The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-10-13
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over COUNTRY
TERSELY TOLD
(By Associated Press


today to testify regarding the squeeze"
in wheat last May when the price after
speculative rise broke from S1.46 to
s1.16 during the last twelve days of the
month. The break in May wheat, which
resulted in millions of dollars loss for
the long" interests, came after the |
Board OF Trade had ruled that lot
deliveries we're legal on May contracts.
whereas~ ordinarily it is necessary to !
make delivery at an elevator. Mr.. Cut
ten, in his testimony today asserted the
car delivery rule demoraliZed the market !
and was the immediate cause of the drop
in May wheat.
NEW YORK, Senator Calder Of New
York today urged the interstate Com |
merce Commission to take immediate |
steps TO route coal cars to New. York to !
avert an unn ecessary serious coal short |
age. He also made public a report de- !
ciaring that the coal carrying roads to |
the Great Lakes We're congested with |
more coal than they could handle and
that additional cars were constantly be-
| Ing forwarded westward, while, the al
! location of coal shipments to New York
/ was inadequate
| WICHITA FALLS, Texas-On field
holdings OF r. o. Harvey and L. H
i; Cullum of this city have been sold to
| the Magnolia Petroleum Company for
| $2.500,000 cash it was announced today
The deal includes 100 acres in the South
Electra field and some small tracts in
the Burk Burnett and Desdemona pools
About 1000 barrels daily production is
involved
GLOUCESTER, ~Mass.-The racing
fishermen of the American fleet com-
peting for selection Of challenger to
meet the Canadian champion, Blue Nose,
had it out today in the first Of the
elimination tests and the Henry Ford
out Of Gloucester. won.
WASHINGTON-Atla CITY. was Sc
lected by the Supreme Castle Knights
of the Golden Eagle for it's annual meet
ing place next year and Thomas A
Jenkins of Ironton, Ohio. was elected su-
preme chief, succeeding George R. Greg
ory OF Reading, Pa.
| CHATTANOOGA. Tenn,-Charsing
damages from an alleged unlawful com
l bination in restraint of trade, wilson
5 and Company. Inc, today filed suit in
! Federal court here against the Tennes-
Sc Power Company to recover $50, 600
NORFOLK, Va.,-Picturing the war
zone Of the Near East as d sllambIes of
fire. murder and desolation where thou
sands of innocent Christians have been
, wantonly> slain by bar0arous Turkish
soldiers, Bishop James Cannon, Jr, of
Birmingham, addressing, the 140th, an
= nual conference Of the Methodist Epis-
= copal church Of Virginia, this afternoon,
. declared the hour has struck. for Chris
s tan nations to put an end to further
o Moslem atrocities,
e Greenyille, S. C.-Ltke in the days when
3 they rallied around the bonnie blue flag
Z sixty years ago Confederate veterans OF
= Greenviile today were busy. preparing to
> rally into county, court her next Monday
3 in an effort to prevent removal of the
: Confederate monument from busy Mair
street to a quiet spot. Today delegat lions
q OF aged veterans visited the homes o.
e moro decrepit veterans and pledged them
to rally into court Monday II possible
II The aid of. the Daughters Of the Con
10 federacy and Sons OF Veterans wa.
e sought and promises gained
Columbia, s. C.--R. Lyman Love. E
= Charleston chiropractor, tonight wa.
= thinking over" the question of whether
or not he shall cease the practice OF
chircpractic, seek a license to practice
nediine or go to the penitentiary on
charge OF practicing medicine without
license. He was granted two days IL
which to ''think it over" by Governor
Wilson G.. Harvey here today when h
was brought to Columbia by the sheriff
Of Charleston county to begin soda,
sentence in the state prison
New York.-Captain John L. Wade
tughoat man, whose bravery in the res
cue of passengers from the burning ex
cursion steamer General Slocum in tn
East river, June 10, 1904. won him
congressional medal died today. Wade
tugboat was towing a coal barge whe
the plight OF the General Slocurn. carry
ing 1881 Sunday school members on
outing was seen. Wade and his sna
crew dared the mass OF flames, formed
human chain from the steamer to tn
tug and carried frantic women and chill
dren to safety, Only 4o7 were saved.
Jacksonville -Taree deputy sheriffs Q
Duval county were notified by Sheriff
Merritt today that they would be dis
missed at end OF this week. They ver
A. J. Brisance. L. NJ. Dyal and Milo \
Halsell. The sheriff said the men wer
to be let out in the interest OF econom
in his department
Washinston.--The story Of efforts
make nation of better grown ups b
perfecting the health OF its children an
making them happier was told tonight a
the annual convention here Of the Amer
lean Child Hygiene Association, by Sec
rotary Hoover. its retiring president
is the hope. Mr.. Hoover said. that event
uaIIy ten policemen may be replaced b
one community nurse"
Kansas City. Mo.-Police today wer
searching for negro who late last nief
held NJ two pullman cars OF Santa
train No. the California Limited 500
after it pulled out Of the Union static
here. and robbed the passengers OF 6
. undetermined amount Of each and je"
elry. The negro boarded the rear ca
just as the train lstt the station an
completed the robbery before the ci;
limits was reached.