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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-06-04
END OF ROMANCE WHICH
STARTED DURING THE WORLD WAR
Ex-Army Lieutenant and Former
Nurse Are Found Dead in
st. Louis Hotel.
az The AssoeIatea eressl

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June "a ro-
nance which sprang from the war and
mutual interest In Esperanto. interna-
tional language. ended tragically today
for Frank W. Anderson, floor manager
in local department store and Peggy
Mariel Bed. a nurse OF Dayton, Ohio
Patrolmen, responding to a call from
hotel were directed to a room, where
guests heard two shots and found An
derson dead on be- with a bullet
wound in the back of his head On the
floor, bullet hole il her left breast, lay
Miss Beal Glad in h night robe. Be
side her was a revolver. the police ex-
pressed the belief that the eternal trl-
angle" was the motive.
On the dresser was a novel. It was
opened and q corner Of a page turned
down at an Illustration portraying wom-
an dancer. dagger in hand. standing over
the PROSTATE form Of a man. Miss Beal
was sent to a hospital, where tonight
her condition was reported critical.
Officers said Anderson and Miss Beal
had lived at the hotel as man and wife
since wednesday and for week prev
ious had lived at another address The
woman came here about ten days ago,
they said, from Springfield. For five
years she had been a nurse.
Anderson had met Miss Beal while a
lieutenant in the signal corps and she
was a nurse in the east courtshir'
sprang up between the couple In an east
ern hospital Their letters contained
frequent passages In Esperanto. Ander-
son, Or the war worked in st. louis
coming here three months ago.
Anderson was shot in the back Of the
head as he lay on his side. officers said.
He was 3S years old. according to an ap-
piication for work filed with the store
where he was employed. He also stated
on the application that he was married.
His wife is believed to be in st. Louis.
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az La AssoeIated Pre..l

MILWAUKEE,. June 3-Leutenant W.
F. Reed, navy pilot of Pensacola, Fla,
and the last OF the thirteen airmen to
leave Milwaukee in the national air race
last Wednesday, was reported in dis
patches to the Wisconsin Aero club to
have landed Friday in the Ozark noun
tains in southern Missouri.
The United States coast guard service
announced tonight that Lieutenant Reed
had covered $50 miles. making him third
in the race and one Of the American con-
tenders in the international event to be
held at Geneva.
The telegram from Lieutenant Reed
folsows
Salem. Mo.
Navy balloon landed very gently in
valley cornfield in Ozark mountains at
1855 a. m, June 2, at IS miles north OF
Emminence, Mo. Without ballast and
wind coming from west. N means COM
munication. Balloon equipment by wa
gon to Salem. We came by horseback
through mountains and valley trails to
Rector, automobile Rector to Salem"
In a second telegram Lieutenant Reed
placed his distance from Milwaukee at
445 miles. Officials of the coast guard,
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DRUGS SMUCCLED In.
TO FEDERAL PRISON
Assistant Surgeon and Cigar
Store Proprietor Charged With
Narcotic Act Violation.
fax The Aaaoelated Pressl

ATLANTA, Ca, June 3.-Dr. H. L.
Carrick, assistant physician at the At
lanta federal penitentiary and Alex
Aboof, proprietor of a downtown cigar
stand were arrested late today on war
rants charging conspiracy in connection
with alleged violations OF the federal mar
cotic act.
The men were taken to the federal
building for questioning and their arrest
was not learned until tonight. Federal
agents have been investigating for sew
eral months to determine how narcotics
were being smuggled into the peniten-
tiary and were said to have obtained
much information from woman whose
identity they refused to disclose.
Dr. Carrick refused to make any state
ment. it was said other than to say the
affair was mystery TO him. He was
once an inmate of the penitentiary here,
having been sentenced to a year and a
day on a charge Of enabezzlement while
an army surgeon during the world war.
Before his term had expired he was par
doned and appointed assistant to the
resident physician.
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service men and influential citizens
interested in Military Training Camps
as measure of preparedness.
1t Is understood that Mr.. Winfield's
appointement has been contemplated
for some time and that it was based
directly on his record and service dur
ing the world war which extended from
June 1917, to August 1919, and included
twenty months overseas in France and
Germany, during which time he took
part In five major operations
AS an officer of the association,
Mr.. Winfield will be associated with
B. c. Riley, director Of the General
Extension Division, through whom as
vice president of the Military Training
Camp association of the United States
for the Southeastern Department, Mr..
Winfields appointment was made and
the NJ. T. c. A. Is now assisting the
war department in securing recruits
among school boys and college men OF
the eight southern states in the Fourth
Corps Area for the Citizens Camps to
be held at Camp Mcclellan, Alabama.
and Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Flor
ida, July 9th to August 26th, Major
r. s. Lytle, Recruiting Adjutant at
Fort Mcpherson. Georgia, reports that
Florida has over subscribed her quota
more than 80 percent and Is the first
state. in the Fourth Corps Area and in
the nation to fill her quota for the
training camps this summer
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Al bold attempt to steal goods from
the United States Shipping Board oil
tanker Baldbutte now lying In the
Pensacola harbor, was nibbed in the
bud early Saturday morning, and II.
Caprara, who was employed as night
watchnan aboard the vessel, Robert
Davis and Patsy Denino, well-known
characters along the waterfront were
placed under arrest by United States
authorities.
Davis and Denino furnished bonds
for their appearance at a preliminary
hearing before United States Com
missioner Arthur Davis next Friday
morning at 10 O'Clock. Caprara was
unable to give bond and is in Jail
awaiting the hearing.
Caught in the Act
The men were caught In the act Of
taking property from the vessel, ac-
#cording to those who figured in de-
tecting the attempted theft. While re-
turning from santa Rosa Island about
ii O'Clock Friday night one Of Capt
Rennie Edmundsons launches passed
near the tanker The crew noticed
small craft lying alongside the ship
ana thought St strange that s. should
be there at such late hour. Wehn
they arrived at the wharf Arthur But
terworth, port engineer, was inform
ed OF the strange boats presence. He
.irnm ediately got In touch with r. A.
liver. local agent for the slipping
hoard. and he advised an investigation.
when Engineer Butterworth, and
walter Scott and Johnny Martin
reached the Ba1dbutte in the "Benja
min the pirating launch with two men
aboard attempted to get away, but
after a short race the BENJAMIN.
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ARE CERTAIN THAT
GENERAL COMMITTEE
WILL REJECT SCALE
Strike Vote of Membership to
Be Taken to Determine Ac-
tion of Rail Workers.
ELEVEN UNION RAILWAY
HEADS ARE TO CONFER
Will Gather in Cincinnati on
Tuesday to Take Some Defi-
mite Steps on Wage Cut.

CHICAGO, June s.-strike votes af-
fecting 1900, 900 of Americas railroad
workers. returnable on the same date,
probably about August 3, will be decided
upon at the railway labor conference in
Cincinnati next week. in the opinion of
NJ. B. Jewell president of the Railway
employees department of the American
Federation of Labor
The employees expected to vote are
those affected by the new wage reduc-
ton orders already announced or pend
ing from the railroad labor board.
I'VE are certain that the general COM
mittees would reject the new wage re-
ductions' he said. $50 there is little
necessity Of placing the matter before
the committees, as a strike vote of the
membership viii determine what action
is to be taken
Eleven standard railway union heads
will gather in Cincinnati Tuesday to take
some definite steps regarding the board 5
new wage cuts.
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WIFE MURDERER
STILL MISSING
Mrs. Manning Is in a Critical
Condition From Result of
Shooting Her Husband.
SPECIAL to hTe JournaD

MARIANNA, Fla, June s.--Mrs. J. D.
Manning, whose husband Is alleged to
have shot her three times here Wednes-
day, is ma critical condition and her
husband, who made his escape iume-
dfately after the shooting has not yet
been apprehended.
Just what the trouble between Mr.. and
Mrs. Manning was is uncertain. but the
opinion seems to prevail that there was
some domestic misunderstanding. Mann
ing is said to have fired three bullets into
the body of his wife. all three making
dangerous wounds.
Sheriff Jira Lewis has sent OUT spe-
cial deputies and they are making dill
gent search of the surrounding country
In an effort to discover Manning, and he
believes that he viii be caught soon.
However, there are many expressions
IN the community that Manning might
have committed suicide by drowning
himself in one of the nearby streams, al
though II he has. no trace of his body
has been found.
Manning was employed by local lum-
ber company.
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GEORGIA WOMAN IS
SENTENCED TO HANG
Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson Convicted
by Jury in Superior Court of.
Murder of Her Husband.
tny LIE AssoeIated Pressl

ATLANTA, Ca, June 3.-Mrs. Cora
Lou Yinson was convicted by a jury
in superior court here tonight Of the
murder of her husband, DR.. w. d.
vinson, and sentenced to be hanged
July 2s.
The verdict without a recommends :
ton to mercy was more than even
Solicitor General Boykin had asked
as he had urged the jury to convict
the woman and fix her sentence at
life imprisonment. saying he had never
asked that woman be hanged.
Under Georgia law murder without
a recommendation carries the death
penalty which the presiding judge
formally imposed.
Mrs Vinson shot her husband in a
drug store here in March while di-
vorce proceedings were pending. He
had filed petition for divorce. claim
ing she had threatened to kin him, but
she told the jury she thought he was
about to shoot her when she fired. She
was recently declared san.
only one white woman has ever
been legally hanged IN Georgia, as
cording to S. G. McMcLendon. secre-
tary of state He added that he thought
Mrs. Yinson was the only other white
r>oman to be sentenced to hang in this
state.
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MEN ARRESTED CHARGED
WITH ATTEMPT TO STEAL FROM
OIL TANKER LYING IN EARBOR

,overhauled her. Besides % gallons Of
paint there was bag of blankets
aboard, claimed to have been taken
from the tanker. Caprara and Davis
were in the launch, it is said.
Third On Tanker
They were brought ashore and plac-
ed under arrest, and Johnny Martin
was left aboard the Baldbutte to keep
a watchful eye the remainder of the
night.
But he soon discovered that he was
not the only one aboard the tanker.
Il saw somebody, at least, I thought
saw a person dodge through one Of
the doors" said Martin during an in
terview with a Journal reporter yes
terday. Il saw him again and finally
the nice little game of ide-an-seek- :
was brought to a close when / call
ed out and ordered whoever IT was to
come out of one of the cabins.
Denino was the one who was caught
aboard the tanker, It IS said and he
was placed under arrest by Deputy
Cuyler Mcmillan yesterday morning.
Thus the first attempt to steal
goods from the fleet of oil tankers here
was frustrated, and those arrested will
se liable to heavy fines and probably
Imprisonment If they do not give a
satisfactory account of their myster-
ious actions. according to United
States District Attorney Fred c. Cub
berly. Uncle Sans valuable property
will be given every protection OF the
law so long It remains in Pensacola
bay or this vicinity" it was announc-
ed.
And II is also thought that others
are likely to be implicated IN the
alleged plot,
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British REINFORCEMENTS ARE SENT TO NORTHERN IRELAND
MOTHER RAILWAY CRAFT PLANS FOR STRIKE VOTE IN AUGUST
NAVY BALLOON LANDS IN CORN
FIELD IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI
SOUTH OF OZARK MOUNTAINS

weather bureau and aero club estimated
the distance yariously from ATS to $50
miles. Until official announcement of
the distance made by the various con-
tenders is made local aero men said they
would do nothing toward distributing the
prize money
If Lieutenant Reeds own estimate of
his distance is correct it was pointed out,
he win be placed fourth instead of third,
dropping behind Van Orman.
CHICAGO, June 3. Lieutenant w. F.
Reed was the only contestant in the bal
loon race, the other navy bag piloted by
Lieutenant Commander Norfleet, being
filled with helium and consequently in
eligible for prizes.
Lieutenant Reed took off from the Mil
waukee starting field at 1854 p. M We'd
nesday. He had with him as aide Chief
Rigger Kit Mullenax, both are from PEN
sacola, Fla.
While 1t was Lieutenant Reeds first
national balloon race. he had made many
trips in the big gas bags being head Of
the school Of neterology for naval off
GERS at Pensacola, Fla. He also was a
government weather official for some
time.
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tsx eeorae j. EmmanusI1

am after no notoriety, but as my
name has been put in the front by an
article in the newspapers, in which
would rather not have figured. I ask the
indulgence of the public to state my side
of the matter under discussion so as Ito
keep the record straight"
have been interested and have work
ed from the very beginning for good
roads and a bridge across Ferry Pass to
connect those good roads. Even before
the Joint Good Roads Association was
created /, with others made a number
of trips to Tallahassee, seeking from the
state road department assistance in
building the bridge across the Escanbia.
On one Of these trips to Tallahassee,
about three years ago, the state road de-
partnent promised our committee that
If we would bond our county, they would
build bridge for us. Upon returning
home we conceived the idea of holding
a big meeting at the San Carlos by the
various civic organizations. This meet
ing was called and was a grand success.
and from it grew out the Joint Good
Roads association which did such spien-
did work. This association was active
until about August 9Th, 1921, when at a
meeting which was held in the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce. Mr.. Fred
Marsh and myself differed from the ball
ance of the commissioners. They bring
ing In majority and Mr.. Marsh and my
self minority report. The majority re-
port desired to sell bonds to the amount
of one million dollars and also were not
willing to name in the program the
building of the Gulf Beach highway. un-
It'll they were able to build the Flomaton
and Nunez Ferry road. while Mr.. Marsh
and myself held out for the building of
the Gllf Beach highway and for the sale
of only one-half million dollars '.as prom
Used in our campaign
This meeting was red hot ore and ]
took strong issue with several county
commissioners, County Attorney Reese
and County Engineer Wheat for not hold
ing up to our campaign pledges. as uu-
derstood them to be. The meeting l viii
never forget for we were in session from
1:30 to 1880 .. M
From that date, August 5th. we have
had no meeting that know of with the
exception of being invited to oe present
at the letting of the Gulf Beach highway
contract) until the one held Saturday
night, May 9th, wherein I took part as
follows:
On Friday afternoon of May 26th, Mr..
r. +. Cant, chairman. representing the
Kiwanis club, and a bond trustee, met
me on Palafox street, saying "Emman-
uel, what do you say about calling a
meeting of the Joint Good Roads asso-
ciation?"
I replied. "wnat for, Mr.. Gant?'
"oh, there's been some talk about the
association not functioning, and thought
that we could get together and have a
little talk"
replied: 'Nr Cant, I'll attend this
meeting if it does not include the coun-
ty commissioners.
He replied: Fine idea" and we parted.
Next day, Saturday, Mr.. Marsh phoned
me to attend meeting of the Joint Good
Roads association in the Chamber of
Commerce rooms that night at 1880. I
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GEORGE J. EMMANUEL GIVES
SOME INSIDE HISTORY ABOUT
THE JOINT ROADS COMMISSION

was busy in the store and arrived at 8
p. m.
When the meeting was called to order
there were present Commissioners Gil
more. Soderlind. Candy and Gates, coun-
~ Engineer Winston Wheat, Bon Trus-
tees T. L. Cant and Herbert Caro- and
Messrs. Stewart. Massey, Marsh, Turner
and myself
1t was but few moments before
realized that in order to carry on the
meeting as 1 had thought it should be.
that it would have been better If the
county commissioners and the other
county employees had not been present,
as was led to believe would be the case
from Mr.. Gant's language, and as it was
then s:45, l requested the chairman, Mr..
Cant, to excuse me, as I had to pay off
my clerks and close up the store.
All seemed so very anxious for my re-
turn to the meeting and they seemed so
anxious and requested my return so
strongly that l nodded my head in as
sent and left
While in the store ] received a phone
message for me to come to Miss Kehoe's S
dance and take my wife and little chill
dren home. So sent message to Mr..
Cant stating that I was taking my fam
ily home from the San Carlos, where
was when Mr. Paul p. Stewart came IN
to the 7th floor and remarked. George.
they are out looking for you"
In few minutes Mr.. Marsh and Mr..
Wheat appeared holding resolution.
which was partly typewriter and partly
written in lead pencil. which they re-
quested me to sign read it hurfIdly
and seeing the signatures OF Messrs
Cant, Marsh. Stewart, Turner and Mas
sey, 1 signed it, but confess that ! did
not thoroughly digest the resolution I'M
til / read it in The Journal next morn
ing.
Now, l wish to state as strongly as my
language win permit, that have only
the lSirdliest feeling for all, but as there
is an election to be held in few days.
j am free to confess that ] believe the
matter was not so important 70 the pub
lie that the whole matter could not wei
have been put off until after the election,
when The viii of the people would have
been registered and no possible chance for
people to have said that the committee
was playing politics or favorites.
am not advocating any candidate. but
let us suppose one, two. three. four or
all new commissioners are voted in,
would 1t not have been nicer and so much
better for our road program to play the
game fair, and when election day was
over, be able to meet the old. county
commissioners and any new ones just
elected with a clean smile, knowing we
had the good will of all rather than TO
be subjected to and accused that the joint
good roads association had been playing
politics in favor of four of the older
members.
After arriving home and sitting down
to cool reflection I began 10 think over
the entire matter and then it began to
dawn on me, that according to Mr.. Fred
Marshs own statement there was no
such an organization in existence as the
Joint Good Roads association, and there
fore the meeting held that evening and
the resolution which was drawn up and
Continued on Page Sixl
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FouR KILLED

UNION, s. c.. June s.-Four people
were killed and two others possibly
fatally injured when a Southern rail-
way passenger train crashed into an
automobile where community road
crosses the railroad. The dead are
James Vaughan, B. J. Vaughan. Miss
Laura Austin and Miss Minnie Austin
John McKeowen and Ben Alton Whit
lock are thought to be fatally injured.
Two OF the occupants Of the car
were pinned 70 the locomotive by parts
OF the wrecked automobile ard We're
on the pilot when the engine was
brought to stop. The parties in the
wreck range in age from 1s 10 %
years.
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EX SERVICE MAN
WINS HIGH HONOR
Florida First State to Fill Quota
for Citizens Military
Training Camp.

James A. Winfield of Dowling Park,
Junior at the University OF Florida,
recently elected president of the stud
ent body, has been appointed secre
tary treasurer Of the Military Training
Camps association of the United States
for the Southeastern Department
which has supervision of the associa-
tion activities in the Fourth Corps
area. The membership of the associa-
ton is made UP of thousands Of ex-
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|1TARY ACTIVITY
|EENBLES DAYS OF
|URRAGH MUTlNY
! d Belfast Would Have to
"a Back to Days of 1914
10 Find a Parallel.
EHcERS AND PLANES
ARRIVE FROM ENGLAND
|ught Troops to Be Used to
Gear Belleek Salient of Re-
publican Occupants.
Lay rhs AssooIased Prsaal

10y mo NbA0S'SNSu iSs"l
HFAsT. June g. -Reinforcements
~ British military forces in
a,n Ireland poured into Belfast
AZ influx is to continue all next
according to present prospects.
dty had to go back to the ener-
isys OF March, 1914. which pre-
the Curragh brigade muting to
d parallel for the present military
ag
n, Transports arrived this morn
am Birkenhead with the Scottish
aasrs The Manchesters are due
rOw from Guernsey, while the
Il iusilers and the Liverpool regi-
also are coming They are pros
'g to Bally Kinder camp, coun-
NEn which until last yaar housed
N 1000 interned men. Before the
aooments began coming there
nineteen battalions in Ulster, far
\ the war strength The most
resting arrivals were a party OF 12
.s and 81 men Of the Royal air
he. tt is understood that twelve
1d fighting planes would fly from
a1d for their use, probably to be
ss5 at the Aldergrove aviation
snd Is miles from Belfast, used as
lnp Tor the 17th Brigade which
rily arrived from Cork.
Hogitzer battery also arrived this
alrg it lef for Enntslellen county
hauagh, which IS the center OF dill
activity, not only the town itself
the adjoining villages being gar
bned. Wholesale Communicating OF
iicles is going on. especially Of
tor lorries Many motorboats are
being taken, and officers have
d inspecting other craft.
he popular belief is that the mill
\ is to be used to clear the Bel
Salient evacuated by the Ulster
.ss recently OF its republican occu-
hn Stirring events in this sector
ned to be presaged by the depar-
this afternoon on Crossley ten
and commandeered motor lorries
slge parties Of the military. fully
Epped and evidently prepared for q
stay They had a great number
nchiHs guns with them. The men
: divided into two sections. one
gssiing toward Pettigos and the
toward Belleek, on opposite
rs Of the salient.
b most important naval unit vet
70 Northern waters is the 'flotilla
y Wallace, sister ship Of the
VI with a speed Of SO knots. The
aee reached Belfast this morning.
Warwick, which is patrolling
= Foyls, was the flagship OF Rog-
Ilges in the Zeebrugge raid.
iEs are hopes OF peace on the
aSane-Llfford front, though the
aauOn OF clergymen and others
Waited on the republicans they
'a!n great secrecy as to the re-
Gtheir interview. They win draw
asr report, they say. and submit
the town council which took the
alive in the movement, leaving It
" latter to make the report public.
sa1t had a comparatively quiete
t-end Two soldiers and three
aHs were wounded in the course
a' siternoou's. shooting. The rec
tncs Monday last Is tS killed and
'eCnded in disturbances in this
re has been a considerable re-
4 Of the looting which featured
taalg Of July and August, 1920,
V authorities have isued a warn
aat they will put it down with a
. hand.