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yOL. XXVI NO. 224
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ULLET END
GASTON
SLAUGHTER KILLED
BY PRISONER WHO
ESCAPED WITH HIM
Took French Leave of Arkansas
State Prison With Seven
Other Convicts.
OVERPOWERED GUARD AND
LOCKED THE WARDEN UP.
Five Of the Seven Fugitives, In-
eluding Slaughter Are
Recaptured.
(By The Associated Press)
LITTLE BOCK, Ark., Dec. 9. -Tom
Slaughter, desperado, came to tha end
of his long career of crime tonight in
the fastness of the Saline county hills,
He was ehot from behind by one of
the white men whom he led to liberty
from the state penitentiary this morn
ing. The report of Slaughter's death was
confirmed late tonight by Sheriff J. J.
Crow of Saline county, leader of one
of the many posses on the killer's
trail.
Not only Is Slacghter dead, but one
of the five negroes who left the prison
with him In the spectacular escape
this morning Is dying In the hills be
side the bandit's body, while the white
companion who shot him down from
behind and the three other negroes are
In custody.
The man who killed Slaughter Is J.
C. Howard of Garland county, who
was serving a three-year term for
forgery. Tha sceno of tho shooting is
14 miles northwest of Benton in the
deep woods.
Howard, according to a statement he
made at the jail In Benton late tonight,
had been biding his time to turn upon
Slaughter.
"I left with htm with the Intention
of killing him the first chance I got,"
he Is quoted as saying.
Slaughter fell with two bullets In his
head and another through the body.
The negro, who is dying beside
Slaughter's corpse, received his wound
early this morning at Benton, an hour
after the flight from Little Rock dur
ing the battlo between four officers in
the main street of the town and the
fleeing bandits in their automobile,
Story of the Escape.
LTTTLI3 BOCK, Ark Dec. 3. Tom
Slaughter, considered among the most
daring of desperadoes in the history
of the southwest, escaped in the early
morning hours from the Arkansas
state prison, which he ruled like a
"czar" for five hours.
Slaughter summoned a guard, com
plaining of illness. WJhen offered an
extra blanket to warm him In his death
cell, he covered the guard with a gun,
disarmed him, then canvassed tho pris
on, disarming and Jailing the guards
as he met them.
Before leaving the prison Slaughter
went to the adjacent home of the war
den and aroused hira from from his
bed and forced the warden and hi3
family to return to the. prison where
they were also looked In the colls.
It was believed Slaughter and the
white man and four of the five negroes
who escaped under his leadership are
in the wild hills of Saline county, 30
miles west of here. The fifth negro
is hollered to be dead, killed, officers
say, by Slaughter or one of the men
with Mm. after being wounded in a
gun battle staged in the main street
f Benton, Saline county seat, earlv
today.
In pursuit of the desperadoes are
many posses, including two from Hot
Springs, one from Malvern and another
from Benton, while sheriffs and other
officers within a wide radius are on
the watch and In communication.
The officers believe one negro was
killed because the car In which flight
frcm Little Rock was staged contained;
a luooa-soajsea sweater worn by
Charles Jones, the negro received at
the prison only yesterday. The rear
seat cf the car was covered with blood.
One of the many bullet holes In the
laok was waiat high to a man seated
inside. Inside the car were found a
loaded revolver with the rrii shat
tered. probably bv n h-.iiiAf on
of the grip of another revolver taken
from Warden Dempsey of the nenl.
tentlary.
The car was found 13 miles north
of Benton where tho bandits abandoned
It when stopped by an open ditch on
the highway into which they were
forced by the men who fired upon them
rt Benton.
A farmer In Saline lajo today told
officers of seeing a large white man,
another white man and .four negroes
in tiie woods.
PEE ADO
LEAVES
CTHXT A mA"n ITT A mnrvT mTT-r-T- a rn-nTr mrv !
lOXLilNillUJ YVAlfiUlN initJliAlJlliNS iu
SLAP FACE OF AN ARMY OFFICER
Georgia Senator Becomes Peeved
at Meeting of Senate Investi
gating Committee.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. .Threats by
Senator Watson, democrat, Georgia, to
Jh crw!
the meeting of the senate committee
investigating charges that American
oldiers had been illegally hanged in
France into an uproar today and
brought a quick demand from Chair
man Brandegee for a sergeant at arms
to prevent any physical clash. -For
a morient tho utmost confusion
prevailed. Above the direction of
sergeant at arms to prevent any phy
sical clash.
For a moment the utmost confusion
prevailed. Above tho direction of
shuffling feet as some women hurried
toward the door, the voice of the chair
man. In strident tones, commanded the
Georgia senator to sit down or retire
from the room. Banging the table with
bar knuckles the chairman soon re
stored a semblance of order, but there
were many heated exchanges before
the meeting broke up until tomorrow
afternoon.
Major George W. Cocheu, attached
to tho general staff, was tho officer
on whom Senator Watson launched his
verbal attack. It happened near the
close of a brief, but turbulent meet
ing at whidh Senator Watson's charge
that tho committee "at a secret ses
sion had prejudged" the caso was
characterized by Senator Shield, dem
ocrat, Tennessee, a member of the
committee, a untrue and wholly with
out foundation.
The senator's attack on' Major Co
cheu hit tho committee like a crack
of ligntnlng. There had been 7io in
timation that anything of the kind was
impending. Major Cocheu, sitting next
to Colonel Walter Bethel, General
i-ersmng s jucige aavocaie guiit-im lil
.trance, naa not tesunea ana nis
friends said later was present in his
officii capacity as chief of the legis
lative branch of tho general staff.
Suddenly swinging on his feet and
sihaklng his right hand within two feet
of the major's face, the senator, his
voice Pitched hisrh. exclaimed that
' J v. . . - '-C-- " j
two pennies I'd stop our jaws."
officer did not bat an eye. J
"for
The. off
Instantly Chairman Brandagee was
on his feet, calling for a sergeant at
arms to protect the officer from "an
insult."" Then declaring that he him
self had been insulted. Senator Wat
son announced that ho would retire
from the meeting. 'v
Taking Iiold of the situation, Sena-. J
tor Shields declared the committee de
sired to proceed in order and sug
gested to Senator Watson that he had
not been insulted.
"We expect you to conduct yourself
here in the same manner you want
others to conduct themselves toward
you," said Senator Shields.
"An Insult can be given by looks,"
Senator Watson shot back, wheeling
quickly again to face the officer. "If
he looks at me again that way I'll
slap his face. I won't sit here and be
bulldozed by these officers, by this
bull jawed brute." '
Major Cocheu looked straight ahead
at the senator as Chairman Brandagee
endeavored to get the proceedings
within orderly senate bound. After
repeating his command that the sena
tor sit down or leave, Chairman Bran
dagee and Senator Watson had a fiery
exchange as to just w"hat had been
promised in keeping officers out of the
room while any of tho latter's wit
nesses were testifying.
Finally the chairman shouted to the
Georgia senator, asking if he wanted
the officers sent away, and on being
informed that he did, fhey were told
to get out.
After that things settled down a bit.
Smiles came back to Senator Watson's
face as he explained that he wanted
to beg the pardon .of the committee,
if he had acted in an unseemly man
ner. He added, however, that the of
ficers, sitting there and gazing at him
"in an indent manner" had arousea
his "southern blood."
The committee later decided to hear
some army officers tomorrow and then
adjourned the open sessions for a
wfk. so as to examine the mass of
'documents presented by Senator Wat-
son. The senator annuuioa umi uo
had no witnesses on hand today, but
the committee agreed to summon any
body he felt could give evidence as to
the illegal hangings.
A flurry followed a "protest by Sen
ator Watson over the action of ;the
committee in confining tho Inquiry to
"illogal hangings." The senator in
sisted that his charges covered broad
er ground and that the committee was
(Continued on Page 2.)
. . . . . . .
S CAREER OF DARING
OF THE SOUTHWEST
CUBA ON MAIDEN TRIP
EX-SOLDIER CLAIMS
TO BE EYE WITNESS
TO 15 EXECUTIONS
(By The Associated Press)
LITTLE BOCK, Ark., Dec. 9.
William A. Small, 26 years old,
honorably discharged member of
the 28th infantry, first division, de
clared to newspapermen here today
that he was an eye witness to the
execution by hanging of 15 Ameri
can soldiers in France and that he
Is willing to go to Washington to
testify before the senate investigat
ing committee. ,
DE VALERA MAY
ATTTm A Q TT T7I A T tomorrow. The question of naval ra
cl U JL J. XjlO XI SUt Ix. U tios, it was said tonight by some for-
0 T.T eign delegation spokesmen, will not be
F S N N K LN taken up at the meeting, at least di-kJJ:J-
A j rectly. although It is understood that
jits relation to the proposed agreement
Should He Be Defeated in His ; hew to be vital.
Fight Against Ratification
Thought He Will Resign.
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 9. After tho first
surprise occasioned by Eamonn De
Valera's repudiation of the proposi
tion for creating the Irish Free State,
officials in both London and Dublin
were occupied today mainly in can
vassing the prospects' for ratification
of the Anglo-Irish treaty, when it
comes before -the meeting of'the Dail
EL eann next Wednesday.' 1 ...
Tho balance of opinion in bothfiJties;
anneared to that. Arthur Orlf'th.
- - - : : . - "'.japan, .trance ana the united states,
as sponsor of the treaty will obtain j Heaclg of the3r resiective delegations,
an effective mo onty although it was ; u ,9 understood wi formally declare
admitted here that Mr DeValera. pos-;their adherence to lt at tomorrow.B
sesses a strong following, and that.' H
I iuo luiuio, ijitiiCLUie, limy jjussiuiy uo
' . , . : . . ' r , . . 'ii .
very close
If Mr. DeValera should be
defeated in his fight against ratifica
tion, it is though here that he may re
sign his position as head of the Sinn
Fein. . . '
LABOR BOARD IS
HALED IN COURT
Judge Landis Issues Temporary
Injunction Restraining Hand
ing Down Decision.
....(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec. 9. Buffeted about
by the criticism" by both railroads and
railroad workers for more than a year
and a half, the United States railroad
labor board finally was haled into fed
eral court today when it was made
defendant in an injunction suit brought
by the Pennsylvania railroad, which
procured a temporary order from
Judge K. M. Landis, restraining the
board from handing down a decision
against the road in a shopmen's con
troversy. I ,
Members cf the board said they
'-'welcomed the suit" as a means of set
uing many perplexing questions which
have been the subiect nf ma thr.
cornered tilts between the transporta
tion lines, the employes and the board.
Charged by the transportation act
with settling railroad difficulties, the
board has no legal power of enforcing
its orders and several roads have even
disputed the extent of the board's
jurisdiction. ,
COLEMAN ACQUITTED OF
CONSPIRING TO MURDER
(By The' Associated P'ess)
HAWKINSVTLLE, Ga, Dec. 9. E.
E. Coleman was acquitted by a jury in
superior court here today of the charge
of conspiring to murder William Hall,
whose body was found in an auto
mobile that had fallen into a creek
near here a year ago. It to charged
by the state that Coleman and others
made way with Hall to collect insur
ance money on his life but Coleman
told the jury death was due tcf the
accidental overturning of the automo
bile. FIVE TUGS FAIL TO ..
BUDGE FRENCH SHIP
(By The Assoc'.ateo? Press)
PHILADELPIflA, Dec. 9. Five tugs
made futile efforts today to release the
French steamship Olympe, aground in
the Delaware river off Pensfield, X. J.
It w-as decided tonight to unload the
entire cargo and take it ashore. 'The
ship, bound from Philadelphia for
French and Italian ports, via New
York ran aground last night.
SUBSTITUTE FOR
ANGLO-JAPANESE
ALLIANCE READY
Will Be Announced at a Plenary
Session of the Washington
Conference Today.
PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN
ACCEPTED BY BIG FOUR
It Is Expected That Ratio Agree
ment Will Be Announced
at This Meeting.
(By The Associated "Press)
WASHINGTON,' Dec. 9. The four
power agreement to govern conditions
in the Pacific as a substitute for the
Anglo-Japanese alliance will be an
nounced at a plenary session of the
Washington conference at 11 o'clock
Decision to hold tho session was
reached suddenly tonight at a meeting
of delegation spokesmen with Secre
tary Hughes after the French accept
tance of the proposal had been received
from Paris. Previously it had been
the plan to- hold a meeting of the com
mittee on far eastern questions at that
hour..
At the same time reports will be re
ceived from several ' subcommittees
which have been at work on questions
affecting the far east.
The four "power - proposal has" now
been accepted in principle by the four
powers concerned, Great Britain,
i - ... . .. ': .. ' .
"e,
The negotiations tonight were par
ticipated In for the first time in sev
eral weeks by Baron Shidehara, the
Japanese ambassador, who has been
ill. He was sufficiently recovered,
howeved, as to leave the embassy to
night and confer with Secretary of
State Hughes.
An official statement by the confer
ence said:
"The fourth plenary session of the
conference on the limitation of arma- j
ment will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10, j
at 10 a. m.. In Continental Memorial j
hail.
Already the 'task of drafting the
treaty into final form is well advanced, j
Its text is brief, providing in direct
terms for abrogation of the alliance !
and for a "cooling Off" process should
war be threatened over, questions of 1
the Pacific island's. The details yet
to be settled are said to Involve only
minor considerations.
It is the expectation of some of the
delegates that the plenary session also
will see a publicly announced agree
ment between the United . States,
Great Britain and Japan on the "5-5-3"
naval ratio. Japan has not yet assent
ed to it, but hr cabinet is sitting in
Tokio with an apparent prospect of
favorable action.
A third element of the Washington
negotiations, the separate parts of
Tvhich have become intertwined as tha
time for momeniuous umuiuu ...... cd,
also has been advanced to a point
where the attitude of each interested
delegation is well understood. This
element involves future fortifications
in the Pacific, and informal discussions
of it have established the "status quo"
as an acceptable basis of agreement.
There remains only the chance of a
serious controversy over the problems
of China as a possible barrier to a
far-reaching understanding In which
the national spokesmen can come to
gether on all the major points at issue
here.
With the sealing of such an under
standing, the rest would become a
matter of detail. Most of the principal
delegates believe they could go home
by the end of the year and leave the
specific terms of the several remain
ing agreements to be worked out by
special commissions.
Indications have not been lacking
that Japan might want to delay final
action on the four power treaty and
the naval ratio until the devious prob
lems of China and the far east have :
reached a stage where they can be men on Thursday morning, will be ab
lumped into a general rourd-up agree-'olvrf from the blame tne coroRer.s
ment. Despite much talk and the
adoption of many resolutions such
questions as Shantung 'and the Japa
nese leases in Manchuria remain un
settled. Whether that circumstance is
to delay the agreements now near
consummation is a question only To
kio can answer. It is the belief of
Washington that it will not.
Outcroppings of the old troubles of
the orient have been apparent more
. . (Continued on Page 2)
ST. NICHOLAS GIRLS
WILL NEED $500 FOR
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
The St. Nicholas Girls are going
to need at least five hundred dol
lars, if they are to take caro of the
five hundred children on their lists
on Christmas morning.
So far, the donations have totalled
J159.75. This means that between
now and Christmas the St. Nicholas
Girls must raise nearly three hun-
. f
dred and fifty dollars more than
they have in their treasury this
morning.
This has been a hard year and
the St. Nicholas Girls cannot cut
down their list. The children have
their promise for the Christmas
celebration, and that promise has
never failed them.
(Have you ever gone to the St.
Nicholas Girls' Christmas morning
celebration? Have you seen those
children, who have had so little of
brightness in their lives, coming in
with anxious-faces? Itave you seen
their faces light with the joy that
ran come to a child only with the
Christmas stocking?
Surely at this Christmas season,
no child must be forgotten.
Telephone Miss Hargis, at 85,
and 'she will have a messenger call
for your contribution. Or it may
be left at the Hargis Phraraacy.
The funcj, stands as follows:
Brought forward . . . $133.60
II. II. Thornton 10.00
L. Hilton Green, Jr .40
Porter's Bazaar 1.00
White & White 2.00
B. & B. Cafe 5.00
B. L. Gundershimer, Jr. .... 1.00
Cash 1.00
C-ci.s . 2 o
Mrs. Minnie Rutherford .... .50
5159.75
floyt Bros., 15 pounds nuts.
nenfral Pharmacy, candy.
RECEIVER APPOINTED
FOR VALPARAISO CO.
J. M. Re id of DeFuniak Named
Development Company Will
Appeal the Case.
J.' M. Reid of DeFuniak Springs, has
been appointed receiver for the Val
oralso Develdpment company, accord
ing to information received last night
from DeFuniak. Mr. Reid is In the
real estate business In DeFuniak, and
it is understood that his position as
receiver is only temporary.
" W. W. Flournoy, who represents
the development company, stated to
The Journal last night over long-distance
phone that he will appeal the
case and has already filed supercedes
bond.
The appointment of Mr. Reid as re
ceiver followed a hearing at Crestview
on last Saturday and Monday, at which
the unit-holders made application for
the appointment of a recei-ver for the
purpose of protecting their interests.
DETECTIVES NOT BLAMED
FOR SHOOTING ROBBERS
(By The Associated Prs)
DUNKIRK, X. Dec. 9. "two rail-
rat detectives who sbot two Dunkirk
verdict to be rendered tomorrow, Cor
oner Blood announced tonight. The
evidence shows Ihe said, that the two
men boarded the train to rob a car
and refused to surrender when they
were detected.
The detectives named in the testi
mony submitted to the Coroner were
M. T. Drummond and F. II. Wormer
of Erie, Pa.
RETURN
NEW LINER WAS
WELL RECEIVED
IN CUBAN PORTS
Has Already Established Most
Friendly Relations With
People of Island.
MEANS MUCH FOR THE
PORT OF PENSACOLA
Vessel Is Owned by Local Busi
ness Men and Will Make Pen
sacola Its Home Port.
The steamer Gaston, which made Us
initial trip to Cuba the latter part of
November, left last night on its ro-
I turn trip to Fensacola. The headquar
ters of the company are in Cienfucgos.
and Lee MacDonell of tho MacDonell
Company, which is operating the ves
sel, stated last night that tho new
liner was well received at Cuban ports
and has already established most
friendly relations, which he feels will
work for the success of the company.
The Gaston is owned by the Cuban
South Coast Trading Company, and
will serve directly the ports on the
; south coast of Cuba. The company is
'composed entirely of local bus.ness
! men, and the steamer is operated by
local men.
The Gaston left Pensacola about
twelve days ago, and will make the
trip (back to Pensacola in three days,
where she will assemble her cargo for
tho next trip.
j In speaking of the new steamship
(line, a man interested in port develop
jment, recently said: -
"The establishment of the new line
; between Pensacola and Cuba will mean
much for tho development of this port,
i The Gaston will have sailingsi pos
sibly twice a month, and the liner will
purchase its supplies in Pensacola and
spend its money here.
"It is true that Pen-sacola Is gettin.?
a good many steamers for part cargo
and for coaling, and this business is
very attractive, and we want all of it
that we can possibly secure.
"But it is the home port that gets
the money. It is tho homo port of the
steamers that make Pensacola the port
of call, that get the real benefit of that
' steamer's disbursements, and having
a liner which makes Pensacola its
home port means muh for this port,
for cargo will be assembled her and
the crew will spend Its money here,
besides the fact that the Interests rep
resented are local men."
MAKES NO STATEMENT AS
TO SINKING OF SUBMARINE
(By The Associated Press)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Dec. 9. No
statement as to the sinking of the
submarine S--17 off Fenfield i-cef, on
Wednesday, has been officially given
out by the Lake Torpedo Boat com
pany, P. B. BrilL the general manager,
said today. In reply to inquiries: "1
have nothing to say."
THE WEATHER TODAY
O , ii-
Pensacola and Vicinity Unsettled and
fome'A'hat colder Saturday; . probably
rain; Sunday fair.
Winds Kast Gulf: Fresh to strong
north and northwest winds, overcast
leather and probably local rains Satur
day; West Gulf: Fresh northwest and
north winds and partly overcast weather
Saturday.
U. S. Weather Report.
Pensacola. Fla., Dec. 10. 1321.
Sunrise 6:.J4 a.m.
Sunset 4:50 p.m.
Moonrise ....1:43 p.m.
Moonset 2:00 a.n.
Next phase of tha
-noon, full moon, Dec.
14.
Next high tide about
7 p. m.
Next low tide a'oout
6 a. m.
yesterday's Weather
Temperature
Dry
bulb
7 a.m 52
12 noon 60
7 p m .-62
Wet
buli
hi
55
Hiphest 66 Lowest ....St
Mean 5S Normal 55
Mean same date last year, 49.
Accumulated excess this year tQ date,
Highest of record for Dec, 77 degrees.
Lowest of record for Dec., 14 degrees.
RalnfaM
For 24 hours ending 7 p. m,, 0.0?.
Total for this month to 7 p. m., 2.47.
Normal for Dec 4.17 Inches.
Accumulated deficiency t!is year to
date. 17.04.
Humidity
7 a.m 93 12 noon.. .71 7 p.m.... 80
Barometer
7 a.m 30.12 7 p.m 30.0S
Hourly Temperature!
6 a.m...
t a.m.. .
8 a.m...
.52
p.m....
p.m....
p.m
p.m...'.
p.m.. . .
p.ra
p.m.. . ,
..63
..65
,.66
..65
..64
..62
..62
...51
. . .52
9 a.m .-..55
10 a.m. 57
11 n.m 60
12 noon.... 6')