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December 1-10.
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FLORIDA WEATHER
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VOL. XXII NO. 231.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RICTION
ORDER
i WWW III rfH
7f J 7
ED
LIFTED
BTRICTIONS
GO OFF SUNDAY
s Much Conservation of Coal
as Possible, However, Is
Urged by Committee.
VOST OF MINERS AT WORK
Work of Dr. Garfield, Resigned,
to Be Transferred to Rail
Administration.
Atlanta. Tcc. 12 Immediate suspen
n of all restrictions on the use of
oa! and reinstatement beginning at
siclnight Sunday night of all trains
iken off because of the coal shortage
xcept where such reinstatement in-5-feres
with the movement of .'coal,'
,-ere announced tonight by the south
ern regional coal committee on author -;:j
from Washington. Bunkering of
?hi;s will also be resumed, preference
beisg given first to inland water ves
sls then, coastwise, then ships fly
ng the American flag in overseas
service, finally to foreign vessels.
At the same time the committee
urges as much conservation of coal
i possible as the shortage is not made
Washington, Dec. 12 As a result of
:r. Garfield's resignation the work of
se fuel administration probably will
. transferred to the railroad administ
ration, it was said tonight. The fuel
Sministration received an unofficial
siimate today that sixty-five to seven-,-five
per cent of the miners returned
work.
Prices charged by coal operators
ice thft government fpnfrax-t was Ve-
tored because of the strike being
scrutinized by officials of the railroad
Aministratlou, will probably be sub
mitted to the department of justice.
Officials said bills are higher in
manv instances than set by tne gov-
rrmient and investigation will be
xade to determine if justified -by ex-
ing contracts in all cases. .... .
Washington, Dec. 12 "We are sorry
hat Dr. Garfield feels as he does he's
one a fine job," said Secretary Turn-
The view at the White House is that
r. Garfield was not ignored in the set-
emerit of the strike. Dr. Garfield s
ends say he does not hold the view
irtt he was; that his position is the
ivernment should not have been put
: the attitude of having surrendered
the miners.
lt developed today that there was a
erence of opinion as to 'whetner
i president's statement to the public
a the coal strike should have been
lade public last Saturday night before
-was carried to Indianapolis.
The president, White House officials
lid, directed that the statement be
public Saturday. Dr. Garfield
-sierstood this would be done and
ftr.day he told Secretary Tumulty he
sieved the statement should be given
immediately. The president's sec
tary disagreed and it was said as-
aed the responsibility." " - - -
The mine union officials were said
'have told Attorney General Palmer
1 Mr. Tumulty publication ' of " "the
Kir.ent before the Indianapolis con
a?e would embarrass them in their
-wts to have the miners- accept the
;aent s proposal. The miners re
was made after Dr. Garfield had
the conference, officials explained
; the White House, it was said Dr.
Wie-M's Setter of resignation wasnot
abi?. it Was assumed he would
a it public.
AMERICAN ACE
HEARD BY HOUSE
gton, Dec' 12 At a hearing
& which five American Aces ad
'td iif fore the house subcommittee
:cai department to coordinate all
;l ar tivities, Major J. A. Meissner,
o-rrningharn, stated that.Lieutenant
!t i:osevelt met his death by
-I lost in a cloud bank and due to
. r'"nce joined a German squad-
He was then shot down. This
' niy hi3 second flight as a com-
Nothing prices
much too high
Uoc- 12. The first "Fair
C !"SUhI toclay by the Chicago
i - p Su!!,"committee of the Illinois
i'r:ce" committee show that
is ,r!xs-'!lt stocks last women's
, ,Ca:i be purchased as low as $23
at 15-25. shoes . $4.95.
sf.'iOC's ?5.95, men's suits' and
. a S24.50 each. Thpv caM
u .stw York stock to be
E
IN FLOOD AREAS
Montgomery Hard Hit; Utility
Plants Commandeered , by ' '
City Authorities.
MILLIONS DAMAGE DONE
Shipping on North Atlantic lias
"Been Greatly Crippled byl
. Storms Past Two Days, j
Montgomery, Dec. 12. Public utility
plants not already owned by the city
were commandeered this afternoon by
the city of Montgomery in order to
conserve fuel and power, which is prac
tically cut off by the flooded Alabama
river. The city was without water
all day due to the crippled condition
of the . Montgomery Light and Water
Power Company's plant, but tonight
power to pump water was supplied; by
the Montgomery Traction Company.
A bursting steam pipe at the gas
plant due to floods made it necessary
to close the gas mains tonight, but it
is hoped to renew the gas supply to
morrow. An effort will be made to
morrow to resume street car service,
although all power available will be
devoted first to pumping water, oper
ating food storage refrigerator plants,
hospitals and other necessary build
ings. The river is receding, but it will be
forty-eight ; hours possibly before it
leaves the industrial district,
Macon, Ga., Dec. 12. It is esti
mated tonight that Macon's flood los3
will exceed half a .million. The water
is receding.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12. Cessation of
rains for the past two days through-
(No.,1 Continued on Pago Two.)
IRISH REPUBLIC
LEADER HOOTED
Representative Mason's Consu
lar Agent Bill Creates
Furore in House. !
Washington, Dec. 12. Hearing .be
fore the house foreign affairs commit
tee . on Representative Mason's bil to
appropriate funds for diplomatic and
consular agents for the "Irish Repub
lic" was punctuated With cheers md
hoots and charges of pro-Germanism
against Irish Republican leaders and
some of their adherents in the United
States '.threw the meeting into such a
furore it could not complete the hear
ing today.
Committee room and adjoining corri
dors were packed and jammed and
spectators many times threw' the ses
sion into disorder by yelling gratutious
advice to the committee and witnesses.
The crowd included many leaders of
the cause of Irish . freedom in this
country. . . ...
Supporters of the measure contend
ed that it represented an opportunity
fofHcongress to do all it could consti
tutionally toward full diplomatic rec
ognition. Its opponents condemned it as an
effort to involve the United States in
a dangerous foreign situation, and
pointed out that Great Britain with
held recognition from the Confederacy
even after it held the Union armis at
bay four years, while Ireland has no
effective army. .
MERCURY IN BUTTE
DROPS TO 50 BELOW
Butte. Montana, Dec. . 12 Tr e last
24 hours has been' the coldest and
brought more suffering to Buttl than
since 1889, when the official weather
records were rirst established hire.
The official government thermometer
in a sheltered corner on the rook of a
bank, registered 28 below today, but
other equally reliable records in ex
posed places showed 50 below.
CHAMPION 'ANGUS
DIES OF BURNS
Knoxville. Dec 12. Idoemere. the .
grand champion bull of the Aberdeen
Agnus class at the recent Chicago In- j
ternational Livestock Exposition, died
of a veterinary hospital here tonight
as the result of burns when a box car
in which he was being shipped from
Chicago caught fire on a swi -;h at
Oakdale. He was the property lof Dr.
J. I. Hugrins, ' of Dandridge, Tennes
see, and was valued at $50,000. 1 :
ALEXANDER Wllil;
SUCCEED REDFIELD
. Washington. Dec. f The senate to
day confirmed the nomination of Rep
resentative Alexander, Democrat, of
(Missouri, to be Secretary of Commerce,
I succeeding Redfield, resigned. . .
WATER REC
DIG
GERMAN NOTE
CONCILIATORY
Modification of Indemnity ' for
Sinking of Fleet at Scapa
Flow Is Sought
Berlin, Dec. 12 Germany's reply to
the last note from the supreme council
of the peace conference has been sent
to Versailles. Nothing has been given
out relative to its contents aside from
a hint that its general tenor recipro
cates the conciliatory tone of the la3t
communication from the Entente. .
Reports state that the reply renews
the government's disclaimor of respon
sibility for the sinking of interned
German warships at Scapa Flow and
set forth exceptions to the supreme
council's insistence upon compensation
for the scuttled Vessels'. ' It is said' to
claim that the -objectionable- passage
from the letter t from Admiral Von
Trotha, head of the German admiralty
to Admiral Von Reuter,- commander
of the German ships, was not trans
lated properly and that it was "out of
context with the rest of the letter:"
On the. proposition that Germany
sign the protocol to the peace treaty
and permit the ' issue involving " the
selection of indemnity, tonnage . to be
adjusted later, it is reported the note
proposes that the ' latter be forthwith
submitted to a body of . experts- . This
stand is taken because of the impor
tance of the matter -to German harbor
facilities.- It is hoped to obtain a,, con
cession of the Scapa Flow issue and "it
is believed the note indicates a meas
ure of obstinacy over yielding on this
point.
Reports declare there are no inti
mations in the German rely that the
Berlin government has taken a. posi
tion that failure to ratify the treaty by
the United States has created an al
tered situation, and, it is. hinted, it. is
said, that treaty action by the United
States Senate is a purely internal
American affair that, does . not. absolve
the other powers from the obligation
of exchanging ratifications.
Belief is expressed here that the re
ply attempts to temporize in an effort
to obtain a modificatfon of the 'demand
for indemnity for vessels sunk at
Scapa Flow. It is said also the reply
seeks to persuade the Entente that
demands for the extradition of German
officers and men accused of violations
of the law of war are fraught with ser
ious international aspects.
STORES ALLOWED
BE OPEN LONGER
Washington, Dec 1. Retail stores
will be permitted to open nine hours
on Saturday, to accommodate the heavy
Christmas buying, the railroad admin
istration announced tonight.
CRUSHING THEM OUT !
LAST CHANCE
G
ET CENTENNIAL
Pensacola Boosters Leave " For
Jacksonville With. Expec
tatio nof Success.
Pensacola boosters for the centennial
20 strong left for Jacksonville last;
night, accompanying John B. Jones,
Pensacola member of the State com
mission, to attend the meeting of that
body today. It is believed that today's
session will be the final one, so far as
designation efforts are concerned. After
Pensacola is designated, as local work
ers believe it will be, the commission
will necessarily proceed to work out
plans for holding the show..
. .These plans will Include a definition
of the scope of the exposition, ways and
means for providing the necessary
funds, designation of the actual site,
surveys, and so on.
The exposition will most likely be
handled .directly by a local exposition
company, under the supervision of the
State commission. A general manager,
having wide experience in such matters
would most probably be engaged, and
the entire proposition be handled
through him and his staff, and of
whom would work under salary.
LEAGUE WORKER
REACHES CITY
Mrs. B. M. Boykin of Temper
ance Organization Will Speak
in Pensacola Sunday.
Jacksonville, Dec 12 Mrs. B. M.
Boykin of Atlanta, director of the
Woman's department of the - South
eastern division of the educational
and temperance league will arrive In
Pensacola Saturday morning and un
der the auspices of the Escambia or
ganization of the league will deliver
several addresses Sunday;
Arrangements for these addresses
are in charge of Leroy V. Holsberry,
and Sidney J- Braman, district mana-,
ger at Pensacola. Mrs. Bopkin is pro
minent In Georgia Women'sVlub circles
and is a magnetic speaker. She is in
teresting herself in this campaign be
cause of its wide appeal trom an
Americanization standpoint.
TOiESCAMBIA IS
HUS SHERIFF
Van Pelt Denies He Was Ap
pointed Sheriff Pro Tern
By Whittaker.
Technically, .Escambia. County, was
without a sheriff yesterday. H. Whit
taker who .received, his commission as
sheriff of the county did not take
oyer the duties , of the office , and left
to attend to business in an adjoining
county. Sheriff Van Pelt, , who has
been removed from office by Governor
Catts was at the office at the county
jail throughout the day but stated that
he was there as J. C. Van Pelt only
and not as 'sheriff of the county.
Mr. Whittaker will take over the
duties of .his. office .this morning,, it is
understood and is expected to appoint
his deputies immediately thereafter.
It was stated last night by legal au
thorities that Mr. Whittaker oecanie
sheriff upon the receipt of his com
mission from the governor and that
the duties of the office develved upon
him from that moment. When he left
the county yesterday without appoint
ing a deputy to represent him during
his absence it left the county with
out a man' to act as a bona fide
sheriff.
It was stated yesterday that Mr.
Whittaker had appointed Sheriff Van
Pelt to as as chief deputy denied last
absence, but' Mr. Van Pelt de-nled last
night that such was the case,. He said
that he had. not. been appointed a
deputy under Mr. Whittaker nor
would he accept such an appoint
ment under' any consideration. ' Mr.
Van Pelt said that Mr. AVhittaker of
fered to appoint him. a deputy for, the
day during his absence but he de
clined the offer but he told Mr. AVhit
taker that he would look after the of
fice for him until his return.
Speculation is rife as to who will be
named as deputies under Sheriff AVhit
taker. The names of H. J. Mackey, J.
A. Hicks and B. A. Davis have been
freely mentioned as possible ap
pointees. "
EMMA GOLDMAN
ABANDONS SUIT
New York, Dec. 12 Rather than be
separated from Alexander Berkman,
her cdmpanion of many years, Emma
Goldman announced tonight through
her attorney that she had abandoned
her . legal fight-in the Supreme court
to prevent her deportation. Tt Berk
man must go, I and the rest will go
with' him." The statement said, re
ferring to the courts refusal to halt
the Berkman deportation, it character
ized tbe government's act, as like that
of the "Czar of Russia."
PINE FORESTS OF
SOUTH DEPLETED
Lumbermen and Naval Stores
Operators Are Turning At
tentions Westward.
LABOR MAY BE AFFECTED
There Is Question as to Whether
Western Forests Will Be
As Productive.
(By George H.' Manning.)
Washington. Dec. 12 The long leaf
pine forests of the south are becoming
so rapidly depleted by heavy cuttings
of timber and destructive methods of
turpentining that many turpentine
operators who depended on this species
for naval stores are now turning their
attention to the Western forests as a
possible source of such stores when
their present stands of timber are no
longer productive, the agriculture de
partment announced today.
Investigations conducted by the agri
culture department have shown that
methods of turpentining similar to
those carried on in Florida and Georgia
can be used readily and profitably In
the west, it is said.
Before the turpentining of trees In
the West can be done successfully and
profitably, the agriculture department
states, it will be necessary to import
a large number of skilled laborers
from Florida turpentining regions or
train a large number of men in the
methods used in the south.
Some. doubt is expressed by the de
partment as to whether the western
stands of timber that grow in the high
altitudes, where the warm season is
short a.nd the flow of resin rfecessarily
limited,., will yield enough resin, with
out excessive slashing, to make tur
pentining -profitable.- - -: . - --
WILSON GIVES
UNREST RECIPE
'Fuller Knowledge of American
Institutions" Thing Needed
Says President.
New York, Dec. 12. The cure for
social unrest in this country is a
"fuller knowledge of American institu-
Hons," declares President AVilson in '
an article written for the Current
number of The Independent.
. "Men today are blessed with a new
curiosity about their governments,"
says the president. "Everywhere they
"are demanding that the doors behind i
which secret policies have been incu- ;
bated be thrown open and kept open j
henceforth. The doors that do not re
spond to the keys the people hold will
be battered down and- -free passage
ways erected in their stead.
"Autocratic governments of the past
have lived' by concealment: free gov
ernment must live by understanding.
In the new- day that- is dawning only
those governments that have no se
crets from their peoples can long en
dure. I do not say that such a gov
ernment will make no mistakes but I
do say mistakes will be fewer and more
easily corrected when all governments
are guided by well 1 informed public
opinion.
Unrest is evident everywhere
throughout the world. It is not of it
self a disease, but a. symptom .of dis
ease. In our own country the disease
j lies principally "outside the govern
ment. Those who think otherwise are
mostly the newcomers and men they
have influenced. The cure for their
disquiet is a fuller knowledge of Amer
ican institutions. In this nation the
people have in their ballots the. instru
ments of peaceful change."
HOUSE APPROVES
EXPENDITURES
Washington, . Dec. 12 Expenditures
of more than $2,000,000 at army camps,
and aviation fields in the southern
states were approved tentatively today
by the house which is considering a bill
making the funds available for the war
department to complete its military
projects throughout the country. None
of the items carried in the bill for the
southern camps were rejected. Among
the land purchases approved tenta
tively was Chapman field in Florida,
at $71,500.
FARM PRODUCTS
SET HIGH RECORD
Washington, Dec. 12 Record prices
and bountiful production sent the value
of farm crops harvested to an unpre
cedented total of $14,090,740,000, ex
ceeding the value of last years crop by
almost a billion and a half were shown
by the final estimates today in the
department of agriculture. -
DREDGE CAUCUS
IS RETURNING
United States Engineers la
Push Work at Pensacola to
Maintain Efficiency.
TO REMOVE SMALL SHOAL
Chief of Engineers Praises Har
bor and Entrance and Says
Government Needs It.
Major W. A. Johnson, engineer corps
U. S. A, has notified Mrs. A. R. Beck,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, that the U. S. dredge, Caucus,
sailed from Norfolk, December 8, for
St. Andrew's Bay where it will be en
gaged for 2 -12 to 3 months in clear
ing and deepening the channel. Fol
lowing this work, the dredge will pro
ceed to Pensacola to remain on duty
until a small shoaling place to one side
of the secondary channel is cleared.
In his letter. Major Johnson says
there Is plenty of water at Pensacola
and the shoaling place in no way inter
fereswith navigation, except for such
ships as proceed out of the main chan
nel. He believes, however, in the value
of Pensacola harbor and says the gov
ernment realizes its strategic and ec
onomic value and will take ewry
means to maintain it.
There is, however, he says, one
shoaling place which will be removed.
In the meantime he has asked the
lighthouse service to place a buoy on
the shoal so as to prevent all inter
ference.
Major Johnson says he is going to
give Pensacola harbor his personal
attention because It is such an ex
cellent one.
President Blocker of the Chamber
of Commerce had taken the dredge
matter up with the engineering corps,
as veil as with the. two senators, and
Congressman Smithwick. He Is high
ly pleased that the work Is to be done
so soon.
The Rotary and Kiwanis clubs also,
some weeks ago. addressed resolutions
to the senators and to the congressman
from this district. Congressman Smith
wick was to have spoken to the Ki
wanis club when he was in Pensacola
during the recent recess, but was un
able to reach the city in time, for the
luncheon. He discussed the dredge
proposition with members of the club,
however, and assured them it would
receive personal attention.
ATMORE GARAGE
MAN IS KILLED
Ralph Clark, a garage man of At
more, died late yesterday afternoon as
the result of injuries sustained, when
his automobile overturned near that
place shortly after three o'clock.
Mr. Clark, with a traveling man
from Georgia was returning to Atmore
from a trip and were evidently driving
at a lively rate of speed when the car
struck a slick place on the road and
skidded into a ditch overturning as it
went over, pinning Clark underneath.
The stranger with him was painfully
injured but not seriously, according to
reports reaching Pensacola.
JESS WILLARD
A PROFITEER?
Kansas City, Dec. 12 A federal war
rant charging profiteering In the sale
of cordwood was issued today against
Jess Willard. the former heavyweight
champion. He is to appear in court
tomorrow.
PARDON BOARD
DEFERS ACTION
Tallahassee, Dec. 12 The pardoning
board was still in session today. Among
the cases presented were that of J. L.
Hollingsworth, convicted of embezzle
ment in Hillsborough county and that
of John L. Branch, convicted of a sim
ilar offense in the same county. It is
said that it will be several days before
any action will be taken on the cases
now presented.
PHILLIPS APPOINTED
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
Tallahassee, Dec 12 Governor Catts
today made the following appointments
William F. Phillips of Chipley to be
probation officer for Washington
county for a term of four years; W.
H. Roat of Apalachicola, to be county
surveyor of Franklin county; C. Law
son Smith of Crawfordville to be pro
bation officer of Wakulla county for
a term of four years; John H. Baisden
of Kissimmee, to be county commiss
ioner for. the fifth district of Osceola
county to succeed B. H. Guy, resigned :
A. J. Sweat to be sheriff of Baker
county to succeed I M. DyaL resigned ;
W. C. Lightfoot of Bradentown to be
supervisor of registration for Man
atee county to succeed Henry P.
Curry, resigned.