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VOL. XXII, NO. 362
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Allies Will Use Force to
Execute Turkish Treaty
STATE BANKERS
GATHER TODAY
Mexican Revolt Assumes -
Threatening Proportions
IA 11 1 1! Ml I I III III III f( Ml III
Marshal Foch Devises Plan by
Which Supreme Council Will
Control Situation.
GERMAN PACT DISCUSSED
French and British Relations
Strained But Solution Is
Expected This Week..
San Re-mo, April 21. The supreme
council of the allies isTully prepared
to execute the Turkish treaty by mili
tary force if necessary. The council
today adopted a plan for the employ
ment of allied armies.
The plan was drawn by Marshal
Foch, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson,
British chief of staff, and General Bag
dolia. Italian chief of staff, who at
tended the morning session. Two hun
dred thousand allied troops are within
the borders of the Turkish empire
strategically dispersed Und could be
Increased. Greece probably will fur
nish most of the troops. Supplemen
tary naval plans were also approved.
The discussion of what will be asked
of Germany and how what is asked
will bi exacted, will be begun by the
supreme . council tomorrow. .Tension
between the French and British dele
gations on this subject has been con
siderable. The French are declared to
feel deeply that they have been the
greatest sufferers from Germany's
omission in fulfilling the treaty obli
gations. . . '
The British position is that although
Germany has defaulted in several ex
tremely important respects she must
be required to fulfill her obligations
and can be without further occupation
of territories and by severe economic
restrictions.
Washington, April 21.--Suggestions
have been made to allied governments
by the state department that Germany
be Granted an extension or me agree
racnt. which expired April 10, and which
permits the presence of limited Ger
man forces In the neutral zone.
Parifv April 21. Germany has asked
the inter-allied conference at San Hemo
to Increase from 100,000 to 200,000 men
the stmding army provided for Ger
many by the terms of the treaty of
Velf 13 iBlit i -. sBT.-r.' -.
The request was contained in a note
handed to the French foreign office
last evening with the demand that it
be sent to the supreme council at San
(-inn rt
The note set forth that an increased
force was necessary for the mainten
ance of order in the interior and that
furthermore the army would not ac
cept aa order for its dissolution.
The note further requests that Ger
many be allowed to retain the entire
general staff and corps of officers,
which means the entire frame work
of the active army.
Washington. April 21. Ambassador
Johnson at Rome was instructed today
by the- state department to attend the,
allied conference at San Remo as an
official observer for the American
government. He will not participate in
the di-scussions or deliberations.
Ambassador Johnson is expected to
go to San Remo today. It was said at
the sfcite department that his instruc
tions "were similar to those given to
mbassador Wallace when he was del
egated as an observer at the meeting
of the allied ambassadors at Paris.
Mr. Johnson will report to the depart
ment on decisions reached by the al
lied conference. - .
Before the San Remo conference met.
it invited the United States to send a
representative.
STEAMER WAYHUT
REPORTED SINKING
Ixmdon, April 21. A report to the
Lloyd Shipping Agency today say the
American steamer Wayhut Is sinking
in latitude 47 degrees north, longitude
7 degrees west. A tug is on the way
to the assistance of the distressed ves
sel. A wireless message from Queens
town, received just prior to the Lloyd's
announcement, stated the taking the
Anglosaxon in response to a SOS sig
nal was proceeding to the assistance
of a vessel, the name of which was
not given, but which was reported
sinking In the latitude and longitude
named by the shipping agency's re
port. The Anglosaxon, the dispatch added
was three hours steaming from the
distressed ship. The message from
her as received in Queenstown, merely
said:
'"Corae at once to a sinking ship."
ABDUCTION CASE
GOES TO TRIAL
NasM-ill. Tenn.. April 21. When the
Davidson county criminal court this
morning resumed the hearing of the
case in which five Nashville officers
are charged with abduction of John
R. Lawson. street car union represen
tative, Judge Debow ruled that it was
competent for the defense to show the
intentions of the officers in carrying
Lawson out of town, but the. ;mers of
the chief of police to them were not
competent.
In tie absence of the jury Detective
Gus Kiger, first witness for the de
fense, stated that what was done was
by opler of the chi-f. and not the re
su!t'cf any agreement with his follow
officers.
LABOR BOARD
WILL SPEED UP
Railroads' Suggestion to Gather
Data Is Vigorously Opposed
by Brotherhoods.
Washington, April 21. Proposal that
the railroads collect for the Railroad
Labor Board data on wage demands
of employes met with sharp objections
today from the brotherhoods and union
officials who declared such action
might delay for months adjustment of
the pending wage controvers Chair
man Barton of the board, stated the
hearings will be continued without in
terruption and matters will be ex
pedited. The railroad's suggestions re
garding data were taken under ad
visement. In offering cooperation of the roads
in reaching a decision, E. T. Whittier
of the Association of Railway Execu
tives said at least three months will
be required to obtain wage data from
roads by means of questionnaire.
Vice President Doajc of the Brother-
Jhood of Railway Switchmen, protested,
saying if the roads could postpone set
tlement for three months, it could be
delayed a year and that each month's
delay meant a saving of millions of
dollars to. roads. He said soviet unrest
among workers will be increased by
further delay. The board' today for
mally notified the Chicago Yardmen's
Association, "outlaw" union, that its
application for hearing is denied.
A"n agreement with the railroad
brotherhood unions under which the
striking railroad workers in the Met
ropolitan district of New York will
return to work immediately was an
nounced here today by Edward Mc
Hugh, spokesman for the strikers.
Mr. McHugh said he had abandoned
the effort to have the case of the New
York men taken up separately by the
railroad labor board and that his com
mittee would return to New York to
day leaving their case in the hands
of the leaders of the regular brother
hoods MARKET STAPLES
s TAKE BIG TUMBLE
New York, April 21 Heavy liquida
tion In the stock market today , sent
prices plunging downward. Leading
issues, especially of speculative char
actor, declined five to fifteen points.
Cotton dropped five dollars a bale here,
and eight dollars a bale in New Or
leans. In Chicago corn fell as much
as eight and a half cents a bushel, and
pork a" dollar and thirty a barrel.
STAPLES GO OFF
TRADING IN JAPAN
Tokio, April 16. Silk, cotton and
rice on the exchanges closed today as
a result of ten days' slump in prices
STORM RELIEF
WORK HINDERED
Lines of Communication Blocked
in Paths of Tues lay's Tor
nados in Three $tates.
If
Birmingham, April 21. Destruction
of lines of communication and block
ing of roads by yesterday's tornadoes
were the greatest obstacle today to
relief work which, however, was well
under way in Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee. A hundreand fifty-five
are dead. 700 injured -and more than
$2,000,000 property loss,-- according to
revised reports tonight. ;.
Atlanta, April 21.--yTb.ree were
killed near Maysville. Georgia, by a
tornado last night with a, number in
jured and property loss of several
hundred thousand in that section.
Losses to crops, farms, equipment
and livestock are to be added to the
total damage. Temporary hospitals
will be constructed for the sick and
Injured and plans . are under way to
provide shelter for numerous families
who lost their homes. , -, '
Birmingham, Ala.,, 'vpril 21. Fifty
four dead were reported from Marion,
Winston and Franklin counties, Ala
bama; 129 from Jaspef'.Monroe.Jtfadi
son, Lauderdale, ad "dnoba counties,
Mississippi and three Maury county,
Tennessee.
Appeals for aid wfre received here
from many small twns and -settle
ments. Red Cross relief parties were
organized and plans made to rush food
and tents to hundreds of people whose
homes had been destroyed.
Communication was still impaired but
authentic information was that the
disturbance had wrought the greatest
havoc in the three counties of. Ala
bama just north of Birmingham. The
tornado apparently struck first at
Kuin. Ala. and then zigzagged through !
northwestern Alamaba, eastern Mis- j
sissippi and southern Tennesse. (
CLOCKS ONLY TO RUN
IN PARIS ON MAY DAY
Paris, April 21. Just who will
work and what, service the pub
lic will get . May 1, when labor
leaders propose to have every
thing except the clocks stopped,
still remains the topic of con
versation in all circles in Paris.
It seems certain that transporta
tion will cease on May day.
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STRIKERS NOT
BE REINSTATED
Mantell of Managers Says Those
Who Return Be Registered
as New Employes.
SENIORITY IS DENIED
Strikers in Chicago District Re
fuse to Vote on Returning; in
New York Some Stay Out.
New York, April 21. Railroad em
ployes who took part in the unauth
orized strike will not be reinstated
with seniority rights. J. J. Mitchell,
spokesman for the railroad general
managers' association, announced to
night. Mantell said returning strikers will
be registered as new employes. Chair
man McHugh, of the strikers' execu
tive committee, later announced he
will not ask the men he represented to
return to work.
Chicago, April 21. Striking railroad
men in the Chicago'district refused to
day" to vote on the question ofTeturn
ing to work.
All efforts of a .committee of .strike
leaders to obtain action failed.
M. J. Kenney, R. S. Murphy and
Shannon Jones, three of the strike
leaders arrested last week, made an
appeal for a return to work at a mass
meeting of striking yardmen.
They were greeted with cries of
"sold," outside" and; Where's Gj-u-nau?'
Jones explained that efforts to
obtain the release of John Grunau,
president of the "outlaw" switchmen's
association, from Joilet jail on bond
had not succeeded.,,
Mr. Murphy, waving an American
flag, took the floor to declare he
"would not fight the American gov
ernment." He was greeted with cat
calls and hisses. .
Union leaders declared after the
meeting they were helpless to order
the men back to work.
A police lieutenant declared the
meeting adjourned after the strike
leaders . had - be.n refused a hearing.
He announced that no "rump meeting"
would be permitted and the hall was
cleared under police supervision.
The strikers left the hall and amid
gome discussion and marched across
town to their headquarters where they
resumed the session. - -
Many of the men declared Kenney,
Murphy and Jones had no authority to
advise 'them to return to-work. Only
President Grunau of the Switchmen's
Association; could do that, they sakl.
Grunau. at whose request the mass
meeting had been called, expected to
arrange for his release from jail to at
tend. Failure of his plans to furnish
10,000 bond prevented.
OVERSEAS MEN
GIVEN INCREASE
All enlisted men of the army and
marine corps, who served overseas in
the recent world war on and after
July, 1919, will receive additional pay
ment of 20 per cent for service after
that date. This is a recent decision of
the treasury department, and the
above payment has "been authorized
through the director of finance, war
department. Washington, D. C,
All enlisted men entitled to this ad
ditional pay can secure the necessary
blanks, instructions, and information,
by writing to John Henry Smithwick.
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LOCAL WEATHER
(Compiled for the Journal iy the Weather
Bureau Office.
Pensaeola. Fla... April 22. 1820.
Sunrisa, 5; 15. Sunset. 6:22. Moonrise,
8:28 a. m. Moonset, 10:38- p; m. Xext
phase " of i the moon, 1st quarter, 25th.
High tidv 12:50 p. m. Ixiw tide, 11:3
p. in.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
Temperature.
Try bulb. 7 a. m.. 6; 12 noon. 73; 7 p.
m.. 71. Wet bulb. 7 a. m.. ST; 12 noon.
69: 7 p. m.. 70. Highest. 76. Lowest.
69. Mean. 72. Normal, 6. Mean same
date last year. 63. Accumulated defici
ency this year to date. 179. Highest of
record for April. 92 degrees. Lowest of
record for April, 34 degrees.
. Rainfall.
For 24 hours ending. T p. m.. 0. Total
for this month to 7 p. m-, A. 60. Xormal
for April. S.16 inches. Accumulated de
ficiency this year to date.. 1.S5.
Humidity.
7 a- m.. 92; 12 noon. S2; 7 p. m.. 95.
Barometer.
7 a. m-. 29.90; 7 p. in., 29.S9.
Second Annual Convention Will
Be Welcomed by Mayor San
ders on Behalf of Citizens
NOTED SPEAKERS COMING
State Comptrolled Amos and
R. N. Sims of New Orleans
Will Address Financiers
The second annual convention of the
State Bankers of Florida will convene
at the San Carlos at 10 o'clock this
morning. The attendance is expected
to be much larger than at last year's
convention ana an interesting pro
gram has been arranged. Among the
speakers will be Hon. Ernest Amos,
state comptroller, a-inl R. X. Sims, vice
president of the Hibernia Bank &
Truct Company of New Orleans.
The. meeting will be called to order
by President George E. Nolan of Or
lando at 10 o'clock in the auditorium
with the following officers present:
J. D. Watkins. first vice-president,
Micanopy; W. W. Trice, second vice-
president, Tampa; Wilson O. Boozer,
secretary and treasurer, Jacksonville.
Executive committee: Archie Living
ston, chairman, Madison; F. N. Con
rad, Daytona; Q. W. McCall, High
Springs; J. A. Ormond, Marianna; J.
R. Perry, Lake City; R, F. Adams, Pa
latka; W. S. Rodgers, Mulberry; W.
M. McKethan, Brooksville ajid C. J.
Joiner, Fort Lauderdale. .
The following program will be car
ried out:
Invocation Rev. I. W. Chalker, Pen
saeola. Address of welcome Mayor of Pen
saeola, Frank D. Sanders.
Response and a d d r e s s President
George E. Nolan, Orlando.
Address "The State Banks of Flor
ida" Hon. Ernest Amos, comptroller
of the state of Florida.
Address R. N. -Sims, secretary and
treasurer of the National Association
of the Supervisors of State Banks and
Vice-president of the Hibernia Bank
& Trust Co., New Orleans, La.
Adjournment for light luncheon.
2 p. m. Address "Shall We Have
Par Clearance?" .
J. A. Ormond, cashier. Citizens State
Bank, Marianna.
Mark W. Monroe, president, Citl-znsj-American
. Bank & . Trust Co,
Tampa.' , - "H- .'".'.'.
Hon. Forrest Lake,!jresident, Semi
nole County Bank, Sanford.
Following will be a general dis
cussion, report of- committees, report
of the secretary and treasurer, roll
call, unfinished business, new busi
ness, election of officers, election of
executive committee. The meeting will
then adjourn and at 8 : 30 in the evening
there will be a banquet at the San
Carlos with W. A. Blount as toast
master. James C. 'Watson, chairman of the
automobile committee announced last
night that those who have pledged the
use of their cars, are asked to have
theircars at the depot at 9:30 o'clock
today and tomorrow and at the San
Carlos at 2:30 o'clock Saturday aft-
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SERVICE FUND
PLAN COMPLETE
Salvation Amjy Organization
Embraces LeaUng Citizens
,t of West 'Florida.
The Salvation Arniy Home Service
Fund organization hs been completed
and numbers the' leading citizens of
"West Florida- on its roster. Judge W.
B. Sheppard of the; federal court Is
zone chairman and E.R. Malone, pres
ident of the American National Bank
is zone treasurer. Plans have been
completed for the .ampaign which
opens May 10 and closes May 20. Dur
ing the ten days or the campaign the
funds necessary to support the organi
zation during the coming year will be
obtained.
It isn't to be a "drive", but just a
campaign tor lump sum support for
the organization which became so
popular with the boys "over there".
The Home Service Appeal Campaign
will take the place of day to day re
quest for funds and will put the or
ganization in position to carry on Its
work for the poor-.the sick and the
weak.
The complete district organization
follows: '
. Zone Chairman Hor. W. B. Shep
pard. judge of TJ. S. ourt, northern
district of Florida. 4
' Zone irasuret-Iou E. R. Malone,
president" of American Jxational Bank.
Zone directors Capt J. H. Harvell,
Santa Rosa county, Milton.
D. C. McCallum. Okaloosa county,
Crestview.
y. B- Harbeson, Walton county, De
Fun iak Springs.
W. A. Alford, Washington county,
Chipley.
W. C. Sherman, Bay county, Pan
ama City.
Lee MacDonnelL Escambia county,
Pensaeola.
-$V W. Bruce, Jackson county, Mari
anna. Escambia county Chairman H. H.
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JACKSOXYILLE WILL
HAVE CITY SHIPYARD
Jacksonville, April 21 Jackson
ville may be the first city in the
United States to have municipal
Shipbuilding plants of impor
tance, local city and shipping
board officials believe. Negotia
tions for the purchase of the
Bentley concrete shipbuilding
plant reached a definite stage last
night when the city commission
voted in favor of buying the
plant.
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TAXPAYERS TO
WATCH REVENUE
Temporary Organization of Tax
payers' Association Is Ef
fected at First Meeting
WILL STUDY ASSESSMENT
Association Plans to Take "An
Active Organized Interest"
in City and County.
Temporary organization of the Pen
saeola and Escambia County Tax Pay
ers Association was effected" at a
meeting held in City Hall yesterday
afternoon. The object of the asso
ciation is to take an organized interest
in the assessment, millage and expend
iture of the taxpayers' money in Pen
saeola and Escambia county. Max L.
Bear was elected temporary president
of the organization. It is believed the
association will have 500 members by
the middle of June.
The meeting, which was attended by
about 50 men, was called to order by
J. M. Muldon. The object of the asso
ciation was stated by George P. Went
worth after which a temporary organ
izion was effected. - -
A nominating committee, consisting
of F. E. Welles, Alex Friedman and M.
A. Quina, was appointed by Mr. Mul
don. The report of the committee was
adopted-. It named the following tem
porary officers: Max L. Bear, presi
dent; J. F. Taylor, D. B. Gonzalez and
T. L. Gant, vice-presidents; R. B.
Simpson, secretary-treasurer; direc
tors, B. Forbes. A. J. Malone, Law
rence Nobles, Thomas A. Johnson and
Charles H. Kupfrian.
On motion of J. S. Reese the execu
tive board is authorized to fill any va
cancies which may occur in the list of
temporary officers until the annual
meeting.
The following temporary organiza
tion laws were adopted:
The name of this association shall
be the Pensaeola and Escambia
rauntv Tax Pavers Association.
The object of this association shall j
be the taking of an organized interest
in the assessment, millage and the ex
penditure of the tax payer's money in
Pensaeola and Escambia county.
All white persons paying taxes on
real estate or personal property in the
City of Pensaeola, and county of Es
cambia, are eligible to membership. At
the first meeting all persons otherwise
eligible, who have made application
for membership, shall be declared
elected to membership In the associa
tion. All tax payers are eligible to
membership by filing with the secre
tary his application certifying that he
is a tax payer and upon filing of such
certificate shall be entitled to full
membership. -
The officers of this association shall
.consist oi' a president, three vice-presl
'-dents, (first, second and third), a secretary-treasurer,
and an executive com
mittee of ten members. The above
named five officials being ex-officio
members of it, and the five additional
members being elected from the mem
bers of the association.
There shall be no dues, all needed
funds to be raised by voluntary sub
scription. Meetings shall be called by
notices published in one or more
newspapers in the city of Pensaeola.
not less than twenty-four (24) hours
in advance of the meeting. Recognized
parliamentary uses shall govern the
meetings of the association. No ac
tion binding on the association as a
whole shall be taken unless such ac
tion is favorably voted upon by three
fourths of the members present at any
meeting. The annual meeting of this
association shall be held on the third
Wednesday in June of each year. ..
MAN MAROONED
ON ROCK IN RIVER
Anderson, S. C April 21. W. L.
Conwell was killed this morning when
a bateaux in which he and E. C Plr
tain were crossing Savannah river at
Gregg shoals dydro electric plant, be
came unmanageable and was swept
over the dam. Although the boat
was dashed to pieces on huge boulders
below the dam. Partain escaped injury
though he is at present in a precari
ous condition, being marooned on the
pinnacle of a rock jutting up put of
the ragng stream.
FLETCHER CLUB
BOOSTERS MEET
Plan for Organization of Sup
porters of Florida's Senior
Senator Is Approved.
Supporters of Senator Duncan TJ.
Fletcher in his campaign for renoml
nation as the Democratic candidate
for the United States Senate will meet
at City Hall at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
The plan of a Fletcher Club to take
in the whole county with subordinate
organizations in every precinct has
met hearty approval among Fletcher
men and tonight's' organized meeting
is expected to be one of the best at
tended affairs ever staged.
Leading Democrats throughout the
county have signified their intention
to be present and the organization is
expected to be perfected without a
hitch. Speakers for tonight's meeting
have not been announced, but it is un
derstood some of the most fluent of
the county's orators will be on hand.
Everywhere In the county Fletcher
support is strong, especially since re
ports of his speeches have been made
public. In every town the senator has
visited he has been accorded tremen
dous ovations and it is expected that
his arrival in Pensaeola later in the
week will be the signal for a grand
Democratic rally.
WATSON MAY LEAD
GEORGIA PRIMARY
Official Count Will Be Neces
sary to Decide Tuesday's
Result.
Atlanta, April 21. Unofficial re
turns from all except four counties In
Georgia's presidential primary Tues
day showed tonight for Attorney
General Palmer 140 in the Democratic
state convention; Thomas E. Watson,
132; Senator Hoke" Smith, 110 on basis
of incomplete returns Watson ap
peared to have the lead in popular
vote and his backers are confident yet
he will obtain plurality of convention
votes on final returns.
At 11 o'clock tonight it was pointed
out the contests are so close in some
counties official returns might change
the result, and Watson's backers still
appeared confidential.
STRIKE PICKETS
AND POLICE FIGHT
Butte, Mont., April 21. Fourteen
men, believed to be Industrial Work
ers of the World, strike pickets, and
one policeman are In a hospital tonight
suffering gunshot wounds sustained
this afternoon in a clash near the
Never Sweat Mine. Two of the men
may die.
PARTY RALLY
AT VALHALLA
Democratic Candidates Hold
Fish Chowder Feast and
Talk Politics.
Fish chowder and politics were
served at a rally a Valhalla Hall, 11th
ave. and Chase-st, last night. All can
didates candidly admitted that they
were for the "working man" and the
"fisherman" and without any hesi
tancy referred to their public service
records as a final argument for politi
cal favor.
The hall was packed and many lis
teners were lined up outside getting
an occasional earful through the door
and window openings.
Speakers were Lincoln Hulley. can
didate for governor ; J. Leo Anderson,
W. E. Rowland and Frank X. Carroll,
for the legislature; James Macgibbon,
for clerk qf the circuit court; LaNvrenc
Mayo for clerk of the court of record;
T. T. Wentworth, Jr.. and George
Briggs. for county commissioner, dis
trict No. 1 ; Will L. Johnson and D. A.
Noe, for justices of the peace.
U. S. S. JUPITER TO ,
BECOME 'LANGLEY'
Washington. April 21. Naming of
two aircraft auxiliaries of the Amer
ican navy in memory of Prof. Sam
uel P. Langley, and Wilbur Wright, in
recognition of pioneer work in the evo
lution of hcavier-than-air craft, was
announced today by the navy depart
ment. The aircraft tender to ,be launched
at Hog Island yards next week will
be named Wright and the name of the
collier Jupiter, now being converted
into an aeroplane carrier, has been
changed to Langley. the announcement
said. Orville Wright, brother of Wil
bur Wright, has been asked to name
the sponsor Xor the new tender.
Two Additional States Join So
nora in Rebellion Againsl
Carranza Government.
TAMPICO IS MENACED
General Gomez Reported to Be
Leading 3,000 Men into Tux
pan Petroleum District
Washington, April 21. Ttenorts from
Mexico today. oXfioial and unofficial,
emphasized the srowinar ctrnrth f
the revolutionary movement led by the
sxaic or sonora. Private advices said
the states of Hidalgo and Tlaxaeala,
supported by their lrcislati irr3 anil
state troops, had joined the secession !
movement
Other dispatches told of scattering
but strong additions to the revolution
ists. General Adolfo Gomez was said
to have occupied Tuxpan with 3,000 j
men and to be threatening. Tampico, 1
the vital center of .Mexico's oil region.
The Mexican embassy issued a formal
statement declaring the revolution
only a local movement.
Auga Prieta, Sonora. Mex., April 21.
News dispatches repeating the state
ment of a Carranza official and re
counting reports made to American
army southern district headquarters
by the intelligence service held" an
overshadowing interest today in the
minds of officials of the state of So
nora which recently withdrew alle
giance to the Carranza government.
Additional concentrations of federal
and state troops for the expected
clashes were reported but nothing was
known of actual encounters.
General Ignaeio Pesqulera. appi-iKnl
by President Carranza to suoee1 Ad
olfo de la Huerta as governor of So-
nora, reported upon his arrival it La-
redo, Texas, en route to Noga'i-'s, Ariz., V
that the whole stale of Mi 'Iioac.'in had
gone over to the rebels. Governor Ho
belo joining the movement with all
federal troops in his command. His
statement confirmed Mexico City ro
ports of last Sunday.
The American army intelligence re
port was to the effect that Lieutenant
Colonel Alvaro Obregon, candlltlc 4or
president of Mexico, and recently re
ported under detention at the capital,
was in active command of revolution
ary troops in Michoacan.
The same, report said the Tith Mex
ican federal cavalry had left Ojinaga.
Chihuahua to reinforce the Juarez gar
rison and that 3.20!) Caminza troops
were concentrated at Casas Grandes,
Chihuahua, preparing to march against
Sonora through Pulpitos Pass.
Sonora officials were without reports
from their own sources regarding the
Carranza claim that General Angel
Fylores. commanding Sonora itroops
operating in Sinaloa. has been sur
rounded in Culivavan. capital of Sinaloa,
which he. captured recently.
Americans reaching the border from
lower Sinaloa said retreating Carran
za troops were destroying bridges and
otherwise Impeding the progress of
funeral Flores.. The Sonora leaders
drew encouragement from unconfirmed
reports from El Paso that ,a rising or.
4.000 Carranza . troops in the state of
Chihuahua wag imminent.
MINE WORKERS
GET BIG VERDICT
Fort. Smith, Ark.. April 21. A ver
dict from the Pennsylvania Mining
Company for $10Q,000 actual damage
against the United Mine Workers of
America, district number 21, and local
mine workers bodies in three Arkansas
counties, was returned In federal court
here this afternoon. Under the Sher
man act the Judgement will be tripled
to a total of $300,000:
JOHNSON LEADS
NEBRASKA TICKET
Omaha, April 21. Sen. Hiram John
son continued to lead for Republican
presidential nominee tonight as. the
votes in Tuesday's primary came
slowly in to newspapers tabulating the
returns.
In " the Bryan Hitchcock race for
delegates at large to the Democratic
national convention, Bryan not only
managed to get within the coveted
four but found one of his running?
mates there also.
WANT ANTI-STRIKE
LAW TO BE ENACTED
St. Louis, April 21. Resolutions de
manding that congress enact laws in
the prohibition of lockouts and strikes
in public utilities and essential indus
tries were adopted here today at the
closing session of the convention of
the Mississippi Valley Association.
President Merrick was reelected and
New Orleans chosen for the next con
vention. J. A. Merritt of Peracola.
and A. H. Whiting of St. Petersburg,
were electsd directors.
SONORA TROOPS
ARE UNOPPOSED
Xogales, Ariz., April 21. General t
Flores is in complete command at Cul
iacan and unopposed by Carranza. -forces,
it was officially announced to
day by the Sonora military headquarters.