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5S 17 r7 FOR FLORIDA Fair .... .nrl Sunday with Satur gentle BsssssssgasBBSBES M ST triable wind mostly est and 51 verusements. xneynave south, t E3 OL. XXII. NO. 122. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA; SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS v A IT TTTT Iff 'J) WORK FOR REMAINDER OF AS ITALY WOULD HAVE IT CONFERED'C VICTORY LOAN DRIVE PERIOD IS FORECASTED BY DIRECTORS CZECHO- SLOVAK A R1A10 VER TERM (joo) jaqjn 'UJ6ue GATES TO PEACE w Ei ARE DISSATISFIED "-rman and Inter-Allied Fi nance Commissons Hold Prolonged Preliminary Discussion. POINDEXTER TALKS ON ITALIAN ISSUE Republican Says France and England Acnievea diplo matic Triumph in Shifting Responsibility to U. S. t Paris, May 2. The Belgian dele gation to the peace conference is expressing dissatisfaction over terms of preliminaries for peace af fecting Belgium.. None of Belgium's territcrial claims have been grant ed, except that for Malmedy in Rhenish Prussia, short distance south of Aix La Chapelle, the popu lation of whivh before the war was largely Walloon. Malmedy will revert to Belgium. Of $500,000,000 already mentioned as immediate financial indemnity for Belgium more than half merely been placed to Belgium's credit in cllied conutries as part payment of war locn. Versailles. May 2. A meeting of the German and inter-AVied Finance com mission was held this morning at the Trianon hotel. The German delegates, numbering 8. arrived on foot under escort of a French C tain. American nal other inter-ailied delegates drove from Taris in an automobile. The delegates held prolonged discussions. Washington. May 2. "People look upon the Italian controversy as pe culiarly a European problem." Sena tor Poiridexter of Washington, re publican, said in a statement today m returning from a trip to the Pa afic coast, and he said he felt that Prance and England achieved a . dip lomatic triumph in shifting the re sponsibility of its settlement to - the United- States. . - ...1, One of the consequences of the'at- tf-mpt by the American delegation to dominate and dictate the settlement of urcly European controversies is shown in the bitter resentment being mani fested by the various peoples who ''tit a short time ago were our ardent Triends, he said. " i Taris, May 2. The credential com mittee of the peace conferenco held i meeting today to examine the Ger man credentials received at Versail yesterday. . There is no disposition, it is said, ?n the part of the allies and the Unit ed States to raise any question regard ing the competency of the Berlin gov ernment to speak, for the remainder af Germany In the matter they are proceeding on the theory that the Ber lin ministry is the real German gov ernment. Another meeting with the Germans j on this question is improbable be- he decision of the committee cause t rrsarding verification '.nd adequacy ! probably will be communicated to the j Oermans in writine. If the work of carrying out the last! pnase of the peace negotiations pro presses according to the program out lined in Paris dispatches, the treaty ending the great war probably will staled early in the week begin unc: May 25. :The treaty will be presented to the Germans next Monday afternoon. Re ports from tl0 peace conference in dicate it is to be a "victors 'peace' and mere wilt be no oral conversations xcept the merest formalities when the treaty js handed over. Fifteen "ays will he given the enemy to con r'r treaty, with an additional days or a week for the exchange " vlews between the allied and Ger BMri delegations. Thus, at the latest, if present plans followed. May 27 should see peace TTling ence more hctwppn r.srmiinv 1 rd the allied and associated govern- A secret plenary session of the con- is: etlce will be belrt Katnroir wtitt Monday a meeting will be held for "e organization of the league of na- or conference, but her ambassa s invited to attend such confer ham the resrula" peaie delegation ha. v 1 country would attend. He ent T asked- formally, to be pres ' n Monday to represent hia na. lea-8t the formal launching cf the vi nations. STATES ARE CONTESTING RAISE v. IN PHONE RATES nfTmpry- Ala. May 2. Attorney ni.v ' Q- Smith- a"i Assistant At onWv ?eneral Wilkinson will leave ornev Washington, where tho at .:'te; flfeIlera1, as one ct the com "ais r tu.6 chosen by attorney gen oi th:rty-sii'or. .tot.. . X . 1 nicas-o. Will 1 . la.e lb telephone and telegraph f i hlrl 0re the 8UPreme court. I th. "una was comDlimentpfl otn whan xan Emitted by her legal de- ted by the Chi- before V. ' e one Pn hlch the fight l0re ih v men me ngin supreme court will be basetL PROHI MEASURE IS POSTPONED BY THE SERATJ Bill Has Been Made Special Order for 11 :30 Tuesday Morning - Adjournment Till Monday. PENSIONS BILLS THRESHE OUT uovernor baid to Be prepar ing Veto to Bill Prfoviding Supreme Court Aid By Circuit Judges. (BY HERBERT FELKEL.) Tallahassee. .May 2. Htolding two cessions today and worliing ; nearly twice a3 many hours as the house, the senate cleaned it's calendar of bills on the third reading, except for those whose authors arfe absent or asked that they be informally passed over, and adjourned at 6:10 this af ternoon till 4 o'clock p. jjn. Monday. The prohibition measuile that had been made a special order was post poned till next Tuesday at 11:30. . Senator Cash introduced a bill pro viding for manual trai ling in high school. ' Senator Andrews waf excused till Tuesday and Senator. I iradshaw wis excused because of the death of his sister. ... "When Senator Hulley s bill to regii- late 'and suppress verl erial ' diseases was reached on second reading it was i amended 4o make - lt- ess drastio-"in many particulars, especially as to the examination of any pcjrson suspected of being - diseased. A pother amend - ment requires . the ree rd, to be kept secret by the loard rjf health, being accessible only to offipers having in charge the enforceraoiit of this law. Reports of venerial ases must be made in sealed letters) instead of on postal cards as provide! in tho original measure. - I Pension Bills Thrashed Out. When all the pension bills before the senate . came up tc day. on special order they were threaded out in less than two hours. when the house b 11 comes over, the senate amendments and provision of the senate bills which are not in eluded in the house measures will be written, into one pension will be sent back to toe lower branch for concurrence. Thdse require but a few minutes. Howev er, as the views th as been record i ed. - They are $20 a nidnth for ex-con federate veterans an veterans : wid ows instead of $15 an at present. A Property qualificktion providing that no soldiers or widow who is j worth $5,000 or more snail draw a pen sion. that all the horn guards or mill- ttamen of other confederate states who served at least one year in actual fighting during the Ci il war and have resided in Florida 2 years shall be placed on the pension roll. It was said there are latter. but p or 60 of the Anarehy Con emned. A resolution ' cond and pleading for thi: mning anarchy suppression of Bolshevism in New Tork City and state and recommend ng the deporta tion of the bomb malt rs that threaten to 1 demoralize the cou: ntry that brave men of America have just, fought and died for to make it safle for democracy. was introduced today ley. '. " - , ; by Senator Hul- It went over undr-r the rules till author of the Monday, although th resolution made two efforts to bring it up and pass it today. By a vote of 12 tb 18 the senate today killed .Hulley's bill, to vest in the United States gov trnment th"e title to, a proposed Seminci le Indian reser- vation in Monroe and Lee counties. Catts Preparis Veto. It is reported tonig ernor has prepared : to be sent to the leg pt that the gov- veto message slature Monday, setting forth the reaspns why he will withhold his signature from the meas- ure authorizing the e upreme court to call in circuit judges to help in the preparation ,of opinions and the dis posal of cases, which bill was recent- ly passed in lieu of the proposition to add a sixth justice to the supreme bench. ed for expresses of tr board of con- Senate today cut arpropriation ask- trol from $8,000 to ; cut out appropriation ine plant, laundry ai 6,000 and also or central heat- athletic field. Objections were me de on the floor to the creation of an additional posi tion held hy Bryan Mack. Mac Wil liams and 'Johnson mading the fight on appropriations, wok vuo ia'"" that --one man had previously done th - work of - secretary and auditor ana Uons, and advocated combiiiing these post- NIAiROSA COBSIONERS ARE INVITED It is Expected That a Joint Meeting of Two Boards Will Be Held At Court House This Morning. With a view to discussing jointly ways and means for the completion of approaches to the Molino bridge across the Escambia river, near Molino, in order that the new bridge which has stood idle" for more than a year might be made useful and other matters in which both Santa Rosa and Escambia county people are jointly interested, an invitation has been ex tended the Santa Rosa county com missioners tomee with the Escambia board at the court house here his morning at 9:30 o'clock. f Among other matters than that of the Molino bridge expected to come up at the joint meeting is that of the proposed bridge at Ferry Pass. It Is known that Pensacola people as a whole as well as Santa Rosa people are almost a unit in favor of the project ' and it is beleived that the time is here for some concerted action directed, at ways and means for the building of the - bridge through a. bond , issue or otherwise. ' It is expected the Santa Rosa coun ty commissioners will be on hand and that the joint meeting will result in mutual benefit to the people of both counties. , . " , ALL U. S. TROOPS WILL BE HOME BY SEPTEMBER Washington, May. 2. Determination of President Wilson, indicated in press advices from Paris that no American troops shall continue on German soil for a longer period after signing tho peace treaty than necessary to em bark them for home was borne out by war department plans which con template the return of the entire Amer ican Expeditionary Force by Septem ber. MEXICAN REBELS CONTINUE TO RAID RAILROADS , Washington, May 2. Further Rebel activity in ; Northern . and Southern Mexico was reported today in 'Mexi co City dispatches which ; also , said the Mexican government had under taken to build block houses on gov eral railway lines that have suffered particularly from rebel attacks.' , MarCelo Caraveo. formerly , one of Orozeo'a chief Lieutenants has appear ed in Puebla and many believe he will be Zapata a successor advices said. J SA 53 NEWS IN BRIPF - FROM ALL OVER THE UNIVERSE m m S18 London. May 2. -The Russian soviet government sent an ultimatum to Rumania demanding evacuation of Bessarabia. A Moscow wireless dis patch says the Rumanian government was given forty-eight hours to reply. . Berlin, May 2. rEntry of government troops into Munich from all points was to begin at noon today, according to the Vossische Zeitung. Dr.- Landauer and Egelhoser, red army commanders, have been captured, the newspaper adds. San Francisco, May 2. Parties of alleged alien revolutionists are bing gathered in San Francisco. Seattle and other coast points for deportation, as a result of receipt of ma)ted bombs and other radical activities at these points, Edward, "White, immigration commis sioner, announced today. Buenos Aires, May 2. -The Argentine legation at Berlin has cabled that a syndicate has been organized in that city to make heavy purchases of Ar gentine meats, cereals and other food stuffs. Plymouth, Eng., May 2. The United States cruiser Des Moines, the first ship to fire a salute at Plymouth Since the beginning .of the war, .will sail tomorrow for Harwich and thence will proceed to Archangel. . . ."'Washington.' May 2. Already com plaints have begun to reach the inter. nal revenue bureau of retailers charg ing more than' actual tax on so-called luxuries, such as expensive articles of clothing and ; other ' personal equip ment, although the new taxes went into effect only yesterday. London. May 2. Sylvia Pankhurst and Amelia Mahoney, who were ar rested yesterday when women at tempted to force an entrance into the house of commons in a May Day de monstration, in police court today were ordered to give bonds for their good behavior. Neither would give the nec essary bonds and they remain under detention. Greensboro, N. C. May 2. The pro vision of the new revenue law in tended to prohibit the employment of child labor, was held unconstitutional today by Judge Boyd, in federal court here. Judge Boyd last year held the federal child . labor law ' unconstitu tional and his decision was upheld by the Unted States supreme court when the case was appealed by the govern ment. . -Washina-ton, May 2. The postmaster at Americus. t3a., reported to the chief postal Inspector today he had held up a ! suspicious regisiereu jj;"vsc, mailed free from New- York with -a Gimbel Bros tag, and addressed to a prominent citizen of Americus. The !nsiwutnr'ii offirw at Atlanta was or dered to make an immediate investl- t nation and report. i IS I COURT DISPATCH Forty-two Cases Called At Tallahassee Term And in Every Instance Plea of Guilty Was Entered. . " A remarkable new record in court dispatch was established at Talla hassee this week, according to U. S. district court officials who returned to the city yesterday from the capital city after having completed the busi ness for the regular annual term of the court there, ; which was postponed from the second Monday In January on account of flu prevalent at the time. The docket was cleared up in less than three days. The record made, which -was thfs most unusual of Judge Wm. B. Shep- pard's entire experience of eleven years as judge and four years as district at torney for the court, was that In every one. of 42 cases, called on the docket a plea of guilty was entered. In one case, that of Green Fisher, charged with having violated the game laws in that he killed a "coot," other wise known as "blue peak' and "Fulica Americana," as described in the bill of - indictment, the defendant at first announced- not guilty, as Assistant District Attorney Geo. Earl Hoffman completed the reading of the bill to the court. However, the man admitted having been "caught with the coot," which he had killed, and declared his willingness to enter a plea of guilty accordingly, which was : accepted by the . court. There was considerable speculation among the attending lawyers as to whether the remarkable record estab lished for the term was due to the Inevitable ability of personnel and sys tematized force , of prosecution, or simply a tendency on the part of the people of that section of the state to never evade the . truth, no matter how much it hurts. A large number of cases in which pleas of . guilty were entered were for violation of the game ia.ws with refer ence to the shooting of the "coots" and other migratory birds, while there were quite a few cases charging vio lations of tb draft laws and some for moonshlning. .All of the . court officials , have re turned to the city except District At torney John I Neely, who Is not ex pected home until Sunday. The last days of the week find all the members of the department of justice forces were. very busy getting things in readiness for the May term to be convened here next Monday. . The docket for the May term here is not an unusually heavy one and it to bell wed the term will be finished by the last of Uie wecv NUiRECORD ESTABLISHED HOUSE SPENDS ANOTHER DAY I ARGUMENT All Except Half An Hour Was Given to Dipping Bill Which is Still Not Disposed of. RECESS IS TAKEN UNTIL MONDAY A. M. Serious Charges Are Made Against Shell Fish Com missioner By Mr- Mario of Citrus County. (BY JNO. C. TRICE) Tallahassee, May 2. With the ex ception of little more than half an hour this has been a day given over in the beuse ' to the question of compulsory dipping. A tempest sprung from the western side of the house during consideration of the matter and was added to by other things until at one time it look ed like it would be out, but oil was fi nally poured upon the troubled waters by the introducer of the bill moving to recommit it together with an amend -men offered by Mr. Epperson of Levy county, to the committee on livestock. This course was adopted, and little later a recess was taken until Monday morning, by which time It is hoped the "risibilities" of members will be suf ficiently cooled off to resume consid eration coolly, and dispassionately. , Immediately after opening services this morninjt the session, the only one held- duriner the ' dayl Miller of Duval t moved the hbue tak? tip senate bill , 2B4, which prescribes the manner in .which returning sailors and .soldiers I and young men who have become of ora einro frh r-ocri f inn Hfinlrfz' last opening, may be qualified to vote in the coming city election in Jackson ville. His request was granted and the bill was soon read, advanced and pass ed. Quite a number of new bills were introduced and referred to appropriate committees. Mr. Deas of Hamilton county, while the Journal was being corrected, stat ed he had voted for the Phillips amendment to compulsory dipping bill on yesterday, and desired correction of the Journal to so state. The correc- tion was ordered. A little later dur- ing the session a statement was made by Mr. Tillis that his name had not been recorded as voting. That gentle- vote and voted for the amendment. After a ! pow-wow the speaker ruled the only way the matter could be gone into, as it would change the result of the vote was to airect xne cmei cier to por-.- the Stars and Stripes dropped cure the original roll call and recheck anchor m F.ritish waters at Trepassey it. A motion was made directing the . bJV she nas aboard the crew of the clerk to go after the roll call and re- : na, ajr Btation that wlll be main check it. A good sized majority of ; tained as a ba3e for American flying members present voted for this instruc- jjat tion to the clerk, but the speaker de-I Th arrfval of the Aroostook with clared it lost for lack of two-thirds the hfnt it brought of the early ar of those voting. j rival of American naval seaplanes for The quetsion,5 he said, involved the fheir start on trans-Atlantic flight waiving of the rules and going back caused noticeable concern to Harry to an order of business which had been . jTa-ker and Captain Rynham, Brit passed, which could only be done by ish aviat0rs, who have been here near a two-thirds vote. f ' lv a month waiting favorable weather Mr. Marlow of Citrus county; pre- : for the trip in their land planei". sented a set of resolutions embracing j Rynham said he was sure neither he some pretty serious charges against j jj0r Hawker would decline the Issue without discussion voted down. After having been in session for only forty minutes the house resumed, con sideration of house bill on comupl sory dipping, this being the fourth day it has been under fire. They ham mered it again until just a few min utes before the hour fixed for ad journing, and referred the bill, to gether with pending amendment by Mr. Epperson back to : the livestock committee. The companion bill, num ber 4, went back to the committee with it. Both retain their places on the cal endar as special orders, and will again come up as soon as they are reported back by the committee. Shell Fish Commissioners Arraigned. In the house this morning seriou charges wer emade against the shell fish commissioner, but the house seem ed to take little interest in them as it voted down the measure by a large majority and without discussion. The charges came before the house in the shape of a set of resolutions by Mr. Marlow of Citrus county. In the preambles it is set out . that the fishing laws of the state have not been carried out, that the fish com missioner has used the patrol boat, the Seafoaxn, as a home for his family, parrying them with him from place to place at the expense of the state, and has not collected enough from the in come of the commission to defray the expenses of same. The governor there fore is called upon to see that the laws are administered, the Seafoam not used for private purposes and the taxes properly collected. Individual Subscriptions are Falling Short With Less Than Half Quotas Sub-Scribed- ESCAMBIA MUST NOT FAIL CHAIRMAN Two Destroyers Are Ex pected To Arrive At Pala fox Wharf Today to Take Part in Demonstrations. . ''The Victory Liberty Loan must not fail in this county, and it will not fail," declared Chairma'n Muldon last night. A broadcast call for increased sub scriptions was sent out from the treas ury department yesterday. Two weeks of the campaign - have passed and as yet less than one-third of the loan has been subscribed. Individual subscriptions in nearly every reserve district in the country are said to be running far short of previous loans. Plans have been made and telegrams sent to every state in or ganization to make the last working days of the campaign productive of sufficient individual subscriptions to put the loan over the top without ap pealing to financial institutions and tying up credit. According to the executive commit tee for Escambia county, subscrip tions picked up a little yesterday, the total at the end of the business day being reported as $351,000, less thaa one-half thequota. The local branch of the National Biscuit Co., of New York, subscribed $1,000 yesterady through the manager, C. H. Gonzalez, Jr. The Greek com mittee reported $5,000 from Pantelos A. Tjovaracos and $3,000 from Servius Stamato. The army tank will exhibit around the city this morning and will go to the shipyard at 11 o'clock. The destroyers, Ammen and Beale, are expected to arrive at 1 o clocc this afternoon at Palafox wharf. They-are-here -In the interest of the Victory Loan and will be open to the public. The Beale is in command of Com mander W. E. Goo - ue and the Am men's captain h, Lieutenant-Com mander Robert M. Hinckley. T.oth tho Ammen and the Beale were on duty in foreign waters during the hostilities. Atlanta. Ga.. May 2. Victory Loan subscriptions in the sixth federal re serve district totalled approximately $S0,000,C00 tonight, according to reports to headquarters. Coosa county. Ala., Marion county, Fla., Haralson county, Ga, and five Tennessee counties re ported allotments completed. ; . . -w-ry jy a cJtji JSAVAL ixllv JtiolV t jrj TT'Q'T A FT TQTTTT) i 13 HiS DLjM.iDI.lJXJ t T"VT NEWFOUNDLAND fit Tnknc 'V "NT ATa v 2. Thfi TTn itrrl rstats Vavy became a real factor ; m the contest for trans-Atlantic flight honorg wncn the mine ,ayer Aroostook. if the Americans set out, whether stormy or fair. ASSISTANT WAR SECRETARY SEES LABOR SHORTAGE New York. May 2. Notwithstanding the return of the American expedi tionary force, the country will be con fronted by a shortage of labor by 1920. according to opinion expressed here today by Colonel Arthur Woods, special assistant secretary of war. Colonel Woods said investigation of the in dustrial situation from the Mississippi to the Atlantic and as far south as Baltimore indicated every man re leased from service will soon be working and other positions will be waiting to be filled. EARTHQUAKE AT SAN SALVADOR KILLS SEVENTH Washington, May 2. -Seventy-tro persons were killed and more than fou? hundred injured in an earthquake at San Salvador, April 28, accord in to state department advices. The property damage was great. The American lega tion building was. damaged, but no Americans were hurt. Shocks contin ued until yesterday. Redding. Calif.. May t. Earthquake of fifteen seconds duration was felt here early totlay, also at Anderson. California. No damage was report d. T