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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
PEERLESS LET
OUT Of THE
REGULAR ARMY
Man Who Gave Testimony
Before Senate Military
Committee Removed.
DISCHARGE IS AN
HONORABLE ONE
Supposition Is His Removal
Is Warning to Other Of
ficers of the Army.
Washington Bureau
The Pensacola journal
BY GEORGE ~. MANNING.

Washington, u. c., Feb. 23.-Captain
A. +. Pereless. Reserve Officer, Quar-
termaster Corps, who gave testimony
before the Senate Military COMMITTEES
IN December, exposing the lucrative
contract Charles Eisenmann, vice
chairman OF the supplies COMMITTEES
of the Council of National Defense,
made with the Base Sorting Company.
in which he was financially interested,
has been given an honorable discharge
from the army, against his wishes.
The suppos.tion is that this is an
act OF revenge for the action OF Pere-
less in laying the War Department
and Council of National Defense open
to attack and Is intended to serve
Is a warning to other officers who
know something TO keep IT to Them
selves
Mr.. Pereless, an organization expert,
with office at IT Broad Street. New
York, came to Washington in Novem-
Der, 10 assist in the organization OF
the Quartermaster Department on "A
war basis. IT was at tho tims that
the Department found itself helpless
10 handle the problems before II with.
cut expert assistance from civilians
He was staiisd ta.ad 70 m qrgse'Tra2 ge fs
of waste materials.
In this capacity he thoroughly In
vestigated the contract made by the
War Department, upon advice OF the
Council OF National Defense, with the
Base Sorting Company, for the hand
ling of waste materials left over from
soldier clothing.
In December he testified before the
Senate Committee that the govern
ment.s contract with the Base Sortins
Company was a financial bonanza for
The company and had been drawn ~
The direction of Charles Esenmann,
vice chairman of the supplies COM
mittee of the Council of National De-
fense, who was interested IN the COM
pany
The record OF the Tearing at which
(Perelessp that he would show him
cember 29th, in reply to cross exam
ination by Senator McKelier, Pereless
testified that Eisenmann was very
anxious not to have the contract with
the Base Sorting Company annulled
and that Eisenmann had told him
CPereIess) that he would show him
where he got his orders" The com
mittee members considered this as :.
threat by Eisenmann that IL he fPere-
less) did not butt OUT he would have
him directed TO do so.
TIE contract was finally annulied.
how ever. and the government saved
over 81 0o6, 900 thereby.
Following the Senate hearing Cap
tain Pereless prepared a. plan for the
reorga nization of the conservation d.
vision. His plan was not accepted but
two other officers were placed in
I ha-ge of the reorganization. Feeling
that he had been deprived OF the or
portunity to do work for which. as an
expert, he had been requested TO come
to Washington, Pereless asked to be
returned TO the inactive list of the Of
icers' reserve corps, intending to la
ter be transferred to another branch
cf the service.
This transfer was denied him and
he was 6ischaged and dismissed. He
protested and asked for active service
elsewhere. This was denied him
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
SWISS BELLS RINGERS
PLEASE LARGE, ,NullBu(

A large and aQURUedhk1voA'eud,sn
crested the Swiss DS1i Rtnguro for
their performances Hast u1xht In xhA
auditorium At the F7rs4 00o0h00Se
Church. and the enesrtnzo4 wAs
easily up to the standards odpuroUsd.
Each musician wns unn9ear . &1s
instrument, and tbs c0ncur& wCFk vas
exceptionally bsanfsSuI. 4ns nCvsfev
effects were pleading und aAtxa0osd
much attention
Net receipts 90 % <hO.04v41ot0mnd
OF the TTworth League f0r tbs emts~ !.
tafnrnent of the men o6 fhA aauy4A
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
INCOME TAX RETURN
BLANKS DISTRIBUTED
BY The JOURNAL

Many Pensacolians have just
b4come aware of the fact that
they must file their income tax
returns with James NJ Cathcart,
collector Of Internal Revenue at
Jacksonville, before March 1st.
F. ". Mcdonnell, representing
Mr.. Cathcart, has closed his of
fees here. and number OF re-
quests have come to The Journal
for the necessary blanks.
Through arrangements made
Yesterday with Mr.. Cathcart The
Journal will distribute these tax
return blanks. and they may be
had by calling at The Journal CT
fee Monday or Tue sday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
INJURED RAILROAD
MAN Is IMPROVING

Reports from the bedside of N w
MoWilliams, the foreman Of the
switch engine, who was hurt Friday,
are that Mr.. McWilliams shows con-
siderable Improvement, and that tn {.
injuries he sustained were not as
serious as at first thought NcW1l-
;ians has a large circle of friends n
Pensa cola. who will be pleased to know
If MS Indicated Improvement
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
NO FRENCH STEAMERS
SUNK DURING WEEK

Paris, Feb. 23.-No French mer
chantmen and no fishing vessels We've
sunk by German submarines or mines
during the week ending February 1s.
Three merchantmen successfully es-
capped submarine attacks. Steamer.
entering French ports totalled SIG and
departing t76.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
ENTIRE TURKISH ARMY
BEGINS AN OFFENSIVE

London. Feb. 23.-The Turkish army
in the Caucasus has begun an Of
fensive, correspondent OF the Ex-
change telegraph Company wires from
the headquarters Of the Russian west
ern army. The attack was started
before the expiration OF the armistice
The Turks occupied Platana and par
alyzed the evacuation OF the Caucasian
corps which Is now grouped along the
coast
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
SCOTCH Troops CARRY
OUT SUCCESSFUL RAID.

London, Feb ia successful raid
was carried out laet night by Scot
tish troops In the neighborhood of
Monchy le Preux." says today's war
cffice report. I've captured a few
prisoners. Prisoners also were brought
IN by our patrols east OF wytschaete
THE hostile artillery was active
during the night along the Menin road
and south OF Houthoist forest
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
FLORIDA Is SHORT
ON COMMON LABOR

Washington, Feb. 23-Florida is
among states short Of common labor
according the first weekly SUMMARY
OF conditions as issued by the United
state employment service. This is a
general shortage of farm lands alors
the Gulf coast and as far south as
Maryland.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
SENATOR FLETCHER
COMING TO FLORIDA

Washington. D. g, Feb. 23.-Sena-
tor Fletcher left for Jacksonville to-
wight 80 attend the opening Of the
State Fair and Exposition there next
Tuesday He Will leave there Tues
day night to return to Washington.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
FRENCH TROOPS RAID
GERMAN POSITIONS.

Paris, Feb 2S.-Frerch troops last
right raided the German positions
north Of the Ailette river and in the
Champa gne. the war Office announced
today. Prisoners and war material
were brought back by the French.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
FORMER FOOT BALL
STAR KILLED IN FALL

TT Worth. Feb. 23.-Horace Higg!r-
hotham a former all American Yale
foot ball star. was killed near here
m an airplane accident.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-24
THE WEATHER.

Fair sunday ard Monday, warrer
sunda5 In north por<ten. light variable
Highest temperature yesterday 90 de-.
9rees; lowest, 81 degrees.
Evening star., 1918-05-12

enough OF cards. Staying with them
too long has ruined many Il man.
On. then. to the machine over which
Miss Pocahontas. the Indian Seeress."
presidcs. She Is Il rather dark looking
girl. printed on yellow cardboard, WI o
looks quite bored, Perhaps she is tired
of telling people all about themselves
and never hearing any fooiishness about
herself.
Always polite in the presence Of la
dies, removed my hat, inserted a pen
ny in Pocahontas' left ear. and pulled a
lever. A card shot out.
"You are a miserable old Crouch" it
said. you think you can write, when,
as a matter of fact. you should be aid
ing your country by conserving white
paper. You sneak out of restaurant
when the waitress goes to the kitchen
after chow for another diner. You pre-
tend to take an interest in pictures of
your friends sweethearts, wives and
babies. You tell young married folks
that you wish you had a home of your
own. when you know that your life's
ambition is to abide in a soundproof
room. where you never could hear a
child's voice or a housewives tread.
Change your ways at once. Quit dye
ing your mustache. Cut out cinnamon
oil perfumes. Cease wearing carna-
tion in your buttonhole Cut off the lock
of hair you wind around your head. In
word. drop camoufase and be a
man."
The fresh thing; and l never saw her
before in all my life!
Furthermore, on the bottom of the
card was printed this line: "Pokey has
Evening star., 1918-05-12
more to tell you. Drop penny in the
other ear"
Not me; know when have an ear
nj

more to tell you. Drop a penny in the
other ear"
Not me; 1 know when I have an ear
full.
By this time I noticed that several
uncultured persons were following me
about the gallery, reading my cards
and apparently enjoying themselves
hugely at my expense, financial and
otherwise. Hence 1 fed to the large
glass bound machine near the front
door, which contained wap lady and
implored me to Have your fortune
told by the human voice" 1t was d
Photographic arrangement.
l fell but the simultaneous passing
of f1at-wheeled Pennsylvania avenue
car. the yelping of dog that had
been struck by an automobile, and the
slamming of a strengthening punch
ing bag IN the rear of the gallery by
a strong youth named Skibbe, from
Fort Foote, rather ruined the lady's
remarks. This is all that | gathered:
You are quite handsome and gener-
Gus. G-r-r-r-r-r Make lovely hus-
band. G-r-r-r-r-r-z-Z-Z-z-z. Good
night"
lady's voice. But when l tried to put
another penny into the slot the ma
chine refused to work.
Much advice had / received, but still
! had but little idea as to my future
1t struck me that it would be a splen-
did idea to obtain, if possible, a photo
of my future heipmate. They do have
such things. l had heard. And SO they
did in this wonderful gallery.
Inserting a penny in the slot of a
machine which was declared to issue
honest-to-goodness pictures of future
Helpmates, l drew the picture of a poor
girl. Poor for more reasons than that
she was to marry me. I'll say. Poor for
one reason that she had so few clothes
1t might have been that she was going
swimming, but it struck me that il
she was she picked q mighty chilly
evening for it. And if she were not
going swimming. she surely must have
been just naturally downright hard up
for clothes. that's all.
This is the woman you will marry"
the card declared.
Too much is enough. so 1 rushed to
the manager of the gallery.
Look here l cried, Il won't marry
this woman. and you can't make me-
I don't like her looks. and l don't want
to marry her"
Well" the manager said, hitching
his brass-bound spectacles into high,
try the other slot on the machine
Maybe you'll get one you like better"
/ did, and drew the picture of n dark
haired gentleman and seven children,
the oldest of whom could not have
been over five years.
You will marry a pawnbroker and
have seven children" the card de-
rlared.
l went home and wrote to Iloyds of
London, asking If they could insure
me against such fate. OBSERVER.
Evening star., 1918-05-12

wife so much: She loves you after her
trif1es as sawdust in your war bread
against her She is doing the best she
can. Neither should you kick your chill
dren on the shins Think how you would
dislife to be kicked on the shins- A man
who is very unpopular with you will call
the first Of the month You will have
trouble renewing your lease next fall II
an automobile hits you you will be hurt.
But in your old age you will be happy,
though gray"
All Of that appeared reasonable enough.
except for the fact that / have no WIFE
never drink and my collector comes on the
18th instead of the 1st Of the month
However. it was worth while to know
that If I should be struck by an automo-
bile ] would be hurt. so l shall exercise
greater care in crossing the avenue
1t occurred to me that possibly / had
been patronizing the wrong machine.
SO drifS>d over to another.
Your fortune by cards" the sign on
1T said. Insert penny and get a full
poker hand"
inserted a penny and did get a full
poker hand. 1T was so full, in fact. that
IT was simply paralyzed. pair Of
deuces only showed. The rest were a
nondescript collection of a three spot, a
seven-spot and a sick-looking queen.
For the benefit of my readers who
have not kept up on their poker this
year ] will say that q pair OF deuces
won't get you far.
"lf .t first you don't succeed. try,
try again. was the slogan on the bot
tom of that card.
But didu't try. Aknow when have
Evening star., 1918-05-12

and there will be strip a hundred feet
long and ten or fifteen feet wide which
we plan to use for fancy gardening.
We haven't done anything with it. yet.
and haven't decided just what we will
grow. but there'll be some cabbages
and squashes, and possibly pumpkins.
and we are figuring on large planting
of beets early in July.
The beets we plan to put down IN
boxes of sand in the cellar for use next
winter. We are told they will keep
perfectly that way. -,
1 am keeping up work in my back
yard garden. but haven't space this
week to tell you what am doing. ex.
cept that 1 bought and put out a hun
dred strawberry plants. I can't i'm
asine why l haven't had a strawberry
bed all these years. I never thought Of
it as possibility until this war garden
movement came along. Then I thought
OF 1t first thing, but decided couldn't
spare the room. When Turner and I
took on the larger garden it gave mo
my chance, and I seized it, -
I haven't been weighed vet. but I
think l must have lost ten or fifteen
pounds. certainly did sweat Tuesday
and Wednesday, but the work didn't
make my muscles sore at ALL feel
about ten years younger. and Mary
says l look 1t. think she's about half
inclined to make eyes" at me again.
THE WAR GARDENER.
(To be continued)
Evening star., 1918-05-12

same amount of ground and that they
mature earlier.
We planted four rows Of snap beans.
two of the stringless green pod and
two of yellow wax. We were very
anxious to have beans all summer long
and were reluctant to plant them all at
once. but Capt Thompson assured us
there was less necessity of successional
paintings of beans than of almost any
other vegetable. In good ground, he
said, they will bear main crop and
then will continue to bear all summer.
This is specially true, he said, Of the
green pods, which frequently will have
blossoms and beans in all stages of
growth. to be killed when frost comes.
About the middle of June we are
going to plant navy beans between the
rows Of sweet corn. These, of course.
we will let ripen on the vines, to be
used next winter as soup and baking
beans. 1 favored letting the bulk Of
our limas ripen. but Mary and the Tur-
ners want to can all we don't use green.
And Mary insists we are going to use
mighty few of them green. She holds
that we will serve both ourselves and
possible in cans. buying green vegeta-
bles, If necessary, during the summer
Were it not for the scarcity of tin and
the necessity of conserving it. Mary
and Mrs. Turner would buy home
canning outfit and can stuff in tin. AS
it is, they are going to use glass cans.
and have been assured at the stores
that there will be no scarcity in the
supply of these. 1t seems that glass
jar manufacture is one of the indus
tries which have been given preferen-
tial rating.
Potatoes. corn. lima and snap beans
joint garden, with the interplanting of
navy beans next in Importance. Late
in the summer we will sow turnips
wherever we can find space for them,
Evening star., 1918-05-12
H


how the enormous expenditures ere
handled. have spent some days in go
ing through the various bureaus. The
department is wide open and there is
no trouble in finding out how business
is done. The bureau of supplies and ac-
counts. which has to do with feeding
and clothing the Navy with the pur-
chase of all its materials and the pay
ing Of all the bills. is under Rear Ad-
miral Samuel MCGOWAN. who had held
his position several years before the
war began. and had put the department
on a war basis. Secretary Daniels does
not believe in one system for peace and
another for war. and Rear Admiral Nc
Gowan says that a peace time Navy is
like a policeman without q club. For
this reason the Navy has been on a war
basis ever since Secretary Daniels took
charge. 1t has been run on the motif
of John c. Calhoun when he was Secre-
tary Of War in the cabinet of President
Monroe. MIR. Calhoun said that his
business was ITO get ready. and stay
ready all the time" voicing the same
spirit as that of the young officer in
command of our first flotilla of destroy
Evening star., 1918-05-12
A Life-Saver,

n UTZoN BoRGLUM. apropos Of his
report on the deficiencies of the
governments aerial program, said at a
luncheon in New York:
ITO get results we must use original
ity-must show initiative-like the
doughboy's dad, you know.
My father said a doughboy, look
ing up from bad camp dinner with a
grimace-'my father was a yery brays
man.
WAS he" said the camp chef. -
"'Yes,' said the doughboy. Two weels
after he enlisted he saved his whole
regiment
"'How did he do it,?
".Shot the cook"
Evening star., 1918-05-12

in. Throughout the rooms above each
desk is a little sign showing just what
business is done there and it is pos
sible to find your way without asking. II
you want to know about the steel which
the Navy is buying, you go to the depart
ment marked with that sign, and il you
are interested in food. clothing, munitions
or any of the thousand and one other
articles which make up the supply 1t
is no trouble to find just where such
matters are handled. There are 1000
firms on the mailing list. and $4,000
bids were received for various articles
last year.
The old system Of copying letters in
a book has long since been thrown
away. The new Navy has the most
modern filing system and moreover
much of it's filing is done by machinery.
In Corcoran Court there are tabulat-
ing and accounting machines each OF
which takes the place Of a score or more
clerks. Some Of the machines. in the
words Of Rear Admiral MCGOWAN, can
do everything except sing song or
chew tobacco. All that you have to do
in recording the accounts of great
battleship is to press button or so
like those of an adding machine and a
card will be punched representing by
holes the complicated figures of each
item or special conditions. These
punched cards form the code words, as
it were. Of the record, which when run
through other machines are automatic
ally sorted into months and the other
classification necessary to make a COM
plete record for the bookkeeping. After
the cards are sorted they go through
other tabulating machines which print
on sheets of paper about half the size
of the page on which this letter is
printed the exact record Of the opera
tions and make all the calculations
and additions required in connection
with the accounts. The machines are
so constructed that they cannot make a
mistake. and If there is an error all
that is necessary is to go back to the
man who first punched the card and
see If his work was done correctly.
After the papers leave the machines
they are bound into books. which con-
tain the full reports of the business
and that without the scratch of a pen.
Moreover, the work is so condensed
that it requires only six or seven VOL
umes of this kind to record in detail
all the expenditures of the Navy for
one year. The same work formerly
took an enormous number of books
Evening star., 1918-05-12
,|HE insurance agent was SO per-
sistent in his declaration that one
never can tell what the future
hol6s For byv,, ~, <bo1o rnryloY1Q

E1HE insurance agent was SO per-
sistent in his declaration that one
never can tell what the future
-S holds for him in these perilous
Zines that decided to have my fortune
told.
And also not to obtain a policy untn I
looked into the matter of my future fully.
So the agent went away.
Not far away. Of course. And he said
he would come back. And he did
every now and then.
Then. in self-defense. I hunted up a
gypsy woman and made known the fact
that I wanted my fortune told.
Honorable gentleman must cross hand
on palm with silver" she said.
compromised by crossing the street on
q run.
A professor who wore long coat,
long look and long beard was next
Nhen he said my future looked cold
and lark ] dashed out of his place and
coal. his work was worth the fee. |
had quite forgotten 70 order that fuel.
~
The fat old woman who could look
into your eyes and see the future and
into a mirror and see the past-forty
years or more-insisted that / would
meet a blond who had false teeth. but
Z loving disposition. spoiled n whole
afternoon for me. Lying like a gentle
man who is asked by a barber If he
will have a massage today. l told tho
fat one that l had to catch a car, and
left.
Again the insurance agent CANA
back. and again 1 departed-twice as
fast as previously.
That time ! pulled up at dandy
chimes. II certainly was attractive. No
moist palm to hold yours. No cross
ing of hands with silver. Just insert
Sometimes on a card. Again by the
human voice" And then again by
playing cards. Simple. and also very
secret. You can palm one of the cards
and read it upon returning home il
you wish.
Tho first machine had a brass plate
full of concealed pegs. You drop in
q penny. place your right palm on the
brass plate. pull lever and out shoots
. card.
OF course there were no written in
structions in sight and the lever was
concealed, so I knew not how to oper-
ate it. The thought struck me that one
should push the groove into which that
space between my thumb and fore
finger was lodged. Pushing did no good.
The groove was we'll grounded and
moved nary bit.
Then l found the lever. on one side
of the machine. like the shaker on a
furnace. and / gave it a terrific wrench
out few the card. and. snatching il
up. | dashed into a corner Of the for
= tune shop. The news the card con-
tanned was quite a revelation
Stay away from saloons" II said
'i-iauor is running you. Do not beat your