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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
REPORT FAVORS
AIRCRAFT BILL
Fletcher and Hitchcock Opposed
Measure Creating Depart
ment AerOnauticS.

Washington, Dec 5-Favorable re-
port on a bill providing for the estab-
lishment of a separate department of
aeronautics was ordered today by the
senate military committee. The vote
was 9 to 2.
Senators Hitchcock, of Nebraska and
Fletcher of Florida, democrats voted
against the measure on the ground that
it would complicate the governmental
machinery and increase costs of op-
Grafton. The bill which has been op-
posed before the committee by both
secretaries Baker and Daniels would
place the department under the di-
rection of the chief of the air service,
who would be appointed by the presi-
dent with the senate's approval and
would be a member of the cabinet at
a salary of $4,000 annually. The de-
partment would have control of the air
services of the army and navy, the
postoffice department and other gov
ernment departments and would be
charged with the development of
science of aeronautics both CONNER
cially and from a military standpoint.
Provision was made in the bill for
the training of Independent combatant
units which the president, in times of
war or during maneuvers or target
practice would be authorized to attach
to the armed military or naval forces.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
KIPLINC URGES
CARE FOR DEAD
Strong Appeal Is Made to Those
Visiting or Intending to
Visit Flanders Fronts.

London. Dec. 5.-Rudyard Kipling,
on behalf Of the Imperial War Graves
Commission, has written an earnest
appeal to those visiting or intending to
visit the French and Flanders fronts to
observe reverence for the dead. In
part he writes:
TT should be remembered this is
holy ground-consecrated in every
art by the lives of men, and for that
reason not to be run over with levity.
1t is inevitable that the handling of
such multitudes of sightseers as are
expected next year must be managed
along ordinary tourist lines, SO it
rests with the Individual tourist to
save respect for the spirit that lies
upon that land of desolation to walk
through it with reverence.
'tIt is said there is a tendency on
the part of some visitors to forget this
obligation. Nothing would be gained
by giving specific instances of what,
after all, in the nature of unthinking
carelessness than Intentional disre-
spect. but the imperial war graves
commission has asked me to express
our earnest hope that all who visit the
battle areas will bear in mind that at
every step they are in the presence of
those dead through the merit of whose
sacrifice they enjoy their present life
and whatever measure of freedom is
theirs today"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
ITALIAN CHAMBER
is IN AN UPROAR
Sensational Accusations Are
Made Against Government
by Socialist Members.

Rome, Thursday. Dec. 4.-The cham
Der of deputies was in uproar yester-
day over socialist charges against the
government.
Deputy Daragona, a socialist. said
that Mondays shameful events" and
happens at Fiume gave the impress
sion that the government was unable
to control the situation, otherwise it
would not have allowed nilitarism to
crush a popular demonstration"
"The government must show that
the army obeys it and not the mill
tarist parties" he said IF you can
not do this, let the proletariat take
your place. Acting as you do, you are
preparing for the revolution you fear
so much"
Premier Nitti replied that the recent
elections showed that the government
protected the liberties of everybody,
saving: nobody was killed throughout
the country.
Thereupon the socialists rose, shout
ing mine We're killed at Lodi alone =
The tumult prevented the premier from
continuing for soGE. minutes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
ELKS IN GOOD
SHOW FOR FUND
Performance at Garden Theatre
Pleases Large Audience and
Fills Actors Treasury.

An excellent performance greeted the
audience at the Garden Theatre last
night, the show being given by the
local lodge of E1ks for the benefit of
the Actors Fund. There was an array
of the best of the local amateur talent.
assisted by professionals from the
Pastime Theatre and the Glacier Jazz
Band from the San Carlos.
John w Mcnamara, DIR. s. r. NAL
lory Kennedy and little Aileen Hicks
were especially pleasing, although it
is hard to pick the particular stars,
when the whole performance was so
creditable J. w. Alcorn's acrobatic
performance was an excellent feature
and Gerald Quina, Leo Waters and
Johnny Frenk1e sang and jested their
way through the show.
Miss Mana Stone assisted the Gla-
cier Trio in putting over some pleas
ing numbers and added much to the
success of the bill.
Through the courtesy of Manager
Hobgood of the Pastime Theatre the
Keith players appeared in their reg
uIar turns Black and White. acrobats; !;
Jolly Wild Company, comedy artists; /;
Ed Morton. singer; the Padrinis ba-
boons, and Leonard and Miller, COM
edians. made up the Keith offering.
The whole performance was one OF
unusual merit, and the Elks' committee
in charge of the show deserves con-
gratulations for gathering together
so clever an array of talent. The
theatre was comfortably filled and a
large sum netted for the Fund.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
JENKINS RELEASED BY II MEXICO
Child LABOR
ACT CONTESTED
Supreme Court Is Asked to Up
hold Federal Court in
North Carolina.

Washington, Dec. 5.-The supreme
court was asked to uphold federal
court DEGREES rendered in North Caro-
lima declaring unconstitutional the pro
visions of the war revenue act of 1919
imposing an excise tax upon profits
derived from products of child labor,
in a brief filed today by Eugene John
ston, and the others in proceedings to
test the acts validity. The case will
be argued next week.
According to the brief, the purpose of
the provision is not to derive tax,
but is an attempt by congress to ex-
ert power as to a purely local mat
ter to which the federal authority does
not extend
IF this statute is to be sustained, i"
the brief said, then any privilege tax
may be sustained that puts into diff
ferent classes those pursuing the same
calling, or producing the same product.
dependent upon their conducting them
selves or not conducting themselves. as
Congress. deems they should conduct
themselves in matters heretofore
deemed conclusively to be exclusive
within the statutes authority or within
the individual control
'Of course the same penalty of
heavy taxes can just well be meted
out to those who do not conform to
congressional ideas in the minimum
wages they pay, in the employment or
nom employment Of colored as well as
white labor, in the installation or non
installation of safety devices, as we'll
as in the equal or unequal wages of
female employees as compared with
male employees, or in the recognition
or non-reeognition of the open shop
or the closed shop"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
ARMY WANTS MEN
FOR PANAMA CANAL

The army recruiting service has
issued bulletin to all recruiting stat
ions calling attention to need of men
in various branches of the service ir
the Panama Canal Zone. The Zone is
just five days sail from Pensacola. The
principal towns, Cristobal, Colon, Cor
azaI and Aneon are typically Spanish
except that the streets, under Ameri-
can domination have been paved. the
houses are clean and the towns are
business like instead of sleepy.
Recreation huts are maintained BY
the government the old bull ring
is used for outdoor sports. and every
thing is done to make service in ths
Zone pleasant and interesting. The
local recruiting office is at sol Thieser
building.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06

the love that gives, the joy that
sings itself. and the goodwin that
makes all men brothers. There are
little brothers and little sisters In
Pensacola who, but for that Won
derful spirit of Christmas that ex-
lists in the hearts of Pensacola peo-
pie, must go Santa Claused and
cold in an outside world of pow
erty and sorrow. But love is
greater than hate and joy is
going to distribute love and joy.
Her headquarters will be the Har-
gis Pharmacy, care of Miss Modesto
Hargis. Contributions may be
taken to her. A number of fund
raising entertainments have been
planned, among others, one by Sid
Levy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
DEATH RATE IN
MEMPHIS HIGH
Statistics Show Proportion 23.9
a Thousand Last Week
November.

Washington, Dec 5-Memphis had
the highest death rate of any city in
the country during the week ending
November 90, according to statistics of
the census bureaus registration area
just made public. The rate was 23.9
per thousand of estimated popula-
ton compared with 16.5 for the corre-
spending week of 1917.
New Orleans had the highest rate
in the corresponding week of 1917, or
of the average of corresponding weeks
in the five years 1913-17, with 21.3
per thousand, but during the week of
November % this year it had dropped
from 1872 in the corresponding week
of 1917.
Birmingham's rate showed a heavier
decrease being Ill compared with 17.6
for the five year corresponding week
average.
Richmond showed an increase from
16.1 to 20.4 per tohusand and Wash
ington decreased from 16.5 to ISL per
thousand.
Chairman Payne announced today
that strikes have cost the shipping
board $37 900 dollars since January
/. His estimates included marine and
harbor strikes, longshoremen's and
shipyard strikes on the Atlantic, Gulf
and Pacific coasts. This does not in
clude the coal strike.
Chicago, Dec. 5.-With the general
situation at the mines showing vir-
tually no improvement, the domestic
discomfort and the industrial interfer-
ence caused by the strike of bituminous
coal miners, became accentuated in the
middle west today.
First cancellation of trains in the
sweeping reduction of railroad service
were made at st. Louis, where half
a dozen trains on the ST. Louis and
San Francisco road were ordered with
drawn Officials of all railroads west,
southwest and northwest of Chicago
were preparing to put the reduction of
trains service into effect at 1901 a..
m. Monday.
Efforts to open the mines in Michi-
and Iowa were unavailing. The dis
trict president of the miners in Michi-
gan declined to take any action on
Governor Sleeper's proposals that the
mines in Michigan be opened on the
m PAGE Tbree1
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
GERMANS BALK
AT PROTOCOL
COerSiOn Is Believed to Be ONLY
Argument Likely to Make
Them Sign.
MILITARY HEADS ACTIVE
There Is Speculation as to
the Whether Americans on
Rhine Would Participate.

Paris, Dec. 5.-Coercision is the only
argument likely to make an impress
sion upon the Germans and induce
them to sign the protocol of the peace
treaty, according to today's news
! papers. 1t is this conclusion was
reached at the secret session of the
council of five yesterday at which
March was present.
The supreme council today consid-
cred further the note to be sent to
Germany regarding the protocol, but
did not complete the document.
The secret meeting held by the su-
preme council yesterday with Marshal
Foch and General Weigand, the Mar
shal's assistant in attendance. has
provoked great amount of specula-
ton as to eventual military action
across the Rhine in case Germany does
not reply satisfactorily to the final
note regarding the protocol.
The American troops on the Rhine
now number 10000 men. No question
has as yet arisen whether they would
participate in any action undertaken
by the French and British.
London, Dec. 5.-There was a per-
sistent rumor in the Stock Exchange
! this morning that the supreme council
/ of the peace conference had threatened
Germany that unless the final peace
/ terms We're agreed to, allied troops
would occupy Essen and Frankfort.
Up to this time the market has not
been affected by the report.
Official announcement that Field
Marshal Wilson has gone to Paris in
response to IAN urgent summons to
consult Marshal Foch in connection
with the peace treaty" is regarded by
some morning newspapers as of con-
, siderable significance. 1t is pointed
alongside the address made in GIas-
| gov last evening by Andrew Bonar
Law, in which he said he believed the
Allies had the power and if necessary
| will exercise it, to insure ratification
! of the Versailles treaty by Germany.
| 1t is suggested steps to exert pres
sure on Germany may be imminent.
T, There has been enough solemn fin
ger wagging at the Germans, who
have come to believe it safe to defy the
/ Allies says the Daily Mail, in COM
menting the situation. "A wise and
merciful course would be to tell them
! plainly that if within fixed time they
do not comply with the Allied condi-
tions and fulfill the treaty terms the
! blockade will be renewed"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
STEEL STRIKERS
HELD UNDER BOND
Men Are Charged With Intim.
idation to Prevent Men
Working in Mills.

Pittsburg, Dec 5-Ninety eight men
were arrested at Donora, near here to-
day when state troopers raided the
Lithuanian hall, headquarters of
striking steel workers in that district.
All are charged with conspiracy and
intirnidcction to prevent men working
in ths <g $. They are held on bonds
of - ~ sach-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
BARBER SHOPS TO
REMAIN OPEN LATE

Atlanta, Dec. 5.--The regional
coal committee announced to-
night that blacksmith shops in
small town and villages may re-
main open as. long as necessary.
Retail coal dealers in all places
NAV do the same. Barber shops
may remain open until 8 O'Clock
on Saturday night.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
AMERICAN TROOPS
WIN OVER TURKS
Fight Occurs When Tartar
Forces Invaded Neutral
Zone in Caucasus

New York, Dec. Armenian troops
inflicted decisive defeat on Tartar
forces commanded by Turkish officers
which invaded the neutral zone to es-
tablish the southern caucasus border
land of Europe and Asia, according
to a cablegram received today by the
American committee for the indepen-
dence of Armenia.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
ST. NICHOLAS GIRL
COMMENCES LABORS
The ST NichOIa

The st. Nichola s
girls work has
begun. The ST,
Nicholas girl per-
sonifies that spirit
of love and joy
a n d goodwill
that old st. Nick
himself is credit :
ed with distribut-
ing. and which
every man. wom-
an and child in
the world must
surely become in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
TRAIN SERVICE
Be CURTAILED
Order Will Apply to Passenger
Trains and Will Be Effec-
tive Monday Midnight.
NO REDUCTION IN FREIGHT
Cabinet Discussed Coal Situation
at Meeting But No New
Steps Decided On.

Atlanta, Dec. General curtailment
of passenger service throughout the
southern region, the railroad admin
istration announced tonight will be
effective at 1901 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Each federal manager is
ordered to eliminate as many trains
as possible without serious inconven-
fence to the public. In addition to
this, many parlor, club and sleeping
cars will be discontinued and no
special trains will be operated during
the coal crisis.
1t was said no reduction in freight
service in the southern region is con-
templated as it is already greatly re-
duced on account of coal shortage.
Figures on passenger train reductions
are not expected here in several days.
Where local trains are discontinued
through trains will take up their
service.
Washington. Dec. 5-The cabinet
discussed the coal situation today but
no intimation was made of any new
steps. The operators committee is
sued denial of>reports that operators
are planning to grant miners more
than fourteen per cent increase.
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06

Washington, Dec. 5-Mexico has "a
war type airplanes modified at Chi
huahua City alone and is obtaining
aaditona! planes from Germany, ac-
eording to war department information
gwen to the house military committee
today by Brigadier General Mitchell,
chief Of operation of the army air
service. The department. also has in
loFInation, General Mitchell said that
former pilots in the German army are
arriving in Mexico for service in the
army air forces there.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06

zapata, Tex. Dec. 5-Mexican ban
dts last night raided the Claireno
ranch on the American side of the
Rio Grande, eleven miles southeast of
here, escaping with provisions from
a store on the ranch. -. :
The number of bandits in the raid
Ing party was not determined, but they
were reported heavily armed. The
oa!y person molested was the store
keeper, whom they bound and gagged
before looting the store.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-06
FLORIDA WEATHER

FAR saturday and Probably
Sunday; mild temperature; mod
crate. variable winds.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-11-28
THIS WILL ASTONISH
OAKLEY PEOPLE

The quick action of simple
witchhazel, camphor, hydrastis,
etc., as mixed in Lavoptik eye
wash, will surprise Oakley people.
One girl with weak. strained eyes
was helped by a single applica-
ton. Her mother could hardly
sew or read because of eye pains.
In one week she too was benefited.
We guarantee a small bottle of
Lavoptik to help ANY CASE
weak, strained or infiamed eyes.
Aluminium eye cup FREE. ".
w. Quillian.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-11-28
OAU GLORY CIRCLES GLOBE.
Marines Flying Flag on Stations All
Around the World.

ashington.-- The United States
marines are flying the flag of this
country on hand stations all around the
globe. according to the annual report
of Major General George Barnett. com
mandant OF the marine corps. made
public at the navy department.
The UHited States marine now takes
the place of the celebrated English
drum beat, which, it Is claimed Is
heard all around the world. General
Barnetts review of the activities OF
.he corps and present locations shows
fhnt there are about TopO men If This
branch of the service AT land stations
circling The globe.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-11-28
FIRE SWEEPS Butte District

Butte. Mont.--Fire swe,n the whole
sale district of Butte Sunday night,
causing loss estimated nj more than
S2D,ooo. The heaviest loss was suf-
fered by the Montana Hardware com
pany, owned by former Senator Clark,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-11-28

amendment to the national
constitution prohibiting for
ever and ever the act of hand
shaking. Everybody will take
sides, and he classified as hand
shaker or anti. Shakers will
discover that the avocation is
more fascinating than they
ever dreamed it was.
Inventors will worry their
brains trying to discover what
they term harmless 'near-hand-
shakes, but which the ants
will term ''pernicious habits
that lead on the downward road
to the snare Of the evil one
the unmitigated handshake.
If the worse comes to the
worst, there will still be some
handshaking on the part of
Americans. The Society for
Enforcing the Amendment
Prohibiting Handshaking will
complain that ambassadors to
foreign countries shake hands
when abroad, and no doubt
recommend that they be re-
called and disfranchized.
This society will complain, also,
that there is a lot Of hand
shaking going on in secret.
And so there will be. For
wherever few REAL PEG
PIE meet together, safe from
the observation Of policemen
Tor of officers Of the S. E. A.
P. H. there will be a perfect
frenzy of handshaking. We
old fellows will still shake
hands, no matter if we have
to lock ourselves up in bank
vaults in order to do so.
But, Oakley Herald, what
could we do to stop these
pesky sanitary reformers"?
ANXIOUS CITIZEN.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-11-28
Editors Ua5te
Basket

Statesman Sunday before last
that has been worrying me
considerably. The question
that | feel impelled to ask you
is, Whittier are we drifting, |
and if so, why, and to what ex-
tent?
Reformers sO-called = are
doing their best to take all the
ginger out Of life. Life lived
according to the directions of a
modern specialist bears
the same relation toreal life as a
breakfast Of denatured corn
flakes and condensed milk bears
to a good old fashioned Thanks
giving dinner.
It's getting to be worse in
many circles than it was in old
New England when that section
was afflicted with chronic Puri-
tanism. They used to arrest
men for kissing their wives
in public, on the ground that the
act was immoral! AS a nation
we have permanently recovered
from the affection of Puritanism
only to fall prey to the merci-
less sanitary "reformer', who
is determined to take all ro-
nance from life.
Consider, for example, the
influence Of the sanitary ex-
pert on the romance of the
kiss. In a recent treatise on
THE Art Of Taking all the
Ginger Out of Life and Making
Things in General of No Con-
sequence, Mr.. Crank Y. Phule
says that the kiss should ne
yer be engaged in, even by
married couples, unless these
regulations are observed: Il.
Before kissing. Each party to
gargle throat with antiseptic
solution, brush teeth with an
tiseptic paste, and wash lips
with antiseptic soap. IL. At
ter kissing. Each party to re-
peat above additions and, in
addition, to fumigate breath
ing apparatus by inhaling, for
one hour, the fumes of sui
phur." Comment is unneces-
sary.
This did not surprise me. l
have known for years that the
kiss was doomed so far as
sanitary people were con-
cerned. Bat | had fancied
that the handshake was secure.
| had felt sure that the good
old-fashioned handshake was
safe from the sings and ar
rows of all the outrageous re-
formers.
But you may ask, what dis
turbs me? Turn, dear Oakley
Herald, to the Idaho States
man for Sunday, November 16,
1919, section one, page seven,
column one, half way down
the column, and read! What
do you read? What words do
your eyes see in the heading?
What? Answer mel
Say Howdy, But Keep
Hands Off, Says Miss Bray. "
Who is Miss Bray? A sanitary
expert at Boise. She is lead
ing a movement to abolish
handshaking!
Oakley Herald, do you know
there is already an organiza-
ton in Minnesota known as
The Society for the Abolition
of Handshaking? Do you
know that this organization
will soon be sending out work
ers all over this country OF
ours? Do you know that
there is a possibility that legis-
latures will soon be passing To-
cal option measures whereby
counties may enforce prohibi-
ton of handshaking?
may go furthur than that.
Business men will object to To-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-11-28

suggest that you start a
counter-revolution. Organize a
Society for Encouraging the
Spice of Life, and make it a
duty of every member to shake
hands every day, and to shake
hands sif he meant every word
of it.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-01
CHAPTER III.
! Charter the "Maqqie Darling"

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