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VOL. XXII NO. 242.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HOLDEN PLEASED , WILSON CALLS
HOPE IT ISN'T A WASH SALE
MACS TRUST, jU. S. HAVY tlAY
IN RAW FIRST TOP THE WORLD
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Australian Minister f of Navy ; England's r Plan Ending Dread-
0 RAIL RETURN
Mof C. B. & Q. Says Roads
: COAL MEETING
Special .Commission to Investi
gate Wages and Prices Is,
Ordered to Meet Monday
OPERATORS WILL, AGREE
Should Spend ive uimons ,
Over Five Year Period.
MUST RAISE RATES
Hopes League of Nations
nought Building Would Put
Will Prove Success
SAYS NEW WAR CERTAIN
Money for Improvements Can-
pot ie isorrowea uniess aup
quale Return Is Certain
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Washington, Dec. 25. In the opinion
railroad officials the president's
proclamation on the return of the
faCroada ehould tranquillze the labor
lltuation inasmuch as government
jontrol is extended to March 1. ' The
dons have been pressing for a. set
fement of wage demands before the
pads were returned on the suppo
lltion that this would be January 1,
1st they have not indicated how the
j2ange in time will affect their- plans
aer has It been indicated ' how the
statement of Attorney General Palmer
iat a lower trend of prices, expected
la January and February," will affect
the demands which - have been held
off to give the government a chance
to lower prices.
Clilcago, Dec. 2 5. Fixing , of March
1 as the date on which the railroads
are to be returned to private operaV
tion was approved today by Hale
Holden, regional director of the ceni
tal west, and R. II. Aishton, director
for the northwest region. Before the
government took over the railroads,
Mr. Holden was president of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, and Mr.
ASshton was at the head of the Chi
cago & Northwestern railroad.'
'The roads should spend a billion
dollars a year, said Mr. Holden, "for
it least a five-year period to pro
ride the country with' an adequate
transportation, machine. Extensions,
improvements a.nd additional equip
ment are sorely needed. ' .
"On the legislation passed : and the
action of the interstate . commerce
commission in allowing Tate Increases
depend the roads' chances of getting
liese. At present it is difficult for
i roads to borrow. Financiers' have
not had confidence in railroad securi
ties because of "governmental attitude
toward them.'
'If there is a disposition to permit
them to earn revenue sufficient to
warrant expenditures they will make
no trouble in borrowing the necessary.
Infixing a date for the return of the
roads is a good thing. It will dispel
the uncertainty which had handicap
Kil the railroads in the last few
months." 'VC -' ; "': : ' v ; "
Benjamin B. Winchell, Sr.; southern
regional railroad , direcor, who is
pending Christmas wltth his son here,
said: : ': -.. v--' - .'
"I am sure the large majority of
the people will be glad to : have the
tote for the return of the roads
definitely settled."
Mr. Winchell was formerly director
of traffic of the Union Pacific.
Washington, Dec. v25. Leaders in
fcngress , today, generally expressed
approval of the president's action.
me members j indicted enactement
sf the pending bill in some form
ouid enable a return prior to MVch
I. The Esch-Cummins bill, now in
conference between the senate and
house for adjustment of differences,
would return the roads at the end of
fte calendar month in which it was
ilTroved by the president. ...
Extension of the time before return.
'eaders eaid, would . allow . congress
sore time to consider r' the pending
fcgislatinn, and this fact together with
'fie prospective struggle between the
wo houses over anti-strike and finan
&1 guarantee provisions, some mem
bers said, might work to prevent final
stactement during - January. This
ould result in the roads being turned
ck on the date designated by the
resident.
BENTINCK CASTLE
STAGES A TREE
Fnner German Kaiser Is Prin
cipal Host at Christmas
Celebration
erongen. -Dec. 25. The former
& crown Prince reached here to.
end with his Parets their
S.,PShr,8'mas ln exile- J- B- Kan,
4,. t 17 of general affairs of the
government, Burgomaster Pere
r"51' of Wieringen, members of the
P n Ee"tinck family and some Amer
i ' Sen functionaries were guests at a
Quet tonight in the great hall of
.nek castle.
This was a climax of a celebration
nged personally by the former
-"Peror. a huge Christmas tree was
in the hall and from this the
naer ruler distributed gifts.
POET-EDITOR IS
BUYER McCLURE'S
Kew York, Dec 25. McClure's Mag-
was Dougnt oy Herbert Kauf
n, poet editorial writer, it was an
onnced tonight by Frederick L.. Col--9.
President of the company.
Mine Owners Will Not Block
Settlement Under Plan Pro
j. posed by the President
"Washington, Dec. 25. President
Wilson has issued a call for a meet
ing here Monday of the special com-"
mission appointed to investigate wages
and prices in the. bituminous coal in
dustry. The commission at that" time
is expected to lay plans for its - in
quiry, which probably will continue
several weeks. -
Terra Haute, Ind., Dec 25. Opera
tors : of the central competitive field
will not block the coal settlement
under, the plan proposed by President
Wilson, but on the contrary will abide
by the decision of the. commission ap
pointed by the president to work out
the settlement, it is indicated in a
statement issued by Phil H. Penna, of
Terre Haute, spokesman for the oper
ators in : the operators' negotiations
with the miners. v ;
In .. his statement Mr. Penna said
the operators in a Joint meeting with
the miners on November 27 offered a
resolution providing for the creation
of a commission composed of men
representing equally the miners, oper
ators and the public The resolution,'
he said, "Is In perfect accord with the
president's action,' although the lat
ter differed in some details about
which the operators feel they should
have been consulted In advance.
At the November 27 meeting, Mr.
Penna declared, all the operators (who
represented all states in the central
field) voted ;"yes" on the resolution.
"This attitude of the operators, "the
o laiciuem couciuaea, . , nas not. oeen
cnangea m . any particular by any
person or persons in authority."
WOMEN TO FORM
NATIONAL PZlRTY
Will Aid Democratic Party and
: , . , - Not Split Ranks ; ,
vf;!!i' X.: -J"..-. k v .f ?":
New York, Dec 25. Organization of
a national woman's democratic" party
will be begun at a meeting tomorrov,?
of more than one hundred prominent
New York women, It was : announced
today. The call for the meeting was
issued by Mrs. George . IL Childs,
president of ; the women's democratic
club, and Miss Margaret Vale, a niece
of President Wilson.
' According to the organizers, the new
women's party will co-operate with
the national democratic organization
and is to be regarded as "In no way
a split in the domocraticranks."
. Among the -women who have signi
fied their intention of being present
are Elizabeth Marbury, Mrs. Charles
L. : Tiffany, ,Mr3. Oliver Harriman,
Mrs, Charles Dana Gibson, : Mrs.
Simon Baruch, " Mrs. William G. Mc
Adoo, and Ida TarbelL
PUBLISHER FOUND
IRELAND PARADISE
New York, Dec. ; 25. Samuel S. Mc
Clure, the publisher, arrived here to
day on the -.steamer Mauretania after
a three months visit to Ireland which
he said he found a "paradise, "Ireland
is the most prosperous, ; "comfortable
and law abiding country In the world,"
he said. "The pepple are well dressed
and well housed." One has to read out
side papers to learn of trouble and un
settled conditions there." He said Irish
banks have deposits of more " than a
hundred thousand pounds and there
are five millions of heads of cattle in
Ireland, ireland, he said exported as
much food to England since 1913 as
the United States.
LEGION LEADER
SENDS GREETINGS
Indianapolis, Dec. 15. Department
commanders, executive . committee
men, alternates and adjutants of the
American Legion today "were sent
holiday greetings by Franklin Dolier,
national - commander,; in which the
officers were thanked for their co
operation in the past and warned
against "any future over-zealous,
thoughtless or unfair, act which can
weaken the legion's influence for
national betterment."
MERRY CHRISTMAS
RELEASES CONVICTS
Safeblowers Lock Deputies in
Cell at Toledo
Toledo, Ohio, Dee. 25 Four men,
known all over- tle country as safe
blowers and burglars, were delivered
from jail here this morning by six
men who greeted the three deputies
on duty with , a ? "Merry: Christmas"
and then overcame them , and locked
them in a cell. The men, all of whom
have YMTious aliases, are Edward
Meehn. lbert Loach, Leo Mitchell
and "S- Howard.'
KEEP CHECK ON.
LUXURY TAXES
They Are Not Deducted From
' Income Tax But; Are Deduct
... ed From Amount Income -, J-
(By GEORGE B. WATERS.)
. Everybody should keep account of
the taxes he pays on "luxuries." By
so doing, one may save himself money
when it comes to paying his income
tax to Uncle Sam. .The so-called lux
ury taxes are called excise taxes and
are levied against musical instruments,
6porting goods, chewing gum,' candy,
and on the - finer kinds of clothes,
furniture, leather goods and the like.
Are Hhese luxury1 taxes deductible
from the income tax one pays -
No, emphatically, no! That they
are is the belief in many Quarters.
But they are ' deductible from the
amount of income on which one pays. -
Not only are these taxes deductible
except the income tax itself and war
and excess profits tax.
Now for the saving of the tax payer. '
If one buys a 5300 piano, and he pays
. . . J a.. '
-aaamona " "V" - Y.R.r. the past three days the 'ladies
chaser -has a .right :. to . deduct .fthis , ,
amount from
the income on which
he pays. . - i
-One also has the "right to-deduct
the extra penny or two he pays on a,
soft drink and. the one cent ; he pays ' Labman and . .Mr. - Hansen, camp see
on a 10-cent show ticket from the retary of the navy 1". M. C. A., was
amount of :? income on which he is ; beautifully decorated for the occasion,
taxed. '-'-..V;: v : J On the tree was placed a gift for
There are certain taxes that must j every patient and every person present.
h naid bv the purchasers, and cannoth Under the direction of Mr. J.' T.
be "absorbed by the seller. This is
10 per cent on rugs and carpets cost
ing more than $5 a square yard; pic
ture frames costing : more than $10 ;
a ' trunk; costing -' more ! than ; $50;
women's hats costing more ; than , $15;
men's hats costing more than , $5;
women's and misses' silk stockings
cos'ting more than $2, and numerous
other articles supposed to be necessa
ries. .. ' . -, -:
It is a good idea to carry a ledger
in your pocket, and keep account of
the luxury taxes you pay.
TERROR SPREAD
BY AVALANCHES
Several Dead as Result of Un
expected Slides of Moun
tain at Resort
Geneva, Dec. 25. -Avalanches at the
mountain resort of Davos yesterday
caused tetror among residents and
visitors, which resulted in a number
Of deaths.' in ! the village Itself. One
swept down on a sanitarium smashing
doors and windows, and killing two
women and imprisoning many ; all
night. Another struck the Hotel Ex
celsior, killing two employees and
doing much damage- A, third aval
anche almost overwhelmed the pen
sion -Germama."" Five are known to be
dead and it is feared others are . xn
the debris. , .
Br-
. ST. NICHOLAS TREE
PLEASES POOR TOTS. :
- Old St. Nick, as well as the
- helpers of old St.1- Nick's kind-
- daughter,- must have been muchly
gratified yesterday and must
- have felt the blessedness of giv
ing, when he and .they , saw the
girl's doll, toy and stocking. Jis-
tribution gave to about, 300, pos- '
'Slbiy. more, Pensacola tots at the
citj hall yesterday , morning.
They ranged in ages from two to
thirteen or fourteen, some well
clothed, some ragged and bare
foot. They looked with eyes like
saucers, some smiling, some cry
ing. , Oh, surely, "it . is more
blessed to give .than to receive."
E-
HOSPIT
Home - Service Section Carries
: mrisfmoo Chae in. Patinfc
at Army and Navy Bases
The Christmas tree and program
eiven by the Red Cross at the Naval
bospital Christmas morning was a
erreat success. i
. under the leadership of Airs. Mallory
UL lht x. ciioauuub uumo oci t ivu ovuuu
Kennedy and Mrs. W., K. Jlyer have
'heen busv1 nreoarink fiats for the men.
. The hall unjer the supervision of Dr.
McMullen, field director, a short pro
gram was arranged and carried ' out-
Among those participating in tho pro
gram were Dr. Ansley, Mr. W. K. Hyer,
Miss Allene Hicks and Master Morris
Davis. ' 'V --y -
The one item that brought Christmas
RED CROSS HAS
AL TREE
especially near was the presence of a immigration committee which is in
real Santa- Claus who traveled ' with j vestlgating the red periL During the
the company from Pensacola for the j same period 697 anarchists, bolshevists
occasion and was very happy in his
Christmas speech.
, -The hospital at Ft. . Barrancas was
also visited and afterwards the dis
charged soldiers and ; sailors , at the
Pensacola; hospital were remembered
by the Red Cross ladles and Santa
Claua. ,
MEXICAN LIQUOR
DENIED TO MANY
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Temporary Passports Were Re
fused and One-Day Tourists v
Were Disappointed
1 El Paso, Tex., Dec. 25. Hund?ds
of El Pasoans and tourists who plan
ned to visit . Juarez, Mexico, where
liquor of all kinds can be bought, were
turned back at the international
bridge today.
Jaurez saloon - keepers and ... cafe
proprietors had prepared for a banner
Issue on Christmas day. ' so had
gambling casino, but American offi
cials refused to issue temporary pass
ports, and only those - noiaing per
manent passports could cross over,
LL!S ISLAND
BECOMES JAIL
'Gateway to Promised , Land'
Becomes Detension Pen For
Rads Awaiting Deportion
New York,' Dec. 23. Ellis island,
known for years as "the open door to
the oppressed of every land," and which
has become the subject of a congres
sional inquiry by reason of its new
character as a place of detention for
hundreds of anarchists and other "dan
gerous" radicals, is really three small
islands in New York harbor about one
mile' southwest of Manhattan. Their
total area is approximately 20 acres.
; Upon these Islands, known as No's
1, 2 and 3 are nlntecn large and small
buildings of brick and stone,, many of
them handsome structures of four and
five stories, used as the United ' States
Immigration station for this port, and
through which, from July 1 to Dec
ember , 1 last, nearly 80,000 aliens en
tered tho "Land of Opportunity And
Freedom." Hundreds of "undesirables"
it should be stated, were at the same
time sent back to the lands of their
birth. The immigration service here
employs 372 workers, Including ; in
spectors who board incoming ships.
.It seems- an incongruity that Ellis
Island which, In summer gives the for
eigner his first glimpse of the won
i ders of the new world's metropolis, a
ipnsint- vw of beautiful lawns and
o -
flowers, ; well-kept buildings and a
f f me harbor with- the marvelous sky
line of New Tork in the distance,
should have metamorphosed during
the war into .a big detention place for
political criminals and the foes of or
ganized government. ; ; ?
The fact Is, Ellis Island, according
to the authorities, was not intended as
a prison for such offenders. Federal
judges. In fhe past two years acting
under the ' authority vested : in them,
liberated 557 so-called "dangerous
aliens" either upon their own recogni
zance or in the custody of their law
yers, . according to Representative
Isaac Selgel, a member of the house
and other radicals have been sent from
various parts of the United States to
New "Tork. Of this number 85 are
now in custody of acting Immigration
Commissioner Byron G. UhL'the suc
cessor to Frederic C. Howe, who un
til recently, and since 1913 had served
as commissioner. v
VERSAILLES PACT
IS STILL PENDING
Germans Must Make Good the
Sinking: of Ships at
Scapa Flow
Paris, Dec. 25. The final date of
the repeatedly . postponed ratification
of the treaty of Versailles depends on
the speed with which allied missions
in Germany can verify German figures
of ' available floating dry dock : ton
nage demanded by the allies as com
pensation for sinking German, war
ships at Scapaflow. The Associated
Press was informed to this effect to-
day at headquarter' of. the Geramn
peace delegati . -.
London Writer Believes Hope of
League's Success Depends
: on Vote of Women
Sydney, Australia,- Dec.
-Sir
Joseph Cook, minister pf the navy, 13-
urging . military preparedness upon niay rank'first in 'the list of the world
Australians.- At the annual meeting of ,navlfS- ""'
the navy league, he said: ' , . This will happen if the British ad-
"Spend your last dollar on preparing 1 ty sticks to its plan of aban
for a fight to the last. We have signed J0?,1?. -,the building of dreadnought
the peace, but Europe is still full of 11 .,p" ' d gOG3 Ih for aircraft
mutual hatreds, even among the allies, j ThrTnec?StrUCti0n-
Until there is a general movement for i- rSti.81,?8 naYudeHar,tment
,. . . - , js . pinning its faith on the "all bie-
disarmament, and I hope there soon; gun dreadnought type" for first line
will be we must tru,t to the league lps o the J wZrn
of nations and keep our powder construction of the three-year pro
dry' ' ' . - jgram adopted in 1916, which was in -
"We cannot afford, to let the rifle jterrupted by the war's demand for de
rust yet awhile, though Ve have a stroyers and chasers for anti-subma-league
of nations which we hope will I rine york. And Secretary Daniels has
fructify," he . told; the National Rifle ' beforW him the recommendations of the
Association. J'Our rifles must be kept .general board of the navy for another
well oiled,, and you must be able , to J three-year program equal in size, and
shoot them as in times gone by if j calling for 16 more first-line battle
this country is safe. We may yet need' Bh5ps and battle cruisers of still larger
our rifles here In Australia."
To the women's reform league, Sir
Joseph said: "Our hope must; be cen
tered in the league of .nations., It is
the one great hope of the world, but
if we cannot make it effective in the
near- future we had better get ready
for the next war, which: will other
wise come as surely as the sun rises."
London, ' Dec. 25. "The success of
the league ' of nation idea is de
pendent upon - the intelligent co
operation of the ' women," says Miss
A. Helen Ward, in an article in the
League, a periodical.
. The writer , suggests the organiza
tion, of a woman's bureau of the league
of nations and that the women should
be appointed for their general fitness
for the purpose of the league, father
than merely as experts in what are
known as "women's interests."
SALE OF GERMAN
CHIPS PROBABLE
Liquor Issue Enters Into Gov
ernment Operation of . . V
. .- Vessels
Washington, Dec 25. The shipping
board is considering the sale of all
former German passenger ships with
the stipulation they be run under the
American flag, it was announced fo
night. There are 103 of them, but
these don't include six former German
liners.
The probable price suggested . is
$250 a ton. Decision of the shipping
board not . to permit the use of liquor
aboard : government owned ships is
considered that it would make it im
possible to compete with privately
owned vessels, which can Berve in
toxicants outside the three-mile limit.
It was said, however, that six liners
recently put In tho South American
trade would not be -sold if service - to
South America thereby is to be dis
continued. -
AMNESTY LEAGUE
PLANS BROKE UP
New York.. Dec. 25. The Christmas
day celebration of the league of am
nesty for political prisoners met with
disaster here today when 'tb n police,
soldiers and irate citizens bi - up.
Several hundred men and womt -e
placarded and In single: file for e
start of their walk up Fifth Aven; .
dwindled to about fifty, divided in.
two wandering parties which found
their way ' "home" to a parrish house
of the church of the Asenslon on west
11th street after many hours of wan
dering. . , t: .' f. ,
APPEAL IS MADE
BY THE RED CROSS
Intercession Is For Prisoners of
War in Siberia Held
Since 1914
Geneva, Dec 25. The International
Red Cross has sent out an appeal in
behalf of prisoners of war in Siberia.
200,000 prisoners, for the most part
Austrians niid Hungarians, many of
whom were captured in 1914 are living
without shelter and virtually without
clothing and with but little food.
GEORGIA JURIST
DIES SUDDENLY
Author of First Local Option
Bill Victim of Heart v
. Disease
rrartersville. Ga.. Dect ; 2o. A. W.
Flte. former superior court judge, and
said to have been the author of the
first local option bill introduced in
the Georgia legislature, died here at
his office this afternoon of heart ' at
tack, superinduced by acute indiges
tion, aged 67. " ' , -J"
America in First Place
WILL COMPLETE PROGRAM
"All Big-Gun Dreadnoughts"
Whose Construction War In
terrupted Will Be Finished
, . (By Frederick M. Kerby.)
The ; United States naw bv 19 '4
tonnage, equipped 1 with , 16-inch 50-
caliber guns larger than anything now
in use. ' . - , ... . - - -
When the armLstice was signed, the
comparative standing of Great Britian
and the United States was: .
G. Br.
U. S.
16
19
0
35
- 4
39
ureaanoughts i 33
Pre-dreadnoughts t . 21
Battle cruisers 9
First line ships. ........ .6.1
Old line battleships ..... 7
Total ships . . . . t . . . i . . 70
Britain stopped her building program
with the signing of. the armistice. Her
future policy is "up in ; the air." But
the United States navy has under con
struction, 12 dreadnoughts, 6 battle
cruisers, and numerous smaller vessels
and Secretary Daniels has just recom.
mended the-appropriation of $185,24$.
000 to help complete them, and will rec
ommend one more appropriation before
they are all finished. In the meantime
the new building program will be de- '
cided upon and presented . to congress.
By 1921, therefore; the United States
navy should ; lilcludo; 28 : dreadaotiBrhts.
19 pre-dreadnoughts and - six battla
cruisers, and If the new three-year pro
gram equals the 1916 program, by 1924
it should include S3 dreadnoughts, 19
pre-dreadnoughts and 12 battle cruiser
a total of 69 big-gun ships, com
tice was signed, j -
If America stieks to ths battla uhlp
as the main dependence of th4 fleet,
however, it is probable that Britain
will be forced to go on building dread
noughts also. Her program will de
pend largely upon what America and
Japan decide to do,;
Guns larger than any now In um,
or being placed afloat by any other
navy, are being built for our new battle-ships
and' battle cruisers. Of 16-
inch, 60-caliber, with muzzle energy of
115,000 foot-tons, ' these are the last
word in American naval design. One
hundred and" ninety of them are being
raanuLactureu. r
FAIR WEATHER
24 HOURS FORECAST
Washington, ? Dec. 25. Generally
fair weather over states east of the
Mississippi, with temperature near
normal during the next' forty-eight
hours, was the forecast tonight by
the weather bureau.. .
PERSHING SPENDS
CHRISTMAS HOME
Lincoln, Nebraska," Dec 25. For the
first time since 1915, General Pershing
today was wlftr- his 10 year old son.
Warren and other members of his
family for jChristmas.. He spent the
day at the residence 05 his sister, Mrs.
D. M. Butler. .j
PRESIDENT SIGNS
NOTED EDGE BILL
Washington, Dec 25. The president
today signed the Edge bill authorizing
the . creation of a corporation for the
purpose of financing American export
trade.
ASIATIC FLEET
COMMANDER HOME
Peking, Tuesday, Dec. 23. Admiral
Albert Claves, commander of the As
iatic fleet, arrived here yesterday witlt
his staff for a visit of several days. He
was ? met at the railway station by
Chairgc d' Affaires Charles . D. Tenny,
counssllor or tu' legation, a detach
ment of the legation guard, 'Admiral
Sah Chen-Ping, Chinese minister of the
navy and a Chinese guard of honor.
Today Admiral Gleaves devoted hM
time to pacing ----.official calls, dining
this even ins with. Admiral Sah Chen
Png. ' . -