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THE W2ATHER FOR FLORIDA: Partly cloudy Mon. day, cooler In northeast portion; Tuesday showers except fair In south portion. Gentle t moderate variable winds. t THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL Prints more want adda than any other paper off like circulation In tho world. Journal Want Adda Bring Results. VOL. XXII NO. 69. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, HOLIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1919. jtxvxvjh rxyjh jrjvi To. im if Lii , liii m w jTdrrsVTFiii 1 HOW HAVE THE'EIGeTY- FMlSN! 'News In Brief From All Over The Univerea MTO Bill h r ! MM mi mw Whole Systen of Administration of Military Justice Darin? War Wifl Be Investigated. CROWDER-ANSELL DIFFERENCES END Ilajor General Crowder Makes General Defense Against Crit icises in Congress. - Washington, March 9. Differences between Major General Crowder, judge , advocate general and Brigadier Gen eral AnselL former acting judge advo cate general, were explained, and the ordering of a thorough investigation by the inspector general of the army into the whole subject of the admin istration of military justice during the war, waa disclosed in a letter from General Crowder to Secretary Baker, made public today at the war depart ment. , " ;' t ' ' Accompanying Crowder'a letter was one from Baker, asking Crowder , for a complete statment of the opera tion of military justice, saying Baker's own acquaintance with the facta con vinced him conditions implied by re- . cent complaints "do not exist and have not existed. but that It is essential that families of soldiers be reassured. In his reply Crowder made general defense against criticisms in congress and elsewhere and charged that An sell, without Crowder'a knowledge. submitted to Baker early In the war a brief, urging revolution In the mill tary justice system. ; ,...:;:,::.:-..;,''"-,, Crowder also said criticisms of mill' . tary justice was criticism of sentences of death Imposed on soldiers sleeping at posts. . deserting, or wilfully re fusing to obey orders." He eald these sentences were Imposed i by officers taken from all classes of American life. He pointed out these were commuted. SHELTON WILLIAMS RESIGNS PART OF ARDUOUS DUTIES Washington. March . John Skelton Williams has resigned as director of the railroad adminlstrtlohs divisions of finances and purchases, but win continue as charxnan of the advisery committees of Director General Ilines and wll continue nis duties as comp troller of the currency. ' . - i Lack of time In double function is given as the reason. Henry B. Spen cer, now chairman of the central ad vlsory purchasing committee wll tern prarlly direct the new division of pur chases. Ilines will personally direct the division of finance. SIMMONS STARTS TEMPEST IN ins iy. M. C. A. ADDRESS New Tork. March 9. The Rev. Dr. George . A. Simons, a Methodist mis sionary, stationed in Russia leven years started a tempest when he declared ' In an address at the central T. M. C. A. In Brooklyn today that President Wilson is "playing Into the hands of Bearers of the Red Flag. There were Instant cries of treason and put him out.1 but the polce saved him from rough handling. At the de mands of sailors he apologized and explained the thought Wilson "as fine a Christian gentleman as any man In America. - HUNDREDS PAY TRIBUTE TO HON. HILIARY HERBERT Montgomery, Ala.. -March t. Hun dreds of persons from over Alabama, as well as reprentatlves of the city, state and national governments, gath ered to pay the last respctes today at the funeral of Hilary A. Herbert, former secretary of the navy who died last week while visiting in Tampa. The confederate veterans of which he was one, was represented and the army and navy also. A wreath from Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson, wth inscription "One Among Scores. SECOND BIG FIRE AT RIO JANEIRO CAUSE GREAT LOSS Rio. Janiero, . March 9.- Damage from fire to Santos docks is estimated & $5,000,000. principally to coffee and jute. Damage of a recent fire at a jute factory at Sao PaPola and the de struction by fire of two Japanese ships anchored thirty-five miles east of there is estimated together at $2,500,000. Au thorities believe al were incendiary. ALABAMA RIVERS ARE ON RAMPAGE GREAT DAMAGE Montgomery, March. 9. The Cahaba. Alabama, Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers are out of their banks and hindering farming in the low lands, causing con siderable damage to spring work al ready done. The Warrior and Tombig oee rivers are also at flood stages. Railway operations hampered Satur- day by rains were resumed today. No serious) damage to lines are reported, 0 L "Schweine" the Germans called. the brave allies who fought against ttcm, but here v s four of those once lordly German officers saluting the hated French as they pao headquortc t Cha teau Satins, Lorraine.1 And men of he colored troops which they belittled are guarding ll-n, for on horses at the heels of the Germans are African Spahis. - EMTCEllS . fflJSBYSOK Eleven-Year-Old Robt. Kirtley Says He Shot Father in De fense of Mother and Self. Birmingham, March ' 9. J. A. Kirt ley, y chlef train dispatcher , . of the Louisville A Nashville, was ' shot and killed by his 11-year-old son, Robert Kirtley, today at bis home in a fash ionable suburb here. The boy claimed he killed his father In defense of. his mother and self. r He HSBiT was pre- paring to go to Sunday school and his father ordered him to stay, and work in the yard. His mother remonstrated. he said, . and his .father attacked her with a poker. The boy - got a shot gun and his father turned towards' him saying he would kill hhn. Then, the boy said, his mother cried for him to shoot, and he did. the load entering his father's Jaw. The mother first told the 'police she fired the shot, but the boy Insisted he did. No ' arrests have been made. The Inquest ; wlU be held tomorrow.' CAMOUFLAGE ARTIST AMAZES CHEMICAL EXPERTS IN GOTHAM Maxllian Toch, pathfinder in the art of American camouflage and disguiser of the navy yard and docks at Pensa- cola when the country was at war, has amazed the New York eectlon of the American Chemical Society with the tale of his art. Huge, mortars standing on concrete emplacements and abundantly sup plied with half-ton projectiles, were erected during the war among the flowers and shrubbery of private gar dens in New Nork city and elsewhere along the Atlantic coast, ready to re pel the attacks of German naval ships or airships, Maxllian Toch. one of the first American'1 cmouneurs, told the New Tork section. of the American Chemical Society here tonight. Mr. Toch. who directed : several of the navy's ! important camouflage pro jects, spoke with the consent of Sec retary Daniels. He descnoea now non-r eysuckle, morning-glory ana ivy, as well as paints, had been employed to conceal or lower the , visibility of coastal fortifications. Ambrose Channel, the mouth ot wew York harbor, was protected, in addition tn thA trims in the regular army iorxs. by mortars having a range of twelve miles, said Mr. Toch. Some of these auxilary cannon, . he: declared, were placed two and a nair mues lniana on private estates, nd so concealed by arrangement of trees, shrubbery and flowers that passersby were ig norant of their erecton, and even avia tors found "little or no evidenc - of their location. They were manned by army gun crews, ready for instant ac tion. The camouffuer described also his his work In disguising navy yards and docks along the Atlantic coast, notably the Pensacola and Key West bases, which were exposed to attacks by German raiders and submarines. aper- ing in the south Atlantic. The navy , believed. Mr. Toch as serted, the Germans had a secret base on the north coast of Cuba, adding "rich German firms in Havana were notoriously aiding the central powers," and there were "more German spies and 'propagandists on the island than in the United States. Mr. Toch declared " the army "did not take kindly to camouflage at the te- ginnlng of the war." and said he had "great difficulty" in convincing army officers of the necessity of camou flaging fortifications adjacent to navy yards..'-.--.,.. :"v --: . r-'--"'- : K: Prior to the war Mr. Toch gained a reputation as a cambufieur lowering the visibility of the forts at the'Pacifie entrance of the Panama canal congress wmm - ' -'...--'-- --- !;:--..-:-f.-'i..,.yii(f- . -. .-- "- --- :-'". !- --- vy T - ' - ' - "What Congress Didn't" is a much more common theme of con versation . these days in - Washington than "What Congress Did." This is particularly, true, of the last session-There's a' big hole on" the "credit" side of the congressional ledger and a superabundance 03 : the "debit page. v is--:?- . f Congress did not appropriate . ' Three billion dollars needed by the government In the carrying on of governmental functions, as provided for 16 the following: . - Sundry civil . bilL k' v - , . Agriculture appropriation bllL ' ' " : ,i ; General deficiency (including ' railroads) bllL 'x V. . Indian bill. . ; ' " ,..- - Army and navy - appropriation s bill.' - . - '' Distrtct; of Columbia bllL , Sf . Department of Interior's bill giving farms to soldiers, and . v Department of Labor's bill starting public works. r . y v - With the death of the sundry, civil service appropriations .' bill . ' all government boards , created for the war, such as food and fUeVaimin- . Istrations. war trade and war industries boards, war labcr board, .fed eral employment, service and jthe .committee on rubllc " '-fort itlon -Ws-aaot-.o vextoUnc9:t,:tJbahd-iof Itifc'fcm<ttt-tmri. CX-;'-'l?rJieapprrprlaU9n for the employment service- asked tTtzHmrf of Labor Wilson was $$10,033,000. and for the woman. ii Industry ser- , yice, $150,000-The closing: of the employment service. Secrets r1 TTHS son beUeves, wUl add . to junetaplo v Congress 'not only'; fatted to' 'tPppreprtate needed maneyVtiJltlaldt "down on the Job in other legislation.too. Here are some of : thVu, most Important measures which were..-caught in the jam of unfinished busi ness and died with congress: : . Bill to enforce war-time prohibition July 1. Woman suffrage constitutional amendment. . ., Land reclamation scheme. Federal control of meat, packing Industry. Bill for ending federal control of wire systems December 31. i ' Restricting Immigration for. four years. , . Giving authority to deport Interned enemy allena , Repealing portion of espionage ' act. , ' v Repealing tax on so-called luxuries and articles of' clothing. Providing for vocational education of persons injured in industries. ' : Education bill for eliminating illiteracy. The water power bilL Creating federal reconstruction commission. Chartering War Mothers of America. Chartering organizations of war veterans. . Civil service retirement bill. , Most of these bills will come back to the next congress, many of them in different form, and upon most of them new hearings will be 'held. This means that practically all work done on them will have to be done over. Only one, the woman suffrage amendment, came to a vote In both - houses. The others got through ; one house only or were caught In committee Jams. - SOTMM TO . VOICE SEEK Local Representative Believes Special Term of Congress Will K Be Called About June 1. - ; J. II. Smithwick, v new member - of the national house of representatives from the Third congressional district, will go to the eastern part of his dis trict ; early this week ; to look but for the interests of the people there. Mr.'Smithwlck returned from Wash ington Saturday morning, where he witnessed the closing sessions, of the 65th congress, and expects to sepnd some time in Florida. "My . purpose is," Mr. Smithwlck said, "to spend much of the time be tween now and the time the extra session of congress is called in the eastern portion of the district, looking out for its needs. It is the general opinion that an extra session of con gress will be called about June L" i . Congressman Smithwlck will ' leave early in .the week for Apalachlcola, where he will go for the inspection of that port. A government engineer has been detailed for this work and it is considered probable that an appropri ation for its improvement will be made. Albany, N- xV March 9. Any child of IS years actual or apparent age would be prohibited from smoking in public under the .terms of a bill In troduced in th legislature Assem blyman Edward A. . Everett . of St. Lawrence County.. : - -r J w(iiiamiwwKniiiti IMIRICAKS TO GOUMMS All -Indebtedness Contracted by N Soldiers in Occupied Territory Will Be Paid at Once. Coblenz, March - 9. All Indebtedness contracted . by Americans . within the occupied territories of Germany will be paid immediately. Authorization to this effect ' was obtained - by - the third army today and .from this dale on the Americans will pay their Way as thejrgo. The money to pay back bills and the bills of the future will be re quisitioned from Berlin, the army thus relieving the civilians of the occupied territory from taking the chances mt collecting from the German govern, ment .' . ' When the Americans eventually start homeward, not one pfennig wll be owing to civilians who have claims for services renedered or for billets in hotels or houses, or claims of any other kind In connection with the up keep of . the . United States troops, so far as the. armjr records - are con cerned. Before the f departure of the forces the commanders of the, various units will confer with "the bnrgonvtf tersof the .respective villages and cities in the district and as a final for mality ' will receive from the burgo masters receipts In rsu, - showing all debts , cleared up under this plan. . .Funds Exhausted. . Since the Americans came the bur gomasters have been paying the civ- (Continued Pag Two.) mmm Waterbury. ConnJ, March ' f . Al leged Bolshevlkl were rounded up by the police at a meeting here tonight. v Rome, March 9. A movement to in troduce divorce in Italy which came up durirng the discussion of a meas ure concerning the legal status of women, met with 'defeat today. ' ' London. March 9. (By Associated Press). ' Thousands of persons were killed . or wounded in the fighting in Berlin last week according to the es timate of casualties made . public by the Wolff Bureau the : leading news agency of Germany. Paris, March .Evidence of an or ganized system for the destruction of shops and nmanuf acturing plants i Belgium and Northern France by Ger mans was uncovered , by the Brussels police among tW erecorda of Germans left here. Ottawa, March 9. John B. D. Reid, minister of railways has ' been up- pointed receiver of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway it was announced to night. The appointment of a receiv er followed the official notification by the railway that it will be unable to continue operations after March 10, because of lack of funds, , Washington, March 9.--Senator Reed of Missouri, speaking here today, at a meeting under the uspices of the Jew ish, Welfare League reiterated his op position . to the proposed constitution of a league of nations and called on the Jews of America to oppose it- Mexico City, March 9. Dr. Luis J. Santamaria, who has been ' serving here in the capacity of Charge d" Af fairs for Cuba, has gone to Havana leaving that republic without a diplo matic representative in Mexico. London, March " 9.- The quaint ilt- j tie village of Golspie In Sutherland -shire is pressing its claims upon the British people for the distinction of, being the "bravest village in the - m pire," because in proportion to its population it , received more , military honors than any other community. The village sent one-fourth of its 1,050 inhabitants into the military and naval service, and of this number 30 I were decorated for some form of "con spicuous gallantry"., or devotion t duty." Among them Were two mem bers of the family of the Iuko of ISutherlands whose ducal home. Dun- rdbin Castle is near the village. -; IMPRIMIS ' PAY TRIBUTE TO 1 u ffiiimi Former Record Court Clerk Was Eulogized at Funeral Floral Offerings Are Beautiful. With hundreds of friends in attend ance and with numerous floral offer ings contributed by his host of friends, funeral services for the late A.M. Mc Millan were held yesterday at 4 o'clock at the family residence, 14 Cast Gon alez street. Rev. I. W. Chalker, pastor of First Methodist church, eulogized the dead man in a beautiful tribute to his mem ory and a special choir sang his fav orite hymns. A beautiful number was contributed by W. S. Garfield, who sang a tenor solo. County and city officials with whom Mr. McMillan had been associated In public life, and many from West Florida attended the funeral in large numbers, and men, women and chil dren from every walk of life were there in large numbers. After the ceremony at the home burial was at St. John's cemetery, and hundreds of . sorrowing friends paid him, the last sad tribute there. Acting as pall bearers were R. J. Brent, J. C .Van Pelt. T. V. Hannah. R. p. Reese, John A. Kirkpatrick, J. S. Roberts, John P. Stokes. J. H. Collins, W. J. McDavid, George W. Turton, Jr., T. H. Nurst and W. C. Mackey. THREE ARE HURT IN AUTO CRASH NORTH OF CITY Three person painfully In jured and G. C. Taark's automobile was practically demolished in a col lission at the Intersection of the Flom- aton and Ferry Pass roads, two miles north of the city, late yesterday after noon. Mrs. xaanc was pruoauijr most seriously injured of the three, accord ing to reports of the accident reaching the police here. . Mr. Taark and a Mr. .Rogers who was in his car both received injuries, while W. M- Katzman, who was driv ing the car, escaped unhurt. : It is reported that Mr. Taark's car with four passengers was coming south on the Flomaton road when it was struck by a car occupied by Fred Schad and wife, the ".latter driving. Only minor damage is ' said to have been sustained by the Schad car. amraoAY : BE SOLD A ou barer Bureau of Markets to Approve of Bona Fide Sales Under Old 4 - Style for Liquidation. Washington, March 9. No objection will be made by the bureau of mar kets to bona fide cotton sales or pur chases under old style contracts for the sole purpose of liquidating actu ally existing long or short Interests, provided suchv liquidation is accom plished not later than May 1, after which date all transactions must be new style contracts, as provided in the law approved March 4. Firms having such outstanding In terests on March 4 would be required to report their positions at once and to make daily reports of the number of bales sold or bought until their out standing old style contracts are filled. Call transactions must comply with the new style contracts as fixed by the law. - Conferences between Charles J. Brand, Chief of the bureau. Judge Graham, cotton futures attorney for the treasury department, and other officials, have resulted in an informal opinion, which was expressed today, as follows: "The question as to whether or not there can be trading in old style con tracts. In liquidation of outstanding contracts entered Into prior to March Z is open to serious doubt from a legal standpoint. As a practical, matter, we sympathize with the trade in its sit uation,' brought about by making the amendment v effective -with the ap proval of the act. Instead of later, as originally contemplated. Old Style Permissible. "In the circumstances, no objection will be made to bona fide sales or pur chases of old - style cqntracts for the sole purpose of liquidation of actually existing long or short interests, pro vided such liquidation is accomplished not later than May 1, 1919, on and after which date all sales or pur- chases on exchanges must be new style contracts. In order that the treasury depart ment may be constantly advised of the situation, it was necessary for each firm having outstanding interest on March . 3u to . Report either, directly or indirectly through sthe clearing house to i.he cotton futures attorney at once its exact. position In each moth an to report for each day the number of -bales or .feonitht 111 re diction of standing old style on tracts jaare" been entirely liquidated. With reference to call transactions, an examination of the act fails to dis close any language upon which the government would be , warranted In basing the ruling that new trades may be executed in old style contracts pur suant to call transactions." DISEASE CLAIMS FAR MORE THAN . WAR IN SERBIA New York, March 9.Serbla was de scribed today as both economic and physical ruin, by Dr. Louis I. Dublin, statistician, of York, Just returned from a health survey of Italy. Greece and Jugo-Slavla for the American Red Cross. He declared that In every one of the countries ravaged by war, daths from diseases In civilian population far outnumbered war casualties. As an example, he said In Italy nearly eight hundred thousand civil ians died of influenza. He said Serbia suffered worst of all, , and intimates fifteen to twenty years will be required to restore her to normal condition. He said Serbia lost 30 per cent of her population and three-f curths of the remainder are sub-normal from star vation and disease. He declared the Bulgarian merciless in their treat ment of Serbians. WALSH DECLARES ROYALTY CANNOT BE DEMOCRATIZED Chicago, March 9. Speaking before a large meeting of workers in behalf of the new labor paty Jn Chicago, Frank P. Walsh, formerly cne of the joint chairmen" of the war labor board, declared the country is passing "now from purely political to an industrial democracy," that the value of the American dollar has decreased one half since 1912, that the people of America don't want to interfere In Russia, that Ireland must be free, and that "you cannot democratize roy alty, and there will be no peace until every king is swept from his perch. He said one thing labor will Insist on will be a minuimum wage. VON HINDENBURG PLANNING DRIVE ONBOIHEVIKI Coblenz, March 9. Field Marshal von Hindenourg is planning 10 . use volunteer units in the drive against Bolshevlkl, with Iibeau as a base of opreations. -. This Is indicated by in formation reaching the American in telligence officers here of a great num ber, of volunteers raised throughout Germany for the eastern front, accord ing to information . here. Scores of small units have been proceeding east ward. It is estimated nearly 100,000 volunteers are already on the eastern front. ' ', . VI LOW Rioting on the Strand Was Free ly Participated in by Sailors and Soldiers Several Nations. DELUSIONISTIN PARIS CAUSES STIR Plans Adopted for Negotiations With Germans Regarding Turning Over Ships. London, March 9. Rioting on the Strand this afternoon in which American soldiers, sailors and some Australians engaged, resulted in ihr, or four Americans being injured In a police baton charge. Seven Americans were arrested. An incorrect report that one American. In jured, died . in the Bow street police station, caused a demonstration in front of that building. It was broken up by another baton charge. Paris, March 9. As members, of the peace conference who attended yes terday's meeting at the ministry of foreign affairs were leaving the build ing last evening, a man nearby cried out: "Down with tyranny." . H waa . ksvi mw name 01 irierre Varney. An examination appeared to show him suffering a delusion of being persecuted. He was placed In the police hospital. Paris, March 9. Plans adopted by the supreme war council tonight under which negotiations with the Germans regarding the turning over of German merchant ships, will be resumed af- ter the recent interruption at Spa, pro ' vide for holding sessions of negotia tions at Brussels, probably to start again Thursday.. It is believed means providing for J arranged from three sources, coal and potash. - German credits in neutral countries, and foreign securities held in Germany, All total about five hun- ; dred billion- dollars, which is sufficient to provide foodV.to carry the Germans over until next harvest. , ITALIAN FATVIH.Y AT NEW ORLEANS Slew Orteamv March .With Charlie Cortmiglia, Italian merchant, and 'his wife, of Gretna, just across the river from here, dying in a hospital, and their three-year-old daughter, Mary, dead from wounds inflicted by some one with an axe early Sunday, the police believed they are confronted with the problem of running down a madman who, they think, is responsi ble for Ave similar crimes here within a year. The family was attacked while they slept. The tragedy was discovered later by a negro maid. CAPTURED GERMAN GUNS WILL BE MADE INTO MEDALS ' Washington, March 9. Medals mads from captured German guns will be awarded by the treasury department to all loan workers who participate actively in the coming Victory liberty loan campaign. . The treasury announced today the medals would be distributed to all members of local loan committees who do conspicuous ' work in behalf of the next loan, such as serving' on volun teer soliciting committees. The medal was described as about the size of a half dollar. On one sld will be a reproduction of the treasury building and the words. "Victory Lib erty Loan. The other face will beat a certificate of , participation In the loan campaign, with a blank space for engraving the name of the reclp lenLTreasury officials said the medalf were now being made from German cannon captured by the Americans at Chateau Thierry. r PRUSSIAN WOMEN TO GUARD BORDER AGAINST THE BOLS Weimar, Saturday, March 8. Frau Broenner, delegates of the German party in the national assembly, hat left for her home in Koenlgberg to or- ganlze the women of Prussia in a bor der guard against Bolshevlkl. She de clares her action was prompted by re ports that a million Bolshevlkl are ad-, vancing toward the German frontier. . Paris. March 9. That Herbert Hoo ver, of the American food admlnlstra. tion and lately appointed director gen- eral of the inter-allied relief organ'' ization is to cease his relief work in the summer, was indicated in a state ment issued today by Hoover concern ing the wheat situation. He Intimated his co-workers would also return tc private life. . BAKER AND MARCH GONE ON A LONG INSPECTION TOUR ' Washington, March -' 9. Secretary Baker and General March left today on a trip of Inspection to various army camps which wlU take them to' tb Custer, Michigan, first. n r