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S? E'S 22SSSHSE2SSSSS W THE WEATHER g HL Local , thunderstorms Wed- S J needay and Thursday with gen- ? tie to moderate ahifting winds. S3 K SSS ESSESHEiSSSBBa TL V!7 H Read the Journal ad- K "V. ,! I E J "4. A 2' 1111 fi t 8 a messaee for vou. a. s VOL. XXIL NO. 153. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 ' r OliRIillli 1Y MY E1KG1N EACE TERMS ON HER PL Enemy Power Maintains it Would Be Impossible to Fulfill Financial Require ments FRANCE CONTINUES FIRM IN HER STAND Grsat Britain Favors Num ber of Concessions and Americans Would Concur In Minor Modifications. There is a probability that Germany im.y secure some less ening in the severity of the peace terms. Germany's pleas that it will be impossible to fulfill the financial requirements of the al lies, and' He protests against certain territorial relinquish ments have been heeded and are being discussed by the council of four. Paris reports say that Great Britain favors a number of concessions to Germany and that the Americans are not averse to minor concessions, but France continues firm in her stand not to waver from the original terns. Berlin, June 3. The German armis tice commission has handed Marshal T"och a note for the allied powers pro testing against French support of the proclamation of the Rhenish republic as high treascn against the v empire and complaining of Colonel Pinot's threats and'acilon at Wiesbaden. Berlin, via London, June 3. Count er revolutionary uprisings have oc curred in many .towns and villages of Western Hungary, according to re ports received here saying: hundreds of refugees aro arriving dally at the Austrian frontier. Paris, June 3. A preliminary sur vey of the import necessities of Eu rope except Russia shows that the area will need next year a minimum of 700,000000 buShels of wheat and rye, "Herbert Hoover, head of the al lied relief organization, stated today. Ifoover estimates the exports of the United States -at 473,000,000 bushels and indications are the remainder can be supplied from Other large export lng countries. - Washington. June 3. -Secretary Baker told the house military commit' tee today he had authorized the sale of $25,000,000 worth of surplus food stocks held by the army to the co operative purchase society of Russia, which represents 20,000,000 heads of families. The society will give in ex change for food, raw materials badly needed in the United 1 States, Baker said. " . While the terms of peac. with the exception of a few sections submitted to the Austrlsn representatives and with allied experts working on the reply that will be made to the German counter propOials, the work of tho peace conference In Paris Is, for the time being, marking time. There will be no meeting of the council of four today. President Wilson conferred with American specialists who have the German answer in hand and with the. other members of the American mission. Dr. Karl Renner, Austrian chancel lor and head of the peace mission of the former dual empire, is expected to leave Paris for Switzerland today and it is probsble he will proceed a3 far as the Austrian frontier where he is " expected to meet members of his cabinet, who will discuss with him the answer Austria will make to the allied terms. The Austrian reply is due June 17, but before that time it is probable there will be a note pent to the pe ice conferenco by Dr. Renner relative to different phases of the treaty. There has as yet been no official intimation of tie date when the allies will present their rejoinder to the tlerman counter proposals. It Is Indi cated in late advices there is a dis position on the part of some of the members of the council of four to modify certain of the terms to which the Germans have made the most emphatic objection. Premier Clemen ceau, of Francs, is reported standing firmly against iny concessions to tho Uermans, while Premier Lloyd George s1" favorable to modifications; Premier 'rlando has taken no decided stand d President Wilson is reported as cllned to leave the final decision I Uie trench end British, SECURE SOME SEVERITY OF BOH PLOT IS ATTRIBUTED TO ANARCHISTS Secret Services Detectives Are Now Engaged in Wide Spread Hunt for Perpetrators. Washington, June 3. Investigation of the bomb explosions in eight cities which were intended to kill public men has convinced secret serv ice chiefs here that the outrages had common source, and that they prob ably c.au.-be classed as an unsuccessful attempt on" the part of a still unknown anarchistic group to resume the cam paign of terrorism begun with the May Day attempt to deliver a series of Infernal machines through the mails. Police and secret service detectives are engaged in a widespread hunt for the perpetrators. Washington police today devoted their efforts to reassembling the frag ments of the man who was killed last night at the door of Attorney General Palmer's home while attempting to plant his cargo of explosives. Mr. Palmer himself dismissed the Incidents today as an utter failure to terrorize the country and stay the hand of the government, which pur pose he ascribed to- the authors of the outrages. Detectives were sent from Washington to New York and Philadelphia to connect up operations. The' hat of "the Washington bomb planter was purchased In Philadel phia and other details indicated tha possibility ' that the . consignment of explosives had been sent out from these. Secretary Morrison, of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement on bomb outrages today, declared the country was reaping the result of 1U immigration policy which he' pointed out had permitted immigrants to en ter the United States at the rate of a million persons yearly. PASSES TO N. A. S. NO LONGER ISSUED BY U. S. MARSHAL The U. S. marshal's office In the federal building has been permanently relieved of the responsibility of Issuing pajssp-" Jo the government reservation .bjcL. ""Bennett, commandant at the "yard, and hereafter all passes will b issued from the office of the federal employment bureau In the city hall. It was announced yesterday. For more than two years, since the declaration of war. passes had bee issud from the marshal's of ice, not as an absolute duty of that office, it is understood, but as a war measure aid on part of the forces of the office. HOT DEBATE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE HINDERS VOTE Washington, June 3. The senate failed to reach a vote today on the house woman suffrage resolution. Final action is expected tomorrow. Vwte on the suffrag- amendment was prevented by debate principally by suffrage resolution as an "outrage upon our form of government" char acterizing it . as undemocratic a thing as ever was attempted. Senator Borah, opposing measure brought up the negro question, declaring even with adoption of the resolution, ne groes in the south would not be al lowed to vote and that the constitu tional amendment therefore would b-j "A Solemn Lie". Williams ,of Missis sippi, said the amendment would r " become effective in the south but de nied that negroes are discriminated against at southern polls. REDFIELD TELLS PAN-AMERICANS OF NEW ROUTES Washington. , June 3. Secretary Redfield informed the pan-American commercial congress at today's session that he had suggested to the shipping board the establishment of two new steamship routes to South America, one touching a northern port and the other southern ports of tte continent. He told the Latin-American represent atives that unless the United States took steps to serve them, their coun tries would fail, unless they served th- United States, this country would fail. and unless both cerved the world, both ould fa.iL EAS RtZONA TUCSOHq STRONG BARRIER BEING BUILT ON HEX. BORDER Army is Spending Nearly Seven Millions Erecting "Outpost Stations" and Barracks. Uncle Sam Is building a giant fence along the Mexican border! It's 1,200 miles long, and while its posts are of wood and other building materials, its rails . will be American Soldiers. Assistant Secretary of War Crowell, until recently acting secretary of war, .has' given me special authorization to tell for the-first time the facts about this big fence, placing all the informa tion at the army's command at my disposal. The huge barrier Isn't a fence in the real sence of the word, though its purpose is the same. It's a double row of calvary patrol stations, barracks buildings and mis cellaneous structurs, stretching from Brownsville, Tex., on the Gulf of Mexi co, to Arivaga, - Ariz., on the edge of the great desert. At each of the fifty outpost stations one troop of cavalry about 100 men will be on guard all the time, patrol ling the border between stations. Some distance back from these pa trol stations will be another series of twelve posts which will constitute a sort of. "second line of defense" against the Mexicans. These twelve posts will be larger and each of them will serve as a base for four or five of the patrol stations on the boundary. The com plete system will house 10,000 sol diers. ,.TJhe-.whole, project will cost the war department approximately $6,750,000, according to an estimate made by Lt. Col. O. P.-Chamberlain, of the con struction division of the army. The twelve main posts probably will be given the name "forts," but the war department emphasizes the fact that they will not be forts in reality, but merely army posts, such as Fort Bliss ( Fort Ringgold and the other "forts" already on the border. In explaining this project. Assistant Secretary of War Crowell declared it is primarily for defense against the ele ments, and not against the Mexicans. It is admitted, however, that the patrol stations are for the purpose of guard ing the border against invasions by Mexican bandits and cattle thieves. It any real trouble with Mexico should develop in the future well the posts are there. That seems to be the atti tude of the war department. There are at present about 10,000 sol diers on the border all cavalry with the exception of the 25th Infantry, at Camp Stephen G. Little. These men have Jijri "out ofU luck during the war with Germany. Not only were they de nied the privilege of going to the front and getting a crack at the Germans, but they have been living in tents for about seven years with few com forts and many hardships. Maj. Gen. Sabell, commander of the southern department of , the army, has spent almost his entire military career on the border. He is typical of most of the other officers. Since the armistice was signed these soldiers have been making their com plaints heard, with the result that the war department decided to do some thing for them. The forces "on the border are not to be enlarged now but -when these bar racks are completed It will be an easy matter to accommodate twice or three times the number of men now there, if necessary. The buildings in the main will be small structures one story In height, some wooden, some brick and some adobe. Two large cantonments are being built at Fort Bliss, El Paso, to house two regiments of Cavalry. These will be brick structures. A 250-bed hospital is proposed to be built at Fort Bliss also, but this is not yet authorized. . The lumber for the construction work will be drawn largely from the large unused stocks held by the war depart ment when the armistice was signed. At Camp Hancock there are 16 million feet of unused lumber; at Camp Bragg 20 million feet. . The border has been split up into 12 patrol districts. These are named as follows: Brownvllle, Rio Grande, Laredo, Eagle Pass, Fort Clark, Del Rio. Big Bend, Sierra Blanca, El Paso, Colum bus. Douglas, Tenth Cav. Dis. One of the main posts will be erect ed in each of these districts, following the line. of the Southern Pacific rail road. Each post will be the base for four to six of the patrol stations. One troop of cavalry will be constantly on guard at the latter, which are located from 60 to 150 miles from the main posts, and each troop will be relieved; and return to its base once a month. Here is a list of the patrol stations at which construction of barracks of barracks is now authorized: i ' MEW 1 ' " 1 i t i I X I C O METOO srmsrr-- " I OALPKE "?-jA2. PASS M'E X (CO lbooJ) - . BARIEAUHAS SHIPPED FIRST CAR PEACHES Orchards Near 'Quintette Prove Importance of De velopment of Peach Indus- tiTmscarnbia,, The first carload shipment of, peaches for the season from Escambia county went forward yesterday after noon from the fine Greensboro or chards of C. H. Barineau, near Quin tette. They were shiped westward to Oklahoma and it is expected that from the same community another car load will follow either today or tomorrow. and still another shipment a little later, Wrhile most of. the shipment was made up from the orchards of Mr. Bar ineau, the car contained several fine crates from the orchards of two of his neighbors, Mesrs. Greer and Ander son. The peaches are said to be of the verv finest flavor.' of good size and evenly. ripened. -'Tb shippers havefulr ly demonstrated with their orchards that neach KTOwlngr'ln Escambia can be made a most profitable business and it is well known that there are large acreages of land in the civinity of Quinttte and other sections of . the county well adapted to this Important industry. BIRTHDAYOF JEFF DAVIS IS CELEBRATED Southern feeling and patriotism ran high -when the anniversary of the birth of "Jefferswiavis, Pj-estdent of the Confederacy wsacjiwerved by the Con federate veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy and members of the Ladies' Confederate Memorial Asso ciation at the bivouac yesterday after noon. An address by R. Pope Reese on the life of Jefferson Davis, spoken in sim ple, clear English with the eloquence of sincerity and deep feeling (Mr. Reese himself is the son of a Confederate veteran) held the interest of his hear ers to the end and seemed to bring be fore them again their hero in all of the grandeur of his character with his great and deep loyalty to -the princi ples to which he was martyred. The roll of the officers was called end prayer offered by Adjutant IWwls, after which the minutes were read and approved. Then followed the roll call of the members when those who have passed on were eulogized. Mrs. Frank D. Tracy, president of the Pensacola Chapter, U. D. C, members of which were hostesses for the afternoon, then introduced Mrs. Chris Thiesen, whom she had appointed as chairman of the program committee and who announced that some Interesting historical data would be given by Professor James M. Tate. Prof. Tate asked that this, be preceded by the address of Mr. Reese who was then introduced by Mrs. Thiesen. After his address a quartette "Beau tiful Isle of Somewhere," was sung by Mrs. L. W. Lee, Miss Virginia Walker and Messrs. Jack Clark and Albert Caro won hearty applause. Professor Tate then spoke interestingly of events just prceding and during the. war, In terspersing his talk with personal rmeniscences. Delicious punch was served with Mrs. A. R. McAllister pre siding at the punch t,able, with dainty chicken sandwiches and rose crullers. As the strains of "Dixie" fell on the air, played on a Victrola, hearty cheer ing broke forth and the veterans gave the rebel yell. "Dixie" was sung by', a quartette composed of Mrs. Patrick McHugh, Mrs. A. R. McAllister, Mr. Caro and Mrs. Lee- The bivouac wore a fstive air with elaborate decorations carried out In the colors of the Confederacy with the Confederate flas and lnsignia& , v vsitrjt - r r s . r i COMMISSIONERS Nil DISPOSE OF MUCH ROUTINE Twilight Baseball Was Be fore BadjpgicrReFSfcst JPart Time Use of Maxent Park. A lengthy meting of the city com missioners yesterday afternon was de voted to consideration of routine busi ness. An ordinance passed first reading defining anew the duties and preroga tives of the respective commissioners. It was referred to the city attorney. A resolution was passed giving the mayor, as commissioner of parks, suf ficient legal authority to properly gov ern Bayviw Park. A petition for extension of sewer 300 feet on Chase street, near Donaldson was referred to Commissioner Hinrichs for recommendation. The city engineer submitted platb and spcifications for the paving of three blocks on west Garden, street with concrete, and they were referred to the city attorney through Commis sioner Hinrichs. The matter , of au thorizing a temporary storm water drain on Donaldson street was re ferred to Mr. Hinrichs with power to act. H. H. Rogers appeared in behalf of the Twilight Baseball League and the baseball interests of the Pensacola Shipbuilding plant to arange for part time use of Maxent Park this summer. The commissioners refered the matter to Mayor Sanders with recommenda tion that he meet the various Involved Interests for a conference and agree ment on the use of the jark. A fine imposed recently in police court against Driver Smith of a mail carylng truck operating between the postof f ice and the L. & N. depot, was remitted on recommendation of Post master Hancock and Recorder Morey. A communication from the Fisher Rental Agency suggesting a' slight change in the sanitary ordinance which would remove' the objection of certain property owners, was referred to Com missioner Pou-foTT recommendation. The license money 'taken" from cer tain fish pedlers was refunded on rec ommendation of the city atorney, who stated that the city had not the right to require the license. Supt. Sweeney of the water plant ex plained his new arrangement for man ning the plant, and saving the city a large sum of money, and the commis sioners refrred the plan to Commis sioner Hinrichs with power to act. Strong appreciation of Mr. Sweney's plan was expressed. TRAINMEN WILL HAND WAGE SCALE TO GOVERNMENT Columbus, Ohio. June 3. The Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen who have been inconvention here since May 1 will hold their next triennial convention in Toronto, it was announced today. The convention will adjourn tomorrow. The Insurance board and a committee to present a wage scale to railroad administration officials will be elected at th3 closing session tomorrow. SERIOUS RIOT AT WILLYS-OVERLAND AUTO FACTORIES Toledo, Ohio, June 3. Eleven persons were seriously injured in a riot at the plant of the Willys-Overland Automo bile company tonight when idle work ers stormed cars carrying employes to plant, smashed car windows with stones and bricks and pulled workers Into the streets where they were beat en. Discharged soldiers guarding the plant fired more than a hundred shots over the rioters heads, finally dispers ing them. The plant opened a week ago after two weeks idleness caused by a walk tut of workmen, of whom are still out. The situation flamed Into a pitched battle as idle workers numbering five thousand . including many women, stormed the entrances of the plant as employes were leaving and beat them with clubs, stones and bricks. CATTS'VETO IS SUSTAINED BYTHE SENATE Vote to Pass Leon Game Bill Over Executive's Veto Was 17 to 10; Two-thirds Necessary. NEW ROAD BILLS PASS THE SENATE House Passes Compulsory Education Bill Which Now Goes to Governor; ' Other Senate Bills Killed. (BY HERBERT FELKEL) Tallahassee, June 3. By a vote of 10 to 17 the senate today sustained Governor Catts in his veto of the local game bill for Leon County, vb.ich only left the season opn during the months of November and December. The bill carried a referendum and was passed in the house yesterday over the veto, but failing to receive the constitution al two-thirds of both bodies over the veto is dead. Following weeks of strain over road legislation which culminated ysterday when the house receded from the Wilder-Scruggs amendment to the Igou Carlton road bill, carrying a two-mill Ivy to meet federal aid, two more road measures were introduced today by Senators Igou and Carlton. One joint resolution carrying a provision for sub mitting a constiuttional amendment for the state to bond for five per cent of the assesed valuation, passed both houses. The second measure throws restric tions around the $6,000,000 the state will spend within the next two years on road building and provides for aud iting road department and road service, requires competitive biding for ma terial and construction and fixes the salary of the chairman of the road de partment at $5,000 per annum and re quires him to give his entire time to the work and to reside in Talahassee. The bill Is expeted to meet objec tions of the governor and advocates of the ' Wilder-Scruggs amendment, and passed the senate with only Senators Malone and Johnson voting against it. According to Senator Carlton, it was part of the special committee's pro gram, its introduction having been de layed by recent complications. Old Fight Renewed. Th old fight on compulsory educa tion has been renewed.hGshrldu shrdlu tion was renewed in the house when the senate asked the house to concur in certain senate amendments to the Williams bill. The senate by amendmnt had elimi nated the provision including private schools in the measure compelling com pulsory school attendance and sub jcting teachers in private schools to regulations an dexaminations required of teachers In public schools. The vote on concurrence IfTthl amendment was close, 36 to 34 ' for coViSVrring. All amendments were concurred in and the bill will go to th governor. The senate bill changing the present probate laws in many material ways was defeated In the house. The house also declined to accept the senate bill providing for a reduction of state bank reserves to fifteen per cent of deposits and indefinitely postponed the bill and struck out the enacting clause of the bill making an appropria tion of $20,000 for the control of the camphor trip which is threatening the destruction of the camphor industry in Putnam and Clay counties. Governor Catts today appointed X. B. Gilbert to be tax collector for Jeffer son county until the next general elec tion. Mr. Gilbert succeeds J. B. Home, removed. ENTERTAINMET AT SHIP PLANT TODAY AT NOON Members of the Rotary Club were very appreciative at their regular weekly meeting: yesterday morning of the entertainment given them by Mr. and Mrs. Charley. Butler, together with Miss Ruth Miller, pianist, who are m charge of the music for a. series of meetings in progress at the First Baptist church. Besides the rendering of a number of song selections, 'Mr. Butler told stories in dialect. Mrs. Butler sang a solo that was most heartily enjoyed by the large group of business men and altogether the affair was made a most thoroughly enjoyable and edi fying one. Mr. Butler, together with Mrs. But ler, has an appointment to furnish entertainment at the plant of the Pen sacola Shipbuilding company today at noon, and other appointments will very probably be arranged from time to time during their stay in the city. Last night at the church, the usual large congregation was in attendance to hear the music and a very able sermon by the pastor. Rev. J. A. Ans ley, who preached oa ' The Sins that Crucified Jesas MASS MEETING HEARD REPORT OFMR. JOHNSON Committee Report on Trip to Washington and Phila delphia Tended to Recon cile Ship Workers. STRIKES AND WALK OUTS DISCOURAGED Ways and Means for Amica ble Adjustments of Differ ences Were Clearly Out lined by Speaker. "That Pensacola can produce ship as well as any city in the land, but is not doing it, although n invest ment has been made here w'h de mands such production, and that the officials of the Emergency Fleet Cor poration, at Philadelphia, have prom ised to determine by a sweeping in vestigation who Is to blame for the fault in production and to remove tho obstacles thereto," was stated in a report last night made by J. M. John son to a mass meeting mostly of ahip workers, at the city hall. The mass meeting was called for the purpose of hearing a report from Mr. Johnson and his committee, ap pointed several days ago to go to Washington and Philadelphia for the purpose of taking up grievances of carpenters at the local plant which resulted in nearly a hundred leaving their Jobs when a foreman was asked to resign. f "In the meantime, emp'yes of the plant should absolutely refrain from strikes, walk-outs and trouble of every sort; for if they have any grievance the surest way to get them adjusted is to take them up with Adjustor Car roll, of New Orleans, for thl district, and on falling to get satisfaction from him, appeal to the head officials at Philadelphia. In this way losses of time for the men and of production for the yard can be avoided and the men can absolutely rely on getting justice when their grievances are pre sented in the manner for them by the government," said Mr. Johnson. Approximately 200 carpenters and other ship yard workers were in at tendance at the meeting to learn the results of Mr. Johnson's visit to Wash ington and Philadelphia. Mr. Johnson stated that he had been told by Senator Fletcher that the con tinued life of the yard here was In jeopardy because of the comparative ly high cost of production, and that he believed it to be to the inrerest of the chamber of commerce and all bodies concerned In the future of the city, to betir themselves to the ex tent of helping to prove to the gov ernment that under proper conditions ships can be built here with degree of productiveness second to no com munity in the land. Officials of the carpenters union stated at the close of the meeting that out of the number of men in volved in the recent walk-out. all but about 25 have -returned to work at a. A tlpallv nil of the 05 have secured work elsewhere in the city. STOCK MARKET GOES WILD AND FAVORITES DROP New York, June 3. The stock mar ket experienced today one of the wild est sessions the exchange has known since the days of the war bride boom an advance in call money rates after 12:00 o'clock to eleven per cent pre cipitated a sharp break in prices. The felling stampeede continuing almotc uninterruptedly until the close. Som stocks which have been speculative favorites dropped from threo to twen ty point. HINES SEES RAIL SOLUTION IN CONSOLIDATION tn imh.ii i aim ftut Washington, June 3. Director Gene ral Ilines told the American Short Line Railroad asscclatlcn convention lj?re today that the permanent solu tion of the railroad problem would bo consolidation of the railroads Into from 12 to 20 great systems under gov ernment regulation sufficiently denned to attract private capital and afford ng protection to weaker roads. , INDEPENDENCE OF PHILIPPINES IS UP IN CONGRESS Washington, June 3. Independence f r the Philippines was urged by Gov ernor General Harrison today at th second joint session of house and se.i nle committees holding hearing oti the memorial presented yesterday by the Phi'.ipyins mission to the Unite States. The Philiptnos have estab lished a stable government which mee'l America a requirsmenUs, Harrison aJ4 i