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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-17
ASK CHANGES OF
IMPORTANT KIND
IN school. LAWS
THE PUBLIC sciIooL.coMMlssloN
RECOMMENDS COMPULSORY
EDUCATION AND THAT WOMEN
BE ALLOWED TO voTE on AL
SCHOOL MATTERS.

h y
The public school colnflsis -
Pensacola has forwaT lea It's lex lslaai9e
report 10 the Elscambia l4eglslaso s
the Secretary Nv Cnnniaagllaan
havirag inst sent out following let
2ecF 10 ~ " u. III e asS e III.
Robert II Anderson, represent atives
and Zion. John 3. Jones, state senator.
Il am directed by the Pensacola
Public School Commission, through it's
chairman. Hon. p. X Yonge, to trans
nit to you copy Of report Of Iegisla-
tive committee. which was adopted by
said Pensacola Puolic School Commits
sion
"All of the items except No. were
drafted by the committee since the last
session of the legislature.
Il trust that you viii give the rec
concentrations such attention as they
deserve"
The report follows:
Hon. P. k Yonge, Chairman Pensacola
Public School Commissions, City.
Dear Sir.-The legislative body beg
to make the following report; e
l, We recemmend legislative enaq
ment to sexuf compulsory educat s
and a pension Aor teachers.
2. We favor constitutional amend
ment which viii permit pqratsd
cities to have INDEPENDENT school rs
tricts.
8. We recommend legislative enact
ment which will secure the legality of
women to hold Office upon school
boards. and to vote, for public school
officials and upon all questions per-
tanning to pablo schbols.
4. We also favor eae furnishing of
free text books.
3. Legisla enactment to permit
school boaf9ls 20 mortgage schools
was favored and bill introduced into
legislative session of 1913, but failed
of passage.
g. We also favor legislation giving
school boards voice in the equalization
of taxes.
Respectfully.
(Signed) A. C. BLOUNT,
(Signed) b. B. LANE,
(Signed) W. p. CUNNINGHAM.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-17
Resolution W ould
Slightly A N end
the Constitution
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

washington, Feb. 16.-Representa-
tive Bryan of Washington today in
PRODUCED, resolution to amend the
constitution so that a majority in
stead of two thirds Of both houses Of
congress may propose constitutions
amendraents and so that two thirds
instead Of three -fourths Of the states
will be sufficient to ratify them. The
resolution was drawn by the committee
on the Federal Constitution, composed
of many prominent members. the
resolution also proposes a new proceed
ure of amendment, independent Of con-
gress and state legislatures.
This plan calls for the submission
to the voters every twenty years of the
question of whether there shall be a
convention to propose constitutional
amendments which, if affirmatively de-
cided, would be followed by choosing
delegates and assembling of the con-
vention, March 4, two years afterward
and for Submission to the conventions
to popular vote at
the ensuing presidential election. A
majority of congress or majority of
the state legislature might call for
submission of the question of holding
convention at other presidentian
elections than those falling on the
twenty years intervals. The resolu-
ton would require majority to call
convention. and two-thirds vote
to ratify amendments proposed by
conventions.
The committee, explaining its plan,
contended it would enable the people
to ultimately get what they demand
in constitutional reform and at the
same time make sufficient concession
to conservation by the slow procedure
prescribed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-17
FUNERAL TO-DAY OF
MRS. IDA GOODWIN

Services over lfze remains Of Mrs.
IDS. Goodwin, who passed away last
week, viii be conducted this morning
at 10 o'clock at the family home, No.
1101 East LaRua street The interment
will be in St MichaeI's cemetery. and
the following viii act a pan bearers:
Martin Jones. Dan Jones, Dan
Glass. Frank Bond Tom Kennedy and
Leroy Neal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-17
DIPLOMATIC QUESTIONS ARE
ovERsHADoWiNc THE WAR

London, Feb. 6.--Diplomatic ques-
tions centering around Germany's de-
claration or war zone waters around
the British Isles, and Great Britain s
attitude on foodstuffs for Germany for
the time are arousing more intere 81
than fiehting IN the European conflict.
Military movements however. of first
Importance are taking place. espec-
tally In the east The German often
sive, strongly supported by fresh
troops. Is being pushed with great
vigor. both along the East Prussian
frontier. In Poland and north Of the
lower Vistuia.
The Russians have evacuated East
Prussia, except for small area near
Lyck. They also are apparently fall
ing back north OF Poland for the Ger
mans today announced the occupa-
ton OF Plock and Bielsk which the
Russians recaptured from them recent
~.
While the Germans seem TO have in
flicted heavy losses on the retiring
Russian armies, military men here
and correspondents at Petrograd con-
tinue to refer TO the Muscovite move
ment as a strategical retirement
Heavy fighting continues in the Car
pathians and Buckowina. In Bucko-
wilma the Russians also are falling
back, but continue to hold the Car
pathian passes farther west. Here the
armies are fighting in deep snow ami
both the Russians and Austro-Ger-
mans are suffering heavily.
Military observers believe the large
number OF troops the Germans are
using IN the east win prevent. for some
time. any German attempt 70 break
the western dead ,ci<. The Paris Of
fetal communication tonight says that
nearly two miles Of GermSn trenches
have been taken IN Champagne.
Relations between Greece and Tur-
kew apparently are becoming more
strained. Although Turkey has offer
"a PREPARATION for the Insult to a Greek
military attache at Constantinople 4
q reported the Greek minister has teft
me legation IN charge or his secretary
The Turkish minister also has left
athens.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-17
SWEDEN, DENMARK AND
NORWAY FILE a PROTEST
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Stockholm. Feb. 16.-Sweden, Dem
mark and Norway. having exchanged
views are preparing to present to Ger
many mote regarding the safety Of
neutral shipping IN the designated war
zone around England At the same
time note VIII be sent to Great Brit
ain expressing disapprovai of the abuse
of neutral flags.
Communication Germany will claim
indemnity for any damage from tor
pedo attacks on German warships viii
be accompanied by general protest
against blockading British waters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-17
FIREMAN HAD
SERIOUS FALL
WILLIAM coNNoR or WEST HILL
TRUCK HOUSE, A VICTIM OF
A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT
WHILE ON DUTY YESTERDAY.

William Conner, attached to the West
Hill TRUCK house, sustained serious
injuries early yesterday when he fell
through the hole in the second floor of
the building to the cement ground floor
striking on his head and shoulders and
was rendered unconscious. The hole
in the second floor is the aperture
through which the rnen on the second
floor come through on the pole upon
can for duty.
The young man was treated by the
city physician who was called in, and
was thei conveyed TO his home. at 90
South Reus street, where. last night.
his condition was pronounced as sat
isfactory as could he expected under
the circumstances
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-17
BIG AIR FLEET MAKES AN
ATTACK ON GERMAN POSITIONS

London, Feb. 16.--Forty British and
French aeroplanes and seeplanes to-
day attacked the German positions at
Ostend, Middelerle. Ghistells and Zee
brugge, in Belgium and according 20
the official report the results were
good.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-17
VIII Pass Shlb Bill or
Abandon iffor Session
This Conclusion is Reached
by the Leaders of Both
House, So as to Make an
Extra Session Unneces-
sary.
81 AssocIArEp press.

Washington, Feb 16.-The govern
ment ship purchase bill as an amend
ment to the Weeks naval auxiliary
bill was passed by the house at 1:20
o'clock this "wednesday morning by
a vote of two hundred and fifteen to
one hundred and twenty-one. Pas
sage of the bill came after a fourteen
hour parliamentary struggle.
Washington, Feb. 16. - Democratic
leaders in both houses of congress
agreed tonight that the government
ship purchase bill either will be be-
fore President Wilson for his sigma
ture within few days or will be dead
so far as this session Is concerned.
Majority leaders spoke confidently
today of the prospect of victory. Pres
ident Wilson, after a conference with
Senator Kern. told his callers the bill
will be on both sides of the capitol
the belief is current that if the pres
emit plans for prompt action in the err
ate fails the ship bill will be aban-
1,oned and all efforts cenrered upn1
disposing of the appropriation bills to
make unnecessary an extra session.
While the house debated the Weeks
Gore bill as the amended ship bill IS
known the senate continued its dis
cussion on cloture rules. Senate lead
ers of all factions were engrossed il
conferences as to the next move to be
made Charges that improper in
fluences were exerted with relation to
the bill were ordered investigated "
the senate yesterday and taken under
consideration today by the special
senate committee. The formal in
quiry win begin tomorrow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-17

CONTINUED on Last Page.l
The Seward gateway., 1915-09-22
Your Opportunity Is In Alaska

The U. s. Government Enterprise in Alaska presents the one great opportunity of the imme- diale fuIure
 Ten Thousand Square Miles of productive territory will be supplied with transportation, manufacturing industries, townsites, schools, churches and other requirements of great population.
 The OFFICIAL business headquarters of this great government enterprise is at Seward, Alaska.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
new CANDIDATES
ON SCHOOLBOARD
CONSENT TO RUN
DIR. Howard, r. B. Andrews
and E. P. Ellis Have Been
Endorsed by Kage.
3 WHOSE NAMES ARE
ON BALLOTS REFUSE
1t Will be Necessary to Write in
Names of Three Men Now
Running.

Regardless of the fact that the
Board of Education at its meeting on
Friday evening authorized the issu-
ance of ballots bearing the names of
L. l.. Bowman, E. Drusch and H. H.
Haas as candidates for the office of
directors, none Of the gentlemen have
accepted the nomination and all have
refused to become candidates.
DR.. w. n. Howard, R. B. Andrews
and E. T. Ellis, all of whom have rem
dered satisfactory service as school
directors in the past, having received
numerous requests to make the race
for the School Board, have consented
to become candidates, and have re-
ceived the endorsement of Mr.. Kage.
These ge jtlemen are experienced in
the dutie: of school directors, and
their selection is generally regarded
with approval by the residents of the
city who are interested in school work.
While it is said that not all of the
candidates mentioned look with favor
upon Mr.. kese's race for reelection,
his confidence in their efficiency
prompts him to endorse their candi-
dacy without considering their person
al attitude concerning himseh!
Gene al satisfaction is expressed in
the community in the selection of DR..
Howard, Mr.. Andrews and Mr.. Ellis,
and with their election, which at this
time seems assured, the interests of
the city schools will not be neglected.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
JANITOR, STRICKEN
ON STREET, dies
Harry MintOn and William Bow
man See Charles Huebel
Fall Dead.

Charles Huebel, who has for many
years been employed as .ianitor at the
Hlmmelberger-Harrison building, was
stricken with heart failure yesterday
| afternoon at l o'clock, and fell to the
sidewalk in front of the building,
where he died before medical attention
could be given him.
He had been helping to load some
sacks of waste paper into a wagon,
and just as the last package was load
ed, he was seen to grow suddenly rigid
as he lost his balance and fell back
ward to the concrete pavement.
Harry Minton and William Bowman
were standing near him when he was
overcome, and attempted to catch him
when they saw him falling They were
too late to carry out their intention,
and when they reached the PROSTATE
man he was apparently lifeleSs Mr..
Bowman remained with him while Mr..
Minton hurried in search uf a. physi-
clan. Failing to obtain medical as
sistance at the Gockel Drug Store
across the street, doctor was COM
municated with by telephone, and
when he arrived he pronounced Mr..
Huebel dead.
The remains were conveyed to Wal
theirs undertaking parlors.
Mr.. Huebel was So years, months
and days of age at the time of his
death. He is survived by,a widow, two
sons, Ben and Richard, and a small
daughter.
The oldest son, Richard, is employ
ed as a shoe worker at Milwaukee,
Wis, and in response to a telegram
sent him yesterday afternoon, has
wired that he will return to the Cape
at once, and will perhaps arrive this
afternoon.
Ben, the second son, is employed in
the shoe factory in this city where he
has made his home with his parents.
Funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon, and the interment will be
at the Lorimier cemetery.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
Hen Adopts Chicks,
Keeps On Laying
William Vedder Thinks HIS
Chicken Holds WorEd's
Rec0rd-T0 Pension Hen.
He Says.

William Vedder believes that he has
discovered in one of his Barred Ply
mouth Rock hens certain commend
able qualities that entitle her to an
exalted position in the rank of general
utility fowls. He regards her as be-
ing possessed of unusual merit and as
q combination of the requirements es-
sential to successful chicken culture.
he insists that she belongs in class
to herself.
In support of his contentious, Mr..
Vedder tells the following story:
"On last Wednesday morning, re-
moved Matching of baby chickens
from my incubator. Five of them
were very weak and l did not believe
that they would live if placed in the
brooder.
CAS- an experiment, Wednesday
night, l took one Of my hens and
placed her over the five little chickens,
in a small box which | had procured
for the purpose.
"The next morning she displayed
the same interest in them as if she
had hatched them. She clucked to
them and fed them, and cared for
them as if they were her own chill
dren.
During the morning she not only
managed to look after the wants of
her adopted children, but adhered to
her usual daily practice by laying an
egg in the box that had been provided
for her and the little ones.
Two of the baby chickens entrusted
to her care have died, but the remain
ing three are doing fine, and she never
grows neglectful of their interests, al
though about every other day she
sings the little ones to sleep and lays
an egg before their nap is finished.
"She seems to take pleasure in look
ing after her increased duties, and
since assuming the added household
burdens last Wednesday, she has laid
three eggs.
81 consider her an unusual fowl, and
since learning her real worth, l would
not part with her for any reasonable
amount, and 1 expect to keep her as
long as she lives"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS TO HAVE
LIBERTY BELL ALL THEIR OWN
Hope to Hang 1t in a "Campanile So
Beautiful the World Will Come
to See It."

Troy, n. Y, March 31-Woman's
suffrage leaders from New York,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts gath
cred here today to superintend and
celebrate the casting of a woman's
liberty bell in a local foundry. The
bell was designed to be duplicate of
the famous liberty bell, which an
nounced the signing of the Declara-
tion of Independence. When complet-
ed it will be taken to Philadelphia and
mounted in Independence Square.
Eventually, the suffragists said,
they hoped to take the bell to Wash
ington and hang it in "a campanile so
beautiful that the world will come to
see it."
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
ROCKEFELLER AID FOR MINERS
Foundation Ready to Give 500, 900 to
Relieve Distress i'm Colorado.

New York, March 31-John D. Rock
efeller Jr., in a telegram to the Colo
rada State Committee on Unemploy-
ment and Relief, announces that the
Rockefeller Foundation stands ready
to contribute 100000 to relieve dis
tress among the workers in Colorado,
particularly in the mining districts.
The committee sent a telegram to
Rockefeller March 25 saying that
there was considerable distress in
Colorado. w. j. Mackenzie King, for
merly Commissioner of Labor of Can
ada, but now connected with the
Rockefeller Foundation, is in Denver,
and Rockefeller says King will repre-
sent the Foundation there.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
COL. SHORB IS OUT
TOSUCCEEDFLENTCE
Gum Drop Mascot Says. He
Taught Vice-President and
Will be Postmaster.

Col. T. Jeff Shorb, mascot of the
"gum drops" and right hand bower to
Brother Kochtitzky, has contracted the
habit and tossed his hat into the ring.
And this is not an April fool joke.
The Colonel is a candidate for
Brother E. W. Flentge's job as Post
master and thinks it will come to him
as Christmas present. This is how
it all happened:
Colonel T. jefferson Shorb once
lived in the State of Indiana. That
was when Tom Marshall, Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, was but a
boy. Tom was in need of education
and Col. T. Jeff had it to spare And
in keeping with his record since then,
the gum drop mascot expressed a
desire to share his supply with the
future Vice President. The Colonel to
get little change in exchange for
the sacrifice, --.
Col. Shorb became Tom Marshall's
school master, and instilled in the
present Vice President the foundation
of his education. Col. Shorb does not
remember whether Tommy Marshall
brought apples to school for the
teacher, but he is under the impress
sion that young Marshall was very
fond Of the head Of that "deeStrict"
school.
Those are the reasons why the
Colonel expects to attach himself to
the salary of Postmaster of Cape Cir
ardeau. He believes that he will only
have to rake up an acquaintance with
the Vice President. and then break the
news to Mr.. Marshall that Col. Shorb
would not be adverse to carving some
Federal pie.
Col. Shorb expects to have the
full support of Brother KoehtitEky in
return for carrying the hod for the
knight of the "gum drops"
AS Mr.. Flentge's appointment ex-
pires in December, the Colonel is look
ing forward to the next visit from
Santa Claus.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
LORD ROTHSCHILD DEAD
British Banker Was o: e of Worlds
Money Barons.

London, March 31-Lord Rothschild,
head of the English branch of the
Rothschild family, died in London to-
day. He was operated on Saturday for
an acute case Of hernia.
Nathaniel Mayer Rothchild, first
Baron Rothschild, was born Nov. s,
1910, eldest son of the late Baron Lio-
mel Nathan de RothSchild, and was
created an English peer in 1885. He
was the head of the London banking
firm of n. NJ Rothschild & Sons, as
we'll as the head Of the British branch
of this well-known family of interna-
tional bankers.
Baron Rothschild was widely known
for his great wealth and his philan-
thropic labors also won him fame. He
had a handsome house in Piccadilly,
and country seat at Tring Park,
HertS. He was also lover of art and
his collection of art works is very
well known.
Baron Rothschild was the frs:
member of the Jewish faith ever elect
ed to the British Parliament, where
he represented Aylesbury from 1865
to 1885, the year he was made Peer.
He was educated in England and he
married Emma, daughter of Baron
Charles de Rothschild of Frankfort.
Lord Rothschild was one of the most
distinguished men of a distinguished
line. Lord Byron once said of the fam
lily: EVERY loan is not a speculative
hit, but seats a nation or upsets a
throne" Lord Rothschild's great en-
terpriSes in the business world fully
bore out the poets extravagant COM
ment.
The Rothschild family began in a
German Ghetto, its founder being Am
schel Moses. His grandson was Ma
than Mayer, who took the name Roth
schild (from the sign of the parental
money-lending house in Frankfort-on-
the Main).
The family history is lost between
the years Of I'LL and 1744 because of
a fire that destroyed birth records, but
Mayer Amschel, one of the Amschel
Moses, was already famous as a fl
nancier as early as ITO. He laid the
foundations of a fortune by skillful
trading in the Seven Years War,
when England paid continental subsi-
dies in bills drawn on Hamburg and
Amsterdam. He had 19 children, most
of them ancestors Of important
branches Of the modern Rothschild
family.
His five sons were Amsehel Solo
nen, Nathan Maysr, Charles and
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
RUTHERFORD'S VISIT CITY

Capt. R. G. Rutherford, Jr., with
Mrs. Rutherford and their little
daughter arrived in this city yester-
day and will spend several weeks Wis
iting with Mrs. Rutherford's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Whitelaw
The Rutherfords have been in the
Philippines for the past three years.
They returned to America several
weeks ago, and have been visiting in
San Diego, Calf. with Capt. and Mrs.
I. T. Frissell. Capt. Rutherford has
been transferred from the Gath In
fantry to the 18th Infantry, and at
the expiration Of his leave of absence
will join his regiment at Fort Doug
las, Ariz where it is now stationed.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-02
Mayor is Told He'll Get More
Votes Than'll be Cast for
Two Opponents.
81 KNOW | WILL WIN"
EXECUTIVE DECLARES
Says He Will Get the Biggest
Majority Ever Cast for
Him.
at is Kage in a cake walk"

1
That is the prediction in every quar-.
ter Of the City. More than one hun
dred working men called upon the
Mayor yesterday and assured him
that they were not only going to vote
for him, but had canvassed the city in
+, his behalf.
A prediction was made in Haarig
yesterday that Mayor Kage would re-
ceive twelve out of every fifteen votes
cast. When this message reached Mr..
Kage, he said: 81 don't expect such
landslide as that, but more than
twenty people have told me today that
[ would get more votes than my two
opponents combined.
81 have no fear of the outcome.
have never received the support that
l have in this campaign. Men who
worked against me two years ago
have come to my office to say they
were working for me.
81 have made dignified campaign.
I have simply asked my friends to help
me and they have responded to my en-
tire satisfaction. expect to get the
largest majority ever given me. l
have been visited by business and pro-
fessional men who come to say they
are urging their friends to vote for
ME.
81 feel profoundly grateful for the
splendid support am receiving. l get
telephone messages daily from friends
predicting that I will get more votes
than my opponents combined. This
seems like over enthusiasm to me, but
it is pleasing to listen to, anyway. l
have not the slightest doubt of my
election, and can tr4thfully say that
my friends have made the campaign
for me-"
Both the friends of Kochtit7'-y and
Phillips have abandoned hope of win
ming. They are now fighting for sec
ond place. The gum drops" are hop
ing to defeat Phillips, no matter how
far they fall behind Kage.
The plans of the "gum drops" to
pool their strength with thecandidates
on the Phillips ticket, which meant
the elimination of Phillips, has been
injured to great extent by the pub
licity that it has received.
Some of the Kochtitzky men, who
were optimistic enough to believe that
he could defeat Kage by getting the
support of the Phillips candidates, ar
ranged the coup de etat, but friends
of Phillips who wouldn't stand for his
say they have foiled the
plot. However, it is secretly said that
Phillips candidates and the Kochtitzky
men are still working together.
The plan was to give Kochtitzky
control of the Council. The gum
drops" believed that if Kochtitzky
men could help the Phillips candidates
for the Council to win by exchanging
votes, they would naturally feel
friendly to him when he entered Of
flee. This would make it possible for
him to get some of his pet Legislation
through.