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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
PENSACOLA BOYS WHO
WILL SERVE COUNTRY

Henry Thiesen, son of C. Thiesen,
of this city, was among the Pensa-
colians in New York on the arrival
of Marshal Joffre. Mr.. Thiesen, who
is = graduate OF Columbia University,
was one of the six hundred Columbia
students who offered their services
to the government in the war crisis.
AS a member of the officers re
serve corps he was one of those act
ing as a military guard when Mar
shall Joffre was presented with de
grees from Columbia.
Jack Thiesen, who is a teacher in
the Tech high school, of Atlanta, re-
Gently organized one hundred and
thirty boys into a school company,
and has been regularly commission
ed, holding the rank of major in the
United States junior marine corps.
Mr.Thies en- is subject to orders,
should the government need his ser
vices,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
In Armory Hall-Lieut. Col.
Harrison, of Jacksonville,
Here For Purpose
MOBILIZATION MAY
BE NEXT WEEK
Milligan Company Muster
ed In, Milton Tomorrow;
Mariana Friday

Lieut.. Col. S. P. Harrison reached
Pensacola last night and viii muster
in Captain Phillips militia company
tonight at 1880 in armory hall.
Every member is directed to be
present on the dot, as the muster IN
is a long process, and must be COM
pleted tonight.
Mobilization orders of the company
are no announced, but it is considered
probable that the men will not be
moved until some time next week.
Lt.-Col. Harrison came here from
Milligan, where he mustered in sc
men Tuesday night. The occasion was
made a public celebration.
From Pensacola, Lieut.. Col. Harri-
son will go to Milton, where he mus
ters in a company tomorrow, anC
thence to Mariana, where he musters
in a company Friday night. Then he
must get back to Jacksonville to mus
ter in a machine gun company.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
COUNTY BOARD
HAS MEETING
Spend 100000 On Bridges
Proposed, Payment At
Rate $4,000 A Year

At the meeting of the county COM
missioners, who convened on Tues
day morning in regular session, Judge
A. c. Blount appeared before tbs
board on behalf of the Gulf Beach
Highway and requested that several
sandy places in the county road lead
ing to the highway be repaired to
facilitate auto traffic to the barbecue
which will be held June 1st. Com
missioner Candy stated that he would
make every. effort to complete the
repairs tdis week, but doubted wheth-
er it would be possible u do 50 with
the limited road force at his disposal.
Ben S. Hancock rendered the Gulf
Beach Highway force and the work
will be done at once by the Combin-
ed forces of the highway committee
and the county.
Judge Blount and B. E. Clutter also
addressed the board regarding the
law recently enacted by the legisla-
ture authorizing the county commits
sioners to pay $4,000 to the Gulf
Beach Highway committee upon COM
pletion and acceptance of the road.
The board adopted a resolution au-
thOrizing the payment of the money
upon acceptance OF the road.
In settlement of the controversy
in regard to a road through the prop
erty of Struggled brothers, the board
granted road running east and west
of the property.
Representative James NJ. Johnson
addressed the board in regard to bills
before the legislature, viz, the bud
get law, the county depository bill
the bill fixing the salaries of county
commissioners, and bill authorizing
the county commissioners to issue
time warrants. The board requested
him to have an amendment inserted
in the latter bill, requiring a sinking
fund for the retirement of warrants
! in the sum of ten thousand dollars
and interest each year, for ten years
A communication was received from
! the economic department of the Home
Defense League, requesting assist
ance in blowing and cultivating the
! land which has been secured by the
! league for farming purposes, but or
advice of the county attorney, it was
decided that under the present budget
/ there was no authority to assist this
work as a body, but individually tbs
! commissioners were heartily in favor
/ of the movement and would do all ir
/ their mower to help the league.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
PLENTY CARS
FOR MELONS
Florida Delegation Assured
BY Interstate Commerce
Commission Of This
Washington Bureau.
Pensacola Journal.

Washington, May ia hearing
before the interstate commerce com
mission in Washington at 1890 p. m,
May 22nd, for the Melon Growers
Association on the question of cars
for shipping the melons to the north
ern markets, was arranged today by
Congressman Walter Kehoe, Of
Florida.
Senator Trammen and Congress
man Kehoe called on the commission
today and impressed upon them the
Importance of having cars available
to handle this crop which MIST be
handled in the period of six weeks,
commencing about June 10th.
Senator Fletcher called on the com
mission last week and together they
have received assurance that the
commission will take charge Of the
ca: situation for the melon movement
from Florida.
Free Delivery at Panama City.
Congressman Kehoe was advised
by the postoffice department today
that free mail delivery service has
been ordered established at Panama
City, Florida, commencing about July
first.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
Free Deliverv al Panama GIN.
$4,000 IN MELONS
In GRACEVILLE REGION
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.

Graceviue, May 15.-Several hun
dred melon growers met here last
Saturday to take some action in re
gard to the threatened car famine
for moving the melons which will be
ready for shiment about June 10th,
A. D. Campbell, president of the FRS,
National Bank; NJ. L. Collins, presi-
dent of the West Florida Melon and
Truckers Association, were chosen to
go to Washington and appear before
the interstate commerce commission
and to urge that body to compel the
northern and eastern lines to return
to the L. & n. railroad empty vents
and refrigerators in order thar same
may be used to move the melons when
ready for shipment The melon crop
being the money crop in this section.
representing from $4,000 to $4,000,
much concern is being manifested.
The /. & n. railroad has only g.
err cent of their cars on their lines.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
STOP SPECULATION
IN WHEAT MARKETS
81 AssOCIATED PRFss.

Chicago, May 15.-Action which it
is believed will remove an element
of speculation from the grain market
and forestall any steps by the gov
eminent, was taken here today at a
meeting of representatives of primary
grain exchanges of the country. This
is accomplished by fixing a maximum
price on wheat futures at or under
which the sales will be made. Buying
will not be permitted except TO close
accounts. No trading in May options
of wheat, corn or oats will be per
mitted except to close deals.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
Aged Angler Falls Across His
DUN Camp Fire and Is Killed

Gus Villar, aged = years, father
of Chas. Villar. and Mrs. Missouri
Carter and Mrs. VIRGINIA Murphy, and
who has a number Of other relatives
in city and county, was found dead
at 10 a. m, at a point near the head
of the Little Bayou Yesterday bv q
searching party. His body was badly
burned.
Mr.. Villar, an ardent fisherman,
went alone the day before to try his
luck for the finny tribe. He is thought
to have become numbed, for it was
seen that he had built up fire. and
was rendered helpless by an attack
of vertigo and fell in the fire. He
was lying across the blackened Goals
when found, and a considerable por-
ton of his body was fearfully burned.
A report of the discovery was tele-
phoned the police station, and he
information was later passed on to
Constable Jones, who made an in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16

vest cation. 1t was found that the
conditions surrounding his death were
as detailed above. Chas. Bell, one
of the members of the party which
found the body, teIephoned the irfor-
nation to the police station.
Mr.. Nil.ar, it seems, did not return
home when expected. His continued
absence caused a natural apprehen-
sion for his safety, and a party of
boys located the body as stated. He
was widely-known throughout the
city and his death is universally re
GREETED.
A telegram at a late hour an
nounced that an only sister of de-
ceased is in a hospital in Mobile, and
unable to be here, so it was decided
to hold the funeral at 10 o'clock this
morning, services to take place at the
home on Little Bayou, and the inter
ment to be made in the Union Hill
cemetery, Myrtle Grove.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
POTATO SHORTAGE IS
FELT IN GERMANY

Corenhuen, May 15-Via London.
The poato shortage in Germany
is making itself felt. The bureau
Of food control has been able to sup
ply a fivepound ration per week in
the Berlin and Westphalia industrial
districts, but bitter complaints are
coming from various other sections.
In mann sections of Bavaria, &C
cording t, reports to the reichstag,
the potato ration is only "a ounces
weekly. The Hamburg ration is now
three pounds, and the sister city Of
Altoona has been placed for the next
week on pound and a half allow
ance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
Appli- Enlist

Attention of all stations, in a spe-
cial circular, is called to the fact
that only specially desirable men
should be accepted in the ratings of
apprentice seamen, landsmen fer yeo-
men and hospital apprentices, second
class. All men in these ratings will
be placed on temporary furlough and
sent back to their homes if they live
near a sub station. Other men viii
bent sent on to the training stations.
Waivers will not be granted for APP
plicants - Nhese ratings.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
This Board Will Consist Of
Three Men and Three
Women
SIMILAR MEASURE
PENDING IN SENATE
Toe P. Roberts Appointed
To Succeed Registration
Officer Cook
Tallahassee Bureau,
Pensacola Journal.

Tallahassee, May 15.-After spend
ing practically the entire morning in
debate the house this afternoon pass
ed the convent inspection bill, which
provides for a board composed of
three men and three women, of diff
ferent denominations, to inspect all
schools, colleges, hospitals, converts
and all other like institutions.
A similar bill is in the senate with
a favorable report from the educa-
ton committee. Among the bills sent
to the senate today from the house
is bill repeating the Bryan primary
law, which will be considered Tues
dav
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
FIRE Destroys N. Y.
NAVY YARD BUILDING
By AssOCIATED PRESS.

New York, May 15,-Fire Of I'M
known origin starting tonight in the
five-story prick receiving building at
the New York navy yard, destroy
ed the structure and caused a loss
which will probably amount to hun
dreds of thousands dollars, The in
termed German steamers nearby were
not damaged.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
PENSACOLA SECOND IN
ENLISTMENTS FOR NAVY

According to a bulletin from the
head office at Montgomery, Pensa-
cola stands second as a recruiting
center for the week ending May 10,
tying with Dothan. The accepted men
here numbered nine, although thirty
six had made application for enlist
ment. The report showed tn fol-
lowing results:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
FOOD CONSERVATION
BILLS CONSIDERED

Washington, May 15.-The senate
today began consideration of the
first of the administration food con-
servation bills, that of apprOpriating
one million and a half dollars
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16

Attention. Veterans.

All members Of Camp Ward, L. c.
V, are requested to attend the funer-
al services Of our beloved comrade.
and for so many years our esteemed
commander. \. 3. Cook, at 4 o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon, from the
residence.
Visiting veterans are invited to
join US. Camp badges viii be worn,
and all who have uniforms are ex-
pected to wear them.
By order Of
F. c. BOMBAY,
Acting Commander.
W. A. RAWLS, Adjutant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
Blue and Gray in Reunion
June 4. At Washington,
Great Event
OCCASION ALMOST
WITHOUT PARALLEL
"reminiscences of Old Days,
And How the Opposing
Soldiers Fraternized

AS delegates to the reunion of
United Confederate Veterans,
which convenes in Washington,
June 5, s and :, Adjutant W. A.
Rawls, J. n. Eubanl,s and J c.
Spoon, of Ward Camp No. 10, will
leave Pensacola on SUNDAY. June
third.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
Attention, Teachers and Pupils.

All teachers and pupils are re
questod to meet at the annex, cor
ner GuilIamarde and Gadsden streets.
at 3:15 o'clock, and attend in a bod
the funeral Of former Superinten-
dent Of Public instruction Y. B.
Cook This also includes the teachers
and pupils Of any county schools who
may care to attend.
A. S. EDWARDS.
County Superintendent of Public
instruction.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
Would Call up FOgarty Bill.


Several futile attempts were made
in the house this afternoon to call up
Senator FOgarty's bill to require the
governor to send in all nominations
before the senate adjourns for con-
firmation, and Lewis, of Jackson,
finally introduced a duplicate of the
senate bill and asked that it be re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
Opponents of the measure, fearing
that it would be reported favorably,
protested strenuously and Considera-
bic excitement ensued. The bill went
to judiciary B and was Immediately
reported favorably.
In the night session the house had
under consideration the bank guaran-
ty law, recommended by the govern
or in a special message, and it was
indefinitely postponed after lengthy
debate, and upon reconsideration, was
again killed.
The bill to extend powers of the
tax commission was again taken up,
and the house adjourned while the de-
bate to strike the enacting clause was
| its height.
Governor Cats this afternoon APP
| pointed J. P. Roberts, JR., of Pensa-
cola, to succeed n. B. Cook as regis
tration officer.
Work on Tax Measure.
Work on the new tax measure is
practically complete, and the details
are being checked by a sub-commit-
! tee. 1t is expected that the bill will
| be presented simultaneously in the
! senate and house, either Thursday OF
| Friday, and a committee will pass or
it soon.
One Vote Against Governor.
Only one dissenting vote was cast
! in the senate against overriding the
! governors veto to a bill extending
the time of completion Of the revis
ion of the general statutes of the
state, that being by Alexander, OF
Volusia.
Senator Calkins was appointed OF
/ the commission on revision at tn
! close of the 1915 session and in {
| short explanatory statement told thu
/ senate that, aside from revising tn,
statutes, he was annotating them
which consumed greater time thar
was expected, and he asked for eX
tension. The bill passed both houses
and was vetoed by Governor Cats
who said in his message that a com
mission of three should be appointed
to finish the work, 1t is expected
that the house will override the vett
also.
Crowd Hears Debate.
With galleries packed with inter
ested spectators expecting a speCtac
lar debate, the famous Turnbuu cOun
ty division question was decided b!
I the senate after two hours of debat,
by indefinitely postponing the bill
This action came as a climax to on
of the hottest county division fight
ever staged in the capital, durin
which Senator Alexander, of Volusla
and Representatives Putnam an
Sholtz were lined on opposite sides
On consideration of the bill, whicl
had already passed the. house, Sena
tor MacWiIharls offered an amend
b ment, changing the name from Turn
! bull to Immokolee, an Indian wor
, meaning home, which was adopted
= MacWi.liams then led a brilliant de
/ tense of the bill, claiming that sena
| torial courtesy had been waived, an
! it must be decided on its merits Alex
, ander replied, and the debate becam
general. There is some talk of re
consideration, and it is CONFIDENT
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Continued on Page Three)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-05-16
Hate Turned TO Love.

Your letter carried me back to
January, 1868, when the pickets
guarding Gen. Burnside's lines along
the Rappahannock, and those guard
ing Lees lines on the south side Of
that narrow river, had ceased to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-24
''GIRL'S DREAM"
EXPLANATION OF
MRS. ROBERTSON

Mrs. Adult with insanity, 10
days ago, and said 1t was not filed
because he had been advised 9TH
erwise."
The defense has fought every
question designed to show wheth-
err the girls story was true or
false. The point at issue, Attor-
ney Hodge has pointed out on
each occasion, is not whether the
girls story was true, but whether
Mrs. Adult believed It true and
was thereby made mentally ire
sponsible.
Marie, a wholesome-looking
little girl in short dresses, with q
pink ribbon bow perched atop her
brown hair, has been in the
courtroom during the entire trial,
though much of the testimony
has been unprintable.
There has been talk of her be-
ing called to testify, but Attorney
Hodge said Wednesday morning
he will not call her unless II be-
comes absolutely necessary, and TX
he does, will try to have the
courtroom cleared.
Mrs. Adult was the first wit
CONTINUED on Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-24
|CL UB TAKES CITY TO BE.
THE LEAD IN bEAU1|F|ED.
RATE F|GHTN EN- WAYS.

Tacoma is going to be further
beautified. That much is certain.
d. d. A. Outcalt and hiswari-
and-precinct organization that
helped get out the big army post
vote met at the Commercial club
Tuesday night to devise the best
means of bringing about the inn
provements.
1t all is not going to be done
at once, and the committee is 60
ing to tackle one thing at time,
but the program, as it was out
lined at the conference, will in
clude these steps:
After Eycsores.
Cleaning up vacant lots. A COM
mittee is to revive what legisla-
ton there may be on the subject
and get new legislation to meet
the problem. simultaneously, a
campaign of moral suasion will
be carried on among nonresident
property-owners to the end that
their lots be cleaned and cleared
and made slightly.
Beautifying the bluffs along
the waterfront.
Decorating the chief drives with
small trees and shrubbery. The
Point MISUNDERSTANDING Hill road
was designated as a holly drive,
and will be so planted. The Sum-
ner road will be bordered with
dwarf sour cherries, and Sixth
avenue with Testout rose bushes.
Window Boxes, Too.
Downtown merchants were crit
icised for thoughtlessness in per-
hitting dirt from their stores to
be swept into the streets, making
the roadways dirty until about
noon when a sweeper has had OPP
portunity to remove the debris.
Window boxes for downtown
buildings is a matter that is to be
given attention later.
Cleanup and Paint-up week
will be emphasized in the spring,
and the precinct captains will
keep the subject before their
at all times.
So, get busy! Beautify your
lot.
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to give her name. Johnston is
trying to get further information.
A telephone message from Mrs.
T. j. Hamilton a few minutes lat
er, corroborated the statement
that Mrs. Fletcher has gone away.
She left last Saturday, Mrs.
Hamilton said. Mrs. Hamilton has
been active in raising a fund for
the expense of an appeal of the
Darst case.
Still in Country.
Mrs. Fletcher has not left the
country" said Emil N. Stenberg,
Mrs. Fletcher's attorney, today.
Il can reach her by telephone in
one minute"
Friends of Mrs. Fletcher say she
left town on account of the un-
friendly attitude of her neigh
bors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-24
Especial to The Times.)

OLYMPIA, Jan. 24.-"Home
rule" battle to give Tacoma and
Seattle the right to extend their
municipal utilities outside the city
limits reached a climax in the SEN
ate today.
After the Iverson bill had been
re. orted by the public utilities
committee, badly mutilated, Mich
OILS offered an amednment direct
ly giving the cities the right to
extend their utilities.
In the fight that followed, How
ard Hanson, home rule organizer
and former president of the league
of municipalities, was ushered
fropl the floor of the senate by The
sergeant at arms, on motion OF
Croft.
Nichols amendment was drawn
by City Attorney Harmon of Ia
coma. He said Tacoma needs to
serve manufacturing interests on
its tideflats with water and power
and Seattle should be allowed to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-24

The Tacoma Commercial
club today is forwarding to
every commercial organiza-
ton i'm the state report urg-
ing concerted action toward
winning the $3.50 tourist
differential fight for the
northwest.
The report was adopted Tues.
day on recommendation of the
traffic and transportation bureau
1t recommends:
l. That the case be prosecuted
to a finish by the public service
commission.
2. That the entire expense be
borne by the state, and that the
legislature appropriate the neces-
sary money.
8. That all commercial organi-
cations in the state bring every
pressure to bear to procure the APP
preparation.
ut should be borne I'm
mind" the report cOnclues,
''that this matter demands inn
mediate attention and quick
action IL we are to expect any
benefits to be secured on this
seasons tourist BUSINESS"
The report, after reviewing the
case fully, summarizes present
conditions as follows:
1.-The situation then is this, the
people of the state and the public
service commission desire the case
prosecuted.
1.-THE attorney general has
agreed to assume the incidental
expenses, but no provision is made
for a fee for the attorney when
prosecuted the case.
1.-THE attorney general has not
handled the case heretofore and Is
not able from the nature of the
case to prosecute it on appeal, but
this should be done by man fam
iliar with the case, with its history
and with the manner in which 1t
was won.
"Under the circumstances il
seems that the only logical
thing to do is to allow the
man who won the case origin
ally to defend IL on appeal.
"If he fails to ultimately sustain
the decision no one can say that
any mistakes in handling the case
we're made"
Elsewhere the report pays c. A.
Reynolds, who conducted the case
from the beginning, high compli-
ment for his work, and states that
he is willing to prosecute 1t to a
final decision regardless of where
that decision is reached, for a fee
of $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-24
CITIES win BOUT IN
HOME RULE FIGHT

furnish to its surrounding CON-
munities.
Tacoma has a great industrial
area right at its doors, with great
new shipbuilding plants promised,
yet is not allowed to serve them
with needed utilities"
Senator Jones opposed the
amendment, saying he was against
giving cities more powers.
Nichols, Landon and Davis up
held the right Of cities to govern
their own affairs.
The Iverson bill, as originally
reported out by the commerce
committee, gave rights of extern
sion.
1t was juggled back into the
utilities committee, headed by
Jones, and all reference to cities
of the first class eliminated.
Nichols amendment passed the
senate by a vote of 20 to IA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-24
Darst Baby Is Taken
Away From Tacoma

"Mrs. Fletcher has gone
away and taken the child
with her, and she told me be-
fore she went that she was
going to take it somewhere
where Mrs. Darst could never
find it. Mr.. Fletcher is still
here"
This was the telephone message
received about $40 this morning
by Attorney H. H. Johnston, who
has represented Mrs. Elizabeth
Darst in her fight to regain pos
session of her little girl, who was
adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. William
Fletcher from the Washington
Children's Home.
The person telephoning was a
woman, who said she was a neigh
Dor Of the Fletchers, but refused