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Phoenix tribune., 1921-01-01

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Davis enter
tanned last Sunday with Christmas
dinner. Covers were laid for Mr.. and
Mrs. T. w. Garrison, Mrs Estelle
Wallace, Dolores and Arthur Davis
and the host and hostess. A sumbtu-
GUS repast was served and on depart
ing the guests declared Mrs. Davis a
charming hostess.
Phoenix tribune., 1921-01-01
LOCALS
K. Of p. Dance

X. Of p. Dance
On last Monday evening, the
Knights of Pythias entertained their
friends with dance at Patricks hall.
Over two hundred attended and all
report it a grand affair.
In Their New Home
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Brown and Mrs.
A. M. Woody, Mr.. Browns mother.
moved into their new home in East
Jefferson street last week. Mr.. Geo.
Wingate, the contractor, is putting on
the finishing touches and when COM
pleted this will be very attractive
home.
Home Nearing Completion
The new home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Coleman, corner 18th street and East
Jefferson, that is being built ly Mr..
Jas H. Carter, contractor and builder,
is nearing completion and is one of
the most beautiful residences in the
east end. Mr. Carter also is erecting
q palatial home for himself at 1645
East Jefferson street, and this, too,
will soon be ready for occupancy. Mr..
Carter's home is constructed of
cement blocks and is a monumenteof
skill and architectural grandeur.
Building Apartments
Mr.. H. H. Rice, former owner of the
De Luxe hotel, has let the contract
for the erection of a row of brick
Phoenix tribune., 1921-01-01

And now Chicago comes to the
fore with BLACK Ponzi"
History will remember him as the
man who couldn't keep us out of war.
You have to find the wine that is
red, in these times, before you can
touch it.
An empty stomach is as good for
some men as full stomach for
Others
1t doesn't hurt fellow to look into
a woman's eyes, it's digging into his
pockets that does the damage.
Phoenix tribune., 1921-01-01
The Emergency

A tremendous emergency exists in Eastern and
Central Europe. Poverty privation, suffering and
death still march unchallenged and unchecked
But there is one cry that cannot be hushed and
there is one challenge that cannot be disregarded
It is the cry of hungry children; the challenge
of Life or Death
At least three and half million children in
Central and Eastern Europe are face to face with
disaster and death. Already they are in the grip
OF winter, half-cothed and unshetered. Famine and
pestllence have added their menace to already ex-
listing horror
Unless aid is rendered at once, there will follow
tragedy SO vast as to be unspeakable
Phoenix tribune., 1921-01-01

wing nd Dew ataedEn
HEIPE
EXISTENCE
Phoenix tribune., 1921-01-01
Every Cent of Your Dollar Will Be Used

livery CenL OF YOuf Dollar VIII Be Used
What you give will directly for food supplies
under director Of The European Relief Council.
The European Relief Council pledges itself
buted will be used for ceen the
of
and office upkeep will of
lief Administrations FoodD sales
Every dollar that contribute for cdfeeding
cents worth of ife-sustanng for chill
ro every dollar contributed from these funds that being
dollars Will be furnished transportation
plies and labor local
munties throughout that country.
The American dollar child
balanced meal a day for a month " ~
FILL COUPON TODAY AND MAIL WITH
MONEY CHECK, MONEY ORDER DRAFT
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
BILL IS FRAMED
TO CONTROL ALL
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Will Be Up Before the Com
mittee Next Tuesday
Night.
(By JOHN c. TRICE.1

TALLAHASSEE, April Ex-senator
Rows, chairman of the committee on
publfC utilities, announced in the SEN
ate today that there will be a meeting
OF the committee to discuss the CallIins
bill abolishing the railroad commission
and comforting it's powers and addi-
tional powers for regulation of other
public utilities on a public utilities
commission Tuesday night at O'Clock.
The Calkins bill has been printed
and is going into circulation like one
of the six best sellers. Only $50 copies
We're ordered by the committee and it
is likely that copies will be at a pre-
MUM soon. The bill is senate bill No
"a, and makes a book of Sc printed
pages. 1t reserves to the public utili-
ties commission the present powers of
the railroad commission and adds
power to regulate and control rates of
gas, water electric light and power
plants, both publicly and privately
owned.
Senator Calkins, who introduced the
bill, is attorney for the raiload commits
sion and was a candidate for attorney
general in the last state primary. He
has been in the house and senate for
the past 16 years.
The public hearing Tuesday night
gives promise of being widely at
tended.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
REPORT
ON APPOINTMENTS
(By JOHN C. TRTcE1

TALLAHASSEE April 15.-The SEN
ate was in session but few minutes
this morning, adjourning to o'clock
ator d. NJ. Lowry, of Leon, who wished
the members of the senate to attend
the picnic at Natural Bridge, where
was fought the battle that saved Tall
lahassee from capture during the war.
The vote on adjournment was 21 to
Z. With the exception of a few bills
introduced, the senate did no business.
The senate committee on apportion-
ment made a favora BILE report on the
committee bill drafted from the bills
introduced by Senator Campbell and
Representative Perry and combined
with the one drafted by Attorney Cen
eral Buford. The only change made by
the committee was in changing the
numbers of the senatorial district of
HillsborOugh and Pinellas counties. At
present the two are combined in one
senatorial district. 1t is planned to
make one of each county. HilIsborough
had been numbered IL and PinelIas 12
This would have wiped Senator TAYLOR
off the map, so the numbers were re-
versed, which leaves him with his pres
ent numbered district.
Senator Campbell got a favorable re-
port on his bill to appropriate $4,000
for the upkeep of Royal Palm State
park. This bill is one of the ten mea-
sures of the Legislative program of
the Florida Federation of Women's
clubs.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE
HAVE SUCCESSFUL PICNIC
ON SITE OF BATTLEFIELD D

sentatives from Leon county. and SEN
ator D. w. Lowry, Representative E. 3.
Bailey, Representative Stuart, and Mil
ton A. Smith.
There were a number of Confederate
soldiers present, and among them eight
men who took part in the battle. One
especially interested was Representa-
tive E. B. Bailey, who as a boy of 10
helped mould bullets for the home
guards who under his fathers COM
mand fought the battle against the
northern troops. The federal soldiers
were landed near st. Marks and
marched up the river, hoping to cross
it on the natural bridge and advance
against Tallahassee. Old men and boys,
with a few Confederate soldiers home
on leave. met them and, fighting be-
hind breastworks. badly defeated the
federal troops, thus saving Tallahas-
SEQ
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
DIXIE COUNTY
BILL PASSES
Goes Through the House With
out a Dissenting
Vote.
(By JOHN C. TRIcE.)

TALLAHASSEE. April Is. The
members of the house of representa-
tives returned from the big picnic at
Natural Bridge at o'clock this after
noon and immediately went into ses-
sion. The picnic spirit so predomf-
mated In them they never could get
down to grinding out business. They
passed the senate bank clearance bill
and the Dixie county bill, then wran-
gIed over the DeSoto five-way split
bill until after o'clock, when the
house adjourned to 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning, without taking up the
DeSoto bill.
The first thing to be taken up in
the house after prayer by the chap
lain was the senate message. This or
der of business had only proceeded a
little while when the senate bank
clearance bill was reached.
On motion of Mr. Hale, of fernando
county, the bill was advanced to sec
ond and third reading and passed, the
same bill in the house having already
been reported favorably by the COM
mittee.
The bill creating Dixie county out
of part of Lafayette county was in like
manner reached, taken up and passed
without a dissenting vote.
The bill creating four new counties
out of DeSoto, known as the five-way
split bill, was also reached in senate
messages, and Mr.. Etheridge. represen-
tative from DeSoto county, tried to get
it taken up and passed. The house bill
for the same division of the county
had been before the house and had
been made a special order for next
Wednesday, and the body refused to
change this order.
An adjournment was then taken
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
ARE
SOON TO BE MADE
ley La AssoeIated Pregs }

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Nomina-
ton of an internal revenue commits
sioner around which has centered IN
usual interest because the office car
ries authority over prohibition enforce
ment probably will go to the senate
tomorrow. Three new members of the
railroad labor board to fill places be
coming vacant today ais Oare to be in
cluded in tOmorrOw's list of appoint
ments, it is understood. Early next
week the longdelayed shipping board
appointments probably will be made
and several diplomatic nominations in
Guiding an ambassador TO Toxic and
several ENJOYS to Latin-American
countries, also are expected, clearing
up some Of the most important selec-
tions pending.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
WANT DAMAGES FOR
SUGAR CONTRACTS

MACON, Ga, April 15.-In conn,c-
ton with the alleged breaking of su-
gar contracts by Georgia wholesale
grocers last summer, two suits were
filed in the federal court here today
seeking to recover damages totalliug
$24,O20.39.
Lamborn Il Company of New Jer-
sey. brought suit against the A. =.
Small company of this city for SIS
218.14, and the Savannah Sugar Re
filming company sued the Hill Whole
sale company, of Forsythe, Ga, for
$8,81O.25.
The Georgia wholesale grocers at a
meeting here last fall are said to have
adopted a resolution that it was the
sense of meeting that IF sugar con-
tracts in any case were found to be
exhorbitant or made under false rep
resentations of the market prices. the
grocers should break them"
These contracts were said to have
been made at 25 1-2 cents a pound
and shortly afterward the price of
sugar dropped. Judge Beverly D. E.v-
vans will hear the case at the Oc-
tober term of court.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
(By JOHN c. TRIcE.)

TALLAHASSEE April 15.-With al
most the entire membership of both
house and senate attending the picnic
al Natural Bridge given by the Sons
and Daughters of the Confederacy, to-
day, was a great success. The picnic
was given on the site of the old battle
field at Natural Bridge, where occurred
the battle that saved Tallahassee from
capture, making it the only Confeder-
ate state capitol uncaptured in the war
between the states, was fought on
March 6, 1865.
General Newton A. Bitch, COM
nnander of the U. c. ", was chairman
of the day, and after bountiful repast
served by ladies from Tallahassee and
Woodville. called on several for speech
es. Among those who responded were
Esd II. Davis, a. H. Williams, repre-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
NO ACTION IN HOUSE ON
PROBE INTO AFFAIRS OF
FORMER GOVERNOR CATS

This is not to say that the matter
was not fully discussed by members.
There was much discussion of it among
members of both houses. 1t is gener-
ally understood that Representative
Murray Sans of Volusia will handle
the matter in the house. As yet no
outline of the testimony that those
calling for an investigating commit
tee expect to find has been made pub
lie. Strong intimations are that there
will be plenty of testimony to support
the movement for an investigation but
none of it was made public.
If the house passed the resolution
the next step will be the appointment
af the investigating committee called
for, two members of the senate and
three from the house. Just what steps
the committee would take remains to
be seen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
REBELS CROSS
MEXICAN line
Rumored Revolt in Southern
Republic Causes Little
Excitement.
Cey The Associated Press.)

MEXICO CITY, April f5.-Genera1
Pablo Gonzales, former provisional
president, today crossed the Mexican
boundary line from the United States
at some point between Matamoras,
which is near Brownsville, Texas. and
San Fernando, according to a war Of
fee announcement. He is said to be
in revolt against the government.
The war office announcement said
sufficient federal troops were at hand
to suppress Gonzales before his move
ment becomes serious. The plans of
Gonzales are believed here to antfci-
pate the forming of a junction with
rebel forces under Francisco Murguia
and Candido Aguilar.
The rebellion caused little excitement
in Bexico City.
The official version of the revolt is
that it is IAN escape valve which will
serve to purge and purify the army Of
certain malicious elements which are
well known and which viii be dealt
with"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
Action Was Taken at Joint SeS-
sion Held Last
Night
WILL PROVIDE MORE
ROOM FOR OFFICES
AS Well as Better Accommodate
tiOns for the LegisIa-
ture.
(5y JOHN c. TRcE.)

TALLAHASSEE. April 15.-The ap-
preparation committee of the house
and senate in joint session tonight re-
ported favOrably on the bill for an ap-
preparation of $250.0OO for an addition
to the capitol that will provide office
room for departments now greatly
cramped, and will also provide greater
accommodations for the legislature.
The sepate committee is said to have
been unanimously in favor of making
the appropriation The house COM
mittee reported five to four in favor
of the bill When the vote was taken
in joint committee there were a few
scattering nays. but no record was
made in the joint meeting.
The meeting was held in the COVER
nor's office, with several members cf
the cabinet and Governor Hardee pres
ent
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
TORNADO CAUSE
OF MANY DEATHS
Damage to Property and Loss
of Life Has Been Con-
siderable
(ey The Associated Press).

TEXARKANA, April 15-Starting
at a point about three miles east of
Texarkana, a tornado this afternoon
swept northeast, doing extensive dam
age over an area varying from half a
mile to nearly two miles in width and
10 miles long, killing six unidentified
persons, three of whom are negroes,
and, according to reliable reports, kill
ing all the members of the Moffitt and
Jones families on the Boyce plantation
in the Red river bottoms. There were
three in the Moffitt family and five in
the Jones family. Several negroes are
reported dead there. Two identified
negroes also were killed in a field
southwest of Texarkana by a secon-
dairy storm. More than a score have
been injured at Shiloh, six miles east
of Texarkana, a school house was
wrecked and several persons injured
The school house at Trigenta was
wrecked just after school had been dis
missed. The Trigenta school house
was demolished as were two nearby
residences.
Unconfirmed reports were to the eff
feet that the storm. sweeping a path
two miles wide in some instances, had
spread northeast and destroyed vir-
tually all houses, barns, gins and ware
houses on three plantations IA miles
from here. The reports added that all
members of two white tenant families
and several negroes were killed.
In Miller county, Arkansas, the Shi-
lOh school house was wrecked and sev
eral children injured.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
PAYMENT WOULD
SET PRECEDENT
Basis for Similar Claims From
Other Small Nations Claim
ing Grievance.
SENATOR JOHNSON
ATTACKS TREATY
Says Present Treaty Did More
''Than Wrong Theodore
Roosevelt"
lRy The AssocIated Press.l

WASHINGTON, April 15s-The CO.
lombian treaty was brought under hos
tile fire today in the senate.
Two republican senator's of the pro-
gressive group, Johnson of California
and Lenroot of Wisconsin, attacked
the pending pact for three hours as a
wrong to Theodore Roosevelt" and
IAN invitation to every crooked nation
in the world to blackmail the United
States"
When they had concluded. Senator
Watson, democrat, Georgia, making
his maiden speech, turned on admin
istration leaders supporting ratifica-
tion and accused Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts of having changed from
opposition to support because of an
oil concession" which Secretary Fall
had brought into this treaty" De-
spite the hot fire from opponents. ad-
ministration leaders through Senator
Curtis of Kansas sent assurances to
President Harding that sufficient votes
were in prospect to bring about rati-
fication next Wednesday, the day set
for the vote. Ratification of the treaty
with its provision for payment of $25,-
100000 to Colombia for the loss Of
Panama with it's canal rights, Senator
Johnson tsld the senate, would be the
first squander of money under the ban
ner of economy" If the United States
government had $25.000,00o 70 spend,
he said. 1t would be much better to
use 1t for the relief of Americas starv
ing farmers disa bled soldiers and the
unemployed.
Senator Johnson charged President
Harding with preaching economy in
one breath and in another urging
that $4,000, 900 be "squandered and
thrown away" on Colombia for
mythical purpose which is yet to be
disclosed"
Concluding his address, the Califor-
MIA senator declared the present treaty
did more than wrong Theodore Roose-
velt."
Continuing the attack launched by
Senator Johnson, Senator Lenroot de-
clared that the treaty, eff ratified. will
be but the beginning of unjust de-
mands from others with the threat of
exclusion of American participation in
the development of their resources un-
less granted"
Senator Watson, speaking with the
vehemence that marked his campaign
as the populist candidate for president
several years ago, declared that Co
lombia through the revolt of Panama
merely lost "some malarial lakes, some
mosquito infested swamps, and an un-
controlled river which Colombia strad-
died unable to bring one leg to the
other"
Senator Watson declared that Sena-
tor Lodge had changed his mind re-
garding the treaty but should not ask
others to make every turn Of the
whell with him."
He paid especial attention to the
speech of Senator Pomerene, democrat,
Ohio. a supporter of the treaty. The
Ohio senator's long address. Mr.. Wat
son declared, could be boiled down
into one sentence: That we stole some
thing and ought to pay"
Name the thief" Senator Watson
Continued On Page Two)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
LABOR CLAIMS
GREAT VICTORY
(sy The Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, April 15.-Abrogation of the
national agreement between the rail-
roads and their employees by the rail-
road board was officially accepted today
by the executive council of the shop
trades in a statement which hailed the
decision as a great victory for labor.
declaring it did not impair labor's eco
nomic or social status. About 500. 900
men are employed in the shop crafts.
During the day the railroads, through
the conference committee of the associa-
tion of railroad executives and through
statements from the heads of individual
roads, approved the decision as a whole,
although criticising certain features of it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
(BY JOHN c. TRIcE)

TALLAHASSEE, April 15.-There
was no action in the house today on
the concurrent resolution offered in
the senate yesterday by Senator Wells
of Chipley calling for an investigation
of rumors as to whether former Gov.
Cats had sold the influence of his Of
flee in securing pardons. making re-
movals from office or appointments
thereto.
The matter would have come up in
the order of messages from the senate
but when the order was called the di-
vorce of Dixie county from Lafayette
was called first and accomplished and
the five-way split of DeSoto county
was called up before the Wells reso-
lution was reached. The resultant
waves of oratory kept the Wells mat
ter from being taken up.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
HELPING PENSACOLA

Each day, In this space, The Journal
Will Give condensed history OF one OF
the leading business firms Of the city.
RHODES COLLINS FURNITURE
COMPANY, at 1920 n. Palafox street,
is one of the largest and most modern
furniture houses in Florida. Opening
here in 1902 in small quarters on In
tendencia street the business has so
steadily and solidly grown under the
management of j. III. Collins that 1t
now couples the whole of a large three
story building. Having everything IN
the furniture line that people may
, want and letting them know it through
extensive newspaper advertising Is
what Mr. Collins attributes the sue
cess of this store to.
The firm opened here under the
name of Rhodes -Futch- Collins Furni-
ture company. but in 1912 was reorgan-
lied under the present name.
During the first year the firm grew
out OF it's present quarters and was
moved to E. Government street. Two
years later II was moved to the old
Southern hotel building on Garden
street In October, 1910. it was moved
to its present location.
The Rhodes-Colli Furniture Com
pany is one OF a chain of Il stores op-
Grated by the Rhodes syndicate, with
headquarters in Atlanta, which gives
each store the advantage OF great buy
ing power
There are nineteen employees of the
firm. Besides the manager, 13 work
inside and five men are on the outside.
None OF the seeming business depres-
sion this year has been felt in his bus
mess Mr.. Collins says, business for the
first three months of this year hav-
ing even exceeded the amount of busi-
ness done in the same time last year.
Besides carrying the very best in fur
niture, the firm features Sellers
kitchen cabinets, Bucks stoves and
.-snGes and Pathe talking machines.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-16
YOUNG EIMERGENCY TARIFF Bill PASSES LOWER HOUSE
COLUMBIA TREATY IS SOUNDLY SCORED BY TOM WATSON
WOULD BUILD $25OOOO ADDITION TO STATE CAPITOL
COMMITTEE ON
POST OFFICES
FOR SMITHWICK
Likely He Will Be Assigned
When Schedule Is
Made Up.
(sY GEORGE II. MANNINe)

WASHINGTON, April 15.-Repre-
sentative SmithwiCk of Pensacola will
probably be assigned in a few days to
the house committee on pOstoffices
and post roads by the democratic COM
mittee on committees, which is now
making up the committee assignment
lists for this session. This committee
which deals at first hand with the
people more directly than perhaps any
other committee in congress, is one Of
the most important in the house.
An understanding was reached be-
tween Mr.. Smithwick and the house
leaders last year that the Pensacola
congressman would be given the first
vacancy occurring on the rivers and
harborS committee, which mean his
getting a place on that committee this
session. Soon after that arrangement
was made, however, all power of ap-
preparations was taken from the COM
mittee and given to the appropriate
committee which framed the last riv-
ers and harbors appropriations BILL
the rivers and harbors committee is
left with nothing but doubtful author
ity to frame legislation for new water
way projects, and as the republicans
have adopted a policy of not. taking
up any new waterway development,
the rivers and harbors committee as
signment has no merit.
Mr.. Smithwick talked this matter
over with the committee on commit
tees several months ago, and when
they thoroughly agreed with his views
he stated he did not longer wish to be
assigned 20 that committee, but want
ed place on the postofce and post
roads committee. 1t is expected this
assignment will be made when the,
committees are announced next Mon
day or Tuesday. -....E.