The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-03-11
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Washington, Mar. 9.-Revival Of ac-
tivity in the port of Hamburg was
| reported in official advices today to
! the bureau of foreign and domestic
! commerce. Thirty-seven shipping SER
! vices have been definitely reestab-
j lished and initial saihngs made. OF
these four are two to the Atlantic and
one to the Pacific coast of the United
States to Great Britain seven, France
one. Holland four, Belgium two, Cuba
and West Indies three. Mexico and
Central America two, South America
| eight, Africa one and Asia four.
| Rome, Mar. 9.-Italy will associate
herself with the allies only in diplo-
matte steps to be taken regarding Con-
stantinople, says the newspaper Popolo
| d'Italia which declares the nations OBJ
| jects in Asia Minor are of a purely
economiA character.
/ Paris, Mar. 9.-Piers and docks at
Oran, Algeria, have been swept by fire
/ and damage amounting to 30.00o,00
francs has ensued according to dis
patch to the Matin.
Paris, Mar. g. Members of the
American Typhus Commission in con-
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making preparations for the epidemic
which is expected to reach its crisis
! in April. Five thousand five hundred
cases were registered in January and
figures for February not yet issued
will probably show an increase. Au-
| thorities state the disease will take
/ another jump this month with the high
water mark some six weeks hence.
/ New York, Mar. 9-An order on the
Bank of Montreal emitting the bearer
to s1,200,000 in railroad bonds was
picked up in the street in the financial
district yesterday by Harry Kahn, IL
year old clerk.
Noting the brokerage firm signature
on the order the youth delivered the
paper at it's office. A reward of So
was given to him with the advice
chat he was an honest lad and prob
ably would make his way in the
world"
! Panama, Mar. g. Cristobal was
shaken and windows were shattered
all over the city Saturday by an ex-
plosion in the hull of the United States
shipping board tanker Marine which
was recently refloated after having
been sunk by gun fire following the
OF IRE on DOaru- Inc
was raised late last month and towed
to a dock at Cristobal and was being
refitted when the explosion took place.
Last reports stated that fire was still
burning in the hull of the steamer and
it is probable that gas which collected
in the hull was ignited, causing the
explosion.
| Los Angeles, Mar. 9.-The name OF
Major General Leonard Wood will not
be entered in the California primary
lican presidential nomination accord
ling to a telegram from the national
chairman of the Wood committee made
public today by the secretary o. the
local Wood club.
Halifax, n. s, Mar. 9.-The Amer
lean steamer Lake Ellithorpe which
was anchored safely off Sable Island
yesterday after drifting perilously near
the rocks as a result of a broken pro-
!peller, broke adrift today. The steamer
IMaplemore stood by
! Washington, Mar. e.-An appropria-
ttion of 100000 for the eradication of
the boil worm in long staple cotton
was included in the agricultural an
preparation bill for 1921 reported out
by the senate agriculture committee
| today. The measure carries total an
inronriations O. ss1.3.2. 900 against