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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13

Prof. A. C. Parsons, state high
school inspector, has arrangements
complete for the state high school
conference to be held In Norman on
April "a and 2b. A number of noted
educators will deliver addresses be-
fore the conference.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13

Extending from cairo, H., at the
mouth Of the ohio river 10 the Gun
Of Mexico, Is the main trunk Of the
Mississippi river Into this main
sewer are led the waters from A.
600 miles of tributary rivers, bearing
the floods from 81 states ana part
of Canada.
The states of Illinois, Missouri
Arkansas, Kentucky. Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana lie adjacent to
this main body Of the river and parIs
Of these states comprise the twenty
million acres that constitute the al
myial valley Of the Mississippi river.
This aluyial region is about 700 niles
IN length. extending from just below
ST. Louis. Mo-, to the Gulf Of Mexico,
and averages from forty to sixty
miles in width. Through this alluNial
valley the channel Of the great river
mcandcrs In a tortuOus course with
d total length Of ! ,0GG miles, depth
OF from sixty 10 a hundred feet, and
widths varying from one two two
miles between banks when a flood,
like the one that Is now comm.
down, is poured into this lower river
prccipttatcly, because Of the rapid
run-off above. due to advanced meth
DDS of drainage, now I'm effect
throughout the thirty-one states com
prisng the drainage basin, the nat
ural banks are oycrfowcd 10y the wa
ter and II must hc held within the
channel by earth embanllmcnts q,
leVees.
These leyccs now hold back thu
river throughout its entire length
from Illinois and Missouri to belov
New Orleans They are 10y no means
complete, although they have beer
constructed to their present heigh
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13

Nestigations and he left that work
about three years ago to go with
the Kansas college. He still owns
and directs the work on a number
Of farms himself and his talk at the
Tulsa meeting will be fun of the
things he has learned 10y experience.
His topic is to be Crops for the
Southwest"
Farmers, merchants, bankers,
manufacturers, jobbers, real estate
men and commercial club officers
from all parts of oklahoma have
been invited to attend this meeting
and real effort win be made to
unite all business interests in the
state in an organization which shall
permanently work for the farm bet
tcrment of Oklahoma
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-13

may appeal to them on first thought
a volume Of water Is now passing
Memphis at the rate Of 10000 Gu
bic feet per second, and IT will con
tinuc to pass at this rate during the
next thirty days This means $3.50
coo, 600 cubic feet Man hour; 1885,
1900 100000 in a day, 5,961 ,600,000
OO0 In thirty days. There are 27,-
91S,400 square feet 20 the square
mi,c. If we should attempt to hold
just half of the flood in reservoirs,
It would require l07 of them Of 100
square miles each, with ten feet
deep. The Roosevelt dam in Arizona
Is holding but fraction Of what one
of these would ho,d and it cost over
S., S,000,000 If then, each reservoir
We're to cost but $1,000, 900, such a
scheme, If it were possible Of being
carried out would cost SS4S, 600, 600
at the very least guess, But the res
crvoir idea is unthinkable as som-
tion Of the pproblem for this one rea-
son: The rainfall that produces the
floods in the lower river is always
below any possible reservoir site. For
instance. no site for reservoirs could
have ben found to store the water
/ that fell in ohio and Indiana last
week, which Is now passing out to
sea between the levees along the
main trunk Of the river.
Everyone throughout the United
States will be interested in watching
the news Of this food as it passes
down the river durig the next two
weeks; and the accompanying map
will serve to illustrate how truly ma
tional the problem is. Neariy $780,
600, 600 damage was done by SINH
lar flood last year, in this rich valley
and the national government is being
urged to take charge of the main
body of the river and complete the
leve system at once through an ade-
quate appropriation for that purpose.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
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WHO is SANTA CLAUS?
Leoncre TrammeIl.
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This morning many parents will be
asked the question, Who is Santa
CLAUSE
When I became a mother made
resolution not to tell my children a
stGry as I wanted always to have their
confidence, so when the time came and
I knew 1 would have to answer this
question, I decided to answer it truth
fully and yet not spoil the childhood
faith in Santa Claus. So when my
children do find out all about Santa
Claus they will know that mother did
not tell them a story, for 1 knew to
expose all about Santa Claus would
lose all the charm the mystery brings
Even now l can look back on Santa
Claus days as being my best Christ
mas times. This is what l teach my
children when l am asked this very
important question.
Santa Claus is love, because he loves
little children and when they grow old
enough to know all about him they will
know he is love, for what but love
could do all the good that rings cheer
to our little ones?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
WEATHER Bad
BUTCHRISTMAS
SPIRIT THERE
CROWDS OF MERRY CHOPPERS
THRONGED THE STREETS LAST
NIGHT DESPITE THE RAIN AND
INDICTMENT WEATHER.

Rain which fell in sheets, accom-
<na,,ied bv n strong easterly wind,
Grove thousands Of Christmas shoppers
and sjeft-seers TO shelter last night,
but the disagfeeable weather cond1+
tons did not tend to lessen the gooo
feelina which prevailed among the
fhronps that remained in the bust
ness district. as the usual greetings
merry Christmas and a Happy New
yr7f',-yxere exchanged on every slde,
and no trouble of a serious nature
occurred to mar the pleasures OF
TIE stores in the business district,
es9aeialIv on Palafox street, were
tastefulfy decorated with eEefgfeeI1s'
and tinsel and the toy empot1uins con-
tanned countless numbers OF Things TOT
the little ones. and all Of the places
mad the appearance Of establishments
found in Toyland.
Along about o'clock in the after.
noon a drizzIe commenced, Followed
within q short time by a heavy rain
fau which continued up until after 10
O'Clock. The downpour did not Keep
the crowds in one place. but they
moved from point to point, apparent
IN never letting the bad WeaIheT get
the best of their good nature. oIslleo
familiar on Christmas Eve Tor ages
hack were enacted again last nlgnt py
those who had to play the role or
santa Claus, and those ehgaSeu u "a
this part of the celebration carries
opf their duties with a spirit that
z.al,1d indicate. as it always has. that
they were participating III the festivi-
ties incident to a new epocn IN tI .
life of the little ones. me IaLner VIII
his arms fuu Of trinlIets ana in many
instances pullfp- a small wagon, w
90 be seen at every turn. while the
mother was a close. second SO lar as
carrying capacity was concerned, anu
in some instances II looked az Y s,le
,ssss doing more than her part OF the
work Of getting the things ready for
me stockings that hung on the man
tel piece ia every ho1ne.
In addition 10 toys. papa IN many
ff,sfsnee- carried a live fowl under
i1is arm. nd the gobbIe Of a turkey
II the quac5 Of a duck or the cackIe
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
ZELAYA OFF TO
EUROPE FOR SHORT VISIT

New York, Dec. 24-Jose Santos Ze-
laya, former president of Nicaragua,
sailed today for France, whence he will
go to Barcelona, Spain, to visit his
family. His departure is the sequence
of efforts of the government of Mic
aragua to have him eXtradited to that
country. These We're abandoned upon
the conditions imposed by the depart
ment of justice at Washington, that he
would leave this country within a rea-
sonable time. Recently agents of the
department have been watching him to
see that the condition was complied
with.
three months with my family" said
Zelaya today. Il hope eventually to
return to my native country and die
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

Christmas is not only the mile mark
of another year, moving us to
thoughts of self examination; it is a
season, from ell its associations,
whether domestic or religious, sug-
costing thoughts of joy. A man dis
satisfied with his endeavors is a man
tempted to sadness. And in the midst
of the winter. when his life runs low
est and he is reminded of the empty
chairs of his beloved. it is well he
should be condemned TO this fashion
Of the smiling face.
To be honest, to be lind-to earn
a little and to spend little less, to
make upon the whole a family happier
for his presence, to renGunce when
that shall be necessary and not be en-
FILTERED. to keep few friends but
these without capitula tion-abeve all.
on the same grim condition, to keep
friends with himself-nere is q task
for all that a man has of fortitude
and deIiCacy. He has an ambitious
soul who would ask more; he has a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

OF a goose We're not uncommon sounds
amid the din Of street traffic and the
explosion of fireworks.
According to the police records,
Christmas Eve in Pensacola this year
was a remarkably quiet event, com
pared with the business done by the
department last year. Up to a little
after midnight last night. the total
number of persons arrested from about
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon did not
exceed forty, all of them being taken
into custody for minor infractions,
while the number arrested on the
charge of being drunk was COMPARE
lively small. The saloons remained
open until midnight, two houi5 later
than usual. They will also be opaa
until - o'clock tonight.
A "SUFPOSED" CASE.
The snatching of u pOCketbook by
on East Gregory street, near Tara
COMA, about Z o'clock, the theft by two
negroes of a 81 watch and a mouth
harp from Porter's Bazaar on East
Wright street, were the only cases or
a serious nature reported to the no.
lice station last night. The young lady,
whose name the police refused" 10
diyulge or did not know, is supposed
to have lost her pocketbook which
contained S11 and a pair of glasses
The watch was stolen by Leon Fixes
and the mouth harp by Frank Wash
ington, the latter being about II years
of age. They were both arrested by
Officer Louis Roach and when searched
the watch and harp were found on
them.
Among the out Of the ordinary cases
reported to the police occurred yes
terday afternoon at the B. & =. cafe
on Palafox street, where q. young white
man from the country cut UP table
cloth while he and a young lady We're
waiting to be served He paid 50 for
the damage and avoided arrest. The
matter W avestigated by Motorcycle
Officer An lson.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
Robert Louis Stevenson

hopeful spirit who should look in such
on enterprise to be successful.
Geutleness and Cneerfulness, these
come before all morality; they are
the perfect duties. And is the trou-
BILE with moral men that they have
neither one nor other. It was the
moral man, the Pharisee, whom Christ
could not away with. If your morals
make you dreary depend upon it they
are wrong. l do not say give them
up" for they may be all you have;
but conceal them like q vice, lest they
should spoil the lives of better and
simpler people,
There is an idea abroad among NOR
al people that they should make their
neighbors good One person 1 have
to make good; myself. But my duty
to my neighbor is much more neatly
expressed by saying that I have to
make him happy-if I may.
In his own life, then, a man is not
to expect happiness, only to profit by
it gladly when it shall arise; he is
On duty here; he knows not how or
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
MARRIED. WOMEN ARE
BETTER SCHOOL TEACHERS

New York, Dec. 24.-Married wo-
ben school teachers are better able to
Esruct and are better disciplined than
Engie women, according to a report
Eale by Dr.. William H. Maxwell, city
|gperintendent of schools to the board
education yesterday. The report is
|se result Of study in ia cases of
FIouen who served as teachers the
E1r years before they were married
pa four years afterward. DR. Max
feL said that although in the same
1nber Ct cases it was found that be-
BE marriage the teachers were absent
eom school on an average OF twenty
a,ee days during the term and after
farrlage the average was thirty eight
PAYS, the efficiency of the married
|eacheTs was not lessened.
There were no statistics In the re-
|0rT to show whether those teachers
Fere more efficient than the majority
fho have remained unmarried while
lsaching and DR.. Maxwell was di-
fscted TO gather data about the spin
fsrs so that the board may make
bore accurate deductions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
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GLoOMING VIEW OF
BOIL WEEVIL SITUATION

Washington, Dec. "a. - General
Thomas c. Cuttings, OF Nicksburg, for
merIy a member of the house of rep
resenta tives takes q rather gloomy
view of the cotton boil weeyil situa
ton in the south, particularly in Mis-
sissippi. 1T looks he declared here
today, cas- if the states III which cot
ton is one Of the principal products
would never get rid of the pest.
In Mississippi" General Catchings
said, 1--WE have suffered this year more
than others from the ravages of the
insect with the result that we shall
not have as good a crop of cotton as
we did last year. The weather has
been particularly good for boll weevil
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
FOURTH ALIENIST
SAYS HE'S INSANE

New York, Dec, 24.-The fourth
stanist called by the defese at the
ral Of Hans Schmidt murder agreed
aiay with his professors that the
rest was insane. The witness, Dr.
f 5. Gregory, Of Bellevue hospital
|s!d Schnidt's mind was so obscessed
|Ti.h the idea of making a sacrifice
|Tiea he killed Anna Aumul1er that
IA did not think of man-made law
4. the same time he added, If any
.s had been present to interrupt
shmidt, he would have recognized
Fat he was committing crime.
Judge Warren w. Foster, who pre-
|t3es at the trial, told the Jurors that
L must be finished before the expira-
ton Of the term, December 81. There
BEST be no question Of a mistrial,"
Il said
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
FULL CARGO Of
mahogany LOGS
ION STEAMSHIP
mIL BE UNLoADED AT coMMAN-
nGNcIA STREET WHARF AND
CARRIED TO LOUISVILLE BY
gAfL-scHooNER HAS LUMBER
CARGO.

wus full cargo Of mahogany logs.
IA. r-fe.sl steamship PEBBLES, CAPTAIN
.5fra-. arrived yesterday from Be
"a Unsigned to the Gulf Transit
-1~nranz-. Her cargo consists of about
;aaa .ogs They are consigned to
psngel Bros, Of Louisville and viii be
Sgtoaded ut the west side of Conman-
is-r;a street wharf, where the steam
-. rs locked on her arrival. 4 small
.rrlber o3 the logs, together with other
-rgo which the PEBBLES viii load at
PENSACOLA. viii be exported on her.
Has Lumber Cargo.
The British schooner Cfeorgfanna
poou. Captain Pitnan, cleared Tester-
5av for two ports in Santo Domingo
vit1 q cargo of pitch pine lumber. She
tss $4,000 feet of lumber for Macarf
ard $4,000 feet for LaRomana. She
r+u sail as soon as the weather is
|hrnra bic.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
Community TREE
ERECTED IN MEMPHIS

Memphis Tenn, Dec. 24.-Christnas
fynrs and carols were sung at the
lAIcation tonight of the first com
|.lnity Christmas tree of Memphis.
10 trees, a magnolia and cedar, To-
ped in Court Square, the center of
II city, have been utilized for the
EiPose, and, between one thousand
fifteen hundred miniature electric
l2ts placed upon them. The trees
" DC illuminated to the children. rich
/ Eoor who gather around the trees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
We FlREMEN HURT
IN BIG STORE BLAZE

Washington, Dec. 24.-FNive firemen
|fe seriously injured though not
ally IN a fire in which burned out
q and 70 cent store with a loss of
eVe5 fully insured and threatened
entire block in the down town busl-
3 section today. The firemen were
le1 IN the wrdckage when burning
fI collapsed but were rescued by
81 comrades afte1 four of them had
q gITan up for lost.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
PASSED SAND KEY.

December 23-11 p. m, steamer Ell
Occidente, bound west; midnight,
steamer Hyrama, bound west.
December 24-7 a.. m, steamer F. ].
Luckenbach, bound west; a. m,
steamer sun, towing barge Delaware,
bound west; noon, steamer Ell Rio,
bound west.
Arrived.
= Br SIS PEBBLES, 2914 Godfrey, Belize TO
Gulf Transit Co.
Cleared.
Br sch Georgianna Roop, 424, Pit
man, for Macari with179.000 # lllm-
Der: for LaRomana with $4,000 TT
lumber.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

Now DESTROYS
Of Reforming
~ AsSOcrArEn PRESS

|. Ef ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ess.t-oEcon, Zee. 24.-Since the
.,a.@tlea of the American TeIe-
= q Telegraph F9., the department
ss5-ra mas been Lesieged with in
rs from persoiss more or less in
- 3n trust slfts, regarding other
.~3SE.-s Of like teTor.
s =. -t4eneral NcReynolds, who
e5 The suieless reorganization
$. = "iEo eoTnbinq, has gone to Ken
y, 50 no one in 7tle department can
y Fae proffeTs rom trusts which
I. Il reform. HcFeynolds. in pre-
= = 9iEsfanees. maze plain that he
accept offers that don't result in
5ar0r3ing Ito the departments
9 I-.1s
80 fsa1 4 dizen trust cases in
S9sE-s ere reg4ritd supremely inn
= Is to their barring on points
. Sz.a~'nan law lara yet TO be ruled
t-7 efTec3 On combinations.
-S j.o@e are fhe stseI, harvester,
/, a-nery, rnbtion aicture. East
Na.i1 *. AMI Teadhg railways
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

Brooklyn, Newark and jersey City,
says:
This fire undoubtedly was set.
He asserts the fire started under the
stairs in the main hallway, and that
within a few months there othree ays-
ferrous fires have been discovered
there. The building is in the heart
of the crowded tenement district.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

there. I have no wish to go there now,
but I hope that some day the United
States will take hold of my country
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

Boston. Mass, Dec The fire
which recently destroyed the Arcadia
hotel, killing twenty eight of its in
mates and injuring others. has become
vestigations. Most important of these
inquiries is that under way by the
Suffolk county grand jury. The Bos-
ton fire commissioner, the building
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

Cub Reporter-Had your diamonds
stolen lately? Engaged to any dukes?
Stage overwhelmingly omit banal-
tiles. Actresses don't talk that kind
of stuff nowadays. If I am to be IN
Iterviewed, I shall discuss ethical Ques-
tons only.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

commissioner and the board of health,
the city police department, the state
police and Mayor Fitzgerald, also are
conducting Investigations.
Joseph G Lyons of Brookline, presi-
dent CT the firm which operated the
Arcadia as a part of a chain of lodg
ing houses in Boston, New York,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

and pacify 1t. I ann perfectly content
with the way the United States has
treated rae in my recent troubles
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

Minister-Now, Elmer. can you tell
me what a gentleman is2
Elmer-Yes, SIR He's a grown-up
boy that used to mind his mother.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

To look back upon the past year
and see how little we have striven ana
to what small purpose; and how often
we have been coWardly and hung
back, or teGnerarious and rushed un-
wisely IN; and how every day and
all day long we have transgressed the
law OF kindness-it may seem a para
dox but in the bitterness OF these dis
coveries, q certain COusCla GOn re-
sides. Life is not designed TO minister
to mans vanity When the time
comes that he should so, there need
be few Illusions left about himself.
Here lies one who meant well, tried
little failed much--sureIy that may
be his epitaph, of which he need not
be ashamed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25

why, and does not need to know; he
not ask Somehow or other though
he does not know what goodness is,
he must try to be good; somehow or
other, though he cannot tell what will
do it, ne must try to give happiness to
others.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-25
HAD TO.

Hostess-'Ewhat part OF the fowl Dc
you prefer?''
Boarder-"Tve lived in boarding
houses an my life and my taste runs
from end to end"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-07-25
No. 1852.


In the Justice Court, Before Noah
Shakespeare, Justice of the Peace,
in and for Everett Precinct, Snoho-
mish County, Washington.
j. E. Mcbride, Plaintiff, VS.. Thomas
e. Horner, Defendant.
To Thomas e. Homer:
In the name of the State of Washing
ton, you are hereby notified that j. e.
Mcbride has filed a complaint against
you in said court, which will come on
to be heard at my office in the JUS
tees Court Room in the Court House
Annex, City of Everett, in Snohomish
County, State of Washington ,on the
9th day of August, 1913, at the hour of
nine o'clock in the forenoon of said
day, and unless you appear and then
and there answer, the same will be
taken as confessed, and the demand
of the plaintiff granted The object
and demand of said complaint is to re-
cover the sum of $4,000, together with
interest amounting to $4,000, for gro
ceries furnished defendant.
You are further notified that the
Great Northern Railway Company, a
corporation, is made garnishee defend
ant herein.
Complaint filed June 10th, 1913.
NOAH SHAKESPEARE,
Justice of the Peace.
First publication July 8, 1913