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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
TEXAS WARNED
TO MEET PERIL
Secretary of Agriculture Says
Nation Wide" Quarantine
May Be Put Into Effect.
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Austin. Tex, May 27.-Warning that
Texas Will face a countrywide" quar-
antine if the state attempts half
way" measures in dealing with the
pink boil worm pest, was served on
the legislature today by Secretary
Meredith, OF the department of agri-
culture, in a letter read at special
session called to ratify a recent agree
ment between the national. government
and Texas and Louisiana representa-
tives.
The immediate needs, Mr.. Meredith
said in his letter to Governor Hobby.
after expressing regret that he could
not address the session in person, was
declaration of mon cotton zones for
the infested area of Texas and the
plowing UP of fields already planted in
such areas"
81 sincerely hope" the secretary
added, that the legislature will as
promptly as possible make such amend
ments to the pink boil worm act Of
1919 as may be necessary to carry on
the full program of determination. in
Guiding provision for the reasonable
reimbursement by the state OF the
planters concerned for their loss
At4~anatber point tfla secretary said.
+ ssThe lesson OF the boil weevil should
not be lost to Texas and this country.
Failure to profit by that lesson would
surely bring upon the cotton industry
of this nation a calamity which could
not be measured"
Stating the departments position and
that of other cotton growing states,
Mr.. Meredith said:
s'If Texas should fail in this present
emergency to carry out the program
of determination and adopt in lieu
thereof some halfway course which
would practically amount to giving up
the fight and leaving ample, opportu-
nitv for the spread of the insect in
Texas and to other states. the depart
ment of agriculture. realizing its OBJ
LEGATIONS to the other cotton growing
states. feels that it would be rers's IN
it's duty if it failed to do everything
that is possible, within the limits OF
it's mowers and authority, to prevent
the spread Of the pest from Texas.
s.It should be borne in mind also
that the quarantine that already mas
Noon taken by several other states, the
modification or abandonment OF Whlcn
understand is contingent upon ac-
tion taken by Texas to carry out the
,,rorram outlined. would result in ef-
fact :, I in a countrywide quarantine OF
Teras ~ entirely independent OF any fed
oral action. It was determined upon
h, =, an interstate convention without
Consultation oa with this department and
uUns ,s,as hased on the responsibility which
the HE officials of those states felt for
nrotection of their own cotton IN
dustry."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
Appropriates Funds and Agrees
to Secure and Pay for
Clearing Ground.
JUDGE SHEPPARD SPEAKS
Discusses Lever Act and Its
Phraseology Which Leaves
"Reasonableness" Undecided

The Kiwanis Club at its weekly
meeting yesterday voted to finance an
airplane landing field for Pensacola
and agreed 10 take over an option on
such a field south of the fertilizer
factory at Goulding. The action was
taken on motion of Leslie Partridge
following a brief but spirited address
by Harry Thompson on what the pos
session of a landing field means TO
the city.
Mr.. Thompson and Mr.. Partridge
both told of the opportunities ahead
for cities which have landing fields
available when the aerial routes are
mapped out and Mr.. Thompson told OF
the presence in the city of represen-
tative of the Fox News, Inc, a national
motion picture news organization.
According to Mr.. Thompson. a rep
resentative of the film company was
in the city yesterday with PROPOSE
ton to bring at least three flyers 10
Pensacola within a fortnight if land
ing field could be found. These fly
ers are TO take pictures of the city for
the Fox people and the pictures VIII
be shown all over the United States.
Still pictures will be made by A. Knox
Mcintyre OF heyndluS 3.
Among the flyers to come here are
Capt. Eddie Stinson and William Brock,
both of whom Thompson knew when
he was in the service. Miss Katherine
Stinson, sister of Eddie, also will come
here.
Mr.. Thompson made arrangements
for the field and for leasing If, for one
year under an option to buy. yesterday
morning. He then presented the mat
ter to the club which quickly decided
to act. inasmuch as it had been push
ing the airplane landing field proposi
ton for some time: The matter was
referred to Mr.. Thompson by Secretary
Price of the chamber of commerce.
Judge William b. Sheppard as guest
of Frank w. Crenshaw. delivered the
oral boost. In introducing the Judge.
Mr.. Crenshaw said that he was sorry
to leave Pensacola but that this would
be his last opportunity Of meeting
with the Kiwanians.
Judge Sheppard spoke at some length
on the need of sane and intelligent
men in congress who will make laws
which are definite. instead OF ones
which are not specific so that any
man can know when he is and whsre
he is not breaking the law.
The judge urged on the Kiwanians
the necessity Of keeping in touch with
congress and of electing to that body
only men who can be depended on to
be upright in all cases.
Referring to the numerous investga-
tions recently conducted by congress.
Judge Sheppard said he believed con-
gress itself needed to lie Investigated
for it's sanity.
Hon. Y. l.. Watson was present and
spoke briefly. Other guests were Dr.
A. L. Cole. Walter Acosta, /. j.. Bogart
and Jack Crenshaw
Members of the Kiwanis Club were
invited to attend a picnic to be given
At Lillian bridge the first Friday aft
ernoon in July.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
ARMY BILL NOW
Goes TO Vote
Conferees Throw Out Senate
Provisions for Voluntary
Military Training.
WAR BOARD PROVIDED
Secretary Of War Is Made Busi-
ness Manager and Has Staff
of Expert Advisors.

Washington, May 27.-The army re-
Organization bill emerged from con-
ference shorn of the senate proposals
for liberalization Of the national guard.
Tor voluntary universal training
system and for automatic revival of
the war time draft on declaration
of a war emergency.
AS agreed upon by the conference.
the bin provides for peace time reg
ular army of $4,000, including the
Philippine scouts, for continuation of
the national guard substantially on
its present basis for organization of
an enlisted reserve corps liable for
Is days training duty annually ex-
cept in case of war emergency.
AS agreed on the bill also provides
that the assistant secretary of war
will function as business manager
at a salary of $4,000 a year, and will
have charge Of procuring war supplies.
1t also creates within the department
a permanent war council composed of
of the secretary, assistant secretary,
the general of the army and chief of
staff, which will determine military
and munition problems.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
CHAIR HAS AWAITED
CANADPN MINISTER

Philadelphia. May 27.-A mustv
american diplomatic secret has been
disclosed here through announcement
that Canada soon will send its own
minister to Washington. II is that for
the last ten years a specially made
chair, carved with the Canadian coat
of arms, has been waiting in Washing
ton for the use Of this envoy.
Elihu Root, then secretary Of state.
orderc< the chair. one Of many spa-
cially designed for the Pan-Ameriean
Union building at the capitol. Andrew
Carnegies memorial TO cement more
firmly the relations OF the Americas.
The story is told by Albert Kelsey. of
this city, one OF the architects of the
Pan American building. who said:
"Once n month the ambassadors and
ministers of all the American -epub-
lies meet and are presided over by our
secretary Of state in the Pdn-Amer-
lean building and each representative
has a chair Of his own. with the arms
OF his country carved on the back
Now when these chairs Were de-
cided on, Secretary Root asked me TO
have an additional one made with the
Canadian arms on it, which was done.
and which has been hidden for the
past ten years, for Secretary Root eau
toned me-to use his exact words-to
be a little reticent about the matter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
Sims APPROVED
WILSON PLANS
Considered Them Too Uncertain
to Put Into Effect, How
ever, and Held Back.

Washington, May 27.-While Presi-
dent Wilson's bold and audacious'
policy for the navy was sound the
specific operation he advocated to
crush German U-boats was "imprac-
ticable" for technical reasons, Rear
Admiral Sims told the senate naval
investigating committee.
The officer was appearing in re-
buttal of testimony of Secretary Dan
iels and others. Regarding the presi-
dents policy as disclosed by Mr.. DAN
iels during the hearings, he said:
THE specific operation suggested by
the president for blocking the Ger
man submarines would have been i'm
practicable of accomplishment under
the circumstances because there were
many very technical elements govern
ing the situation, concerning which he
could not be expected to be accurately
informed.
However. the aggressive policy ad-
one. The sacrifice of half the COM
bined British and American fleets
would not have been too great price
to pay if it would have suppressed the
submarine and ended the war, but the
attempt, of course, would have been
-urwise, if. in the opinion of responsible
naval experts it would certainly have
failed"
Rear Admiral Sims declared that
"the navy departments witnesses" had
revealed condition in the navy "even
more distressing than I could have
imagined and constitutes much more
severe criticism of the deplorable con-
ditions referred to than 1 myself have
submitted.
"a very careful review of the evil
dence submitted by the navy depart
ment's witnesses" said the admiral
shows that in no single instance were
the thirteen points raised by me in
criticism disproved. On the contrary,
most of them were freely admitted.
The testimony of the departments
witnesses seemd to, be designed, not
to disprove, but to explain them away
or to obscure them by the raising of
extraneous issues"
Admiral Sims read long prepared
statement quoting from the testimony
of Admiral Benson and Rear Admirals
Badger, Mexican, Fletcher and Niblack
and Captain Pratt. These witnesses,
he said, almost unanimously attribut-
ed the conditions to the faulty organ
ization of the navy department and
favored reorganization.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
PLANSCOMPLET
FORCEREMONIAL
Committees Meet at Shantung
Room and Announce F1nal
Decision On NOvices.

Committees on the great Shrine cere.
monial to be held here Saturday, met
at the Shantung room, San Carlos last
night and after the meeting one an
nouncement of extreme Importance 70
ali noyices was made. The announce.
ment is that all novices are to meet
at the San Carlos at 1880 o'clock Satnr-
dav morning, regardless OF what pre-
vio,,s instructions they may have nau.
AZ The committee expressed IL last
night. this order must be oDeyeu Ds
all novices. attonded and
renarfs frees the various committees
fa1ieate that plans are so arranged
IS # The ees ernonial will be pulled OH
without 4 hItch. ~
Bonacker. chairman, L. =. NO.
Ylss and j. Harvey Bayliss saw most
III inc palafox-ss. merchants vester-
Ar afternoon and asked them TO deco
S.. ~ yar ina ceremonial. Every mer-
.a,,.snt who was approached agreed 70
~, 80 shrine soiors of green and red or
4, l.ssr s.,css were not available to use
a,,.lsrican Tags. Those whom the
es,nami.aee lvas unable to see are re-
ss,,estest to decorate in the same man
ner
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
MONUMENT MARKS
END OF DISPUTE

Onto. Ecuador. May Pin the
nresence of the chief executives OF
Ecnador and Colombia. the corner
stone Of a monument commemorative
of the happy termination of the boun-
dary dispute between the two coun-
tries has lust been laid at the bridge
of Rumichaca on the frontier.
President Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
of Ecuador and President Marco Fidel
Suarez met half way on the bridge and
ereated each other amid a salute OF
artillery and cheers of spectators of
hoth nationalities. The presidents de-
1iyared addresses referring to the
monument as symbol Of peace and
friendship between their respective
countries.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
SAILORS AND MARIN ES
ATTEMPT RESCUE FRIEND

In an effort to effect the delivery Of
a bluejacket who had been arrested a
few minutes previous on misdemeanor
crowd Of sailors and marines gath
cred around the city Jail and used
bricks and missiles, throwing them
through the windows and starting
what might have turned out to be a
serious attack had it not been curbed.
The bluejacket. giving the name OF
Vogelsohn, and better known as
Salty" was arrested on Zarragossa
street, charged with breaking lights
and throwing bottles.
A crowd Of friends gathered to rescue
the man from Officer Chestnut, but ne
rushed the sailor to the city Jail. He
was taken inside the station when the
crowd began gathering. Bricks We're
used as missiles, two Of them being
thrown through the window. one OF
the bricks hit Officer A. NJ. Harper on
the right shoulder. The officer fired
his revolver two or three times ana
Officers Chestnut and Bowman Went
into the crowd outside and arrested
sailor and a marine, each OF them said
to have had bricks in their hands.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
MEMORIAL DAY
TOBEOBSERVED
Veterans of Spanish War Will
Join G.. A. r. In Exercises to
Be Held at BarrancaS.

Memorial Day exercises will be held
at FIT. Barrancas next Monday when
the veterans of the various wars and
their ladies will be present for the
exercises and addresses to be delivered
at the fort. The visitors will meet
in the City Hall square at 1890 and
mrach to the Electric Co. depot, near
Main and Palafox from where a train
will take them to Ft. Barrancas.
The military band will meet the visi-
tors there and conduct them to the
National cemetery. Services will be
held at the monument and a salute
will be fired and taps sounded. The
meeting will adjourn to the speakers
stand when the adjutant of the Sher-
man post will read Lincoln's address.
Addresses will be made by Comrade
Zachary, of the u. S. w. ", Post Chap
lin Lutz of Ft. Barrancas. John Clay
Smith, P. F. Strother and others. Mrs.
J. C. Wright. Mr.. and Mrs. Briefly
will sing.
Graves of veterans buried in st.
Johns cemetery will be decorated on
Sunday, preceding Memorial Day.
Hhose interested will meet at the
Armory at o'clock and proceed to
the cemetery where services will be
held at o'clock. Anyone is requested
to bring flowers.
Invited to take part in these cere-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
ALDERMANFORM
Wins In COURT.
Decision of Judge Campbell of
Circuit Court Is Reversed By
State Supreme Court.
PETITION HOLDS STATUS
Friends of Movement Believe
, City Commissioners Will Yet
Have to Call An Election.

The supreme court of the state has
reversed the decision of the circuit
court rendered recently by Judge
Campbell in the application for the
writ of. mandamus to compel the city
commissioners to call an election OF
the citizens Of Pensacola to decide
whether or not the city should go
back to the aldermanic form of gov
ernment. Word was received yester-
day by J. j. Sullivan, attorney for
the citizens committee and by City
Attorney John B. Jones, representing
the city commissioners.
The message was from the clerk
office of the supreme court and it
merely stated that the court had re-
versed the lower courts decision. Until
the official finding is filed here no
further action by either attorneys will
be considered. On just what grounds
or clauses the supreme court overruled
the lower court was not stated in the
message.
The original action was filed as the
State of Florida ex rel ]. H. D'Alem-
berte, VS.. Frank d. Saunders, eft al, city
commissioners of the city of Pensacola.
John B. Jones represented the COM
missioners.
The city attorney filed a demurrer
with the court to the citizens petition
and this demurrer was sustained by
Judge Campbell. The opinion of the
attorp ay, in the absence of the official
findings of the supreme court, is that
the higher court only overruIed this
demurrer and the case will revert
back to the circuit court. Others be-
lieve that the supreme court favors
legality for holding the election.
Nearly 700 names were signed to the
petition asking that the city admin
istration revert to the aldermanic form
of government which was presented to
the city commissioners and from this
petition grew the court proceedings.
The commissioners refused to call
the election on the grounds that the pc
tition was not certified. The petition
was taken to the clerk of the circuit
court and the names of the signers
checked and the petition certified.
The commissioners then refused to
call the election acting on the advice
of the city attorney on the grounds
that the petition was not sufficient
under the terms of the charter.
The petitioners filed a writ of man
damus to compel the commissioners
to hold this election, when the city
attorney filed a demurrer. which was
sustained by Judge Campbell. Until
the official ruling of the court is re-
ceived here no authentic opinion as to
the next step can be given by either
In the meantime citizens
who have been active in the movement
to go back to the aldermanic form of
government maintain that sentiment is
more and more toward that
end
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
M 'ADOO HAS
NO SLUSH FUND
Kansas City Post Publisher Tells
OF Plan to Nominate Nc
Adoo Before Convention.
HALF MILLION FOR WOOD
John T. Knight Testifies Before
Senate Committee as to Or
iginal Plans for Campaign.

Washington, May 27-The senate
investigation of pre- convention expen-
ditures on behalf of presidential can
dldates today brought forth informa-
tion as to plans for placing William
@ McAdoo before the democratic ma
tional convention and also the asser-
ager of Major General Woods cam
paign, that Dan r. Hanna, of Cleve-
land, early in General Woods cam
paign, promised to "go out and gather
in five hundred thousand dollars
King said, however, he did not know
whether the money was received.
DR.. Burris Jenkins, publisher of the
Kansas City Post, told the committee
he had been asked to place in nomina-
tion McAdoo at San Francisco, but of
any funds to be used for him, Jenkins
said he knew nothing. His impression
regarding funds, he said, were quite
to the contrary"
Newspaper reports say you have
been called here to confer with Mr..
McAdoo's friends and that you have
been selected to nominate Mr.. McAdoo
in the convention said Chairman
Kenyon. WHO has asked you to do
that?'' l..
'sMr. Jouett Shouse, assistant secre-
tary of the treasury" DIR. Jenkins said.
-"I conferred with him last night
Among those present, the witness said,
was Daniel G. Roper, former collector
of internal revenues: Connmis
Robert Woofey, of the interstate COM
rly
former director of Liberty loan pub
licity.
DR.. Jenkins produced letter from
Mr.. Shouse which said in asking him
to come to Washington that 1--WE have
not even the money to pay your ex-
penses."
Chairman Kenyon asked how many
federal office holders were on the
Missouri democratic delegation.
ST doubt il there are any," DR.. Jen-
kins replied.
'Know of any funds being raised for
the McAdoo candidacy" Chairman
Kenyon pursued.
mo sir; on the contrary those gen.
tlemen last night said they had no
funds" He was excused.
Mr. King said General Wood asked
him in February, 1919, to take charge
of his campaign.
.I raised about s91, 900 as I remem-
ber it." he said, $4,000 in contribu-
tions and about $4,000 which secur-
ed on my own note. Then they owed
me some money when l quit"
.sWhere did the contributions come
from?" asked Chairman Kenyon.
"A Major Hooker, on General Woods
staff in Chicago, told me that $4,000
would be sent me- was the answer.
.I got in the mail from Chicago one
cashiers check for $4,000 and another
for $4,000. Then two of General
Woods friends, whose names don't
remember. sent checks for s2.5O0 each.'
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
INITIATION is
FATAL TO STUDENT

Baton Rouge, La, May 27.-Alfonso
Quinonez, special student from San
Salvador in the sugar school Of the
Louisiana State University, died to-
night from injuries suffered when he
was burned with ether at initiation
ceremonies of the Alpha Chi Cigma,
an honorary chemical society, accord
ing to a signed statement by J. NJ. D.
Bond for the fraternity. The state
ment said rubbing a portion Of the
skin with ether was part Of the in
itiation and when this was being done
TO Quinonez severel nights ago, the
ether overturned on him and caught
fire.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
BAYMEN ADOPT
MANY MOTIONS
Forty-Eight Resolutions Were
Acted On Yesterday and
More Expected Today.

Forty -eight resolutions were report
ed on and submitted To- President
Fricke yesterday at the International
Longshoremen's convention being held
here.
President Fricke stated last night
that when this convention clos IS there
will have been more changes made in
the working conditions Of iongsnore-
men than there has been made since
the organization of the association.
He stated that this is due chiefly to
the strikes that have baen prevailing
throughout the south and that this
convention will make the changes for
the good or bad and will have to be
set for results and if they don't work
satisfactorily they will be changed at
the next convention.
1t is expected Is resolutions will be
reported on today. The convention
will probably close late today or to-
morrow morning, depending on how
soon the resolutions are submitted and
adopted.
The election of officers and the nam
ing of the next convention city will
be decided at the last session.
President Fricke will stay in the city
one day after the convention closes to
look after local matters of the l. l.. A.
There are eight states represented at
this convention.
The names of the delegates follow:
alabama.
VIM. E. Flynn, James j. Coney, Jno.
H. Duff, G. L. Molet, Mobile; w. H.
n d
Childs, Plateau; H. Rogers, u =.
johnson, w. S. Smith, J. M. Clark, f.
D. Rhono, Henry Thompson, Neil Arm
strong, Jas. j. Convy. D. P. Johnson,
Henry Thompson, Mobile; E. D. Rhono.
Axis; T. J. Modicus, w. W. Friend,
Mobile.
Florida.
VIM. A. Shackelford. Pensacola; j..
r. Reu A. Barren, st. Andrews;
J. II. Fricke, Key West; Henry Wells,
Jacksonville: Nathan Jones, Geo. T..
'Badgett, j. W. Mcmillan (1O98-11oD,1
G. r. Parazina, Pensacola: G. G. Haw-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
MAIN NLEVEE BREAK
NEARLY EPAIRED

New, Orleans, May 27.-1ndications
tonight were that success was meeting
the efforts of engineers to close seri-
ous break in the main Mississippi levee
18 miles below here. Unless closed
heavy damage will result to the truck
farming around Scarsdale.
The break was estimated to be
about 80 feet in length. but doubt was
expressed of inability to repair 1t be-
cause of the extremely high water.
Several hundred families were
thought to be in the path of the flood
but it was believed they had sufficient
warning to enable them to reach places
of safety.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
GOULD HEIRESS
SECRETLY WEDS

New York, May 27.-Confirmation OF
the marriage at EIkton, Maryland.
today of Edith c. Gould. daughter OF
George ]. Gould. to Carol l.. Vain
wright, both of New York. was given
here last night at the home Of the
brides parents, who received tele-
gram announcing the wedding. A state
ment said the family was surprised,
as the young man was acceptable ana
there was no particular reason for
Lafonrnant
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-28
remperature-
Pensacola,

Accumulated deficiency this year year to 81 date. de
ESQ: Highest of record record l1o 9or % Nav a de-
grees: Lowest of record ioi
grees.
Rainfall a. TotaI
For "a hours ending p M, M, y; u,a ro.al
for this month to I p. M. 4;oi. MI anss .a'
for May, 2.6s inches; Accumuiaeeo
this year to date, 4.03
a. M. Is; II noon, 50; p m,' 49,
Barometer
a. m, 2.s; p. m. 2s.s7