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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04

Ohio, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Thorne. of CHICAGO.

Ohio, and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Thorne. Of Chicago.
Most OF the above mentioned guests
viii spend the entire season at the
Clarendon and some have been pat
ronizing the hotel for years. c. H.
Hayden and Mrs. Fulton, his daugh-
ter, who have been stopping at the
Princess Issena, viii also move 10 the
Clarendon tomorrow. Mr.. Hayden is
from New York.
Practically the same force as last
year viii be on duty at the hotel this
coming winter. The only change be
ing in the dining room. Daniel F.
O'Keefe, formerly Of the Ridgewood,
viii occupy the position of head wait
CT. The rest of the crew includes
". P. Mclaughlin as room clerk,
Thomas L. Harrison as cashier. vii
liam B. AIanley as bookkeeper, John
]. Johnson, Jr., as mail clerk, Miss An.
ME Mckenzie as .housekeeper and
Benjamin F. King, Jr., as chief che.
and steward. King has been with the
Clarendon for many years. He acted
as steward in the. old building before
the fire.
| The hotel staff are all veterans and
number nearly 49, The quantity and
| quality guarantee comfortable and eff
ficient service for the guests.
Mr.. Potter said: 1T is nv plan Il
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04
Guns Brushed Her Poop.

1T has been very hazy lately, and
the other night il was exceptionally
thick. We spotted an old cargo boat
that looked suspicious and bore after
her.
In the fog the old man must have
misjudged her speed or ours, because
we ran so close across her stern that
her propeller beat against our side and
our guns swept right over her poop.
We'll. the gang on that ship win be
taking nerve tonic for a month. guess
We couldn't pick her up again 1t was
90 thick, but we heard afterward that
sne was the same bloody ship we an
chored alongside Ia Progreso-the Zee
lander or some name Ike that
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04
Men sickly and Unhappy.

The men are mostly sickly. and you
can't exactly call them happy. They
have nothing to think of except the ar
rival OF the cutter with papers and let
tiers. Lord save Us from another job
ike this.
Il suppose you heard how we lost
man over the side who was reaching
for a sack OF lettuce or something. He
shot down between us and the rotten
little tug so quick that there was no
chance to save him
Norfolk may be all right for those
interned Germans, but it's a bad place
from which to ship Us green's In this
sort OF weather 1t was much better
when we laid OF Sandy Hook We got
things regular then They say we viii
either have to go down around Calves
ton. stay here or go TO Halifax If we
want anything Ike a nest If you get
news Of where we are to go. as you
probably will. send some note paper Sc
can write my Christmas letters.
Il wonder IL you heard about any
ship being run down about three days
ago not far from Sandy Hook We had
a narrow squeak, although we laughed
afterward about it.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04

British Saners or American
Cast m Rosuosx
loTHlI6 TO DO But WAIT

Sassor On Cruiser That Sank sne Em-
den Tells CT HIS Dislike 81 sarnesz.
1nd Describes ksrdshaps That Aaecs
the Msr-Frssh yess<zhses Hard 20
Get and Fooc Is Ncs Good
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04
Her Criticism.

Wee Mabel had q little disagree
ment with her grandmother one day.
She was relating the affair next morn
ing to her parents and in conclusion
she said with a sigh, We'll, Grandma
Is certainly a very tweer lady"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04

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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04
For Real ENJOYMENT

Get out Of yourself. and fling your
self into the service of someone
else.-The Bishop OF London
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-04


the Msr-Frssh yess<zhses Hard %
Gst- ard Fooc Is Ncs Good
Life = one damp. cold thing after an
Other for Iae crews CT the B<iEs>a
hlockaczng feet that LES outside eas
three nile Inc waiting tor the Gersssaaa
ships raar Eeser cvEse oGL AccoTslizs-
70 81 Ieasr ooe or the sailors. X J. wvr~-
than lfe II the Trenches The uloEos
Ccy @ ioa1n- Il TIE swell 81 Tne Ses
watching for some little freienser fro.ss
South ADern-a that Ea~S ~ Ee5d -
and seaTrhed i getting oa De asen
nerves
Their food Is OF the Old fashioned
line Iuicer quality except when some
daring sea grocer manages 10 bring a
cargo Of supplies alongside, and even
then. with December seas running. lis
q gamble whether the fresh vegetables
from BarneSas or Norfolk viii reach
the COOK or Davy Jones'
One OF the British cruisers engaged
IN the peaceful blockads OF cur north
Atlantic ports Is the Sydney, which ran
the German raider Emden ashore on an
Island In the Indian ocean and shot her
70 bits After that the Sydney roamed
the North sea booking for German sub
marines. and last mouth she was or
lefed OF New YORK 70 relieve the cruis-
er Iris "a keeping tabs on commerce.
cis~s IN zssiandia Mystery.
| The letter below. written by a mem
| Der Of the Sydney's crew. seems TO
| throw light On the Zealandia's adven-
sure. but II IS more interesting In show
ing bow the British seaman hates the
lob Of watchful waiting OF our nearly
| neutral shores:
1T looks as though we were TO spend
another Christmas on the briny deep
1T has been terribly cold out here,
and we have had hard time OF Il
The other night we ran short OF coal
and had to shoot down to Bermuda
and after getting there had to wait 8
long time for collier. We got oul
bankers filed next day and had e
come back here
i -Of all the places In the world, Bar
negat. or whatever they cali Ii. Is tha
worst
IF 1t amt blowing it's showing o.
raining. and there Is g continual swell
running that keeps your insides snus
against your main companionway 70
days at q stretch
! There's nothing TO do but hang CT
and OF. watching for some bug OF
freighter that's expected mp from some
where In South America
The only excitement we've had wa
the funeral of poor old Rob Siddons
. You remember We three were togethe
In Chatham last year. after | had bee
! invaded home from the sub patrol o
| the Doggerg Rob has been aiing 70
months. but be wouldn't quit To te
| you the truth he was too bloody old I
| stand the strain So We dropped biz
, over. and there was hardly dry ey
!. aboard
We sank a shot with him and b.
y hammock, and we could wen spare
because we don't ever expect TO nee
any OF here.
Give me the life In the North %
chasing perrys submarine periscopes
You could get a bit Of thrill doir
that. and IL was worth while gettir
hit Out here you might as well be {
= a training ship.
81 Men Siekly and Unhappy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
SEE FOOD COMBINE
investigations by the Gov ern
menf Agents Indicate that
Conspiracies Exist.
SPECTATORS ARE IN CONTROL
Washington Officials Unwilling e
Place Blame for High Prices,
However.

Washington, Dec. S.-Information
gathered from many sources by gov
eminent officials pointed with increas-
ing directness tonight to the conclu-
sion that the soaring prices of certain
least, to the manipulations Of specu-
Iators who have combined to force
quotations upward.
These combinations are believed by
the government investigators to be
criminal in character, rather spas
modic and rather shortlived.
Found Coal corner7
Special attention is given just now
to alleged price manipulation in the
so-called coal corner, which recently
resulted in sending prices to a panic
level. Investigation Of the high price
Of coal, hardly yet begun, already has
convinced some officials that there
was no warrant whatever for $12 coal
in Boston and New York other than
the activity of these alleged combina-
lions. Whether men who profited
most can be punished under federal
laws is said to be still problematical.
With the investigation in its in
fancy, officials were unwilling to pre-
dict tonight where it might lead. The
activities OF certain men, however, are
known to be under surveillance and
the fifty-odd investigators in the field
have been checking transactions in
the past few months by, these men.
At the same time, officials make
clear their conviction that no small
part Of the rise in prices is due to
natural economical causes.
May Visit Kansas City.
United States Attorney Anderson Of
Boston, in charge OF the inquiry, spent
the day gathering data He conferred
with officials in the departments Of
Justice, Agriculture, Commerce and
Labor, and also with the chairman Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
with reference to interstate shipments
Of coal. Mr.. Anderson viii remain in
Washington a day or two and later
will visit Chicago, where a federal
grand jury is conducting an inquiry.
He hopes to visit if possible Detroit,
Cleveland, Kansas City, Minneapolis
and, perhaps, other Middle Western
cities with a view to gathering infor-
nation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
PENSION LIST is SMALLER
During Last Year Fifty Thousand Vet
Grams Passed Away, Says Com
missioner SaItzszber's Report

Washington, Dec s.-Deaths among
Civil War veterans made large gaps
in the governments pension rolls the
past year. The report OF Commissioner
Satzgaber of the pension bureau made
public today, shows that the names OF
more than fifty thousand old soldiers
passed from the list, reducing their
total TO 2S6 ,0s0. hardly more than a
third OF what it was eighteen years
ago. There was a net reduction IN al
pensioners Of thirty-eight thousand,
and in the amount paid for pensions
OF $4,000 eco. Pensions aggregatns
SI59, 155, 600 went TO 709, 572 persons
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
BIDS FOR wARsHIPs OPENED
New Battle Cruisers viii Be Largest
and SWiftest in WorId-To
Cost $21 900 900.

Washington, Dec. Bids for the
battle cruisers authorized at the last
session of Congress, and the first yes
sells Of this type to be designed for
the American navy, were opened to-
day at the Navy Department The
Newport News Shipbuildi1g and Dry
Dock Company and the Cramps Of
fered to build the battle cruisers at
cost plus 10 per cent for their profit
The Union Iron Works Of San Fran
cisco and the Fore River Shipbuilding
Company offered to build the ships
at cost plus Is per cent None OF
the companies made flat bids.
The ships will be the largest and
swiftest fighting craft ever built, so
far as American officials know. They
will have a maximum horsepower Of
10000, which is expected to drive
them faster than thirty-five knots an
hour, as against less than thirty knots
for the fastest European battle
cruisers now afloat- When fully load.
ed they will displaee more than 3D..
600 tons. Each will be $50 feet long
and viii carry ten 14-inch long-range
guns.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
TO RELIEVE CAR SHORTAGE
Surplus Equipment of the Eastern
Lines to Be Rushed to the
Western Roads.

New York, Dec. S.-As a means OF
affording quick relief to those parts
of the country suffering from short
age Of box cars, the American Rail
way Association announced here to
day a plan to supply the South and
West with a percentage of cars in
excess Of the number received from
railroads operating in those sections
Through the associations car ser
vice commission. Of which Fairfax
Harrison, president OF the Southern
Railway Company, is chairman, New
England railroads, which have more
cars than they own, viii turn over an
excess of 80 per cent; roads in the
so-called trunk line and central freight
territory, an excess of 20 per cent, re
CARELESS Of the ears now on their
lines; the Southern and Western
roads themselves will surrender TO
their own Southern and Western con-
nections an excess of 10 per cent, and
those in the Central West must de
liver an excess Of 20 per cent.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
JOHN D. ARcHBOLD IS DEAD

Tarrytown, N. Y, Dec. ga noted
figure in the worlds petroleum indus
try was removed today when John
Dustin ArchboId, capitalist, president
of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey and officer and director in va
rious other enterprises, died at his
home here after 2-week illness sub
sequent to an operation for appendf-
citis. Death came at o'clock this
morning. For some hours the patient
had been unable to receive proper
nourishment, and members Of his fam
lily recognized last night that the end
was near.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
ANOTUER U-BOAT CRISIS UP
Washington Officials Ray Demand =
Showdown From Germany on
Its Submarine Pledges

Washington, Dec 9.-The admins
hation's present intention with re-
Spect to the German-American subma-
Tine situation is to get a complete
showdown on just how fs8-F9aehing
and inclusive Germany's FIe3ges to
America are The fact wze officially
revealed at the State Department to-
day, Indicating that this government
Intends to engage in further-though
probably brief-diplomatic negOtiE-
tons
Official information to the State De
partment establishes that the British
ship Marina, sunk by German sub
marine with loss Of six Americans,
was In no sense a transport and was
entitled TO the immunities Of q peace
full merchantmen Germany has an
nounced her willingness to offer
amends for the destruction in such a
case
The United States also has asked
Great Britain for information TO de-
termine the status OF the P & o. liner
Arabia, which a German submarine
commander, Berlin says, took FOR an
armed transport
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
OSCAR MCDANIEL GOES FREE
st. Joseph Jury Finds Prosecuting At
torney Not GUiIty of Wife
Murder Charge.

St. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. Oscar D.
Mcdaniel, prosecuting attorney OF
Buchanan county, was acquitted last
night OF the murder of his wife. With
the return by the jury Of the verdict
of mot guilty. the Staying of Harriet
Moss Mcdaniel in the bedroom Of her
Il took its place at the foot of the
long list Of the cOuntry's unsolVed
murder mysteries.
The jury was out one hour and
thirty-five minutes. 1t took five bal
lots before reaching an agreement.
The first three attempts to reach a
verdict resulted in a vote of ten to
two for acquitta1; the next was eleven
to one for acquittal; the next was
unanimous and sent Oscar d. McDan-
iel to his home and three motherlesS
babies a free man.
The young prosecutor, the object of
a fierce yet eloquent onslaught OF &C
cusations and charges throughout the
greater part Of the afternoon by John
T. Barker, attorney general Of the
state, sat at ABS o'clock, smiling, I'M
moved, the same cool expression on
his face that he had worn ever since
the night three months ago when he
was arrested charged with the fatal
attack upon his wife.
At $40 o'clock the attorney general,
his collar Wilted, coat sleeves pulled
up to his elbows, his face shining IN
der the Precipitation that had been
brought by his vigorous four hours
argument to the jury, dropped into
his chair beside the counsel table.
Mcdaniel, sitting there inside the
bar Enclosure, little Helen, his S-year-
old daughter, asleep in his lap, his
son, o. D. L., on one side, and Marion,
the youngest daughter, on the other,
looked up into the faces OF the twelve
men of the jury as they arose to go
to their room and deliberate as to his
fate. There was no smile. He looked
at them calmly, as he has from the be
ginning, and stroked Helen's hair
while she slept.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
NAME 1 NEW BRITISH PREMIER
David uIOyd-eeOrse Accepts commIs-
sion 20 Organize New Cabinet
-8onar Law to Help.

London, Dec David Lioyd-Georgs
has overthrow the Asquith cabinet
and viii became prime minister him
self.
The new government viii be coali-
ton. like the old one, but probably
without the same measure of harmo-
NOUS support which attended the for
nation OF the first coalition cabinet
because its birth has created addition
al fractional differences.
There was a prospect this afternoon
that the personal offices OF the king
might solve the situation, and many
believed that the Asquith regime
might be continued. The king called
the party leaders to Buckingham Pal
ace and conferred with them for more
than an hour. Mr.. Asquith and MI.
Lloyd-GeOrge OF the Liberals, Mr..
Bonar Law and Mr. Balfour OF the
Unionists and Mr. Henderson OF the
Labor party were with the sovereign.
1t is many years since a British ruler
assembled the Representatives of the
different factions face to face when
they had shown themselves unable to
settle their differences. But no such
serious crisis has arisen before to re-
Quire such action by the king.
Whatever passed in council is held
secret, but the inference that the king
tried TO arrange a reconciliation ap-
pears most natural one. The five
statesmen departed separately, four
in their motor cars and the working
mems spokesman afoot
Afterwards the king gave an audi
ence to Mr.. Bonar Law, who declined
to undertake the formation of a new
ministry, and then to Mr.. Lloyd.
George, who accepted the responsible
ity, as everyone anticipated he would
/ if opportunity came to him
That the Laborites are not likely to
support a Lloyd-George administration
was further indicated at a meeting OF
/ the parliamentary committee of the
/ trades unions today, which adopted
/ a resolution unanimously expressing
profound regret that certain states
/ men, influenced by the press cam
I paign, have In the hour of the nations
/ crisis, entirely failed to observe 10y
/ atty and self sacrifice which they re
! peatedly urged upon the wOrkmeI
/ during the war"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
MILITARY NEED WATERWAYS
War Possibilities Discussed by Ad-
mirzI Benson Before the Rivers
and Harbors Congress.

Washington, Dec. finland water
ways as military necessities in war
times were advocated by Rear Ad-
miraI William S. Benson, chief Of
naval operations, in an address today
before the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress, which opened its 8
day annual convention Rivers Of the
Middle West should be improved, he
declared TO assist in supplying the
army and navy in emergency with
wheat from the plains states and coal
from the Ohio, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia fields.
A continuous ship canal connecting
Boston with the New England Sound,
the New York, Delaware and Chesa-
peake bays and the North Carolina
sounds would save its own cost in
fuel economy and protection against
shipwrecks, Admiral Benson said
In addition, he said It would @consti-
tute one Of the greatest single steps
we can possibly take TO make our
Eastern coast well nigh impregnable. "
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
AMERICAN SLAIN IN PARRAL
Howard Gray, an Engineer Was
Hanged by Order of Villa,
Messenger Reports.

Ell. Psso, Tex, Dec. S.-Howard
Gray, an American mining man at Par
raj, Chihuahua, was killed by Villa
bandits when they entered the town
November 5, according to a telegram
received today by the Alvarado Min
ing and Milling Company.
The message says all other Ameri-
cans were safe and American prop
erty was unframed. Gray has a sister,
a Mrs. Bowman, living in FL Paso.
A messenger who arrived from Par
raj shortly after the telegram was
made public said Gray was hanged by
order OF Villa.
Government agents today sent a re-
port to Washington saying an Ameri-
can named Foster had been mutilated
then burned at the stake by Villa
bandits operating near Torreon.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
CONVICT THREE FlREBUGs-
Punishment for Arson Is Becoming
More Frequent Under the States
Rigid Inspection.

Topeka.-Three arson convictions
within the last thirty days as COM
pared with only four during the entire
year Of 1915, show the strides in in
spection and follow-up work being
done by the men in the office of the
state fire marshal, Lew T. Hussey.
The most recent conviction came in
the plea Of guilty entered recently by
Berry Gay, at Newton. Earlier in the
month Otto Hartman entered a plea
at Emporia, and a Rocks county jury
convicted Frank Vardaman.
In addition to the three convictions
there are eight more cases to come up
for trial at the coming term Of court
in different parts Of the state. Two
of these will be at Salina where Will
liam Hanks and brother-in-laW,
named Kelly, are charged with setting
a fire at the Kelly home. Four other
cases are ready for the preliminary
hearing in justice court.
Berry Gay, who was sentenced to a
term of from three to seven years at
Newton pleaded guilty to charge of
setting fire to a restaurant he had
purchased from Ed Hall. He wanted
the insurance, he confessed to the in
spectors. Hartman gets a year in
Jail and must repay his tenant for all
property lost. Hartman set fire to
the barn on a farm he had purchased
and which later had been taken on a
mortgage foreclosure. Vardaman was
sentenced to from five to seven years
after being convicted OF burning a
harm
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
DIPLOMACY FAILS
Germany Pays nc Heed TO the
American Protest Against
Belgian DepOrtations.
ALLPREGEDERTs ARE VIOLATED
Note Delivered to German Chancellor
in Berlin Calls Attention to In
humanity Of Action.

Washington, Dec 9-The American
governments formal protest to Ger
many against the deportation OF Bel
gians for forced labor as a violation
Of the principles OF humanity was
made public today by the State De
partment. 1t was in the form OF a
note eabled TO Charge Grew at Berlin,
with instructions that he seek an in
terview with the German chancellor
and read it to him and was given out
by the department with the terse con-
ment: The interview has taken
place"
The text Of the note follows:
The government Of the United
States has learned with the greatest
concern and regret Of the policy OF
the German government to depOrt
from Belgium a portion OF the civilian
population for the purpose of forcing
them TO laboriin Germany, and is con
strained to protest in friendly spirit,
but most solemnly, against this action,
which is in contravention OF all pre-
cedents and Of those humane princi-
pies of International practice which
have long been accepted and followed
by civilized nations in their treatment
Of noncombatants-
Sees End Of Relief Work.
Furthermore, the government OF
the United States is convinced the eff
feet of this policy, if pursued, viii in
all probability be fatal TO the Belgian
relief work. so humanely planned and
so successfully carried out, result
which would be generally deplored
and which, il is assumed, would seri-
ously embarrass the German govern
ment'
The Belgian deportations. which
first began months ago. assumed seri-
BUSINESS last August when official re-
ports to the department indicated their
wholesale extent Charge Grew dis
cussed the matter with the then IN
der-Secretary Zimmerman on several
occasions but without result
DePort 5000 Every Day.
Charge Grew reported that the chan
eellor had heard his presentation OF
the case, but had offered neither ex-
PLANTATION nor promise. Thereupon q
series of conferences followed in
Washington between President VIII
son, Secretary Lansing, Ambassador
Gerard and Col E. NJ. House. With the
result that formal protest was dis
patched