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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
FIGHT AT STILL;
One Is KILLED
Officers and MOOnshiners Stage
Duel Until Ammunition
is Exhausted.
(ey The Associated Press)

BRUNSWICK, Ga, March PA
pistol and shotgun battle in which
foar men took part, one being killed
was staged hve miles from this city
tonight when Constables 1. w. Rhoden
and sam Norris attempted to capture
a moonshine still.
William Boatright was killed, Con-
stable Rhoden was so badly wounded
that his death is expected in few
hours, and j. S. Hendricks is seriously
wounded Norris escaped injury.
AS the officers approached the still,
which, according to county officials,
was operated by Boatright and Hen
bricks, they were commanded to halt.
They refused to obey orders, and as
they advanced they faced the fire of
shotguns. The officers returned the
fire with their pistols.
All the ammunition was shot up be-
fore the firing ceased. Then Norris
aid and Rhoden and Hen
bricks were brought to a hospital in
this city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
REESE EXPLAINS
Who May VOTE
Says Only Those Who Registered
for General Election Are
Eligible.

Because some misunderstanding has
arisen in regard Ito who is eligible to
vote in the tuberculosis election of
Tuesday, the county attorney, R. Pope
Reese. has beert asked to give an opin-
ion in the matter. This he has done
Mr.. Reese says that only those who
were qualified to vote in the general
election for state and county officers
last fall may vote on the tubercular
hospital question Tuesday. His opin-
ion in full, written especially for The
Journal says:
Editor of The Journal:
"a great number of women have in
quired if they will be permitted to
vote in the election next Tuesday for
the establishment of tuberculosis
hospital in Escambia county. The law
says, section 1, AT such election every
qualified elector may vote.' Who are
the qualified electors? Those names,
both men and women, who on the
general registration books of the coun-
ty were qualified to vote in the last
general election. November, 1920.
ut will not be necessary for women
to pay poll tax to vote in this tuber-
culosis election. The law provides that
the registration books shall be opened
in the month of August of every gen
eral election year, and also provides
that the tax collector shall furnish to
the registration officer 20 days before
the registrations books close a list of i
those who have paid poll taxes and |
-he registration officer shall enter up |
such payments. There is no other |
provision for the entry of the pay |
IeOtS Of OOlI taxes on the repi Stt,a - /
ion books. under the law, therefore |
Until the next general election year.
1922, poll taxes cannot be credited by
he registration officer on the books.
I'VE are therefore required to take
he registration books as We're made
Up at the last general election, No
yember, 1920, as our guide, and those
persons who were qualified to vote in
hat election will be qualified to vote
n the tuberculosis election next Tues
lay.
yours very truly.
r. P. REESE"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
tey The Associated Prsss>.

CHICAGO, March S.-Formal an
nouncement today by the state that a
six montho' postponement would be
sought in the trial of Chicago White
Sox players accused of throwing the
1919 world series brought charges from
defense attorneys that an attempt was
being made to shelve the case and
leave the indicted players permanently
under a cloud of suspicion. The trial
is scheduled to start Monday next.
The prosecution, however, declared
the delay would be sought Ito make
certain that the men back of the series
scandal were driven out of baseball
and into the penitentiary."
Judge X. NJ. Lands, baseball COM
missioner, placed all the indicted
players on the ineligible list when he,
heard of the proposed postponementI
and said they would remain there
pending the trial This automatically
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
PROHI AGENTS
FIND ALCOHOL
Recover S500,000 Worth Re-
Gently Stolen Near New
Orleans.
tsy The Associated Press).

NEW ORLEANS, March 12.-Pro-
hibition agents late today recovered
Ga of the 65 drums of alcohol stolen
recently from the Kentucky Distillery
company at Westwego. near here. The
alcohol, valued at sl14.0OO on the reg
ular market and estimated to be worth
near $5OO,OQO at present Illicit trade
prices, was found concealed in hay
stacks on the farm of Frank Palmi-
sano, near the Shrewsbury race
track. Palmisano and IL others were
arrested The alcohol was stolen by
a gang of masked men who overpow-
cred a group of night watchmen. IT
was placed in a barge and towed down
the river.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
SENATE DID
ADJOURN
AS INTENDED
Delays in Important Appoint
ments Overthrow Plans
of Leaders.
SHIPPING BOARD
NOT NOMINATED
Will Be Asked to Pass Upon
Other Nominations Before
Adjournment.
CBy The Associates Pressl.

WASHINGTON, March l2.-Plaas
for senate leaders to end the special
session today We're overthrown by a
combination of further delays at the
white house and capital affecting i'm
portant appointments on which the
administration wants action before ad-
journment.
Failure of President Harding to send
lin his nominations for the shipn.,e
board is understood. to have been The
pfihclpal barrier to bringing the ses
sions to close. 1t was indicated taat
the president was having difficulty i'm
inducing some of the men he wants 10
accept. and both he and the leaders
in congress are anxious TO have the
appointments made and confirmed De-
fore the senate quits.
While it waited for the SHINING
board nominations the senate heard
also that Mr.. Harding might ask It
TO pass judgment before adjournment
on the Nomination of Col. George Har-
vey, the New York editor, to be am
bassador to Great Britain. Selection
OF Colonel Harvey is understood to
nave been definitely decided on an1
although Mr. Harding was not ready
10 transmit the nomination today. the
republican managers in the senate re-
ceived advance information Of such a
positive character that they condu ~
ed a poll of the foreign relations com
mittee on the question of confirmation
Still another cause for prolongfng
the special session was provided by
Senator LaFollette, republican Wis
consin. who objected to immediate
consideration Of the nomination of for
mer Representative James Esch. Of
that state, to be a member of the in
terstate commerce commission. Under
the senate rules. the nomination sent
from the white house yesterday had
to be put over until Monday.
Cleans Up Slate.
Meantime the senate cleaned I'D
most of its slate of accumulated nom
voting confirmation of a
number sent in earlier in the week and
of several that Mr.. Harding submitted
today. Mark Potter of New York.
whose nomination to the interstate
commerce commission was sent to the
senate along with that of Mr. Escb.
was one of those confirmed. Amonc,
The selections submitted by the presi-
dent during the day and favorab.y
acted upon by the senate were william
Husband, of Vermont, to be commits
5loner general Of immigration Harry
8IIlany, of Delaware. to be fourth as
ilstant postmaster general, and Carl
hapess Of Michigan. to be solicitor Of
he bureau Of internal revenue.
Word that the president might ask
or early action on the nomination Of
Colonel Harvey came as a. surprise
he general expectation here having
'een that all diplomatic appointments
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
Prosperity of Nation Depends
Upon Prosperous Agriculture

price level "say 20 per cent above the
pre-war normal"
Secretary Wallace said he doubted
whether the people in the east realize
just what has happened to the farmers
of the producing sections" Citing con-
ditions in the central west as an ex-
ample. he said that there nOtwith-
standing that we have the finest rural
civilization. taken as a whole, the
world has ever seen" the farmers are
now in "a most trying period and are
suffering severe financial losses"
Farmers throughout the nation. espe-
cially those in the south and west, he
added. "are experiencing exactly the
same trouble"
This widespread agricultural depres-
sion results from the high cost of pro-
Continued on PAGE Two.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
HELPING PENSACOLA

Watson, Parker and Reese company.
first established under the name of
George Bombay & Co. 1880. is prob
ably Pensaeola's oldest established
mercantile business. For almost so
years. continuously. this firm has sup
piled "every TO wear" to Pensa-
eolians. Operated successfully under
the name of George Bombay & Co.,
lSS0-lS94; II. Halliday & Co. 1894
1000, and Green Watson, 1900 1906, the
trm was reorganized In 1906 as Wat
son, Parker and Reese Co.. and since
that time many important improve
ments have been made.
The business has rapidly grown in
the last Few years, probably due to the
present regimes policy of .haying the
goods and letting people know about
them" The present firms advertis-
ing for one month averages more than
that OF its predecessors for ona ysar.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
NO BRUISES
ON BODY OF
CLARAHAMON
Testimony Brought Out Antici-
pating Defense's Pleas
of a Fight.
WOMAN HAD AGREED
TO Leave ARDMORE
Demanded, However, $4,000
from Mr.. lannon's BUSH
ness Manager.
(By The Associated Press.)

ARDMORE, Okla. March 12.-Ad-
ditional testimony that Jake L. Hamon,
Oklahoma republican national COM
mitteeman, had declared on his death
bed that he had been shot by Clara
Smith Hamon as he lay on the bed in
his hotel room was introduced at the
woman's trial here today. w. B. Mich
olas, a business associate of lannon's S.
corroborated testimony of yesterday
as to the shooting and the Rev. T. E.
Irwin, who conducted lannon's funeral
service, quoted Hamon as saying that
Clara Hamon had told him the affair
was a "frame-up by others and that
she was sorry for what she had done.
This was a frame-up by Others"
the Rev. T. E. Irwin, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Lawton, who
delivered Mr.. lannon's funeral ora
ton, testified the dying man told him.
Three times I had paid her off, but
this is the last time"
The matter of the alleged frame
up" was not touched upon further by
either state or defense counsel, and
DIR. Irwin did not get to complete the
statement he had started because of
an Interruption by defense counsel.
The clergyman did not have direct
information from Hamon that the
young woman, former wife of al
nephew, had shot him, he said.
Not so, however, with w. b. Nichols,
former chief of police of Oklahoma
City, Okla, and business and political
associate of Mr.. Hamon.
Mr.. Nichols was the second man
through whom the state had sought to
introduce an alleged dying statement
from Mr.. Hamon, and his testimony,
like that of Kelly M. Roach, an Okla |
noma City insurance man, on yester- |
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
GEORGIA MILITARY COMPANY CALLED OUT
TO PROTECT RAILROAD STRLKEBREAKERS
Would Postpone Trial
Of White Sox Players
Judge Barrett Declares That to Proceed With Case Now Might
Prove Farce and Guilty Men Escaping Punishment

bars them from playing with any club
in organized baseball.
Judge George F. Barrett, American
league attorney in the case, said the
prosecution had found it's evidence was
not ready for proper presentation TO
jury. New evidence now being gath
cred would give the state an impreg-
nable case, he said, and might result
in a further grand jury investigation
with indictment of men he declared
should have been indicted in the in
quiry conducted last fall.
To proceed with the case now might
make a farce of it and result in guilty
men escaping punishment, Judge Bar
rett declared.
Thomas P. Nash. attorney for Buck
Weaver, Swede Risberg, Oscar Fefs7h
and Fred McMullin, and Benedict
Short, attorney for Claude Williams,
Joe Jackson and allied with d. P.
Continued on Pace TwoO
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
CUARDE5k
LOCAL HOTEL
ALL nigh I
Sympathizers Sent Warning by
Sheriff That They Must
Keep Away.
MANY APPLICANTS FOR
REINSTATEMENT MADE
First Train Run. from Atlanta
to Cordele Yosterday-An-
other Today.
ny The Associated Press) .

CoRDELE, Ga, March IA report
THAI score OF automobiles filed with
A. b, & A. strike sympathizers left
Fitzgerald, 80 miles below here to-
night and were en- route to Cordele,
ostensibly for the purpose of handling
the crew that brought a train from
Atlanta to this city today, resulted in
calling out the Crisp county guards.
In this connection Sheriff Q. c..
Noble who says Governor Dorsey
sanctioned calling out the military
company, sent messenger toward
Fitzgerald to inform members of the
party that it would not be healthy"
10 advance toward Cordele.
The members OF the train crew spent
the night In a local hotel, around which
the guard had been placed. The sheriff
says the guard will be maintained until
after the train pulls out on its return
trip TO Atlanta at $3.50 tomorrow morn
ing.
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n. Y. G.. MAKES BIG
CHANGE IN FORCE
(ey The Associated PressI.

ELKHART, Ind, March 12.-Sweep-
ing change in official personnel on the
New York Central railroad, affecting
1850 officials from general superin-
tendents down, were announced here
today. All the transfers, it was said
here, carried salary reductions rang
ing from $3.50 to $4,000 yearly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
PACKERS AGREE
TO CONFERENCE
Accept Suggestion of Secretary
of Labor That Employees
Be Met
(ey The Associated Press)

CHICAGO, March 12.-After an all
day discussion by heads of the pack
ing industry a telegram was sent to
James J. Davis, secretary of labor, at
Washington, accepting his suggestion
that they send two representatives to
confer with him and two representa-
tives Of the employees regarding the
present situation in the industry.
The telegram which was signed by
Armour and company, said:
Your message received. VIII be
glad to follow your suggestion"
A statement given out at the same
time that the telegram was made pub
lie said:
I'VE assume that the justice and
necessity of wage cuts will not be
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
(ay The Associated Press).

WASHINGTON, March 12.-The re-
cent ruling of former Attorney General
Palmer permitting the practically un-
limited manufacture of beer, wines
and whiskey for medicinal purposes
will stand, Solicitor General FriersOn
said today, despite a number Of pro-
tests, unless the treasury department
should ask for its reconsideration. Such
a request is not under contemplation,
1t was said later at the treasury.
Opinions are issued by the depart
ment of justice only to the president
and members of the cabinet, Mr.. Frier-
son explained, and are not matters in
which private individuals may partici-
pate. a review would only be made,
he added on motion OF the department
originally making the rAquest ana 9
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
May Get Beer By the Case;
Latest Ruling Interpreted

change made when an error of law,
was found.
Regulations to provide for the use
of beer medically will be issued as
soon as they can be prepared, prohi-
bition officials declared. although they
had been delayed in earlier prepara-
ton on the possibility of the opinion
being reconsidered.
Under this most recent interpreta-
tion OF the prohibition law, officials
declared, it would appear that a pa
tient for whom beer was prescribed
would be able to obtain it by the case,
as it would probably be ordered as a
tonic and it would appear unreasonable
to require person to procure only
one or two bottles at time.
Study Of the new ruling, officials
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
fsy The Associated Pressl.

WASHINGTON. March 12.-An ap-
neal for every good citizen" to do
what he can to help the farmers
through the period of depression, not
for the sake of helping the farmer
alone, but for the sake of helping
himself" was made today by Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wallace in MS
first formal statement.
Prices of farm products must rise
and prices of other products come
down before the normal relation be-
tween them has been restored, Mr..
Wallace asserted. Talk of bringing
prices back to a pre-war level he
declared, sis morally wrong and eco
nomically impossible" adding that
Everybody would be better off, if an
effort were made to hiring about a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
QUIET REICNS
ATSPRlNCFIELD
Racial Disorder Seemingly at an
End-Sheriff i'm Control
of Situation.
(ex The Associated Rress.l

| SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. March 12-
| The streets of Springfield were de-
serted tonight and civil and military
authorities agreed that the racial dis
turbances which d1ave Kept this city.
in turmoil since last Monday, cul-
minating in the shooting of a police
man last night, were seemingly at an
end.
If there are no disturbances during
the night, it is said to be probable
that state authorities will begin with
drawing troops early next week.
The automobile in which James
White, the young negro who shot Pa
trolman Joseph Ryan last night, was
being hurried, to the Mansfield re-
formatory to avoid further racial trou-
BILE here, was wrecked late this after
noon near West jefferson between
Springfield and Columbus. The car
skidded on a slippery cartrack,
swerved into a telegraph pole. Depu-
ty Sheriff Walter Lewis and Proba-
ton Officer John c. Parson, in charge
of the prisoper, were slightly injured.
They obtained another machine and
took White to Columbus, where he
was placed in the county Jail He will
be taken from there to Mansfield Mon
day.
After a day of preparation, Spring
field officials tonight announced that
they We're ready to cope with any sit
uation that might arise in connection
with racial disturbances which last
night resulted in the wOunding of a
policeman and a negro and which
have kept the city in a turmoil since
last Monday when an unidentified ne
gro assaulted an 11-year- white |
girl.
Sheriff in Control.
Sheriff David Jones was placed in |
charge of the situation and, !
with eight companies ! of national |
guardsmen as his aides, tonight had !
barred all traffic from city streets, |
street car service, closed |
stores, theaters and all public gather |
ing places and ordered all citizens to |
in their homes after 6 p. m. |
AS measures to enforce orders of the |
sheriff. guardsmen patrolled the streets |
on foot and in army trucks with ma
chine guns.
Another precautionary measure TAX
en- by the authorities was the bringing
to Justice of James White, 17-year- old
negro and confessed assailant of Pa
trolman Joseph Ryan, whom he shot |.
three times last night in the opening
Continued On Page Two)
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THE WEATHER TODAY

PENSACOLA AND VICINITY-Fafr
Sunday; Monday cloudy, not much
change in temperature. moderate varia-
BILE winds.
WINDS-Hatteras TO Florida Straits
Moderate variable winds, partly cIo1Idy,
weather Sunday.
East Gulf-Moderate variable winds
and partly cloudy Sunday
West Gulf-Moderate southeast and
south winds, partly cloudy weather sun
day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
Many Applicants for Jobs.

BIRMINGHAM Ala, March r.
Hundreds OF white and negro men are
Deaeiging the offices of the Atlanta
Birmingham & Atlantic railroad from
early morning until nightfall in the
uuest Of positions vacated by the en-
ployes OF the road now on strike and
the road is gradually whipping both
freight and passenger service into
shape, Superintendent Whitaker said
tonight.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
Strike sympathizers Meet Train.

MACON, Ga, March 12.-Long dis
tance telephone messages from Cor
dele at 10 o'clock tonight indicated that
the Cordele military company has been
called out i'm connection with trouble
on the A. b. & A.
A train operated out OF Atlanta ar
rived there early tonight. 1t was said
that the train was met by big party
Of railroad strike .sympathizers from
Fitzgerald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
MAYORS SALARY CUT:
HE PROMPTLY RESIGNS
(sy The Associated Press,

w TIE 7NsSUNFaISU FTEsSJ
DUBUQUE, Iowa, March r.
Mayor E. L. Magruder, of Oxford
Junction, Iowa, resigned today when
the city council cut his salary from
so a month to 81. The council
explained that the reduction was
'in keeping with the general move
ment of wage reductions"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13

- DOUGLAS, Ca. March 12.-The
small force OF the A. b. & A. employees
az this point returned to work. In ad
dition. former conductor and former
engineer offered their services and
were accepted by the road and will be
assigned to a run, II was announced.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
Y y ERDeYs
WE EATHER
Temperature.

HIghest ........ 66 Lowest ......... 90
Mean ....-..:.... So Normal .......:.. 60
Accumulated excess this year to date ISL
Highest of record for March ..... 81
Lowest Of record for March .......... "a
Rainfall.
For "a hours ending D m. .......255
Total for this month to ,. m. .....4.39
Normal for March ............. 5.35
Accumulated deficiency this year TO
Humidity.
7 7a.m....97 II noon..-94 7p.m. "a
Barometer.
z a-ua ...... 30.06 pm. ...... so.Oa
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
REVOLU7IONISTS,
AREDEFEATED
BOlshevists, Aided by Reinforce
ments, Again Control
Petrograd.
(Ry The Associated Press).

PARIS, March 12.-(Russian Havas)
Dispatches from the Finnish border
say that the bolsheviki, aided by re-
Inducements, have~-aansost completely
succeeded in putting down the .nsur-
rection in Petrograd Battles fought
between Krasnoya Gorka and Petro-
grad, the dispatches state, enabled the
bolsheviki to re-establish their posi-
ton on the coast Of the Gulf of Fin
land.
According to the Izvestia, $500 de-
serters, mostly members of the Petro-
grad forces, have been shot.
Trotzky Is Hopeful.
NEW YORK, March 12.-The maga-
zine Soviet Russia today made public
the following cable message, which it
said had been sent from Moscow to-
day by the Russian Telegraph agency:
Street fights continue in Kronstadt
between the mutineers and those loyal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
Elrst Traln from Atlanta to cordeIe.


ATLANTA, Ga. March 1.-THE A.
b. & A. railway ran it's first train from
Atlanta 10 Cordele, Ga, today since
the wage strike began last Saturday
and announced that employees had re-
turned to work at Montezuma and
Douglas. Ga, and that the places Of
the striking telegraphers had already
been filed or would be shortly.
The Cordele train is scheduled to
return here tomorrow and a round trip
will be made Sunday between Blrm-
ingham and Lineville. Ala. road Off
cials said. No advlces had been re-
ceived by B. L. Bugg or by union
chiefs regarding the call for a confer
ence March 81, and officials of both
sides withheld comment pending direct
word from the board on the confer
ence which was told of in press dis
patches. Union chiefs. however, had
previously issued a statement express
ing determination 70 fight the wage
reduction 70 the end.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
RAILROAD
SHOPS ARE CLOSED
lsv The Associated Press.l

ALBANY, y. Y. March 12.-The West
Albany shops of the New York Central
railroad closed down for an indefinite
period tonight. About 1900 men were
affecteds
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
Run .strikebreakers Out Of Town.

FITZGERALD. Ga, March, r.
strike leaders on the A. b. & A. here
say that nearly 80 strikebreakers WHO
showed up here today were ran away
from the town.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-13
U. S. WEATHER REPORT

sunrise 6:01 a m.
Sunset 5:56 p m.
Moonrise S:IS am.
Moons set 1852 p.m
Next phase Of moon,
first quarter, March
10th.
High tide 200 pm.
Low tide 40:04 pm.
YESTERDAYS
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