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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
BRISTOL MURDER CASE
is READY FOR JURY

BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn.. Sep. 28.--With
the completion of the closing arguments
in the trial of Tern Quillan, aged Is. for
the murder of an 11-year-old girl, Elsie
Lawson, at Kingsport, Tenn. June Z, the
jury tonight asked Judge d. A. Vines, of
the circuit court. of BlountvilIe, for
12-hour respite before beginning its de-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
NORWEGIAN SHIP LEAVES
FOR AN ARGENTINE PORT

The Norwegian steamship Argentina,
under charter to the FiIlette-Green COM
pany, cleared for Buenos Ayres yesterday,
with 1866, 900 superficial feet Of lumber
and 4,101 barrels Of rosin. This is one
of the largest and most valuable cargoes
that has been shipped from here in some
time. and a regular occurance of such
shipments will place our city on the plane
that she justly deserves.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
HERE rs MORE ABOUT
RAILROADS
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

trolled by railroads are concerned,
were included.
In the main this plan follows the
line of consolidation worked out un-
der the direction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission by Professor
William e. Ripley Of Harvard college,
but some changes were made and al
ternatives proposed.
Professor Ripley's report, issued
with the commission plan, suggested
that the consolidation, if decided upon,
could be brought about without sale
of properties. through the exchange
of securities between the corporations
participating in mergers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
THIEVES FAIL IN ATTEMPT
To RANSACK POST OFFICE

WINSTON SALEM. N G., Sept. %
Making a vain effort to blow open
the big safe of the postoff1ce at Mocks-
vile early this morning, two robbers
hastily rifled the cash drawers, got
about $50 and some stamps and fed,
pursued closely by citizens who were
aroused by the explosion. The pursuit
was so hot that the bandits threw
away their loot, which was later found
and returned to the postoffce. The
two men escaped.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
COTTAGE BURNS
IN HYERS ALLEY

Fire at 8 O'Clock this morning
destroyed a cottage in Hyers alley
belonging to the estate of DR.. Anna
M. Robinson, ofBirmingham. Ala. This
is the same house that caught fire
several months ago, and was badly
burned at that time. There was no
one living in it at that time and had
not been repaired. The cause of the
fire is unknown.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
FATE OF JAKE GOSNELL
NOW RESTS WITH JURY
~ The AssoeIated Preaal

PIcKENS. S. c.. Sept. 2s-The fate
Of Jake Gosnell charged with the
murder Of Hendrix Rector, sheriff 81
Greenville county. on July 4. 1919, viii
rest with a Pickens county jury to-
morrow afternoon. All testimony was
concluded this afternoon and argu-
ments will be made tomorrow moAn-
ing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
TAKES A SHOT AT TRUSTS
az The AssoeIated Pressl

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S-The federal
grand jury which has been investigat-
ing an alleged building materials trust
today handed down an indictment
charging two groups of terra Gotta
corporations,-the At
lantic Eastern and the American Ma
their officers with viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
FORMER WRESTLING KINGS
SIGN FOR FRISCO MATCH

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28-Joe
stecher and Stranger Ed. Lewis,
both former worlds championship
heavyweight wrestlers, signed articles
today for a two-hours match to a de-
cision here next Tuesday night.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
MOVEMENT is NOW ON TO
CURB DEBATE IN SEN ATE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S-A move
ment to curtail senatorial privilege of
practically unlimited debate reached
such proportions today that an un-
official committee of republican sena-
tors went to the white house and con-
ferred on the question with President
Harding.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29

back. After Doctor
ing with different
doctors and not get
ting relief, / had al
most given up hopes
when my sister told
me Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege table
Go mpound, and
knowing thatshe had
really been helped by.
it, i purchased it. I
was unable to do my
-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
POTATO QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-Potatos weak:
Wisconsin and Idaho whites Its a
ZOO per cwt; Minnesota Red River
1876 zoo per cwt; fancy EOS 2.1O
per cwt.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-29
PAINS IN
SIDE And BACK
Caused by Woman's Ills and
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Grafton, Pa. -" was troubled with
and pains in my sides and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-30
CROWDS AT BIER
.OFLATEPRELATE
Maryland Governor Asks Citi-
Zens to Cease Work Dur
ing Hour of Funeral.
(sy The Associated Pressl.

BALTIMORE, March 29.-Crow1x,
beseiged the gates of the cathedral to-
day from shortly after o'clock in the
morning until after $50 o'clock at
night in their desire to get into the
edifice to view the body of Cardinal
Gibbons. 1t is estimated that between
$4,000 and 10000 persons filed past
the catafalque betweep II a. m. and
IL p. m.
Such continuous crowds were unex-
pected. 1t was known that the gates
would not be opened for the general
public until after the requiem high
mass, celebrated for the religious or
ders of the city at 10 a. m, had been
finished. But before o'clock a little
group of women, several of them aged
already had taken their station south
of the gate to the main entrance of
the cathedral. Police were on guard
outside the gate and a special civilian
guard was on the inside.
Governor Ritchie issued a proclama-
tion today calling upon all citizens of
the state to cease work Thursday
morning, 10 a. m, the hour of the
funeral, and offer a prayer of gratitude
for the example of Cardinal Gibbons
life of thankfulness for the memory of
him which will dwell with us, and for
the repose of the soul of bur beloved
friend"
The following cablegram was re-
ceiVed today from the American am
bassador to Italy:
Rome, March 90. 1921.
Reverence to Cardinal Gibbons. who
Illustrated the greatness of goodness.
ROBERT UNDERWOOD
Robert Underwood Johnson"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-30
WORLD RENOWN
NATUR RALIST
dies ON TRAIN
John Burroughs, Author of
Many Books Of Outdoor
Life, Passes Away.
WAS ON WAY HOME
FROM CALIFORNIA
Where He Had Spent Winter
Obtaining Material for
Two Books.
(sy The Associated Press,.

POUGHKEBPSIE, N. Y, March 29.-
The body of John Burroughs. naturalist
of world renown. who died suddenly this
morning on passenger trains near
Kingsville, Ohio, lies tonight in his home
by the banks of the Hudson river, a few
miles north of this city.
There, where Mr.. Burroughs had lived
since 1878, the body will remain until
Saturday afternoon when a private fu-
neral will be held. The body will be
taken to Roxbury, in the Catskiu noun
tains and buried Sunday, the eighty
fourth anniversary of his birth, near the
spot where he was born.
The great naturalist and author of out
door books had hoped to return to his
country home-Riverby-to die and his
last words, uttered a few seconds before
death Unexpectedly claimed him, We're:
How far are we from home?"
Mr.. Burroughs had spent the winter
in California and was returning home
About five weeks ago he underwent an
operation for presternal abcess. Seri-
Gus heart and kidney complications set
in, and he became so weak he decided
he must hurry home if his wish to die
amid the iordly hills and trees by the
Hudson was to be realized. During a
delay in railroad station at Chicago
yesterday he seemed nervous and de-
pressed, but as soon as his train start
ed his spirit frightened, according to
his physician and biographer, DR.. Clara
Barrus. She accompanied the naturalist
from California and was talking to him
when he suddenly fell dead in his Pull
man compartment at 2 o'clock this
morning.
His mind was clear to the end, she
said, and death came without warning.
Mr. Burroughs grand daughter, Ursula
Burroughs, and DIR. Barrus two nieCes
were in the party on the train.
At dusk this evening a hearse con-
veyed the body along the winding roads
that lead through the rugged hills where
Mr.. Burroughs devoted years of study
to birds and trees and flowers. Sur
his home, where the body was
placed were the elnsa and NAPLES he
loved. while overhead a few birds which
return northward early were heralding
the spring.
In brief cases carried by the great
naturalist were unfinished manuscripts
of two books. He had busted himself
during the winter gathering material in
California and jotting down
notes for these works on outdoor sub
jects Ultimately they win be added to
his long list of printed volumes
~ Messages from prominent men of state,
literature and science begun arriving at
the home before the body had been
brought there. These messages were
not made public by the relatives and
friends of the naturalist, who said they
wanted everything concerning the fu-
neral TO be transformations and simple
like the life of Mr.. Burroughs. His last
public message was a tribute to William
Dean Howells. and was read at a me-
mortal service to the author a few weeks
ago in New York HoweHs and MIR.
were acquaintances through
many years. The only immediate sur
viving relatives are his son, Julian Bur
Continued on Page Two.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-30
MCLAUGHLIN EXPLAINS REASON FOR
HIGH FREIGHT RATE TO PENSACOLA
Tells Chamber of Commerce
Citizens Have Paid Trib-
ute for Fifty Years.

Henry Mclaughlin, speaking before
the chamber of commerce. directors
and several other interested citizens,
yesterday, explained his reasons for
tribute for fifty years to an unneces-
sary and burdensome mileage. He
asked that a fair study of his PROPOSE
ton be made and insisted that he
could save the shippers of the city
nearly one third on their freight bills
if the Mclaughlin road to Blakely
river were completed Mr.. McLaugh-
lin said:
For more than % years, improve
ment of rail transportation conditions
at Pensacola has occupied my undi-
vided attention.
During that time this new mileage
has earned over 100000, for the citi-
zens chiefly of Pensacola, and it has
paid taxes of over $4,000. This re-
suit has been accomplished by the
stockholders alone; no outside help has
been received; no bonds have been is
sued or sold; the property is unen-
numbered
Prior to the year 1918 the earnings
of the property from operations have
been sufficient to make it self sustain
ing, and in addition thereto, during
the 20 years previous to that date, it
has earned a surplus of S400 900. AL
though the stockholders were entitled
to receive all this money, no dividends
have ever been declared or paid. This
surplus money has been used in ex-
nd hat rta 1ay y.ie
paid to the president and general man
ager, to the vice president, to the sec
retary and treasurer and the chief en-
gineer and to the auditor and book
keeper, all put together, never have
exceeded for any one year $4,000. No
interest has ever been charged on the
ca pital required to finance construc-
tion work, nor on the amounts paid
for repairing damages done by four
hurricanes tha+ have happened during
the last 20 years. without taking into
account the loss due to interruption
of traffic. the aggregate of these storm
damages amounts to over 700. Pay
ment for restoring the property was
made from gross earnings from opera
tions.
A policy of strict economy has been
followed in all the company's opera
tions, and thereby made the expendi-
ture of more than S750,000 possible for
the new mileage, finished and partly
The underlying and funda-
mental object Of this new mileage is
to bring to the city of Pensacola that
share of interline commerce it is justly
entitled to of the four railroad com
panies. owning 10000 miles of main
track, now terminating at Mobile; and
also to so shorten the rail-haul from
valley cities and localities
south and west of Memphis by "A to
73 miles that there will no longer be
the necessity for the commerce of this
place of 10000 inhabitant to pay the
cost of this unnecessary rail-haul, as
it has been doing for more than so
years.
Now l want to ask, what one of You
would tolerate a regulation that would
Continued On Page Two.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-30
EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS WRECKS
WAREHOUSE, KILLING EIGHT PEOPLE
Chicago Police Investigating in
Effort to Place the Re-
sponsibility.
(ey The Associated Press)

CHICAGO, March 29 Manufacture
and storage of fireworks in a manner
prohibited by city ordinances was
blamed tonight by city and police Of
ficials for an explosion in the heart
of the West Side tenement district
today which killed at least eight per-
sons, injured 100 or more, rendered
dozens temporarily homeless and dam
aged buildings blocks away.
Two men were held in Jail tonight
in connection with the disaster and
two others possibly killed in the ex-
plosion were sought by the police.
The explosion wrecked the ware
house of We'll 6, Company, paper deal
ers, where a dozen men were working.
All are believed to have been killed.
Next door was the firm of Singer &
Schaffer, dealers in novelty merchan-
disc. Chief OF Police Charles Fitzmor-
ris and Fire Attorney Shirley High.
after completing Investigations, to :
night declared that the Singer &;
Schaffer firm had maintained fire
works in and around the warehouse
in violation of city ordinances and that
combustion of these fireworks WAS
to blame for the disaster. They de-
clared the firm frequently had been
warned to discontinue the manufac-
ture and had been repeatedly warned
that fireworks could not be stored
within the city limits
"There is no question" said Chief
Fitzmorris, that this manufacture e
of bootleg foreworks caused this
catastrophe"
Max Singer and Edward Schaffer,
nephew and son, respectively, of the
partners, We're re-arrested and placed
in Jail tonight after they had been
questioned and released today. The
elder Singer and Schaffer were sought
but it was believed they probably per-
ished in the explosion.
According to Mr.. High and Chief
Fitzmorris. the two men held in Jail
both admitted that the firm manu-
factured fireworks and that it had
conducted an Illicit trade in this pro-
duct. Dozens of statesmen toured the
central west taking orders, they were
quoted as saying. More than a ton of
explosives is believed to have been
consumed in the explosion.
Only four of the eight persons
known to be dead had been identified
tonight. The other bodies were so bad
ly mangled as to be unrecognizable.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-30
GERMAN POLICE
CAPTURE REDS
Many of Those Taken in Gus
tody Wore Russian
Uniforms.
fsx The Associates 7ress.l

BERLIN, March 29.-The Zietung
Am Mittag asserts that the police early
this morning captured 500 communists
who had blown up the Ammendorf
railroad bridge and occupied the rail-
road station there. Many of the ar
rested men wore Russian uniforms.
It is semi Officially announced that
400 insurgents have thus far been
made prisoner in middle Germany.
A message received from Borna in
the Chemnitz district says strike has
broken out in the Ignite mining area,
which has been occupied by the po-
lice. A general strike has broken out
in Gotha, where the communists have
liberated 81 prisoners from the county
Jail. There also is a partial strike at
Erfurt, where the factory quarter is
being guarded by strong forces of po-
lice.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-30
NAVY HAS NOT
GIVEN UP HOPE
OF FINDING MEN
Dirigible Secured Country Near
Where AviatOrs Were
Last Seen.
WILL CONTINUE SEARCH
FURTHER TOWARD EAST
Seaplanes, Dirigible and Sub
Chaser Have Been Sent to
Aid in Search.

Lieut.. G. c. Cannon of the dirigible
CT reported last night that the di-
rigible had circled. over the swamp on
both sides of the st. Andrews Ray-
Apalachicola canal in the neighborhood
of Lake Wtmico without finding any
trace of the lost naval balloon and it's
fve occupants. He left the hangar
here this morning before the report
from Panama City in regard to shout
ing heard by fishermen had been re-
ceived but his patrol covered the ter
ritory referred to by them aftel. being
notified by radio. Lieut. Cannon win
leave this morning on another patrol
of the same territory. Lieut.. T. c.
Lonquist is pilot of the ship and the
third officer is Lieut.. f. r. Mcdonald.
Lieut. Cannon said that he had care
fully searched every section of the ca
nal leading to Lake Wimico and about
half of the lake itself There are no
islands in the lake, he said, where the
men might have been marooned and
he does not believe they landed in thai
vicinity. Today he will continue the
search farther down the lake toward
Apalachicola and will call to his assis-
tance all fishermen in the neighbor-
hood.
Fishermen sailing to the banks out
side Apalachicola bay last Wednesday
night heard shouting in the vicinity of
Lake Wtmico, 10 miles from Apalachi-
cola, as they passed that neighborhood.
according to a report to the naval air
station yesterday afternoon. Orders
were Immediately dispatched to the
base at Panama City for one of the
planes there to make a thorough search
of Lake Wimico.
The fishermen did not know of the
missing balloon when they heard tha
cries and paid no attention to them.
Y Yesterday, after returning from a sly
day cruise, they learned of the search
that is being made and reported what
they had heard
Lake Winico is a swampy extension
of Jackson river which runs into Ana
lachicola bay. 1t has never been aeon
rately surveyed but it extends roughly
for Is miles eastward toward the
western arm of st. Andrews bay and
Is from quarter OF a mile to FIVE
miles wide. 1t is traversed by a canal
which leads into st. Andrews bav.
The fishermen had gone into Ana
lachicola bay and were on their u,ay
to the gulf when they heard the shouts
According to the fishermen. there
seemed to be several people shouting
and they thought nothing further about
1t, believing that a hunting or fishing
party had camped on the edge of the
swamp.
Orders have been sent from the
naval station here to the air base
which has been established at Panan,a
City for one of the seaplanes there 70
make search of Lake wirnfco. The
CONTINUED o. Page Two,
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BALLOON EXPLODES|
FOUR ARE BURNED
ley The Associated Press.l

Los ANGELES. March 29.-An of
ficer and three men from the army bal
loon school at Ross field, Arcadia,
were seriously burned today by an
explosion Of an army balloon in Coyote
Pass. near the Mfdwick Country club.
about eight miles from Los Angeles.
The explosion occurred just as a
balloon, from which Lieut.. George f.
Watts had jumped, reached the earth
near detail of men sent from Ross
field to bring in the bag Officers ex-
pressed the opinion that a cigarette
caused the explosion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-30
(ey The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, March 9--The four
marine corps aviators who left the
naval air station here in two planes
this afternoon on the first leg of their
flight to the Virgin Islands had not
been heard from tonight either by
naval officers or at points in the
south They had intended to make
their first stop at Fayetteville, n. c.,
$40 miles distant, but did not put in
an appearance either there or at
Langley field, Virginia, which had
been considered as an alternative
stopping place in their plans.
The disappearance of the aviators
was complete. Notwithstanding in
quirles at score of points where it
was thought possible they might have
landed The only fact which served
to relieve the anxiety of officials was
the improbability that disaster could
have overtaken both planes sinultan-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-30
SOLUTION OF RAILROAD DIFFICUL TIES
PROGRAM OF PRESENT ADMINISTRA TION
SEARCHING SWAMPS IN EFFORT TO FIND MISSING AIRME
IN FLIGHT TO WEST INDIES
FOUR AVIATORS WITH TWO
PLANES ARE REPORTED LOST

eously The theory was advanced that
perhaps one had been forced down in
an isolated spot and the other had
descended to assist in repair work.
The craft left here sat 1902 p. m,
the first being occupied by Major
Thomas C. Turner, chief of marine
corps aviation, and Lieutenant B. G.
Bradley, chief test pilot of the navy
and marine corps, and the second by
Lieutenant L. II. Sanderson, pilot, and
Gunnery Sergeant Charles w. Bucker.
Early in the day weather forecasts
showed strong gales in the Carolinas
and it had been decided to stop at
Langley field, Va.
Later reports proved better. how
ever, and Major Turner said he would
go direct to Fayetteville, N. c.
Major General Legeune. command
ant of the marine corps and other
high officers of the corps and the
navy watched the start.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-30
PRESIDENT and
CABINET HOLD
A CONFERENCE
= Will Map Out Plan to Settle
Problem in Manner Salts
factory tD All.
ROADS COMPLAIN OF
INADEQUATE INCOMES
While the Employees Strenuously
Object to Any Reduc-
tion in Wages.
tey The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, March ga COM
prehensive study of American railway
conditions was begun by the admins
tration today with a view to formula
tion of definite program for railroad
rehabilitation.
For more than an hour President
Harding discussed the problem with
his cabinet and later IL was announced
that he would call into consultation
within the next few days the chair
men of the two government agencies
having closest contact with transpor-
tation problems, the interstate COM
merce commission and the labor
board. Conferences with railroad man
ayers and employees are expected 20
follow in time to permit action ar the
coming special session of congress.
Discussion at the cabinet meeting
was only of a premiliminafy and de-
cisive character, but there were indi-
cations that the chief executive and
his official advisers were much con-
cerned over information which so far
has come into their possession. Since
II took up the reins OF authority the
administration has heard rumbiings
of dissatisfaction from many sources,
the roads complaining of inadequate
income, the employees protesting
against impending wage reductions.
shippers asking for a reduction of
freight rates and, in some cases the
general public appealing for better
service.
To Examine All Points.
All of these points OF dissatisfaction
n
eral relation of a healthy transporta-
tion industry to the nations CONNER
cial life. .Eve9n the tariff question,
which is to furnish the principal topic
of consideration for the next session
of congress Is considered by admins
tration officials TO be closely inter-
woven with transportation policies,
since in some instances present import
duties work to the serious disadvan-
tage OF American producesrs by per-
mitting foreign products to reach
American centers at a lower cost than
railroad borne domestic goods of the
same character.
The most serious feature of the sit
uation, however, as It has been pic
tured 10 administration officials, is the
apparent inability of the carriers
themselves to make ends meet and
nj the same time keep service up TO
the standard. A number of high rail-
road officials have called on Mr. Hard
ing since his election and told him that
unless some way TO increase earnings
were found the whole transportation
system of the nation faced paralysis.
(continued on rage Three.)