The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-03-12
WORLD NEWS

| Tampa, Fla. Mar. 1.-THE Ward
Line steamer Esperanto went aground
at IL o'clock last night on Madagas-
car Reef. off Progreso, Mexico accord
| ing to wireless reports received here
! today from the vessel.
The Esperanza was bound from New
| York to Progreso and carried parsen-
] gers. She reported her main sea pipes
| broken and both engines out of comy
| mission. If the sea is not high her
| situation is thought not to be danger
| Gus. Her position was latitude 21.34
north; longitude eo.1S west.
The steamer Bald Hill, bound for
| New York, and the Dutch steamer
! Amsteldijk were diverted to the Ez-
peranba's relief.
! High Point, n. c., Mar. 11.-Fire Of
! undetermined origin early today de-
| stroyed the local warehouse of the
| Williamson Veneer company of Bal
timore, Md. with an estimated loss
of 100000 Several carloads of furni-
ture, stored in the building were
| burned.
Newport News. Va, Mar 1.-THE
| management OF the Chamberlin hotel
4 NOudy CnaL a complete
check of its records had convinced
them that no one was lost in the fire
which DESTROYED the structure last
Sunday.
| While the Chamberlin was valued at
two million dollars, the total insur-
| ance carried on it was only $4,000
/ according to the management.
| Chicago, Mar. IA rope of pink
pearls valued at $4,000 was stolen
| from Mrs. Robert F. Carr, Chicago So
ciety woman, while she was a guest
| of Glenn Springs hotel Watkins, N
Y, March 2, it became known today
when Lloyds insurance agency offered
a reward of $4,000.
| The necklace was said to consist of
| rs perfectly matched pearls.
| New York, Mar 1.-THE Pacific
| Mail Steamship company here was ad-
vised today by cable of the safe ar
rival at Yokohama March of the
steamer Ecuador and of her sailing
next day for Kobe. There recently had
| been reports that she was missing
with a large amount of silver bullion
| on board.
Charleston, w. Va, Mar 11.-Prep-
| arations were being made by the West
Virginia legislature when house and
/ senate convened today to bring the
| extra session to close, the principal
| purpose having been accomplished by
ratification of the Anthony suffrage
amendment. There still remained the
enactment of / e isl a { / o allowing
| islative leaders predicted that the
passage of a law dealing with profit
teering was highly improbable
Webb Miss, Mar. Iii i erty
| bonds, war savings stamps and other
securities and jewelry, estimated in
| excess of $4,000 in value were stolen
last night from safety deposit boxes
| in the vault of the Bank of Webb by
burglars who gained entrance to the
| vault by the use of explosives and
| rifled thirty deposit boxes. The rob-
| berry was discovered this morning.
Winston Salem II. c., Mar. 11.-An
estimated loss of $145,000 was entailed
/ by the burning of a two-story brick
building occupied by S. III. Kress &
| Co. here this morning.
Losses sustained by other mer-
| chants from water and smoke will
| total $4,000.
| Chicago, Mar. 1I-Entire control OF
| the police department today passed
| into the hands of John j. Carrfty,
\ chief of police, and he announced he
| would rid Chicago OF crime in six
\ months or resign" The city council
| last passed an ordinance removing
| what the chief termed cumbersome
| restrictions" All policemen may be
! ordered into civilian clothes at the
| chiefs discretion under the new law.
4 Washington, Mar 11-General Per-
shing win leave about March % for
| the Panama canal zone to inspect tho
| military defense there. This will con-
| stitute the last lap of his inspection
| tour OF the nations military posts. He
1 will be away tKS or three weeks