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VOL, XXIL NO. 1607
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1919.
PRICE FIVE" CENTS
NATE FIGHT
He's on Trail of
Bomb Throwers
CATTS VETOES
MORE LAWS OF
LEGISLATURE
DIGGERS WOULD
HEAD ROTARIANS
BUSINESS MEN
DETERMINED ON
DOCK PROJECT
Daughter of Taf t
College President
COMMISSIONERS
PLAN TO SELL
HIGHWAY BONDS
i ER LEAGUE
PLAN IS ACUTE
A V t $ .
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Knox Resolution Would
Give Conference At Paris
Formal Notice of Opposition.
ACTION IS EXPECTED
BY END OF THE WEEK
Proposed New Plan Would
Deal Strictly With War
Issue and Obligate U. S.
to Protect European Peace
Washington, June 9. The
senate fight over the League of
Nations; was brought to a more
direct issue today with the in
troduction of a resolution by
Senator Knox proposing that the
senate give formal notice to the
peace conference of the opposi
tion to be expected should the
peace treaty be submitted for
ratification in its present form.
While declaring lor immediate
conclusion of a treaty dealing
with th direct issue of war only,
the resolution contains a far
reachin;r proposal which would
lay it down as a policy of Ameri
can government that whenever
the freedom and peace of Europe
is threatened the United States
will consider it obligatory to as
sist in removal of that menace.
The resolution was referred to
the foreign relations committee,
and Knox hopes to bring it up
for consideration by the end of
this week.
Washington, June 9. Representa
tive Dyer, republican of Missouri,
cabled President Wilson today ask
ing him to issue a proclamation de
claring -war time prohibition void, in
view of the apparent determination of
congress to let the law stand.
Representative Dyer in his message
stated that public hearings had gone
far enough to satisfy him that repeal
measures had no chance with the
house judiciary committee. Hope was
expressed that the president would
take action on his own authority.
Washington, June 9. The senate
late today passed the Kellogg bill for
the repeal of the law authorizing gov
ernment control of wire systems. The
measure, which now goes to the house,
would continue existing telephone rates
ninety das.
The house interstate' commerce com
mittee agreed to report legislation end
ing government wire control June 30,
next.
The house, today passed and sent to
the senato the bill authorizing $750,
000.000 for use of the railroad adminis
tration operating government controlled
lines.
TELEGRAPHERS TO
GO ON STRIKE
AT 8 A. M. TODAY
Chicago, June 10. The Commercial
Telegraphers union tonight was ready
to strike at Eight o'clock tomorrow
morning tl roughout the country, Presi
dent Konenkamp said. He estimated
sixty thousand or more telegraph and
telephone workers would be affected
and expressed himself a satisfied
with the futlook.
HUN OFFICERS
WILL BE SENT
HOME IN JULY
Washington. June 10. The return to
Germany of about two thousand form
er officers and sailors taken from Ger
man vessels when the United States
seized enemy shipping at the outbreak
of the war will begin about July 13.
Thosu to be released now are held at
forts McPherson and Oglethorpe.
STRIKERS HAVE
A BATTLE WITH
SOLDIER POLICE
Winnipeg, June 10. A large crowd
of strikers and sympathizers gathered
between city hall and Portage avenue
this evenintr and assaulted the return-,
ed soldier oonstables. Missiles were
thrown by the crowd, the police re
taliating by the free use of their clubs
on the heacs of the demonstrators.
wtl r. tax. vriTcryivir:
Flynn, for 20 years head of the
U.4 S. secret service, has bee nengaged
to direct the ferretin gout of anarch
ists responsible for lecent bomb plots
in many cities. During the war Flynn
aided the department of -justice in.
running down spies and disloyalists.
BIG FOUR AT
PEACE TABLE
I DISSENTION
Clemenceau Holds Out
Against Any Modifications
in Terms and Other Dif
ferences Are Indicated.
Reports from Paris are that all is
not going smoothing in the council
of four regarding a definite settlement
j of points relating to the German peaco
treaty. rotable among the points on
which an. agreement has not been
reached, according to reports, is the
Silesian question and' the matter of
the 'Polish western frontier.
Added to this is the implacable
stand of the French premier, Clem
enceau, against any modification in
the terms contrary to the attitude of
President Wilson and Lloyd George
who are declared to have recognized
a necessity for lessening somewhat
the demands In certain clauses of tho
treaty, which would not fundamentally
affect the severity of the document
as a whole.
Paris, June 10. Frank P. Walsh
and former Governor Dunne of Illi
nois, representing United States Irish
societies, have obtained an appoint
ment with President Wilson for to
morrow. They will ask him for a
definite statement of his attitude re
garding permission for the Irish Sinn
Feinn delegates to appear before the
peace conference, in view of the United
States senate resoltion urging th4s
Step.
London, June 10. Bela Kun, the
Hungarian communists foreign minis
ter, replying to a message from Pre
mier Clemenceau, according to a Bud
apest wireless dispatch, agrees to stop
hostilities with the Czecho-Slovaks.
although he claims the Czechs are to
blame for the fighting because they
disregarded the frontier fixed by the
allies.
Bela Kun suggests that a commis
sion be appointed to settle the differ
ences between the Czechs and Hun
garians. He alsp expresses satisfaction
that the allies have invited Hungary
to the peace conference.
Omsk, June 3. The congress on the
constitutional democratic party ad
journed tonight after adopting a feso
lution denouncing Bolshevism and de
claring regeneration of Russia possible
only through co-operation between
Russia and the allies.
Washington, June 1 Propaganda
disseminated in Poland and elsewhere
in Eastern Europe to show the United
States advocated tire Jew against the
Poles, has been the cause of much re
sentment and distrust in that region,
American Minister Gibson at Warsaw
reported to the house foreign affairs
committee today. Gibson declared
stories of Jewish massacres had been
greatly exaggerated.
MEXICO SEEKS
ADMISSION TO
LEAGUE NATIONS
Washington, June 10. Geueral Can
dido Aquillar, son-in-law of Presl
denc Carranza, who is now in Wash
ington came to the United States to
enlist the aid of the American govern
ment in obtaining admission for Mexi
co to the league of nations, according
to Mexico City advices today. From
Washignton Aguilar will go to Paris
i to see President Pioncare in an ef
fort to Influence France in Mexico's
idon hoping fully to restore diplomat
behalf. Later he will visit London hop
ing fully to restore diplomatic relations
with Great Britain
Riparian Rights Legislation
is Among Measures Kill
ed Yesterday By Execu
tive. .
KINDRED MEASURES
ALSO ARE VETOED
Governor's Veto Leaves Un
changed Discharge of Ad
min trators and Other Es
tablished Laws.
Tallahassee, .Fla., June 10. Gov
ernor Catts vetoed the following bills
today: Senate bill No. 499. an act
granting and confirming the riparian
rights and submerged and filled in
lands.
Briefly stated the governor's reasons
for vetoing this bill are as follows:
"The effect of this act is to vest an
absolute title to riparian owners of
all lands between the high water mark
and the edge of the channel along the
rivers, bays, harbors and coast line
of this state and to give such ripar
ian or water front owners authority
to prevent the encroachment or use
of such waters and water bottoms by
any other individual.
"Under the laws of our state all
our water bottoms are the property
of all tho people to be used by them
for purposes of boating, bathing, t'.sh
ing and other lawful pursuits but to
approve this bill would, in my gudg
. tnent, vest the few riparian owners
with nower to do with such water
bottoms as they saw fit and to pre
vent the use of them by another citi
zen for such uses. I do not think any
law should be enacted that would
work a hardship on the masses ot our
Iiople in the use of such public
righis and .benefits .as . are herein en
ametSted. .Vor the reasons as aboe statid the
gover nor has also vetoed senate bill
number 525, an ac; to amend and
supplement an act inacted at this se5-B-'cn.
entitled ".An act granting and
confirming riparian rights and suo-
merped and filled in - lands." Also
house bill, No. 678 an act relating to
assessment and collect ou of revenue.
Also renate hill No. 4'H, -an act to
amend section 1807 of th-3 general stat
utes of the state of Florida of 190(1
relating to grants of rijiht of way
through state lands to railroaJ and
caral companies, also t?nate bill No.
?.5. "An act making ic a mlsdcnio.mor
f-r M y conductor or engineer or other
perron in charge of rsslroad or log
ging trains '.a this state to cause or
permit such tra.n or cars or locomo
tives tc remain a-jrofn any public real
or h'ehway in this state for more
.'ian "ten minutes at any time, and
prescribing a penalty therefore.
" senate bill No. 421, "An act
in relating to the creation and estab
ishment of county depositories in and
for the several counties of the state
of Florida of chapter 6967 of the laws
of Florida relating to special school
tax district depositories, approved
June 3, 1915 and providing for de
positing the funds of special school
tax districts" in the county school de
positories." Also senate bill No. 133, an act pru-
'viding a method of obtaining final
dischargeand settlement by executors
and administrators and for the s'ving
of notice thereof. The governor ob-
jects to this bill for the reason that
if it became a law it woula bar any
person from bringing suit against any
person or persons who had been execu
tor or administrator of an estate af
ter one year had elapsed from the
date of final discharge of such execu
tor or administrator. The law as it
exists at this time allows five years
from such date to lapse before any
such suit is barred.
ASK AMERICAN
FLEET TO AID
FOREIGN TRADE
Buenos Aires, June 11. La Montana,
one of the three small newspapers
which is making its appearance not
withstanding the lockout, says In its
issue of today that President Irigoyen
and other officials are considering
measues which are to be taken as a
result of the reported action of the
manager of a big cereal export house
in cabling to the United States gov
ernment, asking, that a squadron be
sent to iiuenos Aires to guarantee
commerce against boycott.
The cablegram is reported to have
alleged that the Aregentine government
was unwilling or unable to protect
business interests against agitators.
ILLI'NOIS FIRST
TO RATIFY THE
SUFFRAGE ACT
Lansing, June 10. The Michigan
legislature today ratine the federal
woman suffrage amendment, following
a similar action earlier in the day by
the Illinois and Wisconsin legislatures
Illionis was first.
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Annual election o officers featured
the weekly luncheon of -the Rotary
Club, which met yesterday at the San
Carlos. Hunter Brown having been
chosen to head the local organization,
with W. B. Logan as vice-president.
Mr. Brown and Mr. Logan leave to
day for Salt Lake City, where they
will represent Pensacola at the an
nual convention of Rotarians.
Other members of the board and of
ficers elected at yesterday's meeting
were: "E. R. Malone, I. 11. Aiken.
John A. Merritt, J. L. Hendricks and
"W. "H. Wtason, the retiring president.
J. L. Hendricks was elected secretary
and George Emanuel .treasurer, both
having been re-elections.
Rotary Convention.
The Pensacola delegates will meet
the Atlanta delegates in Birmingham
and will go on with them to Salt Lake
City on a Rotary speeial.
TV. D. Biggers, of Detroit, Michigan,
is candidate for president of the In
ternational Rotary Association of Ro
tary Clubs, and has some strong ad
herents among the members here. Mr.
Biggers, who is president of the De
troit Rotary Club, and a former inter
national vice-president, is well-knovrri
in Pensacola.
In business life he is secretary and
general manager of the Continental
Company, the largest manufacturers
of window screens and screen doors
in the world. He is related by mar
riage to Irs. Robert Biggers , f ormer-iy-trf-Perakola,!
'jut ngw mklrsts taer
home in Detroit. Mrs. Robert Biggers
was Miss Evelyn Maxwell, daughter
of Judge and Mrs. E. C. Maxwell.
Western Trip.
Mr. Brown and Mr. Logan, after at
tending the international convention
of Rotarians. will, go on to the Pa
cific coast where they will spend
some days, being absent from the city
about three weeks.
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Sg BRIEF SUMMARY ACTS :
M- OF LAST LEGISLATURE &
sgiiiii'Siigiiigia
(BY MARY MEGINNISS)
Tallahassee, June 8. (Special
Following is a complete list of the bills
of a general nature, passed by both
houses, which have up to the time of
its adjournment, become laws:
An act regulating the payment of the
per diem and mileage and expenses of
members of the legislature and per
diem of employes of the legislature.
An act making available the un
spent balance of appropriations made
by the legislature for expense of the
national guard of Florida and Florida
naval militia when called out to pre
serve the peace ande xecute the law.
An act authorizing the justices of
the supreme court to call to their as-
sistance one or more circuit judges to
aia jn the preparation of opinions and
the disposition of causes in the su-
preme court.
An act providing for the acceptance
and disbursement of money received
from the United States which was ap
propriated by an act of congress en
titled "An act making appropriation
for the support of the army for fis
cal, year, ending June 30, 1919," as an
allotment out of the sum of one million
dollars set apart by the said act for
the prevention, control and treatment
of venereal diseases.
An act amending section 1 of chap
ter 6895,. laws of Florida, acts of 1915,
entitled "An act making it a misde
meanor to keep or maintain surface
closets or privies used for the deposit
of human excreta within incorporated
towns which are not fly-proof in con
struction and are not in conformity
with plans recommended and approved
by the state board of health and pre
scribing a penalty for the violation of
the provisions of this act."
An act to amend section 1123 of the
general statutes of Florida, relating to
the making of rules and regulations by
the state board of health.
An act to amend section 2780 of the
general statutes of the state of Florida
and 2732 and 2792 of the general sta
tutes of the state of Florida as amend
ed by chapter 6945 of the acts of 1915.
relating to surety companies, their
supervision and authority to transact
business in this state.
An act to require insurance com
panies to procure licenses for their
agents and regulating the issuance and
cancellation of same and providing a
penalty for the violation of any pro
vision of this act.
A memorial to the congress of the
United States, asking that the cotton
Continued on page two)
Headquarters for Campaign
to Raise $118,000 Stock
Opened At 107 South PaV
afox.
LARGE COMMITTEE
WILL WORK TODAY
Business Men Are Manifest
ing Great Interest in
Emergency Fleet Corpor
ation Proposition.
' Pensacola must not she cannot
afford to lose the opportunity offered
her for procuring a dry dock of "large
capacity."
The foregoing - statement heard in
many quarters among Pensacola busi
ness men yesetrday summarizes the
concensus of opinion and the general
attitude of local business men in the
matter of the subscription campaign
started yesterday to sell stock in the
amount of SllS.OO in the Bruce Dry
Docks Company, this amount in addi-
tion to what the com,pany has agreet'iC
to carry, $82,000, being the stipulated
sum to be raised to meet the propo
sition of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration to construct the floating dry ,
dock here at a cost of approximately
$450,000. This is in addition to the
investment of the Bruce Dry Docks
Company.
Headquarters for the campaign were
opened during the day at 107 South
Palafox street and a number of local
business men volunteered their ser
vices to act as a soliciting committee
in the sale of stock. The be'adquarters
office is in charge of Thomas II. John
son of -the Bruce Dry Docks Company,
who gladly explains the proposition, to
prospective investors. Maps and blue
prints, fully descriptive of the project
are also on exhibition. A still larger
committee will be working today in
the interest of the subscription and
will continue until it is put over. As
soon as, the limited amount of stock is
sold arrangements will be made im
mediately for the beginning of actual
constriltcion work on the floating dry
dock, in accordance with the proposi
tio nof the fleet corporation.
Committeemen working yesterday re
ported a goodly stock subscription
from men seen by them and asserted
that they found sentiment unani
mously in favor and approval of the
! project. Besides what the enterprise
means in the direction of 'greater de
velopment of the port of Pensacola, it
is being looked upon by those who
have inquired into the proposition as
a bona fide investment opportunity.
BOND ISSUE
INJUNCTION
ISTAIKEDOF
Mayor Sanders Says He Run
Down Report and Found
There Was No Real Foun
dation For It.
There was a persistent report about
the city yesterday to the effect "that
steps were being taken by certain
citizens to enjoin the city commis
sioners from proceeding to spend the
$90,000 bond Issue, on the ground that
the election was not held in legal form
because citizens generally and not
property owners exclusively were per
mitted to vote.
Mayor Sanders, when questioned
about the matter in his office, stated
that there was no foundation whatever
to the story; that he had run it down
to the parties supposed to be taking
the action, and had learned that they
are not contemplating the action'!
charged.
He stated that Ci.y Attorney John
B. Jones had passed on the regulary(
of the election and that he believed
the legal opinion of Mr. Jones would
stand the test.
It was demonstrated on the date of
the election that notwithstanding the
short time voters were given to in
form themselves concerning the prop
osition of diverting the $90,000 issue
for purposes other than for which it
was voted at first nearly a year ago,
a comparatively large number of bal
lots were cast against it and there
have been numerous expressions - of
opposition, and it was perhaps due to
these expressions that the injunction
proceedings talk , emanated. J
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Another member of the Taft family
attains scholastic distinction. Miss
I'elen Taft i sto be acting president
of Bryn Mawr College the coming
years. The president, Dr. M. Carey
Thomas, is to make a tour of the
world.
SELMA SCOUTS
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OP HERE ON
in
W TO CAMP
the
C
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cal Boy Scout Camp
Post Office Lawn
1 il Remain At Perdido
Days.
.Twenty-five husky "Boy Scouts"
om Selma. Ala., arrlvort In Vcc l
, ' - . . . . vuavuia
tte yesterday afternoon in charge "of
A. T. Vaughn, scout master, and O. K.
Earhart, scout commissioner. They'
paid a fraternal call to the local Boy
Scouts in camp on the lawn at the
govel-nment building. -
The Selma Scouts were en route to
Perdido beach where they will spend
ten days in camp on the Fred Scott
place, to which they proceeded last
night after spending a few hours in
the city, making the trip via Lillian
on an auto truck. Returning they ex
pect to spend some time In Pensacola
and will visit Bayview and other re
sorts here'.
At Perdido the party will be joined
by T. Osborn.-Y. M. C. A. physical
director of Selma and other members
of the Selma Scout troop and during
the ten days outing the boys will be
put through a regular set program of
physical training and other educational
work.
The Scout party embraced, besides
the officers named, Stanford Driskel,
Galvin Young and W. DeBardeleben.
patrol leaders and Privates Edward
Coe, Bleauet Coe, Robert Walker, Ad
ler Rochild, Julius Max, George
Quarels, Fred Ilillman, William Ja
cobs, Steven Ball, Walter Fowlkes,
Benard Tepper Robert Lapsley, Joe
Farrington, Lamar Powell, Howard
Jones, Henry Burtin, LeGrand De
Bardeleben, Lee Scales, Hubert Hill
man, Andrew Blalock E. Billmore, Wil
liam Gait and David Risser.
NEWS IN BRIEF J
FROM ALL OVER 58
M
TUT2 UNIVERSE
Archangel. Monday, June 9. The
last units of American troops on the
fighting front south of Archangel, ex
cept the 310th engineers were with
drawn today and will sail for home
next Sunday. The engineers probably
will sail July 1.
' Jacksonville, June 10. Jacksonville
was selected for the nineteen twenty
convention of the American Legion
at today's meeting here. Other than
selecting the place little business was
transacted. Miami and Orlando were
formidable contenders for the next
convention. About a hundred were
present.
Jacksonville, June 10. The local
fire department notified the city com
mission today it intended to strike
at six-thirty tomorrow evening be
cause of the suspension of five firemen,
'constituting a grievance committee.
The commissioners called for a hun
dred men to man the fire stations. ,
Atlantic City, June 10. Proposals
that organized labor insist upon pub
lic ownership of the railroads of
the country was submitted today to
delegates attending the reconstruction
convention of the American Federation
of Labor by Glenn E. Plumb, coun
sel for the Railroad Brotherhoods.
He asserted thtat government owner
ship would save him four to six hun
dred dollars annually in interest of
costs.
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4
Having Engineer On Hands
With No Way for Him to
Travel Gives Body Hours
of Worry.
BUT LITTLE IS DONE
AT LONG SESSION
Proposition of All Time
Health Ocer is Again Held
Up, This Time Indefinite
ly Perhaps.
The board of county commissioners
met yesterday for a five hours session.
The time warrant resolution, provid
ing for the sale and final redemption
of the ..160,000 issue recently author
ized by the legislature for bridge and
road work in Escambia county, as
drawn by county attorney R. P. Reese,
was passed.
About an hour was spent in passing
on the bills payable by the county
for the last 30 days and the remainder
of the time was spent in an apparent
ly fruitless discussion as to the basis
for paying the recently chosen county
engineer, A. R. Towse,
It was proposed by Commissioner
Soderlind that in addition to the $3,
600 salary to be paid Mr. Towse,
the county also urchase an automo
'bile to carry him to his work, and
furnish him with a set of engineers
tools 'at an expense of about $800.
Other commissioners could not agree
to such liberality and after the hour
of 4:30 had arrived, it was decided to
again take up the matter next Sat
urday. ' -L..A. Godwin, of Fifteenth and Scott
streets, asked the county to reimburse
him for the death of a cow in dip
ping. The matter was referred to
Dr. Brown for an opinion.
It was generally expected that the
board would decide at this session
whether the county would match the
appropriation of the state for a full
time health officer; but no action was
'taken. Chairman Soderlind, of tho
special committee to which the mat
ter was referred at the last meeting,
stated that the committee required:
more time to look into the merits of
the proposal, and by common under
standing the additional time was taken.
Dr. Cox, who was present, asked
when the committee would report, and
was told it was uncertain. He asked
the privilege of advising with thfs
committee, and was Informed that tha
committee would call for him if it
required assistance.
GREATER NAVY
WAS TALK OF
SECY DANIELS
Annapolis, Md., June 10 Secretary
Daniels, in an address at the graduat
ing exercises at the United States
naval academy, declared the closing
of hostilities did not mean the United
States navy could "rest on its oars,"
but that it must surpass its great rec
ord during the war by a "greater rec
ord in peace."
The 454 members of the graduating
class, the largest in the history of the
academy, were urged by the secretary
to apply all their initiative and energy
In the great task of developing the ef
ficiency of the navy.
"You are coming into the navy in a
period that will challenge all your re
source and initiative," said Secretary
Daniels. "You must not imagine for
a moment that because the war is
ended the navy will or can rest upon
its oars. All your force and energies
are needed, for we are determined the
navy shall not, as it did after the war
between the states and the Spanish
American war. mark time for a de
cade. Our policy must be that it shall
not only not decline, but shall move
constantly forward, improving in every
element of efficiency and making new
records and new discoveries. The navy
has made a great record in war. Let
us make a greater record in peace."
Secretary Daniels reviewer the rec
ord of the navy's inventive enterprise
and will to overcome obstacles mani
fested during the war as a vital con
tribution to the final result. This rce-
ord, he said, challenged the enterprise
and inventive genius of American
naval officers for all future time.
"We want men who will think the
unthinkable, and solve the unsolvable,"
declared the secretary, "who will dare
tackle the problems that have so Ions
puzzled the world."