would
be nothing said or. written until change
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08
Hiring q Railroad.

Prom tho Railroad Mans Magazine.
Roadmaster Blank entered the ONCE Of
superintendent Blank of the Blank
Branch of the Blank Railroad. in the Los
Angeles district, California.
whats this notice mean about all
traffic on this branch being suspended for
the day. the roadmaster asked.
1T means" replied the superintendent.
that cranks are going to throw a switch
in an attempt to wreck train carrying
a million dollars in gold bullion, a pretty
girl is going to thwart the robbers in the
nick of time. and"
Hold up!' gasped the roadmaster.
why don't We save that pretty girl all
that trouble by nabbing those robbers
before they"
I'VE dasnt." the superintendent an
swered. WED lose a thousand dollars.
We've been paid just that much cash to
tie up this branch while those robbers
and that girl do their stunt. What's
more, we've agreed to furnish the million
in bullion, the train to carry 1t, q crew
to run the train. and-hello! look there"
pointing out Of the window-..there
comes the engineer who's going to run
the bullion-train. Those men with him
are the crooks who are going to try to
wreck the train. And"
And that female with them" put in
the roadmaster. peering from the win
dow, shes the pretty girl. is she?"
.Miss Alice Joyce, the prettiest-"
The roadmaster guffawed. then said:
I'm on. chief. 1t was the - moving
picture company that paid the road that
thousandY
''Exactly!'
II Is plain that the Blanks include a
real railroad and real railroad men. I
use Blank. because I'm permitted so far as
the real name Of the road is concerned,
That's trade secret.
The engineer, the crooks, and the pref
fy girl entered the super's ONCE.
The engineer was George Melford. chief
director Of the California division of the
picture force. Once Nelford was q real
engineer. but the company offered him
heap more money than he could make at
the throttle to play engineer.
He proved to be such q good actor, that
he was put at the head OF q company of
players. He IL now vested with the au-
thority Of producer. At the same time.
he plays the male steller part In many Of
the railroad pictures. The crooks were
actors also.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08
AIR CRAFTS PLACE IN
THE WARS OF FUTURE
Day May Not Be Far Distant When Battles Ma,
Be Fought in Clouds and So High that Noise
of Conflict Cannot be Heard on Ground.

bullet engines and planes would rec
down out of the fight-the first tidings
perhaps, which would come to. the armies
waiting below to tell them how the bat.
tie was going 5000 feet In the air above
them.
Misht Play Nelson.
Or you may guess that the commander
OF the dirigible. directing the fight around
him. would see perhaps that his accom-
panying squadron outnumbered his At.
tackers and that II wou6 be worth his
while TO lose plane for plane; he might.
new Nelson In the Empyrean, show
some air signal to order his squadron
to engage the enemy more closely, and
that might end In the aeroplanes going
down locked In couples, with the survi-
vors free to push home their victory.
All the while. 1000. 1900. perhaps 10000
feet below. the opposing armies on the
hills would have perforce to wait,
.hushed fH grim repose" for the result
of the battle they could not see.
To imagine such q fight, It may be
objected. presupposes too much. Does
1t presupposes that the air men on each
side In battle OF the future will be
gifted with superhuman courage, impos-
sible skill. nerves which as q fact men
do not possess? That was said once
about the officers and men who manned
torpedo craft and submarines. And It IL
probably no more true of the air craft
than II has been proved to be true of
taken at sea. There will be men found
to take any risk and all risks.
Wants Only Air Room.
We may remember. to begin with, that
though 1t is doubtless the, fact that the
ordinary average man cannot eontem-
plate ascents in an aeropiane to a height
of 5000 or 1000 feet as anything but
nightmare. the skilled airman has no
such feelings Of horror and fear. To him
height is not horrible. All he asks for
is sound machine. As the sailor In
Shakespeare says: 'Give me sea room
and I care not" so he asks only for air
room. and the farther he is from the
earth the safer he feels. And. possessed
of SOUND machines and with duty to
do, we may take it for granted that the
officers who take up their aeroplanes. or
the pilots and crews who go up in dirigi-
bliss, will do their duty.
1t will be a duty which win carry honor
with il, perhaps, with a certainty and to
a degree that has not as yet been attain
able by any branch Of an army's fighting
forces. But the duty will be there to be
done, and with the drone Of airships and
aercplanes already humming over Afri-
can battlefelds. over French and Ger
man flying grounds. over England from
Hendon to Salisbury Plain, the question
of the future war in the air has been re-
moved a stage further-from the duty Of
fighting to the duty Of supply. The diri-
gible and the aeroplane are already in
struments OF modern warfare, and each
modern army must complete its equip
ment- Next We may suppose. we may
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08

Woman, Conscious Of
Her wn Moral Sound
ness, Resents Interior
ence Of Men Who Try
to Dictate Her Dress.

came about, and our fair ones immod-
estly' covered themselves with purple and
fne linen.
Mohansmedan,s idea of Modesty.
'The Mohammedan woman's idea of
modesty Is that no man should see her
fscs hut her husband. To show the fea-
lures, a. bold and immodest ~ American
women do. is too shocking TO think Of
from her standpoint. Scotland Il very
proper and refined country, but II men
wearing the famous Scottish kilt would
appear on our streets doubtless the
diaphanous gown and clinging skirt OF
our women would be beyond criticism in
comparison. The fact Is. men write and
talk about the attire Of women because
they have not seen much. Nothing "a
aids correct judgment as having at
hand all the facts When the facts are
all In II Is highly probable that We shall
find our American women are the most
tastefully as well as carefully dressed of
all in the world. 1t is now SO conceded
In Europe by the very Judges of fashion.
But at the very root of the cry that
woman's dress betrays in these days too
decidedly the female form Is the assump-
ton which Michael Angelo met and de-
spised in his day. VIZ: that God intended
the human form. as far as possible, to be
concealed or dishgured by dress. Why,
In the name of all reason. should dress
that bring out Q woman's form as God
made her be so very shocking? Adam
and Eve had scant clothing. we imagine.
even after their ng-leaf attire was ex-
changed for what was more substantial
Yet this was the dress ordered by their
Maker. Would men improve on that!
The Great and pure Angelo found that
some OF the priesthood mot as good as
he) were outraged at the artists por-
trayal Of the human form In his Vision
Of the Last Judgment there stands to
this day. deep In Hades. one Of that sort
who was ioudest In denunciation Of
Michael TO the Pope. The artist painted
this man with the ears Of an ass and
clothed with the coils of a serpent The
story has at least its suggestions. An
gelo may have been too severe. but the
world has come to believe that no purer
man lived In his day. He thought that .
man who was eternally prating about The
immodesty of the human form belonged
to the ass tribe and was akin to the SER
pent besides. He thought such a man
belonged as far from God and light as
he could be placed-hence he painted him
at the bottom OF those doomed.
Appeal Must he ConyincinE.
IF reform in dress Is desired. an apv
peal that will carry with 1t conviction
must be made. Too many pulpits are
getting a hearing In our day by adver-
Using what Is intended simply to awaken
the suggestion that delicate subjects
will be discussed. Editors of religious
papers. anxious to make a hit and too
weak TO hit what should be struck, treat
their patrons to ultra suggestive editorials
on Partisan styles, and gain mods of ap-
49, NH nrtx fon
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08
No Going Back.
From shs Chicago Journal.

Fun the Chica9o journA
Among the many basic weaknesses Of
socialism Is the fact that it Is reaction
airy. instead Of progressive. It Is trying to
turn back the hands on the clock of
evolution.
In the old days, . mans position was
ixed in large measures by his birth. To
use the legal phrase. society was govern
ed by status: by dxed rules with which
the individual had little or nothing to do.
From that condition. the world has
advanced to the present day. In which q
mans position Is fixed chiefly by contract.
He may make this contract individually.
or bargain collectively through his union.
but In either case his position 10 q mat
ter Of agreement. and his birth has little
OF nothing to do with It.
Socialism seeks to re-estabiish the Old
system Of status. or birth. II divides the
world into "classas." II a man Is born
into the working Glass; then by that
tact he acquires certain rights irrespsc-
tive Of contracts. irrespective OF char.
acter, irrespective Of usefutnssA
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08
Rep. John O. Knott Says
american Women Are
Most Tastefully and
Carefully Dressed in
the World.

~ the modern dress of woman i'm
|modest?"
Rev. John o. Knott. Phi. D.. Of ssI1
Fourteenth Street Northwest. iripugns
the sincerity Of some OF the critics who
say that II is. and thus answers the
question::
when the facts are all In. II 10 highly
probable that We shall md our American
woi aen are the most tastefuliy. as well
a. the most carefully. dressed In the
world
DR.. Knott, who II a lecturer. author.
and critic. and has Travelled In many
lands. said last night that II woman's
present attire Is ''scandalous because II
exhibits grace and symmetry. let us 30
back to hoop skirts, with their disngure-
ment of the female form. and get thereby
dignity and modesty.'
did the Almighty make mistake
when he formed woman after the model
which the best developed OF the sex ex-
hibits? II Is high time for some one to
throw light upon the supposedly wise
sayings Of the ostensibly shocked. who
write suggestive things on the garb of
the modern woman of our country" DIR.
Knott declared.
CRITICISM IL Useless.
IN tue Hfst place, SUCH CIltiClsul -
worse than useless There is scarcely an
instance recorded where the church. press.
or the pulpit ever changed a woman's
style Of dressing. It's true. special at
tention Is thereby called to what many
persons would not otherwise think of mo-
ticing. This. Of course, enables the really
immodest woman to have her reward. for
she hopes to be noticed. But 1t SO hap
pens that the denunciators Of improper
apparel are not writing for such persons
or with any hope OF reaching them AS
q consequence the sermon miscarries. A
woman, conscious of her own moral
soundness, resents the Interference of
men who go out of their way to tell her
what sort of hat she should wear or how
she should have her gown fitted. She
has, furthermore. a secret opinion of a
man, no matter what his position may
be. who res In her attire and publicly
calls at, ton to 1t what the wearer
never once thought of and what she
verify believes the critic himself would
not think OF II he were all he should be.
Men should remember that suggestive
criticisms OF feminine garb has the
double result Of calling attention to what
innocent persons would not have thought
of. and Of arousing a suspicion that men
who write and speak of such things in
public are exposing to the world their
own moral fiber.
ibid you ever butter the teeth OF
horses to prevent them from eating much
CORN asked the -confessor of a man
whose business II was 10 feed horses for
pay No. said the indignant horse
feeder. But by next confession, when the
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08
May BE Feint.

He must send up his fleet, or part Of
1t, but even so he can only do SO in
doubt. For how is he to know that the
drone he hears Is the drone of the real
brain he is to fear? May It not be, per-
haps, merely a ship sent up as a feint
to puzzle him, TO draw OF the attack
of part of his force while the real eye
and brain wait their opportunity in an
other ship following the first? May 1t
not be merely the first of a number of
feints designed, one after another. to
drain his camp of destroyers until num-
bers tell, as they must In such war
and some ship at last flies out from the
attacking lines to find no destroyers
waiting for her, but a clear sky about
her and the enemy's lines below? For
that surely. is the end to which neces-
sity would drive the two armies. i
The defending force would be bound
to search out each ship as the roar Of
its motor came from east or west or
north or south. and round each ship
as II was discovered the accompanying
and attacking squadrons of aeroplanes
would hum like wasps seeking where
TO sting. Each would try to get high
er than the other. as hawks try TO
tower above their quarry. each would
try TO get the weather gauge OF the
other as ships tried in the days Of
sails. Each would try to reach the brain
Of the other. and 1t the touch Of the
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08
Home Influences.

No tale Of American dreaming and
doing is more fascinating than the story
Of Miss Adams life She was born In
Illinois In 1850 Her father was q friend
Of Lineoin's, and the President used to
write him as MY Dear Double-d'ed
Addamx" She was 1--WE years old when
Lincoln died and then she learned for
the first time that grown men wept
Her father wisely guided her childhood
enthusiasms. and listened quietly to the
Cheap arguments'' Of the young girl
upon many subjects which enlisted her
ardent youthfulness.
When Mazzini died she tried to prove
her father wrong for mourning the death
Of q man mot an American" and she
gained from her fathers attitude Q
sense Of the genuine relationship which
exists between. men who share large
hopes and like desires, though they all
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08
Becoming 0blivious.

From Judge.
Mrs Chat-I don't believe you've heard
a word I've been saying for the last
half hour, John.
Chat-No. my dear. Two been cult
waiting absence Of mind.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-08

Frcsu Judge
History Teacher-Tell something about
the diet Of worms.
Frightened Miss-I-I don't take cook
ing
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-26

FOR SALE-Car load Of horses at 100
West Intendencia Street. Phone 613.
McMillan's Stable, George w. Turton,
Jr 13oct
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-26

FOR SALF-One new National cash reg
lister, with detail slip and total adder,
registers from Sc to 1898; charge received
on account and paid out keys. latest tyne.
Apply 80 South Pala fox street Phone ia
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-26
LEGAL NOTICE.

In Escambia County Circuit Court.
State of Florida. In Chancery J. r
Witherspoon, VS.. Katie Witherspoon. on
Monday, the 25th day Of November. A. u,
1912, the defendant, Katie witherspoon.
Is required to appear TO the bin filed
against her herein. This order to be pub
lished once each week for four C4) con
secutive weeks in The Pensacola Journal,
a newspaper published in said Escambia
County. Jas. Macgibbon, Clerk Circuit
court. Pensacola, Fla, October 22nd.
1917. 26octoa wAw
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-26
WANTED-To Buy Or
Exchange.

WANTED - Second hand sacks. sacks
bottles, bottles, barrels, barrels. All
kinds. Highest prices paid. Write US II
out of town. Escambia Cooperage Co POS
South Baylen Street. 2soct7t'
wAkTED-One mile 85-pound relay
rail delivered Pensacol IN good condi-
tio7 Quote lowest price quick VIII pay
cash Choctswhatchee Lumber Co Free
port F1a 4anov
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-26
PICKINGS FROM
POLICE STATION

Eighteen cases were docketed for
trial at yesterdays session Of the re-
corder's court. Thirteen Of the de-
PENDANTS were found guilty, two dis
charged and one was bound over to
the county authorities. The total fines
assessed aggregated $66.
j. II. Holden, white, charged with
being a dangerous and suspicious
character. was bound over 10 the coun-
ty. 1t is charged that he stole a re-
volver from an automobile owned by
Dr. 5. r. Mallory Kennedy while the
machine was in garage.
T. NJ. Blount, of the Blount Con-
struction Company. was fined IS and
costs on an alleged violation OF the
building ordinance by placing com
bustible material on the roof OF a
building which his company was re-
pairing. He gave notice Of an appeal
and the case viii now come before
Judge Wolf In the circuit court.
G. s. Myrhai. charged with selling
dress goods without license, was
fined SO and costs.
The case against w. L. Bell, charged
with allowing stock to run at largo
in the city limits, was nolle pressed
on the ground that the stock had en-
tered the limits from point on the
other side Of the city limits.
Hit With a Brick.
Marion Dorsey, a negro, was az
rested yesterday by county officers ON
the charge Of assaulting Caroline Nc
Farland, negress, with a brict, Tho
assault is said to have been n,sdo
near the Country club.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-26

GAUTESSEN & MORRILL-Riggers and
sailmakers, manufacturers Of tents
awnings, tarpaulins and dray covers
Phone 1874 51sh South PaIsfox street
2feh