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The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
Erastus Brainerd,
Editor, Is Dead
(By Associated Press)

SEATTLE, Dec. 25.-Erastus Brain
erd. formerly editor of the Post-In-
telligencer, and long a leader in pub
lie life in this state, died today. Mr..
Brainerd. who became editor of the
Post Intelligencer in 1900 and retired
from that position in 1911, has been
in failing health, but his friends Were
not aware that death was near.
Mr.. Brainerd was born. in Middle
town, Conn, in 1855, and graduated
from Harvard university. He was ap-
pointed curator of engravings at the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1875.
After two years at that position he
travelled two years in Europe and
then turned to newspaper work. He
was connected with the editorial
staffs of the Times and the World in
New York and the Press in Philadel-
phia and the Constitution in Atlanta.
He was editor in chief of the Star
in Atlanta, the News in Philadelphia
and the Press Times and the Post In
telligencer in Seattle.
Mr.. Brainerd declined appointment
as governor of Idaho, offered him by
President Arthur. He was land COM
missioner of this state from 1898 to
1897.
Mr.. Brainerd was the author Of the
Gallery Of Great Artists, a photo
graphical and descriptive work in
five volumes mad Of a history OF
Alaska and klondike.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
Hundreds of Riddles Made
Happy by st. Nicholas Girl

or, little barefoot boys and girls. all
ages, all sizes, all eager to clasp some
toy in their tiny little hands all for
their very own.
The children were admitted into the
room a dozen or more at one time to
hear a CHEEKY voice proclaim: "A
Merry Christmas.'' And the eager,
childish expression seen on their faces
as they received their gifts! Two toys
for each one. and a horn, too. and a
pair of stockings chuch full of candy
and fruits. Bats ana balls and dolls
that say mama" and many smaller
toys gladdened the hearts of children,
who, unlike the majority of children
in Pensacola, are not blessed with the
better things of life.
If every person who contributed in
any way to the st. Nicholas Girl toy
and doll fund could have been in the
council chamber of the city hall and
watched the co-worllers of Santa
Claus distribute the gifts they would
have been touched. They would have
resolved then and there to contribute
again next year-every year.
"Of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven" so spake Christ of the lit
tie child. 'And if ye have done it
unto the least of these my brethren,
you have done it also unto me-"
Is it not so? 49,
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
Mobilize For
Entertainment
State Teachers
(Rv Assoclated .Ecessl


JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 25.-Under
the direction of George NJ. Lynch,
city superintendent of schols. all the
available facilities for the entertain
ment and service Of the thousand-o odd
teachers who will attend the Florida
Teachers Association convention here
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday are
to be mobilized tomorrow.
Chief among Lynch's aids will be
local and county teachers. B They
have been assigned to hotels, which
have arranged, special reduced rates,
and to other places where they can
be OF service TO the visitors. The
chamber of commerce has lent its aid
with the motor club, in the procuring
Of cars for special "trip to PassA-
Grille beach Friday afternoon. The
junior chamber Of commerce Of the
high school will help the senior cham
Der by acting as a bureau of informa-
tion, and city advertising agency.
The Woman's Club has arranged a
reception for the supper hour Friday
for the teachers who do not desire to
attend the Pass Grille outing. The
junior Woman's Club will assist
PaEieS on the program, however.
have been 49, forced into the back!
ground by the number of meetings
and conferences which have been ar
ranged.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
MOONSHINERS ARE,
HELD FOR DEATH
OF OHIO PATRON
One Killed, Two Blinded and
Score Made Ill By Poison
ed MOOnShine
(By Associated Press)

SHELBY, Ohio, Dec. e5.-Phillip
Weiganott, Sc, and Lester Elston, 35,
tonight are being held to the Richland
county grand jury on charges of
murder in connection with the death
yesterday OF Ralph Longley, %, after
he drank moonshine whiskey at a
christmas party Two other men
who partool1 of the liquor We're blind
I'd and a score were made i'll. Ell
ston was arrested today on his forty
acre farm on a warrant sworn to by
Weiganott.
When arraigned both men admitted
selling the liquor, which the author
tiles believe contained wood alcohol,
but pleaded not guilty to the charges
of murder.
An investigation into Longley's
death was being conducted today by
Corner Lebere. Samples of the
whiskey have been sent to the state
chemist for analysis. When officers
still and six gallons of liquor. Elston
arrested Eiston they Confiscated
said, according to the officers, that
he had been making the whiskey for
several months and that no deaths
from it had occurred previous to that
of Longley. He said he purchased
the farm last October and formed a
partnership with Weiganott, the lat
ter disposirg of the product while
Elston devoted his time to manu-
facture, the authorities said he told
them.
Robert Blake and Earl Clinebell,
who were blinded last night, were
said to be dying. vii recover, physi-
clans said tonight.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
DRUNKEN HUSBAND
KILLS His WIFES
MOTHER AT JAX
Staggers Into Home While
Family and Relatives Make
Merry Around Tree.
CRv Associated Pressl

JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 25.-Claud-
ius E. Gibson, 80 years old, stagger-
ed drunkeuly into his home tonight
where his family and relatives made
merry around Christmas tree, fired
five times at his wife and instantly
killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Agnes
Gore, aged 55. Gibson was suodued
by members of the family and taken
to the city jail. Later he was lodged
in the county jail for safe-keepinS.
Mrs Gore was the mother of Po-
ficenlan RnRHs NJ. Gore.
Gibson and his wife lived with Mrs,
Gore in East Jacksonville. The shoot
ing occurred at the height Of the
Christmas carnival; sort of an annual
reunion for the Gore family. The
party was dancing and singing. Glib
son suddenly appeared at the door
and without warming ope1ed fire on
his wife. She was unhaTmed. AT
the first shot the mother ran to Glib
son and grappled with him for pos
session of the pistol. The fifth shot
found its way in her neck and she
fell to the floor, dying Instantly. The
other four shots had taken place in
the walls.
ily,- no other reason than Gibson's In
toxication can be assigned for his
act. He and his wife had had no
quarrel.
Gibson is coffin maker.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
Planes Fly Over
Central America

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Dec.
25.-The capital cities of the repub-
lies of Central America soon will be
linked together. by airplane service
for passengers and mails, if ambiti-
GUS plans to this end. encouraged by
the government of Honduras, are
CARRIED out successfully.
An Italian aviator. Luis Stornaiou-
10, is now here with six Italian and
three French planes. Headquarters
are at TegucigaIpa, and the first
flights are expected the end Of De-
cember.
The Imagination of the Hondura-
mean people has been so much stirred
by stories from the outside world of
the possibilities of aviation, that
they recently bought an airplane by
public subscription.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
Greyhound Racing
Opens at Miami

MIAMI, Dec. 25.-Six thousand per-
sons saw the opening OF the second
annual greyhound racing meeting
here this afternoon. Four new track
records were hung up and one old one
was tied, 4 new turf coat over the
track having replaced the former sand
and making the time much faster.
In the feature event of the after
noon, the Miami Christmas stake.
carrying Il purse Of $500, Mission Boy,
last years champ. owned by Law
renee Freeman. Of Tulsa, Okla, de-
feated Racing Ramp, from the kennel
of Louis Baxter, OF Gary. Ind, and
regained the title which the latter took
from him at rue chicago meeting last
summer. Mission Boy negotiated the
three -eiEhts Of a mile in 40 2-o sec
onds. a new track record.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
Tug Cornell With
Crew Probably Lost
(By Associated Press)

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 25.-The
mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of the tug Cornell, missing Tor
four days. remained unsolved tonight
and for the first time, it was con =
ceded by naval men that the tug.
with its crew of eight, probably had
gone down. Four tugs which spent
Christmas cruising Lake Erie re-
ported late today they failed to Tina
any trace of the missing vessel
That the Cornell thoroughly dried
out by more than season Of mac
tivity had taken fire and that the
crew h3d sacrificed its chances or
escape bv remaining too long to fight
the flames was the explanation most
commonly suggested by Cleveland
vessel men tonight.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
BEGIN CALCULATING
u. S. WEALTH JAN. l
(Bv Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The
decennial determination by the CEN
sus bureau Of the wealth of the peo-
pie of the United States, what taxes
they pay and the amount or the"
public debts-state, county ana city
and cher sub divisions permitted 10
issue securities-will be started Jan
uarv /. Officials said today their
plans were virtually complete for the
work. which, it is expected will be
ACCOMPLISHED in about six months.
Much interest attaches to the CEN
sus Of the public debts because OF
the move for a constitutional amend
msnt prohibiting the further issue OF
tax ernpt bonds. and because 1t Is not
now known the. length to which the
sale OF tax-empt securities have gone.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
French ReparatiOns
Program Still Far
From Being Ready

PARIS. Dec. 25.--The French pro-
gram of Teparations guarantees is
still far from complete, it is under
stood, following yesterdays confer
ence attended by Premier Poincare
and members Of his cabinet, President
Barthou of the reparations commits
sion and other officials.
A full weeks work yet remains be-
fore the plan will be in shape for
presentation to the allied premiers at
their conference here beginning Janu-
ary >. The points on which no agree
ment were reached yesterday Include
the proiect to take over the customs
administration Of the Rhineland as a
productive guarantee and the means
to be taken to hasten, in accord with
the other. allies. the ftotation OF an
interna tionaI loan to enable Germany
to stabilize the mark and pay repara-
tions.
The government IS emphasizing
through the newspapers that no mill
tary measures for the seizure of ter
ritory are contemplated, but merely
ST cps to assure the payment Of the
Preparations due France under the
Versailles treaty.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
Employment Situation Is
Encouraging, Says Report
Conditions Through
out Southeast Re
ported Generally
Favorable
(Bv Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The en-
ployment situation is encouraging
and prospects are bright for the re-
mainder of the winter, according to a
survey just completed by the employ
ment service of the department of
labor. Nearly all states reported a
condition much better than at this
time last year, and the situation was
described as fair to good in most
sections.
States affected by seasonal suspen-
sion of logging operations or farm
work, and those where transportation
is hampered by strikes and car short
ages, We're the only ones reporting
unfavorable, and in all of them inn
proyement was expected soon after
the first of the year.
Building operations throughout the
country were rep = d holding pace
almost unprecenuented, only few
states in the north showing a slowing
up because Of the weather.
Steel Industry Expands.
The manufacturing states, almost
without exception, reported shortages
of skilled mechanics. Textile mills
were running full blast and needed la
Dor. The automobile industry also
Dor supply about eQualled the demand.
The stee Industry showed a general
expansion, with demand for all kinds
labor and the call for metal workers
generally exceeded the supply.
Employment conditions in the
southeast were shown to be generally
favorable and We're expected to re-
main so for the remainder of the sea-
son. Only two states, Tennessee and
Virginia, reported declines. The stu
alton was only fair. in Tennessee,
where a general slackening Industry
was revealed, but prospects were sa1d
to be good for the beginning OF the
new year. Car shortage caused con
siderable unemployment in the coal
mines of Virginia. where the building
trades also slumped, and while factory
employment was not small, 1t was not
sufficient to absorb the surplus from
other industries, and immediate i'm
provement was not indicated.
Highly satisfactory employment
conditions were reported in Alabama,
with only slight unemployment due
to cessation OF highway construction.
The situation in Georgia was de-
scribed as fair, with a large increase
in cotton mill employment and con-
tinued demand for lumber mill Wo7i-
eTs.
A slight increase in employment
was shown in Louisiana in the sea
sonal occupations, with an ample sup
nIv of common labor, but demand and
supply were about equal for farm
workers.
North Carolina reported shortage
in common labor and farm help and
healthy demand for skilled labor Of
all kinds. while the textile mills were
running full blast.
In South Carolina, slight. surplus
of common labor was reported, al
though most industrial plants We're
onara. ng 100 per cent. The building
program was expected 10 absorb most
.f the unemployed after the first OF
the year.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
(5y GLADYS VAUGHAN0
| merry Christmas to all!

What cheer these words spoken by
the St. Nicholas Girl in clear ringing
voice brought TO hundreds of little
children as they assembled at the city
hail yesterday morning to look for
Santa Claus. And not only were their
childish hearts mace happy by this
CHEEKY vocal welcome, but their small
faces were manifestations of the joy
brought to them by the guardian an
Sel' through her gifts.
Dear old Santa Claus would not for
the world slight single little child,
but in his hurried rounds yesterday in
Pensacola missed many a home. But
the jolly and efficient old fellow that
he is, he several weeks ago chose an
able assistant and left many bags Of
toys to be distributed by her and her
helpers to the wee folks after his de-
parture.
And they came. these little child
ren to the city hail. for there, they
had been told, Santa would leave
something for them.
And to one who missed the joy of
being present mere words are incap-
able OF expressing the feeling occa-
stoned by the sight. Tiny, little tots,
with brother or sister, father or moth
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
HEAR ARM ENIA'S.
PLEA FOR Home
IN TURKEY TODAY
Turks Will Not Sit in Meet
ing; Say Armenia Should
Ask Turks
Alone.
Ry Associated Press)

LAUSANNE. Dec. 25.-The Armen
ian plea for the establishment Of an
Armenian national home in Turkey
will be presented to the Near East
conference tororTow by l'rc@ duat
Ncradunghian Pasha, OF the Armen-
ian national delegation. He WIS
once minister Of foreign aft2'rs IL
tie Turkish cabinet and has b aen- ~
yise,I TO appear before the sGh-cp'n-
mission on minorities to eXpia il tire
desires OF the Armenian -peoi"2,
The Turks have announced ,heir
decision not to attend this mec' ing,
For one thing. they say, they have
made up their minds definitely rot
to set aside any part Of Turkey for
the Armenians; for another, they as
sert that as the Armenians are Turk
iah subjects they should plead :hcir
cause before the Turks. not bcfcrr
the conference as a whole.
The Rev. George +. MOntSl IN ,rE,
Of New York and ConnectiCu-, dl-
rector of the Armania-America so
cietv. who is in Lausanns kboring for
the cause of the Armenian people,
said tonight that the goal of all the
friends Of Armenia was TO procure
naional home under conditions which
would provide some inspiration for
the Armenians in the future: ne had
not abandoned hope that some ter
ritory would be set aside for this pur-
pose.
lie estibated that a million Ar
nenians reside in Erivan, and 40e,-
600 in the trans Caucasus: there are
IO2, 900 in Greece and the Aegean
islands, 10000 in Syria and about
40. 900 refugees in COnstantinople.
The exodus has reduced the Armen-
ians in Asia Minor to 10000. He
thought that about 100000 would be
Immediately available for the propos-
ed national home
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
ChlOrOfOrn Family
and Steal Jewels
Valued At $40, 600
(Bv Aesociat'd Press)

CHICAGO. Dec. 25.-AftaT chIofo-
forming the wife. two children. ana
2 maid az the home Of Adam Schaai'
wealthy merchant, robbers looted the,
house and escaped with cash and
iewelrv estimated at $4,000. accordT
ing to a report made by the police
today. The robbery took place last
Thursday hut he news Of 1t was sup,
pressed at the time.
The robbery was discovered by NJ
Schaaf who is believed by the police
10 have escaped the effects of the
because he was sleeping IN
a separate room with open windows
and he Immediately summoned med
ical aid for the members Of his FAM
ilv and then reported the loss to the
police
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
NEXT CHAPTER
MOOREHOUSE
PROBELOOMS
Expect More Charges
of Murder in Mer
Rouge Cornmuni-
ty; McKoin Gone
CBy Associated Press)

BASTROP, La, Dec. 25.-The pro-
ability that the next chapter in the
Morehouse kidnapping investigations
would be written soon in Mer Rouge
doomed strongly here tonight.
Attorney General Coco's announces
ment in Marksville, La, where he is
spending Christmas, that the state
expected to jail at least six or seven
more in charges of murder in connecE
tion with the death Of Watt Daniels
and Thomas Richards, is expected to
be fulfilled in the AIer Rouge commu-
nifty
1t is believed that many of the men
the state suspects as ring leaders of
the August mob viii be served with
warrants before Jenuary ), the date
set for the open hearing here. De-
Yelopments at the hearing may bring
about the arrest of others. Federal
agents have declared they have the
names of 20 members of the mob.
An order was issued today denying
visitors permission to communicate
with Burnett except in the presence OF
an officer of the military detail. Bur
nett's friends who are many, are raj
lying to his support.
A conference of those conducting
the inquiry was announced today Tor
Thursday at New Orleans.
Department OF justice men are seek
ing to locate Dr. +. NJ. MCRoin' for
rner mayor Of Mer Rouge. wanted for
Interrogation. The mayor quit her
Rouge after an attempt was made to
assa ssinatc him. He went TO Monroe
and then 10 New Orleans and upan
departing from hesc declared ne was
cnroutc 10 Johns Hopkins university
at Baltimore for post graduate
course Efforts To locate him there
have failed ard his whereabouts IS
unknown TO offiria g. j wcs the at
tempt on his lie that is believed 10
have cuI:aina- ed in the event OF
August.
The open hearing as far as officials
in the state ,hoUse can re"2n, have
been held only twice in the states
history. once during the admlnistra-
ton or Governor Foster in the lyach-
ing of tfres- ftssr7ss sat jSe1tstts. n<;ir
New Orie2rz. All agei1 by G2vern3r
Hall Gt.ia.; il.e clcrtion fraud cases IN ]
Orleans par,@i ION several affid7-
wits were rctUrac.L
Mrs. NcKo,n. VIE Of the physician
ton'g.t informed ne%s02po~ her /,
husband was at JOINS H
BALTIMORE. Dec, 25-0ffieials of
Johns Hopkins university here today
denied any knowledge cf -" where
abouts of Dr. r. ". Nrkoin, former
may3r of der Rouge. who IS wanted
bv the department of justice agents
there for intcrrogat ton in c1nnection
with the Mo~ehou-e parish kiinapDing.
Or. AIcKoin was said to have come TO
tll.s city for a postgraduate course
At tne uniVergity.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
Bernhardt Shows
Big Improvement

PARIS. Dec. 25.--It seemed today
almost as though that mariclew hich
the medical men yesterday said was
necessary to save the life of the "di-
vine Sarah" had happened. Maurice
Bernhardt, her son, said this evening
that the improvement was so mark
ed that the doctors had permitted
several intimate friends TO visit the
patient.
Reports that Madame Bernhard
was dying spread throughout the city
Yesterday following her relapse in the
early morning hours, when she suf-
fered a fainting spell similar to that
with which she was first stricken
last Sunday during the final rehear-
Fl Of the new guitry play in which
s0e was to have appeared the follow
ing evening.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
ST. PETE ANGLERS GET
10000 POUNDS OF FISH

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 25. -
Anglers going into, the gulf TO-DAY
from Pass Grille brought in pa
king fish, weighing more than 1o'oOV
pounds, according to a report brought
to St. Petersburg tonight by Mayor
z. W. Jewett. a former resident OF MI
Vernon, y. Y.
George Roberts. famous tarpoh
guide. with a party composed OF Mts.
Arthur Hsssett and daughter, Miss
Tr.ere. Of Cincinnati, O., made the rec
ord for the day OF 2,02S pounds OF
king fish. Miss Hassett caught lo9
fish. averaging 10 pounds each. Pass
a-GriIle anglers report an unusually
large run OF king fish.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
ENJOYS HIS FIRST
PLANE RIDE AT SO

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec, .25.-H. ID,
Barker, 80 !. years old. winter visitor
from New Liberty, Ky, enjoyed his ms,
first airplane ride here today with
Lieutenant Albert Whitted, local aVi-
ator. The aged tourist was taken
through the clouds to an altitude Of
/. 500 feet before the aviator turned
the nose Of the seaplane Falcon to-
ward the water. Disdaining to use the
customary safety belts and GOGGLES
Barker made the sky journey unhan-
pered. He was the oldest air passen-
ger ever carried in St. Petersburg
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
Donation From
Ku KluX Klan

Commander Grimshaw Of the Saliva
ton Army received an unexpected
welcome contribution to the Christ
mas fund Saturday night. AS he was
walking past the Citizens and Peoples
Bank on PaIafox, he states, an un-
known man walked up to him and
handed him an envelope. Commander
Grimshaw did not open it until he
reached the citadel. Then he tore the
envelope open and out fell S25. a con-
tribution from the Ku KluX Klan.
The only inscription in the letter
was From Escambia Klan. No. 81"
This is the second s25 donat ton re-
ceived this Christmas. according to
the commanader. The donor Of the
first is unknown.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
PROHI OFFICER SHOT
DEAD IN DARK ALLEY
AZ Assoclated Pressl

STCEBENNILLE, OhloI bec' 20
Charley "Dickey" Blinn, state pro.
hibition officer was shot to death II
A dark alley in the Polish section 0
Steubenville last night. His boos
with . bullet wounds. one in the fore
head. and the other in the left should
er. was found shortly before midnight
BHnn. leader, Of a squad Of eight en-
forcement officers, for months haa
been. waging an active warfare O
bootleggers.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
TO WRECK
FAST FLIER FAILS
nv Associated Press)

CHICAGO Dec. 25.--An attempt to
wreck train number five Of the Santa
Fe railroad, a flisr carrying mail and
Several Pullman cars bound for Tex
as and Oklahoma. was reported By
the crew when the train reached
joliet, its first stop tonight. The
ergiueer waq slowing down for the
alton when he noticed several fig
'res ag9arente- working over the
rails. A sudae stop threw the pas
aongcrs rrom tAi' seats. He report
ed ,hat "a sgaIes had been drawn
from the .ics I'd the fish plates torn
side 01s .elnplets section of
rail- had 3ee5 iJosened.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
AoesE shoe cHAMP REApY.

ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. z3.-C. Z.
Davis, of Columbus, Ohio. who won
the national horse shoe pitching
championship here last February. ar
rived in the city today TO enter
training for the fifth annual tourna
ment to be held during the week Of
February 10. in which he will make
an effort TO regain his title, lost last
summer in Iowa.
The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-26
THROWN IN CHASE; DEAD.

..ASHL AND, Va, Dec. 23--Douslss
MALLORY, IS years old. son Of ". w.
Mallory. a farmer was ltiled near
here early today when he was thrown
from a horse. His head struck a
stump. fracturing the skull.
The youth. in company, with hunts
men from Ashland and Richmond. was
engaged in a fox chase. His horse
stumbled. throwing the rider from
the saddle and against the stump.
Death was instantaneous.