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to h j :! YY FLORIDA WEATHER wers Wednesday and orsdar. probably fair; mod- trate winds mostly west. READ THE WANT PAGE TODAY Be iur to have your Real Es tate. Business Chance. Automo bile and Help "Wanted advts. ap pear in The Journal. - n VOL. XXII-NO. 259. I o s G PENSACOLA, FLORIP A, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS Mill m :an troops in Siberia DEARLY CLASH WITH RUSSIANS BECAUSE OF COSSACK INSULT FIUHE TURMOIL DAT START WAR WITH SLAVOKIA HOW WOULD YOU LIKE 12 HOURS OF IT? flogginff by Russian Troops of Capt. Johns and Corporal Sperling Calk for Demand for Apology. HPX ACCUSED OF ABETTING RUSSIANS fliief of taff of Commander Craves Is on Way to'Wash ir.jrtori to Make Special Report ! on Ketcrit Incident. Sept. 30. Major Gen- : V.'i'.: m S. Graves,' commander Aje.ir .n forces? in Siberia has de an .ipciogy iroro uenerai i.-j ccramatd of Russian I rlar.iur province, for the Caiain L P. Johns, of'the '.'X Tr.:.v.i-r. and corporal Benjamin .Sl.'rc c f i!sJ 31st and the flogging t; .io 'at;cr i y Ccscacks commanded r Cfiitril Kuimir.kcff. An investi pi,7. of tiio conduct of a Japanese oiTcirr si Iwn, the place where the im-t t,f''i Place, also ha begun by i5w, jir.ano--e cemmaw!. The incident shich cc-'.rrt'a September 5 ta con Lrcd one cf tLo most serious since ihc ;.!fs lar.Jcd in Siberia. T.-.tf two Americans in uniform and i ( f'ici;;! business went to Iman, a v?. 17 rt rt.;K's north of this city on !, .vr-.tiOr; o tlie railroad guarded S- C'.w-vfO troops, passports being i-iii'-fCRry agreement between the While they were at a hotel iv:v. a. detachment of Cossacks en : rtd and arrested the Americans timing they Miere not provided with ij'.T.tificatii.-n papers. Captain Johns na.na?el to escape, and catching .a Mining train, went to Spasske, where j reported to the, American officer in fi in.ind. A detachment of 150 Amer : . as from the 27th regiment at once i .". -iir,l and went to Iman to effect ' .nine's release and on arriving there i -.;;tliroc Cossacks hostages. ' ; Tfcpy .found General Kalmmoff"? men fuivcched ne.tr" The nation krrd'were ; spared to uso force -. against them wi a Ja penes major interceded for tbo Cossacks,' stating it is alleged, t'.at In tho event of hostilities be tween iH Americans and Cossacks- the .'ar-ar. troops at Iman would side th tne latter. He at last told the Am?r'.cans Sperling had been taken to XUboiovsk, where General Kalminoff at h headquarters. Telegraphic de msnfl ;'er Sperling was sent to Kha crovtk and a reply was received that v-onU be released at once. The : ' icartf then returned to Spasske ' -g iheir hostages with them. preliminary investigation of the iilint shows, it is said, that Sper-'3!f-was flogged, a punishment that aua!:y meted out to a recalcitrant ,'Vack. General Kalminkoff. whois twiaer-?.i by Americans here as a vberian villa," has, with his band, n s constant source of trouble. It is 'af;!. his raid belne marked atrocities. He was re- 1 Pla nted military commander Khsborcvsk district by fien n'Aa.icit and Jt is alleged this '"u-'t ii increase In his actlvi- '-r'?on. Sept. 80. -Secretary .1 t-Mliy Maj- General c :rr:i?r.di:R the Anrerioan r. SibenV, had informed tha '-r. ir.rt an officer an? enlist ; K.J r.fpn hcli by Cossacks rpor, hU demand .nd " -ii'lfr hsd been referred 1o ' 0tva-t merit for 'srhsequent Supreme Council of Peace Con ference Much Concerned Over Inflamed .Conditions Along tl'e Adriatic. REPUBLICANS "HECKLE" WILSON OVER AFFAIR Ask Report of Part Taken by . American Forces Sailors and Marines Were Isot Landed at Request of Supreme Council. Paris, Sept. SO. The inflamed con ditions In the Adriatic region and the dissolution of the Italian parliament for the holding of a general election on Xovehber 16, as Rome dispatche3 announced yesterday, is giving the supreme council much concern, in view of the possibility of all the Balkans becoming involved in turmoil. In peace conference circles the ap proaching Italian elections are re garded as a struggle between the war and peace parties, or rather between the forces of the military side and those of socialistic and pacific ten dencies. While it appears that D'An nunzio and Flume will be chiefly in issue, the feeling is growing that as D'Aimunzio has indicated that his as pirations include far more than Flume, the Italian situation is daily becom'ng more of an international question. In view of the conditionsthe view is ex pressed here thai .th.Q fcgi tat Ion might flame Into war any day if, for in stance. & Jugoslav should happen to be killed by, Italian troops. Rome, Sept. 30. Orders closing tho Jugo-Slav frontier have led the chief of staff of the 26th Italian regular army corps at Abbazia . to interview Captain dlAnnunzio's chief of staff and discuss measures to be taken. This has resulted in the sending of some of Captain d'Annunzio's volunteers to hold the armistice line, according to the Epoca, which adds, "the event shows the cordial collaboration be tween the d'Annunzio troops and the regulars." The. correspondent of the Epoca says the blockade of Fiume is more severe than formerly, even mail being held at the frontier. - There is food sufficient for three months for the population of Flame. FEDERAL HELP ML BE ASKED AT CENTENNIAL Plans Being Perfected to Call Forv$10,000,000 Mass Meet ing at Garden Theatre Tomor row Night. i :nnt Mr. Baker aid had 'he reported interference officer with American ' ' 'c effect the release of the r-mrnt records." said the sec '': fhovr that an officer and Washington. Sept. 30. After further sharp criticism by Republicans of the senate and house today of the landing of American sailors at Trau.after Ital ian forces bad taken possession of the port, the senate adopted a resolution by Senator Xew, Republican, Indiana, requesting President Wilson to trans mit a report of the incident to the senate. Although not opposed by the Demo crats the resolution caused a lively row in which Senator Hitchcock, Democrat. Nebraska, charged the Re publicans with "heckling" President Wilson and also with deliberately fil ibustering to delay action on the peace treaty. Republican Leader Iodge denied that there had been any filibustering on the treaty, and soid there would be none. PENSACOLA PEP! - . - Pensacola goes on in its plans for making the Florida purchase centennial a great thing, despite the fact that the commission has not even decided there will be one, much less where it will be. We like that Pensacola spirit, for it is the spirit that makes centennial sucesses. Tampa Tribune. . Continued on Page Two) WEATHER REPORT. Pensacola. FIs.. Oct. 1. Sunrise . . . 6:42 Sunset . . . . 6:33 Moonrlse ... l;M5p Moonset . . ll:46p Next phase of the moon, first quar ter, Oct. 2. High tide'. . . 5:44a Low tide ... 2:21p hriBrT vterday's Weather, r-r t TCRE Ba.m 1p.m. p m. 2 ' 57 69 66 U . .-J- iowst. 60: mean. 73: nor .4 ": Paris, Sept. 30. Landing of Ameri can marines at Trau by Rear Admiral Andrews was not directed by the supreme council here, according to the American peace delegation. It was ex plained that when a party of Italians entered Trau and it was feared a clash might occur between the Italians and the Serbians, the Italian admiral on the scene appealed to the American admiral to intervene for the mainten ance of peace. This, it was added. Rear Admiral Andrews did as part of his regular duties of policing the Adriatic and without instructions from Paris. 4 ed dficlency this year to SV ror3 for October. 93 "Patt retrd for October. 33 ?an same date last year, 73. dee. deg. ndiST at 7 p. m., 0. T;Spte,nb'r to 7 P- 'm.. 0.76. V.!,,lor Ptember. 6.23 inches. .h:s'1 aeces, this year .to date. 'Tr ' , ' 1 . a, 1J.US r 1 i. m.. 29.97. STRIKE PACIFIC SHIP WORKERS IS THOUGHT AVERTED Washington. Sept. 30. A strike of Pacific coast shipyard workers is be lieved tonight to have been averted after a conference at which represen tatives of the shipping board and navy agreed to permit men to accept in creases offered by shipyards without the government sharing any additional expense. . ' San Francisco. Sept. 30. Permission by the shipping board for the Pacific coast shipyards to increase wages came too late to prevent a walkout in the San Francisco Bay district at midnight tonight, according to the members of the conference committee of the Bay Cities Metal Trades council. Pensacola is out to win a $10,000,000 appropriation from congress for the Florida purchase centennial when the city is named the site for the great exposition. So confident were the backers of the big show yesterday that the goal Is clearly in sight that plans were put in operation to secure gov ernmental aid. ' The entire membership of the com mission Is expected to go to Wash ington to. press the claims of Florida for such an appropriation. Prominent Pensacola citizens will probably ac company the delegation to the capital when once the official designation of the city as the exposition center is named. No date has yet been set for the decisive meeting in Tallahassee, John B. Jones, member o the state commis sion, said yesterday. . However, It will probably be between October first and tenth. Immediately after the meeting the members are expected to go to Washington to back tip their requests for an appropriation. 5 ' Registration of citizens for the cen tennial tour to Tallahassee are being made daily. There are three sets of lists, one at The Journal office, another at the Partridge Insurance Agency and a third at the office of Postmaster B. S. Hancock. Every man and woman in . Pensacola is urged to pull together to make the tour a tre mondous success. West Florida dele gation are ready to boost Pensacola at the Tallahassee meeting also and requests are coming. In . daily for Information.- . Another great mass meeting of cen tennial boosters is planned for tomor row night at the Barden theatre. Tentative plans for the C. T. T. will be made at this time and committee reports will be heard. TWOPLATOOMS OF FIREMEN TO BF ORGAIZEI New System Will Be Inaugura ted Today .When Twelve Ad -ditional Men Report to Chief Riera For Duty. In order to put the new, two pla toon system into effect in the fire de partment, ; twelve additional men will report for. duty today. The fire sta tion at Zarragossa and Jefferson streets will : be reopened and a horse drawn hose cart and company of fire men will be stationed there. ; Firemen in Pensacola will no long er be required to remain on duty 24 hours a day, nor will they be required to sleep at the fire stations, except in " cases of emergency. The new system is known as tho "two platoon" system and calls for two separate shifts who remain on duty 12 hours. : , - Chief. Riera is not going to select his men in a haphazard manner it was announced yesterday, but is go ing to require each applicant to un dergo a thorough examination. Apti tude for the fire fighting service will be taken - into consideration in mak ing the choice. John .Matthews who has been con nected wit. the local department for (Continued on Page TWO.) TROPICAL STORM IS REPORTED OFF ATLANTIC COAST Washington, Sept. 30. Reports re ceived late today by. the weather bu reau indicated a tropical storm off the Atlantic coast, approaching Georgia or the extreme southern South Carolina coasts and apparently moving north west. The bureau advised extreme caution to shipping in that vicinity. SITUATION OF BRITISH RAIL STRIKE CALMER Government Reports Offers of Voluntary Service Are Over- - whelming and More Trains Running Than Scheduled. London, Sept. 30. Great Britain is making headway in dealing with the national strike of her railway men, the government reported today. The official . communique ' at noon ,'an noticed the railwoy service was -Improving, more trains having been run than called for under the schedules prepared by the companies yesterday. Atempts to derail trains, which oc curred yesterday for the first time since the beginnlg of the strike, were referred to by the statement as "some minor acts of sabotage." These, it was explained, had caused no loss of life and the necessary steps had been taken to deal with this phase of the situation. : ..... ' V Meanwhile the distribution of food is proceeding , satisfactorily, v the au thorities announce, this being . due largely ''to theadmirable spirit' and efficient work of volunteers." The offers of .voluntary service, it Is' de- Contlnued on Page Two) NAVAL HEN HAD WEIRD JOURNEY FREE BALLOON Lieut. W. F. Reed; Jr., and En sign Stevens Were Fired on by Farmers in Northern Illinois. Farmers in northern Illinois made flying in a free balloon additionally interesting to Ensign J. H. Stevens and Lieut. W. F. Reed, Jr., of the Pen sacola naval station, in the Interna tional balloon races at St. Louis last Sunday. Near Rockport, 111., the crag rope caused commotion among barn yard animals and disturbed chickens roosting in the trees. Dogs barked and a farmer came out with i a rifle and fired at the balloonists who plainly heard, the whiz of the bullet. Ensign Stevens was pilot and Lieut. Reed was assistant pilot of the naval entry U. S. N. No. 1, which landed at Menominee, Mich., 484 miles from St. Louis after having been in the air 13 hours and 23 minutes. The Pensa cola entry made a remarkable record, flying between 500 and 1,500 feet above the g:jund, the entire flight. The ground distance covered was 633 miles, an average speed of 38 miles an hour. i . The flight chart' shows that No. 1 crossed the Mississippi river five times in the voyage northward to Dubuque, Iowa. From Dubuque the course was northwesterly over Wis consin ' where southwest gales were centered. The ground speed trom Dubuque to Oconto was at the rate of 70 . miles an hour. Shortly before 7:30 a. m. Monday morning the balloonists were headed over water toward the outlet of Green bay into Lake Michigan with) poor prospeats of making a landing, which was finally accomplished at Menomi nee. A ruling of the Missouri Aero nautical society, under which the race was held, is that in case a balloon landed in a body of water, the landing place would be reckoned from the place where the balloon crossed the shore line. 'Army entry No. 1 is reported to have landed either in Sturgeon bay or Lake Michigan. Its occupants and equipment were rescued. It had" cov ered , a distance of approximately 460 miles. U. S. N. No. 3. with pilots Lieut. R. Emerson and Ensign F. L. (Continued on Page Two.) NEGRO SLAYER OF CONDUCTOR SOUGHT BY MOB Tampa, Sept. 30. Nat Richards, the negro who shot and killed Conductor Ray Butts on board the Atlantic Coast Line at Palatza, Sunday morning, was taken fro mthe Putnam county Jail last night by Sheriff Hagan and removed to a place of safety, Hagan having heard a mob was - being formed at Jacksonville to lynch the negro. Rich ards companion, , known as Andrew Jackson, was shot by the sheriffs posse when he tried to draw a gun after the posse had run him down, and died an hour later. Richards is wounded in five places. Butts having shot him as he lay on the ground. FAIR WEATHER PROMISED FOR BIG SERIES AND BOTH TEAMS PREPARE FOR FRAY; CINCINNATI ASKS ODDS POSTAL HEADS ARE INCENSED OVER HANCOCK Say Call for Examination for Fourth Class Postmaster Was For Pinewood, in Santa Rosa County. . ASSERT HANCOCK MISLED PUBLIC Post Office Authorities Declare He Cannot Be Re-Appointed As Examination Here Is to Dispense With Him. (BY GEORGE H. MANNING.) Washington, Sept. 30. Applications are solicited up to October 28th by the civil " service commission for ap pointment as postmaster at Pensacola, to succeed Postmaster Benjamin Han cock, who will not be . reappointed. The salary is $3,400 per year. The position will not be filled by competitive examination based on the usual educational test, but by an ex amination of the applicants by the civil service commission with a rating of 80 per cent.- to be given on business training and experience and 20 per cent. 'on the educational test. Contrary to the statement made re cently by Postmaster Hancock there will iot be J.0O0 applicants for the of fice, because there will not be more than a dozen eligibles, neither Will negroes, Chinese or Japanese take the examination as stated by Hancock because thejr will r.ot. be eligible.. - Postmaster Hancock . will not be eligible, for appointment although he recently stated he might take the ex amination because the purpose of the examination is to secure another post master and dispense with Hancock's service. Following the refusal of Congress man Smithwlck to endorse the re appointment of Hancock who had been recommended by Walter Kehoe, Smith -wick's predecessor, his nomination was withdrawn from the senate and the postoffice department notified Hancock his four year term had ex pired and he would rapt be reappoint ed. A few days later the civil service commission sent Postmaster Hancock notices to post in the office stating that an examination would be held there October 14 to secure fourth class postmaster eligibles for appoint ment at Pinewood, Santa Rosa county. Hancock posted the notices without making it appear that the examina. tion was for the vacancy at Pine wood, but indicated it was to secure a postmaster for Pensacola and inti mating the commission believed Pen sacola was only a fourth class office. "The civil service commission and past office department are much in censed, . it was indicated today over these antics of Hancock. Persons wishing to take the exami nation ' should apply to the civil serv ice commission. Washington, for form 2241 to be filled out and returned (Continued on Page Two.) Cicotte and Schalk Are Booked to Work for Chicago and Red leg Manager Will Use Reuther ' and Ivy Wingo. THOUSANDS OF FANS CROWD ALL HOTELS Both Gleason and Moran Ex press Confidence of Winning Opening Contest and Series; Harriman Non-Committal. Cincinnati, Sept. 30. The Reds and WTiite Sox had their final practice at Redland field today in prepartlon for the world's series, which only weather of the most unfavorable kind can pre vent, beginning at 2 o'clock, central time, tomorrow. The hotels are filled with thousands of fans. Betting on the series Is noticeable by its absence. Several large wagers were offered but there were no taken reported. Local fans are demanding odds while Chicago supporters are asking even money. , The Reds practiced in the morning and the White Sox In the afternoon in order to become acquainted with effects of the sun's rays at different times during the afternoon. Both Manager Gleason of the White Sqx, and Moran of the Reds voiced confi dence of winning the first game and series. President Herrmann, of tho Cincinnati club, when asked , for a prediction, smiled and said, "I have been too busy trying to keep some hundred and fifty thousand fans from being sore because they can't bo placed where there is room for only about thirty-three thousand. I'll tell you better after the series Is over. Manager Moran announced tonight that Reuther will pitch for Cincinnati tomorrow. Cicotte of the White Sox, after a brief workout said ho would be able to pitch tomorrow. Iter Gleason announced, that Cicotte would pitch.. . -. - J.r.. -. "ShoVers fell tonight, but the forecast-for tomorrow was for a bright, clear day and moderate temperature. Edward V. Cicotte is one of Man ager Gleason's pitching "aces." This wonderful knuckle-ball pitcher, who was thought to be slipping last sea son, has become one of the best pitch ers in the league. He has been ac cused time and again of using the "shine ball," which is nothing more than a byth. Ball aft,er ball has been taken out of the game and brought to headquarters for examination, and there never has been found any for eign substance on the sphere. Eddie was born in Detriot, Mich., June 19, 1884. He entered professional base ball in 1904 at Sault Ste Marie. Mich. He has had a varied career. He was member of the Augusta, Ga., team of the Southern Association at the time Tyrus Cobb was playing there, and both went to the Detroit Ameri cans. Cobb was retained by Detroit, but Cicotte was sent back. He later Joined the Boston Red Sox and was found wanting. He was released to the White Sox about eight years ago. He began to show he could pitch and becahne a fixture on the club. He bats and throws right hand. He Is married and resides in Detroit. Cicotte is one of the headiest pitchers in the game. He has a varied assortment of curve and uses his head throughout a game. He is a good judge of batters and much of his success is due to this Continued on Page Two) WATCH FOR THE JOURNAL'S THIS EVENING 3 i . ? ! i i A 'I J : Mi l i ' ' ' if 1 S ", 1 1 I ) u ' " i" t 1 ;