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PENSACOLA'S HARBOR
Can Accommodate the Navies o!
Ihe World.
WEST FLORIDA
Jhe All-Year Playground ol
America.
NLY ASSOCIATED PKESS PAPER IN PENSACOLA MEMBER NEWS ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION.
VOL. XXIII, NO. 290.
THE. WEATHER
Fair today and Sunday.
x PENSACOLA. FLORIDA, SATURDA.Y MORNING, FEBRUARY 12,s 1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
i PRESIDENT-ELECT HARDING
CONSIDERING APPOINTMENTS
Is Fast Disposing' of a Number
of Miscellane6us Ap
pointments. TO SELECT CABINET SOON!
Very Likely That Charles Evans !
Hughes Will Be Selected j
Secretary of State.
(By Associsttd Press)
ST. AIGl'STINK. Fla.. Fc. 11.
"While President -elect llardinc was dis
poning of another list of miscellaneous
.appointment today it became known
that In th very ear future ha would
begin a scries 'of conferences calculated
to bring to a head the whole question of
a. cabinet selection. The names of three
of those expected here within the next
few days attracted particular attention
because all of them are known to have
boen under serious consideration for
vablnet places. They are Charles Kvans
ITuirhes, of New York. Charles G. lawen.
Illinois. ail .1. J. Pavls, of Pennsylvania,
considered for the portfolios of state,
treasury and labor, respectively. Vary
ing significance was attached, however,
lo their visits.
Mr. Hughes generally Is conceded by
those close to Air. Harding to be - the
president-elect's choice for secretary of
einte. and the (act that lie Is coming to
Florida was accepted as one more Indi
cation that he will get the appointment,
ft Is expected that at the conference,
which probably will take, place early
nest week, tl.e two will discuss the
whole question of preliminary diplomatic
steps toward formation of an association
of nations.
The prospective visit of Mr. Pawes.
who recently got Into the limelight by
it spectacular denunciation of the re
publican congressional ommlttees in
vestigating the conduct of the war, is
niinre of an enigma. It was understood
In December that he was foremost in
Mr. Harding's mind for the treasury po
rtion, but In recent weeks the friends
of other aspirants have become so ac
tive as to greatly becloud the rituation.
Mr. Da we Is visiting relatives in
Florida, and It Is pointed out that it
would bo only natural for him to call
and pay his respects to the leader of
hia party. Whether any deeper meaning
Is attached to the appointment is a
question that no one at Mr. Harding's
headquarters would answer.
No announcement has been made of a
formal appointment for Mr. .Davis, but
he is expected to be In St. Augustine
within a few days. It is understood that
Mr. Harding has heard flattering reports
of hls-'vcapahllity, but desired a doner
personal acquaintance before making a
decision in regard to his appointment.
Today the president-elect conferred
with Senator Wadsworth and Charles P.
Hlllis of New York, who are understood
lo have come here to discuss among
other thirps the local republican situ
ation In their state.
He also saw John Barrett, former
bead of the Fan-American Union, and
Mrs. W. H. Kelton. both of whom had
appointments postponed from yesterday.
Mr. Barrett talked over Fan-American
affairs and Mrs. Felton gave Mr. Hard
ing the views of nn anti-administration
democrat on the league of nations and
other subjects.
After his talk with the president
elect. Mr. Barrett issued a statement
predicting that the attitude of the com
ing administration would be one of
friendliness for Fan -America and that
men of highest qualifications would be
chosen to the Fan-American ambassa
dorships. Or. C. F.. Sawyer, of Mnjton, Ohio,
President-elect Harding's physician, ar
rived here tonight and will remain with
the Harding party during the remainder
of the visit to Florida.
Although there has been no definite
announcement It la considered likely
that he Mill be made white house physi
cian during the coming administration.
FITZGERALD HAS
BEEN ARRESTED
(By Aatcciatad Prats.)
nrnr.IN, Feb. Desmond Fitzger
ald, Finn Fein minister of propaganda,
waa arrasted here tonight. His arrest
Is considered as probably the most proni
v Inent since that of Arthur Griffith, foun
der of the Sinn Fein, taken Into custody.
Fitzgerald was mainly responsible for
the "Irish Bulletin." which made state
ments almost dally of the Sinn Fein
case against the government and was
widely circulated among the newspaper
men. The Bulletin constantly has been
"bilged to chance offices on account of
mi'ltary raid but continued to be se
cretly produced.
Fitzgerald has been the main point or
contact between the newspapers and
republican chief a. .
TENN. CONTINUES
TO FLOOD CITY
(By Associatad Praas)
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Feb. 11.
The Tennessee river here tonight had
reached a stage of 31.6 feet ami was
slowly lining, he prediction beitv
that it would be 35 feet by tomorrow
morning. Roads In several outlying
rectUm are already Inundated, cut
ting off travel to and from the city.
Only one street car tine has been
affected so far. the track between the
dty and RovMe, f;a.. being covered
to an extent that prevents operation.
NEGRO, LYNCHED
FOR AN ASSAULT
(3y AstoclAted Pratt.)
WAUCIll'TA. Flu. Feb. . 11. Ben
Campbell. nes;ro. was taken from
the lity .'ail here ujsi before midnight
1 . night lv " mob composed of
tween and "iio mm nti ung u to
a. polo and riddled with bullets.
COAL PRICES
BEING PROBED
Directors of National Coal Assoc.
Said to Have "Fixed"
Prices.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Appearing to
day beore the senate committee con
sidering the coal regulation bill, Rep
resentative Huddleston. democrat, Ala
bama, read what purported to be a
transcript ot the proceeding at a meet
ing of the directors of the National
Coal association held in June. 1919, at
which motions were said to have been
made to appropriate money for publicity
j to get consumers to buy coal while the
operators stood pat on prices.
, J. P. A. Morrow, vice president of the
association, told the committee that the
transcript "might or might not" be an
authentic record.
Mr. Huddleston said he wsjs informed
(hat "prices were discussed at a secret
meeting previous to this." but Mr. Mor
row denied that such a meeting was
held. Senator Reed, democrat. Missouri.
j objected to Representative Huddleston's
i statement going into the record, but
, Chairman LaFollette allowed it td stand,
j T. T. Brewster, of .St. Louis, was al
j leged to have suggested $300,000 for the
publicity campaign, but, the total was
! left for future decision, though some
money was made available.
BANKER ON TRIAL
IN ROBBERY CASE
(By Associated P'ess)
MEMPHIS, Feb. 11. W. I.. Huntley,
Jr.. former vice president of a local
bank, arrested last week on a charge of
receiving stolen property in connection
with the sale of $135,000 of Liberty
bonds, alleged by the police to be part
of a lot of $466,000 stolen in the hold up
of a broker' messenger in Brooklyn last
November, was given a preliminary
hearing in police court today.
The affidavit made by the police in
spector against Huntley was read, after
which tiie banker entered a plea of
"not guilty." He was held to await
the action of the grand jury under a
bond of $10,000.
H. Piggs Nolen, drug store owner, re
arrested late yesterday on the same
charge, was unable to appear in court,
having been taken to a local hospital
for treatment.
PREACHER MUST
SUSTAIN CHARGES
(By Associated Press)
WINSTON-SALKM, X. C., Feb. 11.
As a result of assertions made in a
statement printed in a heal paper,
making charges relative to violations
of the prohibition law, the Rev. T. V.
Crouse, Methodist minister of Stokes
dale; N. C, will be requested to ap
pear in court here and testify as to
what he knows. One of the charges
by Mr. Crotise in the published state
ment that he knew- of "a man in Winston-Salem
who has boasted that he
actually cleared $50,000 last year in
the liquor business.'
A capias issued by the municipal
court "has been forwarded to the
sheriff of Guilford county for service
on Mr. Crouse.
HICO DISABLED
IN MID-OCEAN
(By Aasociated Press)
BOSTON. Feb. 11. The shipping
board steamer 11 loo is disabled in
mid-ocean after the loss of n propel
ler with the tank steamer Gathwood
assisting her, wireless messages re
ported today. The Hieo is bound from
Antwerp for Mobile; the Cathwood
from Brest for Hampton Roa'ds.
BROAD RIVER IS
RAPIDLY RISING
Bv Associatad Press'
UNION. S. C. Feb. 1. The Broad
river continued to rise today and by
nightfall It was six feet six inches
over the dam at Nealshnabi power
plant and within four inches of the
windows of the power house.
Private Property Cannot be
Searched Without Warrants
(Py Associated Press
CINCINNATI. Feb. 11 The entry
without permission, express or im
plied, into a private garage, without
warrant .on a mission of search and
seizure by prohibition agents of the
United States is unlawful, under a
decision handed down in United States
district court today by Judge John W.
Peck.
The opinion was rendered on appli
cation of Harry Slusser. of Cincinnati,
for the return of an automobile which
was seized by police and federal pro
hibition agents several weeks ago
when they visited his home anfi pa
rage and found 2SS quarts of liquor
In this and another automobile io
Slusscr's garage. As a result of the
raid the two automobiles and the
PRECAUTIONS TO
AVERTTYPHUS
Efforts Contemplated by United
States Health Authorities
Are Sufficient.
NO IMMIGRATION BAN
Nothing to Warrant It as Pro
posed by New York Health
Commission.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINOTON, Feb. 11. Precau
tions taken and steps contemplated
are believed by federal health author
ities to be sufficient to prevent a
I spread of the European typhus epi
demic to the United States, Secretary
Tumulty tonight Informed Dr. Royal
S. Copeland, New- York city health
commissioner.
Secretary Tumulty, in a telegram 'to
Pr. Copeland. quoted a report on tho
typhus situation from the secretary
of the treasury, who declared that
i there was'nothing to warrant the step
suggested by the New York health
commission in a telegram yesterday
to the white house imposition of a
ban upoli the admission of immi
grants ifrom typthus-infested districts.
Dr. Copeland's suggestion resulted
from the arrival at the port of New
York within the last few days of more
than 30 cases of typhus.
Surgeon General Gumming, in a
statement issued during the day, said
that even should typhus get into the
United States "there is no reason to
fear that its introduction would be
followed by epidemics on the same
scale as in Europe."
"At the same time," the surgeon
general added, "it must be borne in
mind that there might be outbreaks
in the slum quarters of large cities.
The disease spreads only in unsani
tary and filthy surroundings, for, so
far as known, the disease is spread
only by lice."
The situation as presented by the
arrival of the typhus cases at New
York will he considered at a confer
ence tomorrow between Dr. Cumming
and Krving LaPorte, assistant secre
tary of the treasury in charge of lub
lic health. The report of Assistant
Surgeon General R. H. Creel, who has
been in New York investigating the
situation, will be considered at the
conference and it is expected that
further measures to safeguard the
United States will be determined.
TWO AVIATORS
KILLED AT CUBA
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. Lieuten
ants John Henry Ileitz Menken and
John Frederick Wolf or. United States
navy, were killed near Guantanamo,
Cuba, yesterday by the wrecking of
their airplane while on a practice
light for radio instruction. A dis
patch received today by the navy de
partment gave no detajls.
Menken's home was 'at Garden City,
Kan., and that of Lieut. ' Wolfer was
at Lancaster, Fa.
TROOPS FOR DUTY
AT TRIAL DENIED
j, (By Associated Press)
CHARLESTON. W. Va Folhr -11.
The war department has refused a
request of Gov. John J. Cornwell of
West Virginia that federal troops, on
coal strike duty at Williamson, be
maintained there, until the Matewan
battle trial is brought to a dlose.
This statement was made here tonight
by the governor, who said the adju
tant general of the army had notified
him that the soldiers would be with
drawn "on scheduled time."
FRENCH STEAMER
DESERTED AT SEA
(By Associated Press)
MONTREAL. Feb. 11. The French
steamship Victorious, which left New
York Feb. 2 for Cadiz and Tangier
with cargo, has been abandoned at
sea. and her crew rescued by the
steamer Cranford. according to a
radio message nicked up at Cape Race
today. The message did not give, the
position of the ship when abandoned
or indicate the reasons.
whiskey was confiscated and Slusser
and others arrested on charge." of
having had possession of liquor and
with having transported liquor ille
gally. "The righr. of the people to be se
cure in their houses against unreason
able searches and seizures is not lim--Ued
to dwellings but extends to ga
rages, warehouses, shops, stores, of
fices and even a safety deposit vault,"
Judge Feck said. "An unlawful search
cannot be justified by what is found-
"The discretion of an officer, how
ever good and well intentioned, is not
a substitute in law for a search war
rant issued by a proper magistrate.
lit passing upon Slusser's applica
tion for return of the automobile.
Judge Feck held thai the search and
seizure was unwarranted and without
authority of law.
AMERICAN BLUEJACKETS
ARE FIRED UPON
(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, Feb. 11. Five American
bluejackets were fired upon by un
known persons in Vladivostok at
1 1 o'clock Tuesday night, one of
them being wounded, says the
Asahi Shimbun's Vladivostok cor
respondent today.
The Americans, reinforced by
Russian policemen, arrested three
Russian officers formerly under
the late General Kapjpei, once
commander of the western armies
of the Omsk government, the cor
respondent adds.
The impression in Vladivostok,
according to the correspondent, is
that the attack was arranged by
communists with the object of
straining relations between Japan
and the United States.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. The
attack on live American bluejack
ets at Vladivostok Tuesday night,
as announced by the Asahi Shim
bun of Tokio, had not been report
ed tonight to the navy department.
In the absence of an official report
department officials refused to
comment.
AID IS GIVEN
Comes to Relief of Sufferers of
Tornado in Central
Georgia.
i
(By Associated Press.)
OCONEE, Ga., Feb. 11. On the site
of the homes that were swept away .
in yesterday's tornado, the southern
division of the American Red Cross
today pitched tents to shelter the
homeless people. A carload of relief
supplies arrived here from the head
quarters of the Red Cross in Atlanta
this morning.
A drop in temperature resulted in
considerable suffering among the vic
tims of the tornado.
Hundreds of curious people drove
here today in automobiles to see for
themselves the extent of the damage.
They reported that articles of wear
ing apparel were found as far as 11
miles from Oconee, and there was one
part of a bedstead picked up 28 miles
away. ,
Identification of the dead has been
14-actTcally completed tonight. Twen-ty-nine
bodies had been accounted
for tonight, but some of the negroes
in a hospital at Sapdersville were not
expected t6 live through the night.
Governor Dorsey's offer of aid to
day was,, declined by Washington
county people, who declared they
would subscribe to a fund to meet
the emergency.
ITS
SECTION
Georgia Tornado Kills 26 Ne
groes, One White Boy and
Injures 30 Persons.
ATLANTA. Feb. 11. The tornado that
struck this section yesterday caused
the death of 26 negroes and Benjamin
Franklin Orr. a 14-year-old white boy,:
injured 30 or more persons and entailed
property loss estimated at $50,000, ac
cording to checks made today.
Damage to property in Gardner, where
the lives were lost, and most of the
injuries caused was estimated by Neil
Meyer. president of the Cleveland
Oconee Lumber company at $35,000 with
the remaining loss at. Oconee. Some 40
negro houses were destroyed, the tor
nado centering on the negro section of
the mill settlement here.
Red Cross workers arrived at day
break today from Atlanta and joined
physicians and civilians from Sandera
ville, Tennille and other nearby towns
In rendering aid. The dead and injured
were placed on trains and taken to
Sandersville, whore there is a larga
sanitarium.
Many negroes who lost all their per
sonal belongings in the storm seemed
half crazed while others spent hours tn
fruitless search for relatives whom they
learned later had been swept away and
killed. A negro child was found on a
torn mattress at the site of his former
home, his relatives, grandfather, mother
and brother all having been lost.
Outside aid would be welcomed at
Gardner, where hundreds have Keen left
homeless and in need as a result of
Thursday's tornado, according to a
telegram today to Governor Porsey t'roivS
A. w. E-an. of Sandersville.
O'CALLAGHAN IS
WARNED TO LEAVE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Should
Donal J. p'CaUaghan.i lord mayor of
Cork, who came to ths country as a
stowaway without a fMssport, fail to
leave today, a warrant for his arrest
and deportation will, be issued imme
diately, it was said at the department
of labor.
O'Caltaghan was given until today
to sail for a foreign port.
Commenting upon reports that the
lord mayor had announced in New
York a program of extensive speak
ing engagements in the United States.
!aor department officials said they
thought this probably was a over to
conceal O'Callaghan's real intention
of leaving for Europe as secretly as
possible.
BY RED CROSS!
TORNADO H
NEGRO
SAYS EFFORT IS
NARROW-BE!
Rep. Slemp Warns Virginia
Democrats Against Redis
ricting State.
DECLARES IT "UNFAIR"
If Done, Republican Strength in
Congress Would Probably
Retaliate.
(By Associated Press)
ROANOKE, Va.. Feb. 11. Warn
ing Virginia, democrats that it would
be "narrow-minded, unfair and inde
cent" to redistrict Virginia so that
the republican majority in the ninth
congressional district of the state
might bo eliminated, Representative
C. Bascom Siemp of the ninth Vir
ginia district, in a statement sent to
Virginia newspapers today, intimated
that tho republican strength in con
gress will be employed to cut the
state's, representation from 10 to six
members as a retaliation.
At a recent conference of democrat
ic committeemen from the fifth, sixth,
ninth and tenth Virginia congressional
districts here, it was decided that
plans be worked out to redistrict the
sixth and ninth districts to "elimi
nate the republican majority in the
ninth." The committeemen proposed
to submit suich a plan to the state
legislature in 1922. Commenting on
this plan, Mr. Slemp's statement, in
part, follows:
"This is such a narrow-minded view
that I do not believe for one moment
that any success will attend such a
movement. The republican party at
the November election, even under
unfair registration and election laws
of the state, cast two-fifths of the vote
of the state, or approximately 100,000
votes for Harding to 150,000 votes for
Cox.
"In fairness,-- the state should send
three republicans to congress. To
deny them all representation would
be so unfair and so indecent that it
would be shocking to all fair-minded
men and women in the state and I
may say would be resented by repub
licans generally in the nation.
"It has not been bad for the state
that Virginia has had one republican
district it would be far better if it
had more. In both war and peace
the record of the ninth district has
been irr accord with the best inter
of the state and nation and the V..,
000 men and women who believe in
republican policies will not further
be denied their fair representation in
legislative assemblies.
"In the existing congress the fight
to save the state from losing four of
the 10 seats was made by the repub
lican congressman from Virginia in
the republican caucus and was won
there. In tho next congress, so far
as the house is concerned, the demo
cratic party, so far as being an ef
fective force goes, is a negligible
quantity, not even having one-third of
the membership. In the senate the
republican majority is 22. I may say
that not one of this majority is in
sympathy with the political methods
existing in the south. If a further
denial of republican representation in
legislative assemblies continues and
goes to' the extent of absolute exclu
sion of republicans, ,the democrats of
the state may expect counter action
on the part of republicans in the na
tion in the most effective way pos
sible." LABORERS REFUSE
$5 DAILY WAGE
(By Associated Press)
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Feb. 11.
All efforts of the city of Great 'Falls
to create work for its unemployed
men are to be abandoned because of
refusal of the business agent of the
Federal unlbn, an unskilled organiza
tion affiiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, to permit its
members to work for $5 daily. Mayor
Newman announced today.
The business agent contended the
men should be paid a flat scale of
$5.50.
Several men put to work at the city
water plant here were called off on
a strike by the union. Announcement
that tho city would offer no more
jobs was made by members of the
city council.
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Shooting Trial at Matewan
Will be Commenced Today
(By Associated Press)
WILLIAMSON. W. Va., Feb. 11.
Testimony will be taken tomorrow in
the Matewan shooting trial. Counsel
for both sides and the court are agreed
on that point. Nineteen defendants
instead of twenty-one will be tried on
cvharges growing out of the death of
Albert Felts during a pistol battle in
the West Virginia mountain town.
Two of the co-defendants, N. H. At
wood and B. R. Page were today dis
missed on motion of. the prosecution.
Tonight there were rumors of inten
tion on the part of one or more of the
defendants to turn state's evidence.
These rumors were discounted, how
ever, by Atwood's statement that he
was "sore" because he could not stand
trial with the other defendants.
Judge IV D. Bailey, presiding in cir- i
cuii court today made good his threat!
'CAPITAL SHIPS OBSOLETE,'
OPINION OF NAVAL EXPERTS
IEGR0 ROBBER
IS ARRESTED
Capture by Police Officers May
Solve Several Mysterious
Burglaries.
The probable solution of many of
the robberies and burglaries that
have been turned in to the pmlice
station was found yesterday with the
arrest of Marsh Ellis, negro. Arti
cles answering descriptions of those
taken from homes in all sections of
the city were said to have been fo r.-,.1.
In the Ellis home, Lukes al'
arrest of Ellis and his wife i
by Captain Harper and Of t . ;
ncll.
The officers started on the trail of
the negro yesterday morning at 7
o'clock, when a fruit store of Catches
Brothers on East Government com
plained of the robbery of the cash
register. Officers O'Connell and Mc
Intyre answered the oall and after
obtaining a description of the negro
who was said to have robbed the
register started on the chase.
Captain .Harper appeared on the
serene and joined the two officers.
About 10:30 a man reported recog
nizing Ellis as the man who robbed
his home on Barrancas avenue re
cently and attempted to hold the ne
gro for the officers. In spite of using
pliers and other articles on the head
of Ellis, the negro broke away and
the man followed. Af the home of
Ellis Officer 'Connell appeared on the
scene just as the negro's wife was
about to use a brick on the head of
the man who was trying to hold her
husband. The woman was taken to
the city jail.
Yesterday afternoon Captain Har
per and Officer O'Connell were riding
in a negro section of the city and
saw Ellis standing by a building.
They stopped the car and O'Connell
started after the negro. Ellis ran
i around the building but was stopped
and held by Captain Harper, who had
gone in the opposite direction from
O'Connell in the effort to head Ellis.
Four shots were fired in the effort .to
halt Ellis.
During the chase after Ellis, a skin
'game with 11 dark participants was
broken up, three hoboes were placed
under arrest, a deserter was taken in
tow and other suspicious characters
were landed in the city jail.
At tho home of Ellis the officers
found a large variety of articles, in
cluding a bank book belonging to W.
G. Porter, an overcoat said to have
been taken from the home of Mr.
Alslip, Barrancas avenue;' a quantity
of money, several pairs of trousers,
silk shirts, coats, suits of clothes, a
gold watch, pistol, pocket books, silk
stockings, 10 pairs of shoes, razors
and other articles. These were all
taken to the police station and will
be held for identification.
Some of the articles were identified
by people whose homes have been
robbed and any one who has lost ar
ticles by robbery is asked to view the
articles in the effort to determine the
ground covered through these activi-
7. .
ties
The Catches store cash register has
been robbed regularly and systemat
ically, according to .the manager of
the store. The4 regular robbery has
been going on for some time and the
storekeeper set a trap for the burglar,
with the result that yesterday the
negro was. identified as he was taking
the money from the register.
The burglar would open the regis
ter while the manager of the store
was on the sidewalk cr was in the
other room of the building. As the
burglar was emptying the consents of
the register yesterday he was grabbed
by the extra man, who was in wait
ing for the prowler. The negro broke
away but- was recognized. A good
description was given the police as
the r.egro made a habit of sitting
around the store.
to lock up witnesses if found, who
failed' to appear in court.
John Smith Balsden, whose testi
mony is regarded as very important
by the prosecution, was placed in jail
after being found by a deputy sheriff.
Baisden had failed to answer roll call
yesterday.
A recess was taken early this after
noon at the request of the prosecu
tion in order that it could interview
witnesses who had arrived during the
morning from remote sections of the
country. It was stated by counsel for
the state that questioning of these
witnesses might result in a number of
them being excused from further at
tendance at the trial. It was also
pointed out that depositions of others
probably would be taken and that this
procedure would undoubtedly lessen
the duration of the ca3e.
Surface Navy Can Go Nowhere
But to the Bottom, is
Statement Made.
BORAH WANTS TO KNOW
Whether Great Britain is "Cir
culating Propaganda
This Country.
in
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Th
statement that he had received ug
gestions that Great Britain was circu
lating propaganda" in this country to
deter American naval building was
made in the senate today by Senator
Borah, republican, Idaho, during a
general debate on disarmament. He
' understood, he said, that the facts
were m possession of the navy de
: artment. '
Senator Poindexter. republican,
Washington, author of the senate'
naval committee's recent adverse re-
ror a six month's naval holiday, in
answer to a question whether the
committee's investigation had dis
closed any such situation, reolied thaf
there had been "some testimony" on
the subject but the committee did not
believe it Bhould be made public.
If this information i In th hanrt.
of the navy department," Senator
Borah said, "the congress should have
It. We are informed that in th Be
ehives of the navy denartment ther
is proof of the propaganda conducted
by Great Britain. At the same time
we are told that the British ambas-
... , .3 v., , mo wa.y 1 1 e-i e lit Hiiinrewr
a disarmament conference."
Senator Borah again ureed that an
agreement be reached between the
naval powers for reduction of build
ing programs and also advocated a
carerui investigation to determine
whether capital ships are tactically
obsolete. .
"Unless there is an agreement
reached between the United States
and the powers competing In naval
building" he said, "it will lead to war
inevitably."
Opinions of American, British, Ger
man and other naval experts that
capital ships have become obsolete
were presented by Senator Borah. He
read from, a letter by an American
rear admiral, retired.-who said:
"I would stake my life that in a
few years a surface navy alone can
go nowhere but to the bottom."
The name of the officer who wrote
the let-ter. Senator Borah said, would
be given to the naval committee if it
desired. This officer, he added, also,
wrote that the United States could
never be attacked successfully by a
power or (combination of powers from
overseas.
Senator Poindexter, in defending
the naval committee's report support
ing the. capital ship building program,
deeclared ' that if the United States
accepted the building postponement
plan it would "become at once a de
feated nation, would lose its insular
possessions and its citizens would he
able to travel the seas only upon
terms law down .by rival nations.
"Before sitting down witih those
nations at the conference table." he
said, " the committee feels we should
take precautions not to sit down dis
armed. If the six months' suspension
were adopted we would lose, in addi
tion, between $15,000,000 and $25,000 -000."
The senator said he would like tn
know whether Great Britain would
reduce ts fleet to the present strength
of the American navy and if Japan
would actually stop naval construc
tion. He asserted that the RriMh
main fleet was twice as strong as the
American ami that Japan would equal
the American strength within the
next three or four years.
Senator Smith, democrat. Georaria.
suggested that Great Britain give the
United States in payment for its war
debt half of Its naval forces so that
the two powers would be equal in
strength.
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PENSACOLA AND VICINITY Fair
Saturday and Sunday; not much change
in temperature.
WINDS Bast Gulf Moderate west
winds and fair wathr Saturday.
West Gulf Moderate west and south
west, winds and fair weather Saturdav.
Pensacola, Feb. 12.
U. 8. WEATHER REPORT
Sunrise . . 6:31a.m.
Sunset . . . 5:35 p.m.
Moonnoe . . 8:58 a.m.
Moonset . . 3:69 pjra. I
Next phase of the
moon (first quarter),
Feb. 15.
High tide . 11:25 p.m.
Low tide . 10:42 a.m.
YESTERDAY'S
WEATHER
Temoerattfre
ttry Wet
Bulb Bulb
7 am. ... 49 44
12 noon . . 56 .46
7 p.m. ... 56 27 i
Highest 60 Lowest ... 4S
Mean 54 Normal 55
Mean same date last year 6 )
Accumulated excess this year to
date - Ie2
Highest of record for February 78
Lowest of record for February ...... 7
Rainfall
For 24 hours ending at 7 p. m
Total this month to 7 p. rn 1.61
Normal for February 4.43
Accumulated deficiency this year to
dat 2.69
Humidity
7 a. m., 65; 12 noon. 46; 7 p.. m., 50.
Barometer
1 a. m., 30.04; 7 p. m., 30.10.