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PENSACOLAa?X,ORIDA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GERMANS WILL
BE
PEACE TREATY
BY BIG FOUR
V
Terms Will Admittedly Be
Hard But It is Asserted
There is one of Only Two
Courses Open. ,
REFUSAL TO SIGN .
MEANS ISOLATION
There is Still Some Dissen
tion On Part of Italy
Though Her Credentials
Are Handed to Germans.
All is ready for. the presenta
tion Wednesday afternoon of the
peace treaty to Germany. The
terms admittedly, will be hard
for Germany but it is asserted
there is but one road for her to
follow if she is to obtain what
her spokesmen have so frequent
ly declared she ardently desires,
the return of peace and a chance
to rehabilitate herself economi
cally. Acquiescense even of the
trial of the former emperor ia to
be required. Reports have it
that steps for the complete eco
nomic isolation of Germany are
being considered should sne de
cline to sign the treaty.
There is still dissent among
ihe allied and associated powers
over some provisions of the trea
ty. Chief among the objectors
is Italy, with Fiume and the Dal
mation coast in dispute. Signor
Crespi, Italy's representative at
Tuesday's plenary session,, made
reservation , concerning any
treaty provisions i-unaccepl
3i
to Italy. The Chinese delegat
reiterated a protest concerning
the disposition of Kiao Choii and
Portugal has expressed dissatis
faction with the awards the
council of four has made to that
republic. Nevertheless the
treaty as formulated will
placed in German hands accord-j locai bm calendar and worked on such
ing to a Paris report. measures till adjournment was taken
Paris, May 6. Credentials of ltal-at 6 o'clock. A number of important
tin delegates to the peace conference ! DlUs were introduced. :
were handed thi3 morning to the Ger- ) As a result of the Singletary reso
man plenipotentiaries at Versailles. ? lution, the board of control submitted
This official announcement was made! a detailed report of the expenditures
this evening. j of all the moneys appropriated by the
It was decided late today thai the ? last legislature for the state's instltu-
following delegations which were to be i'tions of higher education. The tabu
excluded, will be admitted at the con- j' lation of figures itimized everv item
gross at Versailles tomorrow when ths
peace terms are handed to the Ger
mans: China, F.iam. Cuba, Guatemala,
Nicaragua, Haiti, Panama, Liberia and
Honduras.
Tne peace treaty was presented to
thf-i minor powers at a secret plenary
session this afternoon which adjourn
ed at 5:15. The draft is considered
now as having passed the final stage
before being presented to the Germans.
Marshal Foch In a speech declared
the security given France is inadequate
from the military standpoint view and
sakl it was his personal conviction that
the treaty should not be signed.
I'aris, May 6. A clause regarding
responsibilities which was not acted
on previously by the plenary confer
eti, it is understood has been in
corporated in the final draft of the
ireacy. This provides for the trial of
tee former German Emperor for "Su
preme offence against international
Morality and sanctity of treaties" by
tribunal composed of representatives
of the United States, Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan.
Versailles, May 6. Peace. (By 'thai8'8. for the purpose of taxing them.
delated Press. When the German
legates enter the dining room of the !
"el Trianon on Wednesday afternoon i
Pce they will find the representa
Tes of the powers arrayed against
nnanv awifjTsr thpm at nno of tho?
Neatest tables which have been placed,
the room. Premier Clemenceau,
Resident Wilson and Premier Lloyd
corge will stand at the head of the
- i
Jhe Germans will not join the allied
Ration at this time, but will be con-
ruf d tQ a 6maller table standing by
lf at the open end of the horse
i,ue formof
green-covered
s arranged for the meeting. Thera
on7-listen to M. Clemenceau'a
Wnins address and, receive the judgc
m of the allied and associated na
ns as formulated in the volume of
""miens drawn up during the four
Months . . t
? wnference,
Pr,
Clemenceau'a risrht will he
mL tIegates while on hls left Pre
fLloyd George and the British
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VERSAILLES '
PARIS TODAY
RALLRft
DEFICIT HAS
INCREASED
Reduction in Freight Traffic
Charged With Responsi
bilities for Bad Showing.
"Washington, May 6. The govern
ment's deficit in operating the rail
roads for the first three months this
year was about $192,000,000 for all
rodas under federal management, di
rector Hines disclosed today. The gov
ernment's loss for 1918 was $226,000,
000, making a total loss incurred dur
ing the 15 months of federal opera
tions $418,000,000.
A marked reduction of freight traf
fic under the records of similar periods
of the last two years is responsibla
for the bad financial showing and
April conditions show no promise of
improvement.
Despite the big deficits the director
general does not contemplate any gen
eral increase in rates. The govern
ment also incurred a deficit of about
$14,500,000 in S months, of operation
of the American' Railway Express com
pany up to. March 1.
GENERAL
Ex-President Taft Writes
Legislators He Cannot Be
In Tallahassee Before End
of Session.
BY HERBERT FELKEL.
Tallahassee. May 6. After passing
I nine general bills and killing one, the
! senate vesterdav vnt! tn turn trt th
and the letter from Bryan Mack, secre
tary of the board, stated that if any
further information Were ' desired it
would, be cheerfully furnished. "The
communication was referred to the
aupropriations committee.
A telegram from Former President
W. H. Taft declined the invitation to
address the legislature on the League
of Nations, stating that he had too
many engagements ahead of him to
permit of his coming to Florida before
the adjournment of tho legislature. He
said he had not answered before be
cause he had been in the west and
found the invitation upon his return.
Mr. Taft appreciated the compliment,
he said.
A letter from the Old Spanish Trail
Association invited the legislature to
attend a celebration on the west bank
of the Apalachicola Tiver on May 20,
apropos of the bridge to connect Jack
son and Gadsden counties. - -Introduction
of Bills.
Senator Hulley introduced a bill to
prevent drainage districts from ex
tending their boundaries to include
nearby lands that do not need drain-
He also introduced a new charter, for
Ormond.
Senator Oliver introduced a bill pro
viding for a commission form of gov
ernment for Apalachicola.
Senator Carlton introduced a bill to
require a uoense ueiore marriage, xne
present law authorizes he issuance of
licenses but recognizes the common
law marriage. This bin will make
license necessary. ...
Senator Stokes introduced a bill rel
ative Ao the safe installation and In
sulation of electrically operated or
controlled devices.
A measure Introduced by Senator
Mao Williams provides for the em
ployment of assistant state attorney
when and where needed, the same tn
be called in and paid by the state
attorneys.
Building and loan associations may
invest the funds deposited with them
in - Liberty Bonds under a bill pro
posed by Senator Stokes.
The house resolution calling upon
business people of the state to give
employment to returning soldiers and
sailors passed the senate unanimously.
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CATTS SCHOOL
PROBE BEL
Local Boards of Visitors
Will Not Be Appointed
By Governor to Inspect
Institutions.
BY HERBERT FELKEL.
Tallahassee, May 6. By a tie vot-s
the senate today failed to pass the
bill by Senator MacWilliams provid
ing for the appointment by the gov
ernor Of local boards of visitors to in
spect the state intsitutiona of higher
learning under the board of control,
and - the measure Is dead, a majority
of "ayes" being necessary to pass a
Mil , "".'i . . ;. .
The measure had been amended on
second reading to eliminate " the : pror
vision that, members of the board of
control might reside- in the-counties
in which the educational institutions
are located. Senator Cash spoke
against the bill,, declaring it to be an
entering wedge for the destruction of
the colleges.
Senator Cash said a principle was
involved, that the schools to date had
been exceptionally well managed and
that the provision for keeping the col
leges free of local influence was one
of the best features of the Buckman
bill. 7-V'- v; ..- ' .
Senator Mac Williams said too much
publicity was impossible in the man
agement Of public affairs, and he never
had been able to understand the theory
of putting the manager of an institu
tion as far from It as possible. The
board of control ought to welcome
the suggestions of people who are
continuously on the ground, he said.
GLASS TO SPEAK
BEFORE GROCERS
- IN CONVENTION
New Orleans, May 6. Two thousand
delegates are expected here tomor
row for. the opening session of what
has been terme'd the "Victory Conven
tion" of the Southern ' Wholesale Gro
cers association.. According to an an
nouncement tonight the 3-day program
contains the names of many promi
nent speakers throughout' the country
headed by Secretary Glass who will
address the convention Thursday on
important subjects,; including questions
arising from the problems of the eco
nomic re-adjusement of the country's
business reconstruction, labor condi
tins and food prices.
NEGRO KILLED
AFTER SHOOTING
THIRTEEN WHITES
Piano, Texas, May 6. Thirteen per
sons are in hospitals suffering from
wounds received in a gunfight here.to
today between county officers and citi
zens and Tom Embrey, a negro, who
was killed after barricading himself
In a house and for four hours resisted
with a shot gun all attempts to cap
ture him. Most were wounded by
shot In attempts to rush the house.
WAR CAMP SERVICE
MAKES PLANS TO
WELCOME MEN HOME
Newport News, Virginia, . May 5. :
Five hundred thousand veteran troopn
are due to arrive in this historic town
from overseas in the next few months.
Most of them will come in ,. regimental
units. They are the pick' of the fight
ing men from every state in the union.
They will be quartered in the adjacent
camps from five to ten days before
being ordered to their home '. camps.
This means, that while they are In
fact, back on' American soil they aro
still far from home?
War Camp Community Service has
realized the situation and in coopera
tion with the War Department and the
commanding officers at the port, has
taken eteps to remedy it.
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New York, May 6. Approximately
2,700 drafted men of Georgia, Alabama
and Florida, arrived here, today on the
steamship Huron, fro mBordeaux.
Toklo, May 6. The an tl-American
campaign in the Japanese .press con
tinues with renewed force. Up to the
present no serious overt acts have
beefe committed against Americans or
American property.
London, May 6. Allied troops ad
vancing southward along the Mur
mansk railway Sunday, captured Me
salskaya, twenty-five . miles south of
Urosozero, says & war office an
nouncement. ;
New ' York, May 6. Flight Com
mander Towers announced tonight
that ho attempt would be made toraor
row by the nays trans-Atlantic
avlatorsTcTEop off oh tneTiflB.5tfTeg"pf
their "journey, because of1 adverse
weather. - '
Augusta, Ga, May 6. Chief Naval
Quartermaster D. J. Ritchie, of Kansas
City, was killed and ; Pilot FJnsign T.
J. Wheelan and Chief Machinist Harry
Rogers were painfully bruised and
burned when 'a hydroplane nose dived
into, the Savannah river near here
this afternoon.
Jamaica, May 6. The British gov
ernment having decided to give pref
erential treatment to West ' Indian
sugar, a new tariff will be prepared
by the legislative council of Jamaica,
giving advantages of a substantial na
ture to manufactured goods from
Great Britain; - ;
Washington, May 6. Orders were
issued today by the war department
for the recruiting of 8,000 men to serve
as replacement -. troops for American
soldiers now in Siberia. A replacement
detachment will be organized at San
Francisco and the. troops will be sent
forward in units of 500 each as they
become available. ':
Washington, May 6. The Pacific
coast shipbuilders , were asked f today
by Chairman Hurley to come to Wash
ington at an early date and discuss,
with the shipping board the question
of replacing canceled contracts, and
adjusting payments to be made in con
nection with the , constuction" of ship
yards as war emergency.
Washington, May 6. The president
in . an executive order 'cabled from
Paris has" directed the civil service
commsision to exempt soldiers, sailors
and marines from physical require
ments for any civil service position
upon certification by the federal board
for vocational-education that . the ap
plicant has been especially trained and
qualified for. the position.
Fort .Worth, Tex., May 6. Will Mil
ler, special agent of the department
of justice, and William Mays, inspec
tor for the Texas Cattle Raisers' As
sociation, were killed in a fight with
moonshiners in McCurtain , county,
Okla., according to a dispatch received
here today which reported the finding
of the bodies- of two men.
Chattanooga, Term., May 6. All f
forts to quench the raging fire in the
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia rail
way tunnel through Pigeon mountain,
near Estelle, Ga., have so far failed,
and officials report the fire still raging
this morning. ' :
Sheffield. Ala., May 6 Miss Florence
Hansborough, the 14-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Hansbor
ough, of this city, was found floating
in a bath tub at their home, last night.
The cause of death is undertermined.
but it is supposed she either fainted
or was attacked by convulsions while
in the bath. - -
Mr.- Hansborough is publisher of the
Tri-Cltles Daily. .
LOAN IS COMPLETED
This is the Victory ship Colhoun.
She's moving north from the Panama
canal at the rate of a mile for each
million subscribed to the Victory loan,
and if the loan is all placed according
to schedule the Colhoun will enter
Xe w.York harbor May 1 0.
LOCATION FOR
SALVATION A.
HOME SELECTED
Location of Property is Con
sidered Ideal Home Ser
vice Drive Plans Are Com
pleted. A. Salvation Army home that will
serve the needs of this worthy organi
zation for' years to come, for the en
tire area of West Florida, . will be
erected on the southwest corner of
Jefferson and Zarragossa streets, next
to the city police department building
and across the street from the county
building and city hall, if the home
service drive plans of the army. May
19-26,' succeed as is expected.-.
:T,his announcement was made by
Capt. ; Bergr en;HIcaI -corps commander
fjQr.jthCrmaterdAy;in. speaking
of the allotment made by the head
quarters directorate of $25,000 for Pen
sacola to be used for the purpose of
building a home to serve all Florida
west of the Apalachicola rivw. An
nouncement of the allotment wars made
several days ago.
Capt. Bergren said that Mr. H. L.
Covington, part owner and custodian
of the property designated, had con
sented to let the Salvation Army have
the property at. a stipulated price of
I6.S50. which is $400 less than what is.
considered the actual market value of
the corner," with the understanding
that the $400 be construed as a dona
tion to the home. The dimensions of
of the property are 68x115 feet..
The plans of the Salvationists are to
erect . a modern three story Dunaing,
embracing about 50 rooms m the dor
mitory, with reading rooms for service
men and, the usual accommodations
for the noor and destitute. The home
would also very probably embrace a
nurserv where the children of working
mothers wouli "be "cared for. Full de
tails of the home have not been com
pleted yet. but in view of the spacious
ness Of the lot, Cspt. Bergren is sura
that the home can be made to subserve
the constantly increasing local de
mands "made- upon the Salvation Army
not ; only - from "the city and suburbs,
but the . surrounding country districts
as well. . ; '
' Similar homes "-are to be proveded
for Montgomery,'' Mobile and other
large cities, thrpughtout this section,
following the putting over Of the ap
proaching .dr I ve.
Headquarters mt San Carlos.
Headquarters fdr tlje drive will be
open this morning at the San Carlos
Hotel, said . Capt. Bergren yesterday,
and all, mail and '"applications should
be addressed or should come to "Sal
vation Army Headquarters Home Ser
vice Fund Drive, San Carlos Hotel."
Capt. Bergren or Director W. G. Green,
one or the other or both wil be at the
headquarters regularly and they are
to have the aid and assistance or a
very able campaign committee, the
names of whom have been announced.
Capt. Bergren states that already a
great deal of Interest is being mani
fested in the approaching drive and
though it has not been formally open
ed and will not be until after the con
clusion of the Victory Liberty Loan
drive, he has already received some do
nations for the fund and that one or
more rural church communities are.
arranging to take an active part in the
campaign and others have signified j
their intention of doing so.
. The outlook for the success of the
drive locally and throughout the rone
is said to be most encouraging.
4LLIED GUNBOATS
ARE IN CONTACT
WITH BOLSHEVIKI
Archangel, Monday, May 5. First of
the allied river flotilla reached - the
fighting front near the junction of (the
Vaga and Dvlna rivers last night.
The Bolshevik! shelled the allied po
sitions on the Vaga yesterday after
noon. Other sections of the front are
reported quiet. -
SENATE ACTION
ON PROHI. BILL
IS POSTPONED
Motion to Reconsider After
Vote Was Taken Failed
But Measure Will Come
Up Again Today.
SHERIFF'S FEE
BILL IS UP. AGAIN
House Also Passes Bill to
Compensate Sheriffs Who
Were Suspended and
Compulsory Dipping Bill.
By a vote of fifteen to fourteen the
senate this morning Indefinitely post
poned the main prohibition bill offer
ed by -the joint temperance committee
which sought to amend, the act of the
extraordinary session for enforcing the
state-wide prohibition amendment to
the constitution,
A motion to reconsider was made
this afternoon and the bill will come
up again tomorrow. . '
The senate today passed Hulley's
bill defining, regulating and segregat
ing veneral diseases.
In the House....
After a lively skirmish over amend
ments to reduce increases of sheriff's
fees, as provideded in the committee
substitute bill, the house this after
noon passed the measure by a vote of
65 to 5. The bill was amended to
exclude sheriffs of counties of more
than forty thousand from its benefits.
The bill will increase fees now allowed
about fifty per cent.
The house also passed a bill for the
relief of A. T. Coleman, sheriff of
Sumpter county, for $2,280 in fees col
lected during his suspension from of
fice. Also a bill for the relief of Ernest
P. Roberts, county solicitor of Monroe
county, for fees during his suspense
which amounted to $1,909.
After adopting an amendment of
fered by Mr. Edge, Of Lake county,
to make private and denominational
schools subject to the same rules and
regulations that public schools are op
erated under and subject to the same
laws,- the , hous" this, morning passed
the Williams compulsory" tick ' eradi
cation bill by a vote of 56 to 11, Mr.
Math is of Holmes, changing his vote
to move for reconsideration of the
bill.
GRAND JURY
IN U.S. COURT
STILL WORKING
After working diligently all day yes
terday the U. S. grand Jury recessed
late in the afternoon .until this morn
ing at 10 o'clock, when that body will
resume its labors with the assistance
of District Attorney John L. Neeley.
No report has yet been made though it
is expected that some of its findings
will be reported this morning. .
The criminal docket of cases set for
the term, indictments formerly found,
was practically completed yesterday.
The court will be convened for the
hearing of the one or more remaining
cases this morning, following which
perhaps indictments ; found by the
grand Jury at its pwsent session will
be taken up.
Hiram J. Horn, former postmaster
at Garden City, pleaded guilty before
Judge Wm. B. Sheppard, to the charge
of embezzlement of postoffice funds
yesterday and was sentenced to pay a
fine equal to the amount alleged to
have been embezzled, $200.59. ". H was
also sentenced to serve a term of 60
days in the county Jail here. It is re
ported that the former postmaster
made good his shortage of government
funds, however the law provides that
in such cases defendant shall not be
fined less than the amount of the
shortage. ,
A. Roper, the negro who was arrest
ed in Pensacola several weeks ago for
"moonshinlng," was found guilty by
jury and sentenced to serve six months
In the federal penitentiary , in Atlanta
and pay a fine of $100.
Upon arraignment of Arthur Barnes.
Charley Baker and Joe Eaton, negroes,
charged with violating the federal pos
tal laws, the two former pleaded guil
ty. Judge Sheppard withholding sen
tence. Eaton will be tried thi3 morn
ing it is expected.
The three negroes are alleged to have
been "operating a postoffice of their
own in competetion with Uncle Sam"
at an isolated point over on the Mari
ana and Btountstown railroad.
AUTHORIZE SALE
OF TWENTY-FOUR
NEW ARMY CAMPS
Washington, May 6. Approval of
the sale of 12 Army camps, 8 Xational
Guard sites and 4 small miscellaneous
camps for a total of more tlym $549,
000 was announced today by Acting
Secretary Crowell.
NINE COUNTIES
IN ZONE HAVE
RAISEDQUOTAS
Escambia County is Still
Lagging With Nearly
$300,000 More to Be Sub
DRIVE TO END IN
ONLY FOUR DAYS
Victory Day Will Be Cele
, brated at Naval Air Sta
tion Today ; W. H- Watson
to Make Address.
"With only $445,900.00 of Escambia's
quota of $737,650. subscribed, there re
mains, $291,750.00 yet to be raised in
subscriptions to the Victory loan, be
fore this county can go over the ton.
and the county committee urges every
patriotic citizen to the realization of
what it would mean to Escambia to
be the last to subscribe its quota,
or to fail to subscribe.
Already nine of the sixteen counties
of the West Florida zone have mada
their subscriptions,-and in several in
stances the quota has ben doubled.
The little. town of Cottondale has es
tablished a record by more than doub
ling its quota. What the people of
that little community hare done should
be an incentive to every citizen to
do his part, and in the four days that
remain Pensacola nad Escambia coun
ty should go over with flying colors.
Victory Day at the Yard.
A special Victory . loan celebration
will take place today at the Pensa
cola naval air station, W. H. Watson
to deliver an address, and a patriotic
rally to feature the day.
J. M. .Muldon, chairman of the Es
cambia County Liberty loan commit
tee, said yesterday that it is necessary
for all workers to enter with renewed
zeal into the drive during the next four
days, if the loan Js to go over the
top.
The Boy Scout Brigade.
The two troops of Boy Scouts are
doing . som splendid ' work, and are
meeting "with much encouragement.
One. of the boys said yesterday: "It
certainly-does help a -lot, when they
meet us with- a smile.. Somehow, it
seems more patriotic to give with a -smile
than to be grouchy , about it."
That is the slogan of the hour: "Give
with a smile," And it is a good slo
gan. ;
The woman's committee, under the
leadership of Mrs. Hunter Brown, ij
doing some fine work. The women of
Escambia county do not need any in
spiration in their campaign, in which
they are domg such splendid work, but
the members may be interested in tha
following excerpt from a letter received
by Paul Custer, of The Journal, from
Miss Van Dorgan," of New York, sis
ter of Tad, the famous cartoonist:
I have been working on this Vic
tory loan and as you know, we had.
some hopping to do. Our commit
tee, which was on the allied Music
Division, gave a rally at the Metro
politan Opera House and the tickets
were alloted according to the amount
of the subscription. The way they
bought seats made my blood run cold.
Boxes sold from $50,000 to $200,000.
orchestra seats from $1,000 and so on;
up to the top balcony sold for $50 to
$100 each. We raised over $7,000,000
on it, which more than doubled our
quota." -
LESS THAN HALF
OF VICTORY LOAN
IS SUBSCRIBED
Washington, May 6. Victory loan
subscriptions reported to the treasury
tonight totalled $2,061,000,000 approxi
mately 46 per cent, of the quota sought.
Exeprts who have been associated with
all loan campaigns and at absolute
loss to explain the slowness of the sub
scriptions said the treasury's review
tonight. The belief held by many
at the outset of the loan that it's at
tractive features both as to interest
and maturity would cause an early
oversubscription have been rapidly dis
sipated and yet no one seems able to
assign a cause for this situation.
Atlanta, May 6. Actual subscription
to the Victory Liberty loan tonight
totalled $66,836,000 in the tAlanta dis
trict according to reports to head
quarters. This is 464 per cent, of the
districts $144,000,000 quota. Subscrip
tions by sta.tes show: Alabama, $8,855.
000; Florida, $9,026,000; that part of
Mississippi in the district. $3,788,000.
CHILD WELFARE
BILL IS PASSED
BY THE SENATE
The Mother's Pension bill passed the
Senate yesterday, with only five op
posing votes, according to a wire
yesterday afternoon by Miss Agnes Mc
Kinna, Welfare worker of Escambia
county who has recently returned from
Tallahassee, where she went in the in
terest of the bill, which was introduced
by W. E. Parker, of Clay county.
The pension bill, popularly called
the child welfare bill, was drafted by
R. Pope Reese, of this city, and im Mid
to be t model of its kind.