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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-12
REGULATION or PUBLIC
UTILITIES.


Clause Q. Of section e. Of the
city charter confers upon the
city commissioners the right
To acquire. avn. construct.
lease Ur operate public utilities.
aRd 20 regulate the
construction. equipment opera
ton and service ~ all public
utilities operating under fran
ehises heretofore or hereafter
granted and the rates 20 be
charged for such service.
and TO correct abuses and 20 pre-
vent unjust determinations and
charges by any public utiitS etc.
n the foregoing provision % the
city charter means anything, u
means that the commissioner are
clothed with tho power and au-
thority to construct. equip and
operate a municipality owned cleo
trio lighting and pawer plant. 70
regulate and enforce reasonable
rates for electric and gas iighting
and power service. and 20 pre-
vent unjust discrimination against
any class n consumers 81 these
essential commodities
Indeed since. a. stated above.
tho present city charter was
framed BY the people and subse-
aueutly endorsed hy them az the
polls before Sc wBs enacted into
the city's organic law. 70 is my
conception Of the case that the
foregoing section IL a mandate
from the people 60 the city com
missioncrs % protect them against
the iuaieting upon them II eXior-
tionate lighting rates. even % the
extent u establishing and squir
plng = municipality owned and
operated lighting system.
CITYs LIGHTING att.
The City of Pensacola - now
paying Tor itE electric lighting
service 10 a public utility corp0r-
alton operating under a fran
chlse heretofore" granted APP
proximately SIS 600 per annum
while the private consumers %
electric current for all purposes
business and home lighting and
power I'm Pensacola. are Eroan-
Ing under a burden 81 taxation
Tor the essential privilege ~ cleo
trio lighting in absurd dispropor-
ton % rates charged FOR the same
service 81 other cities contiguous
80 Pensacola. and il no case of
city ~ pensacola's size within
two hundred miles. I am Informed.
are penaacola's electric current
rates less than sb per cent higher
than are being charged in other
cities
Twenty five Thousand dollars
fhe cost 90 Pcnsacola's street and
other municipal purposes lighting
bill. figures S per cent on an in
vestment - $500. coo. ard the an-
nual bill - Psnsacola's business
ard private consumers ~ electric
current must. upon an ultra
conservative basis total quite ~
not more than. the clty's hilL
Thus IL such an estimate Be cor
rect. Pensacola's total eleceric
current hlli IL sufncient 20 yield
per cent upon an investment ~
kt0o0aoo.
am informed Nv persons in
whose Judgment tn such matters
7 have confidence. that a plant -
he run fl conjunction with the
citys water puTnping plant which
would supply al - the current
necessary Tor the operation n the
eity's present lighting system and
10 supply IT, natural increase In
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-12

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-12
BUILDING POLITICAL
MAC liINE.


citN commissioner Tor the pur.
pose ~ building 40 q private po-
iitical machine. n elected. shall
have no enemies Ia punish. I have
made no PROMISES 60 any one,
other than the promises here
with make. Neither have I en-
tered into any deals with any one
involving rewards or any nature.
I'm view OF the above facts. /
can say. and DO not mind saying.
II I am elected, shall SO into Of
flee with an open mind. And no
man nov Ia the empsoy OF the city
government, In any OF It's DEPART
ments. whose services are necaN-
sary to the city. and who is ren.
derinR service commensurate with
the pay which he is receiving.
need entertain the remotest fear
81 my election. ON the contrary,
eli such employees Of the city,
and their friends. may rely with
confidence upon ne to retain them i.
In their positions as long "a tasyt
render honest, efficient service 20
the city.
NO CHRONIC OFFICE SEEKER.
In conclusion. nave never
been a chronic offioe-sceker: In
deed ! have never heretofore asked
the people for an elective office
which yielded penny of emolu-
ment. Since the attainment % my
majority more than twenty Five
years ago. ! have been an earnest.
active party worker. always at q
financial sacrifice which I could
ill-afford. The only reward which
! have ever asked for these sac
rifices has been In the nature Of
honorary positions within the par
IS orRanixation-~o by election
as secretary 81 the Escambia
County Democratic Executive
Committee, once as a member ~
that committee. once - 4 Demo-
cratic Presidential Eioctor and
twice ss chairman u the City
Democratic Executive Committee.
which latter honor 7 have resign
ed because OF my present eandi-
daey
Ia 1901. upon the Inauguration
Of Hon. a. Moreno Jones. as
mayor Of Pensacola. entirely una
liCited by me. was appointed
city clerk, which uffIce ! filled
throughout Mayor Jones term. Il
financial sacrifice upon my Part
- more than the salary ~ tins
office Rut Il has always been q
source ~ unalloyed pride TO me
60 recall that the newspapers ~
that period nN aell ~ large
number OF citizens Of Pensacola.
gave me creutg 40 having admin
istered the cffice aifh credit 20
myself and 70 the administration
which honored and entrusted me
Nith IT,
OTHER ISSUES NAY ARISE.
Ny candidacy H. knsed upon tho
above platform Of principles 9th
er questions Eermsin TO the ia
sue may arise during the course Of
the campaign. III they do. ! shah
treat them with the same quality
and quantity 81 canoor as I have
treated the above questions.
w. CHTpTFY JONES
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-12
rAxpAYERs pEMANp pock.

AZ The polls, ~ 1879. D. n over
whelmlng majority. the tax-pay-
ING people 70 Pensacola decread
that = city dock and belt line rail-
road should be constructed. and
for this purpose. that the city
should he bonded In the sum of
500. GOO 90.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-12
Pouslsai Asvsr,l,.mss,

scope for a number o. years 20
come. besides furnishing a large
demand for commercial lighting.
can be equipped for approximately
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17

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producers arc holding" he wrote. AS
to the amount Of wheat now in the Gle
vators. VIC have no data. 1t is not def
nitcly known whether the wheat "a
moving out Of the elevators rapidly. II
is not definitely known whether the
producers are shipping in 20 the Gle
vators."
In answering each question more
fully, however. Mr.. Nrooman quoted
figures from "Thc Chicago Daily Trade
bulletin" Referring TO the percentage
of the surplus shipped abroad already.
he had some figures at hand. lie said
that out Of the surplus Of about $50
900. 900 bushels of the 1914 crop avail
able for export up to January ! about
l75.0On.000 had been exported. mat
would be about 81 per cent OF the sur
plus crop. The surplus has been going
out of the country at the rate of 1,O0O'-
600 bushels p day for the last few
weeks, according to testimony before
Referee Nussbaum at the Attorney
Generals inquiry yesterday.
The Assistant Secretary OF Agri-
culture closed by saying that he. was
unable 10 get the information sought IN
her other questions, and Am AFRAID
there is no way of asccrtaining 1t for
you
Boycott Aids Price Boost.
Information reached Mr.. Becker last
night that at least one large baking con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
A sSbshss H - sE SsD fy OF sFi1s
BRYAN s s sss'.
mere MEN AFRAID
AT SUFFRAGE BALL
Don't Seek Partners Till
Women Dance Together
10000 Attend.

With the spprosch OF the eufrsn-
chisement Of New York women New
York men grow more and more timid.
This was demonstrated last night al
the votes for women ball at the Grand
Central Palace.
At the end Of the triumphsl march,
in which Mrs. Inez Milholland Boisse-
vain led q host of women. with few
men trailing 1T the end, the band
struck up Tickle Toes" and the floor
was cleared for general dancing. The
women tapped their feet on the floor
and looked hopefully at the other sex.
but not one of the latter responded.
They hemmed and hawed and
blushed, while the floor yawned for
dancers, and IL wasn't until Miss Elisa
beth Freeman seized Miss Mildred Tsy-
lor and swung her out in the one-step
that the ice was broken. Even then ~
was half an hour before 4 man could
approach a girl in a natural way ana
ask without suffering II he might
have the pleasure.
But il was a grand ball whom IT got
started the biggest ball the Womens
Political Union has held yet. Fifteen
thousand tickets were sold. and u was
estimated that at least ten thousand
persons came Huge as the place IS, "
was TANNED. and places for the
chaperons and weary dancers to RESI-
were at q premium.
General" Resale Jones proved that
though she has set out 10 earn her nv
ing as a chauffeur she has not lost het
feminine charm, for young man foi-
lowed her around for nearly an hour
carving a chair. that she might SIT
down when she got tired.
Mrs. Henry Butterworth and seyeral
other matrons acted as introducers.
presenting young men who looked lone
some to nvoluntsry wsllNovers. Mrs.
Butterv orth's indignation WAS reused
on one occasion by two ultra. particu-
lar youths. She asked them " they
wished TO dance. and led them to
couple of maidens.
"Huh!" said one youth. They're
not very pretty"
Mrs. Butterworth swept the boys
with q glance Of scorn.
That's what they might say OF you,
she informed them.
In the intervals OF the general dane
ing there were several dance contests.
The Judges for the one-step, fox trot
anil syncopated waltz were Robert Ad.
smson, John A. kingsbury, Marcus NJ.
Marks, John Winters Brsnnsn. DIR. ).
Josephine Baker and DR.. Katharine u.
Davis. The judges for the tango con
test were Norman de r. Whitehouse,
Prince Pierre rroubctzkoy Walter
Chambers, Signor dc Segurola snd
George McAneny. DIR. Davis had the
time OF her life leading the judging.
Standing on a platform at the end OF
the space cleared for the contests. she
watched every step with an eagle eye.
After the judging WAS over she de-
scended from the platform and danced
the fox trot herself.
The prizes for the best dancers vete
engraved brass cups. n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
FIGHT IN SING SING,
WARDEN REJOICES
Prison Has Been Danger,
ousIy Proper, He Tells
University Forum.

81 bring you good news from sing
Sing" said Warden Thomas Mott Os-
borne last night. I'VE had a fight in
the mess hall to day"
The warden told the members Of the
University Forum at the Plaza OF an
outbreak in the ranks OF the Golden
Rule Brotherhood. He also described
his sensations at the execution Of the
two Chinese. Lee Dock and Eng Hing -
the first prisoners to be put to death
under his administration.
81 am glad the fight came at last
he announced. ever since ] took
charge Sing Sing has been good too
coo5 for men that we're not what YOU
might call tin angels. 1t has worried
me. distrust spasms OF virtue
Sometimes have had 70 pinch myself
10 believe that the institution OF which
was the head Was really Sing Sing
prison. Every one has been so danger
Ously proper
The fight. Mr.. Osborne said. started
when the men we're Cling out after
their MONDAY meal. Only two OF the
prisoners participated, and these were
quickly separated by the convict ser
reant-at-arms and locked in their cells
TO await trial before the Judges OF the
Brotherhood tomorrow.
~ am glad the fight occurred Tor
very real reason. the warden insisted.
There are trouble makers in sing
Sing. Well meaning persons have sd-
vised me to get rid Of them. That is
lust what | will not do. could have
them transferred to another penlten-
'tiarv. but they are too valuable. Ihey
are needed for the education OF their
fellows. The men can be taught their
duty TO society By being forced TO deal
with their own trouble makers. Moth
inc gives a pickpocket greater sense
Of social responsibility than having MS
own pocket picked"
The warden dwelt at length on the
barbarity of capital punishment All
executions should take place in the
public square, he said. and then people
might begin to realize what hideous
relic OF savagery they were fostering
"Thc effect upon men in prison when
en- execution takes place is trightful,'
he asserted. "The day the first two
men to be electrocuted under my rule
were put to death | could see by the
tense faces and terrified eyes of the
convicts the fearful strain they were
under. The day sfterward trembling
hands and awkwardness about their
work told the story of the reaction.
And next week have to order the eN-
ecution of three young men in the hey-
day of their youth
81 used TO favor capital punishment.
don't now. We are so heartily
ashamed of it that we hide the cursed
thing away in dark corner OF Gel
lar and try to believe that 1t IS not
there. Next week three men. scarcely
more than boys, will be killed by law
sent before their God without hav-
ing been given a chance to redeem
offered no opportunity to
make amends to society for the wrongs
they have done it. | give the word at
Sing Sing for every execution. ne
member that each time I do that each
of YOU who allow this terrible law to
remain is guilty of murder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
Baker. Prosecuted BY Eate RiUals,
Grpes Facts for Cay's Bread Qm2

, # ,,iou received Yesterday the president of
o island CITY bakery Atone, Perkins began lmm
dIa,.I, his esgaon Of The recent RAISE !" ~ p ~
according to his statement nioas" " attorney
consistently persecuted by other okefs
public the name OF DIS hormer until TO-
,h latte, will appear to subprna from the District
OF Assistant Dstrct ATTORNEY 'onon
nV ION, other for driver employed by
IN. Long Island and the others 'o CUSTOMERS VI ' swan
dealer onh
IT, oner,tes number delivery in Ne" York and
,,,.. ,b,, several drivers have been assaulted at the IN
Of the wagons ruined One OF inc
beating u Is charged
.ver,I Of the baLcrys who deal with other hm' as
be ooeo'ed 'hes STOP p
chasing he long Island Cit! COMPANY =,
NJ petr. Ina. decided whether he viii ash Magistrate NC
before referring the case TO the
80. tu,, His action depend the Information" ne receives 'o"
a.. &C. mon h. has summoned TO appear to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
FIVE IN SINGLE DAY
END LIFE WITH GAS
Clarence L. Fabre, Mem
Der of New York Y. g.,
Dies in Bathroom.

Excuses ranging from row over
homeless animals to financial trouoles'
illness and the simple conviction tna'
life was no longer worth whilep were
,,iven in suicide cases yesterday. FIVE
nersons killed themselves, and one was
saved only by prompt help.
Coroner Senior is at work on the
case Of Clarence L. Fabre, an insurance
man. who was found dead in the oatn-
room OF his home at 80 Pierrepont
Street, Brooklyn. The tube from gas
fixture lay near his mouth. vt Is said
that Mr.. Fabre had been worrying over
financial troubles. He was forty-six
wears old, and leaves wife and twelve
year-old son.
He was a member of the New York
Yacht Club, a member Of the old OK
ford Club, now the University; the
New York Athletic and the Crescent
clubs.
"Life ia a rotten dream plain
min in the creation" wrote Edward
ID. Murray, a saleoIIa", "
Thirty-first Street, Manhattan, before
he took his life with gas. The note
was addressed to his eighteen-year-oId
son. Edward. The son said his father
and mother quarrelled about a year
ago and separated.
In a silk frock OF style fashionable
sixty years ago, Miss Olive Robbins
eighty years old and member OF one
of the oldest families in Brooklyn, lay
down in her home at n Gates Avenue,
and ended her life with gas. family
in the house smelled the fumes. 5u-
not in time.
Miss Robbins left a note. whose con-
tents the police refused 10 make pub
lie beyond the request that all her
property be given 10 her brother, A.
a. Robbins, Of 937 Kent Avenue. In
the room were several deeds 10 prop,
erty and a handbook showing a small
deposit.
please dispose Of my body in the
cheapest way possible prefer erems-
ton" was the message left By cnarles
Machek. who killed himself win gas
in a furnished room at 329 west iweh-
ty-ninth Street, Manhattan. he lei,
notes directing that Joseph ksglic, OF
~ Memphis CtTtels pVishNoS-''
and Charles Pelsky. OF 1851 First Ave
nue.. this city, be informed.
Ga. also ended the life OF Aions9
Moger. eighty-one years old, who lived
ui,5 bis wife AZ 2494 Eighth Avenue.
Mrs. Moger returned from shopping to
ind her husband stretched on a couch,
with a tube leading from a gas jet
10 his mouth.
The compassion of Tessie Bors,
.venty-yesr-old shop girl, for stray
animals, is said 10 have led TO her at
tempt TO Kill herself yesterday by
drinking lysol. She brought home
less cat and dog home on Sunday 10
the furnished room in which she and
her two sisters live, at 4i2 East Eighty
FIRST Street The cat scratched her, and
when her sisters called her big
baby" she drank the poison.
"ff all the animals this young girl
hs. aided could go before the police
court and give testimony" friend
Of the girl said, ~ guess the shsgis-
trste wouldn't hold her very long"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17

90 per cent Of the bakers on the lower
Fast Side below Fourteenth Street. the
witness said. In answer to Mr.. Becker
questions he said the association had
held two special meetings IN Janu-
airy. 49,.
meetings about the necessity OF raising
the price Of the rye bread" he was
asked.
There was no general discussion or
agreement" said Pechtcr, but as char
man OF the association | spoke OF the
necessity Of raising the price. and then
told the bakers to go home ana each
ono do as he pleased about 1t.
The witness said that most o. INC
bakers did raise the price on teo,
ruary s. lie admitted that they MAD
been advised as TO the law and told not
10 enter into any written or oral agree
ment. and they had studiously avoided
doing so. .a
$50. as far as you were concerned
you might have been the only one 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17

raise the price. was that it?" asked the
Deputy Attorney General.
Eyes, that's right" was the reply.
You had no fear that others who
might not raise the price would take
the trade away from you?" asked MI.
Becker.
mo, sir; no fear OF that" replied the
witness.
"You considered that the superiority
Of YOUR bread. even at the higher price
would hold your customers was that
it ?" asked Mr. Becker.
"Yes. sir" Pechter replied cmphdti-
cally. creating laugh.
Harry d. Upton. auditor OF he
Shuts company, testified that his hrm
was practically breaking even" with
the price at six cents a loaf. Figures
we're submitted by Upton and repre-
seutatives OF the other large companies
TO show that the profit had been wiped
out on the fve-cent loaf by the rise OF
Aour. and that there was little profit at
six cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
s0ARD DECLARES
rs NEW POLICY
FOR NEW HAVEN
c,fety. Economy and Only
susiness of Road TO Be
Rule in Future.
,,uI FULLY COMPLY
WITH COURT ORDER
o., Subsidiaries to Go in Time
,,d No Fresh Ones Unless
Legally Acquired.

..,,7d closely 70 the business OF
..r,stion. and to conduct IT so as
csni,al requirements 10 mini
and to promote in every reason
=. rsv safety. efficiency and econ
and TO furnish good service to
,ublic." will be ono Of the policies
-. Vow York, New Haven & Hart
=. Railroad Company, according TO a
..,,.ncn, issued by the corporation
,.i night
hi, declaration is incorporated IN a
az, srcnt drawn M at a meeting OF
-, hoard Of directors n week ago to
-, n answer questions, as 70 the
.,l;,v OF the company in making use
,f,ry new capital that might be OBJ
.,,,.s which were submitted by rep
.,,.,tstiycs Of the Public Utilities
commissions Of Massachusetts, Rhode
r.rsrd and Connecticut.
Another equally important purpose is
oa:lined:
II will also be a policy OF this corr
AMY not TO acquire any interest IN
,-opsr;ics and business other than
ao.e which arc directly and clearly
,,,e,ssry TO the transportation com
,,,ies. which. under the laws Of the
United States. Massachusetts,, Connect
tg, and Rhode Island, it is allowed to
hold and operate
Will Comply with Order.
The statement reviews the details o.
n. decree OF dissolution signed here
BIZ Judge Mayer, Of the Federal Court,
On October Il last. and announces the
.onpany's intention Of complying with
he order by selling certain stock and
winding UP some of the companies con-
rolled by the New Haven.
II rs the intention 70 continue TO
sssrs,o the New York, Boston & West
hester Railway Company the an
suncemcnt goes on, "snd to help 10
relop ~. territory through which il
rs, with the belief that in time this
rad will become a paying investment
I'd OF great value as an alternate
s.s into the City Of New York, In
b. meantime it is planned to consoli-
s,, with the Westchester Northern
Comrsny
The policy Of the company is 10
conserve its present properties 50 far
1s !, car and not TO acquire any new
properties, 10 simplify its corporate
qgsnization as rapidly as it can and
10 reduce the number of corporations
holding its various assets, so that the
public and public authorities can I'M
lers,and clearly the assets and liabili-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
DEWET TRIAL OPENS
AT BLOEhFONTEIN

Bloemfontein via London, Feb. 10.
Tho trial of General Christian De
Wet and other leaders of the South
African rebellion against Great Brit
ain. who arc charged with high treason,
began here to-day.
General De Wet. the leader OF the
rebellion. was captured on December
on a farm at Waterbury, British
Bechuanaland, whittier he had been
pursued by a motor car brigade Since
that time nearly all the other com
manders of the insurrectonsry forces
have been captured or surrendered.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-07-16
vain ATTEMPT At
SELF DESTRUCTION

Mrs. Lena Amelia made an unsuc-
cessful attempt at self-destruction
Tuesday night about 9:30 o'clock, by
drinking the contents of an ounce bot
tie Of carbolic acid at her home, on S.
Elmwood street. She would give no
reason for her act, but only made the
oft repeated statement that she wish
ed to die. She fought all efforts of
DR.. w. A. Stanley, whom the husband
had summoned, to administer anti
dotes, and Floyd Pelton was called to
assist in holding the woman while
treatment was effected. 1t was sew
eral hours before Mrs. Amelia was
thought to be out of danger. Hel
mouth and throat were badly burned
by the acid and her stomach was ir
such condition that it would retain nc
food Of any kind, not even milk.
Mrs. Amelia was lying in ham.
mock when the doctor arrived, writh.
ing in pain and groaning her desire
for death.
| We have been unable to gain any in.
formation from the family or from
anyone as to the causes which led tt
Mrs. Annella's rash act.