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VOL. XXII, NO. 343
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HEAVY PROPERTY LOSS CAUSED
BY OVERFLOW OF TENNESSEE AND
CUMBERLAND RIVERS IS RECORDED
SENATOR TO JANITOR
SOME JUMP HE DID IT
GERMANS HAY
BE KEPT OUT
RUHR REGION
SHE LAYS DOWN "LAW"
TO STUDENT CUT-UPS
NAVY'S GREATEST DIRIGIBLE IS
MOST READY FOR SERVICE AT
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION
I,
Forty-Seven Foot Stage of Ten
nessee at Chattanooga by
Sunday Night Expected
RAILWAY BRIDGES GONE
People in Low Lands Along Riv
ers Have Been Warned to
Move; Rains Continue
Chattanooga, April 2. "With a forty-seven-foot
stage of the Tennessee
river predicted by Sunday night and
many low sections of the city already
under water, city officials today
warned persona living In the threat
ened territory to move immediately.
Buildings have been provided to house
the homeless; and flood relief head
quarters have been established. Fort
Oglethorpe authorities have offered
army field kitchens for the emergency.
Many manufacturing plants are closed
and virtually the entire industry will
e stopped by Sunday. Railroad and
street car traffic is demoralized.
There was a fall of 4 inches of rain
here during the past twenty-four
hours and reports show that equally
as heavy falls along the upper river.
Chickamauga creek is out of its banks
and two railroad bridges have been
washed away interrupting traffic on
the Western, Atlantfc and "Southern
roads. Much low ground is already
inundated and street cars have been
stopped on several lines.
The river rose eight feet during the
past twelve hours. The stage showed
twenty-six feet at 7 o'clock this morn
ing. The baseball park is already flooded,
necessitating the cancellation of the
game between Columbus and Chatta
nooga scheduled for this afternoon.
Cumberland river at 9:30 o'clock this
morning registered 34.2 feet at Nash
ville, a rise of 21.5 feet in the twenty
four hours and light flood stages
were predicted for Nashville and
Clarksville tonight or early Saturday.
Nashville baseball park was in the
locality inundated by backwater and
the exhibition game between the New
Tork National League and the Boston
Americans this afternoon was trans
ferred to the Vanderbilt , University
grounds.
Knoxville, April 2. Floods following
unusually heavy rains did widespread
damage in this section last night and
today. Ten miles of the Little River
Railroad Company's tracks in the
mountains above Knoxville were com
pletely destroyed; and 15 to 20 miles
more were either destroyed or badly
damaged. The. Knoxville and Augusta
railway suffered considerable loss from
washouts and lost two trestles. Both
the Southern and the Louisville &
Nashville roads suffered washouts,
without consequent interruption to
train service.
URUGUAY EDITOR
KILLED IN DUEL
Former President Was Other
Principal in Pre-Arranged
Fight
Monte Video, April 2. Washington
Beltran. editor of the newspaper El
" Pais, was shot and killed in a duel to
day by Jose Batille Y. Ordones, for
mer president of Uruguay. The duel
took place this morning with the usual
formalities and with seconds and sur
geons attending. Weapons used were
pistols. Beltran was shot in the breast
,innd died shortly afterwards. Morn-
Jng newspapers printed announcements
of the impending duel, which was the
result of the publication of statements
in El Pais which Batille considered
, offensive. " -
BOOZE ON HIP
GETS HARD BLOW
New Tork. April 2. A person car
rying whiskey in his hip pocket in
the same category as an outlaw caught
with a burglar's kit. according to a
ruling by Justice Garvis of the Brook
lyn federal court, today. He held that
it is justifiable for an officer with
out a warrant to use as evidence in
a federal case liquor found in the
pocket of a person who has been ar
rested. BANDITS UPRISE
IN MEXICO
Washington, April 2. Major Ed
ward W. Burr; military attache of the
American embassy in Mexico City, and
three other Americans, including Mrs.
Burr, narrowly escaped serious injury
when bandits attacked a train on the
Mexico City-Cuernavaca line on which
they were travelling. March 2S, near
Tres Marias. State department ad
vices gave no details.
Washington. April 2. H. A. Jafred
son, American employe of the Inter
national Petroleum Company near
Tampico, was murdered and Alex
ander Obero. nationality undeter
mined, also an employe, was stabbed,
probably fatally, by Mexican employes
of the company, the state department
announced today. Jafredson's home
was in Brooklyn.
EFFORT TO END
STRIKE FAILS
Acting Secretary Says He Sees
No Hope Bringing Longshore
men and Shippers Together
CONFERENCE DISSOLVED
Marine Workers Strike in New
York Said to Be in Smypa
thy With Longshoremen
Washington, April 2. The confer
ence of coastwise shipping interests
nad longshoremen which convened at
the Department of Labor today to at
tempt settlement of strikes at Atlantic
and Gulf ports, dissolved late today
without reaching an agreement. As
sistant Secretary Polk, who called the
conference, said he saw no hope of
bringing the two sides together.
New Tork, April 2. AH but 20 per
cent, of the railroad owned tugs and
steam lighters which railroad repre
sentatives assert bring to New Tork
90 per cent, of Its food supplies are
tied up as a result of the marine
workers strike, J. J. Mantell, railroad
managers representative announced
today.
The railroad owned ferries on the
Hudson river, the crews of which also
were called out, are apparently not
Beriously affected Mr. Mantell stat
ing that all but one line are "running
on regular schedule. Reduced travel
today, due to the Good Friday holi
day, has enabled the railroads to use
ferries to a, large extent In the trans
portation of food and milk which
otherwise Would have been" carried by
the steam lighters and railroad car
floats.
The strike was called, union men
assert to maintain the 8-hour day
which they declare was threatened by
the reported transfer of railroad float
ing equipment to private owners. The
railroad managers claim the strike was
called in support of striking coast
wise longshoremen who walked out
several weeks ago.
Columbus, Ohio, April 2. Approxi
mately 1,000 local employees of the
Norfolk and Western railway termi
nals struck this afternoon in sympathy
with the brotherhood of railway clerks,
according to announcement made by
union officials.
PALMER CLAIMS
PACKERS LOST
Says Agreed Verdict Against
Them Saved American Table
From Their Control.
Washington, April 2. Court pro
ceedings against the "Big Five" Chi
cago packers were instituted because
"it had come to the time for a show
down in the industry," Attorney Gen
eral Palmer today told' the house ag
riculture committee. The attorney
general, appearing in connection with
pending regulatory legislation re
viewed what he called the long cam
paign agains. the industry in court
and before public opinion.
"It seemed to me that the thing had
come to a point where the packers
were either entitled to a clean bill
of health" said Mr. Palmer, "or we
public was entitled to a judgement of
some sort against them."
The consent . decree, finally agreed
upon after the government had insti
tuted suit, he said, was the result.
The divorcement decree, Mr. Palmer
said, "met every just complaint that
had been made by consumers, pro
ducers or competitors, . against the
packers."
"It met them by a judgment with
means for enforcing it.' the attorney
general continued. 'The managers
and influential stockholders in the
packing corporations can be convicted
of contempt of court and imprisoned
for any violation of its terms. This
makes these five great packers
butchers and nothing else. They are
no longer a menace to the food tables
of America with control of meat sub
stitutes and all other foods.
"I got more for the people by the
civil action than I ever could by pro
ceedings against them as criminals.
No business man ever has been sent
to jail for vialation of the Sherman
act in all its history."
By leaving to the packers th use
of refrigerator cars for transportation
of meat only, he said, 'we took the
poison out of the practics,""
Vwfes. i KM
Washington Wallace F. Handy
is the senator-janitor. He was
elected to the Delaware State Sen
ate in . 1913 and his term expires
in 1922. His health failed him and
he left Dover, Del., his home, and
came to this city. A farmer by
vocation he decided the broom was
the second cousin of the rake and
the mop an uncle of the cultivator.
Hence he became chief janitor at
the Capitol building. He got a
leave of absence from the janitor
job to "work" at the senator job
and cast his vote against the suf
frage amendment.
FARMERS STALL
ON PRODUCTION
Claim There Is No Money Be
cause of High Wages They
Must Pay Harvest Labor
By HARRY B. HUNT.
Washington. April 2. A three week's
tour of eastern, central and mid-western
states discloses much opinion and
sentiment in politics and business
which our national "leaders" and- the
public generally would do well to
study.
' Under-production is given here a
Washington as the prime reason for
high prices. And the farmers of the
middle west to produce as much food
stuff this year as they did last year
or the year before.
"Farm labor is scarce and wages
high. There's no money in farming
when we have to pay $50 to $60 per
month for regular help and $4 to $5 per
day for harvest hands, plus keep."
That is the explanation farmer after
farmer will give you through Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois and other
agricultural states. A. H. Snyder, edi
tor of "Successful Farming," says it is
the viewpoint of a very large percen
tage of the 800.000 farmers who sub
scribe to that publication.
The answer, of course, will be less
food produced this year.
"The thing we fellows out here are
having to watch," said a Council Bluff
banker, "is the effort of the big banks
down east to drain our ready cash
away from us.
"Eastern banking interests are
combing this country trying to sell
long-term paper to western banks.
They're offering to pay 6 per cent.
That itself is a give-away. For my
self, I've put an absolute limit of 60
days on all loans. I can't see far
enough ahead."
Manufactured goods are high, sup
plies short. Farmers who need to re
place fences find it almost impossible
to get wire fencing at any price.
"I'm just keeping my plant turning
over," says the head of a big wire
fence factory in central Indiana. "No
use trying to increase- production. We
get about as much out of it without
cither the effort or the risk we would
have if we were really up on our toes."
"Hogs are down $6 to $8 a hundred
pounds," said a Nebraska swine raiser,
'but I notice they're still charging
SO cents a slice for ham at the Omaha
hotels. I can make more money sell
ing my corn straight than I can feed
ing it to my hogs. I'm going to take
things easy this year."
Officials of farmer organizations
here in Washington have served a
questionnaire on presidential candi
dates asking where they stand with
respect to legislation helpful to farm
ing interests. But the rank and file of
farmers, even who are members in
these organizations, will be guided lit
tle by the answers.
"Farmers' organizations," said an
editor of farm publications in Des
Moines, "are not cohesive. In the
main, the membership does not pull
together. Most members never be
come active in their organizations.
But there are today unmistakable signs
of growing class consciousness among
farmers."
MAN 70 IS FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
Tupelo. Miss., April 2. John E.
Marshall. 70 years old, was sentenced
in the circuit here today to life im
prisonment after the jury found him
guilty of murder, as a accessory be
fore the fact in connection with the
killing of William Miller, an infant
who with three other members of the
Miller family, was slain at the home
of Robert Miller near Armory Janu
ary 15. " ;
For Second Time Von Mayer
Presses Request for Permis
sion but Millerand Rejects
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ORDER BEING RESTORED
Communists Resist Entry Gov
ernment Troops But Agree
on Conditions to Disarm
Paris. April 2. Dr. Von Mayer, the
German charge d'affaires, visited
Premier Millerand again today and
repeated hi former request for auth
orizing the ?enjry of German troops
into the Ruhr region. He informed
thet premier that some contingents of
the Reichswehr entered thfe neutral
zone Thursday, north -ftHe line of
Wesel-Dutmenv
Millerandfollowing the conference,
sent a note to Mayer requesting that
these troops be withdrawn, and re
peated the conditions previously laid
down concerning German occupation
of the Ruhr region, which is still un
authorized. Berlin, April 2. The German gov
ernment announces it has resolved to
dispatch troops to the Ruhr reg'ion
as soon as the entente consent to such
move. The decision was reached after
a three hours cabinet meeting today.
Essen by 'telephone to Dusseldorf,
April 2. The city free from disorder
today. The populace enjoyed a holi
day, promenading the boulevards.
Everybody seemed relieved at the ad
vent of peace. The Red guards gen
erally are handing in their arms.
Dusseldorf, April 2. Control by
workmen ceased theoretically at noon
today throughout the Ruhr district
under peace terms ratified last mgftt
at Essen. Today being Good Friday,
religious ceremonies were strictly ob
served. The genera strike was called
off this morning and work will be
resumed tomorrow.
The commander of the communist
troops before Wesel gave a pledge to
the conference j for the. strict, obser
va rice "of ' the agreement, t He declared
he had really a good army but could
not continue fighting because he
lacked ammunition and assertea an
(No. 1 Continued on Page Two.)
INCREASED FARE
HEARING GIVEN
State Commission to Determine
Question- of Jurisdiction of
Railway Commission
To determine whether or not tne
State Railway Commission has juris
diction to allow an increase in 1 fares
by the Street Car Company of this
city a hearing will be held April 15
by the commission at Tallahassee, it
was announced by the commission
yesterday. It asks that all parties rep
resenting the city or the company or
other interested parties be present at
the hearing on that date.
City Attorney Jones, in the interest
of the city's contention that the Pen
sacola charter gives this right only
to the city commissioners, has already
filed documents and referred the com
mission to the charter, and will pre
sent an additional brief to the com
mission showing the city's position. He
will probably be in Tallahassee on the
date of the hearing also.
R. Pope Reese, taking the position of
j a citizen of Pensacola, will present to
the commission reasons why the
Electric Company should not be al
lowed the rights to Increase the
i present fare of five cents. Mir. Reese
will attempt to show that the company
has not made improvements on its
lines to justify an increase of fares;
that the company pays a very small
salary to the men running the cars
and that the service given by the cor
poration is not commensurate with the
demands of the city.
The state commission issued the fol
lowing notice yesterday:
The city of Pensacola, through its
city commissioners and city attorney,
has filed with the Railroad Commis
sion, objections and protest by the
city of Pensacola against the railroad
commissioners assuming jurisdiction
of the property of the Pensacola
Electric Co.. for the purpose of fixing
just and reasonable passenger rates
for said company.
It is claimed by the city of Pen
sacola that jurisdiction over street car
affairs of said Pensacola Electric Co.,
has been conferred upon the city com
missioners of Pensacola by chapter
6746, laws of Florida, 1913, and that
the railroad commissioners of Florida
are without jurisdiction of said mat
ter.' This is, therefore, to !. advise you,
and all other parties interested, that
the railroad commissioners of the state
of Florida will on Thursday, April
15, 1920, determine whether or not
(No. 2 Continued on Page Two.)
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Evansville, Ind. "Police" power
among upper classmen in Centrol
High School is in the hands of
Lucille Sieber and nine other stu
dents. Five boys and five girls
form a student court to enforce
discipline, a radical .departure in
echool government originated by
Principal John O. Chewning.
BONUS SCHEME
IS SANCTIONED
Ways and Means Committee Ap
proves Project With Details
Left to Sub-Committees
Washington, April 2. Soldier relief
legislation with probable provisions for
a cash bonus, funds for wheih would
be raised by a bond sale or a luxuries
tax, were approved today by the House
Ways and. Means Committee 13 to 6.
The details will be worked out by sub
committees. v It seems very likely, however, that
wha$yer sum. fs determined iipon," the
paymenfwill be deferred until twelve
months or perhaps two years from
now, when the treasury can better
stand the strain.
The debate in the House on the
resolution to turn the matter over to
the Ways and Means Committee which
was limited by a Republican "gag"
rule to 40 minutes, was extremely
acrimonious and laden with Demo
cratic charges ,that the Republican
Congress has shirked its responsibility
for extending a reward to the ex-service
men.
The Republicans, who are in control
of Congress, decided several months
ago not to take any steps at this
session to relieve the former service
men, and the sending of all the legis
lation to the Ways and Means Com
mittee was adopted as the best means
to sidetrack it, the Democrats alleged
during the debate on the Mondell reso
lution. The Republican Steering Committee
some months ago ordered the soldier
legislation sidetracked, Congressman
Cantroll of Kentucky, Democrat, de
clared, and it was not until a revolt
against this step was threatened by
the American Legion that anything at
all was done in this connection.
Wide publicity was given at the
opening of the first session of Congress
controlled by the Republicans last May
to a bill introduced by House Leader
Mondell, known as the soldier land
bill proposing to appropriate half a
billion dollars to buy farms for the
soldiers. This was acclaimed for a
while as the Republican party's rec
ognition of the reward due the serv
ice men and hailed for a" time as a
wonderful vote getter.
Hearings were held on the bill and
it was reported in by the committee
and put on the House calendar. And
there it has remained for over six
months while the Democrats have
taunted the Republicans inaction with
charges that they were not living up
to their promises.
Over a hundred bills of various kinds
have been introduced in the Senate
and House to extend relief. But the
Republican leaders have adroitly
stifled them alL It was found that to
live up to the promises made would
seriously interfere with the great appropriation-slashing
economy record
the Republicans in the House are try
ing to establish as an argument for
votes next November, it has been
charged.
After introducing the resolution to
turn over all the soldier relief bills
to the Ways and Means Committee Mr.
Mondell obtained a rule from the Rules
Committee for its passage without a
single word of debate. Chairman
Campbell of the Rules Committee in
sisted upon , this "gag" being applied
until he was reminded that the prom
ise had been made in committee that
twenty minutes a side would be given
for debating the rule.
The debate was both interesting and
startling.
"Soldier relief bills have been re
ferred to the Committee on Public
Lands, to the Committee on Ways and
Means, to the Commii::e on Bank
ing and Currency, to the Committee
on Education, to the Committee on
Military Affairs, and to th- "'-m't-
r
No. 3, Continued op Page Z
HOUSE PLANS
TRIP TO ORIENT
More Than Hundred Members
Expect to Leave San Fran
cisco on Transport July 5
ITINERARY ANNOUNCED
Senate Is Expected to Promptly
Adopt House Resolution De
claring War at An End
Washington, April 2. More than a
hundred members of the House plan
to leave San Francisco July 5 aboard
the transporft Mount Vernon for a
two month's trip to Orient.
The itinerary will include Hawaii,
the Philippines, China and Japan.
The growing importance of-legislative
questions involving the Pacific,
those contemplating the trip said to
day, necessitates obtaining first hand
information. Matters to be studied
include the request of Hawaii (for
statehood, the movement in the Philip
pines for f independence, and Chinese
and Japanese immigration.
Washington, April 2. Prompt adop
tion by the Senate of the House reso
lution declaring the state . of war with
Germany at an end is expected by Re
publican leaders. They expect to dis
pose of army reorganization legisla
tion while the House Is acting on the
peace resolution.
Washington, April 2. Chairman
Wadsworth was authorized today by
the Senate Military Committee to in
troduce an amendment to the army
reorganization bill,. providing for , the
enlistment of not exceeding ten thou
sand American Indians as a separate
unit of the army. Upon .discharge
they would have all the rights of
American citizens in addition to their
tribal rights.
NATIONAL DEBT
GETS DECREASE
Washington, April 2. Reduction of
seven hundred and five million dollars
in the national debt, more than dou
ble the amount by which the debt was
lowered during any previous month,
was accomplished during March, the
treasury reported tonight. The na
tional debt now stands at twenty-four
and a half billions. Officials ctaid
this record could not be used as a
basis "for forecasting further monthly
reductions.
WHITE HOUSE IS
AGAIN PICKETED
Efforts to Have Police Remove
Women Favorable to Irish
Republic Fails
Washington, April 2. Efforts of tne
state department today to have the
Washington police authorities break
up the picketing of the British em
bassy by women favorable to an Irish
republic failed. The police said that
in the light of the decision of the
federal courts in the case of the suf
fragists who picketed the White
House two years ago they were
powerless to act unless there was dis
order. The women began the picketing this
morning, a dozen of them marching
up and down the sidewalk in front
of the embassy on Connecticut Avenue
displaying banners criticizing the
British government. This fact soon
was brought to the attention of the
state department and officials immed
iately conferred with the District of
Columbia commissioners and police
authorities.
It was said that the British em
bassy had made no "complaint.
The women undertook a demonstra
tion ait the capitol yesterday but were
turned away by the Capitol police.
Before going there they staged an
impromptu demonstration on Pennsyl
vania avenue opposite the White
House.
RED CROSS MEN
ARE RELEASED
Washington, April 2. All American
Red Cross workers held prisoner by
the Bolsheviki in Siberia have been re
leased except Alexander C. Tweedie of
New York, according to reports to na
tional headquarters of the Red Cross
today. Last reports from Tweedie said
he was ill of typhus. All the prison
ers were well treated.
Is Sister Ship to C-3 Which
Flew From Montauk to St.
Johns, N. S., Last May.
HAS TWO GREAT MOTORS
Cruising Radius So Great That
Return Trips to New Orleans
and Other Cities Planned
The U. S. N. dirigible C-7. the larg
est type lighter-than-air craft used by
the navy will be put in commission at
tne naval air station here in about 10 '
days, according to information from
the navy yard yesterday. Commis- ;
sioning the C-7 is in line with The i
Journal's exclusive story of three
months ago to the effect that Pensa
cola is to be made the chief lighter- j
than-air training station of the United '
States navy.
The C-7 is a sister ship of the C-5
which flew from Montauk Point. New
York, to St. John's Newfoundland in
25 hours and 40 minutes on May 14.-15,
1919. The C-5 covered 3900 miles on
that flight and was preparing to make
a flight across the Atlantic on the fol
lowing day. A sudden windstorm, how
ever, blew the ship from its moorings
and carried it out to sea. It was never
found, although destroyers sought for
it for more than a week.
The C-7 will have twin Union
motors of 310 horsepower each and will
have a normal cruisirg radius of 800
miles. This may be Increased by tho
installation of additional gas tanks.
A method Is also provided for using
gas from the main bag in case the
regular gasoline supply fails.
The C-7 is approximately 230 feet
long and has a capacity of 182.000
cubic feet of gas. It will carry a crew
of eight on ordinary trips nnd ha a
maximum capacity of 12.
Plans are being made to 'fly the C-7
to New Orleans and other more di
tant cities. It is said a flight to the
Pacific coast, has been.diioussd. B- -cause
of its great size, the C-7 will
not be used for short local flights
where frequent landings are made, but
will be used almost wholly for the
longer trips. Pilots and observers will
be given an opportunity of studying
aerial map-making photography, etc.
ALIEN PROPERTY
STATUS DISCUSSED
Claims of Americans in Germany
Exceed Those of Germans
in America.
Washington, April 2. Before turning
back German property seized In this
country. Congress should consider the
claims American citizens have filed
against Germany, Alien Property Cus
todian Garvan declared today before
the House Interstate Commerce Com
mittee.
Testifying at a hearing on bills re
lating, to the status of American
women who married aliens, Mr. Garvan
said Sta.te Department records prob
ably would show that American claims
exceeded one billion dollars.
Answering chairman Esch, Mr. Gar
van said he did not believe a joint
resolution declaring the war ended
even if signed by the president would
affect the situation respecting alien
property.
"I think it necessary," he said "that
Congress enact comprehensive legisla
tion providing relief for American
women who married aliens and whose
property now Is In my possession.
There are about 147,000 cass.
BANK EMBEZZLER
GETS FIVE YEARS
Fairburn, Ga., April 2. W. B. Green,
former vice president of the Fairburn
Banking Company, was found guilty
by a superior court Jury here today,
of embezzlement of the bank's funds
and sentenced to five years. Motion
for a new trial was entered and may
May 22nd was fixed as the date of
hearing. Bond was fixed in the
amount of $25,000.
OPERATORS ARE
AGAINST ADVANCE
New York, April 2. Responsible bi
tuminous coal operators will condemn
any unwarrantable . price and any
profiteering policies, because of the
recent 27 per cent. ? advance in wages
to miners, Thomas Brewster, chair
man of . the Bituminous Coal Opera- ,
tors Scale Committee,-stated tonight.
BANK ROBBER IS
GIVEN 17 YEARS
' Seale, Ala., April 2. Rufus Ford,
convicted, on a charge of complicity
in the robbing of tne Phenix-Girardt
bank of Girard, Ala., several months'
ago, was sentenced to seventeen year
hard labor today. His brother Tom.
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to.
ten years. " . J