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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12

is a constant menace to the peace of
the world rather than an assurance
of its preservation. Yet there would
SCENE to be no ground to expect the
hating of these increasing outlays
unless the powers most largely con-
cerned find a satisfactory basis for
an agreement to effect their limita-
ton. The time is believed to be OPP
perfume for these powers to approach
this subject directly and in confer
ence, and while, in the discussion of
limitation of armament, the question
of naval armament may naturally have
first place, it has been thought best
not to exclude questions pertaining to
other armament to the end that all
practicable measures of relief Rnay
have appropriate consideration. It
may be also found advisable to formu-
late proposals by which in the inter-
est of humanity, the use of new agen-
cies of warfare may be suitably con-
trolled.
1T is, however, quite clear that
there can be no final assurance of the
peace of the world in the absence OF
the desire for peace, and the prospect
of reduced ornaments Is not a hopeful
one unless this desire finds express
sion in a practical effort to remove
causes of misunderstanding and to
seek ground for agreement as to prin-
ciples and their application. l. IS
the earnest wish of this government
that through an interchange Of views
with the facilities afforded by a con-
ference, it may be possible to find 8.
solution of Pacific and Far Eastern
problems, of unquestioned Importance
at this time, that is, such common
understandings with respect to mat
tiers which have been and are of in
ternationaI concern as may serve TO
promote enduring friendship among
our peoples.
1T is not the purpose Of this gov
eminent to attempt TO define the
scope of the discussion in relation TO
the Pacific and Far East, but rather
to leave this to be the subject of sug-
gestions to be exchanged before the
meeting of the conference in the ex-
pectation that the spirit of friendship
and a cordial appreciation of the inn
portance of the elimination Of sources
of controversy, will govern the final
decision.
Accordingly, in pursuance of the
proposal which has been made and in
the light of the gracious indication OF
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
CHINESE INDEMNITY
Is TO BE RENTED
Bill Passes Senate for Remission of
Further Payments of Boxer
Indemnity.
10y The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE bill
of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
for remission of further payments by
China to the United States under the
Boxer rebellion indemnity treaty was
passed today by the Senate and sent
to the House. Senator Lodge described
the measure as unsolicited act of
friendly kindness" carrying out past
policies against collection of about ST.
236.000 remaining due on the indem-
nifty. This is balance of about 49,
100000 in American expenses incident
to occupation. All private claims
growing out of the uprising, Senator
Lodge informed the senate, have long
been settled.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
KU KLUX KHAN ARE
UNJUSTLY BLAMED
Atlantis Minister Declares Order rs
Composed Of Law Abiding
Citizens.
tBy The AssocIated Press.1

TULSA, Okla, Aug. 11.-Many
crimes have been committed by the
cowardly in the name of the Ku Klux
Khan, but the order, of which he is
a member, is composed of law-abiding
citizens, DIR. Caleb A. Ridley. Atlanta
minister, declared in an address on
the aims and organization Of the i'm
visible empire" here last night.
The purpose of the Ku Klux, the
speaker said, Is three fold, to protect
the weak, innocent and defenceless
from the outrages Of the violent, the
lawless and the brutal to protect and
defend the constitution of the United
states and to aid in the execution of
all constitutional law.
The proviso of its membership,
barring negroes, Jews and Catholics,
has led many people to believe, ac-
cording to DR.. Ridley, that the Khan
Is negative and not positive in Its
aims.
DR.. Ridley said he was not paid
lecturer, but was spending his vaca-
ton between Sundays" speaking for
IL IN order to combat "Insiduous propa-
ganda,n which he said has been circu-
lated against 1t.
Most Of the large audience at con-
vention hall were men. They remained
quiet and attentive during the speech.
"a white man is white man,
whether he lives in New Jersey, In
diana. oklahoma or Georgia" the
speaker said. "and white mans job
IS to see that civilization comes under
tha domination of no inferior race so
long as he lives
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
SECRETS PRISONERS
FOR SAFER KEEPING
10y The Associated Press)

AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. 11-Sheriff J.
T. Plunkett returned to Augusta this
afternoon from Savannah where he
locked c.. o. Fox and Jessie Gappins
two OF the men held for the murder
OF William Brazell, Columbia taxi
driver, in the Chatham county Jail.
Sheriff Plunkett spirited his pris-
,oners away last night when informed
that a mob was en- route from Co
lumbia to get the men.
Fox and Gappins are still lodged in
Jail in Savannah and viii probably re-
main there until removed by South
Carolina authorities
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
YOUNG MAN IDENTIFIED AS
MURDERER OF CLUB MAN
tpy This Associated Press,

STEUBENVILLE Ohio, Aug. IL
Wallace Wright, aged %, of Wellsville
Ohio, was brought to the county jail
this morning charged with the murder
of Harry D. Cummins, club man and
garage proprietor whose body was
found near here July %.
Walter Hambright, a bank clerk,
whose medicine ingtelitDJF
whose machine colleded with the MUIR
der car the day of the crime, Iden-
titled Wright as the driver as did
William Mincaid, proprietor of the ga
rage where the machine was taken
for repairs. Wright has made no state
ment.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
cTil LN,s
<0eIRR ARy6EeTu1HUTEsix gSE
FILLED MILK" COMES
UNDER INTERSTATE BAN
(ev The AssocIated Press)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Manufac-
ture and sale Of filled milk" shipped
from one state to another would be
illegal If a bill reported favorably to-
day by the house agriculture COM
mittee becomes a law. The measure
introduced by Representative Voigt.
republican, of wisconsin, defined
filled milk" as the product made
when milk fat is removed and some
other fat or oil is added to the skinned
milk.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
F RECKLE-FACE
Sun and Wind Bring Out uniy Spots
HeW TO Rsmeve Easily.

Here's chance. Miss Freekis-Faca,
70 try . remedy for freckies with tbs
guarantee Of y reliable concern that II
vii not cost you n penny unless IL
removes the freckiss; while II 1t does
give you q clear complexion the exs
pense Is triflinE.
simply set an ounce OF othine-~l
soluble strength-frcm any druggi Ii
ana q few applications should skew
Fcu how easy Il IL to rid yourself OF
the homely frecl<ias ana get d besuti4
eul complexion. Rarely Is mere than
one ounce needed for the worse ease.
BE sure 20 ask the druggist for the
double strength Othine as this
trcngth s. sold under guarantee OF
money back II It fails to remove
CreckIeA.
x.I..-.s.l.s y
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12

its acceptance, the president invites
the government of Great Britain TO
participate in conference on the SUBJ
ject of limitation of armament, in
connection with which Pacific and
Far Eastern questions viii also be
discussed to be held in Washington on
the 18th day OF November, 1921"
The note to China was in the same
language except the detailed discus
sions OF the conference was omitted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
AMERICAN VALUATION
TO GOVERN IMPORT TAX
(By The Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE house
policy of assessing tariff duties on the
basis of American valuation of i'm
ported merchandise was accepted by
republican members of the senate fl
nance committee today, although they
failed to reach an agreement finally
on details of the program. Republi-
cans acted alone on the question, the
democratic members being ushered
out of the meeting in accordance with
what was said to be custom.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
FATHER KILLS SON AS
RESULT FAMILY FUED
(Ry The Associated Pres,)

DANvTLLE, Aug. 11-W. T. Webb
35 is dead as the result of a family
row at the home of A. G. Webb 8 miles
from Danville last night. Webb the
deceased. enraged because a dis
pute over watch. rushed to a neigh
boris house and borrowed a shotgun
ard returning to his fathers house
fired at members of the family,
slightly wounding brother. The
father grabbed a gun and shot and
killed his son, 1t Is reported
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
STRIKERS DO NOT MODEST
WHEN FACTORY REOPENS
tRy The Associates Press)

CONCORD, n. c., Aug. 11-While
several thousand union textile work
ers are on strike at Concord and at
Kannapolis. few miles from here, not
the slightest disorder attended the re-
opening this morning of the Locke Cot
ton Mill, No. 1, which had been idle
since February on account OF a strike.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
CROSS WILL MARK
PLACE OF ACCIDENT
10y rhs Assoclated Press.l

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug 11-A white
cross about three feet high inscribed
BE careful. life was lost here as a
result of carelessness," will mark the
spot at West Peachtree and Fifth
streets, where ]. Douglas Edgar, form
er holder of the Southern and Ca
madam open golf championship. was
killed here Monday night. presumably
by a speeding automobile, according
to plans of the recently organized
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
WILL TAKE ECONOMY
TO LOWER TAXATION
tBy The AssooIated press.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11-Both the
administration and Congress were
warned today by Secretary Mellon that
the s350.Oo0,000 reduction in the esti-
mated departmental expenditures
agreed upon at the white house con-
ference, and also agreed upon last
Tuesday as part of the whole tax
revision program would be accom-
plished only by the exercise of the
most rigid economy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
the concluding paragraph:

Accordingly, in pursuance of the
proposal which has been made, and
in the light of the gracious indication
of its acceptance, the president in
Vtes the government OF the repubiie
OF China TO participate in the discus
sion Of Pacific and Far Eastern ques-
tions in connection with the confer
ence on the subject Of limitation Of
armament, to be held in washingtor
on the 18th day OF November. 1884,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
f. E. C. RAILROAD rs
WOTH S47,646,143
(Ev THE AssocIated pres,

~ nC pNSSA%idtC0 FECSSs1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE tenta-
tive valuation of the Florida East
Coast Railroad was fixed today by the
interstate commerce commission at
SAT, 646, 143, including the Atlantic and
East Coast Terminal Company and
small subsidiaries.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
YOUNG MAN DRAWS LONG
SENTENCE FOR ASSAULT
(ey The Associated Prsssl

MONROE, N. c., Aug. Lice Hall
man, a young white man charged with
criminal assault upon a young woman
teacher of Concord, n. c., was SEN
fenced to 10 years at hard labor, the
maximum penalty by Judge Finley,
late today after the jury had found
him guilty of assault with the intent
to commit a capital crime.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
SECRETARY WEEKS HAS
BID ON MUSCLE SHOALS
(By The Associated Press. !

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11-Secretary
Weeks indicated today his belief that
second bid for the purchase OF Mus
Gle Shoals, Ala, nitrate plant and
bids would be received next week.
lie did not say from what source that
bid would come
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
HERE is MORE ABOUT
DISARMAMENT
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

able expectation of progress. The
enormous disbursements in the rival
ries Of ornaments rlanifestly consti-
tute the greater part OF the encum-
brance upon enterprise and national
prosperity; and avoidable or extrav
agant expense OF this nature is not
only without economic justification but
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
FIVE KILLED, SEVERAL
INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK

that five persons had been killed and
10 or IL injured late today when train
No. 10. on the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Railroad, hit a truck at grade
crossing at Anguilla, Miss, were re-
ceived here tonight,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
HERE is MORE ABOUT
HARDING, SR.
STARTS ON PAGE ONE

married by Rev Frank T. Knowles, a
Presbyterian minister at Monroe.
Entering the automobile of the,
friends. Or. Harding took his bride to
her home and then was driven to his
own home four squares away. Before
leaving his bride, DR.. Harding, said:
Good might, Alice; I'll see you to-
morrow"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12
Toek White House BIZ surprise

WASHINGTON Aug Ito all ap-
pearances the marriage of DR.. George
7. Harding, the presidents father. took
the White House completely by sur
prise. Those close to the President
received their first news of the mar
riage through press reports and after
Mr. Harding himself had been informed
the only comment available was that
no private word Of the event hard been
received.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-12

Rub-My-Tism Ia powerful
antiseptic. Cures infected cuts,
old stores, letter, etc.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-18
Sparta Now ssBone Dry'';
Vanderlip Sole Owner

SCARBOROUGH. n. Y, Jan, IT,
The village of Sparta is now owned
entirely by Frank A. Vanderlip and
will be "bone dry" from now on, ac-
cording to Mr.. Vanderlip to-day IN
an announcement to the effect that
he had purchased all the property in
Sparta of Nicholas Sellazzo and M. r.
Burgson, the only two who ".held OUT
when Mr. Vanderlip acquired the rest
of the village several weeks age.
Before the prohibition law became
effective, Sellazzo ran a saloon. Sore
citizens and Mr.. Vanderlip decided to
"buy up" the village and thereby get
rid of the undesirables, who were
looked upon as menace to the
country homes Of Mr.. Vanderlip and
other summer colonists nearby
But Sellazzo refused to sell his half
Of combination store and dwelling
unless Mr.. Vanderlip bought every
thing Sellazzo owned in the. village
some land near Sing Sing prison AMI
a dwelling house near the Cove. This
Mr.. Vanderlip finally did. The .pur-
chase price was not given, but Sellazzo
said he "gdt his price" which, accord
ing to his friends, WAS $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-18
Policeman Admits He Left
Beat to Spy i'm Divorce Case

Evidence Of the use Of. New York
policemen as private detectives was
disclosed yesterday in divorce case
tried in Newark.
The cage was heard by Vice Chan
cellor Walker and was brought by
Robert +. Reeve, Of 179 Chadwick Ave-
nue., Newark, against his wife Mabel
Reeve, known ~ Mabel Johnson, who
lived at s51 West Fifty-ffth Street,
Manhattan.
Patrolman Russell Mckay, Of the
West Forty-seventh Street station, was
Mr.. Reeves star witness. He testified
that on three different occasions dur
ing December, 1919, he had spicd upon
Mrs. Reeve from an unoccupied build
ing In West Fifty-sixth Street. which
was on his post.
Don't you know that IL is against
the regulations Of the New York Po-
lice Department for patrolman to do
this sort Of wcrk?" interrupted tho
sWeli, we had permission" the patrol
man replied.
"Wh9 granted the permission 2" Vice
Chancellor Walker asked.
"Well,u tfie policeman besitated, "Mr
Reeve told me that he had received
permission"
At this point the pxtrolman was OK
eused and Reeve called to the stand.
who gave you permission 70 take
New-York tribune., 1921-01-18
Whitman, Citing Penal Code,
Forces Hylan and Enright to
Agree to Revoke Listen In Rule
O'Ryan Reported as Hylan
Choice to Succeed Enright
Neither He nor Mayor Will Deny Rumor of Appoint
ment, but General Says He Wouldn't Accept
Post eff 1t Came ON a Silver Platter

Major General John F. O'Ryan, COM
mander Of the National Guard and of
the 9th Division in France, is the man
whom Mayor Hylan has picked for
Police Commissioner, according to an
officer of that department., who is on
most friendly terms with the Mayor
Neither General O'Ryan nor Mayor
Hylan would confirm the report, but
neither of them denied it.
General Organ was badgered by dill
igent reporters into saying, however,
that he wouldn't take the job if it came
to him on silver platter When the
rumor first gained circulation General
Organ denied himself to newspaper
men. Employees in his office asserted
that he had nothing TO say.
So persisted were his callers, how
ever, that General Organ admitted
them.
~ wouldn't consider for moment
accepting that office" General O'Ryan
said, when asked whether he had been
asked to become Police Commissioner.
II wouldn't take the office if it was
handed to me on a silver platter"
HAS the Mayor offered it to you?"
his questioner persisted.
"Now I am not going to permit you
to cross-eXanine me-" said General
O'Ryan, with a smile. II have been a
lawyer myself, but + am only inter
ested now in recruiting the National
Guard
Mayor Hylan, although his attitude
toward reporters was more tolerant
New-York tribune., 1921-01-18
Storekeeper
And Son Shot
In a Hold Up
Two Young Men Enter
Place as They Sit by
Stove, Shoot and Flee
With Money Untouched

Samuel Meshman, sixty-hve years
old, and his son. Abraham, forty five
years old, had their chairs drawn up
around wood stove in the rear OF
their store at 435 Hegeman Avenue,
Brooklyn, at o'clock last night when
two young men entered.
They closed the door quickly and
with hands thrust into their pockets
started back toward the rear of the
store. One of them suddenly drew a
the counter and went toward the cash
register.
The father and son rose quickly,
looked from one Of the intruders to
the other, and seemed undecided as to
Just what to do. The bandit who had
drawn the gun, evidently fearing that
the two men would attack him. fred
two shots and the two Meshmans top
pied to the floor. The father was struck
by bullet in the chest, while the son
was wounded in the abdomen.
The firing Of the shots seemed to
disconcert the man behind the counter.
Instead of thrusting his hand into the
cash register, over which he was stand
ing, he ran from behind. the counter
and out the front door with his COM
panion on his heels. They ran past
several persons who had heard the
shots and were on their Way to the
store to investigate.
In several minutes the store was
swarming with people. At the rear Of
the store they found Samuel Meshman
and his son lying alongside Of each
other, both seriously wounded, but able
to tell what had happened and to give
q description of the gunmen. The
drawer OF the cash register was found
open, but the money untouched
Opinions. differed as to just how the
bandits left the neighborhood. Sew
eral persons said they fed toward the
Jamaica Bay meadows in an automo-
bile. The father and son were removed
to St. Mary's Hospital and late last
night they were reported to be in 8
serious condition. They live at SIS
Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn.
Detectives and policemen from the
Liberty Avenue and Brownsville sta
tions began an immediate search for
the men Detectives were of the opin-
ion that the actions of the men upon
entering the store and after the shots
were fired stamped them not as or
dinary hold-up men, but as amateurs
in the game
New-York tribune., 1921-01-18

than at any time since he became Mayor
and even though he seemed to approach
an attempt at joviality, was even less
communicative on the subject than
General Organ had been.
To the utter astons shment OF the
City Hall reporters, figure which
loomed at the door of their room at
dusk revealed itself as that of Mayor
Hylan, who never before in all his ad-
ministration had recognized their ex-
;stence.
"Hello!" cried merry voice and
TO the further. astonishment of those
III the -ooni, the voice also was that
Of the Mayor. Silence followed, but
the Mayor undaunted, proceeded along
the line Of campaign he had laid down.
lie singled out one OF the reporters
by name.
II couldn't pass by" he explained.
without seeing you before I went
acme. Hello everybody" and the Jolly
apparition vanished.
The more alert of the newspaper men
recovered from their dazed condition
in time TO overtake the Mayor at the
steps.
signed ," demanded the sprinting
chorus
Now, like you," replied the Mayor
but don't ask NE such questions"
Have you offered the Police Com
missionership to General O'Ryan?" an
unquenchable optimist inquired.
I'm going home," announced the
Mayor, and so far as any observer could
tell, he did.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-18
Simple Country
Girl Confesses
Fifty Hold-U
''It Was So Easy 1 Often
Wondered Why l Spent
20 Years OH the Farm
Chicago Woman Admits
Victims Had 1t Coming
Each Ready to Take Advan-
= tage and Was Properly
Fooled, She Tells Police
Special Dispatch 70 The Tribune


CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Mrs. Cleopatra
McGory HUFFMAN, twenty years old,
confessed tonight that she was the
woman lure for band of hold-up men,
led by her young husband, and that she
had participated in more than fifty
hold-ups in the last two months. Her
husband and another alleged member
of the gang are under arrest.
The woman was arrested to-day in
South Peoria street residence, where
she had taken. a position as house
keeper when the police chase became
warm.
In bored. cynical tone and with the
sophistication of her celebrated name
sake She told how she managed her
victims in the hotel and restaurant
district and led them to where her hus-
band and his fellow bandits waited for
the spoils.
Just Simple Country Girl
"To begin with" she said languidly,
evidently enjoying herself, 81 was a
simple country girf." Then with a
sigh of retrospection, she murmured: {:
at was SO easy getting the money from
the chumps that l often wondered why
l spent twenty years on the farm"
According to her story, she had
passed the greater part of her life on
farm near Wichita Falls, Tex. She
married farmer, and when he died
she went out into the world, leaving
her two children with relatives At Har-
low, Okla. She joined a carnival com
pany, and was one of the dancing girls
in days of '49' show Then she
came to Chicago. became waitress and
married Kurt Hurtzman. She said he
lost his health and they decided to be-
come bandits.
"They are all the same-these men,"
she said, registering the conventional
vampire. Each of them laid the trap
for himself. Some promised me furs.
diamonds and motors" and she yawned
slightly.
Kiss for Each Victim
II laughed. in my sleeve and led
them to the darkened hallway where
Kurt and his gang waited. ! always
kissed them once we left them alone,
tied up in room in strange place.
she continued.
She explained that she would walk
along the street. watch out for u pros
porous looking man and then tell hins
she was lost. She would tell him she
wanted to go to a certain address, and
when he would explain that it was
only short distance away, 81 brought
forth a smile and generally he would
volunteer to accompany me-
Each was the superior being
ready to take advantage of a woman,
and each was properly fooled" She
concluded, and registered the satiated
vampire look which indicates deep sat
isfaction after victim has met his
doom.