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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-04
RELIEF In sIGHr-

Washington Star: Prohibition will
put you out of employment
For a while" admitted the bar
tender. But I'll appreciate the rest.
1 won't have to stand here by the hour
and pretend I'm being entertained by
a lot Of offhand alcoholic comedy"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-04
TAKING THE cuRE

Boston Globe: Mrs. Slimmer-Your
husband seems to be getting thinner
every day.
Mrs. Portleigh-Yes, poor fellow
But / was getting so awfully stout we
have to diet
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LII, SAYS
T UDGE JURY;
ASKS MERCY
Plea For a New Trial Will
Be Argued This
Morning
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
MAY BE SENTENCE
Jury Out Eighteen Hours;
Out Only Two Hours
First Trial

E. ]. Fudge, on trial for the second
time for the murder of this two little
girls, was found by the jury, after
eighteen hours of elaboration, to be
guilty of murder in the first degree,
and recommended the defendant to
the mercy of the court. The sentence
would be life Imprisonment. In the
first trial of Fudge, last October, he
was sentenced to die. When the YER
dict was announced Judges calm, un-
emotional and expressionless face
never changed a particle, he merely
stated that he believed that had he
been tried in some other county be-
sides Escambia, he would have been
acquitted. Laird and Nelson, attor-
neys for Fudge, will make motion
for new trial which viii be argued
in the court this morning.
In Judges first trial the jury de-
liberated two hours and ten minutes
and pronounced him guilty, without a
recommendation of mercy. The case
in the trial just over went TO the
jury at a o'clock Monday afternoon
and the verdict was not returned un-
til nearly 10 o'clock Tuesday.
1t is said that on the first ballot
of the jury, three voted to acquit the
defendant and the rest of the jury
men voted him guilty as charged. II
was only after a elaboration of Is
hours that compromise was eff
fected.
D. M. Kelly, manager of Montgom-
cry & Company, of Nashville, Tenn.
who has known. Fudge many years
and who paid his own expenses anc
the expenses of three other people
from Nashville, to come to Pensacola
to be witnesses in defense Of Fudge
Loyalty remained by Judges side dur
ing the trial and was the last one
to leave him when he was taken away
to the jail Tuesday morning. Mr.
Kelly stated that if Fudge had beer
acquitted. he would have taken HI
aud Bascom back to Nashville anc
given the father his old job.
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|NIEp .l rn' :
,a7 SOW sae''.''...-
BRlu.,.ul:,,IifI:' 4 BjtfORE
STATE SENATE
Bill introduced Provides
For Construction of Span
Near Ferry Pass
FREE TEXT BOOK
BILL HAS CHANCE
No Action on Citrus Canker
| Shell Fish Commits
sioner Under Fire
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.


Tallahassee, April Ex-senator
Mcleod, of Milton, this morning in
troduced bill authorizing the Es-
cambia-Santa Rosa Bridge Corpora
ton to construct bridge over the
Escambia river near Ferry Pass. The
bill is more liberal than that intro
duced in the house, and which pre-
cipitated much opposition because of
the high tolls.
The present bill grants rights for
twenty years, instead of thirty, and
provides that the tolls shall be fixed
by the concurrent action of boards
of commissioners of the two counties
affected. After five years either or
both boards may purchase the bridge.
Under this bill the bridge must be
kept open twenty-four hours each
day, instead of twelve, and itemized
statements of expenditures and re-
ceipts of the corporation must be
filed with both boards each year.
The bill was referred to the judi
ciary committee.
Lengthy Debates INDUCED In.
Both houses were occupied today
with lengthy debotes on three impor-
tant subjects, and beyond thorough
discussion of the matters, little else
was done.
In the senate, the bill by Senator
Carlton providing for uniform text
books in high schools, and permitting
the board of public instruction of the
counties to give, rent, or sell the
books to the students, stirred up
| violent opposition, and the ensuing
debate lasted two hours. After sew
eral attempts to amend, and practi-
! cally destroy the force of the act,
the bill was changed to submit the
matter to the voters in the various
| counties.
Senator Farris led opposition to
| the bill, stating that while he was
in favor of a free school book law,
he did not believe thte state or the
several counties could afford it. He
also opposed any change in the uni
form text book law of 1913.
The author vigorously protected
the bill, and its passage is expected.
After Fish Commissioner.
As soon as the book question was
settled in the senate, the bill ia
abolish the office of shell fish COM
missioner came up for consideration
and occupied the remainder of the
session. The bill, in effect, takes
the appointment or removal of the
commissioner from the hands of the
governor, and vests it in the board
of state institutions, with the recon.
mendation of the commissioner OF
agriculture.
i In explanation of the bill, Senator
Oliver, chairman of the fisheries
committee which introduced it, tool
occasion severely to criticize Hodges
!; He stated that it is unnecessary fol
the state to keep the yachts for this
commission, and that the commits
sioner could go by train to his OBJ
jective, and by small boat to oyster
; beds, etc. Senator MacWilliam.
! moved to postpone the bill indefinite
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-25
PROVIDE forfeit SCHOOLS
FEW PROJECTS In BIC PARADE
Hundreds of Teachers and
Pupils Unite In Public
Demonstration
80. 49,.

AS a part of the publicity program
preceding the special tax election to
be held on Thursday of next week,
the eleven white schools of the city
are planning to come together on
Friday of this week in gigantic
parade in behalf of the movement.
The parade will form at armory hall
and after marching up and down in
and out the principal thoroughfares
of the city, will assemble at Mallory
court for music and other demonstra-
lions.
The high school will head the line,
followed by the Clubs grammar
school and the Jockey grammar
school and the primary schools in
consecutive order, respectively. At
the head of each school will be car
ried large placard bearing the name
of the school and in addition to this
many banners, pennants, flags and
other paraphernalia will be in evil
denee.
The exact hour, line of march anc
other details will be given out IL
ample time for the public to avail
themselves of the opportunity to wit.
ness this spectacular parade.
Besides scores of teachers and hun.
dreds of pupils, many friends to tht
movement are expected to cooperate
in making this one of the most sue
cessful demonstrations ever seen il
Pensacola.
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Escan1bio County Farmers Are
Hitting the Agricultural Trail

C. A. Fulford, the county farm
demonstration, visited the northern
part of the county last week, at Pop
lar Dell and Burnville, and says the
farmers in that section are wide
awake and cultivating every nook
and corner of their farms, w. R.
Tisdale has so acres of land in culti-
walton just outside of Bluff Springs.
Of these so acres, 5 are in cotton, Ii
in oats, in sweet potatoes, 2 LIZ in
Soy beans, in watermelons and
canteloupes, in Irish potatoes, in
tomatoes and the remainder in corn,
peanuts and velvet beans. In addi-
ton to this, Mr.. Tisdale has splendid
pastures of bermuda grass that will
furnish grazing for his pigs, calves
and colts the entire summer. Mr..
Tisdale fSid that there VIZ home
maSLes sss all the tomatoes 4 could
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-25
List of Waterways That
Are Urgent To Include
Some of Florida Items
washington Bureau,
The Pensacola journal,

Washington, April 24.-At con-
ference held today by Senator Fetch
er, of Florida, chairman of the COM
merce commission, and Congressman
John Small, chairman of the rivers
and harbors committee, with Secre-
tary of War Baker, to learn the
wishes of Secretary Baker and Presi-
dent Wilson as to waterway legisla-
ton for this extra session, Secretary
Baker said the chief of engineers is
already at work preparing a list of
projects that will be approved by the
president and recommended to con-
gress for enactment and appropriation
Secretary Baker said that as far as
possible the river and harbor bill IS
to be confined to appropriations for
maintaing the present waterways for
continuing the projects now under
way. and a few new items for water
way work necessary in the life of de-
Tense.
Fletcher and Small said appro-
priations for Florida waterways in
the next fiscal year will be governed
generally by these rules.
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raise, and at a very fancy price.
What tomatoes he doesn't sell Mr..
Tisdale will can and pickle.
Mr.. Fulford has pig club or
ganized at Century that is very
promising. The National Bank of
Commerce in Pensacola is advancing
money to the boys, on their own
notes, to buy pure bred pigs. The
bows will pay back the money adj
vanced them by the bank from the
first sales of pigs from their herd.
Some of the boys have fine speci-
mems of Berkshire pigs. So far there
are twelve boys enrolled in Mr.. Full
ford's pig club at Century, and with
the generous assistance of the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce the boys
hope to have sometime in the near
future the best herd of pure bred
pigs in this part of Florida.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-25
ECONOMY SQUAD OF
WOMEN MEET TODAY

The first military drill of the Wo-
mans Defense League took place on
tuesday evening at the Knights of
Columbus hall, with company of fiji
Y women in line, drilled under the
erection Of f. R. Caro-, F. D. Mann,
frank billiard and R. J. Hauteman.
Miss Isabel Ingraham was elected
captain, Miss Fannie Kehoe, first
lieutenant; Mrs. Forna Whipple, sec
ond lieutenant. Miss Faith Binkley
was W, appointed first sergeant, and
Misses Nora Wells and Katie Smith,
second and third sergeants.
ms afternoon at four o'clock at
me W. c. A. rest room in the Ma
sonic building, a meeting of the con-
ssefvauon Of food and economic sec
ION Of the defense league will meet,
le chairman, Mrs. Walker Ingraham,
asylng requested that each woman's
s .n In the city appoint two OF its
aOleSt members to cooperate with,
Saa form an executive committee to
OScuss and further the work.
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Air "Raid" On
New Orleans Today.

If weather conditions are
right, five hydroplanes from
the aeronautic station at Pen
sacola will "raid" New Orleans
today. The attempt was made
yesterday, but the esquadrilla
returned to the base, having
encountered stiff head winds.
Under favorable conditions, the
$50 miles should be covered in
approximately four hours. The
esquadrilla will follow the
coast, striking into Lake Pont-
chartrain at the Rigolets and
landing at West End, the Coney
Island of New Orleans, where
special preparations have been
made. It is stated that the
planes will carry wireless with
which messages will be sent to
both the New Orleans and PEN
sacola stations.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-25
SANDERS WINS BY liz MAJORITY
Mayors Proclamation

Where's, the week of April 30
May 5 has been designated Clean
Up Week, and / would urge all
citizens and property owners to
cooperate with the city admin
istration in cleaning up their
premises, removing therefrom all
debris, garbage and all refuse
matter, so that it will be- the
proud boast of people that Pen
sacola will be the cleanest city,
and that it may be so kept in
that state; that this is essential
to the health of the city as sum-
mer time is approaching;
Therefore, / declare the week
from April 80 to May 5, Clean
Up Week, and trust that all citi-
zens do their share in making
Pensacola one of the cleanest
cities on the gulf coast.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-25
SPANISH TRAIL
MEET At CITY
HALL 10 4. N.
Meeting Adjourned Last
Night Because Of Delay
Of Scout Cars Arrival

Owing to the fact that the Spanish
Trail scout car, bound from ITALIA
hassee to Dallas, Texas, due to come
through Pensacola last night did not
arrive in time for the members of
the party to attend the Spanish Trail
meeting at the city hall. the meeting
was adjourned after a short session
to meet at the city hall this morning
at 10 o'clock. Every effort will be
made to have a representative body
of Pensacola citizens at this morn
ing's meeting. Mayor Hinrichs re-
quests that every citizen of Pensa-
cola interested in good roads be at
the meeting and lend their moral
support to the great work which the
Spanish Trail Association is promot-
ing.
The welcoming committee that
was to leave Pensacola yesterday
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-25

Minister of Justice in France.
Fortress Monroe, Va, April "a
Frances war commission to the
United States reached Hampton
Roads, and tonight are bound up
the Chesapeake Bay for Washington
on board the presidential yacht May
flower.
The mission is headed by Vice
Premier Viviani and Marshall Joffre,
clothed with unlimited powers to me-
gotiate with the United States on all
military, naval and financial subjects,
and Joffre and other military MEM
bers are prepared TO indicate i'm
portant military reasons as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of sending an American
expeditionary force into France, the
most important reason being the
moral effect of Americans troops and
flag on the battlefield.
The French idea of an American
expedition calls for a fighting force
supported by railway staffs and ma
teriaf Tor a mase Of repair shops
telegraph and telephone lines and a
strong aviation corps. A compren IN
sive plan for overseas transports is
to be laid before the American gov
eminent, coupled with the announce.
ment that France is ready to lend all
necessary aid in sea operations, in
Guiding the use of all French ports
for American naval purposes. Finan-
cially France needs loans of $780,.
100000 monthly, to be spent in the
United States.
A ship carrying the commissioner:
was met last night by the American
flotilla of destroye.s 100 miles 8
sea and was conveyed to port.
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Sanders Gets 1868 Votes,
PoI 946, and Greenhut
Has Total of IA
4 PRECINCTS
GO FOR PoU
Bands and Merryrnakers Pa
rade and Serenade
Sanders Home

One hour and thirty minutes after
the polls had closed last night, the
city Democratic executive commit
tee, meeting in the city clerks of
fee, declared, after a thorough can
vass of the votes cast in Tuesdays
primary election, that Frank d. San
ders had been nominated to succeed
Frank Pou as city commissioner.
There were 2,059 votes cast. OF
these the first choice votes were:
A4dolph Greenhut -. la
Frank R. Pou ... 913
Frank ID. Sanders -. LOOP
In the Greenhut vote, Pou received
SO second choice votes, which, added
to- his first choice, gave him a total
of GAG.
Sanders received 81 second choice
votes in the Greenhut column, which,
added to his first choice, gave him a
total of 1.063 votes.
Frank d. Sanders was notified by
friends of his success, and to Jour.
mai reporter stated that he wished
to convey to the voters of PensacoiA
his heartfelt thanks and 'apprecia-
ton. l am certainly proud that the
people impose the confidence in me
that they have done as shown by the
vote today, and | am going to try
and merit that confidence"
Shortly after the official vote had
been announced, friends of the for
mer police chief engaged brass
band and celebrated. They stormed
the Sanders home on East Hill with
joy. The streets were crowded until
late hour by people anxious to learn
how the election had ended, and shout
after shout went up with the an
nouncement of the result.
The Vote.
The vote by precincts was as fol-
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ENORMOUS BUSINESS OF
L. S. STEEL CORPORATION

t New York, April 24.-Previous
S S,l records in business of the United
S.sIes Steel Corporation were sur
a e Sc IN the first quarterly report
u ~. me current year earnings for the
o S6as o0a reaching more than $113,-
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4OLdlS $40 I,UOO
Sanders Carries s Precincts.
Sanders carried eight precincts and
Pou four. Those which went for San
ders were Nos. IL, &c, 81, %, 90, 80,
81. and 81; for Pou the following
precincts were carried: Nos. IL, 13, Is
and 80. The third candidate, Mr..
Greenhut, did not carry precinct,
his largest vote having been received
in 81, where he had but 81 votes.
Streets Thronged.
At various points in the city, and
especially in the restaurants, at the
city hall and other places, crowds
gathered and as each precinct was
reported a cheer went up from the
crowd. The result was known down
town sooner than in the residential
districts, for citizens in all parts of
Pensacola worked telephones over
time last night, inquiring as to the
result. They nearly wore out the
bells of The Journals three tele-
phones.
Chief of Police Ten Years.
Frank d. Sanders, who was chosen
commissioner without recourse to a
Second primary, is possibly the most
widely known citizen of Pensacola,
for all classes know him. For about
ten yearsNhe was police chief of PEN
Sacola, but previous to that time had
beer in public life, occupying posi-
ton as chief deputy in the sherif's
Office. In November last, through
operation of a resolution passed by
the city commissioners, Sanders lost
his position when the office was abol-
ished Since that time he has been a
declared candidate to succeed the
present police commissioner.
In The meantime, however, he had
established a city detective agency
His long association with the police
department and the sheriff's office
gave him a wide reputation, and
Continued on Page TNyo)
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0iLL TO CONTROL EXPORTS
MAY BE PASSED SHORTLY

,y .oastalngton,- April 24-Early pass
.s nm VI the administrations bill to
nv, lover the president to control ex-
ssS ss was urged by Secretary Red
flItee today.
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MAR RISK INSURANCE TO
OUTBOUND VESSELS

,,I Eew York, April 24.-According to
N '@D,t dispatches, the British govern
III ~ mas granted seven per cent war
I'm, I'm insurance to cargoes on neutral
s15 rs plying between Great Britain
oa ,u Nexlcan Gulf and West Indies
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-25
ELIHU ROOT TO HEAD
COMMISSION TO RUSSIA

Washington, April 24.-Elihu Root
will head the American commission to
Russia if he will consent to undertake
that duty.
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BRITISH BRING.
Down TO Al
| 0F 40 PLANES
New High Record In Smash
ing Enerny's Aircraft
Is Reported
l FIFTEEN CRASH
TO THE EARTH
Machines Are Disabled At
Flights of $4,000 Feet
in the Air
nv AssoCIATED PREss.

British Headquarters in France,
tStaff Correspondent April a.
British royal flying corps yesterday
established a new high record for
bringing down forty German ma
chimes. Fifteen of these crashed to
the earth while twenty-five collapsed
or fell to the ground.
Flights took place fifteen thousand
feet in the air. Only two British
machines are reported missing in the
days engagements.
German trains are rushing REIN
forcements to the front and trans
port columns on the roads are at
tackled by British airplanes and COM
pletely disorganized.
Important captures are reported by
the British in the campaign against
the Turks in the vicinity of Bagdad.
including the railroad station at Sa-
mara with a quantity Of railway
equipment and material. Turks are
preparing to make a further stand
against the British invasion through
the holy land toward Jerusalem.
Violent artillery duels continue be-
tween Italians and Austrians from
Gorilla to the head OF the Adriati'
sea-
Reciprocal commandments are il
progress along the entire Macedonian
front.
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SEVERAL BATTLES OF GREAT
FIERCENESS ARE WAGED

Fighting between British and Ger
man armies diminished generally
Tuesday, though battles of great
fierceness were continued at several
points. Southeast of Arras, the Brit
ish reported progress between the
Sensee river and Monchv lie Preux.
Since Monday the British report
the capture of two thousand Ger
mans. Booty captured in French
drive northeast of scissors included
four of the famous German howitzers.
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Continued OF Page Two.)
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WEATHER

,-obsbIv fair wednesday and Thurs
dsy: gentle variable winds
,,.s+erdays temperature: Highest, q
,.grees: lowest, So degrees.
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CONTINUED on Page Two.)
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Continued on Page TNyo)
Evening journal., 1917-06-05
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-The man
hood OF the nation offered itself before
the altar OF democracy today.
In, wonderful outpouring OF pa
trlotlsm such as the country has
never seen. ten millions OF men are
giving themselves to the service Of
their flag.
From the teeming cities OF the
East, through the wide stretches OF
the Middle West to the Pacific. from
every city, hamlet and remote cross
road, the millions are streaming to
the polls TO place their names on the
lists of honor"
Every home--the milling tenement
and the lonely farmhouse-is Offering
its sacrifice.
The whole nation is stepping for
ward to volunteer. 10 Is a stern holi-
day OF sacrifce-o one OF the most
momentous days in the history OF the
country.
At the hour Of seven o'clock the
polls opened at the regular voting
places throughout the country. Men
began streaming to the polls to pro-
cure their registration certificates
the badge OF their offer Of service.
In some states the day assumed the
air OF festival. The cities were in
gala attire with flags flying and the
streets filled with townspeople stirred
by the spirit OF the day. Patriotic
speeches and parades featured the
celebration in Middle Western states.
In many towns whole families went
to the POLLS with their loved ones
mothers brayely led their, first horn
to offer them for the cause OF demo-
crazy.
Only estimate can be made OF the
number Of men that are registering