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PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PRESIDENT EEACTE
TODAY
0 CWO
CLOSING OF NAVY YARD HERE NEVER CONTEMPLATED
'SSX R K JB " 9 X IB s a a SB
FOCH IS ASKED
BY HAMBURG
TOSAVEKAISER
Former Chief of German
Staff Offers to Place Him
self Fully at Disposal of
Allies.
ARGENTINE WANTS
TO ENTER LEAGUE
Grenade Attack on Heart of
Rome by Anarchists is
Frustrated French and
Italians Clash at Fiume.
Copenhagen, July 7. Marshal
Von Hindenburgr, former chief
of the German staff, has writ
ten Marshal Foch appealing for
his support of efforts to prevent
extradition of the former Ger
man emperor. Von llmdenburg
offered to place himself fully and
absolutely at the disposal of the
allies.
Paris (Havus) July 7. The. revised
Austrian peace treaty probably will
not be delivered to the Austrian dele
gation before the end of the week.
... W.hintcn. July 7. Entrance of
Argentina into the League of Nations
without reservations has been approved
by the Argentine senate, the state de
partment was informed today in dis
patches quoting Buenos Aires news
papers of Saturday. Approval was
unanimous.
Rome, July 7. An anarchist plot to
attack the central part of Home by
mean of hand grenades and other ex
plosives has been exposed by the a r
ret of sixteen conspirators four hours
before the time fixed for execution of
the plans.
At about the same time thirty anar
chists motored to Port Pratalata. four
miles from Home and tried to. induce
the garrison to Join in the attack oc
Rome market places. The soldiers
fired on the anarchists and seized' sev
eral. The others fled. The city re
mains tranquil.
Berlin, July 7. An Intensified state
of seize was proclaimed in Paderborn
and Oeynhausen, Wesphalia. following
riots over high cost of food.
Rome, July 7.r New clashas between
the French and Italians at flume are
reported in advices from that city.
Casualties so far reported number six
killed and twenty injured.
"Washington, July 7. Officers of the
Finnish army have been promised five
thouxand marks each to desert to Rol
shevlkl forces, according to the dis
patches quoting Swedish press reports,
received today by the state department.
Washington. July 7. Under lnstruc
5fens to make complete report of con
ditions in Omsk. Roland Morris. United
States ambassador to Japan,-was ex
pwcted by the state department to sail
todav from Toklo on an extensive tour
of Siberia, lie will be Joined in Vladi
vostok by Major General. Graves, com
mander of the American Siberian
forces. Recognition of the Kolchak
government at Omsk -..will depend upon
recommendations of Morris, it was
learned.
London. July 7. The body of Cap
tain Fryatt, executed in 1916 by the
Oermns for attempting to ram a sub
marine, were brought to Dover today
aboard a British destroyer. The casket
will be taken tomorrow to London,
Where national memorial services will
be held at St. Paul's cathedral.
PUBLISHERS ARE
IN SESSION IN
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Ashevllle. X. C. July 7. With its
membership more than doubled within
the past year, and with a largely In
crtased representation, the seventeenth
tnnual session of the Southern News
paper Publishers" association convened
1 ero this morning for a three days"
Session.
The morning session was largely
taken up with routine matters, such
as the registration of delegates, elec
tion of a large number of new mem
bers, welcome addresses, responses, etc.
A large number of speakers, includ
ing both newspaper men and others
are on the program, which includes
a wide variety of subjects of Interest
to the craft and all indications point
to a successful session of the publish
ers. Sessions will be held each morn
ing and afternoon until Wednesday.
President Wilson Will
Arrive in New York
Early This Morning
New York, July 7. President Wilson will arrive in New
York tomorrow between 1:30 and 2 o'clock, according to
latest radio advices from the George Washington. The
president will head an automobile procession to Carnegie
hall where he will deliver a brief address. He will then take
a special train for Washington.
Aboard Steamship George Washington, July 7. The
president's ntossage, to.be delivered to congress Thursday,
shortly after noon, is completed and will take about twenty
minutes to read. It contains 5000 words devoted to peace
treaty, protocols and work of peace conference.
It is understood that peace conference subjects are dealt
with on broad general lines without taking up the large ques
tions of the treaty in detail. This probably will come later
when the foreign relations committees of congress examine
the details. The weather continues hot and humid, the sea
smooth and the sky cloudy. The president arranged to talk
this afternoon over wireless telephone with officials at Wash
ington, establishing the first of such communication with
the capital.
BSIlBiSIXIggaSSSliS
NEWS IN BRIEF J
FROM ALL OVER J
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Wimbledon. July 7. G. L. Patterson
won the men's singles in tennis cham
pionship here in the international
tournament by defeating Xorman
Brooks, of Australia, six-three, seven
five, six-two.
Nashville, Tenn., July 7. James
Free, age 7 years, an inmate of the
Protestant Orphans' home, was burned
to death Sunday when his clothes
caught fire from a cigarette which ho
was smoking.
Copenhagen. July 7. Several persons
were killed and a large number woujjd
ed in disturbances Sunday at Nattow
itz Upper Silesia, according to ad
vices from Beuthen. Germans and
Poles took par in the disorders.
Charleston, S. C, July 7. With a
bottle of champagne. Miss Marie Till
itinn crnnri -daughter of the late Unit
ed States Senator Tillman this after
noon at a: ji cnnsienru iue iui ijcux
boat destroyer Tillman as it went dow.i
the 'ways at the navy yard.
San Francisco. July 7. The Cali
fornia Brewers' Protective association
applied today in United States district
court fo ran injunction against Direc
tor Hines who is seeking to prevent
and three fourths per cent alcohol con
tent and under.
Berne. July 7. Oscar Bider noted
Swiss aviator was killed today in a
fall from a height of 9.000 feet near
Zurich. Bider who was the chief pilot
of the Swiss army was performing
acrobatic stunts preparatory to a pub
lic exhibition.
AMERICANS BEST
ARE BIG GUNNERS
SAYS MAJ. HINDS
New York. July 7. Major -General
Ernest Hinds, chief of artillery, of the
American Expeditionary Forces, re
turned today on the transport Guiseppe
Verdi, which brought a hundred and
forty-one officers and more than four
thousand troops from Marseilles. Gen
eral Hinds said the American soldiers
are the best artillerymen In the world.
"I takes a high standard of intelligence
to operate big guns and American boys
have this better than any other na
tionality", he said.
ALABAMA SOLONS
MEET TODAY IN
ADJOURNED TERM
Montgomery, July 7. The adjourned
session of the Alabama legislature will
begin tomorrow. The governor's mes
sage will be the first business. It will
recommend the adoption of income tax
bill and redisricting of the state3
1 courts. The suffrage constitutional
j amendment is expected to be union -f
j the first matters comir.3 up.
WIRE CONTROL
BOARD ASKED
TO ARBITRATE
Association of Employees of
bouthern Bell and Cum
berland Systems to be
Formed.
Washington, July 7. Postmaster
General Burleson today invited em
ployes and managers of Pacific coast
telephone companies to submit -differences,
which have resulted in a strike,
to the wire control board for arbitra
tion. Atlanta, July 7. Formation of the
Association of Telephone Employes,
through which it was announced em
ployes in all departments of the South
ern Bell and Cumberland companies in
eleven southeastern and southern
states will bargain collectively with
the companies on wages adn working
conditions will be started here tomor
row. Forty-eight delegates to repre
sent sixteen thousand employes of the
two companies which are under one
management, have been selected by
ballot.
PRES. WILSON
KNEW OF PLAN
TO TRY KAISER
Paris. July 7. The question of the
triaJ of Former Emperor William was
on the program for discussion by the
coVmcil of three for several days
while President Wilson was still in
Paris. Reuter's Paris bureau declares
today in an article regarding state
ments by the members of the American
peace mission and PremJer Lloyd
George's statement on the subject In
the house of commans had come as a
surprise to them. The bureau, which
rays its information comes from au
thoritative conference circles. jsdds.
however, that because of more urgent
Tusiness coming up discussion of the
question by the council was proposed
Nevertheless the agency declares, St
is known President Wilson had ex
pressed himself strongly as to the
place for the holding of the trial and
it asserts there 13 every reason to be
lieve he was fully cognizant of the de
cision to try the ex-emperor in Lon
don. GOVERNMENT IS
LOSING MILLIONS
ON RAILROADS
Washington. July 7. Decrease in
freight business continues an impor
tant factor in causing a deficit In the
operation of railroads. Director Hines
said today, estimating the deficit for
class, one roads, those having at least
a million dollars anunal income, as
$36,000,000 in May. Loss to the gov
ernment in five months this year has
been more than $272,000,000 for the
large roads.
SENSATIONAL
IS REPORT OF
PROBE BOARD
j That president Organized
! Secret Government U. S.
I Before Declaration War is
Charged.
REPORT SAYS "BIG
BUSINESS" FAVORED
Disorganization of Govern
ment and Mismanagement
of War Business Affairs
Among Charges Made.
Washington, July 7. Charges that
the president organized the council of
national defense before the war was
declared In absolute violations of law
and thereby created a "secret govern
ment of the Unfted States," whloh
fomulated war legislation, dictated pdli
cies the country was to pursue, and
befriended "big business" were made
today bv'Chairman n
- - - w fo-
- . i,uiuijuuee investigating
'war department expenditures. .
MJputes of the council were read to
the committee by Mr. Graham, to
gether with a report in which be as
serted the council assumed such broad
powers that STajor General -Goethas.
former chief of the purchase, storage
and traffic division of the war depart
ment, defied it; cabinet members pro
tested against its activities, 'and Judge
Gary, president of the United States
Bteel Tortttoratjon. wxn.-d ' Is' pt- opi
eratlng "in riagrit 'violation t law."
Mr. Graham declared the president
created the "secret government" by ig
noring and reversing ths intent of con
gress In authorizing the establishment
of a council of national defense In Au
gust. 1916.
, As authorized by congress, he said,
the council was to be composed of six
members of the cabinet who were to be
the real executives and seven .civilians
to be selected by the president, who
were to act in a purely advisory ca
pacity. Instead of doing this, Mr. Graham
asserted, the president nm.de the ad
visory commission the real executives;
"clothiruy them with unprecedented and
illimitable powers."
"Behind closed doors, weeks, and
even months before war was declared",
he said, "these seven men designed
practically every war measure which
congress subsequently enacted. They
devised the entire system of purchas
ing war supplies, planned a. press cen
sorship, designed a system of food con
trol an dselected Herbert HoVer as
its director, and even determined 00
the daylight saving scheme.
"Conceived within the law. but
brought Into existence in absolute vio
lation of law, it Is not surprising to
find this secret government of the
United States persistently ignored and
even violated the law: that It allowed
interested parties to fix the prices of
war materials: that it put the people
of the countrty to incalculable unnec
essary expense, and carried things with
a high hand." -
Mr. Graham declared that when M&W
jor General Goethals was called "at the
eleventh hour to' rescue the war de
partment from the public obliquy
which was fast settling uoon it as a
result of the methods and incapacity
of the commission, he repudiated and
"practically defied It.
"Our soldiers were actually dying of
pneumonia In the camps because of
lack of proper clothing and blankets."
Mr. Graham said, "and General Goe
thals avumfd the duties of onarter
master general only on condition he
would be given fre scope in the per
formance of his duties, unhampered
by the council of national defense.
"Immediately he took from the mem
bers of that council their power to or
der purchases and fix prices and soon
dispensed with the services of thre
members of the advisory commission
who bad so dnlorably bungled the
control of supplies for the army."
Judge Gary advised the advisory
commission. Mr. Graham said, tnat It
was operating in disregard of the fjher
man law. the Clayton act. ana "all
other statutes that are supposed to
regulate business, particularly big
business." When the attorney general
was called upon by the commission to
answer Judge Gary. Mr. Graham said,
he answered that the matters referred
to as violations of the law were mat
ters of "national policy," rather than
a legal question.
"Afterwards." Mr. Graham declared,
"when there was evidently a discus
sion In congress as to the legality of
members of the committees on the
council buying from themselves, the
council discussed this general policy
and It was suggested that this em
barrassment might be removed by the
plan of the committee reorganization
now under consideration.
"The minutes show that on account
of this so-called embarrassment, the
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Reports that Navy
Yard Would Close are
Absolutely Unfounded
That there has been absolutely no warrantable basis for
reports circulated recently to the effect that work at the
local naval air station would soon be discontinued and that
the yard would be closed down is clearly shown in the fol
lowing letter to The Journal from Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher. He says:
"With reference to the report that the work
would be discontinued at the Pensacola and Key
West navy yards, the secretary of the navy ex
presses surprise that any one should suppose that
the work would, be discontinued at these yards, and
states that it will go on as usual.
"Very truly yours,
"DtJNCAN U. FLETCHER."
The foregoing letter should, and doubtless will set at
rest frequent rumors that have borne a tendency toward
unstableness at the local yard in some quarters. The as
surance thus given that the rumors have been without
foundation will be generally appreciated among loyal Pen
sacoiians as well as hundred of men employed at the yards.
CENTENNIAL AT
PENSACOLA TO
BE CONSIDERED
Mayor Names Committee of
100 Business Men to In
augurate Plan for Holding
Big Show.
Pensacela wifj probably hold a $5,
000,000 centepnia celebration In com
memoration of the 100th anniversary
of the purchase of Florida from Spain.
Tbe matter will be put up to 100
promiaent bnsfness men who were yes
terday appointed by the board of city
commissioners as a committee to plan
for the centennial. A meeting will
be called in the-jaear future- and the
matter definitely decided.
The United States government, the
state of Florida and the several coun
ties within the state will be asked for
an appropriation if the centennial plan
carries, and the city of Pensacola will
issue bonds.
The centennial committee is com
posed" of J. F. Dusenbury, Juds C.
Moreno Jones, W. H. Xorthup. J. S.
Reese. R. W. Goodhart, E. R. Malone.
John P. Stokes, Morris Bear. Frank
Welles, Dr. Louis de M. Blocker. J. A.4
Avant, James A. White. E. O. Salt
marsh. O. J. Semmei. C. Thiesen, W. S.
Rosasco, I. H. Aiken. C. H. Turner.
B. S. Hancock, Charles Hervey,
Thomas W. Brent. James M. Muldon.
Alex, Friedman, R- F. Mitchell. F. B.
Carter, W. W. Watson, J. A. Merritt,
J. F. Taylor. W. L. Moyer. J. X.
Andrews, Dr. Mallory Kennedy, A. C.
Blount. H. S. Kidling. A. M. Avery,
Max Klein. L. V. Halsberry. Felo Mc
Allister, W. H. Watson., S. T. Mc
Adams. P. L. Rollo. Dr. W. C. Dew
berry, C. A. Born. Dr. H. L. Simpson.
C. F. Zeek. Dudley Saunders, W. H.
Shackelford. M. J. Elkan, Charles Per
- , 1 t- tt
ry, P. Jv. longe. . 1 rrwirr, v.i
Bingham. Ed Forcheimer. J. C. Green,
J D Anderson. W. J. Forbes. J. A. f
Jones. John B. Jones, G. H. Robinson, j
T W KmlfhwlflC- K It. tjarter. i-t. U.
Cosby. E. W. Speed, A. S. Butterworth.
J. L. Sweeney. James Schofield, J. E.
Taylor, J. C. Van Pelt, J. H. Sherrill,
W. H. Knowles. N. C. McMillan, Sid
ney Bell, William Faulk. T. L Gant,
Major Hughes, Capt. 'Bennett, Dr.
F. G.' Renshaw, George P. Wen t wort 1,
Fred Gllmore, Paul Stewart, W. A
D'Alamberte, Dr. William Ackerman.
the Rev. John H. Brown. Ed Rellly,
Eugene Roch, J. E. Baars. J. R. Mc
Lane. Ralph Bushnell, Oscar E.
Maura, J. D. Hendrlx, George W.
Howe. Ernest Petterson, George Em
manuel, J. P. Harrell. Dave Harrison.
J. H. Bayless. W. V. McNeir. W. A.
Ray. Francis C. Wilson, Manuel Vlllar,
Dr. J. Whiting Hargis. James Mac
Gibbon, Judge W. B. .Sheppard J. B.
Perkins.
Percy S. Hayes and Velma Maura
were appointed a press committee.
Preparations for the centennial were
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SHORTAGE OF
l WORRIES
CITY SOLONS
Communication From Comp
troller to Commissioners
Divulges Overdraft and
Embarrassment.
Financial difficulties in the depart
ment of streets in the city of Pensa
cola were brought to light yesterday
when Comptroller J. O. Walker noti
fied the board of commissioners that
because this branch of the municipal
government had far exceeded its ap
propriation, he. would no longer issue
checks for street funds, except fot
lighting purposes. Even then Mr. Walk
er said in a communication addressed
to Finance Commissioner Sanders,
"such checks will have to be held In
suspension until the situation changes."
Mr. Walker declares that the total
allotment to the street department
under the budget was $107,102 for 12
months, but that in the 8 months
just passed $113,772, or $6,670 more
than it should have cost to run tne
street department for an entire year.
had been spent and more than $40,370
than was appropriated for 8 months.
In spite of the fact. Mr. Walker
claims, that it had been previously
agreed that nothing but a severe and
wholesale cut of street expenses could
meet the situation, when Uoth the
comptroller and the former comptrol
ler William Eggart. called attention
to excessive overdrafts madt upon
that fund over and above its budget al
lotment, small cuts only were made
and the excessive expenditures were
allowed to go on. Only several emer
gency loans, he further states, made
the street department from the fire
an1 TrHri fund knt th nenartment
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running at all. Powerlessness to make
further loans is given as the cause for
the firm stand which the comptroller
"" '
The communication caused a storm
of protest at the city hall. Commis
sioner Pou and City Clerk Helnberg
declared that the entire appropriation
for streets was a bare $66,520. as
against Mr. Walker's figures of $107.
102 and that the announcement must
have come through an error in book
keeping. Any excess expenditures in his de
partment, according to Street Commis
sioner Hinrlchs, are due to the rapid
industrial growth of the city and th
efforts to meet changing conditions.
More street work has been done by
this administration than any previous
one, he claims.
A wholesale cut in the street working
and ther forces was made two months
ago when 23 men were dropped from
the payrolls. Seven men from tho
police force and one from the city
fire department were also cut out in
order to allow for ' additional funds
necessary for street purposes.
CODSSIONERS
ARE AT WORK ON
ANNUAL BUDGET
Cuts Are Proposed in Some
Cases While in Others In
creases May Be Made
Finally.
SCHOOLS BUDGET TO
BE CUT $22,000
'WW
Attorney and Superintend
ent of Farm May Get
Raise in Salary Solons
Must Walk Or Hire Taxi.
Beginning the compiling of a tenta
tive budget for the fiscal year, county
commissioners held an all-day meet
ing yesterday and will probably.be in
session for the remainder of the week
apportioning amounts to take care of
the various expenditures. In a num
ber of instances cuts will be made, but
in several others, among them the cat
tle tick work and mothers pension fund
heavy increases will be necessary.
U. S. Veterinarian Brown waged a
hard fight for the cattle tick appropria
tion of $16,000 and finally won.
Through Dr. DeMllly, head of the cam
paign In Florida, he will furnish thi
board with a list of all cattle owners
and tha number of herds In the coun
ty, in order that the extant of the work
may be fully realized. He said that In
junction proceedings brought about In
the court of record "had thrown a
j monkey wrench Into the wheels of
i progress temporarily", but that he ex
j pected a favorable decision and that
work would not materially surrer.
' The board looked on the appropria
tion asked foe as a stiff price to pay.
They contended that the matter had
been misrepresented by government
authorities who had come before and
that they had been lead to believe that
the initial expense of $7,0000 was all
that would be necessary.
Declaring that the farm demonstra
tion agent Is good for nothing except
to vaccinate hogs and that the farm
ers know more about crops than th
agent. Commissioner McCurdy protest
ed the appropriation for tils salary.
He was overruled.
The appeal of Commissioner Soder
llnd for a $1,200 appropriation for th
purchase and upkeep of an automobile
for district 2 was denied. Mr. Soder
lind claimed that his district was th
largest Industrially In the county, that
he needed a car for official business
and that it would save an almost
equal amount of taxicab fares. The
board was of the opinion that he could
walk. The clerk stated that only
about $8 monthly was paid for tax:
hire.
The school board's budget of over
$182,000 will have to be cut to $160,000.
For painting the court house, enlarg
ing the vault and repairs $2,000 is thr
estimate made.
The county attorney's salary may be
raised from $900 to $1,200 according to
the proposed budget.
Incidental expenses will be Increased
from $1,000 to $1,500.
Pay of the county solicitor, accord
ing to the estimate, will be reduced
from $2,400 to $2,000.
An additional $200 will be allowed
for legal advertising.
Shortage in tke shesiff'a appropria
tion was reported as due to the many
capiases issued by former County So
licitor Mackey.
Appropriations for coroner's Inquests
and insanity cases were decreased $100
each cm the theory that better moral
and mental conditions prevail.
Increase in salary will be granted
the superintendent of the county poor
farm and the Janitors in the county
buildings.
The tentative budget which has been
adopted for the general and the fine
and forfeiture fund provides the fol
lowing: Salaries for board of countr
commissioners $ 1,500
Per dym and mllag for the
board 4,500
Pay-of sheriff attending meet
ings 120
Judge of the criminal court of
record 3.500
County solicitor l,09-
Attorney pilot commission .... 300
Attorney, county 1,200
Supervisor of registration .... 600
Harbor police 1,080
Physician 1,200
Repairs county court house
and annex 20,000
Repairs county jalil 1,000
Furniture and fixtures for
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