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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-28
LED BY THE NEW MEXICO,
THE PACIFIC FLEET PASSES
EASILY THROUGH CANAL

Aboard the Flagship L. S. s. New
Mexico, Saturday, July 26.-(EY
Wireless to the Associated Press. -
The Pacific fleet, under commanC of
Admiral Rodman tonight is floating
in Pacific waters.
Six dreadnaughts, led by the flag.
ship New Mexico. today successfully
negotiated the Panama canal-tha
largest ships that have passed
through this waterway. The average
time of passage for each warship from
Colon to Balboa was ten hours.
This is the biggest event in tho
history of the canal said Governor
Chester Harding of the canal zone.
This afternoon Admiral Rodman
visited President Perres of Panama,
who congratulated the naval officer
on his success i'm negotiating the
canal. Approximately $500 sailors
were given shore leave at Panama AMI
the city tonight was celebrating the
arrival of the fleet, which departs to-
morrow for San Diego.
The ships left their anchorage in
Gatun lake at dawn this morning
proceeding in pairs rwo hours apart.
The New Mexico and Wyoming led
the way followed by the New York
and Texas and the Mississippi ana
Arkansas.
To Admiral Rodman was gwen the
honor of directing the course of the
first dreadnaught to make the trip.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-28
THE WEATHER
FORECAST.

Denver, Colo July 27.-New Mex
leo: Monday partly cloudy with local
thunder showers; Tuesday partly
cloudy.
Arizona: Monday partly cloudy with
local thunder showers, warmer in
southeastern portion; Tuesday gem
orally fair.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-28
WASHINGTON QUIET BUT
SITUATION STILL TENSE

Washington, July 27.-All of the
1000 regular troops brought here to
preserve order when last weeks race
rioting and street disorders got be-
yond control of the police had been
withdrawn tonight, but the national
capital was still depending upon the
army, represented by a provost guard
The war department re-created the
provost guard, abolished several
weeks ago. Tonight the troopers
armed with riot sticks and six shoot
ers in opened holsters. were patroling
the principal streets Of the capital in
pairs.
Although race rioting and attacks
hy negroes on white women have
subsided, street holdups have con-
tinued.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-28
THOMAS FITZGERALD ADMITS
HE MURDERED SIX YEAR OLD
GIRL AND HID THE CORPSE

Chicago. July 27.-Thomas Frtz-
gerald, 80 yeaps old and married,
confessed today to the police that he
killed little Janet Wilkinson, six years
old, a neighbor's child, last Tuesday
by strangling her, He accompanied
the police to his home and showed
them where he had concealed the
body beneath some coal under the
basement steps. The body was re-
covered
The solution of the mystery which
has stirred Chicago as few police
cases have aroused the populace, came
this morning when Fitzgerald, after
five sleepless days and nights, con-
stantly kept under grueling exam
ination and never-ceasing scrutiny,
called for an officer and made his
confession.
The authorities acted quickly AL
though Fitzgerald has been termed a
moron by the police, the criminal
machinery is to proceed as usual. Cor
oner Hoffman quickly selected a jury
and opened the inquest
Fitzgerald was night watchman at
the Virginia a residential hotel He
lived in the neighborhood. In the
same building lived the Wilkinson
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-28

Through the reaches of Gatum lake
the dreadnaughts steamed at thirteen
knots an hour. ON nearing the mar
row confines of the Bas Obispo reach
the speed was reduced to five knots
an hOui.
The flagship accepted guidance
from tug to keep her nose out OF
the high banks of Culebra cut. The
giant craft threaded her way SLOWLY
through this section
Three hours from Gatun lake, tn ,
flagship passed under the ominous
shadow of Gold Hill, the backbone If
the continent, where many slides
have occurred. The warship then
entered the locks at Pedro Miguel.
where six hundred sailors. given dib-
erty, took special train for Panama.
Governor Harding and Rear Adj
miral Marbury Johnston, of the
Panama naval division, came aboard
as the flagship was being locked down
thirty feet To the level Of Mirafloros
lake.
As the New Mexico eased her way
into Miraflores lake, great crowd
collected on the concrete locks and
cheered. A salute Of seventeen guns
was fired on the flagship in honor OF
Governor Harding.
1T was no more trouble that put
ting through the canal a fleet of
great lakes tug boats" said Admiral
Rodman.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-28
Flamc-throwcrs for Locusts,

are being employed with great success
in fighting a locust plague in the
Avignon.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-28
BRYAN Nnnroyes Reservations.

Astoria, Ore. July 27.--William ].
Bryan said in an interview here that
he saw no objection to the plan of
making reservations to the league of
nations covenant, as outlined and sug-
gested by former President Taft in
letters addressed to Will II. Hays re-
publican national chairman.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-28
LOCAL REPORT.

Conditions for the twenty four
ours ended at y. IN, yesterday, re-
Orded by the state university:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-30

VIII not be apt to meet yOurseIf coming down the
street. and what is more important we have greatly
reduced the prices you will notice you read
these items.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-28
Germans to Present Counter Claim for Damage
 From Allied Blockade
Continued from Page One.)

(Continued from Page One)
 Seventy newspapermen will be present at the ceremony. Nine of them will be Americans.
 The Austrian peace treaty, the newspapers say, will include clauses on the League of Nations similar to those which were a part of the Ger man peace terms.
 GERMANS TO..4
 The council of four of the peace conference is making a determined effort to effect a. settlement of the Italian question today. Andre Tar dieuu, of the French delegation, after consultations with the Italian repre- sentatives, framed @ formula over night which is understood to follow generally the lines of a compromise proposed by Colonel F. M. House of the American mission which was con- sidered last week.
 Colonel House, Captain Tarddeu and Premier Orlando were present at the council meeting this forenoon.
 There was said to be fair chance that an adjustment might be reached this afternoon.
 Limited recognition may be ac- corded the A1l-Russian government at Omsk in the form of lending aid in supplies and money to Admiral kol- chak, head of the Omsk government. This will be conditioned upon the holding of general elections, or, if the Ko1chak army reaches Moscow, the reconvoking of the Russian con- stituent assembly elected during the incumbency of A. F. Kerensky as pre- mier and nominal head of the Russian revolutionary government.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-28
6,5O4 TROOPS
 HIT NEW YORK
ccontinued from Page one.)

OUHtIHue1 IrOrI1 Pdge OHe.J
 The 25267 officers and men who ar- rived last night on the transport Ed ward Luckenbach too late to disem- bark landed here today. The 312th Machine Gun Battalion, the only unit on board which saw action, was un- der command of Major J. F. Taylor or Pittsburgh, and is composed almost entirely of Pennsy1va vanians. The bat tadion fought through the Meuse-Ar- gonne offensive and lost nearly 250 killed and wounded.
 Colonel Charles T. Mortimer, of Washington, D. O., was in command of the 3-1th Field Artillery, composed na0at1y of New Jersey men.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-28
Special hats ready

Came hur1-ying with all speed to be ready for your Memorial Day service. .; Beauties; of new shape and seasonable weight and fine effect. =. ,., ,4 III Those handsome cushion white Milan sport hats all +,inmod in white and as smart and cool ot q . on air as one could wish-worth sS to so;oo3~ h.s,o+ Leghorn tailored and sport hats 1ancy plai m f m i f weave. all these trimmed in white and as me Ill el- feet as you please-worth s to s6- $500 Snappy sailors of handsome pineapple braid and fancy many rich colors, lustrous and gleamng notably-s -worth $3.50 to $5-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-28

Bridgeport, Conn.
 Wednesday. May as. 1919.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-28

Fcrecast--F'air tonight: Thursday, partly cloudy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-28

all Memorial Friday
 day beyond closing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

resisted by South Africa to the very last,
even if force had to be used against Great
Britain, and that in the unlikely event OF
the British government conserving to such
q course, the consequences might be so Sc
rious to bring about disruption Of the
great British Empire. British South At
RIGA will never again tolerate a German
menace on her borders, in view especially
Of the terrible sacrifices she has suffered
in removing it. The supposition that Great
Britain is endeavoring to secure the former
German colonies in Africa as part Of the
spoils of victory Is entirely erroneous.
Their retention will nominally place them
under the British flag, but they will be gov
erned exclusively by the autonomous gov
ernments Of South Africa. Much Of the
territory in question will doubtless be
added to the African possessions of Bel
GUM, France and Portugal, but to suggest
q foreign protectorate over the conquered
colonies is to ignore all the interests and
all the wishes of the European and native
inhabitants of South, Southwest and East
Africa. Nothing but absolute annexation
will satisfy the African people, and to those
who have lived in those parts Of Africa
tnhb WOuAU 1ppedE TO De tne only possible
solution. The wishes of Africa must be
consulted before any steps are taken to
wrest from the hands of its people the ter
ritories Of which they were originally de-
spoiled, and which, at great cost of blood
and treasure, they have reeonquered; and
in speaking of the wishes of Africa there
must also be included the wishes of the
other European countries which share with
Great Britain the possession of large and
important territories on that continent.
Those countries have likewise borne their
part in the great struggle, while Belgium
has rendered signal service by the gal
lantry of her colonial forces who fought in
Africa as their fellow countrymen fought
at home. There is yet another issue to be
considered and that is the position of the
British colonies as whole. All these Do
minions will naturally oppose the transfer
OF the former German colonies to any for
eign rule; but that opposition does not con-
note imperialistic tendencies. Their part
in the war has earned for them the right to
larger share in the future government of
the British Empire, and as no greater or
truer democraces exist than these over
seas dominions, abundant guarantees are
offered for the maintenance of world peace
in their unity with the rest of the empire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
The Story of a
ChapIain'S Bravery

Soon after the arrival Of the 165th the
censorship prevented the receipt of any re-
ports of the work of Father Duffy But
the tradition began to grow early. Finally
two casuals told of his endurance
Then there were rumors that he was dying
of pneumonia. For weeks nothing was
heard from him.
Then came the news of the Rainbow Divi-
sion in action, and day by day the story
of his unceasing labors for the men, Of
his courage under fire.
Then o report that he had been
wounded in action and was not expected to
live. This quickly denied. 1t may be
said, to reassure the host of friends that
Father Duffy has in New York, that he is
we'll and active. He is stli with the old
regiment, although high honors have been
offered to him. One report has it that he
has been promoted for his bravery, as we'll
as decorated. Just how this could have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
Getting Their Troubles
Off Their Minds

But his work extended to other reg-
ments. For instance, there was the 22d
Engineers the unit that was brought to so
high state Of efficiency under Colonel
Cornelius Vanderbilt. The chaplain of that
regiment was the Rev. Horace R. Fell. an
Episcopalian. Scores of the men in the
command were Roman Catholics So Father
Duffy set a day when he would hear con-
LESSONS of the Engineers. He was always
punctilious about military courtesy. So he
called on Chaplain Fell and asked permits
sion to minister to the Catholic soldiers.
This Chaplain Fell accorded instantly and
offered the use of his own tent. In few
moments word was passed round that Faith
er Duffy was on hand and there was line
Of eager young soldiers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

possessions Of England, France Belgium
and Portugal; and if Germany had been
successful in the war she would assuredly
have incorporated those territories into
her own. The statement of these matters
is neither unsupported assertion nor bassed
opinion 1t is based upon actual facts
within the knowledge of every South At
rican and particularly we'll known to the
present British Secretary of State for the
Colonies, Lord Miner who, with the late
Cecil Rhodes, devoted long years of service
in Africa to the effort to counter act the &C
tvity Of the Germans in the direction indi-
Gated. Further evidence of Gcrmany's set
purpose in Africa may also be found in the
military training of the natives Of the Ger
man governed colonies, while those of the
other European possessions in Africa are
still utterly ignorant of modern warfare or
the of modern weapons. Nor was there
any secret in this military training of the
blacks, the German official publications
of 1910 gave the number Of troops in Dam
araland and Namaqualand Southwest Ger
man Africa) as totaling 800, divided as to
LAO natives and 220 Europeans, and in
the Cameroons, 145 European soldiers and
Ito natives. The reasons for this intro
duction of German militarism in Africa
may be gathered from an article published in
April last in the "Munchener Neueste Mach
richten," by Friedrich Hupfeld, director
of the German Togoland Company In that
article, printed a few weeks before the
great German offensive, the writer demand
ed that German possessions should stretch
right through from the Indian Ocean to
the Atlantic, in which there must be gen
eral recruitment Of black people in order TO
establish a military equilibrium"
The implication contained in this sugges-
tion of military equilibrium" was evil
IDENTIFY designed to convey the impression
that the recruiting of black people is prac-
tised In the African colonies of the other
powers, which, of course, is the very re-
verse Of the truth. In British South Africa
there Is not single trained professional
native soldier, nor is there ever likely to
be when it is remembered that the black
population is in the ratio of nbout'7 to
white. Thus, the creation Of native SOL
diery would be standing menace to the
white inhabitants Of the country, and dur
ing the Boer War both the British and the
Beers studiously avoided bringing natives
into the conflict. The great desire of the
British authorities in all their colonies is to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
South Africa Speaks
Her Mind

Reference has already been made to the
fact that the Cape Colony resented the ac-
ton Of Downing Street in permitting the
first German seizure of African territory.
That resentment continued for many years
and found ultimate expression when war
was declared In 1914, in the avowed deter
mination of the British African colonies to
conquer the German territories with their
own forces With what brilliant results
Generals Botha and SHUTS, respectively,
carried out that undertaking in German
Southwest and German East Africa is of
too recent occurrence to need recapitula-
ton. Suffice it to say, that any attempt to
return those colonies to Germany would bc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

Father Duffy noticed Chaplain Fell sit
ting outside another officers tent, watch
ing the procession. But he said nothing
Soon he had heard the first confession. 1t
was of a man named McNally. Father Duffy
and his young penitent emerged from the
tent Then Father Duffy said: "McNally,
aren't you lot happier since you got
all those things off your mind?"
Indeed, I am, Father" was the reply.
"Well, you go out and tell all the Prot
estant boys how happy confession has
made you and tell them to go to their
chaplain"
1t was not long before Chaplain Fell
watched a strange procession of awkward
Protestant boys, who did not know the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
The New York Chaplain of Whom
Each Transport Brings
New Praise
By Percy T. Edrop
Formerly Chaplain Infantry (the old nth Menu York;

Duffys fighting days are over-unless there
is another war. Every day finds returning
transports in the Port of New York. Every
day finds new praises of this militant
priest. For he has become one of the tradi-
tlons of the army. His fame has spread to
the French and the British lines. His
friends in New York have heard that he
Will return to this city wearing on his
breast the Cross of the Legion of Honor,
and British decoration US we'll
Other chaplains of the old New York Ma
tional Guard have distinguished them
selves. There is, for instance Father
Francis Kelly, who went out as chaplain
of the old 10th New York Infantry. AS
men return from overseas they fairly glow
with enthusiasm as they tell how Father
Kelly stood by under shell fire when men
were lying wounded; how he cared for
them tenderly and took them to safety,
There is the Rev. John Ward, an Episco-
palian, who was chaplain of machine gun
unit and whose bravery won him the Dis
tnguished Service Cross.
But Father Duffy is the soldiers hero.
Even so he has caught the popular fancy.
1t is we'll that the 69th will not return with
the 9th Division. Else how could New
York divide its enthusiasm between the
heroic commanding general and the chap
lain of the 165th?
Father Duffy won the interest of his
men when the 69th was part Of the state
militia. 1t had been remarked that chap
lains job was just what man made Of it,
Father Duffy treated his job like a huge
parish He took an interest in the fami-
lies of all the men. He saw that the un-
employed found work. He made the unrulv
behave. When the rtoops went to the Dor
der and the men near McAllen were suffer-
ing from that awful inconsistencies which 40
often accompanies camp life, Father Duffy
went among them, saying a CHEEKY word
here and there. He was at their service
for the smallest and the largest of tasks.
He succeeded in imparting to them his own
buoyancy. He heightened the morale of
the regiment it went through a irving
period of reorganization. He came back
with the affection of every man in the out
fit Most of them he knew by name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
The Colonies
COrnered

In other directions much more important
steps were being taken to accomplish that
purpose. In German East Africa, stead
lily becoming a centre of great commercial,
activity and market of considerable value
to the mother country, the exclusion of the
commerce of other nations was effected by
legislation which favored German imports
and exports to such an extent that 80 per
cent of the whole was retained by Germany.
The German government likewise converted
into practice the theory that "trade fol-
lows the flag" by the creation of a great
mercantile fleet which was practically Il
monopoly in the trade between Germany
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

and the east coast ports of Africa
By reason of substantial official sub
sides ships were constructed of such
capacity and luxurious equipment as also
to command a large share of the British
passenger traffic from Europe to South At
RIGA, in addition to cargoes consigned to
German merchants in British South Africa
The subsidies, however, were not limited
to the ocean transport of merchandise to
German and Portuguese ports in East and
South Africa. They also included payments
OF at least a part of the railroad freight
from the German or Portuguese port to
British ports and even to Pretoria and
johannesburg TO make this statement
clear, it should be understood that Delagos
Bay, though a Portuguese possession, is
the natural port of the Transvaal, and Is
situated at less than $50 snlies distant from
Pretoria and johannesburg while it is 600
miles from Cape Town to either of those
cities and proportionately distant from the
other British coast ports. Seeing also that
practically the whole of the commerce of
Delagoa Bay and of Pretoria and Johannes
burg was in the hands of German mer-
chants, it is not difficult to arrive at the
conclusion that British and other foreign
commerce in East and South Africa was
very considerably handicapped. To these
material forces there was also added a
chain of high power wireless stations oper-
ating the German Telefunken System Hap
PLY, to-day that has been superseded by
the Marconi, Dar-es-S aaam has fallen into
the hands OF the British and the Portu-
guese ports are no longer at the service of
the enemy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
''Fighting Sixty-Ninth''
His Distinguished Service Cross a
Mark of His Devotion to
His Old Regiment

been is q puzzle to men that have studied
the military law. Chaplains, unlike medi-
cal officers, cannot be promoted until they
have finished long term of service. Father
Duffy must remain a lieutenant until he
has served as chaplain for seven years
his commission is dated 1914 in the Ma
tional Guard. If he has been promoted it
is probable that he has been given q COM
mission as major, U. S. A, and is no long
ranked on the officers roster as a chap
lain. 1t would make no difference to Faith
er Duffy what his designation was, he would
still serve as chaplain and he would not
accept commission that would take him
away from the chaplains sphere.
1t was the privilege of the writer to see
letter from Bishop Brent, to whom Gen
eral Pershing assigned the task of directing
the work of the chaplains in the field. One
line Of this letter was a reference to the
chaplain of the 165th. 1t read: To-day
saw Duffy. He is a fine type" Bishor
Brent put it we'll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

civiize the native and to develop his ca
pacity for useful labor in agricultural and
pastoral pursuits, and there is little doubt
thousand natives now employed in the gold
and diamond mines will have their energies
diverted to healthier occupation.
The recent increase in the trade of the
United States with the former German
colonies in Africa explains in some meas
ure Germany's anxiety concerning the loss
of that portion of her empire. Even the
surrender of Alsace- Lorraine with all the
mineral wealth of those provinces, is of in
significance by comparison with the blow
administered to Germany in the capture Of
the vast and rich territories in the South
western and Eastern divisions of the At
rican continent. 1t was in those colonies
that Germany was building up great indus
tries and a growing volume of commerce
whereby she was securing a controlling in
huence over all the rest of the European
colonies in Africa In German Southwest At
RIGA the production of diamonds alone for
the year 1913 exceeded $4,000, 900 in value,
the whole of that important yield having
been obtained from the working of the
most primitive machinery In these cir
cumstances it is easy to see what
kind of trade weapon would be placed
in the hands of Germany in the event
of the restoration of this colony to
her rule. 1t would not be merely q trans
fer of one particular branch of indus
try from British to German control 1t
would be placing it in the power of Ger
many to use her influence in that field of
labor as means of securing absolute domi-
nation of the entire African trade