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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
By ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington. Jan 12.-Important
conferences on various problems con-
nected with state militia organiza-
tions and other civilian military bod
les began here today with meeting
of the National militia board. Later to-
day the National Bank for The promo
ton Of rifle practice. consisting Of rep
resentatives from all parts Of the
country will meet with Henry :.
Breckenridge, assistant secretary Of
war and tonight a conference will take
place between the executive committee
OF the national guard association and
adjustment generals OF the national
guard Of the several states. The
meetings probably vii continue until
Wednesday night. It is expected that
the national militia board viii con-
slider such questions as equipment,
discipline and organization Of state mi
litia and special consideration Will be
given to the participation next sum
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
IN
THIS LABOR UNION
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

philadelphia, Jan. Il After long
discussion in which the attitude Of the
church toward labor problems was at
tackled and defended, the Genera! La
Dor Union yesterday decided to adTnlt
to its membership one clergyman
from each of the protestant denomina-
tions in the city.
Before the delegates would agree TO
the ministers admission II was adc
plain that they were to be accepted on
probation only, the union reserving the
right TO expel them from membership.
Application for admission Of the
preac chers to the labor organization
came through the commission on socia!
service of the inter-churc1 federation
which has reen trying to extend the
churches influence with the working
man Each denomination was re-
ouezte7 to name one man as a delegate
and the list was prepared and sent to
the Central Union yesterday.
Churches which will have rerTeSen-
+atives in the union include the Re
formed. Methodist, Congregational
lutheran Baptist. Episcopal and
FOresbvte teriau-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
Gangsters Rounded Up, Some
Being Charged With Murder

last night he had obtained sufficient
evidence to hold the four for trial on
a murder charge.
The thirty men sentenced to the
work house were arrested in a raid
on a club, the first since the order last
week to clean up the city. Many other
arrests were made and several men
must stand trial for violating the Sui
Iivan law, which prohibits the carry
ing of revolvers or other fire arms.
From the standpoint of the police,
the killing of Straus is of more i'm
portance toward the breaking up OF
~ang violence in New York than was
the murder two years ago of the gam
bier, Herman Rosenthal, for which
former Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker and four gunmen were con-
victed and are now confined in the
death house at Sing Sing prison. With
the power to use their night sticks
and backed by the city ma agistrates, the
police claim they already have driven
the gunmen and gangsters from their
favorite haunts and that many of them
with criES2al records have isft the
city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
State Militia Organizations
Considering Weighty Questions

nner Of the national guard with regular
army troops in joint maueuvers.
War department officials today
pointed out that reports had been re-
ceiyed from state militia ORGANIZATIONS
throughout the country stating that
orders either had been or would be is-
sued which would bring the several
bodies OF militia troops under the re-
Quiremeuts Of the Dick act. states
which have issued such orders include
Florida Missouri, OklahOm Kansas
and Tennessee. Among the states pre-
pared 10 issue similar orders were New
Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, Ala
bama and Kentucky.
A spirited controversy, some officials
believe, is likely in meetings of the
militia board and the adiutants gen
eraI when consideration Of militia pay
bill is reduced. Secretary Garrison is
known not TO favor any militia pay
bill which does not give the United
States a greater Jurisdiction over the
state militia, including power 10 send
them on foreign service. Scores Of
militia officers are known 10 dissent
from this view.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
REACH SOUTHERN
RAILWAY SEPT.I4
Report of the Sale of Bonds
Is Confirmed BY L. Hilton
Green, Who Has Direct
Information and Means
Pensacola Is Soon To
Have New Connections to
Important Points

NfeFargeI & Co.. builders OF the Gulf
Florida & Alabama railroad. have sold
TWO million dollars worth OF first mort
gage bonds OF that railyad to Now
York bankers thus bringing 10 a sue
cessfuI termination rhe financing OF
the road as far north az Pine Hin,
Ala where connection viii be made
with the Southern railway, giving to
Pensacola new connes-,bus 10 all i'm
pciIant points and competitive freight
ana passenger rates.
The report OF the deal was confirm
ed yesterday afternoon by L. Hilton
Green, chairman Of the Pensacola
Clearing House Association, who
stated 10 q Journal representative That
gueuys q sxest ueai - Fensa- 81 pfr
sSy@Fn has rrs9afe IN nsssszsst ic7T~resali a
70 tne matter IN
By this sale the completion Of !,
to Pine HILL Ala. by Sept. / is sssu
and the builders will no longer h
to consider the matter Of finan6
but can devote ali Of their energies t
prosecuting construction work A
stretch Of fifty miles of .-Oadbed re-
mains to be built including q steel
bridge across the Alabama river. to
connect Pine Hill with Broughton.
the present northern terminus OF the
road, and the builders are confident
this woIk can be completed ard trains
in operation by Sept. I.
Shands & Mccarthy. the grading
contractors. now have force Of about
five hundred men. many teams and
steam shOveIs at work grading north
of Brough on and al last reports the
work was progressing most satisfac-
tOrily
The cor3pany will also push forward
to completion the contemplated i'm
provcments to the piers. sheds and
storage yards in this city, and when
the road makes physical connection
with the Southern at Pine Hill h will
be iu position to handle any volume or
business that may be turned over To
it by the Southern and its allied con-
neCtiOns,
Traffic arrangements between the
Gulf Florida r. Alabama ana the
Southern are now being considered by
the roads and will be contaminated
It Is believed. by the date Of the for
meT'6 completion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
NO COMMENT ON
q DEATH OF GRACE
.y ASSOCIATED PRESS.

8Y ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paiiadeipilia. Jan. 12.-Mrs. Daisy
Ufrfch Opie Grace, whose husband
Eugene n. Grace died early today at
Newman, ca, from q bullet wound in
f1icted nearly two years go, declined
to have anything to say regarding hIs
death.
Mrs. Grace could not be seen at her
home in West Philadelphia but sent
out word TO inquiTers that she would
not make any statement al present on
advice Of her counsel Il was said
at the house that the news of her
husbands death was sent to Mrs.
Grace in a telegram from the sou h.
Mrs. Grace has been living here
since she was a acquitted Of the ch 9rge
of the attempted murder Of her nus
band.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York. Jan. 12.-Thirty members
of East Side gangs today began serv-
ing Ave day workhouse sentences and
'sDopey Benny" Fein. leader Of band
that bears his name and three of his
lieutenants are being held without bail,
charged with homicide in connection
with the murder Friday night of Fred
erlck Straus. A bullet fired by mem
oers of Fein's gang at an enemy
struck Straus as he was passing hall
where the gangsters and their friends
were holding a dance.
The murder OF Straus, who was a
prominent German politician and as
sistant clerk of the city court. came at
q most inopportune time for the gangs
ters. The police dragnet to clear the
city OF professional criminals needed
just such an occurrence in increase its
scope 20 include the member of war
ring gangs who have terrorized tht'
East Side for several years.
Fein and his three followers claimed
a1ibis for Friday night, but Deputy
Police Commissioner Dougherty said
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
LOUISIANA COURT
TO TRY WALTERS

Jackson. Miss. Jan 12.-w. c. Wal
ters, charged with kidnapping Bob
bic" Dunbar from his home In Ope-
lous. Ia, in August. 1912. must re
turned over to the Louisiana authori-
ties for trial The state supreme
court today decided against Walters In
his fight to prevent extraditIOn. The
child, identified by it's parents and
many people of Opelousas as the Dun
bar boy, and declared by others as
Bruce Anderson, who Walters claimed
was given to him by his mother in
North Carolina. was taken from the
itinerant stove mender at Columbia
Miss. last April Walters has since
been held in jail there.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
ny ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington. Jan. 12.-The first win
ter weather OF the new year and the
first real cold of the present winter
was spreading generally over the coun-
try today.
The cold wave was central early to-
day over extreme ives -ern Mlnneso- a
and advancing eastward. Very low
temperatures prevailed everywhere
east of the Rocky Mountains. except
I'm the northeastern part of the coun-
try. A reading OF thirty degrees be-
low zero was recorded at White Riv-
er. Canada.
Low temperatures are predicted to
continue in the upper lake rsg1on, xhe
Ohio Valley, and in the South. where
frost tonight will be felt as ar south
as Miami, Fla. The cold ware is ex-
pected to advance eastward rapidly,
reaching the Atlantic coast by Tues
day morning.
Cold wave warnings have been is
sued for portions Of the north central
and New England states.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
SUPREME COURT
WILL CONSIDER
TITANIC CASE
Compensation For the Stu
pendous Loss of Life in
the Disaster Will Be
Brought To the Attention
Of the Court by Argu
nents of Lawyers
BY AssOCIATEp PREss

Washington. D. c. Jan. 12-Com-
pensation for the stupendous loss OF
life and property when the Titanic
sank comes UP for consideration to-
morrow IN the Supreme Court of tbs
Uni ed SSA .es-
On the outcome of the arguments bv
come of Americas leading admiralty
lawyers will depend whether the
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company,
owi eC Of the Titanic faces q payment
Of about thirteen million dollars In
claims of whe her the liability will
he limited TO about ninety thousand
dollars. The question up is should the
claims come under the American or
British maritime laws
Should the English apply ard should
the courts decide that the disaster oc-
carTed without the owners fault the
privIly damages recoverable would be
5sAed at tnree millions Should the
owners be held to be at fault, thirteen
millions could re Claimabi
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
Florida Mob
Lynches Two
for An Assault
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tampa, Fla, Jan. 1@.-Authorities
here tonight received reports of a
double lynching near the Mulberry
phosphate fields near here late last
night. Two negroes are said to have
been hanged to a tree after an alleged
murderous assault on a white man
named Collins, who was going 10 town
for a doctor.
They left him wounded on railway
track.
It l. said he was mistaken for one
who testified against them in court.
There is great excitement among the
negroes in the phosphate fields.
Mulberry white vitizens are going
heavily armed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

washington, Jan. 12.-The Mexican
federal soldiers in custody of the Uni
ted States border pa roI forces az Pre-
sidio, Texas. will be transferred to
Fort Bliss. and held there indefinite
ly. Secretary Garrison late TODAY or
dered the transfer, with permission to
refugee women and children to accom-
pany the soldiers If they desire
About three thousand Mexican Off
bers ard soldie s fled across the Rio
Grande when the victorious rebels oc-
cupied Ojinaga. With them besides
many women and children, were fifteen
hundred Civilian refugees. The civilians
are not prisoners. With the rCarest
railway sitxy miles away the mater of
transporting the army prisoners TO
Fort Bliss. -arar EI Paso. is difficult.
One thousand horses captured will be
used in the overland trip. Secretary
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
REPORT is
RECEIVED WITH SURPRISE

New York. Jan. 12.-Attorneys, al
ienists and other who have been par
ticipariS in the trials and insanity
hearings Of Harry K. Thaw, received
the news of the commissions report
which decided that he is sane with
conflicting emotions, some expressing
pleasure at the findings, others reiter-
ating convictions that Thaw would be
a menace if released on bail
William r. Jerome. who was district
attorney when Thaw killed Stanford
White and who has since continued to
oppose every move to have him de-
Clared sane. refused to discuss the
commissions report He said early
today he did not care to indicate his
next move 70 have Thaw returned TO
the Matteawan HOSPITAL for the crimi
nal insane from which he escaped five
months ago.
Dr. Austin Flint, alienist for the state
in the prosecution of Thaw and who
has repeatedly asserted that Thaw was
insane, declared that he feared for his
life If the release OF the prisoner was
granted without restrictions. DIR. Flint
went over the history of ThaW'S life
and attempted to show that he might
be a model citizen for a time but that
temptations of drink and q desire for
revenge would lead him back into his
dangerous self. He concluded his state
menr by saying that "Thaw is high
ly insane and dangerous"
BELIEVES THAW SANE.
EXPRESSING q directly opposite view
70 that of DR.. Flint, DIR. Britton D.
Evans, superintendent of the New
Jersey institute for the insane. said
that the commissions finding confirm
ed his testimony given at hearings
where Thaw's sanity was at stake He
considered It a personal vindication, he
said, in view of the criticism that was
made on his testimony on behalf of
Thaw, both at the murder trials and
sanity hearings.
Dr. Russell Kieb, superintendent of
Matteawan hospital, expire sed sur
prise at the text Of the report
81 have no desire to comment on II
for publication" he said. II have said
before that / believe Thaw is insane
and my very act of keeping him con-
fined here is in expression of nv belief
that he was insane.
The declaration OF the comm 'ssion
that was appointed by Judge Edgar
Aldrich of the district court of New
Hampshire, is the most important vic
tory won by Thaw in his Fl ght for lib
erty since he escaped from MatteaWan
asylum on the morning of Sunday, Au-
gust II in a fast automobile II is
generally agreed now that Thaw
admitted to bail by Judge AIdrich
pending the determine ton OF the writ
Of habe9s corpus sued out in his be-
half The attitude of the court has
given much hope to Thaw and his
lawyers concerning the outcome OF the
ha beas corpus proceedings now pend
ing.
What effect the finding Of the COM
mission will have On Judge Aldrich's
decision on the question OF New York's
right TO extradite Thaw is probIemati-
cal
William Travers Jerome, special at
Continues On Page Seven1
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
PULPIT DISCUSSION
OF SCANDAL RERUKED

washington. Jan. 12.-Tnfdelity and
discussion from the pulpit OF latest
bits of scandal were scored by Vice
President Marshall in an address at
the annual praise service of the Wom-
ans Missionary Society here last
night He declared he would rather
Rave the American people bow down
before an image than acknowledge no
God at all, adding that if the republic
is to endure we must go back and
place our faith in God"
What this country needs" said the
vice president, "is not laws, police nor
large armies. 1t needs men with back
bones. men willing to stand for some
thing more and men who do not try
only to make money. I say make
money and I would like to make
all that I possibly could, but I would
have il made so cleanly that your ba-
bies could cut their teeth on il and
never be polluted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
WRECK OF SCHOONER
GLENAFTON FOUND

Washington. Jan. 12-The British
schooner Glenafton, abandoned and
burned 70 the main deck, was picked
UP afire in the Gulf of Mexico and
tovved to Tampa, Fla by the revenue
cutter Miami which reported her ar
rival TO Acting Comnapdant Emery & {
revenue ter headquarters. It is re-
ported that an unknown merchantmen,
finding the Glanafton e derelict, set
her afire.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
HOLD FEOERALS
AS PRISONERS
At fort BLISS
Three Thousand Will Be
Transferred There BY
Border Patrol
REFUGEE WOMEN
ALSO TAKEN THERE

With the Nearest Railway
Sixty Miles Away the
Problem of Transporta-
ton is a Difficult One
One Thousand Horses
Captured From NIexicanS
Will Be Used In Overland
Trip
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
Three Negroes
Guilty Murder
White Woman
ssnusnnu111 -
ny ASSOCIATES PRESS.

Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 12.-George and
william Hart and Robert Paschal,
three negroes today convicted OF the
murder of Mrs. Seth IrbN in Jeffcr-
son county several weeks ago were
sentenced to be hanged on February
sixth.
The trial was held here because OF
the, fear Of a Iynching # the trial was
beld near the scene Of the crime. The
trial lasted only a few hours Con-
fessions were used against the trio.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO
SET ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE supreme
court today refuses to set aside q
death sentence of Texas courts on
con Cardenas Martinez, a 16-year-old
Mexican convicted of numbering Miss
Emma Brown near Saragosa, Tex
Martinez asked the supreme court to
release him because ne dared not ap-
peal from the death sentence because
Of the fear Of mob violence.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
MOST SEVERE WINTER
IN GENERATION FELT

Paris, Jan. 12.-Central Europe is
experiencing the most severe winter in
a generation. The blizzar5s OF a fort
night ago seem to have rcturped with
renewed vigor. In Eastern Russia $50
deaths from the cold were officially
reported yesterday. Stories of pea
SAINTS devoured by wolves ars numer-
Gus. st. Petersburg is in the grip nf
a three foot snowfall. with couamu-
nication almost cut off and fool sup
plies low.
In Bavaria and Alsace-Lorraine
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
WELLS-FARGO SAFE
REPORTED ROBBED
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fort Smith. Ark. Jan. 12.--LocaI or-
hciaIs OF Wells Fargo Company re-
ported to the police today that their
office here was robbed Of s9ST5 during
the night. The money was intended
70 pay the miners Of the Western Coai
and Mining Company at Jenny Lind
today. It arrived here yesterday from
st. Louis and when time came today
to place the money on @ train for
Jenny Lind. no trace Of Il could be
found. There is no clue TO the rob-
bers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

On board President Wilson's special
train. Charlotte, N. c.. Jan. l2.- Pres
ident Wilson today indicated to cor
respondents on his special car that he
considered antitrust and rural credit
legislation OF paramount Importance
and that he would use his executive
influence to put them to the forefront
during the present session OF congresss
Mr.. Wilson showed clearly that these
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
STEEL CORPORATION
PLANT AGAIN ACTIVE

Wheeling W Va. Jan. 12.-The
riverside plant Of the United States
steel Corporation resumed operations
in full today after an idleness OF four
months Approximately 1000 men are
affected.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
DYnAMITERS To
Be SHOT DOWN
ON FIRST SIGHT
Feature OF Martial Law To
Be Proclaimed Thorought
Transvaal And Orange
Free State On Account Of
Great Railroad Strike
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Pretoria, Union of South Africa, Jan.
t2.-The shooting of dynaniters at
sight is to be a feature OF the martial
law to be proclaimed tomorrow
throughout the TransvaaI and the
Orange Free State on account of the
railroad strike. The proclamation will
be drastic.
The government will attempt to re-
sumo the full service on trains on all
the railroads. In order to safeguard
passengers reguIa Jions usually imposed
only duI ing 4 siege are 10 be inlro-
duced.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13

ST tribunal This action followed (.
report of the commission named by
th3 federal judge which declared
Thaw's release under bond would not
be a menace TO the public. Carmody
regards Thaw's release under bond as
the equivalent to permanent freedom.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
colo WEATHER
GENERAL OVER
UNITED STATES

First Real Winter Weather
Of New Year, And Initial
Real Cold of Present Win
ter Felt in All Sections Of
Country
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
ANTI-TRUSTANO
RURAL CREDITS
ARE IMP PORTANT
President Wilson Proposes
To Push Such Legislation
At This Session
USE INFLUENCE
AS PRESIDENT

Determined To Push Them
To the Foremost And
Caused Them To Be En-
acted-They Are Real
Platform Pledges and the
Administration Promised
to Take Them Up At This
Session of Congress
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
Will Appeal to United States
Supreme Court To Prevent
the Release of Harry <. Thaw
BY AssoerArGp PREss.

Albany n. I2-Attorney
General CarmoGy I5Real to the
United States e1arsrssIk sescstsgt IL nee-
essary to prevsn kendall
Tnays's Teieass~ " fseslared
court at Concord. II. 9sYoending a
final disnoSition or he casa py q high
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-13
DYNAMITE RAILROAD.

Kimberley. Union of South Africa,
jan. IA desperate attempt was
made early today to wreck with dyna-
mite the great railroad bridge al Four
of here on the border Of the Transvaal.
The rails were torn up by the exrlo-
sion and portions of the approach were
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is Going TO Be the Best in PsnsaooIa's Hlsts
We're all ons to make Il 60.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Miss Elizabeth Carpenter, daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Car
pentier of Ninth street and Fifteenth
avenue. East Moline, was married at
10 o'clock yesterday morning to Ed
ward Huntington, city clerk of East
Moline. at st. Mary's parsonage, the
Rev. Father Leon Van Stappen per-
forming the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Milloen were the only attendants.
The brides gown was of blue crepe de
chine, made with a blue chiffon over
dress and lace trimming and she car
ried Bride roses. A wedding dinner
was served at the brides home TO only
a few intimate friends after which Mr.
and Mrs. Huntington left for Chicago
to spend a few days. The bride wore
a tailored travelling suit of blue and
blue hat
Mrs. Guido Wyland of Iowa City. sis
ter of the bride. was an out-of-town
guest at the wedding and dinner.