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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
LOSE
TO BRITISH In
LATEST FIGHTS

London, May 25-British troops
gained new successes over the At
ghans on May Is and II and on May
Is the situation in the region of OAK
ka, west of the Indo- Afghan frontier
near the Phyber Pass, was reported
as very satisfactory by the commander
of the first indian division, in advices
to the Indian government forwarded
here. On Sunday the British held the
hills west of Dakka and occupied the
towns of Sherabab and Rubat, about
two miles northwest of sDakka- The
successes against the Afghans are
said to have had a beneficial effect
on the Afghan tribes.
On May 16 the British forces at
Dakka were attacked by a large force
of Afghans who were eventually driv-
en- off. The British and Indian cas-
ualties were 130 On the 18th, the first
Indian Brigade, with the cooperation
of airplanes, attacked the AfghanS In
the hills west of Dakka, and captured
the hills The strength of the At
CHAN forces was reported at eight bat
talions and numerous guns, four OF
which were captured. More than 100
of the enemy were killed in the fight
ing on the 17th- Most OF them We're
identified as Afghan regular troops
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
FLORIDA BAR
ASSOCIATION
MEETS JUNE 10
Local Man Is on Program
For Two Day Session at
Atlantic Beach; Plars
Complete.

The annual meeting of the Florida
Bar Association will be held June 10
and II. at Atlantic Beach. headauar-
tiers Atlantic Beach hotel. it is an
nounced in letters addressed TO local
members and the press.
The plans and program assure that
this meeting will be one of the most
Interesting annual meetings ever held
by the association.
William Hunter will deliver the
speakers will be Peter o. Knight. of
Tampa, formerly attorney for the
American international ShipbI1ildng
corporation. at Hog Island; H. p. -Ada;r,
of Jacksonville, subject, tGanancial
Rights; Hon. C. o. Andrews, assist
ant attorney general, subject, Legal
Status of the Prohibition Amendment !;
Hon. James E. Calkins, president of
the Florida State Senate. subject,
1.-The Revised General Statutes of
1920; Samuel Pasco, of Pensacola,
and H. r. Trusler. dean OF the law
school, University of Florida. The
meeting will also be addressed by
other distinguished members of the
state and American bar, their names
and subjects to be announced later.
E. r. Gunby. of Tampa and Atlanta,
will preside as POSTMASTER at the an
nua1 banquet
The executive council urges the at
tendance and cooperation in making
this the best annual meeting of the
association yet had.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
THOUSANDS SEE
HUN SUBMARINE
MOORED HERE

Several thousand people saw the
German submarine. UB-SS, which was
moored yesterday at the foot of JEFF
ferson street Visitors were received
on board the submarine, officers and
members of the crew being on hand to
explain the mysteries of the under-sea
craft
The boat is in command of Lieut..
Commander Nelson, u. s. N, who
brought her from Harwich. England,
after the ar1nistice was signed. The
other officers are Lieutenants Evans
and Barden and Gunner Raymond.
Visitors will be permitted to visit
the craft as long as she remains in
port. which will be until Wednesday, it
is understood.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
LINER CASSANDRA
HITS AN ICEBERG
AND is DISABLED

ST. Johns, N. F., May 25.-wireless
calls for assistance were received to-
day from the five thousand ton Dom
aldson liner Cassandra. which report
ed she had struck an iceberg a hun
dred and sixty miles off Cape Race.
The Cassandra has aboard three hum
dred and thirty seven passengers, and
a large general cargo, bound Montreal
for Glasgow.
The Donaldson liner Cassandra,
which struck an iceberg 160 miles off
Cape Race, arrived here late tonight.
Her forefoot was stove in by float
ing berg. Four hundred passengers
aboard are we'll.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
MAIL AIRPLANE
TAKES FIRE AND
FLYER TAKES LEAP

Cleveland, Ohio, May 25.-Hundreds
of persons saw Frank McCusker OF
New York, pilot of mail airplane,
leap 200 feet to his death from a burn7
ing machine here today. Witnesses
saw pufss Sf black smoke come from
the rear of the machine which was
between three and four hundred feet
up when McCusker was seen to climb
from the seat to the frame. then the,
airplane plunged and the pilot jumped.
The empty machine flew forward two
hundred feet before plunging to the
ground McCusker was alive when
picked up, but died on the way to the
hospital
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
Flyers Who Attempted to
Cross Atlantic Are Picked
Up at Sea and Landed in
Holland.
SOPWICH PLANE
WAS NOT SALVAGED
Eleven Hundred Miles of the
Nineteen Hundred Jaunt
Had Been Completed
When Forced Down.

London. May 25.-Harry G. Hawlier
and Lieutenant Commander Mckenzie
Grieve two airmen who started las.
Sunday in an attempt to fly across
the Atlantic ocean from st. Johns,
New Foundland. have been picked up
at sea and landed in Scotland.
Both men are in perfect health. it is
officially announced by the admiralty.
The aviators were picked up in alti-
tude 1920. longitude $3.50, having
alighted close to the little Danish
steamer Mary.
Hawker and Grieve are spending the
night aboard the flagship Revenge in
the Orkneys. They will cross to the
mainland tomorrow and will proceed
to London by train. Hawker sent a
message to the London Daily Mail
saying his machine stopped owing to
the water filter in feed pipe from the
radiator to the water pump being
blocked with refuse, such as solder,
which shook loose in the radiator.
Hawker's airplane was not salvaged.
The first reports of the aviators since
their jump off last Sunday came
when the little steamship Mary, bound
from Norfolk to Aarhuss, rounded the
butt of Lewis today and wigWagged
the fact that she had Hawker and
Grieve aboard.
News of the rescue has electrified
all Britain. All destroyers after a
thorough search of the Atlantic for
800 miles from the Irish coast had
given UP their quest and there was
practically no hope that the airmen
were alive.
Hawker and Grieve We're in the
water an hour and a half before being
taken aboard the steamer Mary, which
was bound from New Orleans ana
Norfolk for Aarhuus. They had flown
about 100 miles from New Foundland
and were 500 miles from the irish
coast. The steamer Mary, a nine knot
vessel, was without wireless.
Casa Blanca, Morocco May 25.-Lt.
Roget, French aviator, who left Paris
early yesterday morning on the first
leg of his projected transatlantic
flight by way of Dakar to Brazil, land
ed at O'Clock last night at Kenitra.
thirty kilometers from Rabat. His
machine was damaged in landing, and
the trans Atlantic trip will have TO
be abandoned.
washington. May 25.-Adverse
weather conditions today again held
up the start of the proposed flight Or
the American naval seaplane NC-4
from Ponta Del Gada, Azores, to Lis
bon. dispatches to the navy depart
ment said.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
DROUGHT FALLS
UPON OHIO ON
NEXT TUESDAY

Columbus. Ohio. May 24.-AIthough
constitutional prohibition does not
become effective until next Tuesday,
all but one hundred and sixty three
of $500 saloons in Ohio quit busi-
ness at midnight tonight rather than
pay $305 licenses in order to keep open
next Monday for one day. Only few
large hotel bars and saloons in the
bigger cities will be open Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
CONFAB CALLED
ON WORLD WIDE
PROHI ISSUE

Washington. May PA conference
on world wide prohibition will be held
here June s, under the auspices of the
anti saloon league, officials announced
today. The purpose, it was said, viii
be to form an international league
having as its object world drouth."
Olympia, Wash. May Estate SUI
preme court decided today in favor of
California Grape Protective Associa-
ton in action brought by the assoc~.-
ton to compel the secretary of state
to submit to Washington ratifica-
tion of the national prohibition amend
ment to vote of the people.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
|AETHODISTS ARE
NEAR GOAL AND
EXPECT SURPLUS

-. .,aSayille, May 24-It is officially
so'Ieo that subscriptions for the
aienary fund of the Methodist Epis-
-. -. church South, now amount to
"a. s.,,voo, additional subscriptions Of
.V''Vo being necessary for the goal
'e reached by Sunday evening when
tam npaign closes. w. B. Beau
.1p' director of the campaign, be-
lhe subscriptions will reach
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26

w. G. Richter, radio electrician. 1st
class. attached to the Naval Air Sta
ton, was drowned at Bay View Park
at about 2:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The body had not been recov-
cred at a late hour last night, although
officers and men from the Naval Sta
tion had been dragging Bayou Texar
since shortly after the accident oc-
Cured.
1t is said that Richter was a member
of boating party consisting of him
self, another sailor, a woman and two
children. They had one of the Bay
view row boats and had gone about
half a mile above the park when it
is understood Richter fell overheard
and did not come to the surface.
The accident was reported to the
Air Station and an ambulance and de-
tachment with 1t. Gerdine of the medi-
cal corps and the naval officer of the
day in charge, arrived before 4 o'clock.
In the meantime the Bay View Park
authorities were notified and they i'm
started search for the body.
Rockers home address could not be
obtained from the naval authorities
last night, and neither they nor the
officials at Bay View Park had been
able to discover the names of the other
members of the party.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
SOUTH AMERICA
AND CUBAN SHIPS
TO RESUME TRADE

Savannah. May 24.-After July 1,
vessels of the South Atlantic Mari
time Corporation viii sail from Sa-
vannah to Havana every ten days, and
monthly sailings to Argentine and
Brazil from Charleston, Jacksonville
Wilmington and Brunswick will be in
augurated as quickly as vessels are
obtained. il was announced today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
PRAVES OF MEN
IN FRANCE TO
BE DECORATED

4 IONS, 1s. France, May 25.-Grayes of
2,ar.. american soldiers who died in
Ssar VIII be decorated next Friday
r,i,.. tne auspices of forces of the
7H states still in France.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
AFGHAN CHIEF
ASKS BRITISH
FOR ARMISTICE

Simla, Thursday.-The Afghan COM
mander in chief has written the Brit
ish political agent at Khyber asking
for an armistice
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
p,Oorts From Germany In
dicate Answer to Peace
Terms May Be Submitted
Tuesday.
GETS ONE
MINOR CONCESSION
Austrian Treaty Is Complet-
ed With Exception of FL
nancial Clauses; Big News
Expected Soon.

Thursday of the present week
I the time limit for the Ger
mans to make known to the rep
rsentatives of the allied pow
rrs what Germany proposes to
4 10 with regard to accepting or
reiecting the terms of peace
brmulated for her.
Berlin reports still persist that
he German cabinet and peace
delegates are one in their in
ention to request notifications
On various clauses of the treaty,
he provisions of which it is de-
cared Germany will be unable
b meet without enslaving her.
slf for life time.
Tuesday is spoken of in Ber-
in dispatch as the day Ger
|nany's answer will be ready.
Ihe latest note of the Germans,
heir thirteenth, asserts the only
hing for which she is response
BE is the violation of Belgian
neutrality and for this she is
ready to make reparation. It Is
asserted that all powers are re-
sponsibIe for the war and ma
teriaI damage done by the allied
armies, as well as the Germans.
Paris, May 25.-With the exception
one minor concession, all sugges-
tons and counter proposals by Ger
nany for the disposition of the Sarre
Basin have been rejected by the re-
1F Of the allied and associated powers.
'ognt von Brockdorff- Rrantzau's ap-
pal for an oral discussion of the
points at issue on this subject was ig-
rored
The concession agreed to is that Ger
many might create a prior charge upon
her assets or revenues for payment of
|the mines in the Saare region if the
Eebiscite goes against France. II,
AoTever, the sum agreed upon is not
pad within year from the date it
due the reparation commission shall
fleet payment under instructions from
e League of Nations.
Berlin, Saturday, May 24-"The
a'he and Count Won Brockdorff
2,tzau are in full accord with respect
the general outline and specific pro-
sais and counter proposals which
y make up the German reply" ac-
salhg to an official statement made
gay after the return of Phillip
Saaidemann. Matthias Erheberger and
selat Won Bernstorff from Spa.
Faris, May 25.-The Council of four
g completed the Austrian treaty with
y exception of financial clauses and
Is southern boundary, on which some
,s-allS are still 10 be Strengthened out.
.A.ReSe and Japanese delegates were
ys''fe the council this afternoon in
ss.neetion with the Russian question
.--Va continues to occupy much of the
,,-aelIs attention, owing to the pro-
90 TO recognize Admiral KolchaA,
~-a-Bolshevist leader.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26
SAILOR IS
DROWNED AT
BAYVIEW PARK
w. G. Richter, of Naval Air
Station, Falls Overheard
From Boat and Body Is
Recovered.

The body of w c. Richter was
found by patrolmen from the Ma
val Air Station this morning
about 2 o'clock. IL is understood
that the accident is to be thorough
ly investigated, especially as to
marks about the face and head of
the young man
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26

Continued on Page Twol
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-26

Washington, May 25.-Adverse
weather conditions today again helo
up the start of the proposed flight oi
the American naval seaplane NC-4
from Ponta Del Gada, Azores, to Las
bon, dispatches to the navy depart
ment said.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25

who receive the benefits, and for the
next administration of couple Of
years, the water question should
rest. It. should be so expressed in
resolution and PLATFORM. so, the peo-
pie who contemplate sinking wells
could reach intelligent decision as to
what to do to provide for their needs.
If they decide to sink some COM
munity wells and install little neigh
borhood water pipes, more expensive
and less serviceable than what they
refused to buy last fall in the exist
ing system, they should have the joy
of doing it.
Improve Five Miles Of Streets
The city needs extensions of it's
pavements to the city limits on three
Or four of it's thorofares where the
traffic is heaviest, and the expense
of such paving should be covered by
a bond issue against the AUDITING
property payable on the installment
plan. About four miles of it's prin-
cipal streets and avenues should be
hard-surfaced with Goshen gravel or
something equally good, and such
expense covered by a bond issue
against the abutting property, pay
able on the installment plan.
Cooperate With City
The city government should take
steps to share in the use of big
gravel station to be made along the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
SMALL BLAZE ON

At $50 Saturday afternoon fire
call came in from the first ward,
where small coal shed in the rear
Of the home of Mrs. Eutha Jones,
408 North Stout, had caught fire,
but by the time the fire truck and a
crowd reached the spot the blaze
was put out with garden hose.
Early in the morning some hot
ashes had been dumped at the side
of the shed, which probably started
a smouldering fire in some scattered
coal dust and slack under the floor
ing.
In spite of heroic efforts on the
part Of the fire department It took
six or seven minutes to make the
fire truck go. They finally rolled
the huge engine out into the street
and kept it going until the motor
caught it's swing, As
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
The Rowles-Mack store shows this hat in
six shades and proportions. Try one on

Mackay tracks at some convenient
place for the use of city, state and
county, for handling materials for
those in charge of construction work
for city, county and state highways,
either by public management or by
contractors, and such gravel station
should be permanent, for use thru
future years for extending and re-
pairing hard-surfaced roads. This
gravel station should be built to
handle heavy materials at the lowest
possible cost, and should be placed
at sufficient distance from the main
thorofare to keep the unsightly fea-
lures of it from being conspicuous
to travellers.
Help Other Localities as Well
The city should follow such an ag-
gressive policy for the next two years
in improving it's streets that it would
so far as possible, remove the stain
already resting upon it. IT should
do it's part in encouraging the county
bond issue, and in putting up its
share of such money to show the
people of the country that it's people
are sincere in wishing to be a trad
ing center worthy of their considera-
ton. 1t should aid the county gov
eminent in every proper way, and
use its influence in all proper ways,
to have the county government ex-
pend what is absolutely necessary to
make hard-surfaced road at the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
CITY CAMPAIGN
OPENS IN REVIEW
Continued from page one

new roads into the settlements in the
mountains, by the development of
agriculture on the reservation, by
the development of the Snake river
plains, and by the growth of bust
ness in the country along the branch
railroads connecting with Blackfoot
But most of all, it will grow as the
result of denser population and
more intensive agriculture and stock
raising on the farms already made
and badly farmed. It's growth will
be greatly stimulated by the i'm
proved roads that permit products
to be marketed and goods to be pur-
chased at times and under condi-
lions that have heretofore prohibited
business or kept it Improbable. The
staging is already set for tremend-
GUS growth, and it will proceed
rapidly for the coming years. +.
Meet the. Responsibilities
Blackfoet needs good many
things, and the new city government
should be composed of men who are
willing to act on the belief that these
needs must be met .squarely-not'
merely tempered with and side
stepped. The people should show
by their vote that they propose to
back progressive administration
when they get it, and stop strangling
enterprise by expressing fear Of ris-
ing expenses. Expenses always rise
when anything worth while is under
taken, and the volume of business
doubles up. Blackfoot used to bury
a series of typhoid patients each year
due to lack of sewer service, but it
spent $4,000 for half a sewer sys-
tenn and has probably already saved
100000 on funeral expenses alone,
and who could estimate the value of
the human lives saved by it!
Extend the Sewer System
The city should extend it's sewer
system to the limit of it's ability, con-
sistent with its other pressing needs,
and not be niggardly about bonding
right up to the limit Of the law to
do it.
Leave water System Alone
The city needs a water system,
but it has voted to do without one
excepting the present waterworks
serving part of the population at the
expense of that part of the people
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
FROM MISSOURI TO ABERDEEN

Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Brewington
and their two small children came. to
Blackfoot Saturday on their way to
Aberdeen from their home at La
Plata, Mo-, planning to move into
TINS country and make their new
Mr.. Brewington has heard about
the Aberdeen section of Bingham
county and is going there to make
his headquarters for the summer
while making up his mind as to the
best place in the county to tie I'D
with. Wy
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
Railroad Tax Man
Talks About Roads
Interview by j. B. Evans Of Salt
Lake City, as to View of
Bond Question
FOLLOWING ARE HIS VIEWS

j. B. Evans of Salt Lake City is
the, man who pays the taxes for the
Oregon Short Line and when asked
for his views regarding the road
bonds he gave us the following:
"The fact that the National adj
ministration is assisting states and
counties by liberal distribution of a
huge appropriation in aid of such
projects must be considered a justi-
fication for areas needing road i'm
provement to vote bonds for that
purpose.
Idaho Waking Up
"The situation in Idaho, as | see
1t, is that approximately 100000
600 is about to be expended-the
state tax of $1,800.000; Twin Falls
county, $1,250,000; Bingham county
100000; Bonneville county, $780,
900; Jefferson county 100000; and
other counties of which am not ad-
vised-a number of the highway
districts will also expend large sums
added to these the amount con-
tributed by the National govern
ment will make grand total easily of
ten million. -
Under all the conditions, it would
seem that opposition to such work
cannot be inspired by good business
judgment.
Honest But Not Shrewd
my experience in dealing with
them for many years confirms me in
the belief tn at public officials, as a
rule, are men of high character and
conscientious in the performance of
their duties, but also that honesty
and integrity are not necessary
coupled with the shrewd business
ability desirable for the conduct Of
extensive affairs.
Tap Payers Must Help
From my viewpoint the respon-
sibility of tax payers is far from
being fully discharged by the vot-
ing of bonds ;the yshould remember
that for twenty or more years to
follow their property will be charged
with the payment of interest and
principal on these bonds, as we'll as
maintainance and If they are pos
sesed of even ordinary business
acumen should feel charged with the
duty Of seeing to it that every dol
lar voted Is expended upon the high
ways Of the district and expended
under such close supervision-by
tax payers-that the waste and graft
common to such expenditures be re-
duced to the minimum, II not wholly
eliminated.
In view Of the foregoing, l have
for years past advocated the organ
ization of association of the best
business talent of communities. such
as exist in California and a number
OF other states to exercise critical
examination of public expenditures
In the spending; to aid officials by
helpful advice; and by persistent
watchfulness prevent those evilly in
clined from taking advantage of
their opportunities.
Such an organization in each
county might be had and be very
effective at slight cost; under or
binary conditions the saving of pub
lie funds would be very material
II only thru the moral restraint ex-
ercised by its possibilities, but under
present conditions Of extraordinary
expenditures such ORGANIZATIONS
would effect-not only an Immediate
saving, but by securing the con-
struction OF q dollars worth of road
for every dollar expended saving
that will tighten the burden of taxa
ton thru indefinite future years"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25

OF county borrows money to create
roads, after the work is done thew
VIII nave the money and the roads
too. Trade will be stimulated. In
dustries will be stimulated and Mr..
Cherry and all men whose plans are
sound will &c their share.