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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
CITY TRIES
PURCHASE
A PARK SITE
Effort Being Made to Make a
Victory Park Out of Land
in the Maxent Tract for the
West Side.

Victory Park" viii be tine latest
play-feld added to Pensacola, recroa
tion grounds during tie coming sum
mer. 4 purchase viii probably HI
made. through c. L. Schaa III the
next few days. Of the AIaNent diamond.
which viii be converted into Il modern
amusement park, thus benefttine pat
rons and also pupils Of the Joseph r.
Jockey grammar school. Who are now
entirely without street car service.
Five crack teams from tho plant OF
the Pensacola Shipbunding Co VIII pax
ball al the new park, and other leagues
viii also be formed
a price Of 5000 has been named
and tho board OF commissioners has
planned 10 give citizens OF tn 1Vest
ern section OF the city, as wei as SOP
vice mon and others. the benent Of
such q park.
Grounds III the park. which embraces
80 lots in the Maxent tract have beei
improved and sodded, and may be
easily put into shape.
\ special statute provides for sun
day base ball and. in spite 81 the ban
on buying and selling. the great Amer
lean game. VIII he enjoyed this sea-
son.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
WILL DEPORT
MORE ALIENS
If NECESSARY
Wilson Says DepOrta-
ton Is Mild Sentence for Of
Tense Entailed by Acts.

Washington, Feb. 7.-Alisns
found advocating the destruction
of property or the overthrow of
the government by force, will be
deported under the immigration
act, Secretary of Labor Wilson
notified the Brooklyn lodge Of
rnachinists today. who protested
against the deportation of fifty
eight alien radicals. Secretary Will
son sharply rebuked the machin-
lists for protesting.
Secretary Wilson reiterated his
previously announced decision that
no person would be arrested sim
ply for joining the Industrial
Workers of the World. but any
alien advocating sabotage or an
archy will be deported- He said:
ANY foreigner. who comes TO this
country and advocates the over
throw of our form of government
by force is an evadng enemy who
is treated with 1res. niency when
he is simply deported. When our
own citizens desire change in the
form of government. they can do
SO peaceabiy in a manner provided
by the constitution"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
Roger +. Simmons. Recently Re
turned From Russia, Tells Of
Reign of Horror.
WOULD NOT TAKE
L. S. TROOPS AWAY
Says if American and Allied
Forces Are Withdrawn World
VIII Stand Aghast.

Washington. Feb. 17.-American
and allied troops. operating in
North Russia. will be withdrawn
at the earliest possible moment
that weather conditions in the
spring will permit To facilitate
tins movement ard improve the
lines of communication for sup
plying the forces there. President
Wilson has approved sending two
additional companies of American
railway troops to ArchangeI. Sec.
retary Baker advised the senate
and house military committees to-
day Great Britain has decided
to send twenty four hundred adj
dttlonat soldiers TO ArchangeI 10
reinforce the north Russian army
Washington. FEB. 17-Roger {.
Simmons. recently from Russia on
mission for the bureau or com
naerce. told the senate commit ittee
Investigating lawless AGITATION in
this country. that If the American
and allied forces were withdrawn
from Russia, the Rolsheviki would
engage IN one of the bIoodizst
.nnassacres the world has ever seen.
He said the Bolsheviki DISCOURAGE,
and even IN some cases prohibit,
women from being virtuous.
Simmons said he was surprised
at the demands beina ado for the
Withdrawal of the h--,5rican forces,
and told the committee that every
tine the American or allied SOL
oi>rs gave around in northern
Ruesi7. the RoisheviIi had swept
IN and inauuurate an orgy of
murder of peaceful citizens. He
sa'd before leaving Ar~han1eI last
November that he found the Amer
ioan troons we'll supplied. ard they
bad perform Cd great acts Of hero
iSr7 which vet remain 10 be told.
F"li Pphlicitv Of the acts and
beliefs Of sl,e BoIeheviki. Sir,,,o
SAID would be sufficient to kill the
idea n the rriods OF any Areri-
cans Who might have become svr,-
pathetic
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18

ing peace while the troops are
anxious to return to their homes
had made an undoubted impress
sion here.
The same view is said TO be TAX
en- by some Americans, while the
British are not Indifferent to the
demands of their territorial con-
tIngents which are supported by
the labor element of England.
Stephen Pichon, in discussing
obstacles to an immediate peace
during a talk with newspaper
correspondents today said there
were many reasons why the treaty
could not be signed at once, even
though the League of Nations pro-
Ject was out of the way. Many
issues that will form the basis of
peace, he said, were being careful
ly studied. Among them is the
disposition of many of the fraq-
ments into which the former Aus
trian empire has been divided and
another is the treatment TO be ac-
corded Bulgaria.
The French people, he added,
want peace but they realize, at the
same time, the danger of precip-
tate and unsatisfactory solu-
tions. He agreed with Premier
Borden there should be no un-
necessary delay, but did not share
his opinion that time had been
wasted at the conference. A full
discussion of all questions must
be permitted so that settlement
which might be decided upon
would be unanimous. M. Pichon
said there was no obstacle to rec
ognition being extended to the
new German government, but ad-
ded the Germans must be made to
realize they have been beaten, a
fact. he said, of which great mum
bers of them do not seem to be
aware. The new boundaries of
Germany, he remarked. would be
up for consideration within a few
days.
"The so-called League of Ma
tions," is the headline placed by
the Zeitung Am Mittas over its re-
port from Paris giving the outline
placed by the proposed constitu-
ton of the new world society. The
newspaper declares the proposed
league is simply a compact of al
lance of five great nations who
reserve the right to admit or ex-
Continued on Page Three)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
Is L. S. SAILORS,
INTFRNED, MARRY
TURKISH WOMEN

New York, Feb. 17.-Eiqhteen of
the fifty six members of the Uni
ted States gunboat Scorpion, in
termed at Constantinopie from
April II, 1917. until last Novem-
Der, married Turkish women, and
have been left behind according to
Lieutenant Commander Herbert
Babbitt. former commander of the
Scorpion. who arrived here to-
day with forty other members of
the eunbo-t's crew on the steam
ship Dante Alioheri.
One OF the crews Benedicts was
Joseoh DarIey. the com rnand>-'S
yeonan. aged &C. who requested
nerrnisson to remain in Turkey
because he wanted to marry
beautiful Turkish girl about 20
years old. The request was granted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18

1dIIS' SUNDAY, t en-. lb--RepOrtS OF
a revolution at Bucharest are denied
by the Rumanian press bureau here.
Paris, Feb. 17.-Lieut Col Sir Mark
Sykes. who came here with the Brit
ish delegation to the peace conference.
is dead, following an attack of infu-
enza.
Paris, Feb I'm. Tachard TIE last
survivor of the Alsace and Lorraine
deputies who. in 1871 signed a protest
against the annexation of those Two
provinces to Germany. is dead, aged
94 years.
Ottawa, Ont. Feb. 17=Sir WiIfred
Laurier, former premier Of Canada who
was stricken with paralysis yesterday,
bacause unconscious early today His
physicions announced he was sinking
slowly and that the case seemed to be
hopeless.
Paris. Feb. 17.-Reports that King
Alfonso of Spain is planning a visit
to Argentine and Brazil, are denied by
Premier Romanones. according to the
Diaro Universal of Madrid.
Paris. Feb. 16.-The Temps today
gives the date on which President Will
son is expected to arrive in France
after his visit to the United States. It
is March Is, the newspaper says.
Chicago, Feb. 17-Packing house
employees We're given 10 per cent
advance by the decision of the arbi-
traitor Judge Alschuler, who announced
the award today.
Washington, Feb. 17.-Conciliators in
the New York building trades strike
Henry j. Sllefhngton of Boston. and
Walter d. Davidge. Of Washington,
conferred today with Secretary VIII
son at the department of labor. They
said they came merely to make re-
port and would return TO New York
and continue their efforts TO settle
strike.
Lisbon, Sunday Feb. 16.-An off,
ciaI statement tissued by the govern
ment today announces the reestab-
lishment of the authority of the re-
public in Oporto, which had been the
center of the monanrchist movement.
The members of the InOnarchist gov
ernment have been arrested and their
troops either have surrendered OF bc on
dispersed.
Daytona, Fla, Feb. 17.-Announce-
ment was made today by the contest
board of the American automobile As
sociation that Ralph de Palmas time
for three miles on Daytona, Beach was
1:15O4 and not 1:1.04 previously
reported De Palma broke six flying
start records for distances up to TWEEN
ty miles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
CITY MAY OFFER
NEW SECURITIES
FOR REPOSITORIES

z: 5. T7775TTHa7T bonds. q. s. gov
ernment certificates OF indebtedness
city OF Pensacola bonds nd city OF
Pensacola certificates Of indebtedness
may be substituted in the future as
security by city repositories. instead
OF the bond Of an authorized surety
company II an amendment 10 tie or
dinanee 10 This effect is passed by the
board of commissioners. MAYOR san
ders recommended such an amendments
yesterday and the ordinance was riv-
en- its first reading
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
TAXI MAN IS HELD
ON CAPTAS ISSUED
BY THE SOLICITOR

John O'Donovan, a wel-known taxi
man. was arrested yesterday after
noon upon a eapias issued by County
Solicitor Mackey. O'Donovan gave
bond and vas released Although no
information has been made public in
regard to the evidence upon which
the capias was issued. it is said 20
have been upon the allegat tions of
liquor selling in the vicinity of the
San Carlos hotel
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18

Paris, Feb. t7.-(By Associated
Press)-Attention of the delegates
of the peace conference will focus
on Russia today, the supreme
council having decided that, as the
time allowed for acceptance of the
invitation to the Prinkipo confer
ence has expired, something else
must be done.
Winston Spencer Churchill, of
Great Britain has proposed that the
invitation be renewed and that
some of the conditions that made
the first invitation unacceptable
to most of the different Russian
factions be omitted. If the SUI
preme council accepts this propo
sition as seems possible, It probab-
IN will not insist that the confer
ence be held at Prinkipo Island.
II is possible that instead of gen.
eraI meeting of the representatives
of Russian factions, direct nego-
tiations may be initiated, commits
sions will be appointed to get into
touch with the opposing elements
there.
II is scarcely expected special
commissions of the peace confer
ence which are studying questions
confIded to them will be able to
submit reports to the full confer
ence this week but it is hoped that
some of these reports will be ready
for revision by the supreme coun-
Gil, which is still acting as a me-
dunn between the commissions and
the conference.
The committee of the inter allied
women's suffrage congress, which
has been interviewing statesmen
in search of support for President
Wilson's plan TO give women repre-
sentation in the conference and IN
the League of nations hase gain
ed a success in the estim alton OF
its members. Satisfactory assur-
ances have been given by President
Poincare and Jules Cambon, one
Of the French delegates TO the
peace conference and by Foreign
Minister Hymans of Belgium.
Premier Clemenceau, in addition,
has promised to support a bill Civ
lng women the right of municipal
suffrage which is now pending in
the French chamber of deputies.
Paris, Feb. 17-(By the Asso-
ciated Press) = Premier Rorden's
speech we're last night in which he
criticized the delay in consummat-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
Ex-President Indorses the Plan for League OF
Nations as Embodied in the Covenant Read
Before the Peace Conference by Presi-
dent Wilson Recently.
POLAND WILL GET GERMAN
LAND UNDER NEW ARM1STICE
Marshal Foch Informs Peace Conference of Ger
many's Acceptance of the New Terms OF the
Armistice-RepOrted That the Allied
Blockade Will Be Continued

1.-THE constitution OF the League OF
Nations Wilson wider in scope than
platform of the league enforce Former President lat
speech today ndorsng the League of Nations 1t
extends Our Monroe World he declared
made by five nations who are
treaty and the convention
Of the of the treaty
all would have agreed
this This league grwing lnstu-
of the situation, Taft said.
Foch this afternoon Informed the
of the conditions for the
against the poles and also
line
part provided
ndemnae period with fixed delay of three
days denunciaon The old be carried
pietey by Germany.
Paris lit the
blockade the
Paris Feb 1.-THE reparation commission met this
the which
the right reparaton The convention heard the Italian
Savit, French and Belgian representatives.
The commission for the study of the Rumanan
quetn also and continued the question Rumana
according to the official announcement.
Washington Feb 17-Steps improving situation
allied
the direction of the 1t is u-
contribution of
force will be several engineers
keeping lines of communication open to the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
PENSACOLA BOY
IS WOUNDED IN
BATTLE OVERSEAS

Floyd Durham, n Pensacola boy.
has been wounded in France, accord
ing . information which was re-
ceived when his features were recog-
nized in q Mobile paper as a boy from
that town Who had been wounded.
Durham 5 father was In the barber
business here for some time but now
resides IN Mobile
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
TIE w Gather

Fair tuesday, except probably local
rains north portion; Wednesday fair, gen
tie north wind, becoming variable over
northwest portion.
Highest temperature yesterday SO de-
orees; lowest SO degrees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18

Paris, Feb. 17-(By the Asso-
ciated Press) = Premier 8orden's
speech we're last nieht in which he
criticized the delay in consummat-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18

CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18

Paris, Feb. lit is understood the armist
de for the continuation of the blockade during the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-18
Ne,Us In Brief
From AL Over
The Universe

Paris, Sunday Feb. 16.-Reports Of
a revolution at Bucharest are denied
by the Rumanian press bureau here.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
Other Property Owners Say Additional Tax for
Streets and Landings Should be Cheerfully Paid

"The question of improving streets
and landings in Morgan City has de-
veloped to a place where action can
not withhold any longer" declared
Mr.. Hebert M. Gotten, president of
the First National Bank, to repre-
sentative of the Review, Il do not
believe that the city can make any
progress with the handicap of poor
streets"
Mr.. Gotten believes that the mat
ter of streets at present is one to
be given the utmost study. The
plans should be carefully made so
as to insure that the people of the
community will get value received
for the money they put out. He dis
cussed the various Improvements un-
dertaken by the city and the present
rate of taxation Although he is
ardently in favor of the improve
ments, Mr. Gotten argues that the
people should not be over-taxed.
However, with longtime bonds, the
rate of taxation to .be levied for he
redemption of the bonds would be
so small that it could be easily borne
by the taxpayers, both large and
small.
"These are secondary matters, how
ever" Mr.. Gotten continued, "as all
details are to be fixed by the COM
mittee which shall be designated to
submit the matter to the people.
The main question to be settled right
now is that the streets need the i'm
provements and are we going to vote
for them? l do not doubt but that
the people of Morgan City will de-
clare themselves unanimously in
favor of the move, and will pledge
their property to have the improve
ments carried out. I am ready to
help in whatever way I can to give
the city first-c1ass streets"
The sentiment expressed by Mr..
Gotten is the same as that felt by
majority of the property owners of
the city who want to open the way
for the community's expansion.
There is question in the minds of
some as to whether it would be
wise move for the city to go ahead
with the improvements at this time,
the argument being advanced that it
is uncertain whether the present ab-
normal times will ever be relieved
to such point as to cause drop
in the cost of labor and materials
The people who have this doubt in
mind do not know whether the mark
ct price of materials will rise or
drop, nor can they advance any reas.
on for thinking that salaries will go
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06

down. The police juries of this and
other parishes are bonding the prop
erty holders for road improvements
be it said, and have decided that the
best time to carry out the work is
right now. These bodies have decid-
ed that there was nothing to /be
gained from delay, and the argument
is advanced that the work should
have been carried out twenty years
ago. The city of Morgan City need
not necessarily govern itself by wha,
others are doing, but the precedent
set is worthy of consideration, and
the facts in the case Of the parishes
now carrying out Improvements car
prove helpful in outlining the plan:
to be adopted here.
DR.. w. J. Mcclellan, one of Nor.
gan City's property owners, declare:
that the improvements should be car.
ried out at once. The doctor knows
every nook and corner of the city
and has first-hand knowledge of the
miserable condition of the streets ant
landings.
81 would like to see the improve.
'ments put in," said DR.. Mcclellan
land the best way to have it done al
once is for all to put their shoulder.
to the wheel and push. The small
property owner should push as hare
as the big fellow, because he is go.
ing to gain as much in proportion tc
his holdings" The doctor says that
none should "renig" VIXEN the matte,
is put to vote. He says that he has
load to carry with the present tax.
es he pays, but will cheerfully pay ar
additional tax to give Morgan City
good, modern streets.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
Patterson B oy Escapes
Death from Deadly
Gas Attack
by Huns
Lad, Reported Dead, Very Mich
Alive and Ready to come
Home to "Be-
reaved Ones"

McElroy, La, Feb. 6.-Sergeant AL
den Salvo Cook, who was reported
to have been killed in action from the
effects of a gas shell, is not dead but
very much alive, letters received by
his mother. Mrs c. A. Cook. Indicate
Young Cook, who enlisted at the age
of Is, now is with the American ar
my of occupation in Germany He
is a Patterson young men. His broth.
er, Ernest D. Cook, who also enlisted
early, went to France four days after
news of Sergeant Alden S. Cooks
death had been received September Is
from three officers who told of the
fight in which they thought the young
man lost his life.
Sergeant Cook, it appeared, did not
wish to tell of the close call he had,
for his mother clung to the hope that
the officers were mistaken and wrote
to him urging that he tell of any gass-.
ing he may have passed through. Not
until January 81 did the reply come.
Three letters arrived at the same
time. One was dated "Dumpelfeld
Germany, December 26" 1t said, in
part:
"If there is any soldier who has
been in this country and seen more Of
it than I have. l would like to see
the color of his uniform. l got my
baptism of fire on July 18, 1918, when
they started to eliminate the salient
between Scissors and Rheims. We
were near the center and went over
the top twice Then few days later
we moved up bit and went over the
top at Fismes, on the Vesle river.
One of the strangest things happen
ed there. The Germans were on one
side of the river; we were to adj
vance and cross the river, rush the
town and drive the Germans over
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
Parents Made Glad

From the Coast Herald, published
at Jeanerette, is CLEANED the news
concerning a soldier boy of that
place who went over with the Amer
ican Expeditionary forces, and whose
parents had not heard from him for
some time. The soldier is Sully
Roger, son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Roger of Jeanerette They had not
heard a word from their son since
the cessation of hostilities and were
naturally very uneasy. Sul1y is with
the American army of occupation in
Germany. He writes that he is we'll
and in fine spirits Says that he
with three other soldiers are billeted
on a German family, who are good
cooks and feed them fine.
The Review delivered to your home
for 40c month.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-06
Y. M. c. A. To Provide
for Soldiers on Trans
port Coming Back
to u. S.
Music and Entertainment, Sta
tionery, Smokes, All that
the Sammy
Needs.

Paris, Feb.5-In accordance with a
request received from General PERISH
ing the Y. M. c. A. will establish a
new and thorough-going system of
transport service on each of the hum
dreds of transports that carry the SOL
diers of the United States homeward.
Free supplies, ranging all the way
from fruit for the seasick to post
cards already written and ready to be
mailed the moment the ship comes
into port will be distributed to the
boys. Buttons by the gross, needles
by the thousand, and Khaki thread
by the mile will be on hand, so that
the returning warriors may be at
their most presentable when they get
near enough to ogle the Goddess of
Liberty in New York harbor. Not
even fountain pen ink or telegraph
blanks have been forgotten.
A daily paper, in mimeographed
sheets, will be gotten out on every
transport. Bouillon cubes and box
ing gloves, folding organs and ger
micidal soap are among the things
that are being got together for the
homeward bound enlisted men. The
jazz band that will be organized on
each transport will be at its jazziest
when the home shores slide first into
sight.
A free three months membership
card to the Y. NJ. c. A. will be given
to each soldier and sailor.
| The following articles will be CIV
en- to each 1000 men:
One motion picture machine, 20
reels, or 2 Victrolas and records; l
folding organ, 800 song sheets, E rope
quoits, IS checkers, 80 dominoes 5
chess, musical instruments, jazz band,
l stereoptican and slides.
5000 sheets writing paper, quarts
fountain pen ink, two gross pens,
two gross pencils, l jar paste, 1000
postcards, 4 gross germicidal soap, 2
blackboards, ! gross buttons, IL
needles, IL gross thread, General
Foch's message, 2 "Y" banners.
Five cases American Library asso-
citation books, 100 magazines, 125
"Stars and Stripes" $50 Association
Men," Educational pamphlets.
100 song books, 100 New Tesla
ments, 10 Bibles, decision cards, Y.
M. c. A. membership tickets, relig-
ious pamphlets.
One case fruit each transport, more
on transports for wounded; lemon
drops, gross bouillon cubes, choco-
late, cigarettes, Enos salts, chewing
gum.
-Four boxing gloves, medicine ball,
Miscellanies, l hammer, screw driv-
er, l box thumb tacks, paper for dali
ly paper, mimeograph, wrapping pa
per and twine.
Two Y. M. c. A. secretaries will BE
on each transport.