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VOL. XXII NO. 206
PENSACOLA FLORIDA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LOBES RESGRMiraS TO, PEACE
MAW Tffli BE CBiHB AS
fMlMCATiO BT THE RflSDBUT
RAISING BEET SEED
NEGOTIATIONS
OKAGE SCALE
SHOW PROGRESS
TWO PRETTY FOXES
TED SPEAKER IS TO ADDRESS
CHAMBER COtHRCE AND OTHER
CIVIC BODIES ON NEEDS OF CITY
y s "I
Following Conference Hitchcock
Asserted Mr. Wilson Regard
ed Reservations to Treaty as
Impossible. ' i
FOUR MINOR RESOLUTIONS
VOTED DOWN BY SENATE
If at End of Administration
Program Reservations Are
Finally Adopted President
Will "Pocket Treaty" It is Said
Washington, Nov 17. President
Wilson will pocket the peace treaty
If it contains the Xiodge reservations,
he told Senator Hitchcock at a confer
ence today at the White House.
"The president read and considered
the Lodge reservations, Senator
Hitchcock said, "and he considers them
a nullification of the treaty and utterly
impossible."
Four reservations to the peace
treaty, two of which were by the for
eign relations committee, were voted
down by the senate today. The com
mittee proposals lost would have , de
clared unwillingness of . the United
States to assume any responsibility for
German overseas possessions . which
Germany ceded to the five big powers
pending settlement of mandatories and
a blanket reservation excluding from
the league, jurisdiction over all ques
tions affecting the honor and vital in
terests of the United States. These
never had been promised support by
mild reservationists.
;T wo other reservations voted down
were by Senator Owen, Democrat, of
Oklahoma, one designed to assure self
government for Egypt the other de
claring the treaty was interpreted as
perpetuating the principles of ' the
armistice and the fourteen points. ,
The 1 president's statement today to
Senator Hitchcock that he would put
the treaty in his desk unless the resor-
vations aireauy aaopiea were wwuu
seemed merely to tighten lines In the
senate. . ' . :..;:-..-
The program ouuihto y ocua
Hitchcock arter he had seen President
Wilson last week will be carried
through, in the senate Mr. Hitchcock
said. ' ' " "
- This contemplated defeat of the rati
fication resolution with the Lodge
reservations attached and the offering
of a resolution for ratification with
out reservations. With the defeat of
this new resolution a deadlock would
follow and a compromise be sought.
Bnnator Hitchcock was with the
president for an hour.
"I find the president has read and
considered the Lodge reservations and
that he considers them a nullification
of the treaty and utterly impossible."
the senator said "did the president
tell you what his course would be in
the event the Lodge reservations are
frntpd hv the senate?" he was
asked. . . .
"Thm resident will pocket the
treaty," was the reply.
"Even if reservation is stricken
out?"
"Yes, that would make no difference
in the president's decision."
Senator Hitchcock did not interpret
the president's stand to mean that the
treaty was dead, declaring he still be
lieved a compromise reservation pro
gram could bo worked out!
The preamble of the committee reso
lution, requiring that the senate reser
vations must be accepted by. three of
the other great powers, was said by
the Democratic Leader to be partlcu-
who regarded it, he declared "as killing
the treaty absolutely.
He indicated also "the article ten
reservation was entirely unacceptable
to Mr. Wihion. but said the executive
might be w illing to accept some of the
other proposals on the committee pro
gram. As soon as he left the White House
Senator Hitchcock began nlans for a
conference of Democratic friends of
the treaty. It was said it might be
held tonight. The plan at first had
been to have the mild reservation re
publicans in the conference, but it is
understood they informed the demands
they were unwilling to negotiate until
the committee program had come to a
vote.
DEMANDS RELEASE
CONSUL JENKINS
State Department Sends Strong
Note to Mexican Gov
ernment. Washington, Nov. 17. Convinced of
the innocence of William Oscar Jen
kins the American consular agent at
Pueblo of charges of connivance with
the Mexican bandits who " abducted
him, the state department has made
strong representations, to the Meri
ran government against Jenkins' ar
rest. Rumors are current in Mexico
City that Peons who testified against
Jenkins were made to by threats of
death.
UilECil'Oil
srawHip
President Wilson Urges Secre
tary of Treasury to Accept
Appointment Offered by Vir
ginia Governor.
Washington, Nov.- 17. Secretary
Glass had not determined tonight
whether he will resign to accept the
senatorship of Virginia offered him by
Governor Davis. Mr. Glass asked
the advice of the president who urged
him toy accept and he probably will
do this. Many names are mentioned
to succeed him as secretary of the
treasury, but nothing definite yet Is
known. ', . :;
At the request of President Wilson,
Secretary Glass will accept the ap
pointment as senator from Virginia
to succeed the late Senator Thomas
S. Martin, it was announced today at
the white house.
At the white house it was said no
successor to Mr. Glass had been de
cided upon and that the president's
mind was open. The name of Daniel
C. Roper, commissioner of internal
revenue, was added today to the list
of those being discussed as probable
successors to Mr. Glass.
After receiving the appointment
from Governor Davis, of Virginia, Mr.
Glass asked the president what his
wishes were and Mr. Wilson replied
he would like Mr. Glass to accept."
Secretary Glass has consulted with
members of the senate who told him
that there was no particular need for
him to t- the oath as senator for
a week V more, "Meantime " he will
continue to serve as head of the treas
ury department. .
CONTINUE PROBE
OF I. W. W. AFFAIR
Centralia Officials Investigate
Killing of Soldiers on Ar
mistice Day.
Centralia, Wash, Nov. 17 Officials.
Investigating the killing here last
Tuesday of four former ' soldiers by
alleged Industrial Workers of the
World, who fired on the armistice day
parade, conferred at the state capital
today regarding the prosecution of the
suspected slayers. The posse search -ing
for the slayer of John Haney had
not returned late today. Activities
against the L W. W. are continued In
different parts of Washington and Ore
gon. The body of Haney was brought here
tonight and it was learned he died
from the fire of his " own comrades,
through an accidental brush between
two separate parties.
New York, Nov. 17. Twenty-two
alleged reds were, arrested, on federal
warrants here tonight in a resumption
of raids.
LEGIONERS TAKE
SPEAKER OFF STAGE
Escorted Out of Town When He
Attempted to Speak Against
League of Nations.
Ortonvllle, Minn., Nov.- 17. Ernest
Lundeen, former congressman from
the Fifth district, who was scheduled
to speak here tonight . against the
League of Nations, was taken from the
stage by members of the local post of
the American Legionand escorted out
of town.
Later it was said the legioners lock
ed Lundeen in a refrigerator train just
as it was pulling out. , The next stop
Is forty miles away.
Salvage of Spanish Ship
Yields Golden Treasures
Tobermory. Scotland. Nov. 17. (By
The Associated Press) Salvage oper
ations on the galleon, De . Florencia,
the treasure ship of Spain's "Invinci
ble Armada, sunk off Tobermory 330
years ago, are beginning to yield re
sults. These operations were begun
in 1903. Recently several breech
blocks of cannon, bits of the ship's
hull and other relics' have rewarded
the treasure-hunters' efforts.
The De Florencia was sunk by one
of the MacLeans of Morven who fired
her powder magazine. If her main
stores are rrleved from the sea, the
ship should yield a rich, haul for, ac
America, once dependent on Ger
many for sugar beet seed, now raises
its own. That's what the war's done
for the sugar industry. The start
was made from German seed. The
stechling produced from German seed
was buried in trenches over winter
and the next season planted and pro
duced seed. The picture shows the
method of harvesting the seed.
WARTIME DRY
LAW ARGUMENTS
SET THURSDAY
If Law Is Held Unconstitutional
Millions of Gallons of Liquor
Will Go on Sale in Wet Territory-
j
DISTRICT JUDGE IN
CHICAGO UPHOLDS ACT
President Wilson Is Expected to
End Act as Soon as Senate
Concludes and Peace Is Pro
claimed. .
Washington, : Nov. 17. While argu
ment on the validity of the war time
prohibition act will be heard by the
United States supreme court Thurs
day, decision is. not expected before
December 8. Should it be ; held un
constitutional millions of . gallons of
whiskey and wine will go on the mar
ket in those states which are not dry
by state laws. Whenever , the senate
concludes on the treaty and peace is
proclaimed the president, it has been
announced, will end wjkr time prohibi
tion! Chicago, Nov. 17. Federal District
Judge Carpenter today, upheld the war
time prohibition act, and denied the
injunction Chicago liquor dealers asked.-
- :
Appeals from two decisions uphold
ing the constitutionality of the war
time prohibition act, rendered In New
York last Friday were filed today in
the ' supreme court, which was' asked
to hear : arguments next Thursday
when an appeal from Kentucky in
volving a simular question Is to be
argued.
One appeal was from the opinion
from Federal Judge Hand in dismiss
ing injunction proceedings brought to
permit Jacob Ruppert, a "brewer, to
resume the manufacture of beer while
the other resulted from the .opinion of
Federal Judge John C. Knox refusing
to release whiskey held in bond. .
" St. Louis, Nov. 17. Prohibition was
referred to as a panacea for the
world's ills by speakers at today's
session of the National - Women's
Christian .Temperance Union, in con
vention here. Enforcement of the pro
hibition law was urged as a . part of
the Americanization 1 program being
formulated by the union.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 17. Repre-
No 1 Continued on Page Two
cording to contemporary chroniclers,
the ship's stronghold was full of gold,
silver plate and jewels, including, a
crown intended for the coronation of
the Spanish nominee to the throne of
England. By a covenant made short
ly after the wreck this crown. If re
covered, goes to the King of Eng
land; but the rest of the treasurer to
the duke of Argyll. -
The explosion which sank the De
Florencia scattered the vessel and her
contents over a wide area of sea bed
and that fact has so far baffled those
who have . tried throughout the cen
turies to locate the wreckage and
Measure. ' '
Conference, However, Is Delaj -ed
for Operators to Prepare
Reply to Demands of Mine
Workers. " 1
IN MANY DISTRICTS
MEN ARE STILL IDLE
President Lewis, of Miners, As
serts Strike Order Was Can
celled as Directed, But Court
Did Not Order Men to Work.
Washington, Nov. 17. There were
evidences of real progress today in the
wage scale " negotiations between the
miners and operators in central com
petitive fields, although the confer
ference was postponed until tomorrow
for operators to prepare a" reply to
the miners demands. V.-V
With the nation's visible coal sup
ply rapidly diminishing, the govern-j
ment, it was said, intends to hasten j
negotiations. Thomas B. Brewster,!
chairman! of the operators, said re-J
ports show the court injunction call-i
Ing off the strike is not being obeyed
Acting President Lewis, of the miners,
met this by smiling and asserting the j
strike order was cancelled and thati
the court did not order the men back!
to work.
Operators in the sift coal Industry
today considered the federal . court
mandate against the striking miners
and to force resumption; of work in
those districts where the men -walked
out November 1.
The government' has not done its
full duty in merely requiring the with
drawal of the strike order, several
operators declared, pointing out that a
general" stoppage of . production of
coal exists in many mines employing
union labor. . , "
Notices of the , withdrawal of the
strike order were sent out on plain
paper instead of official stationery and
without the organisation i seal 43faet-.
simile signatures of the of fcera f the
United : Mine t Workers' of "America, . it
was stated.'
Meantime the Joint wage scale com
mittees of the miners and operators in
the central competitive field renewed
negotiations on the demands of the
workers for a 60. per cent wage in
crease, a six hour work day, and a
five day week. The sessions are execu
tive. ,
Springfield, 111, Nov. 17. Soft coal I
miners in Illinois were idle again to-j
day in furtherance of their strute xor
higher wages and shorter hours. The
third week of the tie up apparently
found the mine workers in this state
No. 2 Continued on Page 2.)
IX OPERATOR
ASSERTS PUBLIC
IS BEING MISLED
Fifteen Thousand Men in West
Virginia Fields Work Eight
Hours and Earn From $6.18
to $19.14, Statistics Show.
(BY GEORGE MANNING.)
Washington. D. C, Nov. 17. State
ments made to the public by mine
union officials purporting toA show
that the miners in the West Virginia
fields where Federal troops were called
to suppress disorders are underpaid,
work long hours and are in a grinding
battle with poverty are grossly mis
leading, it was declared today by J. W.
Dawson, of Charleston, W. Va, presi
dent of the Kanawha and Michigan
Coal Shippers Association, which oper
ates thirty mines in that field.
Mr. Dawson asserted on the contrary
that the normal work day in this field,
where 15,000 union men are employed.
Is eight hours; that the men have,
earned on an average from $6.18 per
day for the lowest to $19.14 per day
for the highest; that the mines have
been worked on an average of 20 1-2
days a month for the past six months,
and that wages were increased in this
field from 43 to 165 per cent In the
past year.
The wage increases granted in the
West Virginia field were the greatest
ever accorded workers in any occupa
tion In this country, and were made
under agreements intended to run un
til April. 1920, he said.
"The public has been misled often
during the past two weeks by state
ments purporting to show the coal
miner as underpaid and engaged In a
grinding battle with poverty," saidi
Mr. Dawson. "Such is not the case
certainly in the coal field with whose
conditions I am familiar. Figures
showing actual earnings refute any
No. 3 Continued on Page Two
K.V.CO
Miss Lois Fox of Austin, Tex Is the
last of the war camp entertainers to
leave France. She made such a hit
with Colonel and Mrs. E. M. House
that she was invited to visit them on
her return. She plays the ukulele and
sings. The fur she is carrying is a live
one. ..
ALL BUSINESS
ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSE SHOW
Round Table Meeting of Mer
chants and Bankers Fails to
Disclose a Dissenting Vote on
Centennial Move.
QUESTION PUT TO
; GET DECLARATION
"Pernicious Propaganda to Dis
credit Pensacola Business Men
and City's Fight for Centen
nial Shown.
At a round table conference of cen
tennial workers and business men,
held at city hall yesterday afternoon,
the question of Pensacola's unity In
the centennial move was brought out.
Chairman Ben Hancock of the steer
ing committee declared that a "lot
of pernislous propoganda" tending to
discredit Pensacola's fight for the cen
tennial had been put out in Jackson
ville and elsewhere. He said that it
had been particularly asserted In the
east, that the local banks were against
the centennial.
The presidents of the American Na
tional and the Citizens and Peoples
National banks were present at the
meeting and were called on to express
themselves. Both Mr. Malone and Mr.
Reese endorsed the centennial, saying
that they were in favor of it provided
federal and state aid is secured.
With the banks added to the list
of endorsements, every business or
ganization in the city has now gone
on record, as. favoring the centennial
for this city. The Klwanians and Kot
arians were the first to get behind
the move. Later the chamber of com
merce, through Dr. Blocker its presi
dent, added an unusually strong en
dorsement. Various groups of mer
chants have voted their support. - i
Next to the banks, the most recent
addition to the group of centennial
workers is the Retail Merchants asso
ciation. This organization although of
recent origin is one of the most active
bodies in the city and includes prac
tically every retailer in the city.
The steering committee which in
cludes Judge Blount. CoL Beard, R.
Pope Reese, . Frank G. . . Crenshaw,
Judge Binkley and Chairman. Hancock.
It has been .working diligently on
plans for the centennial. '
Bryan Becomes Chairman of
Florida Enforcement Body
. Atlanta, Ga Nov. 17. William Jen
nings Bryan has accepted the chair
manship of : the Prohibition Enforce
ment Campaign In Florida. It was an
nounced : today by Edward Young
Clarke, southeastern director, at head
quarters here.
The former secretary of state now
lives in Florida and will take an ac
tive part in the campaign. It is prob
able that he will speak in -the other
southeastern states as well as In
Florida. Organization is proceeding
rapidly throughout the southeast. ;
Mr.. Bryan is expected to announce
INCREASES TO
POSTALFORCES
FIFTY MM
Raises in Salaries Range From
5 to 25 Per Cent and Became
Effective at Midnight on
November 8.
(BY GEORGE H. MANNING).
Washington, D. C, Nov. 17. Salary
Increases ranging from 5 to 25 per
cent, some effective as of July 1 last.
and others becoming operative on No
vember 8, are given to every class of
postal employees except those receiv
ing over $2500 per annum under the
joint resolution of congress (H. J. Ros.
151) which became effective at mid
night November 8, without President
Wilson's signature, ten days after its
enactment by congress. ,
These increased salaries will add
about $50,060,000 to the payroll of the
postoff ice department. They are ef
fective for the present fiscal year only,
but will probably be reenacted next
year to " extend the advanced salaries
unless the cost of living takes a ma
terial drop, a condition unexpected.
They will not affect first and sec
ond class postmasters or high officials
of the department receiving over $2500
a year, nor employees who have ob
tained salaries of $300 or more since
June 30 last. ,
The increases will be effective as of
July 1st, 1919, except to lump sum
employees, substitutes . and temporary
and auxiliary employees, and will ap
ply to all third class postmasters,
assistant postmasters and clerks in
spectors, special clerks, finance clerks
bookkeepers printers, mechanics,
skilled laborers, walchmen messen
gers, laborers and other employees of
first and second class offices, letter
No. 4 Continued on Page Two
PARIS OPPOSES
RESERVATIONS
Frowns on Senate's Preamble
Calling For Ap
proval. Paris. Nov. 17. News of the adop
trion by the United States senate of
the ten reservations to the German
peace treaty was received with great
interest In the peace conference cir
cles, the point apparently being most
discussed by the delegates in general
Is ' whether the senate will ultimately
Insist on the reservations being for
mally approved by the other govern
ments as now specified In the pream
ble. In French circles the indications
are that the French government Is not
prepared to give its formal approval.
There likewise is much speculation
as to how far the American reserva
tions might possibly affect the reser
vations of some of the minor powers,
such as China. Rumania and Jugo
Slavla desire to make.
COAL SUPPLY IS
AGAIN CUT DOWN
First Five' Priority Classes to
Receive Sup
plies. Atlanta, Nov. 17. Orders limiting
deliveries of coal in the southern re
gion of the railroad administration to
the first five classes on the priority
list which does not include the man
ufactures even of es. Titials were an
nounced this afternoon by the regional
fuel committee. They, said . it was
made necessary by the coal shortage.
Those who get coal are railroads, in
land and coastwise vessels, the army
and navy, certain government depart
ments, state," municipal . and county
institutions, - and public utilities In
cluding newspapers and print paper
manufacturers, and retailers to sup
ply domestic consumers.
the names of his executive committee
men shortly. The prohibition enforce
ment campaign is aimed solely at the
Hlegalized liquor traffic, although
workers . In the movement will do
everything in their power to back and
assist government, state and county
officials in enforcing the law. No de
tective work will be done nor homes
invaded in search of liquor. The cam
paign is to be operated against those
who manufacture and sell liquor ille
gally. One of its features is a pro
gram of Americanization and educa
tion as to the law. '
Clement S. Ucker, Former As
sistant Secretary of the In
terior, to Speak at Chamber
of Commerce Today. ,
ROTARIANS AND
KIWANIANS JOIN
Mr. Ucker Is Vice-President of
the Southern Settlement and
Development Organization
and Knows Needs
Members of the chamber of com
merce, the Rotary club and the Kl
wanis club are invited to attend a
talk this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
chamber of commerce rooms. The
speaner win be Clement S. Ucker, a
former assistant secretary of the in-
t . . . -
i iui aim at present viee-presiaeni
of the Southern Settlement and De
velopment organization.
Mr. Ucker is an interesting speaker
and his subject, the development of
Florida, is one in which every Florid
Ian is properly interested. . Ills organi
zation is working for the growth of all
the southern states, from Virginia to
Texas, and he tells many ways In
which the south can be benefited.
In ; addressing a call to the Klwan
ians to attend the talk. President
Holsberry says:
To members of Kiwanis club:
All members of the Kiwanis club.
who can possibly do so, are urged to
attend the meeting at the chamber of
commerce rooms at 4:00 o'clock to
day to hear the address-of Hon. Clem
ent S. Ucker. The subject to be dis
cussed is vital to the welfare of our
county and city and -will be of interest
to every Kiwanlan,
- LEROT V. . HOLSBERRY.
President Kiwanis Club. -'
Referring to the work &f the South
ern Settlement and Development or-.
ganlzation, the Jacksonville Times
Union has this to say:
Putting Florida Ahead. 1
uommenaaoie in every way is mw
organized effort that is to be made
next month for putting Florida ahead
in matters that vitally concern ' the
states present prosperity and future
growth. Plans for improvement and
development work were made at a
recently held meeting of the executive
committee, in Washington of the
Southern Settlement and Development
Organization. This , work is pro
posed to be carried on in a number of
states in the south, Florida among
them.
Reports of the committee meeting
above referred to. which was attend
ed by Dr. W. F. Blackman, of this
city and state, secretary of the Flor
ida cattle tick eradication committee.
tell of the work to be taken up active
ly and aggressively in 'the .various
states. Here in Florida it Is proposed
to organize a landowners association
which will operate on a broader basis
than has the Cattle Tick Eradication
organization which has done splendid
ly good work for the state as well n
for a verv large number of Individual
citizens. This organisation. Dr. Black
man promises the Washington meet
Inc. Will undertake to promote a number
of rnovemenfs vital to tT-e future of the
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