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VOL XIINQ 251 PENSACOLA FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 20 1909 PRICE 5 CENTS

PRESIDENT LED INTO1r MAKING BAD MISTAKE

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I United States Now in Fairt Way For Trade War

With Canada

HERMAN RIDDER PRESIDENT OFAMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUB-

LISHERS ASSOCIATION TELLSPRESIDENT THAT HIS CHANGE

1 OF ATTITUDE ON PRINT PAPERSCHEDULE NOW THREATENSSERIOUS INDUSTRIAL DISTURBANCE

By Associated PressChicago Ills Oct 19In a letter

Addressed to President Taft by Her-man Ridder of New York presidentDf the American Newspaper Publish-ers

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Association the latter declaredIhat Taft was led into making a mis-

t take which threatens an industrialHsturbance which will involve a busi-ness

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interchange with Canadamounting to eightyfive millions ofa year when he changed histtt ude on the i rint OApep feruleletter says inpdrt

You were apparently misled bylesignmg men into a serious blunder

I hen you changed on the print paperrI

Schedule The rate you advisedpaused the province of Quebec to pro ¬

lbit the exportation of pulp woodjnd many American mills must either

f close or go to Canada to get raw maThe United States is now m

k fair way for a trade war with Can-ada

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Hope you will find means toRectify the mistake

F NO ALLOWANCE

FUR oiMCARTER

a SUPREME COURT OF UNITEDSTATES ISSUES ORDER STAYirfe PROCEED NG TNT CIRCUITCOURT OF ILLINOIS-

By Associated PressWashington Oct 39rThe supremecourt of the United States today is¬

sued an order staying proceedings inthe United States circuit court forthe northern district of Illinois in mematter of application of Captain Oberlin M Carter for the allowance of fur¬

ther counsel In the governments suitagainst him for the restoration of thefunds alleged to have been procured-by him through defalcation

TAFT ENJOYING

STAY ON RANCH

1 SiDENT THE t INtGOLFI aWILL REMAIN F PR

THREE DAYS LEAVING FRIDAY

FOR CORPUS CHRISTI-

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Associated PresGregory Texas Oct 19 President

f Taft today began a three days outingon his brothers ranch here The daywas spent inTecreation Taft golfing-and mombdr of the party enjoyingthemselves in various ways

The president leaves here Fridaymorning for Corpus Christ to addressthe convention of the Inland Water-ways Association

AGED MAN MURDEREDAlbany N Y Oct 19John La

Chappele aged SO was murdered with-a machinists hammer at his son sfarm near here last night An 1Syearold Austrian farm hand dis-appeared

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after the murder-

S HIS BROTHERWinchester Ind Oct 19John

Dull shot and fatally woundedntsI-brolher Marion last night in a pis¬

tol fight over payment of a grocerjbill

By Associated PressIslip L I Oct 19The skeleton

of a young woman which was foundIn the woods between Brentwood and

1 sUp yesterday may be that of MissMay Smith a nurse in the ManhattanState Hospital at Islip Miss Smithhas been missing since last spring-A singular feature of the case lies inthe fact that Miss Smith was believed-to be the fiance of August Schwarxwho is now in jail at Riverhead L Lawaiting trial on the charge of n ir-

dtriug Irving J Nelson of CentralIslip September 16

Belief tit tiuj skeletoa was that of j

Yorktown is Celebrating theSurrender of Lord CornwallisBy Associated Press

Yorktown Va Oct 90n thehistoric ground where Lord Cornwal-lis 128 years ago sealed the doom ofBritains rule over what Is now part-of the United States patriotic Amer ¬

icans gati ered today to celebrate theanniversary of the famous surrender-The exercises were held under theauspices of the descendants of thesigners of the Declaration of Inde¬

pendence the Yorktown HistoricalSociety of the United States and thecitizens of York county

The inaccessibility of the placemade the attendance comparativ-

elyAUTOS IN PLACE

OF CARRIAGESBUI-

LDERS OF THE LATTER WILL

HAVE TO RETIRE FROM BUSI ¬

NESS AND DEVOTE ATTENTION-

TO CONSTRUCTING AUTO

BODIES1

By Associated PressWashington Oct Automobiles

have displaced carriages to such anextent that carriage builders areeither obliged to retire from business-or devote their attention to the con-struction

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of automobile bodies In etfeet this was the statement of Maur-Ice Connaly of Dubuque Iowa presi ¬

dent of the Carriage Builders Nation-al

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Association of the United Stateswhich convened here today

NARROW ESCAPE

OF PASSENGERSPLE-

ASURE BOAT COLLIDED IN

NEW YORK HARBOR WITH CAR

FLOAT AND WAS GROUNDED TOSAVE PASSENGERS-

By Associated PressNew York Oct 19The steamer

Little Silver of the Patten line wishfiftyfive passengers aboard bound forPleasure Bay New Jersey collided I

with a car float off the Statue or I

liberty this afternoon and for a-

whileI

It was thought she was sink ¬

ingIn his anxiety for the safety of thepassengers Captain Edwards headedthe boat for the Mud Flats andgrounded her After the passengershad been removed the steamer wasfloated and taken to Hoboken for re ¬

pairse

D OF C IN SESSION-AT HOUSTON TEXAS-

By Associated PressHouston Oct 19The TTnited

Daughters of the Confederacy in conjventir 1 here were formally welcomedteddy by the city and state officialsThe days session was taken uplargely in preliminary matters MrsCornelia Branch Stone of Gal°stonthe president general was presentedwith a magnificent president geleralsjewel Reports of officers will beheard tomorrow and probably theelection of officers will take place

4 4SENATOR MCARREN IN

PRECARIOUS CONDITIONO

By Associated Press 4New York Oct 19After a 4

4 bad day following a sleepless 44 night State Senator Patrick 4I4 McCarrcn of Brooklyn who 44 was operated on recently for 4

appendicitis is in a precarious4 condition tonight4 O

Skeleton of Young WomanI Pound Another Murder MysteryMiss Smith was based on the discov-ery

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near where the skeleton lay of anAutomobile veil upon which was em¬

broidered the name Schwarz Rel ¬

atives of Miss Smith were requested-to try to identify the jewelry foundupon the skeleton

The theory that the girl was thevictim of a murder was strengthened-by the fact that the skull was foundabout twenty feet distant from theskeleton of the body and there wereindications that brush had beenthrown upon thebody and burned toconceal the crime

The coroner today began an inves-tigation

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small Situated on the York rivermore than ten miles from any rail ¬

road Yorktown is practically withoutdirect connection with the outsideworld save for an occasional steamerfrom points down the river Todayevery automobile within a radius ofthirty miles was pressed into serviceto bring the patriots to the celebra ¬

tion Excursion steamers from Nor ¬

folk Newport News and Old PointComfort took care of the overflowFour companies of coast artilleryfrom Fortress Monroe and a detach ¬

ment from the Atlantic torpedo flotillaparticipated in the celebration

SHIPS DOCTOR

UNDER ARRESTAL-

LEGED THAT HE IS IMPLI-

CATED

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IN THE SMUGGLING

SYNDICATE WHICH HAS BEEN

BRINGING GLOVES INTO COUN ¬

TRY

By Associated PressNew York Oct 19Dr Savino de

Bellis ships physician of the Italianliner Regina Dltalla was arrestedhere today charged with complicity inthe smuggling syndicate which la al ¬

leged to have brought many thousanddollars worth of gloves into the Unit ¬

ed States without paying duty

NEARLY DEAD

Of STARVATIONBA-

ND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS

HAVE LIVED FOR TWO WEEKS-ON SCANT HERBSSUPPLIES-SENT BY GOVERNMENT-

By Associated PressWashington Oct luRockr Boy

and a band of one hundred and fiftyChippewa Indians encamped nearBirds Eye Montana are nearly deadfrom starvation The band lived onscant herbs for two Aeeks The gov-ernment

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has ordered ample suppliessent the Indians

FRANCE WILL NOTENTER TARIFF WAR

I WITH UNITED STATESShe Will However Enforce

Maximum Rates Against-

All Imports

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT

WASHINGTON DO NOT CON ¬

SIDER THIS ACTION AS INTEN ¬

TION OF FRANCE TO LAUNCH-

A TARIFF WAR AS UNITED

STATES WILL AFTER NOV 1

APPLY THE MAXIMUM RATES

FROM THAT COUNTRY-

By Associated PressWashington Oct 19 Government

officials here do not regard the actionot France In deciding to assess themaximum rate duty against all im ¬

ports from the United States as evi ¬

dence of her intention to enter into-a tariff war with the United States

Last August President Taft pur¬

suing instructions of the new tariffact formally that thecommercial ngreementf6et seen thatcountry and the United States termi ¬

nated Oct 31 of this yearRecently the secretary of state has

received from the consul at Paris an-nouncement

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by the French govern ¬

ment of the abrogation of her com ¬

mercial agreement with the UnitedStates and since then it is expected-that beginning November 1 Ameri-can

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exports to France will be taxed-af> its minimum rates as from thatdate exportations from France to theUnited States will pay the full sched-ule

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of rate-

sMILITIA SENTTO GUARD NEGRO-

By Associated PressMontgomery Oct HtA company-

of militia has been ordered to Greens ¬

boro to guard the jail there during thetrial of Joe MoDaniels a negro chart-ed with the murder of Sheriff J BDrake The negro was once convict-ed

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of the crime butatfacfujSreme courtreversed LI e rntingatriaL

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e 44 WILL REQUIRE SIX 44 WEEKS SAYS COOK 44 9-e By Associated Press 49 Columbus 0 Oct 19Dr 40 Cook while here today declared 44 it will take at least six weeks 44 for him to prepare his data 44 concerning the north pole for 49 the Copenhagen University C-

e 4444 94440 44 40

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a By Associated PressI Washington Oct 19 Another trop ¬

ical disturbance whole presence wasfirst discovered Saturday last off theIsland of Dominica In the West In ¬

I dies is being watched closely by theofficials of the United States weatherbureau and their reports today indi ¬

cate the storm is now apparentlycentered southwest of Jamaica mov-ing

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westward towards Yucatan-It is too early to predict explained

Professor Farriot today whether thestorm will veer to the northwestward-and strike the coast of the Gulf of

IT AS AN

INSULTPLAN TO SERVE WINE AT

BANQUET TO BE GIVEN PRESI ¬

DENT TAFT DOES NOT APPEALFAVORABLY TO MINISTER-

By Associated PressMagnolia Miss Oct 19That the

action of the committee havingcharge of the banquet to be given toPresident Taft at Jackson Miss Inproposing to serve wine at that func¬

tion was nothing short of an Insult-to the state was the declaration ofRev J G Galloway in a sermonhere last night The minister heldthis to be the case because Missis-sippi

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has led all other states in the-ca Ite of prohibition

BISHOP MOORE ISELECTED PRESIDENTCi-

ncinnati 0 Oct 9At the an ¬

nual meeting of the Freedmens AidajJiL SouUjern Educational Society ottne Method EpiscTal cfairrchtodayBishop David H Moore was electedpresident Bishop John Walden pres-ident

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emeritus and first vicepresi-dent

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DIVORCE CASE-COMESTO CLOSE

New York Oct 19The jury inthe Baonyi divorce suit tonightreached a verdict but it will not beannounced before tomorrow AurelBatonyi a native of Austria is beingsued for a divorce by his wifeFrances Works Burke Roche Batonyi-a daughter of Frank Works

VIEWS OF JAUREZ MEXICO AND EL PASOWHERE TAFT AND DIAZ MET

A MAR =HUNT FOLLOWEDOF NEGRO

ON YOUNG MAN AT CENTURY

Washington Closely WatchingAnother Tropical Desturbance

TAKES

MISST-

HE

PRESIDENTS

BLOODY ATTACK

Mexico as these storms frequently doFor two or three days it will be im¬

possible to determine the course ofthe storm as It is now passing out ofthe observation zone Unless steam-ers

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In the Gulf of Mexico report bywireless telegraph to the weatherbu-reau

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the state of the weather In thisvicinity there is no way of learningconditions

Close watch as far as possible willbe kept of the disturbance and allinterests on the gulf coast will beamply warned to prepare for anyemergency

GUATEMALA IS

NOT IN SCHEME

1S NOT PROMOTING OR AIDING INANY WAY THE REVOLUTION-

ARY

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MOVEMENT IN NICARAGUA

ACCORDING TO DISPATCH-

By Associated PressWashington Oct 19A denial of

the charges contained in tlegramsoriginating in Managua asserting thatthe government of Guatemala Is pro-moting

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and aiding the present revo-lutionary

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movement In Nicaragua hasbeen received by the minister of Gua ¬

temala at Washington The telegramfollows

You will make denial of thesefalse assertions stating that the gov ¬

ernment of Guatemala is complyingstrictly with Its international obliga¬

tions SignedEMANTJEL ESTRADA CABRERA

THE WRIGHTS

GET PART PAYT-

WENTY THOUSAND OF THE

MONEY FOR AEROPLANE IS

PAID BY GOVERNMENTWIL-BUR

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WRIGHT CONTINUES IN ¬

STRUCTIONS

r By Associated PressCollege Park Md Oct 19VhUe-

Wilbur Wright and Lieut Lahm wereabout twenty feet In the air in theaeroplane today the motor stoppedbut Wright succeeded in landingwithout accident

Five instructions in nights weremade today Lieuts Labia and Hum ¬

phreys accompanying Wright To-day

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Wright received the governments-check for twenty thousand dollarswUicK Is part of the thirty thousanddollars to be paid the Wrights for theaeroplane The other ten thousandwill be paid when the two army oileelS are pronounced accomplishedaviators

CELEBRATION ADJOURNSPIttsburg Oct 19With street

meetings in various parts of the citythis evening the International Cen ¬

tennial celebration and convention orthe Disciples of Christ Christianchurch adjourned after a great ninedays session

0444444444 4-A 44 WOMAN SERVING AS A 4-

d JUROR IN CALIFORNIA 40A By Associated Press 4

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4 Los Angeles Calif Oct 1-9For+ the first time in the his

4 tory of California a woman 4was sworn In to serve on a 4-

e jury when Mrs Johanna En 44 gelman took her place in the4 jury box of the superior court 44 here today 4-a 4-

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Special to The JournalMobile Oct 19Judge O j1

j Semmes today in the city court ren-t

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dered his opinion in the mandamusi proceedings filed by the state to com-

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i the judge of the inferior court torender final judgment in all violations

I of the Fuller prohibition law holdingthat the law was constitutional andordering him to restore all cases tohis docket granting the mandamusasked for Notice of appeal wagiven

The following order was made-It is and adjudged by

the CQig4that dules i 6sml as

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Walter Hall Thought toHave Been Fatally

Wounded

ROBERT STEWART COLORED

STABBED YOUNG MAN SEV ¬

ERAL TIMES INFLICTING VERYDANGEROUS WOUNDSHANDY-AUTO POSSIBLY SAVED NEGRO

FROM ROUGH TREATMENT ATHANDS OF A CROWD

Had not Robert Stewart a negrohave been removed as quickly as hewas from Century yesterday after-noon

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there was ample reason to be-lieve

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that a crowd of men and boyswho had assembled at a preliminary-trial of the negro would have han-dled

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him roughly for the black hadjust been ordered held to tole criminalcourt for what was alleged to havebeen a most cowardly attack uponWalter Hall a young white man whowas cut so badly by Stewart that alate report from Century stated hisdeath iH likely o cur so6n

Stewart was brought to the city at630 p m oclock yesterday and waslocked up on a charge of assault withIntent to murder The first question-he asked when he reached the jailwas If the young man who had beenassaulted was dead-

ASSAULT UNPROVOKEDHall was cut twice on the neck ona

wound either severing or grazingclosely the jugular vein The otherstab split the Adams apple Two-or three other cuts were found on thoyoung mans body

That the assault was unprovoked-was willingly sworn to by severalgentlemen at the hearing Hall andthe negro went to work In the planingnUll working In the same room andnear to one another Workmen stat¬

ed they heard no words pass betweenthe two but about 730 oclock in themorning heard a scuffle and sawStewart one arm around Halls neckand the other wielding a sharp knifeAn attempt to frustrate murdercaused Stewart to chase out of themill and strike out for a swamp near-by Deputy Sheriff Brewton wasnearby He was notified tvt OTXMV andtwo 6monthaold pups he had wereplaced on the negros trail This keptup for hours the young hounds fol ¬

lowing the scent faithfully Thenegro several times walked in muddyplaces In an evident attempt to putpursuers off Ids track With all thattoe dogs kept right behind him andabout 3 oclock in the afternoon ha

Continued on Parj8 Two

NIGHT RIDERS

AGAINACTI-

VESS

OF BATH COUNTY RE

CEIVE WARNINGS AND SOLD

IERS ARE ORDERED THERE BY

THE GOVERNOR-

By

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Lexington Ky Oct 19 No wornhas been received of the movement orsoldiers ordered out front Cynthiana-last Saturday night but it Is believ-ed

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they are on the way to Bath county where it Is reported several farmers have been warned by night riders-to pool their tobacco or suffer theconsequences 0

Governor Wilson was hero todayhut refused to reveal the soldiersdestination-

A special from <Mason county saysthe following note was found pinned-to the door of the residence of Fred-erick

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Adams todayFred AdamR and Wife We give

you just five days to sign your to ¬

bacco to the Mason County Board oCControl or one of Its solictiors andif at the end of that time we find yohave nQt signed you will have to suf-fer the consequences

SignedBRACKEN COUNTY NIGHT RID ¬ERSAdams says he will not sign his tn-

Tjacco and is prepared for t to com ¬ing of the riders

Judge Semmes OverrulesI Judge Alford in Liquor Cases I

considered

judge of the inferior criminal court oilMobile county reinstate on the trialdocket of said court the following-cases

State of Alabama vs Fred Pees JZuckermaii Mack Pandelis Law ¬

rence H Madesen J FL Zeigler An ¬thony Schroeder William AbramsBernadine Alvarez John S BlalackClarence S Blalack R A Myers AlexBaumer Lee Sims John P Barrettand proceed in the placing of abovenamed cases until a filial judgment Ineach of the eases is rendered In theinferior criminal court of Mobilecounty

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