davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02

OYS have the greatest respect for the fellows who
- play square. The boy who cheats, who breaks the
rules of the game may to be successful; he may
claim the fruits of temporary victories, but he is
discovered in wrong doing he has lost than in all
the hollow victories he seems to have gained His play
fellows view him with suspcon he has lost the priceless
possessions of confidence and trust
The world is ready to cheer for the fellow who
will honestly lose and find victory in losing. The world
has nothing but contempt for him who seeks victory by
a conduct that short-crcuits character.
When the New England baseball league brought its
among the fans The two teams that played off for the
pennant had each two games in the final contest
The beachers packed to witness the last strug
gle that should decide.
In the last half of the ninth inning the score stood
to / against the team at bat There two outs;
air. the grandsand tense the pitcher drove in the
ball. the batter swung at it; the grandstand sprang to
it's feet-a phenomenal hit The ball shot upward and
outward it started journey to Mars The fielder
raced to the of the grounds it desperate
race; the ball coming down. The keeper of the
grounds had not calculated that any ball would ever be
driven so far. Along the fence there was margin of
tall grass into this the fielder raced to meet the earth
bound ball He sprang for it and with it fell into the
grass The crowd stood breathless. Then from the
grass the fielder and held high the ball in his hand
an evidence that he had made the CATCH that he had
made OUT completed the inning the game gained
the pennant for his team. The moment was his The
fans of his city spent their wild enthusiasm in maddenng
cheers.
Then all changed The hand that held the ball high
was lowered and the head that had risen deianty out
of the tall grass sank and shaken negatively The
cheering ceased funeral silence lay the beachers
like cloudy blanket But only for moment
Then went up cheer such fans seldom hear It
not fractional cheer for victory; it was a united
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02

cheer for honor The rooters for both teams let loose
their lungs. The fielder had won victory that
above the pale of remnants.
He who hung his head in humiliation was lifted into
the glory of heroism by men who admired who
dared umpire himself honestly who could be fair by
his opposing team by his team who could put the
Golden Rule upon baseball diamond and make it thing
of matchless glory.
Every is instinctively honest. Every man
wants to be honest But the hunger for success the ear
that aches to hear his fellow cheer ofttimes duL
the conscience to compromise with self to shade the truth
with shallow falsehood. But each such compromise
makes more blunt and bending that conscience which
the prop Of character And victory real victory comes
only to those who have made character the Gibraltar OF
their lives.
The boy who learns to play the game squarely viii
become the who plays the game of life squarey who
VIII take no mean advantage, who knows that game
is ever won unless it is rightly won.
Honesty is the duty of perfect obligation, imposed
by moral and positive law. Honor obeys selfimpoSed
obgaton it is the command from within and not IRON
without it is not the umpires decision of your perform
ance; 1t IS your own judgment of yourself.
One honor won is the foundation on which you lay
piled up with stones missing and gaps unguarded o
keystoned arches Men are measured by the masonry
of their character
The top of honor is a slippery place. The fielder
Laced great temptation when he rose from the ID.
grass. But the temptation to be true to himself was
greater than the temptation to be false to a Zoe.
There came to him the greatest honor ever o.
queathed from the bleachers to player in the Ne"
England league
The boy who gains the trust of his playfellows Is
the community will trust. His name is the on" ma
posterity writes with honor. And this is more
than gold, more glorious than the cheers of a he
throng
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02

Don't you think 1t would pay u
become a reader and user CT the =
Ads?
reader.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02
EIGHT SENTENCED
BY JUDGE SHEPPARD

Judge William B. Sheppard oiled up his
sentence passing machinery in the United
States court yesterday.
Eight defendants, who had either plead
ed guilty or been convicted by juries,
were arraigned and sentenced. Six OF the
eight sentences imposed were for viola
tions of the national prohibition act, one
for violating the Mann white slave act and
another for conspiracy to snuggle aliens
and liquor.
Sixty days in the Escambia county Jail
and fine Of 800 was imposed on George
Crookes' and Charley Stroud found guilty
of possessing a moonshine still and having
liquor in their possession. Harry Crookes,
on the same offense, was fined $50.
Jimmie Edmunson, J. A. Maloney and
Steve Sanchez pleaded guilty Of selling
liquor. They were each sentenced to pay
$50. These defendants were arrested We'd
nesday on capiases after they were alleged
to have sold liquor to Prohibition Agent
Mitchell.
D. D. Dean, convicted Of violating the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02
HAS A WOMAN RIGHT
TO TAKE OWN LIFE?
By MILTON BRoNNER

LONDON, Dec. HAS a woman q
right to commit suicide?
Should she be sent to prison for at
tempting destruction?
The law says mo" to the first ques-
ton and Eyes" to the second. But a
score of the most distinguished persons
in Great Britain protest the law is
wrong.
The controversy, growing spectacular
revclves around Mrs. Maud HILBERT, sur
vivor in a suicide pact with man.
After lying in Jail six weeks awaiting
trial on a charge of attempting suicide,
she was convicted and sentenced to
serve nine months in prison at hard
labor.
Half of Mrs. Hibbert's sentence has
gone by and petitions for clemency have
been sent to the home secretary, urging
that she was lied away by the man,
has already suffered punishment .
and that such a punishment is not cal
culated to increase her respect for life
ncr act as a deterrent to others"
Drinkwater's View.
Says John Drinkwater, famous play
wright, one of the signers Of the petit
ton:
Before a woman reaches a frame OF
mind which leads to such an act she
must have endured the greatest possible
mental agony. To keep her in prison
on top of that seems to- me both cruel
and futile"
Stephen McKenna, novelist. says:
az hold the view that anybody's slife
is the property of that particular per-
son. If you wish to take your own life
you ought to be allowed tc do so. Sui
eide often is hard on ones family, but
don't think any department of the
government has the right to keep people
alive if they don't want to live"
Interest is Widespread.
The case is attracting great attention
because in some cases under the British
law the survivor in a double suicide
pact can be indicted for murder as well
as for attempting suicide.
Petitioners for clemency for Mrs. Hib-
bert include Viscountess Rhonda, coal
operator and suffragist; May Sinclair,
novelist; Mrs. Wintringham, member of
Parliament: Miss Clemence Dane, play
wright; George Bernard Shaw, John
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MANN WILL BE
CONDUCTED TODAY
President, Cabinet and Supreme
Court Invited to Attend Rites
i'm Hall of House.
nv Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. Funeral serv-
ices for Representative James r. Mann
of Illinois, who died at his home here
last night, will be held tomorrow after
noon In the hall of the house of repre-
sentatives, where he served in peaceful
and stormy days, for more than quar-
ter of a century.
There will be eulogies by his asso-
ciates. The rites will be conducted by
Rev. James Z. Freeman. rector Of Epi-
phany Episcopal church, Washington,
which Mr.. Mann attended, and DR.. J..
Shera Montgomery, the house chaplain.
Late in the day the body, in charge Of
a congressional escort Of honor, will be
taken to his old home at Chicago for
burial Monday.
The president, the cabinet, the SUI
preme court, the diplomatic corps and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02
COVERNOR'SDAY
WILL Be A BIG
EVENT IN CITY.
Dedication of Landing
Field in Memory of
Commander Cory
Main Feature.

Governors day, next Thursday. will be
a big day in Pensacola. formal in
vitation from the Chamber Of Commerce
to participate in the celebration 10 take
place during Governor Cary A. Hardee'
visit was received by the Kiwanis club
at its regular meeting and luncheon AT
the San Carlos hotel yesterday.
Besides Governor IIardee several other
prominent Florida men will be in the
city, including Hon. William NJ. Cory
member of the state road department
from this district.
The new landing field near Gouldins
will be dedicated to the memory OF
Lieut.. Commander William Cory, son
OF W. NJ. Cory, and a program in which
every person in Pensacola may take part
has been arranged.
Public Reception.
From four to six o'clock Thursday aft
ernoon, Immediately following the exer-
clses at the landing field, the Kiwanis
club and the Pensacola Woman's club
win give a public reception at the San
Carlos hotel in honor of Florida's chief
executive and visiting notables.
The Kiwanis club will also join in the
parade to the Cory landing field, which
forms in front of the San Carlos prompt
~ at two o'clock, 1t was announced by
President Fred Marsh.
Secretary A. J. Cash, of the Young
Mems Christian Association, explained
briefly the membership drive now being
staged by the local "Y'' for 800 new
members and urged the Kiwanis club
and its individual members to support
the campaign.
Copies of the first edition of 'Kiwanis
News of Pensacola" a weekly feature of
The Journal hereafter, were distributed
among the members at yesterday S
meeting. This is a combination news
and advertising page devoted TO the in
terests of Pensacola kiwanians and will
appear each Thursday in The Journal,
carrying announcements for the regular
weekly meetings which are held on
Thursdays.
journal to Expand.
Kiwanian Gordon Smedley, advertis-
Ing manager of The Journal announced
that beginning next Tuesday or Wednes-
day The Journal will take on metro
plltan appearance, changing from seven
60 eight columns. In this connection he
stated that the additional Is members
who did not get in the first edition of
Kiwanis News will be taken care of.
Pensacola now has, it was explained,
one Of the 200 or more Kiwanis pages
printed in the United States and Canada.
Dr. Clarence Hutchinson called atten-
tlon of the club to the nearness of Christ
mas and moved that q committee be ap-
pointed to cooperate with the charitable
organizations and bodies to see what
step the kiwanLs club should take in
helping provide q Christmas tree for the
poor children of Pensacola President
Marsh appointed Dixie Curtiss, chairman
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02
Anniversary Sale at
White Pharmacy

More than 100000 prescriptions have
been filled by the Whites Pharmacy
during the twenty years the business has
been operating in Pensacola, it was stat
ed by w. II. White, owner and man
ager, yesterday. Beginning today, Mr..
White opens a sale at his store in cele-
bration of the twentieth anniversary Of
his business.
Mr.. White was formerly a member Of
the board of pharmacy and has active
supervision of all prescriptions filled at
Whites Pharmacy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02
CANADIAN VILLAGE AFLAME

MONTREAL. Dec. IA fire, visible
from Montreal, was raging tonight in the
village OF Terrebonne, Is miles from this
city. Due to the lack of direct communi-
cation between the village and Montreal,
the nature and extent of the fire has not
been learned. The village has a popula-
Of about 5000. Two hours after the reflec-
ton OF the flames became visible in the
SKY here, 1t was reported that the con-
flagation threatened to destroy the town.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02

white slave act growing out Of the bring
ing of two women TO Pensacola from
Mobile, was sentenced to so days in jail
The eighth sentence passed was on
D. NJ. Rice, who was given four months
from August 1. He has completed his SEN
tence. Rice was involved in the Chinese
and liquor smuggling conspiracy heard
in federal court last week. He pleaded
guilty.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02
Real Artists
In Support of
Wallace Reid

There's no dearth of talent in the cast
chosen to support Wallace Reid in his
new Paramount picture 1.-THE Ghost
Breaker" which will be the feature at
the Isis theatre tomorrow.
Lila Lee, the leading woman. plays
Marchesa Maria Theresa, a Spanish girl
and owner of an ancient castle in which
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02

the ghost episodes Of the new ID
transpire. Miss Lee IS proving Ii
capable and popular In Spanish \
this being the third successive ps-
that type she has portrayed. The 4
two were with Mr.. Reid in 'Ths
tator," and as the wife Of Gaz
played by Rodolph Valentino, the 50
Blood and Sand"
Walter Hers, who is featured
ploys burnt cork for the first til
his screen career. He has an
comedy role as Rusty Snow, the z
valet of Warren Jarvis. the hsFo
great deal Of fun will be derived (
the ghost scenes in the old Spg
castle when Jarvis and Rusty enco1
the armored rpirits and Rusty al
turns white with fright, he haTl
particular aversion to ghosts
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02

of the committee last year. DR.. Hutchin-
son and Adrian Langford.
With the singing of "Suwanee River
by the entire membership, led by Secre-
tary Seaburg, the meeting closed.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-08-18
Stories of B, Elmo
Scott
uaoai Scouts Watson
g. Western Newspaper Union
THE EXPLOIT OF PIONEER
SCOUT ANDREW POE

Andrew and Adam Poe, two broth
ers. were scouts In the pioneer days
of Ohio. One day when the Poe
brothers were leading party on the
trail of a band of Indians who had
ralded the settlements. they left their
men TO try TO locate the savages- The
brothers became separated. On the
bank of river Andrew came upon
giant WyandOt chief and smaller
Indian who were standing with their
rifles cooked but looking In another
direction.
Poe's rifle missed fire when he shot
nj the chief and the Indians at once
discovered him. Before they could
shoot, the scout sprang upon them.
Selling beth around tine neck. The
small Indian jerked loose first and
while The chief held Poe, his CON-
paniOn tried To get in IA death blow
with his tomahawk. Andrew allowed
him to come close. Then with one
mighty kick he planted his foot In the
Indians stomach, hurting him back
ward and knocking the Ratchet from
lis hand.
When the little Indian got his breath
back and recovered his tomahawk, he
advanced 10 the attack again and sue
ceeded In woundlng Poe In the arm.
A second later the scout pulled HIM
self from the grasp of the chief, seized
one Of the Indians guns and shot the
warrior as he advanced to attack him
n third time. Poe was no longer hight
Ing against odds and he Immediately
attacked the chief.
The ground was wet and slippery.
In another moment the Indian and the
white man. locked In each others
arms. fell into the water and each be-
gan trying To drown the other. Final
ly Poe seized his enemy by the scalp
lock and held his head under water
until he believed the chief was dead.
When he released his hold. however.
the redskin renewed the struggles BY
this time they were fighting in deep
water. Seemingly ut the same time
both thought of the one loaded rifle on
the shore and both started 10 swim to
get IL. The Indian was the better
swimmer and reached the bank first.
AS the chief picked up the gun. Poe
turned back In the water and began
diving To avoid bullet. The chief.
however. had picked mp an empty gun,
the one with which Andrew had killed
the little Indian. aud before the Wyan-
dot could get the loaded weapon,
Adam Poe. vino had heard the shot,
came running "a hls't.othcr's rescue.
He fred and the Indssn felI dead
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-08-18
Sf0rIoc nj b. Elmo
Scott
Great Scouts Watson
q, Western Newspaper Union.
BEN CLARK, WHOM THE INDI-
ANS CALLED "MI-E NO-TO-WAH."

When General Clusters Fighting
/ Seventh charged down upon Chief
Black Kettles Cheyennes on the
Washita to the tune OF 'Garryowen"
that cold November morning In. 1865.
at his side rode a man whom the In
dlans recognized, and they shouted to
each other Look out for Red Neckl
He's a dead. shot!"
Clark played an important part in
Clusters campaigns that year. but his
most valuable services were performed
as a scout for Gen. Nelson Miles in
the war with the Cheyennes, Arapa-
hoes, COmanches and Kiowas in 1874.
His greatest feat was his part in the
rescue Of the Germaine sisters, two
little white girls who had been cap
tured when their parents were muir
dered by raidlng Cheyennes in their
Kansas home.
Two of the girls, Adelaide and Julia
Germaine, We're recaptured from the
cheyennes when Lieut. Frank Bald
win struck the camp of Chief Gray
Beard so suddenly that the Indians
bad no chance to kill their prisoners.
as they usually did. The girls in
formed General Miles that two of
their sisters. Catherine and Sophia.
Germaine, still were held by another
band of the Cheyennes.
Ben Clark Immediately set out TO
discover where they were. After a
long search he found that they were
I'm the camp of Chief Stone Calf. Gen
eral Miles secured photograph of
Julia and Adelaide and Oh the back
ot II he wrote Il message TO the other
sisters. telling them that every effort
was being made to rescue them. He
gave this message 10 u friendly In
dian who visited Stone Calls camp
and, unobseryed by the Indians.
slipped 1t into the hand of one of the
girls.
The general next sent n message
to Stone Calf. demanding his surren-
der and telling him that no mercy
would be shown his warriors unless
the GeImaine girls We're brought 40
the nearest army post alive and I'M
harmed. In u short time Stone Calf
came in to the Cheyenne agency. sur
rendered his white captiyes and all
four sisters were reunited. Ben
Clnrk's scouting had not been In vain.
When the Gheyennes were finally
subdued, CLARK settled down nj Fort
Reno. Okla. with them. He became
their Interpreter In all their dealings
with the white men. and the Chey-
ennes came to honor "Red Neck" as
much as they had feared him when
ina was fighting against them. Later
ne was custodian of old Fort Reno.
and when he died few years ago.
after more than 30 years In the gov
eminent service. his passing was
nourned by white and red men alike.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-08-18
Ef0f1pS ar BY Elmo
Great Scouts Watson v.ss
THE IRON NERVE OF SAM
HOUSTON, THE vIRGINIAN
@. Western Newspaper Union

Courage and daring were qualities
characteristic OF all the scouts who
won their right to fame in frontier his
tory, but for iron nerve and pure grit
Sam Houston was the peer Of them all.
Perhaps he Inherited his fortitude
from his father, who was soldier
In the Revolution perhaps during his
long stay among the Cherokee Indi-
ans he learned that n warrior bears
pain without llnching.
Houston was a virginian who had
entered the army and risen to the rank
of ensign at the outbreak of the Creek
war In 1919. Gen. Andrew Jackson.
"Old Hickory" had taken the field
against the Greeks and, after series
of battles in which the Indians werc
defeated. they made a last stand at
their fortified encampment, Tohopeka,
In the Great Horseshoe bend of the
Tallapoosa river, Ala.
During the assault on this fort. a
barbed arrow struck Houston In the
thigh. lie tried TO pull 1t out, but
ihc WIS
Calling TO soldier, Houston com
handed him TO extract the shaft.
Twice the man tried and failed, then
begged to be relieved Of the task when
he saw the unSpeakable torture he
was causing.
Try again." commanded Houston.
"And IL you fail, I'll run you through
with my sword"
The third attempt was successful.
and as the barbed shaft was torn
from the flesh, IL was followed by
gush of blood. General Jackson. see
ing Ioustou's wound. ordered him tn
the rear. The young ensign waited
until Jackson had passed on, had a.
surgeon bind up the wound. and in a
few minutes he was back in the thick
Of the fighting.
The high peak In HouSton's adven-
turous life came I'm 1896 when. eat the
head OF little army of So Texans.
with the battle cry Of Remember the
Alamol" on their lips. he defeated the
hordes OF Santa Anna. the Mexican
dom for Texas. He was elected first
president of the Lone star republic.
At the outbreak Of the Civil war.
Houston, who was governor of Texas.
was bitterly opposed to the secession
OF that state from the Union. The
Confederates forced him 10 resign.
They required all men over sixteen TO
register and To carry pass while
travelling. Houston refused TO do
either. Once they stopped him and
demanded his pass. ~San Jacinto Is
my pass through Texas" Numbered
the brave old man as he rode On.
Houston died at his home in Hunts
Vile July ~. 1863. with the name OF
Texas on his lips
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-08-18
EfOrCpS ar BY Elmo
Great Scouts Watson
ROCKY MOUNTAIN TOM AND
THE BLOODY ESPINOZAS"
l.. {. Jarvis c. & M.
.. Western Newspaper Union.

Back Ia the sixties In the Colorado
gold camps around Pixies Peak the
warning '"Ihe Bloody Espinozas are
coming!" struck more terror To the
hearts of the miners than the dread
cry OF Indians IndIansw The
Bloody ESplnozas were two Mexicaps
brothers. The older, Juan Esphioza,
believed that he had special mission
To kill all Americans. lie ambushed
them In the daytime and crcpt upon
them at night. Ills record of murders
Is said To have totalcd 81.
Ia 1853 he killed two well-known
prospectors of California Gulch, near
Leadyllle. Their comrades vowed
vengeance on the Esplnozas, and after
"A long chase and hard battle. they
killed the youngest brother Juan es-
capped and the next year he was back
I'm his old haunts In the SaDgre dc
Crlsto mountains rObbing stage
coaches and wagon trains and muir
dering settlers and miners. He took
his nephes with him ON these raids,
and they grew so bold that a reward
Of 81 500 was offered for their capture.
dead or alive.
At this time there was living at
Fort Garland n little Irishman called
Rocky Mountain Tom. Tom Tobn
was his real name, and he was close
friend Of Kit Carson. He was one Of
the best mountain trailers
When the report Of the Espinozas'
latest murder was brought TO the fort
Tobin Immediately volunteered to 20
after the bandits. Setting out alone,
he took their trail and stuck with II,
although II led into the widest parts
of the Sangrc de Cristos. Late one
evening he saw from distance two
men cncamped under the shelter OF
a shelving roc, above little stream.
Stalking the two bandits as he
would Wild animals. the scout crept
closer and closer. lie knew they could
not be taken alive. and he dared not
take the chance Of missing his first
shot. The McXicans were crouched
over n tiny dame warming their hands.
hut In the dim light they offered poor
target even for so good marksman
as Rocky Mountain Tom.
At last Juan Espinoza rose. He
stretched both arms wide. forming with
his body a project cross and present
ing target which doomed up plainly
against the background of sky aaow
with the sunset. Tobin fired instantly
and the Mexican murderer fell dead
acroSs his camp fire. The nephew
scrambled To- his feet The scout fired
again. and the last Of the Esplnozas
dropped dead
A few days later Tcbin walked into
Fort Garland. carrying a sack. and de-
manded n reward OF Sl,5o0. The sack
contained the heads OF the Bloody Bs-
pinuzas