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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
TO GIVE RECORD
ON TARIFF BILL
President Wilson Made it
Plain he had no Reference
in the Matter of Chairman
ship of the Committee.
Country Newspapers will
be Used to a Large Extent
in Campaign.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington. May 9.-The democratic
congressional committee met tonight to
reorganize for the next national cam
paign. It was made plain that Presi-
dent Wilson had no preference for can
cidates for the craftsmanship and Rep
resentative Lloyd Of Missouri, presided.
He has announced he was not a can
didate for reelection. The new list
of membership included seven SEN
ators and thirty three representatives
Those instrumental to bring about the
meeting urged the Importance Of pro-
vfding for a great campaign Of pub
licity in support OF the Underwood
tariff revision bill. They favored send
ing to the people through the country
newspapers. It contained statements
regarding the party's record on the bill
and the differing views OF the minority
in the house on the measure.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
TO BE INTRODUCED
IN HOUSE TODAY
Believed that it will be Pass
ed by that Body-Gover-
nor Signs the Mental An
guish Bill-Much Talk of
Stokes and if State is Not
Divided he will be Candi-
date for Governor.
BY FRANK L. HUFFAkER


Tallahassee, May 9.-The governor
today signed the Stokes mental an
guish bill, finally ending the most bril-
liant fight of the present session. SEN
ator Stokes is the most talked of man
in Tallahassee today, and is being
doomed for governor. 1t is regarded
as certain that he will make the race
unless steps are taken to divide the
state.
Senator Lindsay today introduced a
bill and amendment resolution in the
senate, providing for the formation OF
the state of West Florida, from the
counties west of Columbia. Suwanee
and Alachua. 1t will be introduced in
the house tomorrow by Worley and it
is confidently expected to be passed
by that body. Lindsay will make n
hard fight for its passage in the sem
ate.
MRAE's BOND.
1t is a positive fact that Commits
sioner of Agriculture w. A. McRae,
although duly elected to office, has
never received his commission for the
reason that he did not make bond OF
ten thousand dollars within the time
demanded by law. 1t is understood
that Governor TrammelI and Secre-
.tary of State Crawford have called
delinquency several times, but he did
not attend to the bond and there
fore has never been commissioned.
Commissioner McRae made bond for
time of his appointment by Governor
Gilchrist, but not for the period OF
election. The only solution Of the
problem it is said, seems to be for
Governor Trammell to appoint McRae
until the general election next year.
the opinion of more than one author
ity being that the governor cannot
appoint for four years.
Commissioner of Agriculture Nc
Rae admitted tonight the truth OF the
story that he had not made bond and
received his commission as provided
by law.
PRIMARY BILL PASSES.
With only slight amendments, Unit
ed States Senator Nathan p. Bryan's
primary bill passed the house this
morning by a vote of ~ to %. which
is made all the more gratifying to the
friends of the measure by reason or
the powerful political opposition
brought ont against it. The bill is
expected to pass the senate, although
some amendments doubtless will be
offered in that body.
The Bryan bill is regarded as the
best ever submitted to Florida legis
lature, and It cures many defects in
the present law.
The house received a report from
the internal Improvement board,
expenditures OF $2,150,00O on
drainage work. The
lengthy report was ordered spread on
the journal.
SUNDAY CLOSING LAW.
The senate committee on health re-
ported favorably on Senator Blitch'S
DiIl closing motion pictures and other
places of amusement on Sundays.
The senate spent the morning con
(contip,,ed op Pa1a -ru,o1
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
BRYAN SAYS NEW PEACE PLAN OF
PRESIDENT WILSON IS A LONG, STEP
TOWARDS PEACE BY ALL NATIONS

more than any other, has a population
which is attached by blood to nearly
all other nations. Three great forces
promote peace-a growing intelligence,
increasing understanding of the doc
trine of brotherhood and the growing
power of the people to control their
destines through the control of their
government. No other nation is bet
ter prepared to set the. example of
peace and I am glad of this occasion
to make reference to the act of our
president that embodies this thought
in language"
More than five hundred men and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10

into the question without delay and
give the Japanese government a
prompt outline of the federal govern
ment's attitude toward the Webb bill,
should Governor Johnson sign ii.
At noon Secretary Bryan left the
cabinet meeting.
81 have no statement to make at
this time" was his only reply to all
inquiries. The cabinet remained in
session and there were some intima-
tions that some statement might
come from the White House later.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, May 9.-Public health
observations 50 far into the condition
Of the patients incculated by DR.. f. r.
friedman with his tuberculosis vac
cine do not justify that confidence
in the remedy. which has been in
spired by widespread publicity" in the
opinion of the surgeons who have con-
Quoted the governments investigation.
This first authentic and official con-
clusion from the tests was announced
here today by the American Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis by DR.. John A. Anderson,
director of the governm ent's hygenic
laboratory and DIR. A. M. Stimson,
another. public, health surgeon, who
were detailed to observe the progress
of the friedman patients at Mount
Sinai hospital in Now York.
1--WE believe that at the present
time says the report, I'VE are not yet
in position to express an opinion
based on the present condition of. pa
tients under observation. The disease
for which the remedy IS used is pro-
longed and is characterized by periods
Of advancement and retrogression. It
is also one in which pf,ysic infiences
are a powerful factor. Time therefore
is necessary to properly evaluate the
effect of therapeutic measurements.
POSSIBLE MERITS.
I'VE must not lose sight of the pos
sible therapeutic value of this prepara-
tion and on the other hand 1t is neces-
sary to guard against too great an
optimism in respect to it's merits.
without presenting in detail the con-
ditions of patients under observation,
we are in a position to state that the
facts thus far observed do not justify
that confidence in the remedy which
has been inspired by widespread pub
licity.
TN our opinion harm may have
been done by this undue publicity in
sofar as 1t has lessened the confidence
of tuberculosis persons in well-recog-
nized methods of treatment or inter-
rupted their use. and we are con-
strained to advise against any lessen
ing of those well-known measures
which not only had effected cures but
which have reduced the incidence OF
the disease. We are aware that DR.
Friedman does not wish to be judged
scientifically on newspaper statements
and he would undoubtedly disclaim re-
sponsibility for certain of those wftcf,
have appeared. Nevertheless it Is on
these that the public bases it's opinion
until replaced by reliable and unbiased
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
Mr.. Marshall
Made Reply to
Col. Harvey
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

d <AR5N5ON~A<AI
Washington, May 9.-Vice- President
Marshall today replied to Col George
Harvey's statement that his recent
public speeches were meant to incite
the predatory poor"
'If anybody will produce a public
utterance of mine advocating the cur
tailment or distribution of honest
wealth except by a fair inheritance
tax, will go to Wall street and per-
sonally apologize said Mr.. Marshall.
I'm the course OF a long profession
al career, I have learned that the wit
ness who had knowledge of fraud in
variabjy got mad when he was inter-
rCgated as to the fraud"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
New York, May 9.-Secretary Bryan
speaking at a dinner in honor of the
foreign members of. the international
Peace Conference here tonig..t said
The new peace plan offered by Presi-
dent Wilson to all nations is the latest.
and longest step towards peace. 1t
&C ntemplates time for Investigation
and deliberation and this makes the
possibility of war remote"
Bryan's subject was the press
toward peace" He said IN part: The
United States's part in the cause is
Of necessity large, because the nation,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
Increase In
freight Rates
Is Proposed
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York. May 9.-Traffic commit
tees of commercial organizations in
Seaboard cities had a conference today
with traffic officers of Eastern rail-
roads to discuss the proposed five per
cent increase in freight rates, which
the railroads are to ask of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
The conference was called at the
request of the railroads in pursuance
of a plan to take counsel with rep
resentatives OF shippers and ask their
cooperation in bringing about the
desired Increase. 1t is understood that
the application to the Interstate Com
merce Commission will be made on
Monday next.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10

women of international distinction
were present, and unstinted applause
greeted all his remarks and emphasized
the cordial relations between the two
nations. John II. Choate.s former ann
bassador to Great Britain was toast
master. On his eft sat the new am
bassador. Sir Arthur Cecil Springrice,
an on his right, NJ. Da Cana, the Bra
lillian ambassador. Other members OF
diplomatic corps, Ambassador Page,
members OF the foreign delegations,
United States senators and judges
were at the speakers table.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
GIRLS AND THEIR
ACTIVITIES DISCUSSED

Richmond va May s-Girls and
their activities took up today's pro-
gram of the recreation congress.
Among the speakers were Mrs. Chas.
Frederick Weller, of Lawrence. Kas.,
Ellen Kate Gross. of Baltimore; Mary
B. Stewart, of Baltimore, and Mary
E. Mcdowell, OF Chicago.
The feature for today was an open
air demonstration of play activities in
which hundreds OF kindergarten and
school children participated.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
japanese objections, as presented to-

japanese objections, as presented to-
day by the ambassador.
Other members of the cabinet re-
fused without exception to discuss the
question further than to say that the
general subject had been gone over.
There is a strong probability of a.
special cabinet meeting tomorrow to
permit Mr.. Bryan to lay, before the
president and his colleagues the re-
suit of his further conferences with
the japanese ambassa dor
At the White House and state de-
partment there was every evidence of
the president and the cabinet to go
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10

Cornish. n. H, May 9.-In Harlak-
enden on the beautiful 700-acre coun-
try estate of Winston Churchill, .he
novelist, near here, President woodrow
Wilson will establish the summer
capital. He has leased the building
for the coming season. Its sec' Isicn
will provide the edesired: peace and
quiet.
The mansion stands within seventy
five yards Of the Connecticut river and
is in the midst of a heavily wooded
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10

LINDSAY INTRODUCES
THE DIVISION BILL
FLAGLER IS AGAIN
CRITICALLY ILL
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

West Palm Beach, May
9-Henry M. Flagler, the
fnancier, who has been i'll
here for several months,
is again reported in a ser
ious condition. For nearly
a week he has taken lit
tie nourishment. Intimate
friends have been sum
moned to his bedside.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
and
Passengers
Are Missing
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Koenigsbcrg, Germany, May s.-A
German military spherical balloon. the
Cassiopeia, which ascended from this
city on Wednesday, is missing with
it's passengers. 1t was last seen In
the neiRhborhood of Pillau, about 20
miles from here. traversing the
Frische peninsula in a storm.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
MO CONFIDENCE
IN REMEDY FOR
TUBERCULOSIS
This is the Opinion of Sur
geons who have Con-
Quoted Investigation.
TOO EARLY TO MAKE
REPORT ON PATIENTS

Say the Preparation may be
of Value in a Way, but it
is Necessary to Guard
Against too Great an OPP
timism in Respect to its
merits--Observations thus
far do not Inspire Sur
geons.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
Senator r. 4. McGeachy Says Santa Rosa
Edition Was Splendid Advertisement
iitor Pensacola Journal.

Tallahassee, May
with
of
the and
Yours veryt
R. A. NGcGEACTIY.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10

miles away, is a typical New England
village. 1t has a year round popula-
tlon of 1000, but the influx of colonists
nearly doubles this number i'll sum-
mer.
Winsdor. VT, three miles to the south
will be the seat of the executive Of
fees during the summer. The post
office and telegraph station of this
little town will be enlarged to rmeet
the additional load Of business accom-
pGnying the presidents arrival.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10

forest of oak and pine. Nearby is q
colony of artists and writers. Among
the presidents neighbors will be Ken
yon Cox, Norman Hapgood, Maxfield
Parrish, Louis Shipman, Mrs. Angus
tus St. Gaudens and Stephen Parrish.
The house is pretty but not pre-
teatious. 1t is of brick, two stories
in height, and contains thirty rooms.
Two approaches from the main road
way lead to it's rear. entrance.
Cornish village, the townseat, six
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10
PENSAcOLA's RAILROADS.

A new railroad Is now operating trains
Into the Deep Water City. a third roa5
Is laying rails. A fourth FvPo Is being
graded. You can~ make a Mtstake by
Investing In Pensaccia.
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-10

Local Showers Saturday and Sunday
except fair in northwest and extrer.
south portions; light to moderate. vari.
able winds.
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all time, and, furthermore, he fig
ured that he could withhold just
enough Of this Information, to be
divulged piecemeal at future inter
walls, once he was free, which would
leave no doubt in the minds of his
and desire to play square" with
them. What if the step he contem-
plated did mean the betrayal of the
very men who had taught him the
business he had reaped thousands
from? What were they to him?
Johnny" was in prison, his pals
were free, many of them that very
minute blowing a safe or else blow
ing in" the loot procured from ear
lier blasts, while he, like rat in a
trap, sat brooding in his cell.
Johnny" was ever a man Of ac-
ton. Once he made up his mind he
was quick to act, and no sooner had
he decided to "squeal" than he re-
Quested an interview tn the war
formation he had at hand, he said,
was for the ears OF post Office inspec-
tors alone. If the warden was so dis
posed he could notify the five inspec-
tors who Johnny" knew had been
detailed to trail him to his lair. That
his calculations were correct was
proved few days later, when three
post office inspectors presented them
selves at the prison and asked to see
Johnny" He met them smilingly
and even twitted them upon their
failure to catch him, adding that the
humble constable OF a remote little.
hamlet had accomplished what they
the trained bloodhounds OF Uncle
Sam, had failed to do. Then he pro-
ceeded with the business on hand.
How far would these inspectors
go toward procuring him a pardon
from the Vermont Governor should
he CJohnny"D divulge to them the
name OF every yeggman operating
east Of the Mississippi River and the
jobs they had been active in, the
robberies that he CJohnny"D had
perpetrated and the robberies that
he knew of by first-hand knowledge
from the lips Of the men who had
committed them?
Further, would the inspectors see
to 1t that the old warrants bearing
"Johnny's" name and still in ,xist~
ence be side-tracked and remain un-
served should he promise to give up
a life OF crime and return to one of
industry and usefulness?
With all the eloquence at his COM
mand Johnny" painted vivid word
picture of the gray-haired old fa-
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% be absolutely correct.

% be absolutely correct.
A month later Johnny" walked
forth from the Vermont prison free
man, and, true to their promises, the
inspectors saw that he had sufficient
money to provide himself with a
good substantial wardrobe-for
"Johnny's" love Of clothes was one
of. his ruling passions-and enough
cash in his pockets to enable him to
live decently until he could find en-
ployment to his liking.
After visiting his family in Phia-
delphia, Johnny" returned to New
England and cast about for employ
ment, His love OF adventure was
not in the least curbed by his incar-
ceration. 1t was not in the least
surprising that he should be next
heard of in the role of a detective in
the employ OF big express COM
pany. Freight yard thieves had
been active in and about Boston and
yeggs were suspected Of this series
OF burglaries. Therefore who was
better equipped to run to cover
these thieves than 8 man once one of
them, familiar with their everv
move? Word was flashed through
the strange, but almost instantane-
Gus news channels of yeggdom, that
Johnny had squealed. He knew
he would be killed at sight by the
first of the old pals he had BETRAYED
that he CHANGED to meet. Therefore
it was perfectly right and proper
that he, armed with the right and
might of the law, should get the
first drop on them.
A post Office inspector who kent
close watch on Johnny" following
his release from prison, and while
active in the freight yards at Boston.
told the writer that as a detective
or watchman, call it what you like
Johnny" was an instantaneous sue
cess.
I'm the first place." said this in
spector, Johnny did not know the
meaning of the word fear. He was
q crack shot, could draw his gun and
shoot straight to the mark before
the average man could get his hand
to his pistol pocket, and, further
more, he had the eye of hawk. He
rolled up great record there in
Boston, and his employers thought
the world and all of him. But Bos-
ton wasn't New York, and 'Johnny's'
love for the big town was all-com-
pelling.
Another thing which. decided
"Johnny" on quitting Boston were
the strange messages that were
reaching him Through underworld
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chances for life once Fingers gets
on his track"
Since going to New York John
ny's' life hasn't been an open book
by any means. The police and pos
tai authorities have managed to
keep track of him in general way
but there are many lapses they
would like to have explained in or
der that their suspicious might be
entirely allayed.
Apparently Johnny" sought to
convince the post office inspectors,
by long odds the men he most fear
ed, that he was living up to the
pledges he made in the Vermont
prison. To this end he made it an
almost daily practice to be seen at
the headquarters Of the inspectors
in the general post office building,
New York. Always he came with a
bit Of information. Sometimes 1T
was useful, at others so trivial that
the inspectors marvelled that he had
sought to fool them with such a
thinly-veiled excuse for bringing
himself to their notice.
There were certain men attached
to the Inspector in charges staff
there who found they could use
Johnny" There was certain infor-
nation they wanted and Johnny"
volunteered to get it for them. He
was paid for his trouble, but still
hung around, and one rarely visited
the lower corridors that he didn't
run into johnny" On one occa-
sion two inspectors were detailed TO
watch the mail that left the general
delivery windows in an effort to get
line or two on three yeggmen. who
were believed to be lurking in New
YORK. Johnny" happened in and
was told that If he did not wish to
have his hide perforated with yegg
bullets he had better "beat it," as
one or two of his sworn enemies
were expected to show up in that
vicinity.
johnny" disappeared and almost
simultaneously the men sought ap-
peared at the mail window and
asked for their mail. Before they
could turn from the window they
were seized from behind, shackled
and the two pistols each carried
were taken from them. But no
sooner had the steel bracelets en-
circled their wrists than Johnny"
darted from dark corner and, join
ing the inspectors, asked:
Did you find the soup CAM"
A closer search of the prisoners
revealed a rubber bag, or pouch,
which contained a thick LIQUID with
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barb and gray stone walls for his for
a ldng time to come.
What Johnny" had to reveal in
thaS first instalment came as a reve-
latipn to the post office inspectors.
He gave them enough in that first
DAYS talk to keep a hundred inspec-
tors in all parts Of the country busy
verifying. The readiness with which
Lhi$ criminal ratified off names,
oates, places and the sums stolen, as
we'll as all the minute details sur
rounding each robbery, was little
short of marvellous. Never before
had the inspectors come in contact
with a mind which could review in
chronological sequence upward of a
thousand burglaries in all parts of
this country, the men who had fig
urad in them, the sums realized and
tha most trivial circumstances at
tending them. There wasn't sin
gid slip, as later events proved for
eath day reports came to thes. in
sDectors lowering near "Johnny's"
Vermont cell that this and that in
Spector had investigated this or that
burglary and all details were found
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aud policemen and detectives and
post office inspectors and Secret Ser
vice men are no exception. Whereas
they nearly always profit by the
"squeal of the squealer," they look
upon him as a traitor and a sneak
and know that he will double
cross" them just as readily as he did
his comrades once the chance pre-
sents itself. But in any event the
depredations Of the yeggs must be
curbed at all costs, and here was the
one big club they could Weld with
telling effect
The result was that Johnny" was
promised immunity His pardon
was promised provided what he had
to tell proved orth while and
true. His future course, too, was
to nave wide influence on his ten
ure of freedom, or once he was
caught tripping he was told he would
be seized and it would be the iron
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channels from california Fingers"
who was captured, convicted and
sentenced for robbing the savings
bank at Newfane, VT, the job which
brought about "Johnny's" convic-
tion. He blamed Johnny" alone for
his capture and conviction and sent
word tina. either he or his friends
would kill the "squealer" the first
time they clapped eyes on him. These
messages became SO frequent and
ireighted with so much venom and
hatred that johnny" decided to seek
new fields, so he went to New York.
Il was at the Vermont prison
few days ago." said a post office in
spector attached to the New York
office, who knows more about yeggs
than any other man in the world,
land while there | saw California
Fingers His term will expire in a
few months, and just so sure as
Fingers lives to go free he will de-
vote his remaining days to tracking
Johnny 1t will be a short, sharp
engagement, and, unless / miss my
guess, Fingers will win. ! wouldn't
give thirty cents for 'Johnny's'