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p4 ttr-- "GHT niGIl COSt OF LIMNG Your old furniture, office fix tures or machinery can be quiet ly turned Into cash through The Journal Want Column ! I WEATHER FORECAST Fair and colder Saturday with V . fresh northwest wind.". Sunday- fair. -a VOL. XXII, NO. 322 PENS AC OLA, FLORIDA, r SATURDAY MORNING, . MARCH 18, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS i rr. ill lit 7A I An u i i an $J WW AIT Modification of Lodge Reserva tion Splits Democrats and Republicans Alike. ISSUE STILL CLOUDED Attempt to Reach Agreement Results, in Opposite Effect and More Delay Ensues Washington, Mar.' 12. A substitute for the Lodge reservation to article ten, which stood unchanged for many weeks, the storm center of the peace treaty controversy, was proposed In the senate today by its author. Repub lican Leader Lodge. The move, de scribed by republican managers as a step toward harmony and compromise, at first led the senate In exactly the opposite direction by starting a dis cussion as to whether the new draft was weaker In its terms than the old. As a result ,the possibilities of final tffreement remained as beclouded as ever. In general the substitute follows the form of the drafts agreed on several days ago In bi-partisan compromise negotiations. When the reservation was offered It was declared among the republicans that the negotiations had lined up al most enough votes to ratify the treaty on that basis but that final agreement had not yet been reached. The re-? publican leaders planned to obtain a vote lat- today. In representing the substitute Sena tor Lodge said he did'so in the inter est of compromise and not because the new -draft represented any substantial change in the meaning of the reserva tion. "I do, this", he said, "in full conso nance with what I have stated on the floor of the senate several times. I do not feel that I should be Justified that I would be Insisting on the defeat of the treaty on a mere phraseology of any reservation. If I thought the mod ification made any change in the sub stance of the reservation I should not only not offer it but I should vote against the treaty with it included. As represented the reservation reads as follows: "The United States assumes no obli gation to preserve the territorial in tegrity independence of any other country by ha employment of its mili tary or naval forces. Its resources or any form of economic discrimination to interfere in controversies ..between nations whether members of the league or not vnder the provisions of article ten or t employ the military or naval forces of the United States under any articles in the treaty for any purpose unless i: any particular pase until the congress which under the constitution alone hes the power to -declare war or authorize the employment of military or naval forces of the United States shall, in the exercise of full liberty of action, by acf, or joint resolution, so provide." It was apparent that the republican leaders had failed to unite their col leagues behind the new reservation. Senator Frelinghuysen, republican of New Jersey, who voted for ratification last November, told the senate the modification had a weakening effect and that he would not support any reservation which did not go as far as the original. He offered a substitute. The irreconcilable opponents of rati fication also Indicated they would not vote to substitute the new draft for the old. but the leaders insisted they would hold cloe to thirty votes. Compromise advocates among the democrats pre dicted that about the same number on their side would vote for the substi tute. It takes 64 votes to ratify. ROBBERS HALT BROADWAY CROWD Smash Window in Jewelry Store and Seize Valuables. New Tork. Mar. 12 J While Broad way was crowded tonight with thea tregoers, three armed bandits smashed .the window of a jewelry store at Thir-"ty-Seventh-st.. kept crowds at bay with revolvers until they emptied the contents of several trays into their pockets, then escaped, shooting one pedestriin who attempted to stop them. A few minutes later three men en s tered another Broadway jewelry store, a few blocks uptown, and after throw ing pep;er in the clerk's eyes grabbed some trays of jewelry and ran from the store. Two men alleged members of the trio, were Arrested after a chase. Both robberies were committed in the heart Of the whitA lit-h thousands who were thrown Into the greatest excitement as police reserves arrived on the double quick. EDWARDS DECLINES NEBRASKA TICKET T.inco n. Nebr., March 12. Governor KUward. of New Jersev, will not per mit his name printed on the liallot for the Nebraska primarv April 'JO, as a candidate for the democratic nomina- -n for. president, he telegraphed the secretary of state hVc todav. He gave no reason. Washington. March l William O. MeAdoo, y hose name, was recently en tered in the Michigan primaries despite hi spYotest, notified the secretary of staic of Michigan today that should the primary endorse hini he would r lse Hie delegate from - inv oblica- tions I j support him. . .. TP Ilk II WORSE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES UNITE Will Work Together With Ob ject Of Developing Foreign Trade Interests South. FLORIDA IS INCLUDED War to Be Waged Against Rates Held Discriminatory Against Southern Ports Greensboro, X. C, March 12. Or-, ganization of the South Atlantic states association with the object of -'developing foreign trade interests of Flor ida, Georgia. North and South Caro lina, was effected here today at con ferences of business and professional men from those states. It is proposed to wage war against transportation rates deemed discrim inatory to this section iand unduly preferential to the northeast, It will devote particular attention to Latin American trade. Mathew Hale, of Wilmington, X. C, was elected president. Officials from the United States de partment of commerce, the Corn Ex change Bank, of Philadelphia, and the National City Bank, of New York city, aided in the deliberations from which the foreign trade program will grow. Senators, congressmen and gov ernors from the four states were pres ent and took part in forming a legis lative program to accomplish the de sired results. The South Atlantic states lace a possible cancellation of the export freight rates, which became effective December 1 and 31, by order- of the railroad administration, and which placed the five South Atlantic ports on a New York -basis. With the return of railroads to corporate control, the northern trunk lines, through Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, declared their intention to cancel these rates, which action will again force the southern manufac turers and shippers to route southern products through North Atlantic ports. The forjrn trade conference will con sider, Ways and means of maintaining the opportunities for ' foreign trade made possible by the establishment of these rates and will also push, the de mand for similar Import raivs. William A. Wimbush, counsel for the southern traffic association, one of the speakers of the conference, in No. 2 Continued on Pane Two.) PRESIDENT MAY ADJUST REPORT White House Announces lie Will Strive to Have Coal Commission Agree. 'oaliinMnn xrarh 1" An-: effort tO nmnneo iii ' differences between the majority and minority' of the bitumi nous coal strike commission will made bv President Wilson H was.Mm todav at the White House, rtrr.-oiia caii fhat neither- the ma- jority nor minority report would le made public ir there was f"'"" of bringing the members of the com mission to an agreement ou llieir Pi,r cipal differences the amount of Uie wage advance and the hours vt work The miners represeniaim- ' commission refused to discuss his rec- n,i,iinn lmt it was understood he had 'held out for an increase of wages of approximately 35 per cent and for a seven Hour uaj . The majority, Henry M. Robinson, representing the publie. and Ribrandt Peale the operators' representative, recommended a wage advance o ap proximately 2j per ceiu m hours oi wui iv. . John L. Lewis, president of the Ini it;n. workers of America, who hurried here last night from New York where he has been attending the an thracite hearing, eonierreu iuudf im William . Green, secretary of the miners' union," f.imiarizmg himself with the facts. He still declined to make anv statement. Secretary Green said the, majority and Mr NVhite were not far- apart on the matter of wages and, he was hopeful that the differences could be smoothed out in fircct, confprences. The failure of the -majority to recommend im proved working conditions proved a iconnAinimpnt to the miners, it was said, as this had ben one of the ch'ef demands of the men Officials said tody thit John V. White, the miners' represents t'.v. had held out for a six hour day through the negotiations between th-3 couunis ioners"in an effort to rev.'!i an unani mous agreement. The mines' origin ally deniandd a six hour ,iiy and a five day week. . New- York. March 1. There httlc possibilitv that there will be a sus pension of work in the ".mthncil j coal fields March 31, when the present con tract expires. Phil Murray, inlenn-, tional vice-president of the i'uit ',1 Mine Workers, said today. He ti l r pronations for a new settlement i-rc proceedingly satisfactorily. JOli ENGLISH BEAUTY IS VISITING AMERICA XKW YORK Lady Duveen, wife of Sir Joseph Duveen of London, famed art collector and dealer, has come to the United States to visit the large cities of the country. TEACHERS NEED INCREASED PAY So Many Have Left the Profes sion That the Country Is Faced With Shortage. Washington, March 12. The country is faced with a serious shortage of school teachers, chiefly through fail ure to provide' adequate .salaries,. acT cording to reports to the United States bureau of education. Conditions are becoming slightly better, however, the reports state, in some sections, com pared with those of last October when the national educational assoc'ation conducted an inquiry into the situa tion. Uased on returns from state school officials, the reports show that on February 13 last, there were 18,27'J schools closed ' because of lack of teachers and 41,000 being taught by teachers characterized as '"below stan dard,' but being taken on temporarily in the emergency."' Greater shortages are shown to exist in southern states. Responding to a questionnaire sent out by the commissioner of education a great majority of tne states in which schools are closed report that children are being transferred to other dis tricts, while the remainder report pupils losing their grade. To another question as to what extent tax payers are interesting themselves in paying better salaries for teachers, the re sponse was almost unanimous for an increase. ! Salaries paid teachers in 1918, sta tistics show, were on an average of $606 for elementary teachers and 91.031 for those teaching in high "schools. From salary schedules collected from various states, giving salaries received by individual teachers, in three coun ties in each state, it is shown that wages paid rural teachers fell far be low the foregoing average in manv states, many localities showing sala ries paid as low as $150 and $200 a year. In 190 state, county, city and private normal schools, representing 60 per cent of the total normal schools in the country there were 11,503 fewer students enrolled November 1, 1919. than during the pre-war period. - A similar falling off Is shown in teacher training departments in colleges, while other departments show! great increases in enrollment. A. O. Xeall, of the bureau's division oflrural education, said today there is an; increasing withdrawal of men teachers from the profession, the per centage of male teachers in 1918 being ouiy 17 per cent or one in every six. - Reports from southern states show the following shortages: Virginia,' 2,000; Georgia, 1,500; Xorth Carolina, 700. t; The number of substitute or "sub standard teachers empioyea m tnes; states reporting weri- ...t Virginia, 3,500; Alabama, 3.500; Georgia, 3,000; Tennessee, 3,000; South Carolina, 1,000. ORGANIZED LOBBY IN HOUSE CHARGED "Washington. March 12. The exis tence of -organized lobby of contrac tors" aided by interested army otfi cers with the motive of amending the army bill to provide a separate con struction corps, was charged in the house today by Representative Madde, of Illinois. Anthony of Kansas, Knut son, of Minnesota. Wood, of Indiana, all Republicans. The amendment was tentatively adopted, 144 to 74. ne3l ; Q 'if j It 'A - -! j?? f STORM STRIKES VAILEY STATES Kentucky and Alabama Are Hit by Tornado and Flood and Six Lives Are Lost. ICE INJURES NORTH Bridges Are Carried Away in Allegheny River Regions and Ohio Is Affected. Dry Ridge, Ken.. Mar. 1. Forty persons, including thirty school chil dren, were injured when a tornado blew down a school house, general store, three stock barns and damaged otner Duiiajngs at snerman, .Kentucky, today. None were killed. The dam age is estimated at ?50,'000. Greenville, Mar 12. Five negroes killed and between 25 and 30 injured, 25 tenant 'houses were destroyed in a rain and wind storm in AVashington county, near Percy, early today, ac cording to word recevp-dv hr ,tonight- Huntsville. Ala., Mar. 12. Mastin Lake Dam, two miles north of here, went down early today and a great flood swept through the western part of the city. Bales of cotton were car ried some distance from warehouse platforms, the power plant was shut down for several hours and a great lake formed in the southwestern por tion of the town. Cleveland, Ohio., Mar. 12. Boats and cottages along Rocky river were buried today under miniature mountains of ice,"following the breaking of a large ice gorge last night and the flooding of the low lands. There was grave danger, it was said, that further breaking of the ice with continued mild weather would crush and sweep, away many cottages and boats. Pittsburg, Mar. 12. An ice gorge 20 feet high, and stretching eight mile's up river, broke loose at Freeport l?st night, started with a, rush down the Allegheny, ran into the county bridge moving it ten inches out of line, tore a number of flat boats, large barges and house boats from their moorings, washing them down the river into the Ohio, and pounding them into splin ters. According to reports ice in the upper Allegheny is level with the t ridges and the tracts of the Allegheny valley rail road and much damage is expected when it all begins moving down stream. The gorge which went out' today was one of the heaviest in recent years and when it broke, the sound of the sound of the crash could be heard for several miles. Florence, Ala., Mar. 12. John Huff man, head brakeman on L. & X. train Xo. 53 was killed and engineman George Marchbanks was injured when the engine , and eight cars plunged into a washout which occurred early today between Jacksonburg and Big Cut on the Columbia-Florence branch of the Louisville and Xashville. This entire section has been visit ed by a torrential rain and the freight train was proceeding slowly in the No. 3 Continued on Page Two. BROTHER ISAIAH DRAWS CROWDS Five Policemen Are Pushed In to Mississippi So Great Is Throng to See "Healer" Xew Orleans, March 12. Crowds seeking the services of John Cudney, known as 'Brother Isaiah," and self styled healer, became so great this afternoon that five policemen were pushed into the Mississippi river. They were immediately dragged out of the mud and shallow water, suffer ing no physical harm. The aged boatman retired at 6 o'clock this morning after working all night In his "treatments" of persons who braved rain, river fog and cold to await their turn before the lowly houseboat, where "laying on of hands" the boatman is alleged to mave "cured many ailments. At dawn many persons unable to meet "Brother Isaiah" were returning' to their homes while hundreds of others were gathered on the levee at Calhoun street waiting for the boatman to again appear. Dr. Oscar F. Dowling, president of the state board of health, stated today he was powerless to take legal action against the boatman because he was "accepting no money, prescribing no medicines and violating none of the rules of religious practice." The Orleans Parish Medical Society asked Superintendent of Police Mooney to investigate the acts of the boat man. Names and addresses oi peixjns who claimed to have been "healed of more or less serious ailments al ready are in the hands of the police. Twenty-five policemen are on duty tonight keeping order while several hundred persons wait their turn for "laying on of hands." Thousands thronged the levee during the day. Stories of "cures" increased today and only one deniaj was obtained by in vestigators for local newspapers. SIMS COKT WILL HEAD ALLIED PROBE OF RUSSIA WASHINGTON Dr. Fridtjof Nan seen, Norwegian explorer,, will head the commission of eight sent by the Council of the League of Na tions to investigate conditions in Hussia. The party is to start about April 1. , SUFFRAGE VOTE NOT POSSIBLE Col. John Beard Says Special . Session of Legislature Can not Ratify Amendment. Col. John S. Beard said yesterday that the state legislature cannot ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment this year, because of constitutional in ability. Col. Beard's contention is that under the constitution, a federal amend ment cannot be act Hi ob unless the members of the legislature-.which votes on the amendment are elected after the amendment is submitted. In a communication to The Journal, Col. Beard says: "A special to The Journal from Tal lahassee announces that the governor will, probably,, convene the legislature in extraordinary session for the con sideration of the proposed 19th (the equal suffrage) amendment to the fed eral constitution. The congressional resolution, proposing this amendment, was submitted to the several states subsequent to the election of the pres ent legislature of the state of Florida. Every member of both. houses of the present legislature of Florida was elect ed prior to the submission of this pro posed amendment by-congress to the several states. "Section 19, Article 10, of the con stitution of the state of Florida de clares: 'Xo convention nor legislature of this state shall act upon any amend ment of the constitution of the United States proposed by congress to the sev eral states unless such convention or legislature shall have been elected after such amendment is ubmitted.' "Section '!, Article 16, of the consti tution of the" state of Florida declares: 'Each and every officer of this stale, including members of the legislature, shall before entering upon the dis charge of his official' duties, take the following oath of office: "I do solemn ly swear (or affirm) that I will sup port, protect and defend the constitu tion and government of the United States and the state of Florida . . . . So help me God." "The legislature of 1911. very proper- it. . i z1 1 1. iv refused to aet iinon the tfith amend- i ment to the federal constitution be - cause one-half of the Florida state sen- ate had been elected prior to the sub - mission of the proposed 16th amend- ment to the several states by congress. The 16th amendment was the first; amendment to the fedora! constitution submitted by congress to the several states after the adoption of the present constitution of Florida. "In 19i: the legislature of Florida, verv properly, refxised to aet upon the proposed 17th amendment to the fed eral constitution for the samj reasons that the legislature-of 1311 refused to aet. unon the .proposed. 10th amer.d- mentment. viz: that one-half of the state senate had been elected prior to the submission of the proposed 17th amendment to the several states by congress. "But the present legislature when convened in extraordinary session by the governor, in 1918, did act upon and ratifv the proposed 18th amendment to the federal constitution, notwithstand ing the fact that precisely the same conditions existed as in 101 1 and 1913. when the legislatures of those years refused to act upon the ICth and 17th amendments respectively, viz: one-half of the state senate had been elected prior to the proposal of the 18th amendment by congress to the sev eral states. "If the legislature is convened in ex traordinary session will it act upon the proposed 19th amendment? It is the same legislature that ratjfjed the 18th amendment only one-half of the Florida state senate had been elected prior to the submission by congress of (No. 1 Continued on Pag 2) J. i o miis mm SAYS BODS IS POLITICALACT Col. Keech Tells House Commit tee Ex-Service Men Do Not Need Monetary Relief. FORDNEY IS INSULTED Chairman of Committee Says He v Wouldn't Spend Public Money to Get Elected. Washington, Mar. 12. Members of congress will support soldier bonus legislation in order "to get votes," Frank P. Keech of Xew York, a for mer lieutenant colonel in the inspec tor general's department declared to day before ,the house ways and means committee which is holding hearings on relief legislation. "I consider that an insult to members of congress", declared Chairman Ford ney. "I didn't mean It as an Insult, but it is true", Keech replied. "Members of congress are influenced by the will of the people and rightly so", Representative Garner, democrat, Texas, commented. "I consider it an insult for any per son to say that I would spend two billion' dollars of the public's money to be elected to congress", Chairman Fordney replied. Representative Rainey, democrat of Illinois told Keech he did not con sider his remark an insult and that he would appeal to the committee to overrule Chairman Fordney'a effort to suppress freedom- of speech among witnesses. "What was your salary before and after the war?" asked Representative Frear, republican of Wisconsin, after the wrangle had subsided. "I don't wish to give that", Keech said. "You are a broker and you speak from the Wall-st viewpoint?" said Mr, Frear. "Do you know of the boys on the farm who lost, every thing as well as the people who lived in Xew York?" ' "From conditions in Xew York I would say that bonus Is not deserved or needed by the average discharged soldier", "Keech. replied. - - - The witness added that he was con cerned over the predicted decrease in bond values. He objected to the sug gestion of Representative Rainey to place a, tax on the 23,000 men who be came millionaires during the war. "Initiative ceases when taxes become high and such an additional tax would be harmful", said he. SHIP SERVICE IS FAR SHORT Although Tonnage Greater Than ' Before War Service Render ed Not More Than Half Washington. Mar. 12. Although the world's ship tonnages are greater than before the war the service rendered is not more than half what it was for merly, J. H. Rosseter, formerly direc tor of operations of the shipping board, told the senate commerce committee today. Delays of all kinds have ma terially reduced the efficiency of ves sels, he said. Instancing etriKes in many countries. Xew Tork, Mar. 12. Strike tomor row of several thousand longshoremen, checkers and stevedores employed by coastwise steamship lines was voted tonight to enforce demands presented several months ago for increased I wages- and adjustment of working hours. Union officials asserted the j strike will affect the Mallory, Clyde, j Morgan, Savannah and Old Dominion Mines. STANDARD OIL TO DISH OUT BONUSES Market Is South for Millions of Dollars Worth of Shares. New York, March 12. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, applied to the New York Stock Exchange today for permission to list ninety-eight mil lion dollars of its common shares as well as a like amount, of cumulative non-voting preferred stock. This is accepted by- Wall street as meaning the company intends .to seek a wider r.rket for its securities which are now listed on the curb, and is be lieved to foreshadow recapitalization of shares of its subsidiaries with sub sequent distribution of bonuses. WASHINGTON MUM ON PARIS PROTEST Washington, March 12. State de partment officials refused today to deny or confirm published reports that France had protested to the United States government against President Wilson's recent statement that a "militaristic party under most pow erful leadership" is In control in France. AIMS Says Knowledge of Submarine Movements Greatest Fac tor in Saving Shipping. DEPARTMENT DELAYED Insists Washington Had Funda mental Misconception of, Defense "Problems. Washington, Mar. 12. More shfp. ping was saved by keeping track of German submarines and routing ves sels clear of them than by any othr single measure. Rear Admiral Sims told the senate investigating commit tee today. He made the statement in support of h,ls charge that the navy department, had a "fundamental misconception" of the problem of de fending home waters rather than send - ing many warships to Europe. Sims presented many telegrams announcing departure of the first raiders for the American coast. He sent more than three score founded on absolute In formation obtained by the British ad miralty, and proved the soundness of his original recommendations that all available forces should be concentrat ed in European waters. Disregard by the navy department of his recommendations with regard to adoption of the eonvoy system' was described by Admiral Sims today as "Infinitely more serious" M Its bear ing on the war than other cases of al leged inefficiency cited in previous testimony before the senate Investigat ing committee. Admiral Sims said that early In 1917 the allies were compelled by the sub marines to adopt the convoy plan for protecting shipping and that on May 1 he "urgently recommended" Ihat the United States give its cooperation, but it was not until Juno 20 that Secre tary Daniels replied he considered American vessels having armed guards were safer when sailing independent ly. ., The admiral said he again, urged the immediate adoption of the convoy system and stated his belief that arm ing merchantmen did not offer suffi cient guard against submarine attack. On July 1 he received a gable outlin ing an entirely new plan of protecting merchant hips, formulated In the de-r partmeot in which he said was widely , at varience with the British and French systems and which he "cabled , the department would be a "funda mental military error" resulting in "di rect assistance to the enemy." In an answer the navy department submitted another plan, he said, and asked that he present it to the Brit ish admiralty. lie did so and was told that the proposal had been tried out by the allies early in the war without success and that the admiralty desired assurance of American cooperation in the convoy plan so the first convoy might sail from Xew York, July 8. About the same time Admiral Jelli- coe wrote him expressing grave appre hension for the success of the convoy ' system unless the United States de cided to participate, the admiral stat ed. Finally on July 22 the navy depart ment accepted the convoy plan for transport ships and later accepted It for supply vessels, the admiral testi fied, but only after great pressure had been brought to bear by the other al lies and after many valuable weeks had been wasted. Even as late as August 10 he .said he received mes sages from the department asking that the convoy system be .explained, al though "for four months I had been exhausting my vocabulary In attempt ing to explain the system.". "It Is very difficult for me to mak clear to you how the desperation In which I found myself almost constant ly during the early months of the war" Admiral Sims said. "I reiterate there was no question that these recommen dations were right. The fact remains that they were virtually all adopted in the end." . A misconception of the problem of defending the American coast - from submarine raids was partly responsible for the failure of the navy department to act on repeated recommendations as to operation's abroad during the early months of the war, the senate In vestigating' committee was told today by Rear Admiral Sims. The officer said that during the first six months of the war he was told .re peatedly that operations abroad would be dependent upon what could be spar ed from the adequate defense of horn waters. This policy was adhered to. he said, despite his efforts to convince of ficials in Washington that it was th concensus of allied naval opinion as well as his own, that the best defense for the American coast lay in offensive operations against submarines in the eastern Atlantic. As early as April 19, 1917 he said, and several times thereafter he had informed the department of the likeli hood that the enemy submarines would attempt raids in American waters, "to divert attention and keep forces out ot the critical area in the eastern Atlan tic through effect on public opinion. Admiral Sims insisted that he had at no time overlooked or minimized "the importance of the defense of homo waters." ATLANTA STREET CAR STRIKE OFF Atlanta. March 12. The street car service? was resumed here this after noon when unions voted to accept the 15 per cnt wage increase granted by the arbitration .board. it-