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Harry r. Dunwoody, prominent ar
tornev
Ni1iam - Hacket. undertaken.
r. y feaver policeman
4 q. FeANtft. former policeman
George W AHheil motorman.
Monroe Philtlps. real estate and
timber deaier
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
Anong the more seriously wounded
are
Albert n way. real estate dealer.
a. , feuvx ST.
Sigmuna Lctison. merchant
Guam Ia'nas. bank clerk.
Tr. h q Fux
" 81. Berry. merchant
FIRST KILLED ouNwooDV.
Phillips FIRST went g the office 81
Mr.. punwooay and opened fire on the
lawyer with an automatic shot gun
several eharEes entering the attorneys
head killing him almost instantly.
Phillips then went g. the corner AZ
New Castle and Gloucester streets. IN
front Of = drug store and began shoot /.
ING AZ every oae IN slant. A fast a.
bis gun was emptied be reloaded IL
Citizens became panic stricken and
fled In all directions
N4naliy Policeman beavers CANA
ranninE 20 ths scene and began shoot
iEN % Phillips and was In turn shot
AMI Killed b the lanhermnn
Before he was kilied Phillips. In ad-
dt'en % killing four men, had serl-
Dusty wounded five and slightly
wounded about fifteen others.
A4uorg the wounded ere:
Eustis nutts. who fired the shot tl,as
killed phllnpa
Albert Way.
Slemund Levison. . merchant.
nr = 4 Fox. shot in the neck.
George ~ Smith. cashier OF fhs
Rrunswick. Bank a Trust Company.
Tom Ford, engineer - the southern
Railway.
4. G Bonlmin collector.
w E. hoit. elccttician.
~ 9. jackson, insurance agent.
Isaac Cohen. eol3ectnr.
Jerry - llcher.
T.. r. Crumnler. farmer.
5. a E.sray eArress company EN-.
3iove
There are othsrs who are srshti,
wounded
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READY FOR USE
IN AERONAUT|CS
Much Of 1t Will be Spent
In Equiping the Station at
Pensacola Navy Yard
A MANUFACTURING
PLANT POSSIBLE

The Navy Department May
Equip the Yard SO as To
Manufacture Own Ma
chimes. Using the Remain
der for the Purchase of a
Large Number OF Aero.
planes.
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Nh. OLIVER on STAND.


witness stand Mr.. oliver was the FIRST
witness for the DAY.
Mr.. OLIVER ON STAND.
A. :. Oliver said ne took charge ns
- mary papers when taking over
books, papers Of southern Hardwoodm
Company that he had no recollection
81 any uncxecuted mortgage as askeN
BY the government He identified all
books taken over when ne assumed
charge of the bankruptcy company's
Business Books were introduced,
government explained. Co connect de-
PENDANT knowles with certain transact
tons. Bills receivable from faaa-'f2
were then offered, 10 both 81 which de-
Tense entered objection because of the
alleged remoteness and lack ~ rele-
vancy 60 the point or points AZ issue.
Books. etc, were admissible evidences.
the court held. and were No offered.
Each record was separately marked
for exhibit, and they may sli figure
in the proceedings Witness had no
stock ledger with him but was told 20
produce the record for evidence durisg
the day.
Mr. Beau a .thss Point requested
that sAsswrney J. r. stokes not hold
80 prominently 4 weekly newspaper
which he wac reading. the headlines
Of which could be- read by the Jury.
Mr.. Stokes promptly complied The
several letters covering several mat
tiers. and taken from the aIeH % the
eornpany's once hv witness. were then
introduced and read.
". X. MITCHELL CALLED.
" X. Mitchell. certified public ac-
countant. since May, 1910. and who
held positions IN sudit ofices 81 sew
eTai railroad lines which he named
for some years previously. testified
that he bad been engaged 70 make an
audit ~ the affairs ~ the Florida q
Alabama Land Company. Information
obtained ~ witness was from several
officers n the company Inventories
were not verified. but were taken as
presented IS the records Mortgages
were found % the following All lum-
Der a. Faico sad logs IN Covington
county. Ala 20 the First National
Sank az Pensacola: certain lumber az
Pensacola 20 r. u schreyer for GER
tain advances. lumber not covered By
the Schreyer mortgage was mortwaged
20 the Pensacola Lumber Company for
advances. Book value % bonds were
Shown 20 be tsi7.zss28. book value,
white the par value ~ same was given
az $4,000. Practically the xreater
part Of testimony % this witness dealt
tn . mare Of agures. which he read
from the copy Of the audit re held in
his hand. Frequent consultation with
books. introduced ~ witness. DesIiva
vas made BY this witness q verify
certain material items asked about
- the government
On cross-exAminatlon witness ssid
he had made his valuations from IN
formation obtained from Bob" Hyer,
". X HYer, Or from a Mr.. Owens.
when he waa net able % get matlm-
factory Information from the books
he could not say that the book vaiaa-
ttons were arbitrary. bat witness said
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Principal Forts of the Dardanees Being the Great Flee
THE WINTER TOURIST

PENSACOLA IS rpu LOGICAL TOURIST RE-
SOFT FOR TIE GREAT MfG4l8StPPl AND
OHIO VALLEY REGIONS. LEAvE TO-DAY
AEEE TOMORROW. coNE
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ter mechanics DIR. Chen also persuaded
the officials OF the empire to practically
abandon the old hapnaZard system OF
monetary value. based upon the clumsy
..tael." and adopt In its stead the deci-
mai system of the United States.
The men chosen for the work Of estab-
fishing the present bureau of engrav-
ing and printoing were: Evan S. Stokes
OF the bureau of engraving and printing
in Washington. who has just returned to
this city. and who lives at 4lS 10Th
street southeast; L. ]. Hatch OF New
York, John ]. Gilfoil of New York, Will
liam A Grant of New York and w. e.
Dickinson OF Orange. n. ]. With a sal
airy of $4,000 a year. gold, Hatch was
placed in charge Of the, force who we're
to make China's money and her stamps.
Dickinson was assigned to the ''geomet
ric lathe work, the lacelike scrolls
which adorn the reverse of bank notes.
GiIfoil was the vignette engraver. Grant
the letter engraver. and Stokes the plate
transferer. whose duty 1t was to as
semble on the die all of the separate en-
cravings made by the other workmen.
Early in 1909 the first plate transfer"
work ever done in the centuries-old en-
pire of the Manchus was in progress
under the hands OF the American mas
ter mechanics. With their coming,
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bureau Of engraving and printing
sand-bag barricades' were thrown and
over the tops of the breastworks peer
ed the muzzles of rapid-fire guns.
But the American workmen had no
interest In the tide of revolt With
more and more victories to their credit
the troops Of Sun Vat Sen swept on,
carrying the dragons of the empire to
greater and greater defeats, until on
the morning of March. l.. 1912. the
American workmen in the makeshift
printing .shops found that they. to-
gether with the partially constructed
bureau. had fallen prize to the newly
awakened republic of China.
But SO long as the leaders Of the re-
public wished them to remain and
continue their work, 1t mattered little
to the Americans who paid their sala-
ries. So they, stood by when, the Of
ficials of the new government destroy
ed the fifty millions Of dollars worth of
certificates, which they had labored SO
hard to complete during the previous
three years. Then they set to work
upon the first and only, note which the
Chinese bureau of engraving and print
Ing" as the plant was christened by
the revolutionists. ever produced.
ThS note is Of the ne-dollar variety
and IL is on. the Bank of China" the
name under the new regime Of the old
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this would probably offset any water
that the pumps failed to expel.
The navigator. the one man had to be
engineer and skipper. steered the boat
by means of tiIier leading from the
rudder through water joint. When
on the surface he could look through
openings in the head-probably struc-
ture like a coming tower-to deter
mine his course. but at night or when
submerged. he had to lay his course by
compass. AS there was no means of
lighting the boat. Bushnell fixed cross
pieces of bright wood d'-sometimeS
called .fox-tire"-at the north point of
the compass and one piece at the
south. This was the only substitute
for the periscope. the electric light and
the gyroscopic compass.
To determine the depth of the dive
Bushnell fixed gauges consisting of
glass tubes about twelve inches high
by one inch in diameter. opening to
the water. AS the outside pressure in
creased with the descent a cork con-
tanned in the tube arose about an inch
for each fathom below the surface.
But not the least ingenius part Of
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bearing an outline of China. At the
time these stamps were printed even
the rulers of the late celestial empire
themselves were not certain whether
their domain in the future would be
known as the Chinese Republic or the
Republic Of China, and 30 across the
face Of the map appears THE Republic
Of China" while beneath 1t, the legend
Chinese Republic"
The stamps turned out by the Chinese
bureau of engraving and printing are
fine example Of the engraver's art.
The "geometric lathe" work stands out
on them in sharp ridges. and tho de-
sign might be almost traced by the
sense of touch alone.
Already more than seventy varieties
of stamps have been perfected in the
bureau by the Chinese apprentices, IN
cluding the stamps used by tho courts
of the Chinese republic.
Those who have inspected the Chinese
bureau of printing and engraving de-
clare that 1t compares favorably with
any in the world. 1t is capable-if the
republic at this time could find enough
skilled workmen-of turning out just
as much work as the big plant
in Washington. and its interior decoraa
tions and fittings far surpass the bu-
reau of engraving in Washington.
The. building itself. standing in ths
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TIA Ching or Great, Pure" Bank. 1t
is small note. much smaller than the
ones designed for the old empire, and
bears on it's face a medallion of Gen.
Yuan Shi Kai. beside whom crouch two
lions. In the upper right-hand corner
appears one of the great transatlantic
liners Of modern commerce. Opposite
it there sails over an engraved sea
one Of the lazy matting-sailed junks Of
the past. On the reverse is shown q
section of the Great Wall Of China. An
other note, destined to perpetuate the
features of Sun Vat Sen. was never
completed.
Shortly after the establishment Of the
new republic, the officials decided, for
a time, at least, to suspend the making
of money in the bureau of printing and
engraving of China. and to devote the
plant to the printing, Of stamps. Several
sets of stamps were designed, and two
varieties of each printed. the only diff
ference between the two sets being
that where on one the face of Ypan
Shi Kai appears, the likeness of Sun
Vat Sen appears on the other.
An, interesting. feature is noticeable in
another series Of stamps-ths ones
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dove again. But as it was now day
light and he found that he could not
succeed in fastening the magazine, he
determined to effect his retreat.
Remaining submerged, he easily es-
capped detection from the fleet, but soon
was obliged to come to the surface for
air. He continued his four-mile trip to
New York on the surface, his un-
wieldy craft pursuing wabbling
course. which unfortunately took him
too close to Governors Island. where
he was detected by a company of Brit
ish troops. They Immediately launched
boat and put out after the strange
looking object. Lee. seeing that cap
ture was inevitable and fearing lest
he should be blown up, shrewdly de-
tached the magazine and let 1t drift
away, hoping that his pursuers would
seize it. The soldiers saw it, but. as
they afterward said, they suspected
Yankee trick, and when they were
within sixty yards of Lee turned and
hurriedly put back to the shore. Lee
then gave a signal to the Americans.
and Gen. Putnam, who was watching
for him, sent out whaleboats. which
brought him safely to shore. Before the
landing was made the magazine ex-
ploded, throwing column of water
hundred feet into the air. showing
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How the Indians Made History

1T has been pointed out more than
once that If one could but get at
the facts of the history of the Indian
tribes it would be of interest to COM
pare these with what is related as the
fortune of m nost civilized nations. 1t is
only in tradition that the history OF
the Indian lives. and only one version
Of the story is ever heard. Sometimes
this is SO true to nature that no room
for doubt can be found. Such is the
following chapter from the annals Of
the Beavers. Canadian tribe:
One day young chief shot his arrow
through a dog belonging to another
brave. The brave revenged the death
of his dog. and instantly a hundred
bows were drawn. Before night had
fallen some eighty warriors lay dead
around the camp. the pine woods rang
with the lamentations of the women.
the tribe had lost its bravest men.
There was a temporary truce The
friends of the chief whose arrow had
killed the dog yet numbered some sixty
people. and 1t was agreed that they
should separate from the tribe and
seek their fortune In the vast wilder
ness lying to the south.
In the night they began their march,
Sullenly their brethren saw them de-
part, never to return. They went their
way TO the enores OF the Lesser Slave
lake. toward the great plains which
were said to be far southwark, by the
banks of the swift-rolling Saskatche-
wan.
The tribe Of the Beavers never saw this
exiled band again, but a hundred years
later a Beaver Indian. who followed
the fortunes Of white fur-hunter.
found himself in one of the forts Of the
Saskatchewan. Strange Indians were
camped about the palisades: they were
~ Ck <rfH
whose hunting grounds lay south of
the Saskatchewan. Among them were
few braves who, when they con
versed, spoke a language different from
that Of the others, and in this language
the Beaver Indian Recognised his evn
tongue.
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ground had been broken for the con
struction OF the new bureau under the
direction of James W. Henderson OF
Washington. But the new bureau could
not be completed for a long time. so
when the imperial government insisted
impatiently that a currency issue OF
$50.O00,000 be Immediately forthcoming
the American workmen had to set up
their American presses in whatever
surroundings were most convenient and
begin their work.
The big currency issue was begun In
a group Of native houses. each ten feet
square. ranged in the form Of hol-
low rectangle in the Phi Chi Fang or
white paper district" thirty minutes
from Peking and near the site OF the
new bureau. The issue consisted of
ones, fives, tens and hundred dollar
bills on the Ta Ching or Great Pure
Bank of China. On the faces of each
appeared the likeness Of the young en-
peror. Across the top writhed a repre-
sentation of the imperial hve- -clawed
dragon. The bills were differentiated
from one another by the Arabic nume-
rails, which, in addition to the Chinese
ideographs, were used. and different
designs upon the backs OF each cer-
tfflcate.
Everything possible was done to
make the Auerican workmsn feel at
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of course, when concealment under water
was sought. and 1t is said that the ma
chine contained sufficient air to last a
man half an hour after it had gone
under.
In view of the short range and slow
fire of the guns on the warships OF
those days and the absence of search
lights, it was comparatively safe on a
dark night to approach within few
hundred wards of ship at anchor If
sufficient pains We're taken to keep
silence.
Had Bushnell possessed the means of
shooting a good torpedo 200 feet from
his machine, it would have driven the
English feet from its anchorage, but
here was his difficulty. Not knowing
how to throw an explosive from his
boat while submerged without admitting
80 much water that 1t would sink, he de-
vised as his destructive weapon what
he called the magazine. This was
shaped like an egg and made. like the
machine, of oak bound with stout iron
bands. It contained clock. a gun
lock provided with good flint that
would not miss fire" and 130 pounds Of
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the ships bottom until the explosion
would blow the ship to destruction.
In August, 1875, the British fleet lay
in the outer New York bay near Staten
Island, where their army threatened
New York and Long Island. BushneIrs
machine was completed. and he had
asked Gen. Parsons to furnish several
good men to learn how to operate it.
Ezra Lee and two others volunteered.
The boat was taken to a point on Long
Island sound, where Bushnell conducted
experiments and the men learned the
management of~the singular craft.
While this was taking place the Brit
ish had captured Governors Island,
close to New York. and it was therefore
necessary to take the machine over
land from New Rochelle to the Hudson
river, and thence to the city. The hos
tile feet and transports lay north Of
Staten Island, and the tides there are
very strong. At II o'clock on a serene
night a small party in three whaleboats
noiselessly towed the machine as near
as they dared to the anchored fleet
Lee entered the boat, the top was sealed
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and he was cast of. The ebb tide was
so strong that he had drifted past the
men-of-war before he realized 1t, but
he Immediately got the machine about.
and by hard labor for the space Of five
glasses by the ships bells (two and
one-half hours). arrived under the
stern of Howe's flagship at about slack
water. Day was beginning to dawn,
but by the lingering light Of the moon
he could see the people aboard and
hear them talking. He closed up over
head. let in water and sunk under the
ships bottom.
But here came the difficulty of .affix-
ing the torpedo. The sharp point OF
the iron bit struck against the copper
sheathing Of the ships bottom. and
every time Lee exerted his strength to
make 1t penetrate the metal he only
forced the machine away from the boat.
Finding that he could not drive in the
bit at that point, he undertook to shift
the machine to an unprotected part OF
the boat. but as he was working in
utter darkness. he missed his direction
and came to the surface on the east
side Of the ship where he was exposed
to the moonlight. He Immediately
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IN HE first American submarine
was conceived and made by
David Bushnell with money and
q assistance furnished by none
less than George Washington. The
craft. named the American Turtle, was
handled by Sergt. Ezra Lee. who
passed under Lord Howes flagship, the
Eagle. in New York harbor. but failed
to explode the torpedo under the ship s
hull.
Gen. Washington tells of the interest
he took in the invention in a letter
written from Mount Vernon to Thomas
Jefferson September 26, 1855. He an
swers the query concerning Bushnelrs s
invention, set forth as follows in
writings of Washington" by Worth
-tngton c. Ford:
81 am sorry I cannot give you full information
sespecting Bushnell's project for the destruction
of ships. No interesting experiments have been
made: and my memory being bad. may in some
measure be mistaken in what l am about to re-
late. Bushnell Is a man of great mechanical
powers, fertile of invention and master of exc,
eution. He came to me in 11I6. recommended
by Gov. Trumbell and other respectable char
acters, who were converts to his PLAN Al
though l wanted faith myself. 1uriilsheu MIN
with money and other aids TO carry his plan
into execution. He labored for some time In
enectually; and though the advocates of his
scheme continued sanguine. he never did sue
ceed- One accident or another always inter
vened. I then thought: and stili think that II
was an effort of genius, but that too many
things were necessary to he combined. to eI-
pect much from the issue against enemy.
who are always upon guard.
THAT he had a machine contrived TO
carry him under water at any depth he chose.
and for a considerable time and distance. with
appendix to II. charged with powder. which
he could fasten to a ship. and give fire to In a
given time sufacient for his returning. and by
means thereof. destroy 1t, facts. ! believe
which admit Of little doubt. But when it was
to operate against enemy, 1t was no easy
matter to get a person hardy enough TO en-
counter the variety of dangers to which he
would be exposed; first. from the novelty; sec
Sndly, from the difficulty of conducting the ma
chine. and governing ii under water. on account
Of the current. etc: and thirdly, the consequent
uncertainty Of hitting the object devoted to de-
struction, without rising frequently above water
for fresh observation. which when near the YES
sel would expose the adventurer to almost GER
tain death. To these causes l always ascribed
the non performance Of his plan, as he wanted
nothing thst ! could furnish to insure the sue
cess Of 1t. This to the best of my recollection,
Is true state Of the case, but Humphreys IL
mistake not. being one Of his converts, will be
able to give you a perfect account Of it
than ] have done. With perfect esteem and re-
gard. have the honor TO be, etc..
GEO. WASHINGTON
When Washington said "No interest
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the Eagle fully corresponds with that
of Lee. After the failure to sink
Howe's flagship two attempts were
made in Hudson river above the city.
but they effected nothing.
Soon after that the enemy with their
shot sunk the vessel which had the
submarine boat on board, and although
Business subsequently recovered it, he
found 1t impossible to prosecute his
design any further. The conception OF
this vessel was not the product OF the
needs Of the times, for it was projected
In the year 1771. before Bushnell had
entered Yale. Besides the development
of the submarine vessel for submerged
first vessel driven. or in its particular
case drawn. by means Of a screw pro-
peller, thus antedating the accepted
use of this means of propulsion by
some thirty years.
4
The machine also carried the safety
weight or detachable ballast which is
used by the Italians and Germans in
their latest type of submarines.
Bushnell's boat was not the first SUBJ
marine boat. Various attempts many
years before had been made. By far the
most interesting Of these was made in
the year 1920 by Cornelius Won Drebel,
who constructed a boat of sufficient size
to hold number OF passengers besides
twelve men to row 1t with oars pass
ing outward through openings protected
by creased leather.
The boat was made Of stout timbers
covered with leather. oiled to prevent Its
leaking. 1t is said that 1t made good
speed" at ten to fifteen feet below the
surface, and that James 1 of England,
who was friendly to Won Drebel, took q
three-hour submerged trip with the in
ventor. This craft was not designed to
attack the ships OF an enemy, and ap-
pears to have been used only in an ex-
perimental way. One of its most inter-
esting features was that Won Drebel
claims to have used some composition
of liquid that would speedily restore
to the troubled air such proportion Of
vital parts as would make 1t again for
a good while fit for respiration"
But all modern submar mes must for
their prototype go back to Bushnelfs
boat which could, under favorable con-
ditions. deliver an irresistible under
water attack. and which. in turn. could
not be successfully attacked unless il
came to the surface.
While Washingtons conclusion that an
interesting experiment had been made
was correct If taken to mean that no
positive advantage had come from IT to
the American arms. he would doubtless
revise his statement II he could see
meets OF the mammoth steel ships OF
today driven from their positions by
submarines operated on the same prfn-
ciple as that established by Bushnell IN
MS tiny machine, the American Turtle.