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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-12
ADDRESS TO WORLD
ISSUED BY CHINA
New Republics Declaration OF
independence Breathes Spirit
OF Liberty.
WILSON is HIGHLY PLEASED
His Recognition OF Government
Awaits Only Organization of
Assembly
WILSON is HIGHLY PLEASED

washington. Arril 1.-THE Chinese
declaration of independence, which
took the form of an address to the
world, was cabled here from Picking
to-day. and. after being read in the
CABINET meeting. was made public.
State Department officials declared
that 1t reflected the influence of the
young Chinese members who have been
educated in American colleges The
President and his Cabinet praised it
enthusiastically, and formal recogni-
ton OF the republic by the United
States awaits only the actual organi-
zation of the constituent assembly.
which will meet again tomorrow in
PekinG. The text of the address fol-
lows:
"on this eighth day of the fourth
month in the second year of the repub-
iic OF China. the date fixed for the first
opening of our permanent national as
sembly, the members Of the Senate and
the House of Representatives having
met in these halls to celebrate the
event, now make this declaration of
their sentiments.
The will of Heaven is manifested
through the will of the people. That
the hundreds Of millions of the people
possess the authority of the state is
not proclaimed now for the first time
The monarchy, SO long corrupt, proved
unworthy OF the grave responsibilities
intrusted 10 ii by the will of the peo-
pie. but with the introduction OF popu-
lar government. the representatives OF
the people must share the likes and
dislikes of the people. They are to
give expression TO the desires and voice
the Will of the people; they hold the
reins in behalf of the nation to gov
ern with severity or lenency, with
parsimony or extravaganza: they be-
come the pivot upon which the pros
perity of the state is made to turn.
For the success or failure, safety or
danger, adversely or good fortune
Continued on Second PopaN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-12
BISHOPS RECEIVED
IN AUDIENCE BY POPE

grims visiting the Vatican, said the
condition of the Pontiff was now so
satisfactory that IL was possible he
would be able within a few days to
receive some of the pilgrims from his
native region
their brother to do so. but that never
theless his physicians were gently re-
sistinG such plan, wishing that their
patient have immunity from eXcite-
ment in his period of convaicscence.
Tho pilgrims were received in the
royal hall this afternoon by Cardinal
Merry del Val. the papat Secretary OF
state, at the special request OF Pope
Plus. 1t was solemn function. The
cardinal addressed the visitors In the
name of the Pope and impaired to
them the papal blessing. 1t was with
much regret, the cardinal said that
Pope Plus personally was unable to
see tho pilgrims, especially the yene-s
tians among them, whom he greatly de -
sired to greet. y
The pilgrims. led by their archbish-
ops, carried banners and wore the COS : \
tunes peculiar to their localities They
were presented by the Archbishop OF
chiete. ~
Understands Their Sacrifices.
Cardinal Merry del Val explained
that Pope Plus understood the sacrl ~
fees the pilgrims had undergone ii,
coming to Rome. and would have been
extremely happy to see them il It Were
possible s;l.-s
AT this moment" the cardinal con.
tinued more from the slight illness. (,
which. thank Heaven, is about to disL
appear, he suffers from being deprived
of the consolation of meeting you,,
The cardinal concluded by aayiYr
that the Pont,ff desired that a copy cf
his last aliocution regarding; the lif,-s
(ContinuAd ON Second ia orSI -------.S5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-12
SPENDS HER TIME
IN SANATORIUMS
Mrs. Radcliffe Calls Immoral So
cial Leader More Dangerous
Than Outcast in Street, Be-
cause Example Is More
Contagious-The Other
Side Pictured.
Miss Wilson at
Two Meetings

Two of the most prominent young
women In the United states will
nddrcss the Young Women's Chris
tim Assoclntion convention to-
night. Miss Jessie Woodrow VIII
Won, daughter of the President. will
speak on "Whnt the Association
Nennn TO the College Girl" and Miss
Elizabeth Dodge, of New York, ON
.Whut the Assoc intion Mems to the
City Girl"
So great has been the demand
for tickets that meetings will he
held simultaneously In ST. Paui'r
Episcopnl Church md I'm the Sew
enth Street Christian Church, Miss
Wilson and Miss Dodge alternating
at each. In this why, ft fa believed
TINT all who wish TO attend can he
accommodated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-12
He Melds 900 Aces
and Is Fined 500
Especial to rhe Timcx-DIspatch.1

fspecinl to The Timcx-DIspatcf.l
Patterson, N. j., April n.-James
l.. Hopkins mclded 1000 nccs I'm n
pin0cbnIe gnme and was lined 500
mot for having the 900 ncea. al
though the general, belief IN some
sort Of punishment should go with
an offense OF that kind. but for
drawing revolver. Hopkins WINS
arrniRncd to-day I'm the Court OF
Special Sessions ON the complaint
OF Antonio Segretto, The complains
ant said Hopkins forced himself into
friendly game, was n steady win
ner, and when he laid down the
eight aces resented remarks about
the manner in which they might
have been obtained by drawing n
revolver.
"aIelded thousand, chr" said the
court, md then added, .1Fined SfOO.o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-12
Blow at Rotten Ese Tranlc.

,,IopecIuI 10 TIC T'lmes- DlsDatch.1
Tener o-day signed the Jones bin to
suppress traffic In rotten eggs for
cheap bakeries.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-12

Tho Wants arc read In the
store, In the once and In the
home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-12
TAKES UPWARD FLIGHT
Cost OF Living FIuunts Red Flag In
Fncc of TarIT reform.

r,IHTVV1d 10 TITO IIICS- IJISDNtCh.
washington. April ll.--Though n
tarin reform bill warranted by earnest
advocates of Democracy to reduce the
nigh cost of living is even now under
consideration at the Capitol food
prices In Washington to-day took n
prenontory flight upward. as If haunt
ing the red flag OF protection in the
race OF the reductionists.
All meat cuts rose from 3 to cents
pound. Prices for nav and old yege-
tables also showed a slight rise In
price, and poultry was expected to
reach new high figure by the time
Washingtonians got around to tho pur-
chase of their Sunday dinners to-mor-
row.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
Col. Won Engelken Returns.

Col. +. ]. II. Won EngeIken of East
Palatka, who was the Florida delegate
to study the system of rural credits in
Europe, arrived in Jacksonville on the
CLYDE line steamer Huron on Tues
day aud will probably soon be at his
home again.
In six column statement which Col.
Won Englcken had prepared and which
appeared in Wednesdays Times Union,
he said that she is opposed 10 any hasty
introduction Of any cooperative system
of banking for farmers. He thinks the
better plan would be to use the present
banking system, arranging for long
term loans"
Col. Won EngIeken, according TO his
statement spent much time in Germany,
where, he states, the greater portion OF
Of the farm work is done by the wo-
men " Young women he further points
out, receive as high as So per month anC
keep. Putnam county girls needn't BIT
alarmed; Col. Won Engleken'S mission
was not with the view of introducing
German customs of labor in this country,
but to find out how the girls old man
Obtained credit The German farmer
Col. Won Englekcn states, needs bu'
little money.
1t is probable that Col Won Engleker
will make report of his investigations
to the PaIatka board of trade, which is
deeply interested in his mission.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
BOARD OF TRADE
TENDERS farewell.
Reception TO Rev. P. Father
Barry.

Secretary Moses Folsom OF the Palat-
ka board of Trade has prepared the
following call for citizens farewell re
ception TO Rev. z. Barry, rector of 81.
MoncaS Catholic church and member
of the board, who leaves Palatka the
first of the coming month TO take
charge OF the parish of South Jackson
vile:
AS is already known 10 many of our
citizens, and TO general regret, the Kew.
Father Barry, after decade OF faithful
and efficient work in our city is soon TO
leave for another field OF labor He has
been an active and useful member OF
the board of trade.
In testimony of our appreciation OF
his worth, in all of his varied activities
in our community, it is proposed to give
him good bye and God speed in the
form OF a reception at the Board OF
Trade rooms on Tuesday evening,
September 23rd, beginning at O'Clock.
Il will be an informal affair and the
whole public is invited. In the greai
melting pot of The common veal and
friendship there should be no creed OF
distinction.
Light refreshments Will JIG oSI'SC
under the direction of committee ol
Young ladies'. 1t is hoped and expected
that the ladies will generally turn out,
and citizens are invited regardless OF
whether or not they are members of the
Board of Trade. We wish TO unitedly
honor good man and true and show
by our actions that Palatka's "Where
Life's Worth Living" is genuine
declaration.
HOWELL A. DAVIS, President,
II. NJ. FEARNSIDE,
Chairman Entertainment Committee.
Palatka, Sept. Il, 1915.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
Married at Valdosta.

Alexander S. Fox and Miss Nina NJ.
Blackmer of this city were married al
NaldoSta, Ga, al II O'Clock last Sunday
morning, the ceremony being perform
ed by Justice T. M. Cook of that city.
No cards.
This simple announcement, however,
hardly does justice TO this marriage. Ii
lacks that element of romance due to a
wedding wherein the bride and groom
are under the legal age and where a
stern parent stands by with a club to
shoe of the earnest lover.
There was parental opposition, but
really this counts for little in two hearts
with but a single thought.
The sun of last Sunday had not risen,
but young Fox had and was soon stand
ing under the window of his Julia'S
balcony, where he uttered the agreed
on signal. Soon there was a light in
the window and he knew that his signal
had been received. He then went 10
the agreed on place of meeting and
where he had not long TO wait They
made the train without detection and
were soon speeding to Georgia, where
The laws do not interfere with the
marriage of young people of is years
After the marriage the happy young
couple returned to Palatka, and are nov
living at the home of the groom's
mother, Mrs. c. Fox.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. ]. L Blackmer, and the groom is 9
young man of steady, industrious habits
and valued employe of the Palatks
News.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
PkLATKA'S HOME
COMING week
To be Worked up by Board
of Trade.

For many years Palatka enjoyed the
presence during the winter season OF
numerous visitors from the North, but
OF late years attractions elsewhere have
drawn them to other places in our State.
In the recent years Palatka has changed
nightly and if we could get former
visitors back they would enjoy a sort OF
st. John-lSle OF. RatmoS vision of a bet.
ter city. This will also apply favorably
10 former citizens, who have gone to
other cities and states TO live, and who
have the homing instinct common TO all
OF the human kind. Many OF them have
heard of the passing of Palatka from the
primitive stage of being 10 modern con
ditionS, and would be glad TO return and
see old friends and try and recognize
the change and we feel sure of their
surprise and delight if they be induced
TO come.
To help along realization of this
idea, the board of trade will, with the
assistance of the people of Palatka-and
certainly no one will object 10 the
propoSition-push the matter 10 a con
cluSion by "Home Coming Week" al
a date to be announced later
No large expense will be involved in
the affair Particulars connected with
the project will be made public from
time 10 time and it is hoped and believed
that everybody will take hold and make
ii success.
Citizens are urgently invited TO call al
the rooms of the Board of Trade, pa
South Second Street, and aid the com.
mittee with suggestions.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
SLATON NAMES JUDGES.
Important Changes on the Georgia
Bench.

Benjamin II. Hill, ranking judge Of
the appellate court bench, widely
known as Il jurist of notable accom-
plishments. and member of a family
distinguished in Georgia's history,
was appointed by Governor ]. NJ. Sla-
ton to the judgeship of the new At
lanta circuit created by the last ses-
sion of the state legislature.
-Four appointments making impor-
hnt changes on the Georgia bench
were announced simultaneously by
the governor. They are:
Benjamin II. Hill, from the state
court of appeals to the new division
of the Atlanta circuit.
L. S. Roam, from the judgeship of
the Stone Mountain circuit to Judge
Hills place on the appellate court
bench.
Charles 5. Reid, solicitor general
of the Stone Mountain circuit, to the
iudgeship of the same circuit.
George NJ. Napier, of Decatur, as
solicitor general of the Stone Noun
tain circuit to succeed Reid.
All of the appointments probably
will go into effect October 6, the date
upon which the new docket of the
court of appeals will be called.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
PRIEST CONFESSES
TO AWFUL CRIME
New York River Victim Is
Identified j
BODY CUT UP BY PRIEST
Was Then Thrown Into Hudson River.
1t Was Afterwards FOund-Priest
Says He Loved Victim-Sensational
Crime.

With the arrest at New York OF
the Rev. Hans Schmidt assistant rec
tor of st. Joseph' Roman Catholic
church, charged with the murder OF
Anna Aumuller, domestic, the myS-
terry surrounding the finding OF parts
of the diSmembered body Of a girl
in. the Hudson river was solved.
Schmidt, according to the police re-
ports, confessed, and at the time of
his arrest attempted to commit sui
eide by cutting his throat with SAT
ETY. razor blade.
Il killed her because / loved her SO
much" Schmidt is alleged to have
told his captors; but the police verI
sion of the motive, for the crime is
to become a mother. He had married
her through a ceremony of his own
performing, without witnesses.
According to the police and the dis1
trict attorneys Office, Schmidt's con1
fessiOn was full and absolute. In ii
he is quoted as saying that he killed
his companion with a butcher knife,
and cut up the body with the knife
and a saw. The deed was committed,
the police say, while the woman slept,
shortly after midnight on September
., in an apartment in Bradhurst ave-
nue., where the priest had placed her
five days before.
When her heart had ceased beat
ing to the alleged confession, Schmidt
carried the body from the bed to the
bathroom and, placing it in the tub,
began Immediately his CORY task OF
cutting it up. With the keen knife
and the saw he cut off the head, arms
and legs. Still fearful of detection,
he then cut the body in two.
Five bundles, wrapped in bed
clothes and papers were made of the
six parts. Five times Schmidt left
the apartment house with a bundle
to cross the Hudson river to the Jer-
9Cy shore,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
Rev. Dr.. w. w. DeHartis is Dead

Rev. William Wilson DcHart, D. D.,
rector OF ST. Andrews Episcopal church
in Tampa for the past 20 years, and one
Of the most eloquent pulpit orators OF
the church in the United States, died in
a sanilarium at Cambridge, Mass, last
Tuesday of kidney trouble.
Or. DeIart was chaplain of the Tam
pa ElkS, was a prominent member oI
The Knights of PythiaS, 4 Knights Temp
lar and an Odd Fellow. As Pythian
he was best known as a Past Crane
Chancellor of the State and Supreme
Representative OF the order.
He was born in Louisville, Ky, in
1860; was an alumnus of the University
of the South, bachelor of divinity of
the General Theological seminary, n,
Y, and bad held pastorate in New York,
Maine, Mississippi and Texas before
coming to Florida in January 1894,
when he accepted the reCtoryhip of ST.
Andrews, parish which has grown
under his guidance from membership
of 65 to between 400 and 500.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
Napoleon Hagan Shot.

Napoleon B. Hagan, former we'll
known Palatkan, but for several years
valued member of JackSonville'S mount
ed police squad, was shot and seriously
wounded by negro desperate in that
city last Sunday night.
The Times, Union of Monday says:
"The affair occurred at about II
O'Clock last night. The officer, when
brought 10 the police station in the de
partment'S ambulance, stated leebly that
he had found the negro in an alley near
the saloon operated by L. Livingston,
and that the negro had begun TO fire
upon him as soon as he came upon the
negro i'll the alley.
"Oflicer Hagan also opened fire and
believes he has wounded the negro.
The bullet from the negro'S revolver
entered the left groin, ranging upward
into the vitalS, according TO speedy eX.
animation which was the first made by
City Physician M. B. Herlong when the
injured officer was brought TO the police
station.
up TO an early hour this morning il
was impossible 10 tell how badly Hagan
is injured. He was brought to the po
lice station covered with blood and il
was al first believed that he would live
only few moments. Dr. Herlong was
summoned Immediately and the injured
officer was placed upon table and the
doctor probed for the bullet.
"lntense excitement prevailed at the
police station. Hagan is one of the
most esteemed as we'll as one of the
most efficient men upon the force. He
was very weak from loss of blood and
was breathing very laboriouSly when he
was taken into police headquarters.
''He stated feebly that the negro who
had shot him was named Brown and he
said he knew him as a desperate char
actcr. A short time later every availa
hle man in the department was making
all speed TO the place where one of theiI
comrades had been brutally shot down
"Sherilf Dowling was notified and ac
Companicd by his full force of deputie!
and three of his best bloodhoundS hi
made all haste 10 the Scene."
Yesterday morning the report was il
circulation here that Hagan'S wounC
was so serious that his leg would have
10 be amputated This means that i
would have TO come off close to tn,
body.
Mr. Hagan spent portion of his va
cation in this city some two or three
weeks ago, and all his old friends ar
distressed at his condition.
The negro who fired the shot ha
snCe been captured and has confessed
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
New Hupmobile Agency.

The Palatka Auto & Supply Co. has
taken over the agency of the celebrated
Hupmobile This is Detroit made au
tomobilc that has a ranking place in the
automobile industry OF the country be
cause of its many special features and
because it is a high grade machine at a
low grade price. The Hupmobile is a
very pretty machine; several OF them
have been seen here and all have adj
mircd their beauty, Mr.. Thomas
Souircs is the latest to secure one of the
new models of passenger touring car.
Others will want them, and as a special
demonstrator of the car is to be here
this week it might be we'll for all who
are in the market for an auto to see this
car work. The "Hup" company could
not have secured 4 better selling depot
in Florida than the Palatka Auto & Sup
ply Co. lis members work overtime.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
INLAND WATERWAY
ASSOCIATION
Will Soon Hold its Annual
Convention in Palatka.

The official call for the Sixth An
nual Convention of the Mississippi
to Atlanta Inland Waterway Associa-
ton which is to meet in Palatka on
Nov. 1913, next, has been issued,
and leading waterway advocates of
the country have been invited to make
addresses.
After the meeting in this city the
convention delegates will go to Jack
sonville, where the meeting will be
! continued for a day.
The president of the association is
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, and the
secretary is Mr.. Leland j. Henderson
Of Pensacola, who will give cheerfully
any information desired concerning
the coming meeting.
River and harbor improvement near
and on the Gulf Coast of the United
States affects more people than i'm
provement in any other section Of the
country, because the Gulf Coast is
nearest to the producing states of the
Union, and because, of the $4,000
miles of navigable rivers Of the Unit
ed States, $4,000 miles flow to the
Gulf and toward the Panama Canal.
A Democratic President with a Con-
gress favorable to the Presidents
views on public questions, ought to
give the South along with other por-
tions of the country, when needed,
very material river ald harbor i'm
provement in the near future, sup
Elemental to that already proposed
and contemplated.
The mississippi to Atlantic Inland
Waterway Association advocates and
works for all legitimate river and
harbor improvements, but is specifi-
cally interested in an inland water
way from the Mississippi River to the
Atlantic Ocean. The project advo-
Gated by this Association forms an
important link in the system Of con-
tinuous inland waterways for the
United States, because it connects the
Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast
with the Atlantic Coast.
Part of the particular project ad-
vocated by this Association is now
under construction, and other parts
have been favorably reported by the
engineers. In consideration of these
facts, the officers of the Association
believe that the project will be re-
ported in the next Rivers and Har-
bors bill, if sufficient interest is mani
tested on the part of the people in
the localities affected. Members of
Congress from the States interested,
and all waterway advocates and citi-
zns interested in the general develop
mnt of the country are urged to be
present or send representative to the
Convention to be held in Palatka and
Jacksonville.
Hon. S. J. Hilburn of this city will
be one of the speakers at the conven-
ton, so the News is informed by Sec
retary Henderson, and his topic will be
"The Relationship of the User to the
Public Carrier" Mr.. Henderson also
informs US that local river improve
ments will be taken up by the con-
vention and that it is anticipated that
4 favorable report will be made on
Improvements of the Ocklawaha
river to Leesburg, which is along the
sectional route of the transatlantic
canal.
Palatka is deeply interested in the
matters to come before this conven-
ton.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-09-19
The Presbyterian Church.
]. w. PURCELL, Minister.

eye are the salt of the earth; but if
the salt have lost its SAVIOR, wherewith
shall ii be Salted? Ii is thcnceforth
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and
10 be trodden under foot of men,
Sunday School at 9:45 O'Clock, 4. T.
Anderson, Superintendent.
Morning worship at II O'Clock, ser
mon theme, THE Power of Example. !"
Evening worship at 7:3O o'clock, ser
mon theme, ga Study of SIM"
Wednesday evening prayers at 7:3O
O'Clock. Special music at both Sunday
services.
A cordial invitation is given TO every
one 10 attend any or all these services.
For as by one mans diSobedience
mary were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made
righteous. That as sin hath reigned
unto death, even so might grace reign
through righteousness unto eternal life
by Jesus Christ our Lord"