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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
CIRCUS ELEPHANT
Is HONOR GUEST
Huge Pachyderm of Sawdust
Ring Given Party in Honor of
Her 1O6th Anniversary.
fBy Tho AssocIated Presal

COLUMBUS. o., April 3.-Tillie, a
huge circus elephant, today celebrated
her lO6th birthday as a guest of honor
at a birthday party held for her in the
state house yard. The party was at
tended by state and city officials.
Tillie took part in the festivities and
ate her plate, cup and saucer and even
the key to the city (made of bread)
presented to her by Mayor Thomas.
Professor Alonzo Tuttle, of the law
department Of Ohio. State university
presented the pachyderm with an hon
orary law degree on behalf of the law
alumni Of Columbus. The diploma was
made OF molasses.
lille trumpheted once and showed
neF appreciation by devouring this to-
zen OF esteem. A birthday cake two by
'our feet, containing 1O6 candles was
on Titles table. .... ........
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
MAKE Get AWAY
IN AUTOMOBILE
AFTER ROBBERY
Scores of People Helplessly
W. Watch Brigands as They
Carry Out the Deed.
VICTIMS WERE CARRYING
MONEY TO BANKING HOUSE
Robbers Snatch Satchel Contain
ing $4,000 From Them and
Drive Quickly Away.
,ey nh. AssooIated Pressl

rErrAGO. April 3.-While scores of
rorsops helplessly watched five armed
Landns tonight shoot and kill pa
tro,ran and fatally wounded q bank
messenger and escaped with a satchel
containing $4,000 which the two were
carving. the messenger dying later.
The holdup occurred on a brightly
lighted street in front of the Calumet
National bank in the heart of the South
Chicago business district. The robbers
made TO effort 10 concealment and
paid no attention to the crowds.
The two victims, Patrolman Ernest
II. Cassidy and Philip Somers, We're
taking Inc weeks collections Of the
Royal Building & Loan association to
the bank. As they were about to enter
the bank, a large automobile containing
five men drew up. While one man re-
NAMED at the wheel the other four
Ioaped out and with pistols in their
hands halted the two. Policeman Cas-
sidy reached for his pistol, but the rob-
her opened fire, shooting him through
the head. His weapon, half drawn, fell
from his pocket At the same time
Somers drew his pistol, but before ht
could fire he had been shot through the
abdomen. The robbers then seized the
satchel and fled
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
TWO BIG MINES IN WEST
E VIRGINIA BE ENLISTED

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 3.--First
coal fields of West. Virginia were
brought tonight to the headquarters
here of the United Mine Workers of
America by Lawrence Dwyer, of Beck
ley. w. Va, a member OF the interna-
tional unions executive board, who
declared that $1,000 miners in the New
River and Winding Gulf fields would
he enlisted before the end Of the week
in the unions nationwide suspension
work.
Aside from Mr. Dwyer's statements
the only report reaching headquarters
here came from Kansas, where union
officials declared all union men were
idle, although the state industrial
court had ordered a temporary contin-
uance of the old wage scales.
A telegram received by Mr.. Dwyer
from West Virginia tonight stated that
company gun men" chased 40 union
miners away from their families at
Statesburg today threatening them
with death If they returned. The fugi-
tive miners, the report said, are spend
ing the night at Sophia, non-union cen
ter, afraid to return to their homes.
Additional reports from West Vir-
ginia. received by Mr.. Dwyer tonight,
field were closed today, and that two
thirds of the Winding Gulf mines were
shut down. ..
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
TO REORGANTzE THE
ENGRAVING BUREAU
Secretary Mellon Explains Plan
of Reorganization on Grounds
of efficiency"
TO REORGANTZE

TO REORGAN1ZE. .. -. ..,...
WASHINGTON, April 3.-Reorganf-
zation of the bureau Of engraving and
printing through the executive order
issued last Friday by President Hard
ing removing James L. Wilmeth, its
director, and % other officials, was
explained today on the grounds Of
efficiency" by Secretary Mellon. No
charges involving the honesty Of any
of the dismissed iburean officials have
been filed, the treasury secretary
stated.
Mr.. Melons explanation of the
sweeping changes made in the admin
istrative personnel of the bureau was
the first official light thrown on the
presidents action since the announce
ment of the order at the white house.
Meanwhile resolutions were introduced
in both the senate and the house today
seeking to elicit further informatie n
from the president.
Efforts to obtain a personal explana
ton for their dismissal were made by
Mr.. Wflmeth and delegation of for
mer bureau officials who called at the
white house, but without appointment,
and therefore failed to see the presi-
dent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
PROHIBITION CHIEF
ANSWERS SUBPOENA
Denies That He Said Dade COun-
ty Officials Allowed Whole
sale Smuggling.
tBy The Associated Press)

MIAMI, Fla, April Sc. B. Hen.
son, chief of the flying squadron of
prohibition agents now here, appeared
before County Solicitor Pine tonight
in answer to a subpoena and denied
that he had publicly charged that Dade
county officials We're permitting
wholesale smuggling of liquor, marco
tics and aliens.
He declared, Mr.. Pine said, that he
wanted to cooperate with local Off
cials in the enforcement of the pro-
hibition laws and had not intended to
cast any reflection upon them.
Mr.. Pine began an investigation Sat-
urday following the printing of a
statement purporting to have come
from Mr.. Henson, by a local newspa-
iper.
| Announcement was made today by
the county solicitor that through Col.
IL G. Mutt, head of the narcotic di-
vision of the internal revenue bureau,
who has been overseeing the cleanup
work here, it had been arranged that
the county in the future would prose-
cute liquor cases initiated by the gov
ernment. They will be tried under the
state law.
Colonel Mutt, who left tonight for
Jacksonville to confer with officials of
the Florida East Coast railroad, rela-
tive to means of stopping the ship
ment of liquor by rail, expressed sat
isfaction at the results obtained in
halting the flow of liquor here and
predicted the doom of the traffic.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
new COMPANY MAY
TAKE OVER G. F. &
"A. FROM CREDITORS
Will Meet Committee Today for
Final Adjustment of the
Railroads Affairs.
MAY BRING MORE CAPITAL
INTO THE PROPOSITION
Road May Also Be Extended
Further Up Into Alabama for
Outlet to Coal Fields.

John T. Steele, president and treasurer
Of the newly organized Muscle Shoals,
Birmingham and Pensacola Railway Com.
pany. with his lawyer, John W. Van
Allen, Of Wilcox and Van Allen, Of Buf-
falo. New York arrived in Pensacola
last evening, and will meet today with
the Pensacola Creditors Committee.
when final adjustment of matters In con-
nection with the rehabilitation Of thB
G. F. and A. railway company, will be
made.
Mr.. Steele said last Eight that he had
nothing to give out to the press, as he
felt that no information could be properly
presented to the public until after the
meeting with the committee Of Pensacola
business men today.
In the recent application Of the Muscle
Shoals, Birmingham and Pensacola Rail-
way, Mr.. Steele was mentioned as presiL
dent and treasurer Of the newly formed
company; Hubert c. Vaudeville, vice
president, and R. c.. Greenaway, secre-
tary. The directors of the company are
given as Mr.. Steele, Mr.. Vaudeville, and
Harold B. Thorne. Mr.. Steele, who is a
banker of Buffalo, New York, was form
erly receiver for the G. F. and A; Mr.
Vaudeville is an attorney of Elmira, New
York, and also is vice-president of the
S"SA SlhSS COMPANY one OF Lne largest
firms OF its kind in the world Mr..
Thorne is connected with the Metropolitan
Trust Company, of New York City
The G. F. and A. now extends from
Pensacola to Kimbrough, Ala, for 143
ly formed company to carry it into the
Ily formed company to carry in into the
state Of Alabama for such a distance as
to connect 1t with the valuable steel and
coal territory, of which it is believed it
will eventually become the outlet, to the
ports south of us.
It has been stated by northern capital
lists interested in the development of this
road, that whether the Muscle Shoals
property is bought over by Henry Ford
or some other interests, it is their belief
that Pensacola will become the gateway
to the commerce of the South.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
Union Leaders Claim First Vic
tory in the Granting of
Wage Scale by indie
pendent Companies.
(sy The Associated Press)

NEW YORK, April 3-Union leaders
claimed the first victory for the striking
anthracite miners here today when they
announced several independent companies
had offered to grant all of the nineteen
wage demands if the men would return
to their jobs Immediately.
The offer was first made by VIM. Peck,
president of the Grovehill Mining Com
pany Of Peckville, Pa, who came to New
York for the purpose, according to Will
liam ]. BRENNAN, president of the
United Mine Workers of America in dis
trict number one.
1t was followed, he said, by similar
offers from 'tother small independent
mine operators" in the Scranton area.
That this signif1ed a breach in the
ranks of organized mine owners was de-
MED by members of the anthracite OPP
orators association. They branded own
ers who had made such offers as ''inde-
pendent operators of wagon mines whose
production was a negligible factor in the
outcome of the strike The Grove Hill
Company is not even affiliated with the
organization Of independent operators,
they said.
''Such offers will not win the strike,
and will have no effect on the stand for
reduction in wages, taken by the op-
president of the Glen Alden Coal Com
pany, of Scranton, and member Of the
miners and operators subcommittee on
wage contracts negotiation, in session
here
Union leaders were optimistic, however.
According to Philip Murray, vice-presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers Inter-
national organization, "the willingness Of
these smaller operators to continue pro-
duction on a basis of higher wages to
the miners is ample proof that there is
no reason why big operators employing
thousands Of men should refuse to ac-
cede to our demands
This, the third day of the strike, was
one of charges and counter charges. for
which business Of the wage contract
negotiations committee virtually was sus-
pended.
Operators charged that union pickets
bearing strike literature were invading
non union bituminous fields of Pennsyl-
vania and exhorting workmen TO lay down
their tools.
To this district leaders here retorted
that I. w. w. literature was being cir
culated in strike stricken areas, calling
on union men to join the I. W. w. "one
big union"
Charges that several Of the larger an
visions of the suspension agreement to-
day brought threats from district labor
chiefs that they would withdraw the 1900
men assigned to protect mine property
during the shutdown.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
MISSISSIPPI WILL
SHOW FALL TODAY
Flood Waters Reported to Be
Falling at All Points Between
Cairo and Memphis.
fRv The AssocIated Pressl

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April "a fall of
six tenths of foot from the crest
stage of 42.6 feet in the Mississippi
flood at Memphis is expected by to-
morrow, according to the weather bu-
reau here, the rate of fall is not ex-
pected to become more rapid for sew
eral days, as the flood water is report
ed receding. at all points between
Cairo and Memphis. With the excep-
ton of additional sloughing for As feet
at the upper end Of the cave in the
front levee at Old Town, Ark, no trou-
BILE was reported during the day at any
point in this river district.
Government and levee engineers are
confident, they declare, that the flood
water will run into the lower river
without any serious trouble develop
ing at any point except Old Town. At
that point Major L. Y. Kerr, United
States engineer in charge of the dis
trict, says the situation is under
thorough control and says he has no
fear that the secondary levees which
have been completed there will fail to
hold.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
ARMED BANDITS SHOOT PATROLMAN AND BANK MESSENGER
ON BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED STREETS OF ILLINOIS METROPOLIS
THIRTEEN WIVES GETS
ISAIAH MOORE A JAIL
SENTENCE OF ID YEARS

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April s.
Isaih Moore, self-confessed spouse of
Is wives, was sentenced to serve from
two to fourteen years in the state re-
formatory today on charge Of embez-
element, and was fined $1,000 and costs
and disfranchised for five years.
Moore was sentenced to serve from
two to five years in the state prison on
a charge Of bigamy. He pleaded guilty
to the bigamy charge
Moore is said to have embezzled
$512 from Miss Harriet Evans, of Mex
leo, Ind, school teacher, and his thir-
teenth wife. Miss Evans was married
to him under the name of Melrose.
Moore, according to the police, is said
to have obtained more than 50, 700 from
his wives. In each case after he had
been welded a week he disappeared
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
RESOLUTION CONDEMNS
OPERATORS ATTITUDE

BRISTOL, Va, Tenn, April 3.-Res-
olution condemning the coal operators
for their attitude in the present strike
and favoring old age pensions were
passed today at the opening session Of
the annual convention here of the Vir-
ginia Federation Of Labor.
There were about 200 delegates pres
ent from practically every city in the
state. The delegates were welcomed by
Mayors w. H. Rouse and L. G. Gam
mon, and President John Hopkins Hall
made the speech of response.
New officers will be elected a ito
rnorrows session. Officers believed
that the meeting will come to a close
tomorrow afternoon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
STATE BONUS BILL
PASSES The HOUSE
Maryland Proposes to Put $780,
100000 Bond Issues to a
Vote of the People.

ANNAPOLIS. Md, April 3.-With
only four dissenting votes, the house
Of delegates today passed the state
soldiers bonus bill. The measure has
passed the senate and now goes to the
governor.
The bill provides for a $4,000, 900
bond issue, which is to be submitted
to the people. If the bond issue is ap-
proved at the polls the money will be
distributed to ex-service men in Mary
land as follows:
Ten dollars a month for every month
OF service for all Marylanders in the
army, navy and marine corps or nurses
crops, with 25 per cent additional for
overseas service.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
INDICTED FOR TRYING
TO BEAT GOVERNMENT
(sy The Associated Press>

WASHINGTON, April S.-Conspir-
acy to defraud the United States out
of the collection of income taxes esti-
mated to aggregate more than $1,000
900, was charged in an indictment re-
turned here today against Earl G.
Rickmeyer, former assistant chief of
the personal audit section internal
revenue bureau and Garnett Under
wood, a local insurance broker. Both
are charged also with larceny of let
ters and other documents from the
government files.
According to the Indictment, Rick
meyer gave Underwood confidential
information relating to additional as
sessments which have been made on
certain individuals with whom Under
wood at once communicated.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
TREES PLANTED IN HONOR
OF SEVERAL GREAT MEN

WASHINGTON, April "A hall Of
fame" OF trees, was planted today by
the John Burroughs clubs OF Wash
ington in the grounds Of the Lincoln
Memorial to mark the ni-centennial
of the first observance OF Arbor. Day
in the United States. Today also was
the birthdate of the naturalist, the
trees were registered on the honor roll
of the American forestry association
in memory of Burroughs, Audubon
Whitman, Muir Thoreau and Emer-
son.
Theodore Roosevelt, who as a boy
knew burroughs, planted the red oak
in his honor. The others were grouped
around it in a semi-circle facing the
Lincoln memorial.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
ALABAMA JUDGE CALLS
UPON GRAND JURY TO
PROBE INTO WHIPPINGS
(Hy The Associated Press)

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, April a.
Judge William e. Fort, today in cir
cult court called upon the Jefferson
county grand jury to investigate
whippings that have taken place fire.
quently, and to bring the responsible
parties to justice"
This was the second charge Of like
nature from the circuit bench within
the last six months, Judge II. P. Hef-
lin having called for a similar investi-
cation. No indictments were returned
at that time.
"Such people are malefactors Of the
worst type, working secretly and un-
der cover of darkness" declared Judge
Fort, in calling for a special investiga-
tion "of these affairs"
1T is useless to plea that they un-
dertake to do what the law cannot
do" Judge Fort told the Jurors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
EX-EMPEROR CHARLES
BE BURIED WEDNESDAY

FUNCHAL, Madeira, April 3.-The
funeral of former Emperor Charles Of
Austro- Hungary will be held in the
polish church here Wednesday after
noon. On the day of the funeral the
people will be permitted to pass the
casket and view the body.
Francis Joseph Otto, eldest son OF
the dead monarch, who now is treat
ed by the family as sovereign, today
was out gathering flowers to place on
the bier. Former Empress Zita re-
mained beside the body OF her hus-
band day and night
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
FEW BIG MINES IN
KENTUCKY OPERATING

PINEvILLE, KY, April 3.-Only a
few of the larger coal mines of Bell
county were working today, according
to reports. In Harlan county the mines
were reported as working about 90 per
cent Of capacity.
Reports from district No. 23.in west
ern Kentucky, where the union has a
contract with operators, indicated no
cessation Of work. News from the Big
Sandy district in eastern Kentucky.
where the miners are net organized,
was lacking, but previous advices said
there probably would be no suspension.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
INTERIOR OF HISTORIC
HOUSE GUTTED BY FIRE

, WILLIAMSBURG. Va, April g.
,H'naily the entire interior was de-
sFoyed or damaged by water when
me historic presidents house at the
vouese OF William and Mary college
was gutted by fire here today. Price
,sss S colonial furniture on the first
,' ,oor was saved from the flames, other
.1'niture OF similar period on the sec
ond floor was lost.
re chief Holmes was overcome by
s., s'u'Ae While fighting the flames in the
," '. ny lhN historic house. He was
'"''''o 70 safety by several Of his men.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
SMALL'S ATTORNEY WANTS
WOMEN TO SIT ON JURY
(ey rhe Assoelated Pressl

WAUKEGAN, Ill, April 3.-A de-
mand that women sit on the jury in
the trial of Gov. Len Small on charges
of conspiring with Fred E. Sterling,
lieutenant governor, and Vernon Cur
tbs, Grant Park, Ill, banker, to en-
bezzle state funds while he was state
treasurer, was made by his attorneys
today. They attacked the legality Of
the jury panel because the Lake county
board of supervisors had failed to in
chlde in it the names of women.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
OHIO OPERATORS HAVE
NO DESIRE TO CONTINUE

COLUMBUS, o., April S.-Ohio coal
operators have no intention of reop-
ening their mines, operators said today.
With practically no demand for coal,
they said, there would be. nothing to
gain by attempting to continue pro-
duction. ~ % '-
With the coal industry para1yzed,
they were simply waiting, they said.
Lake trade usually pones at this sea-
son, but at present there is said to be
big surplus of coal on the docks and
little demand for domestic coal. South
ern Ohio operators said coal was being
offered in West Virginia at less than
the cost of production in Ohio.
Mine officials reported the situation
quiet in all mining districts in Ohio
today. They expressed satisfaction
over the progress Of the strike.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
FRADY IS TOO ILL
TO HAVE HEARING
Chicago Automobile Salesman
Who Killed His Wife, Crit
icaIly I'll in Hospital.
fsy The Associated Press)

MIAMI, Fla, April 3-The habeas cor
pus hearing brought by the attorneys Tot
Edgar C. Frady, Chicago. automoolie
man, who fatally wounded his wife IN
local hotel here several weeks ago ana
then slashed his throat, which was sched-
MED for today, was indefinitely postponed
when It was learned that Frady is in
critical condition in the hospital Of the
county jafl Physicians gave no intima-
ton as to the nature of the case other
than saying that It had not resulted
from his wound.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
t0NFIDENCE RESOLUTION
ADOPTED BY LOWER HOUSE
tsy rhs As,oeIatsG Prs.al

l'ONDON, April 3.LThe house OF
to'''"onS tonight after an exciting de-
,.... Dase adopted by the substantial ma
,o'',E OF 27S Premier Lloyd Georges
, '.,, ,oS9'"l'on calling for confidence in the
ss.1 sso,erhmen's policy on the coming
economic ,,I conference at Genoa. The
'''a was S72 to "a.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
NO woRk IN oEoReEs cRsek

CUMBERLAND, Nd, April 3-No work
was done in the Georges creek coal 1eld
today it was generally admitted by union
leaders and operators, but IN the upper
Potomac field, which with the Georges
region forms district number 16. mines
were reported by coal company and rail-
road officials as operating.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
WANT WAGE SCALE OF 1912,

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 3.-Re-
turn to the wage scale of May, 1917,
was agreed upon by coal operators Of
the southwest after an all day execu-
tive session here today. Announce
nent of the decision was made by w.
L. A. Johnson, general commissioners
of the southwestern Interstate Coal
Operators association.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
POWER COMPANY CANNOT
DAM THE CHIPOLA RIVER
tex GEO. H. MANNINel

WASHINGTON. April s--lThe federal
power commission has denied the appIi-
cation OF the ChiDola Light and Power
company of Mariana, Fla, to construct
a dam In Chipola river below Mariann@
TO develop power on the ground that it
will interfere with the interests Of inter-
state and foreign commerce.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
MELLON SAYS SHRINKAGE
WILL NOT BE VERY MUCH
an rhs AssoeIatsd eressl

WASHINGTON. April 3.-Despite a
falling off of more than $4,000 in the
expected government receipts from IN
come and profits taxes for March, Sec
retary Mellon announced tonight tnat
the shrinkage in internal revenue col
lections for the fiscal year ending next
June 30 was not likely to be suestan-
tiai in view of collections Of back
taxes and increased collections or mis-
cellaneous internal revenue.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
PRESIDENT PAIRS WITH
HAGEN IN GOLF MATCH
(Rv The Associated PreSs)

wAsHINGToN, April 3.--Walter
Hagen. western open champion, paired
with President Harding and Jock
Hutchinson, Of Chicago. British open
champion. with Edward Mclean,
washington publisher, played four
some this afternoon at the Columbia
Country club. They refused to make
known the score.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
RUSSIANS TAKING
CHURCH TREASURES
tsv The Associated Press)

MOSCOW, April 3,-The requisition-
ing Of church treasures is in full swing
throughout Russia, but under the
tengest circumstances. From ten prov
,nces there have already iheen collect
ed 20 pounds of goldand 1890 pounds
of silver.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-04
BR0E TO0 ADE CuARcCn
WITH GRAND LARCENY
'5y The Associated Press)

N'lC dMoND, Va. April 3-R. H. Nc
Vars w., and James A. Cochran, of New
,"f. stock brokers who recently failed.
A, ,'y' indicted here today on the charge
Nbi.i' larceny. Customers of the firm
Str....n' n''ntalned branch here, were