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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
DEPRESSION FELT IN
NEW ORLEANS EXCHANGE

New Orleans, Dec. 2o.-The price of
cotton was depressed nearly two dol
lars a bale by the census bureau re-
port of this morning. showing H.
923,606 bales ginned prior to Decem-
Der 13.
These returns were 100000 bales
larger than generally expected, even
on the bear side. They were issued
five minutes before the opening of
business in this market and caused
heavy selling on the first call Bears
said the returns were convincin~ proof
that the governments crop estimate,
made on December IL, OF 13,677,00o
bales was too low
The market opened IL to II points
down and during the first hour of
trading, the decline was widened to
"a to 81 points. the January option
showing the most weakness and fall
ing TO 1928, a neW low level for this,
week. and the present bear movement.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
BY AssocIATEp PREss-

Washington, Dec. 2O.-To carry out
plans announced for the concentration
of marines at important centers ia
continental United States Secretary
Daniels soon will order home all ma
rines in the fnsular possessions, Guam
tanano, Cuba, and Panama, except
such small details as are needed for
police duty.
The marine brigade in the Philip
pines will be reduced from 900 to 150
men. Details at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
Panama and Guantanamo will be re-
duced to los men at each station. The
legation guard at Pelxing will be re-
duced if conditions become more sta
bic.
These changes, said Secretary
Daniels today, 'are made IA order that
men may be available for the estab-
lishment of advsbnce base stations
where large bodies of marines will be
concentrated and kept ready fer in
stant service whenever they may be
required"
One of the advanced bases may be
on the Pacific coast, another may be
at Pensacola, Fla, where $50 marines
already are established, and another
probably viii be at Philadelphia as at
present.
No change will be made in the de-
tail OF marines to the battleships.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
SENSATION IS
DEVELOPED IN
THEHOBBSCASE
States Principal Witness
Testifies That Defendant
Came Several Times En-
deavoring to Get Money
in Payment for His In
fuence."
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Nicksburg, Miss, Dec. 20-Stephen
Castleman, the states principal wit
ness in the trial of State Senator G.
A Hobbs, testified today that Hobbs
came to him several times endeavor-
ing to get money in payment for
his influence in having a bill passed
by the legislature.
You can't get it through without
money You might just as well try to
butt a hole in q wall with your head"
Castleman testified Hobbs told him.
Castleman said that after Hobbs
brought UP the subject of money in
having a, new county bill passed, he
reportedthe matter to Governor Brew
er and to his attorney He said the
governor advised him to continue the
negotiations and to let him know
when each conference was to take
place. This Castleman said he did
deal only to catch Hobbs and Lieu
tenant Governor Bilbo, jointly indict-
ed with Hobbs. He said he finally
paid Hobbs $500.
The defense stated yesterday that it
would show that Castleman was try
ing to bribe Mrs. NJ. L. Turnage,
postmistress Of the house, to use her
influence for the bill and that Hobbs
and Bilbo were trying to trap Castle
man.
With full jury in the box for
ator. indicted with Lieutenant Gov
ernor Theodore BiIbo, on the charge
Of soliciting and accepting bribes in
terest today was centered in the ma
ture of the evidence that would be
introduced by the state.
Scores of witnesses summoned by
both the prosecution and defense are
in attendance and there was some
speculation as to whether a division
would be demanded forcing them to
remain outside the court room until
called TO take the stand. Lieutenant
Governor Bilbo is in attendance and
Governor Brewer was expected to ar
rive here from Jackson on an early
train.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
IS
THEPERMANENT
HOME MARINES
Will Return Here From
Guantanamo After the
Winter Maneuvers-Of-
ficers Preparing to Bring
Families Here

The Pensacola navy yard is to be the
permanent home of the second divis-
ion of the United States marine corps.
What doubt existed as to this fact has
been banished by the receipt of infor-
nation by the commanding officer from
Washington and as a result the officers
whose wives and families are not all
ready here are making preparations for
bringing them to Pensacola There are
more than thirty officers attached to
the command and many of them have
families.
The division will go to Guantanamo
early in January, leaving here about
the End or 3rd of that month, and will
spend about four weeks in Cuba par
ticipaung in the maneuvers and exer-
ctses. Then they will return to Pen
sacola for permanent station.
A Eumber of the officers are occu-
pying the quarters at the navy yard,
but these are not sufficient to accom-
modate all of them. The quarters Just
now also are hardly in condition to be
occupied as all fixtures were torn out
when the yard was closed down, and
new ones must be installed, which will
be done at an early date.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
HAD BEEN IN THAT
CITY TWO WEEKS
Highwaymen First Beat
Him Over Head and Then
Shot Him When He Re
fused to Give Up Money.
Was a Brother of Chas.
H. Vil1ar, Who Goes to
Mobile Today.
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL

SPECIAL 10 The JOC EsNAL.
Mobile, Dec. 20.-Two young white
highwaymen, both of whom escaped
without leaving any trace Of identifi-
cation, tonight shot to death J. A. Vii
lar, a young man of about 25 years,
who, until a few weeks ago resided in
Pensacola The bold hold-up occurred
on Joaquin street in front of the side
entrance of the Elks club, but at a
point where it was quite dark.
Villar was returning from work and
was on his way. home when the men
attacked him. He refused to give up
his money and one of them struck him
over the head, but he continued to
resist and the other hig'hw ayman drew
revolver and shot him twice, one
bullet entering his side and the other
the head. He fell TO the pavement and
the men fed
The ambulance was casled and VIZ
lar was able to give his name and the
fact that the recently came from PEN
sacola before he reached the hos
pitai and died within few minutes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
REBELS ABANDON |
SIEGE OF TAMPICO|
Governor Now
Looking Over
The Evidence

SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.
Tallahassee, Dec 20.-GovernoI
TrammelI stated tonight that the
testimony in the Sheriff Ellis in
vestigation had only reached his
Office late this afternoon and that
during the entire afternoon he has
been so engrossed with o&her ur-f
gent state business that he could
not take up the matter.
He could not issue any state
ment, he said, nor did he care to
make any comment until he has
an opportunity to look over the
testimony.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
DEAD MAN WAS A BROTHER
OF CHAS. n. VILIAR

The young man killed in Mobile was
a brother Of Chas. H. viIlar of this
city, who was notified this morning
about o'clock of the sad occurrence
and who notified other relatives in
Pensacola J. A. Villar was married in
Mobile to Miss Ramm a few months
ago and they resided in Pensacola for
q short while, moving to Mobile three
or four weeks ago from this city.
Chas H Villar will leave on the
early morning train today for Mo-
bile
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
UNABLE TO FACE
FIRE OF GUNBOATS
Gen. Villa and His Rebel
Forces at Chihuahua Have
Been Caught in a Trap by
the Federa1s Who Are
Surrounding Hiln-Huer-
ta is Raising Money by
Some Means.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Dec 20.-The rebel be-
Hfegers OF Tampico. thoroughly dis
couraged. have given up the siege and
fallen back fifty miles from the great
east coast oil port This report was
receaved today by the war department.
THE oonstatu are in the same
nix an auaymas on the west coast. AT
both places they were unable to face
the fire OF the federal gunboats. The
f7isposifion OF the fugitive soldiers in
the Uaited States is causing concern.
HueHta Is protesting because of alleged
dlscrtninaxdon-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
NEW YORK Is READY TO
ACCEPT THE MEASURE

new 1ork, Lee. zO-PasSage OF the
currency bill finds the local banking
community, which was none too kind
ly disposed toward the measure in
its incipient stages. more or less ready
to accept its salient features Changes
which the new law must inevitably
bring have been taken note OF recent
" and it is not thought that any ma
tiopal bank OF Importance win carry
out the threat so often heard 3. few
weeks ago to relinQuish it's federal
charter and operate under a state
charter instead The president of a
large Wall street bank said today that
all OF the thirty-six national banks
1Cont;nued On mage s.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
AN ARSON SQUAD
BUSY WITH TORCH

Bath, Eng. Dec. 20.-An atarson
squad" of militant suffragettes today
added another large country mansion
to the long list of those they have, de-
stroyed by fire Early this morning
thSy burned down a valuable house
near this city. The place was unoc-
cupied A quantity of suffrage Iitera-
ture was found strewn about the
grounds.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
LARGE GERMAN
TURBINE LAUNCHED

Stettin. Germany, Dec. 2o.-A large
turbine steamer for the Panama canal
service Of the Hamburg American line
was launched Sere today and chris
tened High Admiral Won Tirpitz." The
vessel is to have a speed of 10 knots
and viii carry 1000 passengers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
Pensacola One of TAreeStajons
Selected for Their Modification
Secretary Daniels Issues a
Statement Outlining His
Future Plans.
RECALL ALL MEN AT
FOREIGN STATIONS

Brigade in Philippine Islands
Will Be Reduced from 900
to $50 Men and Details
at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
Panama, Guantanamo and
All Other Points Will Be
Reduced and the Marines
Concentrated.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
SAY REBELS ARE AGAIN
MAKING ATTACK ON TAMPICO

Meudco City. Dec. 20-Rebels this
afternoon again attacked Tampico,s the
cerster of the great oil district, accord
ing to ofIicial advices received here
sEnas evening
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21
CURRENCY BILL
IS HANGING UP
IN CONFERENCE
Prospects for Speedy Settle
ment of Differences Are
Not Bright.
CONFEREES APPEAR
HOPELESSLY LOCKED

House Yields Two Irnpor-
tant Points, But Chair
man Says That Some of
the Senate Amendments
Would Result in a Calam-
ity and the House Cannot
Accept Them Under Any
Circumstances.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21

Continued on page 81
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The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-29
Segregation AT
Friedman
Hospital

colored pupils and white pupils
There is complete segregation.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superin.
tendent of the city schools of Chi
cago, was in Washington some
months ago, and she condemned
this segregation in the public
schools She said it was most un-
American and that she could not
countenance it.
While we are discussing segre-
cation and trying to get rid of il, why
not go to the foundation and get
rid of it completely in all the de-
partments of the Government,
In all institutions supported by
the Government? Get rid of it at
Freedman's Hospital, at Howard
University and in the public
schools. Let all of us in Wash.
ington and out of Washington cen
ter our efforts, not alone ON the de-
partments which have been under
discussion, but upon every phase
of segregation in the Federal Gov.
j ernment, especially in the District
of Columbia, and we will be max.
ng progress. So long as there is
segregation in education, in the
hospitals and elsewhere it will be
used as basis of compromise and
as a means of achieving segrega-
ton elsewhere.
1t is true that in some cases
when lectures are given to the pub.
lie school teachers of Washington
white and colored teachers attend,
but even then white and colored
teachers are seated separately-in
othes words, segregated. We won-
der why there has not been com
plant ere this from the teachers
because of this kind of segrega
ton.
Even in the case where colored
teachers are being examined for
positions in the colored schools
there is segregation. There is a
board to examine white teachers
and board to examine colored
teachers.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-29
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

has been made a fellow of the
American College of Surgeons.
The action was taken at the con-
vocation held in the gold room of
the Congress Hotel. DR.. Williams
has gained great renoun as the re-
suit of the many successful opera
tions he has performed. His great
fame rests on the fact that he was
the first surgeon in all the world to
operate successfully on the human
heart. DR.. Williams has a large
practice in Chicago and is often
called to distant parts of the coun-
try to perform difficult operations.
His practice has brought him an
immense fortune running into six
figures. The colored people of
Chicago are justly proud of the
great honor which has come to the
most noted surgeon of the race.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-29

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 1S.-Pullman
car porters throughout the country
are showing interest in the FEEDER
alton of Pullman Porters of Amer
lea, recently organized, which has
headquarters in the Manhattan
Building, this city. The organi-
zers declare that indications are
that the federation will soon be
able to boast of large member.
ship. The prime movers of the
plan to organize the Pullman por-
ters say Pullman porter receives
but S27 so month as a salary,
and that it is up to him to hustle
for tips if he wants to flash a good
sized bank roll; that not only does
he receive small salary, but is
charged with all linen shortages,
which ofttimes amounts to tidy
sum. There are about $4,000
Pullman car porters.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-29

Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 49,
Negro and white mail clerks will
be absolutely separated. The de-
partment, in fact, has taken steps
already toward that end" said AL
exander H. Stephens, general SUI
perintendent of the railway mail
service, to conference of chief
clerks of the Eleventh Division
here Sunday. I'VE have fonnd
that mixed crews do not give salts
faction, but in separating races, -
he continued, I'VE are proceeding
so that no injustice will be done
and no men denoted. We will
simply work with all white and all
Negro crews in the future" His
announcement was cheered by the
delegates, all of whom were white
clerks. And despite all such talk,
President Wilson and officials at
Washington maintain that the
Government does not officially san
ction segregation.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-29

Advices from Camp McGrath,
Batangas, Philippine Islands, in
dicate that the lot of the Negro
soldier is growing more and more
unpleasant all the time The Oath
Infantry is stationed at this point
and letters from men serving their
enlistment with this regiment tell
of conditions which make them
anxious for the expiration of their
term of service so they can return
to the United States. 1t is said
that in 1914 about 200 men will
finish their "hitch" and in 1915
about 600, and that these men will
leave the service for good. Many
of the old veterans will be among
the number and they are anxious
to impress upon the young Negro
that the army is no more a place
for the man who wants to make
something of himself. A soldier
at Camp McGrath writes that the
men are having a hard time, not
only having their battalion drills
aud practice marches every morn
ing of five and more miles, but
that they were ordered to Fort
Mills, Corregidor, p. l., and put to
work with pick and shovel, doing
outpost duty, guarding native
prisoners and doing out camp,
during the rainy season, when f1e-
quently they had to eat their
meals in the rain, with mud up to
their ankles. Two cents a mile
has been cut from mileage, and the
term of enlistment increased from
three to seven years.-New York
Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-29

Bucarest, Austria Hungary, Nov,
2I.-Jack johnson, worlds heavy
weight champion, arrived here last
Sunday afternoon and was met by
band and special police. The
first performance drew people here
for miles around and every seat
was sold the day he arrived. Mr.
and Mrs. johnson were besieged
by the leaders in military and so.
cial life. He made the biggest hi
here of any of the vaudeville
artists.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-29

revealed grave army scandal and
at the same time partly cleared the
mystery of the sourse of the rebels
war supplies.
For the last three months there
has been noticed a systematic dis
appearance of large quantities of
munitions from different camps. |
The towns are separated from Mex
leo by only an imaginary frontier
line, and the soldiers who entered
into compact to supply the reb-
els encountered few obstacles, once
they had slipped the articles from
thelquartermaster's stores.
On Wednesday night, becoming
bold through the continued success
of their operations, two high power
automobiles were driven into camp,
the sentinel being bribed TO per-
nit them topass.
The machines were loaded with
rifles, revolvers and 1920 rounds
of ammunition, the troopers, it is al
legged, aiding in the work of load
ing.
The cars then were driven back
across the international border at
a point about mile east of Doug
las, and only 400 yards.
The discovery of the plot was
brought about through the ab-
sence of one of the troopers of the
Ninth cavalry who had been drug
ged and taken into the rebel camp
at Aqua Prieta when he protested
against lhe illegal sale of govern
ment supplies. Officers of his
squadron missed him, and their
investigation resulted in his re-
turn to camp last night, after an
absence of twenty-four hours,
with a story of his experiences.
The American officers imme.
diately sent a terse demand that
the supplies be returned without
loss of time. This demand was
complied with last night and the
ammunition, which already had
been distributed among the SOL
diers of the rebel garrison, was
brought to the international line
by an armed Mexican guard and
turned over to detail of American
troopers.
The Mexicans also turned over
receipt showing that $500 had
been paid for the last consign.
ment.
This new scandal comes Oh top
of the selling of 10000 rounds of
ammunition to the Mexican revolu-
tlonists by a Negro trooper at Ma
ca, Ariz. To avoid immediate dis
discovery this trooper filled the
original cartridge cases with sand.
Headquarters of the Ninth cav
airy was entered last night by des-
pefadoes, who removed the safe to
point out on the desert, where
Intellectual attempts were made TO
blow open with dynamite. The
safe was found this morning. A
searching investigation into each
of these incidents is expected to
be begun Immediately by the war
department,
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-29

Washington, ID. c., Nov. 1S.-
During the last two weeks the at
mosphere of Washington has been
charged and surcharged with edu-
cation bearing upon segregation in
the Governmental departments. To
one who is opposed as the writer is
to segregation in any form in the
departments of the general Gov
ernment there are some puzzliDg
situations in the District of Co.
umbia with which one has to deal,
and it is these situations that large
ly constitute the basis for the ex-
cuses which Cabinet officers are
giving for segregation.
To be more specific, the Freed
mems Fl ,spital is just as much a
department of the Government as
is true of the Treasury, the Post
Office or the Navy Department.
1t is supported by Federal money,
controlled by Federal officers, and
yet no one who is in possession of
the facts would dare suggest that
there is segregation of the most
.complete kind in Freedmep's Hos.
pital. 1t is set completely off to
itself with a colored man at the
head. Practically all the people
connected with it are colored, and,
of course, practically all the patti
ents are colored.
Howard University is supported
by the Government and has been
for years. Here again there is al
most complete segregation. While
the president and few of the
officers are white all the students
are Negroes and there are COM
pletely segregated from other stu
dents in the District of Columbia
being educated at Government ex-
pense.
SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Everyone knows that the public
school system of Washington is
supported by the Federal Govern
ment. Here again. is an illustra-
ton of segregation. Many of the
public school teachers of Wash
iugton are righteously and proper
erly indignant because OF segre-
cation in other departments of the
Governentment, but they overlook
the fact that they themselves are
more completely segregated than is
true of any other department.
The colored public schools are I'M
der coiored superintendent, color
ed supervisors, colored teachers
and every colored teacher teaches
her class in building entirely sep.
arate and apart from the white
teachers. There is no mingling or
contact whatever between white
teachers and colored teachers or
The Colorado statesman., 1913-11-29

Buckner and Brent, colored men
conduct what is acknowledged to
be one of the very best grocery
stores in Hopkinsville, KY, and
have>a large white patronage.
l.. S. Williams, one of St. Louis
successful colored undertakers, has
recently branched out in the mon
ument business and in addition to
furnishing funeral service can now
supply patrons with grave stones
from the simple kind to the costly
marble or granite monument, all
made in his establishment.
Mitchell Fountain Ink Eraser
Company is new concern launch
ed by G.. w. Mitchell a Negro of
Chicago. Mr. Mitchell has invent
ed new fluid which quickly eras-
es ink, and which is used in a
fountain similar to the ordinary
fountain pen. Heretofore ink
erasing preparations consisted of
two fluids which had to be applied
separately. The Mitchell inven-
ton revolutionizes erasing fluids.
He has capitalized his company at
$4,000. One big white firm offer
ed him $25, 900 for his patent but
he declined it.
w. @. Gordon, the pioneer un-
dertaker at st. Louis, did S54,-
900 business last year, that is, his
receipts amounted to that much.
His real estate operations also net
ted him handsomely. Mr.. Gordon
is rated the most successful and
wealthiest Negro in st. Louis
Starting some seventeen years ago
with capital of not more than
$500, by attention to his business
and honest dealing, he has now
reached a point where the earn
ings from his business investments
amount to $4,000 per annum.
The fine three-story U. B. F.
building at Hannibal, No, has re.
duced its Indebtedness down to
$1,000. The lower floor is occu-
pied by well stocked grocery and
an up-to-date pharmacy, both
colored enterprises.
Elias Ryan, colored tile con-
tractor of Lexington, KY. does
the largest volume of business in
his line in that city, getting prac-
tically all the large contracts both
for laying tile and setting cabinet
mantels.
The National Jacket Company,
which manufactures white duck
jackets, trousers, butchers frocks
and mattresses aprons, is a Negro
enterprise that is doing a splendid
business, employing a number of
young colored men and women.
The company is located at Indian
apolis and Martin Brothers ere
the proprietors.