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The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

| Washington Dec. ia personal
encounter between Chairman Moon, of
| the House postoffice committee and
| Representative Hefiin was narrowly
averted on the floor of the house today
when the two representatives became
| involved in an alteration over charges
made yesterday by Mr.. Moon that
railroad influence" defeated a special
rule for the consideration of reform
postal legislation.
Both representatives were advancing
toward each other in threatening
manner when half a dozen members
interfered.
81 denounce the statement of the
gentleman as absolutely untrue" de-
clared Representative Heflin, referring
to Mr.. Moons statement that Demo-
Gratis who voted against the rule had
betrayed the Democratic president, the
democratic postmaster general and the
democratic postoffice committee.
"You don't dare say that to me ex-
cept on this floor" shouted Mr.. Moon
striding toward the Alabama repre-
sentative.
81 am willing to say anything outside
that would say to you here" retorted
Heflin, and he started to meet Chair
man Moon.
Representative Clark of Florida;
Tribble of Georgia; Stanley of Ken
lucky, and McKellar, of Tennessee
stepped before them and order was
soon restored.
Representative Moon said he had no
apologies to make for his speech crit
icising Democrats who opposed the
rule. He said he did not charge cor |
ruption against any one.
But the circumstances of that I
vote" he said, left the impression |
that there was some influence at work /
that prevented the adoption of this |
rule, requested by the administration. |
Was it the influence Of Postnasters /
or rural carriers or of the railroads" ?"
Representative Heflin declared that !
''no railroad had influenced him., and |
declared Representative Moons criti-
cism, "unjustified and unwarranted."
Moon, who is from Tennessee, later
made a brief speech, saying he dis
claimed any intention to reflect on any
member Of the House.
A special rule similar to the one de-
feated was adopted today with some
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
Rockefeller Is
Seeking Relief
from Assessment
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Cleveland, Ohio. Dec. 19.-John D
rockefeller, through counsel today fled
"a federal court a petition for an in
lheuon to restrain County Treasurer
Drien from collecting taxes on $311,-
,%'SS' assessment placed on Rookie
''eTs holdings by the Cuyahoga
ouhty tax commission. Mr.. Rookie
saer declares he is q resident of New
"S state, that he maintains a resi-
.snce there and performs all the func-
sons Of a citizen of that state. Mr..
sOVAeTelter says he ceased to be a resi-
''a' Of Ohio In 1885.
he petition describes the Cleveland
~SS' HUI estate of Mr.. Rockefeller
pace where he maintains a sum-
"a nome and which he occasionally
ne petition maintains that on De-
-'ef = 1914, Mr.. Rockefeller ten
~ % Mr.. OBrien, $29.49. his legal
ana that it was refused. This
.lat Is all Mr.. Rockefeller owes
%dhoga county in taxes, the petition
>'@ Taxes on his personal holdings
,,s. \, palo regularly in New York, ac-
.-Ag 70 the petition.
!. '1e tax on more than $S11, 900, 900,
M. NockefelIer is asked to pay in
N, N" was assessed on his Standard Oil
other holdings.
|his4 ohcials contend that under the
~ ID" by remaining here a greater
.,. VI year, Mr.. Rockefeller became
-"%eh for taxation purposes.
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
Leo Frank Is Refused
Habeas CORPUS Writ
Although Failing to Get the
Writ Franks Attorneys
Say They Have Gained
Their Point.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. ia petition
| for a writ of haDeas corpus for the re-
! lease Of Leo M. Frank, under death
| sentence here for the murder of Mary
| Phagan, was refused today by Federal
! Judge Newman.
Immediately after Judge Newman
| announced his denial OF the writ,
Franks attorneys asked the court to
allow an appeal from his decision to
the United States supreme court and
this request was granted. The judge
stated in reply to objections of Solici-
tor General Hugh NJ. Dorsey for the
state, that the granting Of an appeal
was not discretionary with the court.
Although they failed to obtain is
suances of the writ, Franks attorneys,
it is stated, in the granting Of the
appeal, gained one of the objects for
which the habeas corpus proceeding
was undertaken-namely to get the
case before the United States supreme
court for review on the constitutional
question of whether or not Franks
rights had been violated in that he was
not allowed to be present in the court
room when the verdict against him
was returned
Argument on petition for a writ
of habeas corpus for the release of Leo
NJ. Frank, under death sentence for
the murder in 1913 of Mary Phagan,
was begun in the United States dis
trict court here today before Judge w.
T. Newman. The grounds upon which
the writ was sought included allega-
tions that Frank was convicted and
sentenced without due process OF law, |
in that he was involuntarily absent |
from the court room when the verdict |
was returned.
The further allegation was made |
that the prisoner was denied a fair and |
impartial trial, that the trial was
dominated "by a mob hostile to Frank, |
which unduly influenced and intimi- |
dated the jury by a determination |
within and without the court room"
It also was alleged that the state
courts by reason of Franks absence
when the verdict was returned lost
over his case prior to the
rendition of a verdict and the passing
Of sentence.
Attorneys Henry c. Peoples and
Harry Alexander argued the motion in
behalf of Frank.
Warren G. Grace. attorney general
IF Georgia and Solicitor General Hugh
VI. Dorsey, who conducted the prose-
,ution of Frank, were in court pre-
pared to contest the issuance of the
writ.
Mr. Peerles, in his argument, de-
.lared various state supreme courts
Ind the United States supreme court
leld that the right of defendant,
charged with felony, to be present at
very stage of his trial could not be
waived by the prisoner or his counsel.
This constitutional right of Frank
vas violated" Mr.. Peoples asserted,
because at the instance of the state,
through the trial judge, Frank was
prevented from being present when
he verdict was announced, owing to
he courts fear Of violence TO the de-
endant and his counsel" The lawyer |
lnon4i,,r,nd on Paea Two
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
Large A m erican
.RedCrossHosbital
In Foreign Fields
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS


Washington, Dec. 19.-Preparations
are under way for the establishment
of a large American Red Gross hos
pitaI near the battle front in the vi
cinity Of Metz for sick and wounded
soldiers whose conditions are too Sc
rious to permit their transfer to asy-
Iums more removed from the scenes
of the conflict, according to a letter re-
ceived today by the Red Cross head
quarters here from DR.. Ncrdhoff- Jung,
in charge of the Red Cross hospital at
Munich.
According to the letter, the French
English and German wounded are now
crowded into private residences and
other asylums at Munich. All the hos
pitals are said to be filled with pa
tients frnR the armies along the
SoutheaR @xSman border,
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20

Previously acknowledged ...$3l. 40
The Dansante ............... $500
Total to date ..........S59.4O
Hoyt Brothers, Ten pounds nuts.
Forbes, Quigley & Morgan-Pock-
ct knives.
Wilson-Biggs Co.--Air rife.
d. Kugleman-ToyH.
Levy and Hallmark -- Crate OF
oranges.
Pensacola Produce Co.--Crate Of
oranges.
Lewis Bear Co.-Thirty pounds OF
candy.
Klein Grocery Co.--Dollar's worth
OF apples.
Marine Grocery Co.-Nuts.
Welles-Kahn s. Co.-Candy.
Clutter Music House-Harp.
VIII L. Moyer-Candy.
Sol Calm and Co.-Nuts.
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20

The St Nicholas Girls Doll and Tov
fund is growing rapidly now, for the
spirit Of Christmas is abroad I'm the
land, and the patron saint or bows and
girls VIII not forget the Pensacola
children. in spite Of the hard times.
Already the fund stands at fftv-
nine dollars and forty cents. besides ,
number of toys, fruits, nuts. CANDY.
etc. Three hundred children win he
cared for at the st. Nicholas GirTs
Christmas tree, and the tickets arc
already in the hands Of Mr.. PalfIeoD
who will distribute them for the St.
Nicholas Girl.
DANCE AT SAN CARLOS.
Yesterday afternoon from four TO
six, in the San Carlos ballroom. Miss
May Curtis entertained with "a The
Dansante at which a number Of grace
full dances were given. Young society
as well as a number Of the married
set, attending.
Miss Curtis was assisted by a.
charming coterie OF young women ana
pretty girls, and besides the graceful
dances, by winsome young girls in
evening gowns and dainty lace caps,
the dancing was general Hot choco-
late and tea were served and twenty
eight dollars was added to tho fund
RECITAL MONDAY.
On Monday afternoon the san Carlos
Will again be the scene OF a party
for the benefit Of the doll and TOW
fund, when Miss Flora Cox Of Mus
cogee will give recital, to be fol
lowed by children's dance and games.
Miss Cox will open the afternoon
with the RuggIes' Dinner Party. and
all who are familiar with the Birds
Christmas Carol and who know the
faIg ant hot
sesses, will realize that the afternoon
will be even more few for the cAu-
drcn and their elders than wus the
French Dolls party given several
weeks ago.
Miss Cox's repertoire win also in
cIude:
Naughty zell-Pauline Phelps
Angels Wickedness--Marie CoreIn.
Boys Bear Story-James Whitcomb
Riley.
The Dead Cat-L. S. Peters.
The hour is from $3.50 TO 4:so. and
he small sum Of twenty-five cents
'or adults and ten cents for children
will be charged.
DOLL AND TOY BASKETS.
At both the Kress and Pensacola
Crockery stores, through tho kindness
# the proprietors. large baskets and
,oxes have been placed. bearing tho
'lacard, For the Dol and Toy Fund"
md many contributions are being re-
eived In this way
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
The Christmas tree last year was a
wonderful success. over three hum
red children were made haDpv
hrough the st. Nicholas Girls fund
his year an equal number win bo
aiken care OF.
The Journal takes great deal OF
leasure each year I'm PUBLISHING the
christmas letters But greater than this
5 the happiness derived from making
appy so many childish hearts.
Miss Ella Ward The Journals ST..
Nicholas Girl. is doing a beautiful
rOrk in helping to make happy 20
lany childish hearts, and the gencr-
us public and the young women who
ave given their talents to the cause,
ill be well repaid when on Christmas
forming many Santa Claus letters are
nswered that would otherwise not re-
Give the reply that means 80 GnucS
} the hearts of little child
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
STEAMERS COLLIDE
IN NEW YORK BAY
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York, Dec. 19.-The steamer
Bratsberg, outward bound for Rio ia
neiro collided with the Greek steamer
Themistocles I1sing at anchor off quar-
antine today. Apparently the Themis-
tocles was undamaged. The midsAip
bridge Of the Bratsberg was smashed
but she proceeded. After going some
distance, however. she returned to her
dock.
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
LONG OVERDUE DUTCH
STEAMER IS REPORTED

Philadelphia, Dec. 19.-The Dutch
steamer Helena, ten days overdue from
Rotterdam, passed in the Delaware
capes early today. The Helena left
Rotterdam, November 10, and some
anxiety was felt as to her safety. The
captain made no report in passing the
Maritime signal station at the capes
and it is believed the ship was de-
layed by heavy weather.
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
CASUALTIES REPORTED
IN THE BRITISH ARMY

London, Dec. 19.-During the week
ended December 7, ninety-two British
officers were killed in France, 153 were
wounded and twenty reported missing.
Total casualties Of officers since the
war began follow:
Killed, 1,05S; wounded. 3,0TI; miss-
ing, COZ.
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
BERLIN'S CELEBRATION 0F
GREAT GERMAN VICTORY
IN NORTH POLAND IS
POSSIBLY PREMATURE
RUSSIANS SAY THE ENGAGEMENT ON THE
LEFT BANK OF THE VISTULA, NOTHING
MORE THAN OUTPOST AFFAIRS
CLAIM TO HAVE REPULSED GERMANS;
ALLOWING RUSSIAN ARMY TO FO

RUSSIANS ALSO SAY THEY ARE CONTINUING
THEIR OPERATIONS IN EAST PRUSSIA AND
AGAINST CRACOW, WHILE IN WESTERN
GALACIA THEY ARE TAKING UP NEW POSI-
TIONS - GERMANS SAY PURSUIT OF THE
ENEMY CONTINUES"
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
''MsR MEMBER TYLER'S
CABINET IS DEAD

\, sr,'rr,Inond, M Va, Dec. 19.-state Sem
,o. Nu"ard Eichols, lieutenant gov
/ n. IFiers administration. died at
s'n'e IN Staunton this morning.
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
Total Reaches $59.4O With
Many Donations OF Can
dies and Fruit.
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
ABROAD IN LAND

In Spite of the Hard Times
the Patron Saint of Boys
and Girls VIII Not Forget
the Pensacola Children
The Dansante for Benefit
Of the Fund Patronized bv
Large Number.
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
IN THE HOUSE
Is NARROWLY AVERTED
Hef1n of Alabama Objects to
Moons Insinuations About
"Railroad Influence"
HOUSE MEMBERS
PREVENT A FIGHT

Hefn Had Voted Against
the Rule, and Moon, AS
Chairman of Postofhce
Committee, Said Railroad
Influence Had Defeated
the eMasure and Betrayed
the Measure and Betrayed
tration-The Rule Passes
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20
ID STATESMAN AND
FORMER CONSUL KILLED

ssn, sr,e1olrg, Va, Dec. 19.-Charles l.
d. ~ aged IS, a former consul at
h spain, was crushed to death
aor quay IN an office building ele-
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20

CONTINUED on Page Two.l
The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20

ioezI rains Sunday and
,,aTGav. except fair south
no~tlon fresh east VEinos-
vesterdsy's temperature:
.It5hest, 62 degrees, lowest,
81 degrees
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28
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Which Appeals 20 Business and Pro.
fsssional Men 1eeaues IL Saves

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28

grasping that the .barkeeper," says the
Ackley World. Eyes, We have them, as
all other communities have"
mo private business under the sun
would ever be run like the public runs
Its business. The last legislature
undertook to make start In the direc-
ton to reform by changing the method
of selecting county superintendent OF
schools but 1t botched the Job by max
Ing the new method worse than the
DID," asserts the Shenandoah Sentinel.
The Upton Advertiser approves the
custodial farm and says: THE step
marks q departure in Iowa In the line
OF more enlightened treatment OF those
who offend against the laws"
The vinton Eagle says: "The In
surance companies are going To try TO
prove to the comins legislature that
Commissioner Garst is wrong In MS
recommendation that the state should
carry liability insurance. While willing
TO admit its utter ignorance In the
matter the Eagle is willing to admit 1t
would place great reliance in the good
Judgment OF Commissioner Garst, he
is one of the leading business men OF
The state: a hroadminded man and
man of good. rare Judgment. The
Eagle is very much inclined to believe
that he will have a large influence with
the legislative members in determining
the final outcome.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28
WHATS TINE NEXT LOGICAL STEP,

The auto owner. also a dealer and
garage owner, had left his machine at
the curb with its engine running while
he went into the store and falling into
conversation stayed there ten or TWEEN
ty minutes Somebody sad to him,
and pulled you for leaving your ma
chine that way" What's wrong with
it," inquired the auto owner. EN-
PLANTATION was made that a fine of $50
might be laid on the auto:st who left
his engine running and his machine
unattended. The auto owner didn't
know that such a law and penalty
existed.
How many auto driver know the
law? How many would plead ignor-
ance III excuse If the officer did his
duty and commandeered the machine
and the owner 70 the police station
Not only IS to the infraction specified
but as 10 the provisions of the law in
seneral?
Isn't i, about time the automobile
driver should take interest enough IN
the law 10 read and understand its
plain provisions or that some action
were taken TO impress him with tia:
The law has been pub
lished in full number of times, it's
provisions have been fully discussed
in the newspapers. What's the next
logical step?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28
Topics of the Times

Dick Croker. sachem Of Tammany
Hail has married a Cherokee Indian
girl % years old TO his 70. Thus have
We an evidence Of the remarkable adj
vance toward civilized ideals which has
been made by the Cherokee nation
Still warming UP the potatoes In
that turkey gravy?
Most people who imagine themselves
miserable are victims OF their own
imaginations.
Certainly the world owes human
being a fairly good time but he has to
show some activity collecting It. 1t isn't
payable at the bedside.
The lifting Of the quarantine from
the unaffected counties OF Iowa will
bring a lot Of real Christmas coin back
into the state a load of fat cattle
represents lot Of Christmas And
az soon as the draft gets back re-
member TO buy them early.
The Welsh Eistedfodd was held
again this year at Abba. And that
ought 20 hold Abba.
II the policy OF watchful waiting
ha sn't done any good perhaps It hasn't
done as much harm as would have re-
suited from Intervention. A good many
things remain TO be seen.
OF course stranger things than re-.
newal Of a Taft candidacy for the
presidency have happened, but It would
be hard To imagine a more foolish one
from party standpoint.
Andrew Carnegie says he is still
young at 10. But Andra's over given
u .ecGieas conversation.
Clifford Tnorne's idea that # would
he sne scheme for The railroads to
olde a bi. with the rest Of us and see
hox businezs comes out before raising
rates that would hold for many years.,
seems ~ strike very popular chord.
Every one IN waiting End hoping and
feeling pretty certain shat IT will be
gun pp right away.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28
0. You KID.

How .he boys sso1t ny Ike corn
s,alAs In June The little selioy who
brought the PAPER three or fur yesrs
ago and whom you psed u PITY zs ne
piDwee his way tsrp the sno1 at,ross
the street IL tail an you, oroaT sssocl-
dered and big. And turning fran him
you are as.ooisfset ~ find ma. your
OWN little boy Is taller tnan ais myth
CT. Why Il Nas Only few 6a5s ayo
that the little feiiow wax waiting far
you al the gate iiSDsDz bas,y f&zk. Kan
look a. MIN. Goodness 8oH tkat boy
has shot Up
ThAes r1gt,t kid, you are setsiaz ~
be man. Pretty RON IL ~ 20 be sp
TO you. My yogH be voting 5n I've
or gig years and you 1,aoH s.on sSlDrt
q tinae five Or s3x years IN. Ans yDa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-28
PLAY. A CLINIC AND A REALITY.

Il anywhere or the stage OF life 1ras-
eGy, and shame and the rotten COM
edy tina. stirs the -isibles OF the mob
are displayed and exhibited court trials
where inidelity OF the par, OF husband
or wife or both is the place. Perhaps
this is why such trials usually play 10
large audiences The dramatism Of il
appeals. II IS the real thing not mimi
cry. All hatreds and disappointment
and rage that accumulate thru years.
all the reprisals stirred by scorn and
desra dation and unfaith are blazoned
and blared markedly out in the play tina;
is rot a realistic study but plain and
actual realism.
If anything is more tragical and pit
liable than the spectacle OF a man who
has come close to the limit of three
score sitting in shame and DEGRADATION
under the grip Of law while the woman
who bears his name recites sham eful
allegations and the secret sins and
shame Of family are laid bare as the
nerves and arteries and functional pro-
cesses are barred when the surgeons
knife opens the crypt of the human
body before a curious clinic it is a Ssh.
yet to be revealed.
Such trials are clinics Of human
frailty and moral injury as the surgeons
clinic is OF disease and physical wreck.
y, H.
They reveal the degenerative processes
that attack character as disease at
tacks tissue. The moral malignancies.
the cancers of character, hiden ulcers
and putrid assesses that Turk under
fair seeming, old scars. are pointed out
and displayed pitilessly, unfeelingly,
with skillful brutality and without
anaesthesia
An ancient people was wont 20 make
their slaves drunk in the market places
that their sons might look upon the
saturnaiia of grossness and thus. in
disgust at what they saw, avoid intoxi-
cation. The spectacle Of a man of
more than middle age crushed under
shame that he can never forget, in peril
OF prison perhaps, an object Of con-
tempt facing the loss OF such good re-
pute as ne had attained, stumbling
down the slope 20 the grave under such
a burden and alone is an object lesson
TO sTery man or woman who a. hear.
nulliaes the laws OF morality and the
statutes Of society. To stand in shame
al the end Of Ike is al once tragicaI.
pitiable, terrible. To lose all that
lifetime had gained. 70 De held help
lsssly in the piiiory O, public contempt
in the weakness ot years is q punish
r'ent fearful 10 contemplate
Merely as a cold blooded precau,ion
and aside from any responsibility 10
companions or friends or gociety In
general II is hard 10 understand the
state Of mind o. men and women VINO
in apparent elaboration gamble their
good names and their liberties and
everything worth while On the earth
against the gross qualification Of an
immoral purpose But their Gaze when
the account comes due is plt:abIe
nevertheless however great their de-
CERT Of zh&uae and pUnfgnment. The
wage Of sin is made ia me same old
coin. BIT the payment ig q .raxedy.
e6y