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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-18
OPEN THE DOORS.

Courage and defiance are all that needed
to set man free; yet he is content to remain
Gagged in prison of straw-a marvel to the free
who pass him daily on their way TO the open
world
Many are unhappy, because their lives are
chicken; they will not take the trouble to free
themselves from disorderly habits, ENHANCEMENT
OF ideas, the filth of self-approbation and the
dust of other mems opinions:
But if they would open every door and win
dow IN the house, and throw away their furni-
ture, utensile and clothing, and let the clean air
Of sincerity invade their houses and themselves.
they would have the chance of beginning afresh,
and of reducing their needs to only such realities
as God Himself lives upon.-Anonymous
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-18

The reason the office holder loses sight of
the ideals of citizens is beca = he de-
veops trouble
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-18

the boys, but will not be ashamed
and afraid to meet their mothers and
wives and the morrow will be sans
headache and sans remorse-St Au-
gustine Record
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
THE PACKING INDUSTRY.
(The Nation.)

In the maze of charges and coun- ter-charges that have been hurled back and forth between the packers and the Federal Trade Commission during the past year 1t has been diff f1cult for the non-technical outsider to determine just where the truth lay. The rapid changes in person. nel of the Commission and the char acter of some of It's reports have tended to deprive its findings of the frality that ought to attach to the conclusions of a body charged with its responsible duties, and the ex- traordinary conditions in the food industry brought about by the war have led to a suspension of judgment by sober-minded observers as to the criticisms of the relations between the packers and the Food Adminis- tration.
 On the other hand, the reply of the packers has been far from satisfac- tory. To tell how many hundreds of million of pounds of meat have been sent abroad to the army, and to point out that profits are only be- tween one and two cents on each dollar of sales Is not to set at rest charges of monopoly and of unfair practices in the manipulation of live stock markets, in the restriction of interstate and international supplies of foods, in the control of prices, in the defrauding of producers and consumers, in the crushing of effec- tive competition, in the securing of special privileges from railways, stockyard companies, and municipal tiles and in proflteering, to enumerate the definite charges of the Trade Commission.
 It Is, therefore, 8 matter of large public interest that the packers have now appeared in, person before the committees of Congress to present their case, and they deserve credit for such action. The public is little likely to be influenced In their favor, however, by the testimony given by Messrs. Armour and Swift during the past week.
 Notwithstanding formal denial. they have practically admitted that the Big Five act in harmony in the conduct of many important features of their business, they have given no explanation of their profits that will prove very satisfactory at a time
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
One of Twain's Heroes.

One of Mark Twain's famous 'bad men" wasn't bad at all, according to those who were well acquainted with the character. In the book Tom Saw yer" "Injun Joe" is n half-breed rene gade who murdered Doc Robinson while helping to rob grave to get body for the dissectIng table.
 But the old people of Hannibal de- clared ''Injun Joe" was a kind-hearted negro who had been slave, and that he had never done real mean thing in his life except to aid and abet Mark Twain and his pals when they played hockey from school and went to the river, says an exchange. Then "Injun Joe" would row the boat for them and take them to some good fishing holes" But bad he was not.
 When someone told him Sam CIem- ems had put you in a book" and showed him the ferocious picture la- beled "Injun Joe" the real character "grinned from ear to ear" and was proud of 1t.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
War Activities of eeoIouIcaI Survey.


 The special training of the geological survey engineers made them available for effective war service both overseas and in this country. The large amount of technical data collected through the years by the geological survey was found to possess value not antici- pated, and the official machinery or ganized for scientific investigation of the subjects within the geological sur vey'S province was also utilized in the more intensive inquiries required as each industrial or military need arose. The increase in the geological surveys representation in the army from 61 men at the beginning of the fiscal year 1918 to 322 at the end of the year (462 on November Il, 191S) necessarily in- volved a serious reduction in the man power available for other contributions to war work. Yet It is believed that both in variety of scope and in vol tune of results the war activities un- der direction of the geological survey, department of the interior, were more important during the closing months of the year than ever before.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
Remarkable Gipsy Funeral.

Jazz funeral music and three mourn CTS signalized the funeral procession of a gipsy at Adelaide, Australia, re- gently. In front of a photographers the cortege halted while the body was snapped in it's coffin. Then the march was resumed with q crowd supple menting the three fearful ones. The high cost of wines prevented the sprinkling of champagne and wines into the grave, but perfume was sub stituted to conform, as nearly as pos sible, with the gipsy custom. Fingers of the body were literally covered with diamond rings, and several hun- dred dollars in coins and bills was tossed into the coffin.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
The Generals Drop.

have been told this story of a
 flying" general, who has had expe- rience as a parachutist, says writer in the London Evening News. A few days ago he was a passenger in an airplane going north. After a while he picked up a village where he in- tended to stop for day or two, and informed the pilot, who at once sig nified his intention of making land ing. "Oh! don't stop!" shouted the general. and he proceeded to attach himself to a parachute and his suit case 10 another. He dropped the case overheard and then stepped off him self. General and suitcase foated down gently and safely to earth, ghile the airplans continued its fiaht.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
We'll Known In tho Fraternity.

One of the first men a young ser geant ran into after having been trans ferred from one camp to another was a fraternity brother from his home town. During the conversation the sergeant spoke of having met another fraternity brother at his former camp and asked his friend If he knew him. "Know him! We'll, should say I do 1 He owes me S125." Another soldier standing near whom neither of them knew said: "I know him better than that. He owes me S20O.7
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
Comfortable Eeda-

Mattress and pillow used fn the berths of sailors and fremen aboard government-operated merchant vessels are of the most approved type for sea use, for besides making good bedding, they are the best sort of life preserv- erE. Their filling Is a soft, resilient tropical fiber known as kapoc. which can sustain 25 times It's own weight in salt water for 4S hours.
 On each of the new merchant ships built under the direction of the United States shipping board, shower baths are provided for the crew, there being one for the fremen and another for the deck force.-Merchant Marine.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
Kaiserss ThankIess Dentist.

"Now that Doctor Davis has finished his revelations" says Nate Salisbury, as reported by the Chicago Evening Post, "the kaiser may realize how sharper than an Liberated tooth 1t is to have a thankless dentist. We should like to have held the doctors job and, when 1t appeared necessary to draw the kaiserlische molar,F warbled as we closed down on the forceps, The yanks are coming, the yanks are com ing r"-From Outlook,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
FLED IN DISGUISE
Noted Men Who Escaped CaptiVi-
 ty by Subterfuge.
1n Hours of Grave Danger Soldiers of Proved Bravery Have Not Hesi- tE&ed to Save Lives by ig-
 aomInlous Flight

Gen. Hans won Beseler of the Ger man army is said to have escaped out Of Poland in disguise as a stowaway
 on board a Vistula river steamboat.
 In the fall of 1914 Won Beseler was
 glorifed as the conquerer of the city
 of Antwerp, the chief stronghold of Belgium and the chief port of conti-
 mental Europe. Germany's conquer ing heroes of 1914 have been van quished and Won Beseler is but one of a great company of notable fugi-
 lives who have saved their lives by { fleeing in disguise. Judge Jeffries of English history, whose name Is asso- ciated with the bloody asslzes," tried to hide himself and escape the ven geance his savage cruelty merited by donning the garb of a coal miner < and hiding in a tavern at Woking, but he was recognized, captured, impris- oned in the Tower of London, where
 he soon died. Prince Charles Edward [ Stuart, pretsnder to the throne of aGreat Britain, escaped from Scotland fin petticoats, disguised as Betty
 Burke, maid to Flora Mcdonald.
 Louis Philippe. the citizen king" of France. fled to the coast of Normandy [ where he posed as 'Mr. Smith," 8 Brit f fish subject, in order to secure passage 1; to England on a steamboat. Napoleon
 III, while a pretender to the throne of France, was imprisoned in the fortress of Ham. After several i months of confinement repairs were
 begun on the fortress. Napoleon brfbed one of the carpenters to snug kg1e Ia workman's garb fov his dis guise. He dressed himself in the coarse overalls and blouse, shouldered . short plank, which he carried on edge so as to conceal his face, and Swalking past his guard he escaped to Belgium and thence to England. tPorfrio Diaz was twice compelled to flee from Mexico and seek safety in ,ithe United States. He made one trip
 from New Orleans to Vera Cruz dis
 guised as a stoker on board a steam ship and was soon leading a new band
 of revolutionists. Empress Eugenie,
 disguised as a servant woman, was
 taken out of Paris by Doctor Evans,
 an American dentist, in whose house
 she had been hidden. Thus she es-
 caped the blind fury of the French
 mob and gained safe asylum in Eng
 land. Jefferson Davis, fallen presf-
 dent of the Southern Confederacy, is
 said by his enemies to have tried to
 escape out of the country and evade
 his pursuers disguised in woman's
 garb. but he was captured and i'm
 prisoned until the passions of some
 of the northern fire-eaters had cooled.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05

when high food prices are matter of universal complaint. and they have been obliged to tell of the employ ment of newspaper men as lobbyists in Washington-a practice calculated to bring them small favor among a people that have grown extremely sensitive as to the relations between their Government and the great busI- ness interests of the country.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
WATCH TROUBLES Cared For By Experts

All watch repair work done at this store is done by experts. No one touches your watch who does not know absolutely what to do about il. You can readily see the advantage of having your watch looked over only by experts. You are assured of having your watch returned to you in perfect running or der. ---
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
An Awful Waste.

~''When a senator dies at least eight thousand volumes of eulogy afe print ed and distributed by the government" said Professor Pate. This is an ap- palling waste. and"
 Tt is indeed" replied J. Fuller Gloom. Tn most instances three cheers would be more appropriate.-Kansas City Star.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-05
CONSTANT PAIN
 AFTER EATING
The TOTtuTGs Of Dyspepsia Corrected by ''FTuit-a-tiVes
Sr MARrN's

ST. MARTINS "For two years, I suffered tortures from Sc0e1e Dyspfps5a. I had constant pains after eating; pains down the sides and back and horrible bitter stuff often came up innymouth. I tried doctors, butthey did not help me. But as soon as I started taking 'F1-nit-a-tiOes' tor Fruit Lf0er Ta6Geks) I began to improve and this medicine, made Of fruit juices, relieved me when everything else failed"
 MRS. HUDSON MARsHBANK. 50c. 8 box, for $2. 50, Eial size 25c. At dealers or from FRUIT-A -A-TIVES Limited. CEDTNFFTTEEt. N, Y,
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Wine Swindlers Trapped By Army Sleuths in France

and suspended by his thumbs. Gordon
was game and, although it must have
hurt him, he still refused to talk.
Three minutes Of this suspension was
enough to convince the French that
they would have to try some other
method to make him talk. They
strapped him on the rack and then
the screws were slowly frightened. He
began to stretch and his bones to
crack. This torture was too much for
him and he agreed to tell us all about
his connection with the affair and
where Our men were confined. His
story was this:
your two men drifted into the cafe
where we hang out and boosted how
tough they were. They claimed to
have come from Havre, where they
had robbed several people on the
streets. They were Just the type of
men I wanted in the gang, so we ac-
cepted them on what they represented
themselves to be and initiated them
into the gang as brothers. Then the
Frenchman, Lupin, was taken sick
with the 'fiu.' and while delirious he
talked continually. When the word
police was mentioned we listened and
Lupin told us the whole story--his
real name, why he and Hubbard had
Joined the gang and what they hoped
to accomplish
I'VE were furious at them for hav-
ing 50 successfully fooled us and some
OF the men were for killing Lupin then
and there. AS TIibbard was away
when this happened. we decided to
owait his return. upon which he was
seized, and then both were tried by the
gang. 1 may be a hardened crook.
but draw the line at killing any one
in cold blood without giving them a
chance to defend themselves. The
gang overruled me. however. although
! finally persuaded them to postpone
action and the final killing until the
Frenchman had either died or recov-
cred. We confined them In the cellar
OF the warehouse where the wine Is
stored. and a man Is always on guard
over them. He ~ TO kill them at the
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Restless Soldiers Miss Their Buddies Sadly Find Home
Town Dull and See in the Army Chance to Educate
Themselves and Learn Profitable Trades
Striking Examples of the Rule

which meant something bigger and
broader than swapping stories In the
musty, smoke laden atmosphere Of a
crossroads store. They came In here
slouching. They went away walking
again like soldiers. and I heard the
freckle faced one ask private from
the intelligence bureau: Is the War
Camp Community room open in town,
and do the Montgomery ladies still
give dancesT"
Out on the parade ground several
hundred 'sBills" and "Buddies" were
standing retreat, and near the main
entrance to the depot half a hundred
automobiles were waiting for their
owners, the civilian shopworkers. This
line of cars represented another po-
tent reason for reenlistment. The man
who earns 5000 month the year
round will soon own a car And at
this huge aviation repair depot the
need for expert mechanics at 5000 a
month is so great that they have had
to employ civilians until the army can
train its own carpenters, painters and
motor mechanics.
Here are sent broken and disabled
aeroplanes from every flying and
training field in America They arrive
on fiat cars, dropping and lifeless, like
huge birds which have been winged in
their flight. Impairment little scouts.
stolid machines built for hard fighting
service, great Handley-Paiges designed
for long sustained flights, they all en-
ter the aeroplane hospital TO have their
10 ltxy co faA AH
geons. nurses and orderlies in overalls.
TIC the eye OF the layman machines
often look wrecked beyond repair.
A birds eye view of the Aviation
Repair Depot at Montgomery may be
compared only to a similar view Of
exposition grounds. There are the
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took an oath that II we squealed or
were guilty Of disobedience our tongues
were to be torn out by the roots and
the veins in our arms were to be
opened. allowing us to bleed to death.
That was the sentence passed upon
us, and some of the band were for
carrying II out at once. Gordon, how
ever, suggested that II would be better
TO wait until the Frenchman had re-
covered from the flu, and then he
would realize why he was being killed.
Il was detailed to nurse him. My
only hope was that he might die, or
we be rescued, before he recovered
thus escaping the terrible fate planned
for us. At length he so far recovered
that / was afraid they would become
aware of 1t and at once carry the
sentence into execution. When he
was able to understand the situation
told him about 1t, We agreed that
he should keep up the appearance of
being delirious in order that you
might have time to find us. It was
very tiresome TO be always on the
watch but Lupin played the game
carefully; and II is only duo to the
fact that he was able to carry It
through that We are alive to-day"
The Gang Cleaned Up.
With four of the gang dead and
their leader in Jail, the arrest OF the
others was easy, and we soon had
them all. Gordon was the brains of
the crowd. He II was who planned
the raid on the French wine merchant
and impersonated the American off,
Ger.
Further inquiries regarding the chief
criminal disclosed the fact that Cor
don was his real name. MY home was
in Montreal" he said; but I was
cashiered from the Canadian army for
stealing. and not daring to return
home and face the scandal I drifted to
Paris and organized the gang which
you have just broken up"
When Gordon was tried he was given
a life sentence at the French penal
colony.
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would find .he two men for whom we
we're searching II we went through
the door which the first man had
tried to reach.
Leaving our soldier to guard the
prisoner and the dead, the chief and
myself opened the door and passing
along n small tunnel we came to an
other door; opening 1t we stepped
into a small room, where we found our
men. The Frenchman was apparently
too sick to take any notice Of us; but
our American boy. half starved.
ragged, dirty, and with a two weeks
growth OF beard on his face, shouted
for Joy when he saw me and then
tainted. Both men were carried out
into the yard an ambulance was sum
moned and they were sent to a hos
pital, where, after receiving proper
care, they soon recovered.
Hfbbard's Experience.
The story as we subsequently heard
1t from Hibbard was this:
I'VE met the gang as instructed at
one OF the cafes and by careful work
succeeded in gaining their confidence.
We had to submit to orders from the
man called Gordon and had to partici-
pate In several robberies before we
were accepted, but we finally made it.
The night we Joined we were taken to
the rooms in the cellar where you
found us, and there, with mnay wierd
rites, we were made members Of the
gang and took the oath Of loyalty. One
night I was sent with two others into
the country to rob a house. The trip
took three days. and while was gone
Lupin was taken sick. In his delirium
he told them everything, so the gang
knew Of our mission. On the night
returned. when I entered the room
was struck on the head from behind
with a club-and so lost all interest
in the proceedings for some time.
an due time I regained conscious
ness and found myself tightly bound
facing the entire gang. Lupin was
brought In and we were tried and SEN
fenced 10 death. When we Joined we
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been turned into a post exchange.
Every night we run big trucks into
MONTGOMERY for men who want to go
to the theatre or dances. OF course
we have to police our own quarters
and take turns at kitchen police, but
that's not so bad. They say that you
can learn forty eight different trades
in this depot, but one is enough for
me. i want to be cabinet maker.
my folks were tickled TO death that
reenlisted. A young chap can get
sore on his employer easy and throw
up his job. but once you sign up with
Uncle Sam you're stuck for the term
OF enlistment-and by that time you've
learned your trade. whether you like
your boss or not. We men who served
in the war can reenlist for a one year
term at this repair depot, but a recruit
who has never been in the army has
to sign UP for three years"
One man who was working on air
plane engines when the armistice was
signed secured his discharge. After
spending fifteen days in his home
town. a large midwest city, he threw
down an $500 Job and came bauksto
reeniist at the wages of a first class
motor mechanician. $3.50 a month.
Cant Just explain 1t, but all the
time / was in that electrical shop at
homo l kept saying to myself, If
stick at this I'll never fly At last it
got me! had never gone up in a
plane during my first enlistment, but
/ suppose that watching men fly day
after day l had realized subconsiciously
that some day i would fiy--and I just
could not keep my feet on the ground
After I've learned the mechanics Of
the game I'm going to train for flying"
His Mother Has a Job.
An A. E. r. man who came home TO
find his mother occupying one of those
influential positions which fell to
women during war time secured lu-
crative Job with the same firm. At the
end OF the month he resigned and re-
enlisted at the repair depot.
The oldest feature of the reenlist-
ment impulse is the effort of the man
to explain his change Of heart. The
memory of all that he said about army
life, the bugler. the shave tails and
the debasing practice Of saluting MS
superiors sweeps over and engulfs
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is because 1 had already made a
couple OF cross country flights as me-
chanician with Al pilots. / heard
about this repair depot and 1 decided
to learn airplanes literally from the
ground up. I enlisted at 81 a day
and found Now I'm a sergeant, first
class aviation mechanician and am
paid $76.b0 a month. This pay is clear
unless 1 choose to spend 1t on pleas
ure. My clothing issue includes a
dress uniform. sweater. spiral puttees,
campaign hat, shoes, underwear and
overcoat. Then I get my quarters and
mess, books. tools, medical and dental
care free. I can join any of the
classes in tho post without charge. I
am carrying the cheapest life insur-
ance In the country and If I'm sick
/ can go to the hospital without pay
ing a cent or losing my pay while off
duty. I can't go home every Saturday
night, but the training I'm getting is
worth some sacrifice"
How n nay Is Spent.
Another enlisted man hailed from a
nearby town.
II got a job in a garage at SIS n
week and paid what liked at home,
but somehow 1 didn't have anything
left at the end of the month and
didn't see much chance of promotion
What's more, wasn't as well as when
/ was in the army. So reenlisted a
month ago and I'm feeling better al
ready. Guess it's the regular life. You
can't argue with the bugler like you do
with mother. You fall out for setting
up exercises at 5:45. then breakfast,
better food than we had in France,
generally canned fruit, oatmeal, pota-
toes, bread, butter. coffee and meat or
eggs. Milk and sugar for the oatmeal,
too. Infantry drill from TO 1850,
shop work from to 1850, twenty
minutes to wash up for dinner. From
1850 to shop work, then stand re-
treat and at $3.50 supper. After that
fellow can do as he likes. There
are night classes and library, base
ball and basket ball, and this winter
we're going to have our own commun-
ity house. with movies, dances and all
that, when Major Knight takes over
the Y. NJ, c. A.
THE Y. w. G. A. hostess house has