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VOL. XXII NO. 280.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SO AGREEMENT
IS YET REACHED
CAPITAL -LABOR
.iBuoo io XjBjqi-!"'
HE PATIENT IS WAITING
IDS
ROTARIANS IN BOOSTERS TELL
(joO)
CONFERENCE TO
BUSY DAY SHOW
OF VICTORY AT
CAPITAL CITY
ON COAL STRIKE
BEGIN ALL OVER
CITY TO GUESTS
MMfm
Government May Take a Hand
to Prevent Untold Suffering
During Winter If Conference
Is Unavailing.
ONLY ONE MONTH'S
SUPPLY COAL. ON HAND
Strike Storm Sweeps Through
Senate and Law Is Looked Up
on Question Conference to
Meet Again Today. :X
Washington. Oct. 21. The joint con
ference cl committees of miners and.
ni.fi-ators of the Central Competitive
field, which Secretary "Wilson called
in the hope of averting a strike No
vember 1. adjourned this afternoon
until tomorrow without reaching , any
now merit.
Loaders of both factions asserted
th.eir respective attitudes had not been
ih.intrcd in any way.
The failure of the miners and opera
tors conference today may force the
government to step in to prevent the
t-ountry untold suffering.
With the mines closed and less than
a month's stock- on hand there was a
.strike storm in the senate today and
ffJeral agencies looked up law on the
tuestion. In the meantime the con
futrnce reconvenes tomorrow.
Representatives of the miners and
operators met with Secretary of Labor
Wilson in a final effort to settle wage
imputes and thus avert the strikes of
.'if.oim bituminous coal miners called
fur November 1.
Jchn J. Lewis, president of the Uni
ted Mine Workers of America, and
71m mas T. Brewster, chairman of the
t'Pt-ra tors' committee, headed the two
delegations comprising . in all nearly
lu'' members. -
Immediately after the conference
met, Secretary Wilson in a brief
H'o.'ch, urged that the differences be
;-djusted in some satisfactory way so
that the country could be spared suf
Uriug during the coming winter.
Lewis and Brewster on their way to
'.he meeting, which was secret; deelar
H miners and operators were stand-:a-
firm. , ..
"There will be 'no settlement unless
.11 c-ur demands including the five day
leek are granted," Lewis said, while
fw.'ter announced that operators
v.ouM net open peace negotiations un
Itis the strike order was withdrawn.
New York. Oct. 21. A crisis In the
Urike. of 40.00 New York longshoremen
"a: reached today. The International
Mercantile Marine, which has forty
"hips tied up in port, put strikebreak
ers. ;it work moving cargoes and 500
fnited States troops began work at
army piers where transports to and
from Kurope have been held up.
Army officials made it plain troops
trought hero from Newport News
ttould be used solely as workmen at
army piers and would not anDear at
Mivate or shipping board docks.
Heavy police guards, however, were
n duty at other piers.
The strikers who yesterday walked
out of a conference of conciliators at
tho city hall because they object to
Via! A. Vaccarelli as one of the o.on-
V.vors, were invited to attend a mass
wing at Tammany Hall late today
Mayor Hylan, a member of the
nciliation committee annoinlM h
Secretary of Labor "Wilson. Many
ambers of the strike asserted they
Juki not attend the meeting.
Washington, Oct. 21 President Wil-
is being kept informed as to the
rtatened strike of bituminous coal
nrrs, the treaty situation In the
nnte and the national industrial con
renoe. It was annnnmd tnriav
White House that improvement in
is condition durine the nast fw Aavm
ttKlo it possible for him to receive
Secretary Tumultv written ra.
frts on these and other pressing
""iems.
DEMOCRATS MAY
ACCEPT TREATY
RESERVATIONS
"ayi.insrton. Orf 91 Th nnftn.
accepting the peace treaty reserva-
without further opposition was
'''"nCstlv orna;o.o V... 1
. vviiduicu JJ Lilt? BtrllcLl?
'rl.ITS tOrlaV aftor tho frno txr nrrAct
, 1 . . .. . VV9'
forces announced a complete a-
"'rmPTir ah u. . . i
iijv rcocrvaiion program
UG .Sonata. Thft mainrlrv Amsis t
icr.ea no decision today. The four
"ations generally regarded as the
important were Said to be those
;::ng: to the withdrawal from the
doctrine and article ten. ?
.ERKS DEMAND
RIGHT TO SMOKE
WHILE AT WORK
yev York, Oct. 21. Nearly two
-red clerks of the maritime under.
Vy "ng a?ency went ,on strike here
s They aemand thirty per cent
tClas..and an eiht hour day with
Pnvilese of smoking during office
or" They waUied out 3st after &
.prcsldent of the company dis
a committee to present their
tl' Strikers said salaries rang
krr? tn dolIars a week for book
Jo. to forty dollars for more re
Slate Is Cleaned of All Disagree
ments Following Days of
Hopeless Deadlock Over Col
lective Bargaining.
BODY BROUGHT BACK TO
STARTING POINT OCT. 6
(l Notwithstanding Illness Presi
dent Addresses 600 Word Let
ter to Conference at Zenith of
Its Crisis. .
Washington, Oct, 21. The industrial
conference slate was wiped clean" to
day and the body brought back to the
point where it was when the session
started October 6, by successive de
feats of a proposal by employers for
recognizing the right of workers to
bargain collectively, next the substi
tute declaration by the general com
mittee and proposal from the labor
group to arbitrate the steel strike.
Both employers and the public rep
resentatives voted against the latter.
In adjourning the conference tonight
Secretary Lane said It had produced
nothing and advised that it take a new
start by adjourning for several days
while the co-ordinating committee of
not more than six members framed a
program of action.
Defeated on every point and having
lost support of the public group which
had heretofore been on the side of the
workers the labor delegates left the
conference hall tonight disheartened.
Should labor show a disposition to
bolt Chairman Lane undoubtedly will
use the presidents letter to avert a
crisis it is understood, to restate the
purposes of the conference and em
phasize the need of allaying industrial
unrest. He will plead for more work
by the conference.
President Wilson, despite his illness,
was understood to be preparing to
day to take a hand In the national In
dustrial conference in an effort to a
vert a break which is threatened as a
result of the Inability of the capital
and labor groups to reach a satisfact
ory agreement on the collective bar
gaining issue. . - "
In a 600-word letter to Secretary
Lane, chairman, of the conference
dictated from his sick bed, the presi
dent outlined his views as; to the con
ference situation. The letter was . Im
mediately dispatched to Mr. Lane, who
it was explained, was to use it at his
discretion.
- The serious situation m the confer
ence was reported to the president
early today after a conference between
Chairman Lane. Secretary Wilson, of
the labor department; Bernard M.
Baruch, chairman of the public group;
Thomas L. Chadbourne, chairman of
the committee of fifteen and Secre
tary Tumulty. The president immed
iately dictated the letter to a stenog
rapher and signed the completed copy
with a lead pencil.
The president's signature .was writ
ten on the bias across the sheet and
apparently his hand was somewhat
shaky when he signed it. Mr. Tumul
ty immediately left for the Pan-Amer-
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SUGAR SUPPLY
IS PLENTIFUL
SAYS REFINER
" .
Federal Interference and Con
trol Is Blamed for Present
' Situation, in Hearing Before
Agricultural Committee.
Washington, Oct. 21. Federal, con
trol of the .sugar crop was opposed
today before the senate agricultural
committee by C. A. Spreckles, a New
York refiner, who blamed governmen
tal Interference for the existing sugar
situation. There is no shortage, he
said, although the supply is "dislocat
ed.'. One million tons of the 1919 crop
will be . available before January 1,
he added, to relieve the present sit
uation. Mr. Spreckles said he would not ob
ject to government control, if it would
reduce the price to the consumer. In
stead, he insisted, it has brought about
an increase ir price. -
"If the matter was left to the lw of
supply and demand, it would soon get
down to Its proper basis," he added.
Mr. Spreckles had frequent clashes
will- William A. Glasgow, attorney for
the United States Susac Equalization
boitd. He charged there has been
hosrdlng over the country and declar
ed western beet sugar growers were
witM-olding the crop from the market.
He also asserted several thousand
tons of raw sugar from the Phllip
pires were being heid In New York
by 'speculators.' .
Pressed by Mr. Glasgow as to the
"iriAnHtv of the nersons holdinsr the
sugar from the Philippines, the witness
named James s. conned company, ana
Czarnikow. Rionda and Company, both
of New York- '
ELLIS TO ASK
FOR MORE MEN
POLICE FORCE
Chief Says That Department
With Its Present Limited Per
sonnel Cannot Give Adequate
Protection.
More police protection for the busi
ness section of the city is going to be
requested of the city commissioners.
The recent robberies in that quarter
and the arrival of large stocks of val
uable goods for the holiday trade the
addition of at least two more police
men to the retail district an absolute
necessity. Chief Ellis says. Merchants f
and other business men are comment
ing upon the -lack of protection at the
present time and feel - that something
should be done immediately. . !
In an Interview yesterday, . Chief '
of Police Ellis saldr "I fully realize
that there is ot sufficient protection;
for the business houses of the city,
but I cannot place any more - men
there because' I haven't got them. I
am going to ask the police commls
sloner for additional men for this i
purpose, and I know that some of the1
merchants have asked him for this
protection already. '
"If I take any of the patrolmen from
their regular beats and place them in,
the down-town section, it will leave
those beats absolutely unprotected,
and they are poorly enough protected
as it is. 1 1 consider I am doing all I
can with the present force, and 'it Is
not my fault that there are not enough
policemen for the adequate protection
of the city." t
In addition to the recent robberies
on Palafox and Garden streets, many
disturbances are constantly occurring.
One night last week a crowd watched
a fist fight on Palafox street, between
Garden and Romana streets, for half
an hour and the police were nowhere
to be seen. Monday night a group of
civilians thrashed three sailors at the
same place and the affair was over
before the police arrived.
The present' beats which the patrol
men are required to cover are too long,
so the policemen say, and they feel
that they are not to blame because
they cannot be in a dozen places at
the same time.
PLANES LAND AT v
CHARLESTON IN
HOP TO ROCKAWAY
The H-16, A's 854 and 85S. from the
local air station, landed at Charleston,
South Carolina, at 6:30 o'clock yes
terday evening after a successful trip
from Tampa."
The 854 was Joined at Tampa yes
terday morning by the 858 and the
flight to Rockaway,' Long Island, was
resumed. " They will leave Charleston
oriv this morning ' and will make
Hampton Roads about noon. The planes
expect to arrive at Kocitawajr uus
evening.
The lap of the hop covered yester
day was uneventful. Good time was
-i o.. v rrettn and nlanes are
uiauu auu - -
in excellent condition. J
igMsiif-i nnn n n n n - - - .
IRISH BUREAU
SEN. WILLIAMS
Quotations From Official Docu
ments to Prove Part of Irish
in Revolutionary and Other
Wars;
Washington, Oct. 21. The Irish
National Bureau here, today made pub
lic a letter from Michael O'Brien. hls
tographer of tbe American Irish His
torical Society, New York, to Senator
John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
in which reply was made to the sen
ator's attack on the Irish in the senate
last week. v
Referring to Senator Williams state
ment' that he had received "threatening
letters," Mr. O'Brien said if any Irish
men were responsible for them, "they
did not represent genuine Irish feel
ing." and suggested the letters .origin
ated with enemies of Ireland. .. . , . ...
Taking up the senator's assertion
that the Irish had exaggerated the part
their race played in the revolutionary
"war. Mr. O'Brien quoted from of f ictal j
documents in the government . arch
ives in London, photographic copies of
which he said he had enclosed,' to show
that .the British commanders in the
revolutionary war regarded the - Irish
in America as ' their "most serious
antagonists." .
He also said he had "found abun
dant evidence to show that Irish , sol-:
dlers in the British army took every
opportunity of 'deserting to the rebels,
and added that he had found that at
least 38 -per cent of "the American
army of liberty was of Irish birth or
of Irish descent." ' -
"Of one . hundred surnames of an
ancient origin, I have counted on the
rolls of the revolutionary army a total
of 12,293.. he wrote, adding that there
were nearly'1,500 officers of Irish blood
and General-Washington chose as his
aides a number of natives "of Ireland
and some of Irish immigration. -
SPANISH GRANT
OF FLORIDA IS
HELD AT TITLE
New York, Oct. 21. A copy of Ponco
de Leon's grant of Florida' by the
king of Spain was shown . to immi
gration officials There today by four
Columbian women, but evidence of the
possible ownership of Florida acquired
by Inheritance was: not sufficient
qualification for admission in lieu of
conforming regulations. . '
PRESIDENT HAS
FIRST HARD DAY
SINCE ILLNESS
Washington, Oct. 21. References to
President Wilson's increased activity
today were made in Dr. Grayson's bul
letin, which said the president felt
stronger today.' He- tried to do more
than he had heretofore done since his
illness began, and as a consequence he
is very tired tonight.
COUESBACKAT
PENSACOLA. HAS
FIRST
CHANCE
TO ENJOY W
Lieut. J. A. Whitted Will Take
Passengers in His New F-
1 Type Flying Boat - First
Commercial Seaplane Here.
Tle first commercial seaplane for
I'ensacoia is now In business and Pen
sacolians who for years have had to
watch naval flyers will now have their
first chance to enjoy the thrills of
flying.
Lieut. J. A. Whitted. U. S. N. R. F..
recently placed on inactive duty, has
purchased a navy F-boat and has gone
into" the passenger 'carrying "business.
Lieut. Whitted has been piloting naval
air craft since before the war and has
flown every type of plane 'the navy
owns, except the NC-planes. He. made
.the. first . trip. to .New. Orleans in Sep
tember,. 1918,. and .was in charge of the
expedition ' which jwent to Cuba in
March' of this year. t ' 1
An Interesting J feature of Lieut.
Whitted's flight - to rCuba is that he
ereturned to .the states on j the de
stroyer Robinson, which is now in the
harbor. - i
, The navy F-boat is a two or three
passenger flying? boat, and is said to
be the safest -plane the -navy used
during the war. The one Lieut. Whit
ted is operating has new wings, new
struts and controls, a new motor and
all the modern flying instruments.
Lieut. Whitted was chief -instructor
; in advanced flying at the naval air
station here for more than two years,
and has been 761. hours in the air. He
is noted for his skill and has the rep
utation of never having broken so
much as a strut. He has had more
time in H-16 boats than any other
man in the navy.
Mrs. Whitted was the first passenger
the lieutenant. took up with him yes
terday. She says she enjoyed the "hop"
immensely and declares she is going
to fly once , a day. , She also asserts
that she is going to learn to pilot the
boat- She and Lieut. Whitted plan to
fly to St. Petersburg after a few weeks
stay at Pensacola.,
Lieut. - Whitted's landing place ' will
be back of the yacht, club on Palafox
street. He expects to make flights
every; day during -fair ' weather and
offers Pensacolians a chance to en
joy the thrills of "sky-hopping."
CHURCH SPLIT
AGAIN WORRIES
EPISCOPALIANS
.IetroIt. Oct. 21. The possibility ' of
a division In the Protestant Episcopal
church was brought to the attention
of the triennial convention here again
today during the fight on the floor of
the house of deputies against the ac
ceptance of a prayer for the blessing
of Graves by Thomas Nelson Page by
denouncing the adoption "of prayers
for the dead, and succeeded in having
the delegates reject the prayer for
graves resolution. They adopted a
resolution urging capital and labor: to
accept the principal of partnership
Entertain District Governor and
- Mingle With Service Men in
Visit to Fort Barrancas, Air
Station and Fleet.
McGILL TELLS MEN
TO GO SECOND MILE
Says That Doing What Is Not
Required of Men Jby Law Is
What Makes for Civic Growth,
Fellowship and Prosperity. ,
Yesterday was a big day with local
Rotarlans who turned out almost one
hundred strong to ; welcome District
Governor Truman McGlll. of Selma,
Ala. An automobile tour over the city
was followed by a trip of inspection
through the mammoth . yards of the
Pensacola Shipbuilding Company as
the guests of Capt. Paul Stewart. A
visit to the Naval Air station and Fort
Barrancas preceded the luncheon at
the San Carlos hotel.
"If a man compel thee to go with
him a mile, go with him twain." .
Using this scriptural text for his
subject. District Governor Truman Mc
Glll addressed the Rotary Club empha
sizing the Importance of Rotarlans
doing the things of life they are not
compelled to do.
He first urged the members to exer
cise the spirit of the second mile in
citizenship. "There are certain laws
and regulations that men are compell
ed , to observe, the breaking of which
brings the hand of the law upon them.
but," said the speaker, "men are not
required to have a civic spirit, and
yet we find men today traveling the
second mile In citizenship by doing
things to uplift their fellowman, by
rendering unselfish service, such as
makes for the betterment of the com
munity, state and nation.
"It is the spirit that builds hosnl-
tals, that provides fresh air homes.
that supports public charities. - that
erects buildings for the safe -guarding
or our boys and yonug men. It is this
spirit .that sends men forth to serve
the nation as Rotarlans have done dur
ing the great world war."
The speaker next emphasized the
need of men traveling the second mile
In business, dwelling especially upon
me importance of both employer and
employe - considering other interests
besides their own.
,He further urged men to travel the
second mile in self-culture, showing
the need for all to develop their tal
ents to the highest point of self-improvement,
whether it be in science,
music, art or literature. He closed
his remarks with an appeal to all
Rotarlans to be loyal to the principles
of the organization.
Admiral Charles P. Plunkett was
next introduced by President Hunter
Brown. The admiral's opening words
were interrupted by a chorus of "Old
Admiral Plunkett ain't what he used
to be, forty-five years ago." but the
admiral soon proved that if he was any
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HARRY ff.BOYER
MEETS DEATH IN
LITTLE BAYOU
' " '
Miss Zoe Bell Narrowly Escapes
Drowning in Heroic Effort to
Rescue Companion, Who Was
Unable to Swin.
Harry W. Boyer was drowned while
bathing In Little Bayou at about six
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and Miss
Zoe Bell narrowly escaped a like fate
in a heroic effort to rescue him, when
he waded into the channel. He was
unable to swim.
Mr. Boyer and Miss Be,Il and her
sisters were bathing in the bayou not
far from the Bell home and at a point
which had been dredgedvto allow the
big ships built at the Pensacola Ship
building Company to pass. Mr. Boyer
got too far out and fell into deep water.
When Miss Bell, who Is an expert
swimmer, saw the plight of her com
panion, she immediately went to his
rescue. Mr. Boyer seized Miss Bell and
it was Impossible to break his grip
which rendered her powerless to as
sist him. She went under twice with
the drowning man but just as they
were going down for the third time
he released his ohld upon her and
shoved her away from , him. Their
companions got help as quickly as pos
sible and the body was recovered. Ef
forts were made to resuscitate Mr.
Boyer but were unavailing.
Mr. Boyer was a traveling salesman
for the Med lck-Barrows Company of
Columbus. Ohio, and had been a friend
of the Bell family for a number of
years. He was about ao vm ...
and unmarried. ' He is survived by his
motner ana one sister who reside at
Columbus.
H. Lee Bell notified s.fr. rjo.-r-o
ployers and family Immediately after
the tragedy and will Wva tnv .itk
the body for Columbus. '
Shower Temporarily Halts What
Had Promised to Be Biggest
Mass Meeting Held by Cen
tennial Workers.
MARSHAL PERKINS
COMMENDS SPIRIT
Speakers Show How and Why;
Pensacola Should Have Cen
tennial and Pope Reese Ex
plains Financial End.
Pensacola's delegation to the meet
ing "of the State Centennial Commis
sion at Tallahassee gave a report of
their activities In the capital city last
night. A mass meeting was in pro
gress at Mallory Court when a shower"
broke up the session temporarily and
forced the boosters to adjourn to tho
San Carlos lobby. The band from the
U. S. S. Rochester gave another con
cert and thousands of people were out
to Jiear them and the centennial
speakers. Only a small part of the
crowd could get into the lobby to hear
the speakers. ,
Dr. F. G. Renshaw, chairman of the
mayor's, committee of one hundred,
presided and spoke very briefly about
the centennial tour. He read the fol
lowing telegram from Felo McAllister
and Ben Hancock, who are attending
the meeting of the North Florida
Chamber of Commerce at Chlpleyri
"West Florida stronger for Pensacola,
every day."
The telegram was received with
cheers and the chairman then read a
rhymed history of the tour, written by.
Fred C. Humphreys. It follows:
U
Centennial Boosters. . j
We're Just back from Tallahassee, :
Among, old Leon's red bills.
We went to put one over j
On that gang from Jacksonville. ' (
And we did that thing, believe me, '
We dld.it good and strong.
When Johnnie Jones and Frenkel '
Began to sing their song.
Why, they only had a corporal's guard.
But they were all good as a slammer,
For they would always holler out:
Go back to Alabama!
We only considered the source ij
From which that slur had come, '
For Pensacola is full of pep "
And Jacksonville on the bum. " n
1 '
They'll be over here this week
To see what we have to show and
say,
And, believe me, boys, they'll all fall
dead
When they gaze on our beautiful
bay.
With Uncle Sam's brave war ships
Safely anchored in the stream.
It will make that bunch from Jack-
sonvllle
Imagine they've had a dream.
It will be dream that they'll never have
About that little river St. John
Sure this is the place for the Centen
nial, For here is where the deal was born.
We'll show them our old Spanish' forts
That was built by the sons of Spain,
And show jthem the. finest harbor
South, from the coast of Maine.
Then If Jacksonville can show such
claims,
Pensacola will give up the fight
And take off pur coats and all go to?
work .
And give a Centennial right
United States Marshal Perkins told
how the Key West member of the state
commission had been absent at tho
first meeting, and his successor at
the meeting Monday. He explained
the battle put up by the Pensacola
delegation to keep Jacksonville from
forcing the commission to hear th
claims at Monday's meeting and how
the commission had finally been pre
vailed upon to meet in Pensacola,
Mr. Perkins made a strong plea fop
continued "pep" and urged the men
and women of the city to
working shoulder to shoulder as they
aia at u ananassee, and assured them
that in that way Pensacola could not
lose the centennial and would surely
grow to be the principal city on the
gulf coast. .
He expressed his faith in the integ
rity of the commission and said that
he believed Pensacola's claims
receive just and fair consideration. Ho
commended Chairman Broreln for hla
fair-mindedness and readiness to Mil
the Pensacola meeting.
R. Pope Reese, who was to
sented the legal aspects of Pensacola's
claims at Tallahassee, gave a short
history of the centennial fight, as
sured the boosters that the citv w
in the scrap to stay and would land
the centennial. "KeeD tvcrbxtn.ii
at it," was his message.
With reference to the financial
of the centennial. Mr. Reese declared
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