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yOL. XXII NO. 211
CARRANZA REEU
HOAX BREAKS
MEXICO WILL
NOT RELEASE
: CONSUL AGENT
Government's Sharp Note De
manding Release of Jenkins
Is Answered by Carranza
Government.
ADDITIONAL CHARGES
AGAINST AMERICAN
faying Money to Rebels and
Acting in Collusion With
Them Against Mexico . Are
Among Main Charges.'
Washington, Nov. 23. T-he answer
W the Mexican government to the
harp note demanding the immediate
lrelease of American Consular Agent
Jenkins, will probably be delivered
b the state department tomorrow.
A. long dispatch bearing on the Jen-
Fans case , it was learned tonight.
ias been received at the Mexican em
tassy and Is being decoded today for
presentation to the government.
-While authoritative information as
o the attitude of the Mexican govern
fment is lacking, all indications pointed
o technical refusal to the order for
the release of Jenkins. Since his ar
rest it was learned additional charges
Iiave been formulated . against him,
"fcased' on alleged evidence that he ac
tively assisted persons in rebelling
li gainst the Carranza government. 1
Payment of large sums of money to
rebels and acting in collusion with
them are said to be among the charges,
Money Jenkins paid was for ransom
to save his life and the collusion was
that he was forced to agree to pay It.
Private advices received here direct
from Mexico City this afternoon In
dicated General Felipe Angeles was not
executed as reported in San Antonio
last night and that powerful efforts
,re being made to save his life.
VICTOR BERGER
MAKES PUBLIC
! HIS PLATFORM
Noted Socialist of Wisconsin
Declares Against "Militarism
j and Imperialism" in Govern
ment,
'r Li JttilaSa. i I
Milwaukee, Wi3., Nov. 2a.-The
platform of Victor . Berger, socialist
candidate for congress in the Fifth
district, as announced today, follows
"For representative government, and
against the impertinent presumption
f any clique or party of the house
of representatives! to dictate whom
the district is to elect as Its repre
sentative. "Against militarism and imperial
Hsm.M
"Against government by Injunction,
and against any law that would en
slave labor, and against using the
army of the United States to intimi
date the working class.
"Against prohibition.
"Against the so-called espionage
act.
"Against meddling In the internal
affairs of any foreign country Rus
sla, Germany and Mexico.
"Against national bankruptcy and
national hunger.
"For old style liberal Americanism
and against 100 per cent profiteering,
masquerading as 100 per cent Ameri
can ism."
"For freedom of press, speech and
assemblage.
"For compelling , the profiteers to
pay the cost of the war. '
"For the right to use any language
In church services, and also for the
right to teach, besides English, any
language -in public or church schools,
that the patrons may desire.
"For national ow nership of trusts
and for the public ownership of pub
lla utilities in nation, state or city as
ths case may be.
"For an early, lasting and Demo
cratic peace and against President
Wilson's alliance of international cap
italists to guarantee each other loot."'
:'
ADMIRAL JELICOE
BELIEVES LEAGUE
SHOULD BE TESTED
Auckland, New Zealand, Nov.
23. (By A. P.) Admiral Jellicoe
declared in a speech the other
day that until the League of Na
tions had proved itself, the Brit
ish empire would be wise to trust
to the might of the British
navy, which was insurance - of
its safety. He declared that if a
portion of the empire desired to
help in. naval defense, it should
help now.
The admiral said there were
unknown problems in the Pacific
which might in - future lead to
trouble. It was devoutly to be
hoped that the League of Nations
would lessen any possible dan
ger of war. Nevertheless, he said,
he did not think there were many
members t of the British empire
who were prepared to stake their
all .upon the efficacy of a body
which had not yet really come
into being.
TWEDITY-FIVE IS
TOLL OF DANCE
HALL DISASTER
Mostly Women and Girls Perish
ed in Burning Building When
the Crowds Became Panic
.Stricken. : Vr-S-V- "
vnia. "Piatt T. "NTnv- 91 Twontv. i
five persons, mostly women and girls, '
perished in the burning building here
last nlcht when thnsft attending .
dance on the second floor became
panto stricken and stampeded - down
the narrow stairway and. were crushed
to death or burned. Fifteen are known
to have been dangerously injured.
Work of removing debris of the
building la continuing and the exact
total of the dead will not be known
for some time. The dancers were from
Ville Platte and other parts of Evan
geline parish and many of them spoke
only French. ,
It Is reported several mothers chap
eroning their daughters perished, but
twenty babies in the nursery room
of the hall were saved.
Willie the dancers were fighting to
get down the stairway mothers tossed
their babies over the heads of the
crowds to men below. Meanwhile per
sons outside were struggling to get
up the stairway to rescue relatives
In the halL
ROBIN HOODS SEEK
GOVERNMENT AID
Chapter of History of Old Japan
Revived With Their Ar
rival in Tokio.
Tokio, Nov. 23. An almost forgotten
chapter in the history of Japan was
revived by the arrival at Tokio, the
other day, of seventeen so-called Jap
anese Robin Hoods, or "men of chival
rous spirit" who came to seek govern
mental aid for their followers.
In the Tokugawa days these men,
known in Japan as "kyokaku, came
into existence to oppose the tyranny
of the samurai class and to defend the
interests of the common people. Their
motto was to crush the strong and help
the weak. Many of these people still
exist in the country districts where
they are now regarded as political
bosses or band leaders.
They have many followers who have
come to be looked down upon by the
masses of the people. Many of these
followers desire to earn an honest liv
ing but find difficulty in securing em
ployment. The situation was brought
to the attention of members of the
Diet who are now Interceding In be
half of the modern Robin Hoods.
At the same time the "kyokaku
have come to Tokio to warn the gov
ernment, that labor unrest Is lncreas
ing throughout Japan and to voice
their fear that it will assume a graver
aspect if it continues to spread among
the poorer people.
PALMER RECOVERS
FROM BREAKDOWN
.
Philadelphia,' Nov. 23. Attorney
General Palmer who has been stay
ing at the home of Governor Sproul
near Chester, Pennsylvania, is rapidly
recovering from his slight Illness and
will leave Tuesday for his home at
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, or for At
lantic City, it was said tonight.
Palmer , is in need of a thorough
rest.' .
PENSACOLA FLORIDA, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1919.
UP THE
WILSON DEAD"
REPORT HALTS
MARSHALL TALK
Hoax Perpetrated by Unknown
Person at Atlanta Calls Vice
President From Stage and
Breaks Up Meeting.
WOMEN WEAP AND
MEN BOW HEADS
Governor Dorsey Offers Hun
dred Dollar Reward for Ar
rest of Person Who Is Guilty
of Hoax.
Atlanta, Nov. 23. Through a hoax
perpetrated by an unknown person
here tonight, an address by Vice
President Marshall before an audi
ence of several thousand at the au
ditorium was broken Tip by a false
announcement that President Wilson
was dead. An unknown man telephoned
the ' auditorium and asked that the
vice-president be called to the tele
phone, and when told he was on the
stage, he said, "Well,, hell come now,
for the president is dead and Washing,
ton wants him on the long distance."
Word was sent to the vice-president,
who announced it to the audience.
The people bowed their heads, women
wept and the organist played "Nearer
My. -God to Thee."-Then aftea briefs
prayer the -audienc dispersed. "Mar-
snail canea me Associates .tress aim
was assured the rumor was untrue.
("Thank God,
lie saiu. uuvei iiux ivi -
sey nas oiier
dollars for the arrest of he person
who perpetrated the hoax.
GARFIELD TO ACT
, IN COAL STRIKE
Will Intervene in Order to Ex
pedite Wage Rate Set
tlement. Washington. Nov. 23. The inter
vention tomorrow of Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield into the lagging nego
tiations; of the soft coal miners and
operators , was expected tonight to
clear the way for a speedy settlement.
Several operators declared today they
were ready to accept whatever prop
osition the government might offer.
There were no other developments to
day. There is a possibility, however,
of a compromise between the opera
tors offer and the 20 per cent- in
crease and the miners agreement to
take 31 per cent increase proposed by
Secretary of Labor Wilson. Part of
the increase will come through, higher
prices for coal and part out the op
erators' profits, was the possibility
mentioned.
BOGALUSA QUIET
AFTER PITCHED
FIGHT SATURDAY
President of Allied Trades Coun
cil and Labor Paper Editor
Were Among Those Who
Were Killed.
Bogalusa, La.. Nov. 23. Bogalusa
was quiet today following a pitched
battle yesterday in which three labor
men were killed, one wounded, . and
one special deputy wounded. The dead
include L. E. Williams, president of
the allied trades council, editor of The
Free Press, a local paper. Jules Le -
blanc, former captain in the army, who
was wounded during the fight, was
imp1 rnmmandpr of the American
Legion post which was organized last
night. The fight took place when
deputies tried . to arrest Sol Dakus,
negro labor leader.
Twelve members of the Self-Preser-vation
and Loyalty league, which con
sists of two hundred taxpayers, not
employes of the Great Southern Lum
ber company which operates several
plants here, are facing a charge sworn
to by labor leaders of illegally wear-
ing the Tnited States army uniform.
City Attorney Tally said the fight
was the culminatftm of trouble brew-
EIGHTEEN LOST
IN FOUNDERING
OF LAKE STEAMER
Sault Ste Marie, Mich., Nov. 23.
Eighteen persons comprising
the crew of the Steamer Myron
are believed tonight to have been
added to the victims of Lake Su
perior's fury of the past for
night. The, Myron foundered in a
gale last night. Much of her
lumber cargo has come ashore
but no bodies have been found.
DEATH GAMBLE
I FALL GALES
HAS HIGH TOLL
Many Men and Vessels Are Lost
in Annual Disasters on Great
Lakes Because of Unheralded
Storms.
(N. E. A. Special to The Journal.)
Duluth, Minn., Nov. 23. The lakes
are taking their annual toll of men and
ships.
The four gales thus far have swept
four vessels to destruction in Lake
Superior.
The death . list, by the time naviga
tion closes early in December, will
probably total two score or more.
And .i tiUa.- promise -t" b '-a. mild
yar! ' -'"-N
Heavy freight rates; obtainable' near
the close of the season on cargoes of
grain and ore induce owners to send
out vessels so long as there is a fight
ing chance of their i making the trip.
Bonuses are offered to sailors and
the call of adventure, tempts them to
sign on when they f know that the
chances are against,' them if a gale
arises. I i
The captains have Ittle choice. They
are assigned by the jwners and they
suck Dy tneir comtiands until tho
season closes. . i
Hours are Drecious as the davs rf
navigation draw to a close, and storm
signals are frequently ignored-
Many deeds jryherolsm, and inafty
tragedies, taking place in the. lonely
places of LakrL Superior, are never
half told
Sometimes t
full account of. a ves
sel's loss is not gathered until she has.
been missing for weeks. Frequently
there are no sjryivors and only frag
ments of wrecjage. tell the story,
When the learner H. E. Rm&iels
went ashore a Grand Marals, it' hap
pened that tl United States subma
rine chaser J . '438 was in shelter in
the harbor. Benjamin Truesdale,
keeper of th( Grand, .Marais life-saving
station, v s ill. But with the 433
was Keeper John Anderson, of .he
Chicago life- iving crew. He led the
rescue work, ,nd the life-savers, sail
ors from tl mb -chaser jnd local
fishermen to z off the crew after five
hours of perious striving.
The rescu men were helpless from
exposure an! the . wreck was coated
deep with i
Grand Mifais Is (40 miles from a
railroad. - .
Although
,ake Superior, with its
long stretclfa of uninhabited shore
and its stee
cliffs, is regarded as the
most treachfous of the lakes, wrecks J
occur in all f them. In 1916, one gale
cost four vaels and 54 lives in Lake
Erie.
INDIA!
ASKS
GRADUATE
FOR BALLOT
Claims Iknchise for Women
WilBtand for Their
Progress.
London, if. 23. Miss Mithibai Tata,
young Iiian graduate of Bombay
! University,
las . come to England with
! her motherMrs. Merabai Tata, to ask j
for the inefcion of women in the new
franchise sjeme for India. Mrs. Tata -represents
Bombay women and 43 ,
i branches othe Indian Women's Asso
Became ty arrived too late to give
evidence b4re the parliamentary com
mittee on Dian affairs their full state
ment is befc published as an appendix
to the reprt.
"We feeliat this is the great chance
for Indian omen to obatin the fran
chise," sayMiss Mithibai Tata. "Post
pone the pasure now and it means
that we sKl be actually driven back
ward, and friers will have been raised
in th. Wa4f our progress 'which will
with diffictv be surmounted." V
JENKINS RELEA
VICE-PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
MASS MEETING
FOR BOOSTERS
AT CTTY HALL
Committee of One Hundred and
AH Centennial Workers Is
Called for Eight O'clock To
night at Mayor's Suggestion.
CONGRESSMAN IS j
ASKED TO SPEAK
Mayor Sanders' Suggestion Car
ries With It a Request That
Mr. Smithwick Tell About
Federal Aid for Big Show.
A mass meeting of the Centennial
Committee of 100 and all Centennial
boosters Is called at City Hall at 8
o'clock tonight to hear Congressman
Smithwick give his views on Pensa
cola's claims and the prospects for se
curing federal aid. Major A. G. Forbes
of Montgomery will address the meet
ing. The mass meeting is called by Dr.
F. G. Renshaw, chairman of the com
mittee of 100 at the suggestion of
Mayor Sanders. The mayor's sugges
tion was contained in the following
letter, sent to Dr. Renshaw on Satur
day: "Pensacola, Fla.,
Nov. 22, 1919.
"Dr. F. G. Renshaw,
"Chairman of the Committee of One
Hundred.
Pcttsa'coIai-'Vlaf . : ""''"'" "''" '"'
"Dear Sir:
"I suggest that you call a meeting
ofi the Committee of One Hundred and
all Centennial boosters to meet at the
City Hall on Monday evening, Nov.
24, at 8 o'clock, and invite Congress
man J. H. Smithwick to be present and
give us his views on Pensacola's
claims for holding the Centennial Ex
position, with particular ; reference to
securing federal aid.
; "Yours very truly,
"F. D. SANDERS,
v ' "Mayor."
It is understood that Congressman
Smithwick will be unable to be pres
ent, but he will submit; a statement
showing what may be expected of con
gress. Major A. G. Forbes will be the prin
cipal speaker. Major Forbes was
founder and first president Of the Ala
bama Agricultural Fair Association
and was president of the Montgomery
Chamber of Commerce for ejht- years.
He was one of the chief vnovers in
founding the Southern Commercial
Congress and was slated for 'its first
president but did not accept the honor.
At the present time Major Forbes is
on the directorate of several of the
strongest banks in Alaama and is
president and general manager of the
Star Piano company. He is the guest
of friends in the city and has been pre
vailed upon to speak at tonight's mass
meeting. He is an interesting talker,
knows much about fairs.' and can give
many interesting examples of exposi
tion management.
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TROOPS GUARD
MINING'CAMP
FROM RADICALS
Governor Davis of Virginia
Taljes Personal Charge of 500
Militiamen Sent to St. Charles
Near Kentucky Line.
Richmond Nov. 23. Governor Davis
left tonight for Saint Charles, Lee
county. Virginia, where he will take
personal charge of five hundred mili
tiamen sent there today. A phone mes
sage from Saint Charles said the town,
which is a mining camp near the Ken
tucky line, resemebles an armed camp.
Radical miners are reported to have
mounted high-power guna on the hill
sides and opened fire on the men at
tempting to enter the shafts, which
have been closed since the strike or
der was issued.
It was stated by those in close touch
with the governor that some miners
claimed the trouble was caused by
certain operators in not permitting
certain miners to return to work.
BIG DIRIGIBLE
FOR U. S. NAVY
TO FLY ACROSS
London, Nov. 23. (By A. P.)
The R-38, Great Britain's largest
airship, recently sold to the Uni
ted States, is capable of travelling
thirty-four hours longer without
refueling than the largest Gor
man airship constructed before
the armistice. With her enor
mous gas capacity of 2.720,000
cubic feet, a third larger than
that of the R-34 of trans-Atlantio
fame, the 11-38 lias a "lifting
power of fifty tons of cargo. This
is sixty per cent of her total
"lifting" power, 82 tons.
Her cruising endurance will be
forty-five miles per hour for
nearly nine days. In length she
is 005 feet, twenty-five feet long
er than the R-34. The airship is
equipped with four 350-horsepow-er
Cossack engines and two 275
horsepower Sunbeam Maori en
gines. Her speed will be seventy
miles per hour.
POLITICS BOIL
IN EIGHT DAYS
HOUSE IS IDLE
Arrival of Congressman Smith
wick Starts Things Political
Moving Merrily in Third Dis
trict. 1 The political pot has been warmed
up considerably during the last few
days since congress adjourned and
the "ins' have come back to the state
to see their friids and the friends
of the "outs." And in addition to the
elective office holders quite a few
of the appointees have been in town
recently.
With reference to the aspirants for
honors and ease within the state, numbers-
of them come in to the city daily
to confer with friends and reconnoiter
the positions of the enemy.
Of course, chief among those who
are in town, is "John Henry" Smith
wick. The congressman announced
when he first arrived that he came to ;
attend to some personal business and
wouldn't have time to do any cam
paigning. But "John Henry" just nat
urally has to talk politics He comes
back from Washington with a gripsack
full of inside stories which he im
parts at judicious intervals and is
gathernlg a fund of . information on
"chances." The congressman admits
he is going to be re-elected, but every
once in a while he asks someone if
his opponent will be able to put up
a real fight. So hiuch for John Henry.
Judge J. Fenimore Cooper Griggs,
several times candidate for congress,
and now collector for the district, was
in town during the week. Of course
the judge, holding a federal office,
can't be engaged in politics, but he
met Postmaster Hancock several times
during- his stay in town and talked
with quite a number of the boys. In
cidentally it has been rumored for two
or three day that John Oliver, a cus
toms inspector at Tampa, but a resi
dent of this city, may be transferred
to duty at the local office. Mr. Oliver
is said to be close to many of the local
vote g'etters and he might be of as
sistance in a variety of ways. -
Judge Griggs, it appears, has no
ambitions for himself beyond the col
lectorship, but he would like to see
his former boss, William G. McAdoo,
become the Democratic nominee for
Woodrow Wilson's job. So far as is
known the judge hasn't made any pub
lic pronouncements to this effect, but
there are indications that such is the
case.
Postmaster Hancock is busy with
centennial committees and isn't talk
ing much politics, outwardly. He says
he's anxious to get out of the post
office, and means it. In line with the
postmastership here, is what is pur
ported to be the real Inside story, of
Congressman Smithwick's threat to
oust Ben from the postoffice.
"John Henry" was in the lobby of
the San Carlos talking to a group of
West Florldians and was holding down
the floor in great style when Ben
blowed In. Now even in those balmy
days when Walter Kehoe and John
Henry were in the race against each
other and Ben was helping Walter,
there was little love lost between the
present congressman and Ben. So Ben
said: "When are you going to be
elected?" and John Henry replied:
"About three days before you get fired
from the postoffice."
Of course . the visiting henchmen
carried the story into the district and
it was told, doubtless with variations,
at every cross-roads grocery store.
Quite a few of these same friends
(No. 2 Continued on Page Two.)
Read the Real Estate A arts.
in today's Journal. To sell or rent
Real Estate, advertise in The Jour
nal. The Journal has been the lead
ing Real Estate medium in West
Florida for over 20 years.
PRICE FIVE CENTS .
SEN. FLETCHER
EXPLAINS VOTE
ON PEACE PACT
Florida Representative Voted
Against Ratification With
Lodge Reservations and Tells
Why.
SPEECH BEFORE SENATE
WAS COMPREHENSIVE
Lodge Reservations Would Place
U. S. in Position of Accepting
Benefits Without Assuming
Responsibility, Senator Says.
Washington, D. C, Xov. 23. Sen
ator Fletcher, of Florida, voted against
the ratification of the treaty of peace
with Germany with the Lodge reser
vationists because he believed that to
favor adoption on those conditions
would put the United States on record
before the world as willing to enjoy
all of the benefits arising from the
League of Nations without manifesting
the necessary courage to assume any
of the burdens involved in the con
tract. Just before the roll was called on
the Lodge program of ratification.
Senator Fletcher made the following
speech in explanation of his vote:
"Air. President, in reference to the
resolution now before the senate, it
must be distinctly understood that
those who oppose the resolution in Its
present form are not thereby com
mitted to the proposition that they aro
opposed to any reservations .whatever
to the treaty. 'It must be understood
that there are reservations involved In
the resolution which are regarded by
those who are friendly to the treaty
as unobjectionable.
"There are quite a number among
the friends of the treaty, I am sure,
who would really raise no question
concerning quite a few of the reserva
tions embodied in the present resolu
tion but it Is perfectly plain also that
the resolution includes reservations
which make it as it stands practically
destructive of the very life and heart
of the treaty, and It is on that account
that many of us I do, speaking for
myself find ourselves utterly unable
to support the resolution.
"It seems to me an illustration may
be made of the position in which the
United States is sought to be put by
this resolution by this simple state
ment: Suppose four gentlemen on the
other side and I are about to enter
upon an important enterprise. Cer
tain arrangements are needed the
supply of a small amount of capital
with certain supervision and direc
tion, details of management to be pro-
vided. and certain obligations are to
be incurred. Finally the agreement is
reduced to writing and It is submitted
to each of us. The four parties sign
it and then bring it to me.
I say I am perfectly willing to enter
into this arrangement. I make this
contract with you; I embark upon this
great enterprise with you. but upon
the condition and the understanding
that I am to get out when I get ready;
that I am to do what I like to do about
it; that I will pay In as much capital
as I see fit to put in; that I will can
cel all obligations when I get ready to'
cancel them; that I am to be the sole
judge of when I shall rescind that con
tract and in what way I shall recede
from it and the right to abandon the
undertaking when I like.
"In an ordinary, everyday business
transaction If that sort of proposition
were put up as between five men. the
other four men would have absolutely
no respect whatever for the selfish in
dividual who desired to have entirely
in his control and at his own option
the right" to quit whenever he desired
and to determine for himself alone
on what terms and conditions he
would get out or continue. Xo man
with decent ' self-respect, would put
himself into such a position. Xo In
dividual with any sense of justice and
honor and duty and proper considera
tion for his associates would under
take to" make such a contract with his
fellow citizens. It would be regarded
as a rank absurdity to even offer to
enter into covenants whereby one of
the parties wor'd reserve to himself
the unconditional and absolute deter
mination as to how much he would
contribute to the joint enterprise; that
if it proved profitable and worth while
he would go on with it: but if there
were troubles and difficulties ahead he
would get out wherever it suited him
to do so. Such a proposition as that
would in itself brand any individual
who suggested it as selfish and de
signing, if not dishonest, and certain -
No T Continued on Page Two