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VOL XIINO 252 PENSACOLA FLORIDA THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 21 1909 PRICE 5 CENTS

RESEARCH COMMITTEE° IS NAMED TO PASS ON-

NPOLECONTROVERSYt biComposed of an Even Do¬

zen Members of WorldWide Reputation

HENRY GANNETT CHIEF GEO

GRAPHEROF NATIONAL GEO ¬

GRAPHIC SOCIETY IS CHAIR

MANPEARY SUBMITS HIS OB ¬

SERVATION RECORDS ANDPROOFS AND COMMITTEE WILL

MEET IN FEW DAYSCOPEN ¬

HAGEN UNIVERSITY TO PASS

ON COOKS RECORDS-

By Associated PressWashington Oct 20An even doz-

n members of world wide reputationconstitute the research committee b1

he National Geographic society whichs to pass on the merits of the Northole controversy The chairman isenry Gannett the chief geographe-

rf the United Geological survey vicepresident of the National Geographicsociety and one of the founders otthat organization in 1888 He is th3

S vuthor of Topographic surveyingbooks statistical atlases of the tenthlad eleventh censuses the dictionary> altitudes and other books and govrnment on geography magletic declinations etc

IJ THE OTHER MEMBERSO P Austin is chief of tne govern

bent bureau of statistics and secre-tary

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of the National Geographic soiety and is author of books on terri-

torial¬

expansion and other works DrLi A Bauer is director of Terrestialmagnetism of the Carnegie institute-Ph D from the University of Berlinwhere he studied higher mathematicsfor three years astronomer and mag-netic

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computer of the United Statescoast and geodetic survey from 18i> 7-

to 1892 and assistant professor ofmathematics and mathematical phys-ics

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in the universityRear Admiral Colby 51 Chester

known for many years as one of thebest navigators in the naval servicehas been superintendent of the navalacademy cominanderinchief of the

> 2tlanti squadf6nsuperintendent ofthe naval observatory thehydrographic division of theFrederick V Coville the bolanlstj

of the department of aformer president of the botanical so¬

ciety of America and author of numer-ous

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scientific reports-Dr J Howard Gore was former pro ¬

fessor of mathematics in GeorgeWashington university jurorinchifcftit the Paris exposition in 19UO andauthor of works on geography andmathematical text books

Gilbert H Grosvenor the editor otthe National Geographic magazine isthe compiler of a map of the NorthPolar regions showing the route ofall expeditions He edited the scien ¬

tific report of the Zeigler polar ex-pedition

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C Willard Hayes chief geologist orthe United States geological survey-is one of the pioneer explorers otAlaska and a frequent contributor to

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NEW PENNIES

IN BIG DEMAND

PHILADELPHIA MINT HAS COIN

ED NOTHING BUT THEM SINCE

JUNE TURNING OUT 70000000

Soectal to The JournalPhiladelphia Oct 2080 great has

been the demand for the new Lincolnpennies that nothing else has beencoined at the mint in this city sincethe end of June The coinage of thecopper coins in the three and a halfmonths has reached the total of 70iOOOOO pennies equivalent to the avsrase annual output of the last de-

cade¬

The Lincoln pennies it is believedwill be in a short time completelysupersede the old fashioned Indianhead type as the latter are in in¬

creasing numbers being returned tothe mint for recoinage

By Associated PressNew York Oct 20The jury be-

fore¬

which Mrs Francis Work BurkeSocho Batonyi brought suit for di-

vorcel from Aurel Batonyi the Aus-

trian¬

horseman today returned a ver-dict

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in favor of Mrs Batonyi Thej verdict will have to be confirmed by

the judge before a decree will Abe

granted1 This verdict follows upon two

years of charge and counter chargeJjtifcween the daughter of Frank Workth < New York millionaire and Ba¬

tonyi who was associated withwealthy hor Q fanciers since he came

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Experience As aBy Associated Press

Gregory Texas Oct 20Thorough ¬

ly enjoying his brief experience as aranchman and the solicitude thatcomes of being three miles away fromthe nearest settlement PresidentTaft slept late again this morning andthen went out on the golf links for agame with his brother Charles PTaft

The fact that Secretary of WarDickinson and Captain Archie W Buttbagged 59 game ducks yesterday hasnot yet tempted the president toshoulder a gun and hike for the fresh

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DEGREE MASONS

SUPREME doUNCIL FOR SOUTH ¬

ERN JURISDICTION RESUME

LABORS AT FIFTYFOURTHBIENNIAL SESSION-

By Associated PressWashington Oct 20The fifty

fourth biennial session of the Su¬

preme Council of Scottish Rite Ma-sons

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for the southern jurisdiction re ¬

sumed their labors today This af ¬

ternoon the following knights com ¬

manders of the court of nonor wereelected to the thirtythird degreeGeorgie Pierce Sullivan of TampaFla and B V White of MeridiaaMiss

Oil HIT

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T BY LIGHTNING

TWO CONTAINING 37000 BARRELS

EACH DESTROYED AT VIN

CENNES INDWOODEN TANKSARE BURNING-

By Associated PressVinccnnes Ind Oct 20lightningt-

oday struck two thirtyseven thou ¬

sand barrel steel oil tanks nearBridgeport Ills and caused a lossestimated at 150000 Several wood-en

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tanks caught fire and tonight theyare still burning

r TO MEET THREETIMES EACH YEAR-

By Associated PressRaleigh N C Oct 20By a unan ¬

imous vote the Southern Textile As¬

sociation in session here today de-cided to meet three times a year in¬

stead of four Columbia S C wasselected as the place of meeting nextFebruary Papers wore read by sev ¬

eral prominent members

HELD FOR MURDER-OF COLLINS JUDGE-

By Associated PressNew York Oct 20A young man

thought to be D C Colvin wanted forthe murder of Collins Judge at Langford South Carolina was arrestedhere tonight He claims mistakenidentity but will be held for action-of the South Carolina authorities

0044 4oe eo vv PROMINENT WASHINGTON 44 WOMAN IS KILLED 4

4+ By Associated Press Q+ Washington Oct 20Irs 4<> Gardner Hubbard a member of 4

one of the most prominent 4families here was killed to-night

4+ at Chevy Chase Md a 4o suburb of Washington in an

automobile accident 4-O 4

Absolute Divorce is GrantedMrs Batonyi in Famous Case

Mrs Batonyi sued for divorce onstatutory grounds first alleging atleast ten instances of unfaithfulness-At the trial however she withdrew-all but two charges these involving-her husband with two New York wo-men A long night ride in a taxicabwith one of these women and a nightspent in the apartment of the otherwere the allegations behind thesecharges-

It was during a coaching trip thatBatonyi met Mrs BurkeRoche thindivorced from her first husband anEnglish public man of some note A

1 brief courtship culminated in August1905 in their marriage

WIFE OF MORGANSRIGHT HAND MAN

FOUND DEAD IN BED

President Thoroughly EnjoyingRanchman

MADE 33RD

TANKS

water tanks Secretary Dickinson isa crack shot and is credited with amajority of yesterdays bag This af¬

ternoon the entire presidential partyset out Tor Rincon eight miles awayto witness a round up of sheep andcattle the branding of some mavericks-and a roping contest between the cow-punchers

Secretary Dickinson and CaptainButt started out again at 5 oclockthis morning for a second try at theducks The secretary of c war is aveteran sportsman and is doming backto the ranch again soon simply for thehunting

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UNDERARRESTGR-

OOMTOIETAKEN

INTO CUSTODY AT NASH-

VILLE

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24 HOURS BEFORE HE

WAS TO BE MARRIED-

By Associated PressNashville Tenn Oct 20Just

twentyfour hours before he was tobe married Charles A Preston aSouthern Express messenger was ar ¬

rested last night on a charge of steal ¬

ing four diamonds Taken into cus-tody

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by the city detectives he wasturned over to an officer from NewDecatur Ala where ne is wanted-on the charge of embezzlement of

800 worth of jewels and carried tothat city this morning to answer thecharge

Crestfallen and shaking like a leafPreston said to a reporter last night-

I wouldnt care so much but I wasto be married tomorrow night at 830oclock

SUPPLIES FOR KEY WESTGalveston Texas Oct 20 TJi-

e3teamshipAlsonquin1eft here yester-day

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with a laid ammmt rpraFililtnisfor the storm sufferers at Key WestThe supplies were furnished by Galveston and other Texas points anaare being transported free of charge

Mrs Henrietta MorganDuke Prominent Ken ¬

tucky Woman Dead

WAS SOCIALLY PROMINENT IN

THE SOUTH AND FOR YEARS

HAD GIVEN HER ATTENTION-

TO THE COLLECTION AND

PRESERVATION OF DATA AND

RELICS OF THE CIVIL WAR

WAS APPARENTLY IN GOOD

HEALTH AND SPIRITS WHEN

SHE RETIRED

LjBv Associates Preset

Louisville Ky Oct 20 11rs Hen ¬

rietta Morgan Duke wife of GenBasil W Duke know history asMorgans right h f oPX was

found dead in bed j> T VJjp resi-dence

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here toda < o> ure isthought to have causwiM K

Mrs Duke as H3 HRforganthe sister of General J PIPEMorgancommander of Morgans men wasmarried to Mr Duke in 1859 Herhusband six brothers and a brotherinlaw fought in the Confederate-army

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in the war between the statesMrs Duke was socially prominent inLouisville and throughout the stateand an indefatigable member of theDaughters of the Confederacy Herefforts of late years have been di¬

rected mainly to the collection andpreservation of data relics and his-tory incident to the warFOUNDED KENTUCKY CHAPTER-

Mrs Duke was the founder andpresident of the Kentucky chapterDaughters of the Confederacy andvicepresident of the national organ¬

ization While Mrs Dukes healthhas not been sufficiently poor of lateto cause her family serious un ¬

easiness it has been the endeavor ofthe family for some time persuadeher to relinquish some of the manyactivities in which She has been en ¬

gagedShe had just returned from a trip

to Henderson to the state meeting ofthe Daughters of the Confederacy andwas in unusually good health andspirits whED sltia retired last nightWdien a sobiylt eutoSoTher roomthis morning to wakejKS8arysfiHai-covered

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that Mrs Duke was dVad-It is not known at what hour deathcame General Duke is prostrated

DOWNPOUR OF RAIN REACHED-CLOUDBURST PROPORTIONS

iDr A S Lloyd Made Bishop

Coadjutor of Diocese of VirginiaBy Associated Press

Alexandria Va Oct 20ln his¬

toric Christ Episcopal church herewhere George Washington attendedreligious service during the years helived at Mount Vernon and in thepresence of a distinguished assem ¬

blage of clergy and laity such as thisold town seldom has seen the solemnceremony of the consecration of abishop took place today The RevDr Arthur S Lloyd was made bishopcoadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal

WilL VOTE BY

CALLOFSTATESN-

O SECRET BALLOT WHEN PRES ¬

IDENTGENERAL OF DAUGH-

TERSr

OF CONFEDERACY IS

SELECTED-

By Associated PressHouston Texas Oct OThe

United Daughters of the Confederacytoday decided to vote when morethan one is nominated for office bycall of states A warm fight wasprecipitated today when the question-was voted on a number favoring se ¬

cret ballotingAlthough the presidentgeneral will

not be elected until Friday much in ¬

terest is manifested as to who will DC

elected Todays session was devotedlargely to hearing reports of off-

icers¬

4 4 444 4 4000644 WASHINGTON POSTMASTER 44 DIES VERY SUDDENLYI 44 By Associated Press 44 Washington Oct OPost-

maSer4

4 B F Barnes formerly 4s r r to Presftlenfc Roose 4t = AA rh lrln re to 4

4 night x s f4 4-s 44e444444 4+ 40 4

SAN FRANCISCOS RUIN AND RESTORATIONLEADING FIGURES IN GREAT CELEBRATION

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dioces of Virginia-A procession of clergy antI laity

from the parish hall to the churchwas most imposing With the vener-able

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Right Rev Daniel SylvesterTuttle bishop of Missouri and pre-siding bishop of the United States aspersonal consecrator the ceremonybegan with holy communion In theconsecration Bishops Robert A Gib-son

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of Virginia and Alfred M Ran ¬

dolph of southern Virginia were thecoconsecrators

CAN OVERTHROW

THE REVOLUTIONST-

ATE DEPARTMENT AT WASH ¬

INGTON RECEIVES DISPATCH

FROM CORINTO SAYING CITY IS

HELD BY GOVERNMENT-

By Associated PressWashington Oct 20A dispatch

received by the state department fromCorinto Nicaragua says tnat the city-is still held by the government Therehas been no fighting there The dis ¬

patch also says that every ablebodiednative of sixteen years of age is un ¬

der arms at night The gunboat Momotombo is at Corinto and the Zelayagovernment declares it will be ableto overthrow the revolution-

REVOLUTIONISTS ARE SAIDTO BE GAINING GROUND-

By Associated PressPanama Oct Nicaraguans here

have received wireless messages fromBlueflelds sayingt the revolutionists-are gaining ground and many people-are joining General Estradas forcesevery day

GERMAN GOV T-

TOSTARfPROBE

ASKS FOR PARTICULARS IN MYS ¬

TERY SURROUNDING FINDING-

OF WOMANS SKELETON NEAR

NEW YORK

By Associated PressNew York Oct 20The German

government asked today for particu-lars

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in the mystery surrounding thefinding of the skeleton of a womannear here recently

Three scraps of paper bearing writ ¬

ing In German and the billhead of a-

LeiPsic firm were found In a pocket-of the womans jacket The Germanconsul Will start an Investigation inLeipsic to ascertain the identity of thevictim

ASK CABINET TO RESIGNBogota Oct 20The house of rep-

resentatives¬

today passed a motionrequesting the resignation of the cabi ¬

net19 MILES IN 30 MINUTES

Rome Oct 20one of the Italianmilitary dirigible balloons came fromBacciane to Rome a distance of nine ¬

teen miles in thirty minutes today

a 44444404i444 044 44 WOMEN CAN VOTE4 IN GINTER PARK VA 44 40 By Associated Press 40 Richmond Va Oct 20 44 Ginter Park a suburb of Rich 44 mond last night granted suf 44 frage to women The govern 44 ing body of the suburb adopted 44 a constitution giving women 44 the right to vote This isthe 44 first community in the South to 49 take this step 4-A 4o

By Associated PressI Washington Oct 20After a periodof quiescence an adroit gang ofSpanish swindlers which has for thelast fifteen years been exploitingcredulous people in America has re-sumed activity Within the last few

I days letters have been received InI Washington delicately approaching-the recipients for funds While thescheme is manysided and the detailsvary in each case the basis of theappeal is always an injured damsel indistress Large sums of money arepromised to the confiding Americanwho will put up a small amount ofcash to rescue the unfortunate youngwoman r r

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New Record of 426 Inches-

in One Hour is Established-in Pensacola

RECORDS IN WEATHER BUREAU

SHOW THAT THERE WAS A

FALL OF ONE INCH IN SEVEN

MINUTESTHE STREETS WEREFLOODED AND STREET CAR

TRAFFIC STOPPED ATE R

REACHED FLOORS OF HOUSES-

IN WESTERN SECTIONS

Reaching the proportions of acloud ¬burst a downpour of rain was experi ¬enced last night which for one hourestablishes a new record for Pensa¬cola exceeding the tall during thehurricane of 1906 for a similar pe-riod

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of time by nearly an inch Tnerecord as shown by the local weatherbureau for one hour last night was426 Inches The streets In almostevery section of the city were floodedand In the lower section of the citythe water reached the floors of homeswhile streets in that section werefrom one to three feet under water-A fall of one Inch in seven minuteswas recorded during the heaviest ofthe downpour

TOTAL OF 534 INCHESThe total amount of rainfall tram

1145 yesterday morning to 847 lastnight was 534 inches The rain dur-ing

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the afternoon and early portion ofthe evening was slight but about Toclock it became harder increasinguntil almost 8 oclock From 647 to747 last night the heaviest of thodownpour was experienced the fallfor this period being 426 ihches It 0

was during this period that a record-of one Inch In seven minutes was re ¬

cordedThe records of the weather bureau

since its establishment fall to showa rainfall anywhere near as heavy aathat of last night The nearest to itwas on Sept 29 1906 immediatelyfollowing the hurricane when therewas a fall of 625 inches In two hours357 Inches of which fell In one hour

STREETS WERE FLOODEDAlmost In every section of the city

streets were flooded and street cartraffic was completely stopped walecovering the tracks at several placesof a depth of from one to three feetOn Palafox street between Romanand Garden streets water was overthe huts of vehicle and at the cor-ner of Garden and Palafox reachedalmost to the doors of the PensacolaBank L Trust Co and Pensacola Elec-tric Co completely covering the sldwalk there-

PEOPLE ON STRONGSTREET DESERTED HOMES

About as serious a condition exist-ing

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In the city during and following-the rain was that on Strong and Corvantes and Guillemarde streets wherepeople actually deserted their homeand telephoned for help to the polIcE

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WEIGHERS ARE

CHEATING UI S1

EIGHT YEARS OF STEALING ON

PART OF CHEESE IMPORT ¬

ERS DISCLOSED BY NEW YORK

CUSTOMS WEIGHER-

By Associated PressNew York Oct 20Elght years oC

systematic cheating of the UnitedStates government was disclosed to¬day by George E Birge a customsweigher witness in the trial of Attonio and Philip Musich cheese Im ¬porters

After telling that he underweighedcheese for the defendants receivingnearly two hundred dollars as hisshare of the profits he said he hadsimilar dealings with hundreds oCother Importers He declared aldothere had been a regular system oCcheating in which a number of cus ¬toms employes are involved

Adroit Gang of SpanishSwindlers Again at Work

In one case the alleged writer ofthe letter was a Spanish banker whhad embezzled the banks board andescaped to Russia only to be ar-rested and returned to Spain He hadhowever taken the precaution tqsecret a document which would be indispensable to the finding of thgtreasure In a secret pocket In a portmanteau and this find he would dl<

vide with the American who wouldtake In charge his young daughterand recover the property at the placehe would indicatefor a present fi 1uanclal consideration-

In another ease the alleged wrlteJand prisoner In a Spanish wathere because implicated In thg-

i great Panama canal frauds II

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