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VOTE FOR THE SUB-TAX
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VOL. XXII NO: 238.
THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Bit.
Sec
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EN ATE
UESDAY
CUMM
PAS
SUB-TAX
ON
ON
SENATE ADOPTS CBUS BILL
fflTH Aim-STRB(E CLAUSE AND
OTHER IMPORTANT PROVISIONS
Paves Way for Return of Rail
roads Whenever President
Announces Readiness.
BILL GOES TO CONFERENCE
Final Enactment Is Hoped For
Early in January LaFol
lette Wants Two Years! v
Washington, Dec. 20 The senate
today adopted the Cummins bill, pav
ing the way for the return of the rail
roads by a vote of 46 to 30 without a
change and including the anti-strike
and other Important provisions over
which the fight was waged. The bill
now goes to conference for adjustment
with the Esch bill passed by the house.
Final enactment of railroad legislation
is hoped for early in January. ; "
Speaking in support of his substitute
railroad bill under which the govern
ment would retain the roads fqr two
years. Senator La Follette, republican
of "Wisconsin, declared in the senate to
day that return--of the carriers to their
owners at thisi time would cost the
American people more than a billion
dollars a year. "-., '
Support of his contention that the
end of government control would add
great burdens on the people. Senator
1-a F oYl&Ue said the roads were pre
paring to ask - for . a rate increase
amounting to $742,000,000.
"I have been told , by the financial
department of the railroad adminis
tration, ' the "Wisconsin senator ' de-
dared, "that there is every reason to
lielieve that if ., the railroads are left
in the hands of the government, no
increase in rates will be imposed on the
public." v j : :C: )i.f ''t
The railroad administration has fig
ured that tonnage during the next year
will be the heaviest in the history
or the roads, Senator La Follette said.
Senator Simmons, democrat of North
Carolina said he would vote against
the Cummins bill because of the lack
of essential information on the rate
making section.:
"It is fundamentally important to
Know ' Senator Simmons ' declared.
how much the proposed rate increases
will he and what effect they will have
Ml the cost of living ' Th nennt nno-Vit
to know whether in imposing these
higher rates while talking of reducing
the cost of living, we are adding to
their burdens. .
Washington, Dec. 20. Congress will
so home for the - Christmas holidays
without hearing from President Wilson
s to the time for the return of the
rauroads, it having been announced at
As White House, that no message on
'he subject would be sent to the capital
today.
Before the announcement was made
a report that the president would sjnd
a message late today had gained wide
rculation. - -; '" -, -;
The president annarent.lv has not
wmmunieated his decision as to the
endir.
s c- Kovernment control to any
,J the administration officials, but
most of th.-m believe the roads will
bo turned b:,ok by January l
ia some circles the opinion was held
y-A await action by congress on the
ill?ICAN LEGION
TREASURER NAMED
TmvVf Dec ,2t-Robert
of'!, Illd'anapoJis, commander
i!; hU!lred and fiftieth field ar
"f ti4' IVa c,ected- national treasurer
nation i r'rican legion -today by the
co0,i i " 0Se cuive committee to suc
c'in'ri"asi r Bacn, of Boston, who de
'ea t serve.
5fl
LOSE LIVES
ON OIL TANKER
- ;v;- V-.1'. " ".
'arshfiej,. Qre. 20. Thirty-
tn'. s Were lost When- "the I tank
ii'h ' T' Cnanslor was wrecked
4r "rnvy toS off Cape Blanco Thurs
Si, ,.' 3111- according to Captain A.' A.
:er, one of the survivors. -
Pardoning board
a ks decisions
' . " f'la., Dec. 20. The par
- ' s 4,s denied the applica
; -' -r-- E. Crane and J. L.
: ' vr-ions.... The case of J. L.
r ' jfas passed by the board
- f-f. The application of
' Hector J.C. Black, of
'- : was also denied.
All Porto Treated Alike
In Shipping Liquor Irrom
Country ESef ore Drought
Permits Required for All Liquor
Shipments Regardless of
Export Point.
NOT AIMED AT GULF COAST
Intention of Ruling Is to Prevent
Shipments Being Caught
' by Time Limit.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 20. R. II Mc
Ivellar, foreign freight traffic manager
of southern railroad lines, today an
nounced that United States . railroad
administration rules promulgated yes
terday requiring Thermits for export
liquor shipments through , South At
lantic and gulf ports did not discrim
inate against the movement through
southern ports, but merely ' placed all
ports on a .parity so far as the ex
port movement of liquors is concerned.
It was pointed out that ' the permit
system provided against the contin
gency of whiskey shipments being for.
warded too late .to clear on vessels
sailing - prior to " January 16, when
constitutional prohibition - becomes- effective.--
- - - --
The permit system, it was said, will
not operate as an obstacle to the ex
portation; of whiskey, provided prompt
arrangements are made for shipping
space, an abundance of which, it was
declared, has been offered them by
steamship, lines operating out of South
Atlantic and gulf ports to Cuba, West
Indies, South American, Europe, Asiat
ic Russia and the far east. -y-V
! It is understood the issuance. of per
mits covering the export movement of
liquor via all ports will be subject to
the approval of C. E. Spens, assistant
director of traffic in charge of ex
ports and imports. United States rail
road administration, Washington.
LIVING COST IS
MOUNTING HIGHER
Washington, Dec. 20. Despite ef
forts of the government .to reduce the
cost of living, retail cost of twenty
two stable ; article of food showed an
average increase of two per" cent in
November, compared with October, the
bureau of labor statistics announced
tonight. ',
WILSON NAMES
INVESTIGATORS
President Appoints Committee
to Study Wages and Work
ing Conditions Miners.
Washington, Dec. 20 The president
today appointed ; Henry M. , Robinson,
Pasadena, California, for the public;
John P. White for the miners and
Rembrandt Peale for the operators,
as a commission to investigate wages
and working conditions in the coal in
dustry as provided in the strike set
tlement agreement ' The president said
if the readjustment of coal prices found
it' necessary, he would transfer to the
commission, subject to its unanimous
action, powers heretofore vested in the
fuel admiastrator for that purpose. "He
said then; the finding should be com
prehensive and "embrace and guard
at every point the public interest," and
their conclusions should be unanimous.
After President Wilson's letter to
members of the coal -commission was
made public Vthe executive committee,
of the bituminous coal operators asso
ciation issued , a formal statement
saying that the operators had not
agreed to any memorandum such as
mentioned in the president's letter in
volving a basis of adjustment for; the
coal strike. It said that the operators
had not been consulted in the strike
settlement negotiations.
v Attorney General Palmer stated that
the failure of the operators to agree to
the" government'; plan- "would be an
amazing repudiation ' of their - -own
statements He declared the opera
tors' ofttolal representatives had . repeated1-Wreeii
to the settlement plan.
FAMOUS PLANE REPORTED
OVERDUE AT MOBILE
i The 11-36, one of the v planes
from the Pensacola naval air sta
tion, which : left here several
days ago to escort the NC-4
, from Galveston to Mobile and
Pensacola, landed at Morgan
City, La., yesterday evening
about 1 o'clock, according to tele
grams received last- night. ' It
.was reported that the NC-4 was
several hours over-due at Mo
bile. ' -
PROBATION FOR
AU MIGRANTS
Representative Johnson : Would
- Allow None to Stay Who
'incite Unrest.
Washington, Dec. 20. Urging pas
sage of a bill to deport alien members
of the I. W. W. and organizations ad
vocating overthrow of the government,
Representative Johnson, republican, of
Washington, chairman of the house
immigration committee today declared
in the house that all foreigners com
ing to the United States, "in the fu
ture must come only on probation."
His statement indicated that later an
effort would be .made to pass, legisla
tion for ;the probationary entry of for
eigners. v r .
"The citizens of the United States
are through with being told ,by Alien
revohitiortisTts, Iconrmunists and"anarcliil
istsi who are within our border, by our
courtesy and by our grace, how to run
our ; government," declared Mr. John
son. "Free press in the United States
is ours, not theirs; free speech Is ours,
not theirs, and they have gone just as
far as we can let them go toward ruin
ing our most ""precious rights. 1 They
have- been guests in our- house. They
have misbehaved most woefully. They
are welcome no longer and they must
go. And those who come from foreign
shores in the? future mtist come only
on probation." . ' v,;:
Explaining, the bill, Mr. Johnson
said that it enlarges the deportation
clauses to include aliens who print,
circulate, edit; display or distribute
vicious literature, who are : members
of organizations that issue revolution
ary publications or those who finan
cially aid such propaganda. He pre
dicted that a bill penalizing American
born, persons Who commit similar acts
would i soon be presented to the house
by its judiciary committee.
In this connection Mr. Johnson dis
played to the house a variety of revo
lutionary publications including some
printed so as to appear as : having
been blood soaked. 'He also exhibited
a number of letters appealing for re
lease of I. W,-W.'s and anarchists or
dered deported during the last ; two
years, but who are still in this coun
try.':,y;.;.::,,v: 'f
"One Scotch I W. W." he said, "was
conveyed from, Seattle ' to New York
last spring .with;, the fifty-four alien
radicals ordered deported.-The Scotch
man was promptly released in New
York and was back in Seattle almost
as soon as the guards who brought
him east. He -still is out there in
flaming, fanning and organizing , the
I. W. W. revolution. ;
The shooting of four members of the
Atneriean Legion at Centralia, Wash
ington on armistice day, Mr. Johnson
chaYacterized as a. "conspiracy" among
the I. W. W.'s who under the pending
bill, "would miick have been on their
way overseas. In this case, he assert
ed the I. W. W.'s are trying to raise
"a million dollar defense fund."
MINE OPERATORS
ARE UNDECIDED
St. Louis, Dec. " 20. Mine operators
of central competitive fields have not
yet either accepted or rejected the
memorandum made by Attorney, Gen
eral Palmer to the United Mine Work
ers at : Indianapolis, according to
Thomas SV. Brewster, chairman of the
scale committee of coal operators for
the' central competitive fields.
NC-4 LAST HEARD
FROM AT 11:30 A. M.
Xew Orleans, La., Dec. 20-The
naval station here " was In communi
cation at -11:35 this morning with the
NC-4; according to Lieutenant ; Com
mander Awtry, who so reported to
night to the commandant of the sta
tion. The KC-4 reported to. have left
Galveston at 10:05. She would be due
in Mobile this afternoon and at the
time of reporting was in no trouble.
TAX ELECTION
HELD TUESDAY
Better Schools Depend on Suc
cess of Movement and Sup
port in Favor Growing.
CHAIRMAN IS CONFIDENT
Supt. of Schools Edwards Wants
Clerks and Inspectors to Ac
7 knowledge Appointments
The special election to create a sub
tax school district for Pensacola -will
be held Tuesday. The purposes of
the . election are t6 determine whether
or not . the sub-tax district shall be
created, who the school trustees of the
district are to be and the amount of
the tax to be levied. The entire pro
ceeds of the levy are to be used for
th purpose of maintaining free public
Schools. ' f Jr::" '.,;'.;;;;'. "j;' '
That better, schools depend on the
success of the movement, is the con
census of opinion, and support in favor
of the proposition is growing rapidly.
Business men, who are the heaviest
tax-payers, are almost solidly in favor
of the movement ""and many of them
have . publicly announced their inten
tion of; rendering all the support in
their power to make the election carry
successfully." '
-Chairman Hunter Brown of .the cam
paign committee, and chairman W. H,
Watson of the executive committee are
both confident the election will carry,
but they, are urging every man who
believes Pensacola should " have better
schools to be on hand Tuesday and
cast his vote for the project.. ; ;"
The schools have' been organized,
teams : and team captaing chosen and
tomorrow." night every child "will carryj
nome'an appeal to vote and vote Tor
the sub-tax district. '.During the. week
speeches have been made at the schools
and theatres in favor of the sub-tax
and tomorrow the last of the prepara
tory work will be done. , ," ,
Superintendent Edwards wants the
clerks and inspectors who have been
chosen to act at the polls to notify
him by telephone that they will be on
hand to perform their , duties;. . If any
clerk or inspector cannot, act, Mr.
Edwards wants to , know that, too, and
asks -the following men, who were
named in the official . advertisement
of the election to call him up tomorrow
over.; the phone 50S and state whether
they will or will not act.
Kor . polling place of precinct Number
j ,i wo : v. tiayjiss, w. a. vvtinams.
Clerk. For polling plaoe of precinct
Number .Twelves' P. E. Hannah, Gam
.T. Morgan.. Chas. - Perry, Inspectors,' and
Stephen Lee, Clerk. ; For polling place
of precinct Number Thirteen: O. W.
Ainsworth. T. V. Hanrlah, A. D. Fergu
son. Inspectors, and P. Stone, Clerk.
For polling place of precinct Number
i Fourteen: W. B Ferris. L. Hilton Green,
; R. J. Brnt. Inspectors, and M. K. Clark.
Clerk. For polling ' place of ' precinct
Number Fifteen: Gos A. Soderllnd. D.
1 B. Ree-d, Jr., Wm. Farinas, Inspectors.
and Chas. Hartman, Clerk. For polling
place "of precinct Number Twenty-four: 1
, Gua Eltzen, ElHs Knowles," O. H. Dorr, i
Inspectors, and Knpwles Hyer. Clerk, j
For polling plane . of precinct Number !
TvAntv.alr T . TXT . fnrmi T i o A T T'n a, ?
L; P." Schambe?u, Inspectors. and John
iS. Muller, Clerk. , '
j For polling place of precinct Number
I (Twenty-seven: F. M. Williams, Joe Ar
. "bona, John II. Caro, Inspectors, and Joel
Frater. Clerk. For polling place- of pre
cinct Number Twenty-eight: Malcolm E.
White. Wm. H. Kyle, Neils A. Neilson.
Inspectors, and Jos. A. Hicks, Clerk.
'For polling place of precinct Number
Twenty-ntne: Laz Jacoby, L. E. Dur
!ham. H. Clay Armstrong, Inspectors, and
J. A. Kirkpatrlck. Clerk.. For polling
place of precinct Number Thirty: A. M.
Cohen, J. H. SherrilL Jake Bear. Insnec-
j-torB. and John H. Cross. . Clerk. For:
poiung piace oi precinct , jn um ber Thirty-,
one: W. J. Forbes, J. H. Brown, Beit
Gerson, Inspectors, and Jos. V Rlera."
Clerk. For polling place of precinct
Number Thirty-two: Chas. II. Villar. J.'
Lomax Bell, - Julius E. Daniels; Inspec
tors, and Louis J. Anderson, Clerk. For
polling place of precinct Number Thirtv-t
four: Peter Indenstruth, s Sulley T
Caro. T. F. Beovlch, Inspectors, and C?
J. Bell. Clerk. For polling place of pre,-J
cinct dumber Thirty-five: Geo. O BrosJ
anham. Sr., E. J. Quigley. Ed GalwQnlni,i
Inspectors, and Harry W. Gibbs, Clerk.
MEXICO AGAIN IS
OFFENSIVE TO U. S.
Action Is Requested in Case of
Two Blue Jackets Held
in Jail.
Washington, " Dec. 20. Secretary
Daniels today wrote Secretary Lansing
urging the stable department to take
appropriate action I to obtain the re
lease or trial of two ? American blue
jacket in Jail at Mazatlan, Mexico, for
more than a month for alleged partici
pation in a street fight. , , -r ;
Reports from the commander of the
Pocomoko, to which the . two blue
jackets "were attached, also trans
mitted to Lansing a report saying the
men have been held nearly six weeks
without trail. . enduring hardships, in
cluding insufficient, food, despite ef
forts or the commander and American
consul.
"SOVIET ARK" WILL MAKE
HOLIDAY RUSSIAN CRUISE
Xew York Dec. 21. The gov
ernment steamship Buford "The
soviet ark" is ready to leava
New York for soviet Russia on
two hours notice, it was learned
this morning.- She will carry on
her holiday cruise a greater part
of several hundred radicals held
for deportation at Ellis Island.
Information was withheld con
cerning the exact hour of sailing.
Sugar EJHI Amendment
Limits Licence Power
To Period Ending June
IRISH BILL IS
UPTOCONS
Lloyd-George's Measure Outlines
Government Similar to Our i
State System.
V.'
London, Dec. 20. The proposed Irish
bill, which Premier Lloyd-Ge6rge will
outline in the house of commons on
Monday will, it is believed, forecast a
government for reland analogous to
the , state ..governmental . system in
America. - It is understood to provide
for., separate parliaments for Ulster
and Southern Ireland : respectively
with a superior body chosen by both
sections. , AH of the bodies .are to be
respqnsible regarding imperial affairs,
to the British ; parliament j to which
representatives would -. be elected, ; as
the states elect members to the Ameri-
canhoase of - representatives: - T n
rTne7 'Idea -wHl be : to , give a large
amount of autonomy to each, section
of Ireland, ovith thoroughly easy ma
chinery providing for their combina
tion as soon as they desire to unite,
the bill being! intended to pave the
road for elimination of the idea of the
partition .of Ireland. -On a combined
Ireland it is indicated even greater
powers may be . given than are pro
posed for the separate sections.
It is expected the premier' an
nouncement will be most conciliatory
and comprehensive in outlining what
he hopes will be an acceptable plan.
The new scheme of government 'dif
fers considerably from the plans pre
viously discussed and carries conces
sions on various questions much fur
ther. The government in iranung me
bill is understood to have kept before
it as primary points, first, that the
secession of Ireland and the estab
lishment, of an independent Irish re
public could not be tolerated but that
on the other hand the present system
of government control could not be
continued and that it was impossible
to ignore the fact that there were two
great sections of . Ireland, each of
whose claims must be considered.
The bill i3 understood to providing
for granting the fullest possible free
dom to the two Irish legislatures ad
ministering their own affairs with
powers similar to those held by the
states in America. - "
When questions affecting the em
pire .arise, they would come under
the consideration of the imperial par
liament in which Ireland would have
a voice.
PRESIDENT LIFTS
DEATH SENTENCES
Army Officers Were Sentenced
For Failure to Hold
Lines
Washington, Dec. 20. Conviction of
three . of ficers of the two hundred and
sixty-eighth infantry on charges grow
ing Aut of failure of that regiment to
hold Its place in the line near Binar
ville, France, September 28, 1919, has
been set aside by President Wilson.
The three officers. Lieutenants Hor
ace R. Crawford, Judge Cross and
Robert W Cheers had been sentenced
to death, army . orders announcing
presidential action showed today, -
NORTH CAROLINA
PAPERS CONSERVE
Holiday ; Christmas Will Be
Taken as Means of
Saving
Greensboro, Dec. 20. To conserve
news print paper all afternoon news
papers of North Carolina will sus
pend publication Christmas ' Day, and
all 'morning papers will suspend De
cember 26, it was announced today by
the local chairman of the American
Newspapers Pu hi " ii.tion .
PEACE RESOLUTION DECLARING
WAR WITH GERMANY ENIffMAS
SENATE C051ffiTTEE APPROVAL
Legislation Continuing Federal
Control Completed and
Sent to President.
SENATOR GAY OPPOSES ACT
Louisiana Statesman Says It Is
Unfair and Will Increase
J Price of Sugar.
Washington, Dec. 20.- Legislation
continuing federal control of sugar
through 1920 but limiting the licens
ing power of the United States sugar
equilization board to the period end
ing next June 30 was completed today
by congress and sent to the White
House. .
By a vote of 50 to 12 the senate to
day adopted the compromise on the
bill . to ( continue i government control
of sugar during 1920, accepting the
house amendments increasing authority
of the United States sugar equalization
board, but limiting Its licensing pow
ers to June- 39 next.
On the motion- Senator McNary tcf
concur in the house; amendmenta, wjth
restriction of the licensing powers of
the board to June 30, next, three re
publicans, -Gronna, of North Dakota;
Poindexter of Washington and Smoot
of Utah joined nine democrats in op
position. The democrats were Gay,
Louisana; Henderson, Nevada; Rans
del, Louisana; Smith, Georgia; Smith.
South Carolina; Thomas, Colorado;;
Underwood, Alabama; Walsh, Mon
tana and Wilfiams, Mississippi.
In the limited debate preceeding
the senate vote on the bill, Senator
Gay, democrat of Louisana made the
principal address in general opposition
to "continuance of government control.
He declared it unfair to single out
sugar for control, in peace times under
war time powers and argued that gov
ernment control would increase rather
than decrease price to American con
sumers. "We are simply playing into the
hands of the refiners and injuring
American, producers," said Senator
Gay. "This bill could well be called
an act to benefit Cuban planters to the
detriment of American producers and
to add to the coffers of the sugar
(No. 2 Continued on Page Two.)
ROBERTS BACK
FROM T WORK
Former Pensacola Automobile
Man Has Engaged in Same
Business in Paris
Harold J. Roberts, a "Y" worker in
France for 11 1-2 ''months, has just re
turned to Pensacola." Mr. Roberts was
at one time in the automobile business
in this city, but he is now a Parisian,
inasmuch as he opened a. motor busi
ness in Paris under the name of H. J.
Roberts et Cie., with the trade name,
Americo , Motors. He will sail for
France in January, leaving Pensacola
shortly after Christmas.
On leaving the . training camp at
Parigne L'Eveque, Mr. Roberts re
ceived a letter signed by 275 men of
various units, thanking him for his
services in their behalf, and praising
the Y" for its efforts to make life
on the other side more agreeable.
: A special report to the ; Provost at
the headquarters at Le Mans, a copy
of which has been forwarded to the
Journal, gives j an excellent-report of
Y. C. A. work at the Parigne camp.
The report speaks of free distribution
of chocolate and smokes twice a week,
of movies every night, and of various
amusement stunts. v
Assisting Mr. Roberts at . this Y"
hut were Miss-Harriet Cordingley and
Miss Mildred Prescott Rogers, canteen
workers, both of Boston. The report
says that the presence of. these two
workers added the .''necessary touch
of refinement, and the Improvement in
the conduct of the men" was noticeable.
Measure Is in Form of Joint
, Resolution and Will Come
Up After Holidays.
DEMAND TREATY RIGHTS
In Case Germany Failed to Con
cede Benefits President to
Prohibit Commerce
Washington, Iec. 20. A re-drafted
resolution by Senator Knox, republi
can, of Pennsylvania, to declare ' a
state of peace with Germany and to
retain to the United States all ma
terial benefits that would be gained
under the unratified treaty of Ver
sailles was approved today by the
senate foreign relations committee by
a vote of 7 to-3. An immediate re
port tto the senate was planned.
The measure, on which senate ac
tion will be sought after the holiday
recess, is in the form of a joint reso
lution and would require that unless
Germany concedes to the United
States such material benefits as are
contained in the treaty commerce with
German nationals could be prohibited
by presidential proclamation.
A provision also Is included reaf
firming the general desire of this na
tion to help establish a world con
cert for amicable settlement of Inter
national disputes.
The committee substituted the Knox
proposal for a concurrent resolution
previously presented by Chairman
Lodge, thus f apparently abandoning
the. effort to declare peace by .'a .con
current measure without the -signature
of the president. ' On adoption of . the
Knox resolution in the committee.
Senators. Lodge, . of -Massachusetts;
Borah of Idaho; Brandegee, of Con
necticut, Knox, of Pennsylvania;
Harding, of Ohio; Xew, of slndiana;
and Moses of New Hampshire, all re
publicans voted in the affirmative and
Senators Hitchcock, of Nebraska;
Williams, of Mississippi and Pomer
ene, of Ohio, democrats in the nega
tive. It was understood to be the plan of
the majority leaders to let the reso
lution lie over in the senate without
any attempt to secure action until
after the end of the recess early in
January.
The resolution also would declare in
general terms that the United States
would continue its close relations
with the allies. It was understood to
have the support of several republican
leaders who sought to have the com
mittee report it today in order that
it might be brought before the sen
ate after the holidays as a basis for
settlement of the whole treaty fight;
The democratic members indicated
that they would oppose it.
Senator Knox's alternate resolution
providing for ratification of the pact
With the league of nations covenant
excluded, also was before the commit
tee but supporters said the outcome of
that proposal was in doubt because a
two-thirds vote of the senate wouM
be necessary for its adoption.
All efforts for a separate declara
tion of peace have been resisted by
the democrats and democratic mem
bers of the committee were not hope
ful that the republican laaders would
be able to frame a compromise teso
lution that would be acceptable to the
administration forces.
Among modifications said , to have
been considered by the republicans
was one suggesting a general declara
tion of policy pledging the United
States to intervene in and future Eur
opean war which menaces civiliza
tion. Another suggestion would. pre
serve to the United States any ma
terial advantages embodied in the
treaty as it stands.
Senators of both parties continued
today to urge a general conference for
early in January of all members re
gardless of party who desire, ratifica
tion of the treaty , with reservations.
Some of them expressed . confidence
that such a conference would result in
ratification by January 15.
VIOLENCE HINTED
AT PASCAGOULA
Union Official Writes Letter tc
Mayor and Gets Out
of Town.
Pascagoula, Miss., Dec. 20. Declar.
Ing in a letter to Mayor Lewis, oi
Pascagoula, that he was leaving town
"for no other reason than that I do
not wish to be responsible for any acts
of violence which I am certain will oc
cur If I remain," C. H. Franck, formel
business manager and secretary of tlx
Central Trades Union here, ' left foi
New Orleans tonight. The affair. I
the outerrowth of the strike here.
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