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VOL. XXII NO. 228.
PENSACOLA FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COAL
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ORK TODAY FOR HOME .
SEHLEM OF COAL STRIKE IS
DELAYED WHILE MINERS DISCUSS
DETAILS OF PRESIDENTS PLAN
Believed General Convention of
Miners Will Be Necessary to
Make Statement Valid.
COMMISSION SUGGESTED
President's Compromise Sug
gests Miners Return to Work
Pending Arbitration Plan.
Indianapolis. Dec. 9 The r general
committee of the United Mine "Workers
of America, after considering President
Wilson's proposals for ending the coal
strike from two o'clock until 6 : 30 to
night, adjourned until 9:00 o'clock to
morrow morning. '
i have nothing to say," said acting
president Lewis after the adjournment
except that we still have the matter
Eder consideration and will meet
ifain at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
The general committee of miners is
eemposed of 84 international and dis
trict officials and members of the or
ganization and executive boards and
he scale committee. After adjourn
ment tonight it was reported ; a Dig
actor in opposition to acceptance, of
the President's proposal was the belief
many miners that it would require
another session of the general conven
tion of United Mine Workers to make
alid the agreement to end the strike."
The president's proposal made pub-
c today oy Attorney ticnerai jfaimer
rovides for resumption of work by
miners at 14 per cent wage increase.
pending final settlement of the con-
roversy by a commission appointed
by the president which would include
one practical miner and one . active
mine owner or operator. The com
mission would adjust wages without
mo great a burden on the public Court
roceedings are postponed pending
action by miners.
Washington, Dec. 9 An official mes
sage by Attorney General Palmer to
the White House today saying miners
wouid acquiesce in the President's
plan was misconstrued and, resulted
in the announcement being made that
he miners had accepted. It was .soon
corrected by the White House. v'
Atlanta, Dec. 9 The wide fuel re
strictions announced from Washington
last , night are not effective in the
southern region until formally nro-
naigated in Atlanta by the southern
regional coal committee it was an
nossced tonight. It was explained
tte committee had suggested certain
changes to Washington and would not
make Washington regulations effect
ive until they are acted on. In the
&?antime regulations announced here
November 29, with modifications re
wain in effect. It was announced it
cm!d be ten days or- longer after the
al strike is actually settled before
frictions can be removed. ' ;
ANARCHISTS HAVE
CHANCE TO STAY
Counsel for Berkman and Gold
man Applies for Writ'
of Error.
Xew
be mnrio t. C", t
w -j A ii trills VjUUi L jus
'"'"vi . v xjk a. vx it UL I
' dr"i Kmma Goldman, anarchists,
"o are , ...
are f : , ; i . i
v- . &"Lijit ueuoriaugn. . iiarrv I
b i V - 1 he application is granted it
""junal. It
was officially an-
,,. lur-niSat but this will not
inr
the
'"f Herkman
and Goldman if
''piication
granted, as a long delay
result.
Gilding program
v v y announced
m MakelTiTsea Defense
Strongest in the WTorId
by 1925. -
Dec. 9. "The navy of
"j.ahinKton
- l nited
States should ultimately
to the most powerful main-
fee,.,! ,
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Wi Rays-' the navy general
- """uenuaiions ior a Duua-
iin . recmmendations for 1921 In
u'W0 hattle!5hiPS. one battle cruis-ft-out
cruisers, five destroyer
" waders," and six submarines. ,
andei r.Tvr.-. .lrunrr eta t Inn lpctri rallwavs - tele-
CENSUS CHIEF
SUBMITS REPORT
Especial Attention Called to Im
portance Enumeration to
Begin in January.
Washington, D. C. Dec. 9. In his an
nual report to the Secretary of Com
merce, which has just- been made
public," Sam L. Rogers, director of cen
sus,., call particular attention to the
approaching fourteenth decennial cen
sus on Which 'the actual enumeration
work begins next January. .
J The report covers the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1919, and marks the! courts.
close of the seven-year intereensal pe-j Members of the senate foreign rela
riod as well as the, beginning of-the tions committee today decided inves-
three-year census period within which
time the decennial , census covering
population, agriculture, manufactures,
mines and quarries, oil and gas wells,
and forestry and forest products of the
United States must be taken, compiled
and published..
The report sets forth the extensive
activities of the Census Bureau during
its last fiscal year, Including work for
various departments and bureaus of
the government to meet statistical
needs arising- rom th' World-War. as
well as the numerous statutory inqui
ries regularly conducted by the Bu
reau. Special Work.
One of the most important special
investigations conducted by the Bureau
was that of the influenza epidemic, in
which the Bureau was assisted by the
United States Public Health Service.
Special tables and diagrams showing
the deaths from influenza and pneu
monia in Indiana, Kansas and the city
of Philadelphia from September 1 to
December 31, 1918, will shortly be is
sued in the form of a special bulle
tin. Work was completed on a stand
ard nomenclature of diseases, patho
logical .conditions and injuries for the
United States, which will be published
In the near future. This work was
turned over to the bureau by the Coun
cil of National Defense.
The Census Bureau carried out the
work begun by the food administration
in ascertaining the ' production, con
sumption and stocks of fats and oils
during the . calendar year 1919. The
compilation of the statistics gathered
is now under way.
The supplying of data relating to the
United States for the International
Tear Book and the substantial com
pletion of a statstical directory for
state institutions for the dependent,
defective and delinquent classes was
likewise a part of the bureau's work
during the last fiscal year."
Regular Investigations of the Bureau.
Two interesting publications of the
Bureau issued during the 1919 were
those relating to financial statistics of
states and cities, while the statistics
gathered" on tobacco and cotton, con
tinued to be in demand. .
The inquiry conducted every years
in regard to electrical industries was
completed in the early part of 1919,
and press summaries giving the "re
sults for the completed in the early of
1919, and press summaries giving the
results for the various states were Is
sued from time to time. The report
embraces central electric light and
f V,T ' " "
electric fire-alarm and police-patrol
electric fire-alarm
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The part of the
siEuiiiiuiK , ojaiciuo.
lished during the year and the pub
lication of the remainder will soon fol
low. -
The report concerning the census of
transportation by water, which was
taken during 1917 and which was held
up in order to avoid' the disclosure of
important , information to the enemy,
has been completed. It is now in the
hands of the public printer and will be
ready for distribution in the near fu
ture. -This report will contain statis
tics regarding American vessels of five
tons register or over classified by geo
graphic divisions, namely the Atlantic
Coast and Gulf of Mexico; the Pacific
Coast, including Alaska; : the Great
Lakes and the St. Lawrence Rivr; the
Mississippi River and its tributaries;
and canals and other inland waters.
Statistics for the shipbuilding indus
try, which were collected in connection
with the' quinq'uennlal census of man
ufactures of 1914 were the subject of
a further canvass made in conjunction
with the census of transportation - by
water in 1917. The bulletin covering
(Xo. 1 Continued on Page Two J
FALL CHAFES AT
MEXICAN DELAY
Washington Makes No Effort to
Conceal Impatience Over
Slowness of Carrana.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
t State Department Learns Bol-
sheviki Have Gained Power
in Yucatan Province.
Washington, Dec. 9. The Mexican
supreme court has assumed jurisdic
tion over the case of Consular Agent
Jenkins, the State Department learned
today. The message from the Ameri
can embassy gave no details and of
ficials indicated developments thus far
have not caused any change in the
attitude of the United States. They
are making no effort, to conceal im
patience at not getting a reply from
the" second note to Carranza.-
The United States took the position
all along that cases of diplomatic and
consular representatives, under Mexi-
can law, are subject only to the federal
tigation of conditions in Mexico by tho
committee should bo continued, both
here and at the border.
The committee also approved a tele
gram by Senator Fall to H. T. Oliver,
American in Mexico City, In which Fall
said the president had not indicated
whether he would or would not break
relations with Carranza. The telegram
also said Fall - opposed armed inter-
jvention except as a last, resort, and
', cited numbers of charges against Mex-
ic?n"gOverhm'ent, Tilch be ."isard'-con-
viied him if hot changed some
na-
Uon would be forced to intervene.
Soviet government will be estab
lished in the state of Yucatan, Mexico,
aeeordina to the Excelsior of Mexico
city, a copy . of which was received j
here today. Unless military autnoriues
take prompt action, the newspaper
says, the first soviet state in Mexico
will soon become a reality. .
Tucatan has . been the mecca for a
laree number of Russian Bolshevik
. r .1 n nr WAAlrS O tt I
agents JJ" m:t
mere was n. nuurei"
men, women snu cuuuicu.ui
town In that state, which was referred
to by the Mexico City Press as "Mex
ico's St. Bartholomew's Day."
COURTSMARTIAL
PROBES CHARGES
Officers Accused of Torture to
Extort Confessions from
Expeditionary Men.
New York, Dec. 9 Another court
martiaL involving charges of brutal
treatment accorded members of the
American Expeditionary force at which
evidence is expected to eclipse even
the sensations of the trial of Lieut.
"Hard Boiled" Smith, begins tomorrow
at Governor's Island. The defendant
is Captain Karl W. Detzer, former
newspaperman of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
who had charge under itovosl Mar
shall of all criminal investigations in
Lemans area. It is charged that by
various forms of torture he tried to
extort confessions" from prisoners In
order to win favor in the eyes of his
superiors.;
At tvift olose of Detzers courtmar-
tial it is plannedo try on similar
charges his first, sergeant, U. Maa
den. of Pittsburgh, nephew of John E.
Madden, the Kentucky - horseman.
Sergeant Frank L. Hoy t who is al
leged to have aided and abetted Det
zer and Madden it is said to be a de
serter in France and not yet arrested.
Methods of Detzer and Madden are
said to have ' included orders to men
to stand at attention 36 hours, ten
minutes on and five off, withholding
food and drink from prisoners until
they acknowledged guilt, pulling pris
oners to their feet by their hair and
striking them in the face, threatening
them with pistols. It is also charged
Detzer compelled ' private Marncello,
of the one "hundredth machine
, gun
battalion, to swallow a flighted
a : lighted ciga-
rette which he was
smoking against
orders. ' .- .- ..
i PROSPECTS BRIGHT
FOR IRISH PEACE
London, Dec. 9. For the first -time
in history there is every prospect of
the Irish question being settled satis
factorily, according - to a statement
made in a speech tonight by Walter
Hume Long, first lord of the admiralty.
GREAT POWER DAM '
YIELDS TO FLOOD
Montgomery, Dec. 9. The Hydro-electric
power dam at'Tal
lassee, Alabama, of the Mont
gomery Light and "Water Power
Company, went out this afternoon
under the tremendous pressure of
flood of the Tallapoosa River, the
company announced here. -
Columbus, Ga-, Dec. 9. Heavy
damage along the Chattahoochee
River will result from floods It
is expected , tonight. Traffic is
partially suspended here. " The
river Is out of its banks at West
Point. -..-"" - .
LOCAL TRAIN IN
V A SHOUT WRECK
Fireman is Killed and Several
Passengers Injured on L. &
N. Train Last Night.
TRACK OUT AT SELM A.
Tender, Express and Baggage
Cars Demolished Relief
Train Rushes Medical Aid.
Passenger train No. 4. leaving Pen
sacola over the Louisville & Nashville
at 12:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
was wrecked about 7 miles south' of
Selma at 9:15 p. m. last "night, due to
a washout. The engine, tender, bag
gage and express cars "Were demolished
and the fireman, Floyd Tarter, colored,
of Selma was killed. Jesse Scott, a
Pullman porter, was injured Internally
and several passengers', suffered slight
injuries
A relief train carrying doctors and
medical supplies was sent out from
Selma, arriving at the scene of the
wreck sometime before midnight. A
wrecking crew was clearing the track
last night and it is supposed that traf-
wiu be maintained practically unin-
terrupted.
Jesse Scott, the injured porter, lives
at 408 E. Belmont-st., Pensacola.
Atlanta, Dec. 9 J. D. Clements, sol
dier, Mrs. Inez Hazelbig and an unilen
tified woman were drowned near here
this afternoon when an automobile
went through the bridge over Eutaw
i creek. . Floods had undermined the
' bridge foundations. More than ten
inches of rain have fallen here since
Saturday, the greatest in . 40 years.
Railroads are hampered by washouts.
GUARD STRENGTH
DEC. 1, 146 MEN
Authorized Strength of Florida
V National Guard is
1,563 Men. -
Washington, Dec. 9. The enlisted
strength of the Florida National Guard
on December 1 was 146 ' men out of
as authorized strength of 1,563, the war
department announced today. Florida
stood twenty-sixth among the states in
percentage of actual enlistment out of
the . strengh auhorized. Minnesoa,
Texas, . Oklahoma and Maine led' in the
percentage of authorized enlistments
and twenty states have no men enlisted
of a total authorized strength of 153.
285 for the United States but 35,837
were enrolled. .
iT. NICHOLAS GIRL
GETS CONTRIBUTIONS.
The St. Nicholas girl is work
ing for the poor children. She is
receiving the support of Pensa
cola people, too. The following
donations have been recorded: -Mrs.
George Nicholson , . .$10.00
Crystal Pharmacy ......
Hargis Pharmacy .......
D'Alembertes Pharmacy
'Kathleen Mallory .......
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
.50
.50
.50
; ' .25
- .25
1.00
.50
Clara Bell
Mrs. Jack Short .......
Hamilton Russelt . i .
Kitten Craig . . . ..... . .
Dorothy Craig
Gladys Babbitt Hirsch
Isabelle McConaiighy . .
" $21.50
Other contributions arer Cen
tral Pharmacy, : case of candy;
Mrs. Marion v; Bowes, basket of
fruit; Cahn and Company, box of
oranges: Pensacola Crockery
Company, miscellaneous toys.
T01M
W
SE$25,
LABOR tlEHBER!
DEFENDS UNION
Report of Secretary Wilson Re
views Existing Disturbed
Industrial Situation.
WRONGS WILL BE RIGHTED
"Peace of Nations Will Be Pro
moted by Frank and Friendly
Intercourse," He Asserts.
Washington, Dec. 9 There can be no
permanent Industrial peace that is not
based on industrial justice, Secretary
Wilson declared '. today In hi3 annual
report. Reviewing the present dis
turbed industrial situation, the secre
tary said the means has been found
for regulating all the other relations
of 1 mankind and that human intelli
gence could find the method of ad
justing the relationship between em
ployer and employe with justice to
both.
Declaring that just as international
wrongs " might reach a point making
war a necessity., so. industrial wrongs
accumulate until they proyoke; aiyLin,
' dustrfal'Tcoiiflict, the"' secretary-.." said
the stability of, industrial relations
rested on mutual counsel.
"Just as the peace of nations is pro
moted by frank and friendly inter
course," he said, "so may the peace of
industry be maintained by the same
methods. "But this -intercourse can
not come about unless there is first
recognized the right of collective bar
gaining.. The public interest demands
(No. 2 Continued on Page Two.)
WOMEN VOTE TO
SUPPORT Y.W.C1
-At a meeting of interested women
yesterday afternoon it was voted that
Pensacola needed ,and was big enough
to support a local Y. W. C. A. which
should include the whole program of
Y. W. C. A. work. I
The vote was taken after a talk by
Miss Pearl B. Forsyth, a national field
secretary for the organization. Miss
Forsyth came to Pensacola in the in
terest of organizing such an associa
tion and has done excellent work in
starting it.
A provisional committee has been ap
pointed ": to work until the affiliation
with the "National organization and
local organization has been effected.
The committee consists of a head, with
several sub-committees headed as fol
lows: chairman committee, Mrs. J. C.
Dunham; secretary, Miss Daisy Mc
Allister; chairman committee on sur
vey, Miss V. Herriman; publicity, Dr.
M. E. Noyes;' public meetings, Mrs.
Tom White; equipment and centers,
Mrs. J. S. McGaughy; budget, and fin
ance, Mrs. Lee MacDonell; member
ship, Miss. Evelyn Thornton; consti
tution and affiliation, Mrs. R. P. Reese;
nomination, Mrs. Dan Shepard.
Miss Forsyth explained the Y. W.
C. A. as ; religious in its foundation,
with a spiritual . aim. Its ' purpose is
to develop the spiritual, mentaL social
and physical life of the girl. Activities
are planned for all and membership
may Include all creeds although the
association ; is primarily protestant
evangelical. ,
Essentials for organization. Miss
Forsyth says, are (1) that there shall
be a nucleus of members and leaders
capable of planning and working f for
the organization, (2) that financial
support for a year or tvf j must be in
sight, (3) . that there must be promise
of volunteer workers of representative
women among the business and leisure
classes, 4) that there must be a de
mand for the. activities, (5) that suit
able quarters centrally located , must
be available, (6) that at least two em
ployed secretaries must be supported.
' " Miss Forsyth y recommended that all
the women of . . Pensacola hear Miss
Sarah Lyons, a prominent overseas Y.
c. A. worker; who will arrive' in
Pensacola Saturday and talk in the
auditorium of the J First Methodist
church at 4 p. m.
FOR
MEN BACK
000
FUND 1
COfflERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS PLAN
CAMPAIGN TODAY TO RAISE FUNDS
TO BUILD NEW HOME FORTHE AGED
Chamber of Commerce Enlists Aid of Rotarians and Kiwanis
Club in Effort to Put Over Whirlwind Drive for Minimum
Sum of $25,000 for. Home in Pensacola.
DR. BLOCKER SPEAKS TO ROTARIANS
AND KIWANIS IN BEHALF OF MOVE
Entire City Has Been Divided Into Districts and Teams
Assigned Captains Have Called Their Workers to Meet at
Chamber of Commerce at 8 o'clock This Morning.
Today every business man in Pensacola, from Wright street to
the bay and from.. Alcanii street to the shipyard, will be called
on by representatives of the chamber of commerce, Kiwanis or
Rotary clubs, in the interests of the home for the aged. JAl three
organizations have endorsed the program, the Rotarians yester
day assuring President Blocker of their hearty support. A mini
mum, of, $25,000 is to" be 'raisedrto' be used": inbuildfng home.''
lans for maintaining the home have been mapped out and will
executed by a woman's committee.
BOOSTERS MEET
AT CITY HALL
Centennial Spirit is Strong and
Workers Will Get Together
This Evening.
WAR SINGER TO APPEAR.
Pensacolians Plan to Send Dele -
4. . x , .
gation tO Jacksonville Satur-
dav to Get Show
There will be two centennial meet-
Ings at City Hall tonight, it has been
announced. A general meeting of all
o clock, preceded by a short meeting of
the publicity committee. Senator Jones I lo nave cnarge or arrangements. His
has some letters from. Chairman Bro-!offer has been accepted and arrange
rein and there are other documents tojments wiU bo made at Thursday's
come before the workers. Imf.tins" '
Chairman Hancock of the executive!
committee. Felo McAllister, S. H.!r"ury ea1 or i'aiarox street in today's
Cross, ana other workers, were busy
yesterday getting funds for sending a
delegation of influential men to Jack
sonville next-Saturday. It Is believed
that the Palatka delegates will ask
that an open meeting be held so that
they may present their- claims, in
which case the Pensacola people want
to be ready to reiterate their -demands
and choke off any attempt on the part
of Jacksonville or any other city to
slide in.
There seems to be little doubt in the
minds of local workers as to the final
success of Pensacola's fight. It is be
lieved that an attempt will be made
to shunt the show somewhere else, or
to call it off entirely, but it Is also
believed that the attempts will fail.
Senator McWilliams is understood to
be firmly hooked up with Hon. John B.
Jones and It. Is thought that Chairman
Brorein has Pensacola leanings, now
that the four-fairs proposition 13 out
of the way.
COST OF LIVING
STILL, CLIMBING
Bradstreet's Report Gives List
of 96 Commodities
Advanced;
New York, Dec. 9 The cost of
living, as based , on wholesale prices
per ' pound on ninety-six staple com
modities advanced one and three
tenths per cent during November and
now stands at 131 per cent above the
pre-war level, or the highest ever
known, according to figures by Brad
street's today. Building materials also
reached a new high leveL -
AGED
EFFORT
WAY
Speaking to the Rotary Club yes
terday. Dr. Louis Dell. Blocker, of
the Chamber of Commerce, said "There
is no more worthy cause than this.
The Kiwanians have volunteered their
services and are ready to act. I am
sure the Rotarians will do the same."
Dr. Blocker appeared before the Ki
wanis Club last Thursday and outlined
the plans to that organization. A
special committee of which Capt. Jim
Watson is chairman, was appointed to
assist in the work. The nnmmition
I met Monday afternoon and or
ganized, each member volunteering to
take an active part in the campaign.
The Chamber of Commerce has a
I committee consisting of Morris Bear
! - R- Maione. j. m. Muidon. j. s.
j Reese. George P. Wentworth and Dr..
Blocker. This committee has already
; received voluntary subscriptions
i .v """ut, fiiuv, in aii, ur.
j "'wer a committee nas about $8 000
j in sight, so that it is necessary to rate
j about $17,000 today.
. . D- P- Hb&d, manager of the Pas-
theater to the cause, the Kiwanis Club
, Ane tarians will take all the ter-
canvass. Teams have been selected as
follows: Wright to Gregory Messrs.
Emmanuel. Levy and Ingram; Gregory
to Chase, Messrs. Hendrick, Jeude
vine and Cahn; Chase to Garden.
Messrs. Reinschmidt, Lurton and Mas
sey ; Garden to Romana, Messrs.
White, Doggett and Tiller; Romana to
Intendencia, Huijter Brown. Aiken and
Willis; Intendencia to Government,'
Malone, Collin and Bear; Government
to Zarragossa. Diffenderfer and J. A.
Jones; Main to Water, Rev. J. H.
Brown, Turner and Moore.
From the Kiwanis Club the follow
ing teams have been selected: No. 1,
S. H. Burke, J. H. Bayliss. F. L. Miller;
No. 2, J. C. Watson, Alex Friedman, T.
L. Gant, Eddie White; No. 3, C. E.
Hutchinson, Leslie Partridge. W. W.
Watson; No. 4. - A. T. BarkdulL W. F.
Biggs, M. J. Heinberg; No. 5. . Ror
Cowley, B. L. Gunderscheimer, W. W.
Alfred; No. 6, Ike HIrschman, J. O.
Engstrom, Victor Little: No. 7 Adrian
Langford, Tom Johnson, J. Wallace
Lamar, Julius Daniels; No. 8, P. D. Tc
bault, F. G. Crenshaw, J. H. Cross, Dr.
L. F. Frazler.
Dr. Blocker's idea with reference to
raising the minimum sum of $25,000
is that there have been so many drives
and campaigns during the past few ;
years that it is not desirable to urge
anyone lo give, but that the proposi
tion should.be plainly stated, the ex
treme urgency of the situation shown,
and the worthiness of the cause ex
plained.and then leave it entirely un
to the person interviewed as to how
much he shall give.
Team captains are to get checks anf
notes from the secretary of the Cham
berof Commerce at 8 o'clock thi
morning. No promises to pay are to
be taken, except in the form of regUw
lar notes,
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