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PALATKA ENDORSES JU
PALATKA, FLORIDA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 18, 1919-
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FOR LOCATION OE SITE
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TELEGRAM SENT BY BUSINESS
MENS' ASSOCIATION TO CHAM
BER OF COMMERCE WOULD
BE BIG THING FOR PALATKA
JACKSONVILLE ; WILL SEND
SPECIAL TRAIN TO TALLAHAS
SEE FOR HEARING. BEFORE
- COMMISSION MONDAY.
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Palatka is idling for Jacksonville to
win the designation, as site for the
. holding of the Centennial celebration
and exposition, ed the " Business'
Men's Association wired endorsement
of this body to the Jacksonville Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday so. that
the endorsement , might be used at
Tallahassee Monday when the Centen
nial commission finally locates the
site. .;. ' ' ; ..
With such an exposition as the ce
tennial will be located in Jacksonville,
and. running for a period of many
weeks, the benefit to Palatka is ob
vious. Thousands of people from
all sections of the country would vis
it the exposition, and many of them
. would make trips to surrounding
towns to see what 7 ida looks like.
Jacksonville ,. Confident.
JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 18. With
' - Palatka's endorsement, added to that
of nearly every other, city 'tin Ifarida,
' especially in the Peninsular Section,
-.. Jacksonville feel confident of winning
the decisio for tine centennial expoei
B -ijon-''iTJiliS.(ifici6ionVwill made
XIonaay At Tallahassee.' . Jar" cf Vct
villa's Hnlecfttanii will leave In a sme-i . .. 1 Jw
cial train for the capital city.
The special train wlil carry a band,
the city council, county commission
ers, the mayor, city commissioners',
city and county attorneys, representa
tives of practivaHy all civic organi
zations in the city and delegates from
Femandkta, Fart Myers, St. Augusj
tine and several other cities.
The centennial commission will be
presented with a concrete proposiaion.
This board will be shown that Jack
sonville and Duval can raise about
$1,000,000 without further legisla
tion. The site which has been se
cured will also be a factor. This
site contains nearly 800 acres and
stretches from the river across the
northern boundary of the city to the
state fair grounds. The ability to
handle the crowds as to railways,
steamship lines and street car track
age to the fair grounds will be laid
before the commission. The hotel
and boarding (house situation will be
presented by the delegation.
State Wants Jacksonville.
Not only will these facts be pre
sented to the commissiion in the imost
forceful manner, but the more im
portant fact that the entire state
wants Jacksonville selected will be
brought home to the five men who are
to decide the fate of the centennial.
This feature of Jacksonville's case
is expected to overshadow any claims
any other community may make for
the big show. K The fact that cities
"as far apart as Fernandina and Fort
Myers will have delegations present
hacking Jacksonville "fend the further
proof of the desires of the people of
Florida 63-will be shown by tha.hun-
1 1 areas ox telegrams rrom cities ana
towns all over the state will clinch
the argument for the Gateway citty.
X Failure to land the Bair does not
seem possible to those who are ac
tively engaged in carrying the fight
to the enemy. No stone will be left
jnturned to present the best case
ll 'possible for this city. The commit-
'"tfee named to formulate the concrete
i Wosal of this city will have all de-
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DLU3 til "Vi ..w J-
if m Vsv evenimsa.' Last evening the citi-
! 1 adopted resolutions pledging
A vee. to Jrupport any financial
. iVessary to put the big show
t is will aasure w comm-
A I e neonle of Jacksonville
1 IX jWd able to pay for the
ii -Ve ft i" awarded,
SENATE PLANNING TO
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (United
Press.) Adjournment of Congress
November,, tenth provided action on
the Peace Treaty can be speeded up,
was considered by the House Senate
leadrs today. No agreement has
been reached, (however, owing to the
uncertainties with the treaty. . Tex
tual amendments to. the treaty prob
ably will be disposed of within an
other week. Then the fight for the
reservations starts. ' Democrative
leaders appear to . have resigned
themselves to the aceptance of res
ervation to the treaty.
TAFT SEES REACTION
FROM WAR MORALE
AMERICAN PEOPLE BACK
THE DOLDRUMS.
IN
Ascribes It to the Frailty of Human
Nature Coiiraged Word For
Weak.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 18. The moral
tone, the sacrificial spirit of all the
people, which was distinctly elevated
during the war, has suffered a reac
tion, declared former President Taft
:n his address as President of the
Unitarian General ... Conference
today, "and we arpsWafTI
WHERE OUR BRAVE-BOYS SLEEP IN BELLEAU WOOD
m. u.i i "' " ' n , "ir" mil t
How upon row of crosses in the American cemetery In iJelleau Wood, near Chateau Thierry, mute evidence of the
gallant IWes that were laid iliwn so that the worjd nilirli' ' a safe place In which to dwell.
PALMER OPPOSES
CHECK ON ALIENS
COMING INTO U.S
ATTORNEY GENERAL INSISTS
THAT NEW-COMERS SHALL
CULTIVATE THE RIGHT SPIRIT
AGITATION MUST BE ORDER
LYWOULD NO LONGER BE
LAND OF THE FREE IF DOORS
CLOSED.
EASTON, Penn., Oct! 18 Attor
ney General A. Mitchell Palmer, who
calme here to receive the degree of LL.
-J u. at Lalayette Uollege, piacd himself I. v,
on record as being opposed to restric-guch
SUGAR
CONTRO
L
SHOULD
REMAIN
ASAT PRESENT
WASHINGTON. Oct 18 (United
Press) It, the sugar supply goes
from under-the control of the govern
ments of the world a shortage is sure
to be felt and jbrices will be high, Di.
Alonzo Baylor told the senate com
mittee iriveatigiating the sugar situ
ation today. Dr. Taylor represented
the secretary of agriculture at the
hear.g. " " . The committe is consider
ing bill which could continue the
equalization . board for .one
old rwwm Af t
(toiu. where pro
gress to better things seems as slow
as it was before the war."
"Wie should not be discouraged,
however," Mr. Taft; added. "It is the
frailty of human nature. It is is to
be found in its inability to maintain
fcr long periods its adherence to the
highest idealK Real progress in the
world is through a course of action
and reaction, . This reaction will be
succeeded again by an onward and
upward movement and we shall find
the world better because of its sac
rifices and the lessons they taught.
We shall not make the same progress
that we hoped for, but we shall1 step
up and on. '
"It is the duty of all those whose
disappointment in the present stage
of affairs is great, to buckle on their
armor and to push toward better
things, to take their places in the
ranks of those who would stir the re
ligious spirit of the community and
who would preach as part of their
lives the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man, and the willing
ness to sacrifice in order to promote
these great principles of Unitarian
Christianity. Let us hope that this
annual meeting wiU rouse the Uni
tarians of the country to a irededica-'
tion of themlselvea to the faith which
Gunning preached and to living the
life which Charming lived."
FRENCH HONOR WASHINGTON
Place Two Memorial Tablets In "In
' deendenee Room" at Versailles.
PARIS, Oct. 18. In the "Ameri
can Independence, Room" in the Ver
sailles palace two marble tables were
affixed today setting forth in Eng
lish and French George Washington's
everlasting glory as a patriotic citi
zen nd leder.
One of the tablets bears an inscrip
tion that the statute now there was
presented to France by the people of
Virginia as a mark of friendship and
esteem for the splendid and oppor
tune services rendered to Virginia and
the other States of the Union by
France in the Wlar of Independence.
items on immigration such as wer:
proposed
xwr. . ttowover,
immigration such as wen Godl ' " . . ires oi pour
in the Senate yesierda bl "LotfeTOK CARA VAN COMING." V j feting a
errhVuwT - r''"' I chn UeiBiion'htW'be6if bet1
GRAFT CHARGED
TO COURIERS 0
F
PEACE MEETINGS
SIX AMERICAN OFFICERS DE
TAINED IN PARIS FOR INQUI
RY EXPENSE ACCOUNTS UN
DER INVESTIGATION AND
GEMS FOUND IN MAIL POUCH
ES COURTS-MARTIAL MAY
RESULT FROM INVESTIGATION
PARJS, Oct. 18 Charges of whole'
sale graft by United States , Army
couriers working for the Ametican
peace delegation have 5rted .fcil.-te-
vesraganion wnicn map .teaa va a ser
ies of courts-martfor.
sisted thatrthose who seek .refuge
within our shores, shall come with
the right spirit and right purpose
and th". who remain shall stay with
inty,. j .become Americans in every
Americans who 'have close to their
hearts the preservation of our liber
ties under the forms fashinoned by
the wisdom of the fathers," he said,
"have felt much concern of late by
reason of the activities of certain
classes of aKens who have taken up
residence in 'this country. How' far
the alien agitator shall be permitted
to advance his menacing propaganda
among a people of whom he has made
himself a part, only to further his de
signs against our institutions and
laws, is one of the most serious ques
tions arising out of the unprecedented
war. ' . i i ; -
"Wte Wave been a hospitable peo
ple. In the beginning the strip of
ltand along the eastern coast, from
Massachusetts Ito Georgia, was peo
pled by courageous, freedom-loving
men and women who found here all
the real essentials of life which were
denied them across the seas. In la
ter times by reason of the open gen
erosity of the Government the al
most boundless stretches, of the West
were covered by tha homes of men
who became owners of 'the soil, a
couse and effect never dreamed of in
the Old World, where the land was
only for classes who had held it
throu.'sthe centuries. '
"Th Aew land owners thus found
therns' as important factors in the
life of Vjhe grreat republic under a plan
which was conscientiously designed
to make one great', homogeneous peo
ple oult of a population .gathered from
every corner of the globe. No regret
is anywhere expressed for this broad-
minded and faraiglHted policy. But
just to that degree that we have been
generously and unselfishly hospitable
we naturally resent the abuse of that
hospitality.
"We cannot back-track on the poli
cy hallowed by more than a century
of usefulness. Wte cannot be less
willing now than we have always been
that the oppressed of every clime
shall find here a refuge from disorder
and distress. But we can insist with
more emphasis than we have employ
ed heretofore that those who come to
our shores shell come in the right
spirfflt and with the right purpose;
that those who remain shall stay with
the intent to become Americans in
every sense.
"The ingenuity of man has made
YEAR ROUND GOLF CLUB.
St. AUGUSTINE, Oct 18. St. Au
gustine is to be supplied with a much
needed institution, an cp-to-date golf
club and course, which will be open
and serviceable to memBera the year
round. With this object in view the
Year Round Golf club hal been organ.
lied.
One Hundred Tourists Leave Chicago
Monday For Florida,
On Mondhy a big motorcade of
more than 100 tourists 'will leave Chi
cago for the trip south, entering Flor
ida ait Jacksonville and ending the
journey at Miami These people of
the modern caravan qggiU take plenty
of time to see the country, making
side trips to points of interest, and
will loaf leisurely into the land of
the summer sun.
The caravan will remain in Miami
for a stay of a week and then will
motor back to New Smyrna and take
the cross-state road there to Tampa
and other points in West Florida, get
ting away from the state by the way
of PenBacola.
FINS REJECT OVERTURES.
HELSISGFORS, Oct 18 (United
Press) The Finnish parliament re
jected yesterday a peace offer from
the Bolsheviki.
the Atlantic Ocean a mere ditch be
tween the continents. But it must al
ways be wide enough to permit the
immigrant .as he crosses it to rid
himself, once and for all of the mis
conception of government with which
the old cohditiors1 filled his mind. He
must realize that his revolution has
been fought and won when he sets his
foot on American soil. His time for
the use of force is then behind him;
his time for the use of intelligence has
come. Those who will not come here
in this psitiit, those who will not seek
to promptly learn what democracy
means, those who imagine that a gev
ernment of tk3rpeople is no different
from the rule of kings under a bogus
claim of divine right, should go back
to fight their battles where their foe
is real.
"Not all the disorder in the coun
try is created by. tha alien element,
but it is all created by an element
that is un-American. Real Ameri
cans understand that popplar igov
errmtent is organized self-restraint in
the common interest I would not
halt any movement designed to bring
batter conditions to any portion of
our, people, but I would use all the
power of the people's government to
make certain such a movement shall
te conducted in the peaceful1 and or
derly way provided by the people for
the.'aocampUalhment of all reform.
That method will avail; it may be
slower than force, but H will be safer
and Us result will be more enduring,
between 75
and 100 officers of lower rank.
Their work has been to carry pouch
es containing communications from
Paris to the various missions main
tained by Americans in scattered
parts of Europe. These trips took
them and are taking them from Paris
to Constantinople, to Vienna, to Bu
dapest, to Berlin, to Petrograd in
other words, to the capitals of Europe
and return. They enjoyed diplomat
ic privileges, and neither their pouch
es nor their baggage were subject to
search.
They were and are the only persons
making those tiips under such immu
nities. If the charges which have been
made are true these officers have been
abusing their privileges for the pur
pose of personal enrichment There
are stories of many thousand francs
made by cairtrying money under diplo
rmtic piotection during the time when
the vacillating exchange made this
easy for a man making trips.
Another charge has to do with large
quantities of salvarsan, said to have
been brought from Vienna and Berlin
to Paris and to have found its way to
America. Yet another story is that
these officers brought valuables end
jewelry out of Bolshevist infested
places to Paris. ,.' ,
: Fortunes in Diamonds. '
There is official record of more than
$1,000,000 worth of diamonds being
found in one diplomatic pouch.1 The
officer in charge eoid he had received
them in Budapest for transport, being
assured that the package contained
only papers. The diamonds have
been returned to the sender.
There are stories to the general ef
fect that officers made use of their
diplomatic privileges to reap rich re
wards for themselves in many wa.ys.
Around the Crillon Hotel it is said
that not only did these couriers make
use fo commercial opportunities which
their work offered, but it is also al
leged that some of their expense ac
counts will not bear the closest scru
tiny. Although on at least some of these
journeys no railroad fare was paid,
officers were allowed 7 cents per mile
for transportation expenses. It is al
leged that some of the accounts list
trips to places which were in addition
tt those actually made by the couriers
Some officers who acted as couriers
heve gone bock to the United States.
Others remain in Paris. Thus it may
be difficult to reach all the sources
of information. It is known that at
least six officers who would otherwise
NEW WHOLESALE
FIRM TO ENTER
PALATKA FIELD
H. M. de MONTMOLUN CO., CAP
ITALIZED AT $50,000 TO DO A
GENERAL HARDWARE AND
MACHINERY BUSINESS IS
PROOF OF PALATKA'S ADVAN
TAGE AS A DISTRIBUTING
POINT.
Papers of incorporation for the H.
M. de Montmollin Co. have been pre
pared, with a capital stock of $50,000
to engage in a general wholesale hard
ware end machinery business, with
Palatka as the distributing point.
With this corporation will be merg
ed the firm of H. M. de Montmollin,
an establishment, that has ben very
successful in Palatka in retail business.
The officers of the new firm will be
H. M. de Montmollin, president; Geo.
E. Ford, vice-president, and E. Rice,
treasurer.
The firm will enlarge the present
quarters occupied by Mr. de Mont
mollin and place travelling men on the
road to cover all territory adjacent
to Palatka and reached by river and
railroad traffic in a radius of a hun
dred miles.
The entry of this firm into the
wholesale distribution business here
is but another indication of the ad
vantages offered by Palatka as a dis
tribution center. It roves the at
tractiveness of conditions prevailing
for the successful and economical op
eration of a wholesale business.
A full line of hardware, machinery
and general farm supplies will be car-.
TO CALL BONDv ELECTION
School ' BoUnr -rass Kesului.
Vote for $4,000.
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Alt a special session of the school
board this morning a resolution was
passed favoring an election on No
vember 18 to issue $45,000 worth of
bonds for completing the work on the
new school buildings. The bonds will
bear five and a half per cent in ter
ent end run for a period of thirty
five years.
VEGETABLE MOVEMENT LIGHT.
Preparations For Heavy Citrus Fruit
Movement Being Made.
PLANT CITY, Oct 18. The fall
vegetable movement is light as usual,
but preparation is being made for a
heavy movement of citrus fruit As
tivity in and about the packing houses
is increasing, and by the time the
fruit is ready all houses will be in
first-class order for what is expected
to prove the busiest season in the his
tory of the industry here. A few
shipments of grapefruit and early
oranges have been made by express
the past few days, but there will be
no movement of note until after the
5th' of November, when the regula
tions as to acidity expire. There is
but littl early fruit here, but the or
ange crop generally is good, and is
expected to show a considerable in
crease in yield over last season-.
HAD TOO MUCH BOOZE.
WEST PALM BEACH, Oct. 18.
L. B. Thomas, manager of the West
Falm Beach Fisheries, pleaded guilty
in the county court yesterday to a'
charge of having liquor in his posses
sion end paid a fine of $500 and costs.
C. H, Nesle, Who was . arrested at the.
same time is out on $700 bail to ap
pear at this term of county court and
answer to a charge of transporting
liquor, the liquor in this case being
that which L. B. Thomas had in his
possession.
PRESIDENT UNCHANGED.
WASHINGTON, Oct 18. ( United
Press.) President Wilson had a good
night it was said at the White House
in advance of the regular statement
from Dr. Grayson.
A statement issued at eleven twen
ty o'clock stated there was no mate- '
rial change noted in his condition. No
new symptoms have developed it was
stated.
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