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PENSAcuurx, -Florida; ; Monday morning, October 27, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Miners9 Leader
Is Ready To
PRESIDENTS BLUNT C0E1UAWD TO
TO CALL
AROUSED ATTENTION OF NATION
. ff IT'S T,T
United 3ime w orders vtivc xu
Indication What Their Action
Will Be in Face of Wilson's
Challenge.
OFFICIALS DECLINE
TO DISCUSS PLANS
uiltl utuu. v -
That They Will Not Abide by
Anti-Strike Legislation Now
Pending.
Blooraington. 111., Oct. 26. John I
,e-is. acting president of the United
.;n? Workers, tonight issued a state-
Tent saying that all demands of his
anuation are subject to negotla-
or.s.
Washington, Oct. 26. The whole
wntry waited expectantly today for
minprs answer to President Wll-
-m's blunt command ' that the soft
w! strike be called off. There was
o word, however, to show where the
nited Mine Workers of America
-:ood or what the government would
o if the president's solemn warning
hat the mines must be kept in full
ad continuous operation was ignored
.Vhile declining to comment in ad
anee, gfficials intimated the govern-nt-nt
would not sit with folded hands
n the face of threatened industrial
lisasttr. ' ' --
President Lewis of the miners today
as enroute to Springfield, 111.
Manapolis. Oct. 26. A "suitable re
!y" to the president will probably be
rawri up here Wednesday at a meet
i; of the international executive board
.' miners, Secretary Green said today.
Washington. Oct. 26. Timothy Shea
ue notice to congress tonight that
;e Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
en and Enginemen. of which he was
ting president, would not observe
:o pending anti-strike legislation if
ade a law.
He says it is his information that
;e railroad owners contemplate a
neral cutting of wages when the
ada are returned and desire such
ligation to forestall a strike.
Such a law, he continued, would be
most certain to precipitate a revolu
:n. which is just what radicals and
volutlonary agitators desire. He an
uced that unless the cost of living
lowered railroad men expect a raise
enable them to maintain their stan-
r l of living.
ROOPS CALLED
TO KNOXVILLE
IN CAR STRIKE
our Battalions Infantry Order
ed to Preserve Order if Situa
tion Gets Beyond Control of
Local Authorities.
ivnoxvilie. Tenn Oct. 26. After a
:' marked by frequent clashes, grow
? out of the resumption of street car
":ce with non-union crews, two
'alions of the Fourth Tennessee in
"!ry were tonight ordered to mobil
ise immediately to preserve or-
m the event the situation gets
'""i the control of. the local au-
1r'':es. One infantry company and
machine gun company were In
armory tonight, and several more
other cities are due here by
ars started this " morning after
Jays of idleness 'due to the
and were operated until night
under difficlties. Cars were stop-
a- numerous places, trolley ropes
cut. the crews heckled, and. In
cases attacked. Four strike
rs were sufficiently Injured in
(.. ung at various places to re-
medical attention, but none were
?VV. hurt Two passengers were
"1 jn traffic 9rM.f. ,
...v vwuritta.
LRF.pt rT a ni?G
iEATH ON GRAVE
F J52SEVELT
p .Tork- ct- 26. King Albert, of
'-gians. today placed a wreath
i ,Rnve ot Theodore Roosevelt
is. : . .an v. . tm
iu lamuy at t-asramore
OFF STRIKE HAS
WIDOW WALK8 ELEVEN
MILES' TO GIVE 30 CENTS
News of the Baptist $75,000,000
campaign was carried to the rural
people of Craggy Mountain com
munity, near Asbeille, N. C, and
an aged widow supporting herself
and four little orphan grand
children by her own labors, walked
eleven miles tp the little Baptist
church in the suburbs of Ashevllle
In order to make a contribution of
30 cents, all the cash that she had.
From the standpoint of sacrificial
giving, this Is the largest gift
made to the campaign. Dr. Scar
borough believes. ,
PEACE TREATY
IS ACCEPTED
BY AUSTRIANS
Reports Say Archduke Joseph
of Austria Will Soon Be Elect
ed to the Kingship of Hun
gary... Vienna, Oct. 26. President Karl
Seitz, of the republic of Austria, to
day signed the treaty of peace with
the allied and associated governments.
This completes acceptance by Aus
tria of the treaty of St. Germain. The
treaty becomes effective when formal
notices of ratification by Austria and
three of the principal allied and asso
ciated powers have been deposited in
the French foreign office and this
fact has. been made public in a formal
protocol. .
Stockholm. Oct. 26. The . Svenska
Dagbladet learns from what It con
siders an unusually well-informed
source that Archdjake Joseph, of Aus
tria, will soon be elected king of Hun
gary. His popularity, authority for the
newspaper states, is growing steadily,
and his consort. Princess Augustine,
of. Bavaria, enjoys great popularity as
a result of her self-sacrificing work
for the Red Cross during the war and
since.
If the entente objects to the assump
tion of the throne by the Hapsburg
archduke, it is said it will be offered
to a foreign prince, probably of the
English royal family. Resumption by
former Emperor Charles is out of the
question.
Archduke Joseph formed the gov
ernment of which he is the head last
August. -His retirement was demanded
by. the peace conference.
POINDEXTER SAYS
HE IS CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT
Washington, Oct. 26. Senator Poln
dexter, of Washington, today announc
ed his candidacy for the republican
n6mination as president and presented
a platform . denouncing threats of la
bor leaders to tie up the railroads,
declaring the government must be
made supreme to both capital and- la
bor. Just claims of labor should be
recognized, and treating on interna
tional matters which he says is a "pro
cess of 'making supreme sacrifice of
Americans and joining our fortunes
with the fortunes of men everywhere
should be stopped."
LEADERS DOUBT
ADJOURNMENT BY
NOVEMBER TENTH
Washington. Oct- 26. Although sen
ate leaders hope to expedite the vote
on the peace treaty this -week there
are decreasing prospects of congress
adjourning by November 10, as leaders
hoped. House leaders today, discussed
a plan to separate recess in the lower
body. - "
LADY ASTOR.WILL
BE CANDIDATE FOR
HOUSE COMMONS
London. Oct. 26. Lady Astor has ac
cepted the invitation of Plymouth
unionists to become a 'candidate for
the house of commons seat In Plym
outh made vacant by the elevation of
her husband. Viscount Astor to the
house of lords
Ne&ot
late
FOOD PROBLEMS
WITH SUCCESS
Bureau of Markets Has Interest
ing Data of Various Methods
Employed in Different Sec
tions of Country.
ONE CITY ALSO IS
OPERATING A FARM
Curb Markets and Municipal
Retail Market Houses Are
Operated With Direct Aid and
in Direct Saving to People..
Washington, D. C. Oct 26. The
municipalities, are- tackling their local
food , problems in a variety of ways,
some of them unusual, is evidenced by.
reports received by the city market
ing division of the bureau of markets.
United States department of agricul
ture. From establishing curb markets, re
modeling or building retail market
houses, efforts of cities have expanded
until some are actually selling food
supplies, while one city of about 65,000
population is . operating a farm and
selling produce from it at retail. -How
One City Sells Food.
Houston, Texas, which has a munic
ipally owned retail market house, has
taken over three stalls in the building
and is handling fruits and vegetables
in competition . with its . tenants. In
order to be fair to other retailers it
charges Itself with all overhead ex
penses paid by other dealers, includ
ing rent, 'and also pay - wages-higher
than those paid in other stalls. Re
ports on ten weeks" operation of the
city managed stalls show 'that it is
possible to buy and sell produce In
competition with local merchants at
both a direct and indirect saving. to
consumers. The experiment', is to be
enlarged to include food products
other than fruits and vegetables and is
said to be already serving as a stabil
izing Influence on prices in that -city
market. Competing merchants have
become Interested In" the methods of
doing business of - the city-operated
stalls and appear anxious to try out
pratices that would enable them to
lower their prices.
City Goes Into Farming.
Allentown, Pa., has gone into farm-,
ing on a farm acquired for other pur
poses which, through changes in mun
iciple plans, was lying idle. Under the
direction of one of the city alderman
this farm is producing vegetables and
selling them at retail in competition
with shipped-in produce. The farm
also' feeds 1,000 head of hogs on city
garbage. Local advocates of the. plan
now propose to include the use of an
old brewery as a storage warehouse
for potatoes "and other products grown
by local farmers, so as to lessen the
city's dependence on shippedin pro
ducts. ' ;
Although the bureau of markets,
through the city marketing division, is
keeping in touch with developments
In many cities and is compiling in
formation for use in answering In
quiries, it states that it would be glad
to hear from any cities not as yet
reached by formal inquiries, which are
working . on local food problems
through municipally owned Shops and
by other methods differing from those
that have been followed in. the past.
The bureau plans to make available in
formation In regard to the successes
and failures of cities in their efforts
to solve their food problems in order
that municipalities contem plating
special action may. have the benefit of
the experience of communities faced
with similar conditions.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
OPENS RED CROSS
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
- Locust Valley, N. Y Oct. 26. Queen
Elizabeth- of the'" Belgians, today
opened the annual membership drive
of the Red Cross with a speech at
the Long Island country home of Hen
ry P. Davidson. She paid a dollar
membership fee and jnade a speech.
General Pershing also joined them
here. ' ' : .
VIENNA WOULD
NOT SELL ROYAL
ART TREASURES
Vienna, Oct. 26.. The 'decision ;to
sell the art treasures and historical
relice of the former roynl family of
Austria Is meeting, strong -opposition.
The "city council has passed a formal
resolution of protest asserting that
the money so obtained would buy food
for only a few months while these ar
ticles are Austria's pride and Inheri
tance. , : ,
CITIES TACKLE
ENFORCED
PROHIBITION
TO BE BIG JOB
Departments Charged With Re
sponsibility of Making: - Law
. Effective Declare Appropria
tions Insufficient.
ONLY TWO MILLION FOR
REVENUE DEPARTMENT
Department of Justice Has Only
Hundred Thousand With
Which to Conduct Prosecu
tions Millions More Needed.
(By GEORGE H. MANNING.)
Washington, D. C, Oct. 26. The fur
ther the internal revenue bureau goes
along with its preparations for carry
ing out the prohibition enforcement
law the more appalled it becomes with
the realization that it is going to be
utterly impossible to stamp out the
liquor traffic with the very limited
force that can be maintained with the
$2,000,000 appropriated by congress j
for doing the work this fiscal year.
The department of justice is like
wise puzzled over the problem of pros
ecuting all violations of the prohibi
tion law detected by the internal rev
enue bureau with- the paltry appro
priation of $100,000.
With three big measures passed by
congress calculated to make the Uni
ted States drier than the Sahara desert
the members of congress are afraid
they have advanced ' a step too . far.
The treasury and justice departments
are aghast at the enormity of the task
of enforcing "the law and the anti
saloon league inwardly has fears that
a sudden- change from a "wide-open"
United States to a bone dry coyuitry
will result in a disastrous physical
and sentimental reaction. , -.
Prohibition in general and especially
the sale of wine and beer will become
an important issue in the next gen
eral elections, and may be' one of the
principal planks of a presidential can
didate who will take the field on a
labor and wine and beer platform, ac
cording to shrewd politicians In Wash
ington," who have closely watched the
situation. . -".'
The prohibition enforcement law to
provide measures for enforcing the
war-time prohibition act now in force
and the constitutional amendment ef
fective January 16 next, was finally
passed by the senate and house last
week and sent to the president for
signature. The president sent It to
Attorney General Palmer for a ruling
as to ts constitutionality, which has
been attacked. That is where the bill
is now. It will become effective Im
mediately upon fts approval by the
president.
The Internal revenue bureau, con
templating that Attorney General
Palmer will approve Jhe bill and the
president sign it, Is preparingits plans
to carry it out. Confidential instruc
tions are being issued to all its agents
as to methods for carrying out the law.
The agents are being given copies of
the law, the department's interpreta
tion of i.t, and a set of rules to guide
them as to what they can do and what
they can not do in enforcing it.
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roper has not yet- selected the man
he will place in charge of the bureau
that will, enforce the prohibition laws.
He is still looking about for a man who
will have -the entire confidence of the
public and at the same time the ability
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EMPLOYERS I
SPAIN DECLARE
LOCKOUT NOV. 4
Minister Says Act of Organiza
tion Is Foolish Move at This
; Time When Workmen Are
Asking for Nothing.
Madrid, , Oct- 26. A congress ? of
Spanish employers, sitting at Barce
lona, ' today declared a-general lockout
of workmen throughout Spain, effec
tive November 4. . r .
' The governor of Barcelona has be
gun negotiations with employers and
workmen with a view-to preventing
the lockout.1 The minister of the in
terior in denouncing the decision of
the employers,- termed it an act of
provocation against the workers, and
added "at a moment when the workers
are asking nothing the action "of the
employers is foolish."
The employers congress also decid
ed. to make their organization perma
nant as a protest against the alleged
crimes of . syndicalists - and ' to take
steps looking toward the protection of
employers, according to a , dispatch
from Barcelona. It says the employers
claim" the government ; has failed to
protect the employers Interests and
the latter are dissatisfied with the laws
granting shorter hours and providing
pensions, i .. " "
Centenniim
Arrives
COlillSSIOIM
IMPRESSED BY
SPIRIT SHOVN
Hon. Jules Burgueries Arrives
From New Orleans to Attend
Meeting Is Big Man in Flor
ida Development.
EXPRESSES INTEREST
IN PORT ACTIVITIES
Mr. Burgueries Is President of
West Palm Beach Chamber
of Commerce and Is Guernsey
' Stock Breeder.
Hon. Jules M. Burgueries, member
of . the Florida Purchase Centennial
Commission, arrived In the city last
night from New Orleans. Accompanied
by Ben S.: Hancock and others he went
Immediately to the San Carlos.
In an . interview with The Journal,
Mr. Burgueries stated that he had
been appointed only recently on the
commission, and although he had not
had much time to think over the loca
tion of the centennial, .he realized that
the matter was one for serious con
sideration.
-: Mr. ' Burgueries said that he was
much Impressed with the spirit ex
hibited by the people of Pensacola in
pushing their claims for the centen
nial, and expressed a keen interest
in the development of the port and
the naval operations here for the past
few years. , ' - ' j
In discussing the possibilities of
the state as a whole, the commissioner
said that Florida was one of the few
states of the union which people really
wanted to visit, and that she had act
ually had more to offer people from the
outside than any of the others. He
expressed the hope that some con
centrated plan of . advertising for the
state as a whole would be speedily
accomplished and lauded the efforts
of many Florida cities and towns for
the individual endea-or they have
shown along this line.'
Mr. Burgueries is president of the
chamber of commerce of West Palm
Beach and is one of the most potent
figures in the development of that
section of the state. Besides his other
business interests he is operating a
large stock farm at West 4alm Beach,
paying particular' attention to the de
velopment of Guernsey cattle, many
of which have already made the regis
ter, of merit, for that breed.
ROB GRAVES TO
GET BODIES OF
SOLDIER FRIENDS
Brussels, Oct. 26. Grave robbing in
military cemeteries has become more
or less frequent of late. The thefts of
bodies are generally committed by per
sons hired by families anxious to havs
their . dead brought .to a . particular
cemetery or in the burial grounds of
their home cities. Requests to move
the bodies have been refused by the
authorities and the result, is that these
persons take the law into their own
hands. Parents or relatives of soldi rs
have been frequently encountered near
military cemeteries at -night socking
to recover and bury . elsewhere -heir
loved ones.
HOUSEWIVES TO
CONDUCT DRIVE
AGAINST BUYING
New Tork,' Oct. 26.---AS a method of
lowering - prices by decreasing con
sumption, - the National HousjwI es
League today sent to Attoreny Geiervl
Palmer copies of resolutions the league
had adopted, urging Americm house
wives . to refrain from purchasing or
using eggs, butter; or. coffee, except
for invalids or children.
ADMIRAL GRAYSON
SAYS PRESIDENT
HAS A GOOD DAY
Washington, Oct. 26. Dr. Grayson
tonight authorized the statement that
the "'president has had a good day."
He obtained much rest today. - . '
MEXICO TO BUY
TRUCKS FOR USE
AGAINST REBELS
Mexico! City. Oct. 26. General J.
Augustln Castro, formerly sub-secretary
of wr and in charge of 'that
department, will be sent to the Uni
ted States the latter part of this month,
according to El Universal, to purchase
motor trucks for the Mexican army
tobe used- in campaigns against the
rebels. .
Commission
This Morning'
P1SAC0LA ENTHUSIASM TODAY IS
TO SHOW COMMISSION THAT CITY
IS SOLIDLY BEHIND CENTENNIAL
Body of Distinguished Men Who Are to Determine Site for Inter
national Exposition Are to Be Guests of Pensacola at One of
the Greatest Demonstrations Ever Held in Florida.
VISITORS WILL BE GIVEN TOUR
OF C1TY1 BEFORE HEARING CLAIMS
Plans Include Visit to All Principal Historical Scenes, Navy Yard,
Fort Barrancas, Trip Around the Harbor, Dinner at San Car
los and Grand Parade at Four O'clock This Afternoon.
Pensacola will hold open house today for the State Centennial
Commission. "
The demonstration to be given here .today in honor of the men
who are to determine tHe site of the 1922 Victory Centennial will
eclipse any event of the kind ever held in the city, or for that mat
ter in the state.
Pensacola's entire population of 40,000 people will be out to bid
the visitors welcome, and, to show them that, Pensacola is whole
heartedly and unreservedly behind the Centennial movement.
Last night 4,000 people attended an open air mass meeting to
hear Johnny Frenkel, Judge A. C. Blount and Dr. William Acker
man speak on the spirit of Pensacola. The Rochester band gave
an excellent concert. !
The State Centennial Commission will have no doubt after to
day's meeting in this city, that Pensacola wants and deserves' the
Victory Centennial. i
NEW CHORUS IS
PREPARED FOR
PENSACOLA TOWN
Pensacola Town is Centennial
Town,
Folks all know it, By Heck we'll
show it;
We're the greatest bunch of
boosters to be found.
The port that makes 'em sit and
listen.
All things best and nothin miss
in Shout hooray! Win the day
For Pensacola Town.
FALL OF CITY
OF PETROGRAD
IS INEVITABLE
After Its Capture General Yu
denitch Intends to March on
to Vantage Point From At
tack From Moscow.
Reval, Oct. 26. The fall of Petro
grad is inevitable, according to reli
able advices. General Yudenitch In
tends, after its capture, to march on
to the line of the river Volkhov, about
seventy-five miles -east of Petrograd,
where there is a convenient line of de
fense against attack from - Moscow,
protected on either flank by two big
lakes.
.Helsingfors, Oct. 26. Official reports
of the northwestern army state Gen
eral Yudenitch has successfully re
sumed the offensive . southwest and
southeast of Petrograd despite the ar
rival of . Bolshevik reinforcements.
BODIES OF LONG
MISSING FLYERS
REACH SAN DIEGO
San Diego, California, Oct. 26. On
arrival here tonight the destroyer
Aaron . Ward brought the bodies of
Lieutenants C. H. Connolly, of San
Diego, and F. B. Waterbouse, of Wei -ser,
Idaho, the two army flyers miss
ing since August, slain in Lower. Cali
fornia by two Mexican fishermen, who
are said to be known to the United
States and Mexican governments.
Steps are being taken to capture them.
The destroyer also brought the story
of the sufferings of the - aviators
scrawled in notes on the wings and
f usilage of the airplane. Some were so
tragic Major Bratton asked the news
papers to refrain from - using them
out of consideration for the officers'
families. One message said they lost
their way in a rainstorm; another said
they , tried in - vain for two days to
catch fish and drank water fron Jae
airplane's radiator - .
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Thousands of children from the vari- '
ous schools of the city, as well as all
others who can do so. will be at the
L. & N. station at 9:45 o'clock this
morning to welcome the commission
ers when they arrive. These people
will attend the meeting at the City
Hall at, 11 o'clock and will be at the
points assigned them, at 4 o'clock this
afternoon to take part in the grand
parade and demonstration which is to
close the day's festivities.
J. H. Bayliss. S. H. Burke and P. D.
Tebault, who will conduct the morning
program, have announced their sched
ule arf follows:
Those who will escort and accony
pany the commissioners on the morn
ing tour upon the arrival of the train
from Jacksonville are as follows:
Scout Car No. 1 J. H. Bayliss, with
Chairman Brorein, of Tampa, accom
panied by Wayne Thomas of the
Journal, Mayor Frank D. Sanders and
Judge A. C. Blount.
Scout Car No. 2 P. D. Tebault, with
Commissioner Burgueries,' accompanied
by Chairman F. G. Renshaw, P. L.
Rosasco and J. Simpson Reese.
Scout Car No. 3 Lee Gentry, with
Commissioner McWilllams, accom
panied by Senator John P. Stokes, S.
H. Burke and Senator McLeod, of
Santa Rosa county.
Scout Car No. 6 Thomas P. White,
with Commissioner Logan, accom
panied by Chairman Ben S. Hancock.
R. Pope Reese and Charles B. Her
vey. Scout Car No. 6 W. B. RtHoVianrf
with Commissioner John B.- Jones, ac
companied by John H. Collins of Mil
ton, and Chairman Felo McAllister.
The afternoon tour will leave the
San Carlos Hotel promptly at 2 p. m..
and will be in charge of Messrs. A. T.
Barkdull, H. E. Root and Tom Hall,
and will motor through the Shipbuild
ing plant, the air station and Fort
Barrancas.
Upon arriving at Barrancas wharf
the party will be taken in charge bv
Capt. J. C. Watson. Dr. F. G. Ren
shaw and Mayor Frank D. Sanders.
They will board the army steamer
General Swartowt for a tour of th
bay, viewing the harbor and Its facili
ties, and will arrive at Palafox wharf
at 4 o'clock.
All loyal Pensacolians. which mean
everybody, will meet the party, and
wm rorm m line for the parade under
the direction of the demonstration
committee consisting of James A.
White, W. H. Bradford and Rox Crow
ley. The parade will proceed north on
Palafox street to Mallory court where
a grand rally and demonstration will
take place.
Felo McAllister is to be grand mar
shal of the parade and his assistants
are Charlie Turner. Charlie Merrltt,
George Turton, Jr., Al Thompson. Roy
Taylor. Frank G. Carroll and O. E.
Wells. -
Parade and Demonstration
Divisions will form at 4:00 o.clock
as follows:
At Palafox wharf Police escort
Col. Mauldin and staff, army band'.
Admiral Plunkett and ., staff. Captain
Christy and staff, navy, band, sailors
State Centennial Commission, City
Commissioners.
At East Pine street Centennial
Committee of 100, County Officials.
Spanish War Veterans. Y
At East Magnolia Street Boy
Scouts, and all War Activity organiza-
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