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FLORIDA WEATHER. Partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday. . VOL. XXII NO. 279. r I7MTI7MR . H .1 XXI II II '1 XXI I DEADLOCKED OVER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ISSUE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE MAY COME TO END Gary Breaks Silence and Main tains Steel Strike Should 'Not Be Arbitrated Nor Compro mised. CONCILIATION SEEMED HOPELESS LAST NIGHT In Reply to Gary Gompers Stat ed If Real Industrial Issues Are to Be Cast Aside There Is No Purpose in Continuing. Washington, Oct. 20. After the statement of ii.miuaii vjaiy ui me steel corporation to the national industrial conference today that the steel strike "should not be arbitrated of" com promised, " and Samuel Gompers statement that if the real industrial issues are t be brushed aside there was no purpose in continu ing the conference, chances for agreement on the domi nant issue of collective bar gaining seemed - m o re re mote. ' " :" ; Tlie prospects of conciliation was considered still more remote tonight when it became known that repre sentatives .of capital are steadfast In "f-fu.sal to accept the resolution for recognition of the right of bargain ing which approved public and labor groups. Judge Gary, who returned here to '1 i.v after a three days absence in New York, is a public representative in the conference. He has maintain silence during the two weeks the conference has been sitting and he iloilined today to comment on a re K'rt that he went to New York last week to confer with steel corpora tion officials on the issues before the conference. Judge Gary was understood to have expressed fear of the consequences, of turther recognition of labor unions. The effect of his announcement on the industrial conference remained to bp developed. The stumbling block today was the insistence by the employers that to t'.e substitute region named late S-irurday by the central committee of the conference, which it was believed ould be acceptable to all Interests involved, be added a clause declaring it the right of employers and em ployes to bargain individually. The solution, before this clause was re quested would have given labor the right to organize into trade and labor unions, shop and other industrial as sociations and would have given them the additional right to be heard, in baling with their employees, through 'representatives hosen by a majority ct' their own members." Labor delegates announced their un alterable opposition to the individual tarpaining clause. The employers were f-iil to be insistent and that was the Nation facing the conference today. GERMAN OPERA CAUSE RIOTING NEW YORK CITY Xotv York, Oct, 20. Mounted police rnight dispersed, a crowd of. three -."Jred sarvlce men massed in front th Lexington theatre to prevent production of a German opera on "irh Mayor Hylan had placed his of '"c:al han. The men went to Times are and recruited nearly a thousand v:!ians and returned and one Faction ?aPpd ln a witn the police ik""5 bricks and stones, and several fts were fired. Tickets had been for the production despite the -or's order. Oira.!ns oC Gtrman music coming uje theatre were followed by the "u oi yie service men. ARMY AVIATOR IS KILLED IN FALL IN CALIFORNIA Calif- ct- 20- First Lieu rhij, 1 c,ec,rge w. Puryear? of Mem. h.' t s kl"ed :n an airplane fall th first a" He iS 5111(5 to have been ta jnerican prisoner to escape lc German Urea, LEDMA ENSIGN HEWITT OUT DENSE FOG LANDS TAMPA Plans for Hop to Rockaway Are Deranged Wright Stays at Apalachicola Flight Will Be Resumed Today. Flying out of a dense fog, the H-16, 858, in command of Ensign Lambert Hewitt and piloted by Ensign Burr Chase, landed at Tampa yesterday evening. The H-16, 854, commanded by Lieutenant Webster Wright, and pi loted by Ensign M. P. Cook, remained at Apalachicola, where both planes landed at 8:45 yesterday morning. It was stated last night that the 854 would Join the 858 at Tampa and from that point would continue their hop to Rockaway, Lonrj Island. ' ' . Advices stated, last night that both planes with their crews are safe. The encountering of the fog has deranged the original plans of the aviators which called for the. second stop. . at Brunswick,1 Ga and thence to Hamp ton Roads and Rockaway, They will probably take a bee line across the Peninsula now, and follow the Atlan tic coast to their final destination, landing at Jacksonville and Hampton Roads. . I. W. W. LAWYER REVEALS STORY OF RADICALISM - Washington, Oct. 20. While mem bers of the senate labor committee in vestigating the steel strike sat fairly dazed and dumbfounded, Jacob Ma golis, Pittsburgh, I. W. W. attorney, and admitted advocate of social revolu tion, today told the story of ultra radi cal activities which he said are asso ciated with the steel strike.. He out lined a partially successful attempt covering the past two years to fuse, at Pittsburgh, (unstated but vaguely hinted for revolutionary purposes) the L. W. W., Bolshevik! and Russian In dustrial Workers. . " , - Margolis said - the imagination of these men were caught by the suc cesses of Lenine and Trotsky In Russia and all were worklrg, he calmly said, "to create new society within the shell of the old." He frequently mentioned the name of Secretary Foster of the steel strike committee, not so much as a radical agitator himself, but as a seeker for help in conducting the industrial fight in the steel industry. Margolis admitted that after the steel strike committee had referred slightingly to the I. W. W.. in a letter to President Wilson about the strike. that Foster told him, Margolia, over the telephone to "tell the . boys not to get sore about that. I didn't have any thing to do with that letter. You know I have to go with the committee most of the time." , . ; DEVELOPMENTS IN COAL STRIKE ARE DISCOURAGING Washington, Oct. 20. On the eve of the conference called by Secretary of Labor Wilson in the hope of avert ing a strik of the half milion soft coal miners on November 1, Presi dent Lewis, of the miners, announced that the strike order will not be re scinded unless operators meet all the demands of the miners, Including a five-day week. " . . '.. - j Chairman Brewster, of the coalj operators committee, asserted that un-1 less the srike order is wihdrawn oper aors will not enter negotiations look ing toa settlement of the differences. BILL WILL MAKE CAPITAL OFFENSE BOMBS IN MAIL ' Washington,. Oct. 20. The deposit of bombs or other infernal machines in the malls will be made a capital offense under a bill by Senator Kin?, democrat, of Utah, favorably reported today by the " senate Judiciary - com mittee. The measure was introduced after the May Day bomb outrages. " PENSACOLA. FLORIDA. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS tlAYBEPROBED Charge Is Made by Senator Watson- That Radical .Reds Are Internched in Federal Trade Commission. RECORD CITED TO SHOW UP ANARCHISTS Resolution Proposes Thorough Intrenched in Federal Trade by Interstate Commerce Com misson. Washington, charges that Oct. 20. Sensational socialists. Reds f and other radicals are "Intrenched," in the government departments and particu larly that the investigation forces of the federal trade commission contain men hostile to the government and American institutions were made in the senate today by Senator Watson, republican of Indiana, who introduced a resolution for an ' Investigation by the Interstate commerce committee. Disclaiming any defense of the great meat packers. Senator Watson declar ed that the open records of some of the commission's employees on that investigation showed them to be out spoken, anarchists, participants In red parades, pro-Germans, admirers of Lenine and Trotzky and avowed ex ponents of Soviet government. Of Stuart Chase, who . had general charge of the Investigation, of the meat' packing Industry,"- Senator - Wat son charged,, that besides being a well known exponent of socialistic : doc trines. Chase was " president and or ganlzer of the Fabian Club of Chica go, "a society, founded for the ex press purpose of furthering the doc trines of socialism." - Grouped about him ln his offices at federal trade commission head quarters," .declared Senator Watson, "were Victor Berger, Irvin St. John Tucker, and many other extreme so cialists. His office became the Ten dezvous of men devoted to the de struction of property, the overthrow of government and consummation of the ideals of socialism." Chase, Senator Watson charged, helped organize a Chicago meeting at which "Berger and other radicals made inflamatory speeches" and also organized a meeting at which Lincoln Stef fens spoke. "That anarchist," said Senator Wat son, referring to Steffens, "had just returned from Russia and his address was to aid in the recognition of Le nine and Trotzky by our government." Chase later wrote a magazine arti cle, Senator Watson said, assailing the United States government for not rec ognizing the "Russian Reds." On Chase's specific instructions, Senator Watson further charged, the committee Inflated the reports show ing profits of the packers companies. Samuel W. Tator, who with Chase had general charge of the investiga tion, . Senator Watson charged, was "an avowed admirer of Lenine and Trotzky, and frequently expressed his admiration of the Soviet government of Russia." ' . "He was pronouncedly against the allies in the world war," continued the senator, "and frequently made the statement that all big business should be confiscated by the government." A. S. Kravitz, credited in the com mission's report with "important aid," ln the Investigation, Senator -Watson charged, was a "Russian from Riga, an intellectual socialist of the most pronounced type and throughout the war intensely pro-German. , r ' "He has always expressed himself as an ardent admirer of Lenine and Trotsky and claims to be a personal friend of Lenine. ' Frequently he has stated he was heart and soul for the German cause," said the senator. Raphael Mallen a statistician. Sena tor Watson charged, was a former preacher ousted from his church for socialistic tendencies, and also had been confined to a military prison in 1917, as conscientious objector." s ' He frequently waved a red flag at the meetings of his co-employees of the federal trade commission," declar ed the senator, "and always carried the red emblem in his pocket. He openly stated his home had been raid ed. He stored his socialistic writings in Chase's office and boasted that the packages holding them contained 'gov ernment dynamite." R. N. Buck, credited in the commis sion's report with "valuable assis tance.' Senator Watson charged, was the author of attacks- on the rights of property , and ( American lnsi tutions. and Basil Manly, who assisted in the Investigations, the senator v described as a -member (Continued on Page Two.) TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 21: 1919. V - PRTCF FTVTC rttrxTTS VGTOll PALUR WARNS REFINERS OF BEET SUGAR Excess of Ten Cents a Pound Wholesale Will Be Construed in Violation of Food Control Act. - : " : . . ; STEPS TO PREVENT PROFITEERING TAKEN Lengthy Telegram Sent to Re finers Shows Government Is Active in View of the Existing Sugar Shortage. uui6i.uu, wu - 2U. KPM . Kit r-ar rciuiers were notified today by the department of Justice that a charge for sugar in excess of 10 cents a pound wholesale would be considered in vio lation of the food control act. The United States sugar equalization board has held that 11 cents a pound was fair retail price for sugar. . Attorney General Palmer made pub lic the following telegram sent to beet sugar refiners. "After thorough investigation by the recognized authorities on sugar, the United States sugar equalization board have notif led . the department of Justice of the following facts: as a considerable part of the country gen erally supplied at this time of the year with beet; sugar may be em barrassed because of the beet sugar factories failure to sell beet sugar as produced and ' this condition in turn is , due to the uncertainty- regarding price, our- Judgement is that no "higher price than 10 cents cash Jess 2 per cent, seaboard ! basis': is Justified, and we hope that you will decide at once to begin marketing your sugar on this basis and relieve the very serious sit uation. - The price of 10 1-2 cash f. o. b. plant which has been offered by the sugar equalization board for sugars in ex cess -that used in -your territories as shown by your 1917 deliveries as a minimum up to 50,000 tons for: No vember and December shipments to relieve an acute shortage among the manufacturers cost is not to be con sidered a precedent or basis for local prices. ' ' "I ask you to make your announce ment . of prices based on the above. (Continued on Page Two.) CAMPAIGN FOR MEMORIAL FUND STARTS AT ONCE Local Committee For Roosevelt Association Will Begin a Can vass Tomorrow, of ; Escambia County. v , The ' campaign1 for -Escambia " coun ty's quota of the Roosevelt Memorial fund will begin in earnest in Pensa- cola this week. The drive to raise 11,200 for this purpose will start Wed nesday, when the school children, the Boy 4 Scouts, . the local civic organiza tions, the" business houses, the indus trial plants and the people ' generally, will be asked to contribute . to . the foundation- of a memorial to the great American, statesman. 1 " The Roosevelt Memorial Association purposes to. erect a suitable monument to the 'ex-president at Oyster Bay on the Roosevelt estate at Sagamore Hill and another memorial at Washington. Committees of the association will be actively -engaged throughout this week in raising the necessary funds. . The committee for Escambia county is headed by Captain W. H. Northup and includes C. W. Lamar as secretary and treasurer, ' George v Wentworth. Fred Marsh, Bruce Weeks, Henry Hyer, Frank E. Welles , and Vincent J. Vldell. This committee will can vass the business houses and indus trial plants while the aid of the school authorities and the Boy Scouts to look after the schools and the public gen erally, is to be enlisted. " The school . children will be given brief talks on Roosevelt on Wednes day and contributions wIU be made by them for the memorial. - Roosevelt was a member of the Boy Scouts and the national playground organization and felt and exhibited a keen interest in child welfare, hence the. children have been asked to help in raising the funds for this memorial. Captain Northup stated . yesterday that he hoped to put Pensacola and Escambia county over the top in this drive..'" MASS WfiETEi SCHOOL TAX ELECTION CALL IS ASSURED More Than a Thousand Tax Pay ers Signed Petitions During Little More Than Week of Circulation. An . election . to determine whether or not Pensacola shall rank with other cities ln the country in educational matters is assured with the publica tion in The Journal this morning of the names of more than one thousand tax payers,' who have signed the peti tions, which were circulated during the past -week -for the purpose of feeling the public pulse as the sentiment for a ' subl tax d istr let s for .Pensacola. . Members of the committee who have been .engaged in the preliminary., work of the campaign to insure better .schools, for. Pensacola, are most opti mistic, as to the outlook. ' . Petitions have been , In circulation , only one. week, but the signatures of the citizens of Pensacola ' indicate in no. uncertain terms the strong 'senti ment for better educational facilities. Hunter - Brown, - chairman of the committee has been ably assisted by George P. Wentworth and W. H. Watson, both of whom have worked indefatiguably for, the success of the movement. ! Mr. Wentworth has had charge of the petitions and has been aided by the members, of the various Parents Teachers' -Associations, who 1 formed themselves into a flying squadron, which did most effective work.' The boys of the high , school' also helped greatly in lining up the voters and securing their signatures. ASWELL CHARGES REPUBLICANS FEAR TO MOVE FORWARD Washington, Oct. 20.The various Investigating committees of the house would themselves be Investigated un der a resolution introduced today by Representative Aswell. democrat. ; of Louisiana. The resolution calls , for statements and expenses for eight in vestigating committees, for clerical help, incidentals and attorneys' fees. Aswell charged the "inaction of reouh- lican leaders during the session cost tne treasury two ' million, six hundred thousand." He-chareed the rennMl. cans were afraid to move forwuni antt were fiddling away time investigating everything that might give promise of campaign ' material for 1920.: SENATE REPORTS DEFICIENCY BILL FORTY MILLION .Washlngon. Oct. 20. Carryiner a total of forty million dollars the first urgent deficiency bill of the present sesion was reported today by the sen ate appropriations -committee. . The house provision of two hundred thous and for the enforcement of anti-trfist laws' was amended by the senate com mittee so as to make it available for the use of prosecutions against the labor - organizations or against the producers of farm products who or ganize for- the purpose of obtaining or maintaining unreasonable prices for their products. CONDENSED MILK WORKERS STRIKE FOR MORE WAGES New York. Oct. 20. About fiv thousand bookkeepers, stenoeranhers and - other clerical employes of the Borden Condensed Milk, company went on strike here today, having ; recently formed a union, affiliated with h. American Federation of Labor. Union officials claim some . of t the strikers are pal das low as $13 a . week. A wage increase of 40 per cent, and shorter hours are sought. I V IJCjEj 1 11 IVjl iL Vl M1VJJJL JL JL f OUTCLASS ICfENSACOUANS ROTARIANS TO ENTERTAIN FOR LEADER TODAY Truman L. McGill Will Address Club at Luncheon Army and Navy Officers Will Be Guests Also. , The Rotary meet today will be one of extraordinary importance. The local club will have as guests of honor, Ro tarlan Truman L. McGill, of Selma, Ala., who is governor of the eighth district of the International Associa tion of Rotary Clubs; Admiral C. P. Plunkett and his staff. Captain Harlow Christy and Commander E.'F. Johnson of the Naval 'Air Station, and Col. F. G. Mauldin, of Fort Barrancas. . . .The luncheon at 1 p. m., at the San Carlos, will be featured by an address by Rotarian McGill and the welcoming by Rotary of the army and navy of ficials. ' The day's program as incorporated in Secretary Hendrlck's weekly letter to the Rotarians, is as follows: Tuesday, Oct. 21, is McGill day. You know "Truman" is your gov ernor and he is going to be your guest on Tuesday, and Oh, boy! a day of pleasure has been planned for him, the like of which he has never had. Listen! The "Menu" for the big party reads like this : 10 a. m. Rotarians assemble at San Carlos hotel to welcome Gov. McGill. (If you have an automobile, bring it along it will be needed.) 10:10 a. m. "Hop off." Tour of the city and an official Inspection of Paul Stewart's shipyard. Thence to Uncle Sam's Naval Air station to inspect fly ing machines, et cetera. -Then the non stop flight. to Charley Harvey's resi dence. . . 1 p. m. A. real Rotary luncheon at San Carlos hotel. A Rotary talk by District Governor Truman I McGill. This message is for you. Don't miss it. The welcoming of our army and navy guests, Admiral c. P. Plunkett and staff, Capt. Harlow Christv. Comman der E. F. Johnson and Col. F. G. Maul- ' din. Something doing every minute. . 2:30 p.' m. Embark on Paul Stew art's private "yachett" and give Ad miral Plunkett and his " flotilla the "once over," so to speak. -. This itinerary censored and released by Johnny Jones, et al, . on this the seventeenth . day - of October A. D., nineteen nineteen. - ' Yours in Rotary, J. L. HENDRICK, Secy.' Attention, Auto Owners: Bill Dif fenderfer. who Is official . chauffeur, says phone him Immediately at 177 that, he can count on your car Tues day, morning. DIPLOMAT DIES BEFORE BEING OPERATED UPON . Washington, Oct. 20. Count V. Mic chi di Cellere, the Italian ambassador to the . United States since 1913, died in the Emergency hospital here to night as he was about to JiVlergo an operation. He had been ill since Sat urday. He was aged 63. Death was pronounced as due to mesemteric trombonsis. DIAL CHARGES BANK IS TRYING PROMOTE UNREST Washington. Oct. 20. Charges that the Harriman ; National Bank of New York is trying to encourage unrest and dissatisfaction . among the people, was made in the senate today, by Senator Dial, democrat, of South Car olina, in commenting on the bank's ad vertisement regarding the sale Of sug ar to Frances He said the bank's char ter should be forfeited on the grounds that it "misapplied funds In paying Xor the advertisement." Read the Real Estate Advts. In today's Journal. To sell or rent Heal Estate, advertise In The Jour- : naL The Journal has been the lead ing Heal Estate medium In West Florida for over 20 years. irir?ir?ripm TO - m mm m mm- mm BY CLAIMS TO BIG SHOW PROJECT ABLY SET FORTH Pensacolians Decline to Submit to Decision by Other Than the Full Board of Commis sioners. MEET HERE SATURDAY; JACKSONVILLE MONDAY Assurance Is Felt by Home Boosters That Final Decision Will Be Rendered in" Favor of Pensacola. ! A mass meeting. of the en tire, city, is called to be held Tuesday -night at Mallory Court at which centennial delegates will tell the whole story of how they "swamp ed" Jacksonville in the con test for designating the city for the Florida purchase centennial, it is announced by the delegation. Tallahassee. Fla., Oct. 20.-Once more a decision In the matter of the centennial city Is postponed. Com missioner Bueguerre of Palm Beach was absent. Following a determined and successful fight against Jackson. ville to prevent the state commission rrom hearing the claims of the rival cities without a full commission be ing present it was decided to hold a meeting at Pensacola Saturday and one at Jacksonville on Monday. From tne very first it was nlain that th Jacksonville ailhprnt mi1(4 . v were outclassed in point of numbers and enthusiasm. Pensacola boosters were not onlv wittier and nosier but they had the confidence in themselves that wins fights. ' Before the session was half over one of -the Jacksonville delegates made a little speech in which he beg ged the Pensacolians to lay off. John S. Beard demanded for Pen sacola a hearing before the full board.. He was ably seconded by R. Pope Reese and J. B. Perkins. Mr. Reese -characterized as unheard of Jack sonville's demand for a hear in or . fore a partial Jury. A. pointed demand finally brought the issue to a head. Mr. Beard wanted a middle , Florida man appointed to succeed Mr. Allen and this brought howls of from Mayor Martin of Jacksonville, after presentation of Pensacola's de mands, for they were so, couched, the commission retired and AecAi hold a meeting at Pensacola Satur- f aay ana one at Jacksonville the fol- lowing Monday. This was declared bv both sides to be eminently fair and th ? session ended with Pensacola having gamea a major part of its demands. .following the meetintr the .Tark.nn. vllle delegation practically dispersed but the Pensacolians held the fipKi until after a dance in the evening. The special train leaves at 11 tonight ine .tort Bararncas band entrd Into the spirit of the fle-ht and played Jacksonville's freak circus af- rair from the lump off. The aoidir musicians had everything and before the session was half an hour old they could play "Pensacola Town" back wards or from the middle. V It was some fight. A delegation of girls from the state colles-e bnnt.i for Pensacola and Chairman Brorein admitted that they had much to dc wun nis leaning towards Pensacola. Johnny Frenkel's work as cheer er was another feature of the party ED rensacoia s delegation outnumbered Jacksonville's almost two to one. Pensacola pep was in evidence frorr start to finish and it appeared at If the sentiment of the towns peo ple of Tallahassee was in favor of th CContinued on Page Two.) r