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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-20
ASK THAT WAYCROSS
ROAD Be NAMED As
A STATE AID ROAD

JACKSONVILLE. Feb. 49, Three
sets OF resoiutiona requesting che
Florida state road departmept in SEES
sion here Thursday to designate the
Waycross road as a state aid road and
to concentrate it's energies upon com
pleting the hard surfacing OF this TO.
|gether with the proposed coastal high
way To brunswick aud State Road No
p known as the Lake City road early
as possible. were unanimously adopt
ed al a rousing and largely attended
good roads convention held in the
auditorium of the chamber of com
MERGE Thursday
A committee was named by Chair
man Frank o. Miller TO present the
resolutions TO the road department
Thursday afternoon.
The resolution pertaining to the
wavcross road Is as follows.
Whereas that portion Of the
Dixie Highway, lying i'm Nassau
county, known as the 'Waycross Short
Line Is now ana has been for many
years in a deplorable condition and
Is at some seasons OF the year almost
impossible. and
Whereas. the hard-surfacing of the
Nassau county part of the Waycross
road will make the entire route avail.
able for use and will add greatly to
every section of the state of Florida.
/ Therefore, be it resolved that this
/ convention composed of numerous
/ tax payers and citizens Of the state
of Florida, do urgently request the
state road department now in session
in the city of Jacksonville, to immed
lately take such action as is neoes
sary for the completion of the hard
lsurfaoe road through Nassau county
lon the Waycross ruote, and that this
convention also expresses the opinion
that it would be to the best interests
Of the state of Florida to do this work
even though other important road
work in the state should have to be
delayed
Over 200 Present
! Members of the state road de
partment together with representa-
lives from the Georgia state highway
! commission, Georgia counties and
Eeities and many Florida cities incclud
ling West Palm Beach. Miami. Dayto
ma Tampa and Key West were in az
tendance and the audience numbered
over 2e0
Sentiment was expressed that the
road department should 60 ahead witt
the highways leading into Florida ant
complete them before undertaking tht
completion OF road projects in thu
stkte. Statements We're made to thi,
effect and letters and kilograms from
various parts Of the state were pre-
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-20

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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-20
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
ESTATE IS MATERIALLY
REDUCED, SAYS ]. D., JR.
international News service)

NEW YORK. Feb. 19-"My fathers
estate has never amounted to bill
lion dollars and has been materially
reduced by large gifts from the prin-
cipaI, which he has made during re
cent years . said John ID. Rockefeller.
Jr. in letter to a newspaper here
today.
@Dont forget the "SlCKLES Line
Monday, Tuesday ana Wednesday.
Special sale OF DIAMONDS ROWE'S.
2t9-4t
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
ADMITS MURDER
OF YOUNG GIRL
Ed Mundy, 81, Confesses Assault
and Killing OF Beatrice
Kincaid, 10.

Springfield, ILL.,, July 5.-Follow-
ing his confession of numbering
Beatrice Kincaid, 10 years old,
daughter of James Kincaid. farm
er residing near Winchester, ILL.,,
Sunday night, Ed Mundy, 80, was
brought to Springfield today for
safekeeping. Mundy said he chok-
ed the girl and placed her body in
a water trough because she scream
ed when he assaulted her.
Mundy was arrested shortly aft
er the body was found Sunday night
Finger marks on the childs throat
led TO his arrest.
Mundy was employed as . fAxH
hand at the Kincaid home.
After choking the child he car
ried the body over two fences,
across a pasture and placed it in
the trough in an attempt to make it
appear the child was accidentally
drowned.
Fearing an attempt by enraged
citizens to take the prisoner from
them, Scott county officials spirited
Mundy to Springfield for protec-
ton
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
UNCLE Sam SENDS WARSHIPS TO MEXICO
IRISH PEOPLE
MAYGET RIGHT
OF PLEBISCITE
Principle of Self-De-
termination to be
Recognized.

London, July 5.-United Press.)
Ireland will decide her own fate
through the principle of self-deter-
mination.
Eamonn De Valera, president of
the Irish republic" insisted upon
that principle in his conference
with Unionist leaders in Dublin
yesterday.
The British government, it was
stated authoritatively. is perfectly
willing to adopt that solution of
the Irish situation.
De Valera will be asked to come
to London to confer with Premier
Lloyd George and the dominion
premiers and listen to the govern
ment proposal This he will sub
nit to the Irish people for accept
ance or rejection, thus actually per-
mittlng them to exercise the right
of .plebiscite.
The Irish Office insists that the
time limit on this offer expires
July u, after which the Iron heel
of military action will be applied" ."
In yesterdays conference De Va
lera was accompanied by Arthur
Griffith.
Ulster was represented by Ar
thur Jameson, Sir Murray Decker
ell, Sir Robert Woods and Earl
Middleton. The meeting occurred
in the mansion house, which was
decorated with United States flags,
in common with other Dublin
buildings, in honor of American
independence day.
Conference Lasts Four Hours.
The conference began at noon
and continued four hours without
interruption. During the day pray
ers were said in the Catholic and
Protestant churches for success OF
the deliberations.
While Sir James Craig, premier
of Ulster, who refused Lloyd
Georges original proposal for a
joint conference with De Valera III
London, was not present, it was
stated authoritatively that his
views were presented by southern
UnioniSt spokesman.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
FORECAST SAYS
CONTINUED HOT
Hot All Day, Hot All Night; There
is No Relief in
Sight.

Washington, July 5.-CUnited
Press. Cooler weather is due for
parts of the middle Atlantic states
but continued hot weather is in
store for the western half of the
territory east of the Mississippi, the
weather bureau stated today.
The heat wave is already broken
in the north Atlantic states, the
bureau stated.
A great mass of superheated air
is hanging over the interior states
and there is no immediate prospect
for relief, the weather forecast said.
Cooler air is tanning the northern
and eastern part of the territory.
The air is coming from the north
east and will keep the heat wave in
subsection for some time, the fore
caster said.
In several cities of the west, the
temperature exceeded 100 degrees,
reports showed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
CRUISER CLEVELAND,
CUNBOAT SACRAMENTO
ORDERED TO TAMPICO
American Interests En-.
dangered by Labor
Troubles.

Washington, July 5.-The cruiser
Cleveland and the gunboat Sacra-
mento have been ordered to Tam
pico, Mexico. to protect American
interests in the event that they are
jeopardized because OF labor trou-
bles growing out of the unemploy-
ment situation, it was said today at
the navy department
Washington, July 5.-The cruiser
Cleveland and the gunboat Sacra-
mento have been ordered to Tam
pico, Mexico, to protect American
interests in the event that they are
jeopardized because of labor trou-
bies growing out of the unemploy-
ment situation, it was said today
at the navy department.
One Ship From Canal Zone.
The Sacramento should reacn
Tampico today from Galveston. The
Cleveland was ordered from CTiS-
tobal, Canal Zone, and probably will
not reach Tampico before Thurs
day. Both vessels are assigned to
the American special service squad
-
Rear Admiral H. F. Bryan COM
manding.
1t was explained at the navy de-
partment that unemployment had
been constantly increasing in and
around Tampico because of depres-
sion in the oil industry, due to the
new tax system, and that incipi-
ent riots and increasing labor trou-
bles had resulted in a decision TO
send the two warshiDs to the Mex
lean port to protect American IN
terests should they be endanger-
ed.
Situation Not Acute.
It was said, however, that the
vessels would take no action IN
less a more serious situation arose.
Reports from Tampico yesterday
that several ships of the Atlantic
feet had arrived at Tampico were
declared at the department to be-
premature.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
SHERIFF KILLS
NEGRO IN COURT.
Black is Shot While Attempting to
Wrest Revolver from
Deputy.

Vicksburg, Miss, July 5.-Georgs
Deal, negro, under indictment for
killing his brother-in-law, a
preacher, was shot to death in the,
court room here by Sheriff B. H.
Shannon, when Deal tried to wrestl
a revolver from the hands of A.
deputy. Court was in session and
the Judge had just postponed deci-
sion on the date of Deals trial,
when the negro arose and snatched
Deputy Sheriff Martin HObelZer'5.
weapon from a table. Hobelzer
grappled with him and Sheriff Shan
non, seeing that lives of those nea--
by were in danger, fired three shots
into the negro's back, the third kill
ing him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
POVERTY PINCH
BRINGS SALE OF
WIVES IN CHINA
Thousands Of Chill
dren Sold at 81 to
so Each.

Peking, June 2.-Delayed.) } -
Statistics on the sale of children,
wives and daughters-in-law in the
South Chilli famine district, pre-
pared by the International Famine
Relief committee, though covering
but a fraction of the famine area,
indicate the extent of the traffic
carried on. Between deaths and
sales, many villages are complete
ly stripped of children. The prices
appear to have ranged from one
dollar to $3.50, with one instance
reported of a girl bringing $3.50.
Cupidity Increases Sales.
Although the traffic was due pri-
marily to poverty, it appears from
the investigation made that dealers
worked upon the cupidiIy of faith
ers and husbands in many cases
and rtsorted to adroit measures to
evade the law and recruit victims
Tor various questionable purposes.
The Catholic sisters in Shantetu
reported having picked up and car
ed for 800 abandoned children.
Many cases were reported of girls
saved from sale by relief workers
through gifts of money or grain.
Dealers are Jailed.
A magistrate jailed several deal
ers and released purchased girls,
but found himself greatly emDar-
rassed for want of refuge in which
to place his charges
Statistics showed that in five dis
tricts containing 692 villages there
were 9,25S children sold. This was
a report by the head villagers of
the villages in question. An esti-
mate of 33 villages prepared by a
Catholic priest in TIE Chow showed
112 sold as follows:
Forty-one girls. 81 boys, 40 wives.
10 daughters-in-law
OF these 81 were under 10 years
Of age and 81 under 20, sale prices
ranging from three to thirty-two
dollars.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
PARIS VISITED
BY R0TARIANS
Rotary President Lays a Wreath on
Grave of Unknown Soldier
Makes Brief Address.

Paris, July 5.-More than five
hundred of the visiting Rotary club
delegates and their wives went to
the grave of the unknown soldier in
the Place d'Etoile this afternoon
and stood by silently while Dr.
Crawford Y Mccullough, of Fort
Williams, Ont, president of the In
ternational Rotarian organization,
laid a wreath on the tomb. DR..
Mccullough made brief address in
which he expressed the gratitude of
the Rotarians for the service to hu-
manity of which the unknown poitu
was symbolic. The women members
of the party then formed into line
and scattered flowers on the grave
as they passed.
The visiting international officers
of the organization were later re-
ceived by Marshal Joffre, in the
Ecole Militaire. In the afternoon
sle visitors we're given a recep-
ton by the municipality of Paris.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
WHAT JIMMY"
STuLMAN GAVE
TO "FLO" LEEDS

New York, July 5.-CUntted
Press. Among presents, total
value a million dollars, alleged
TO have been given Mrs Flo"
Leeds by James n Stillman are
the following, Mrs Stillman' 5
lawyers asserted today:
Apartment at 500 Park avenue.
S45, 900.
Allowance, pin money, $685.
600.
Two trust funds. $500 900.
Two autos. $4,000.
Jewelry, 100000.
Rents on various cottages,
s35, 600.
Maintenance, clothing, etc,
$200 600.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
GAS STILLS
EXPLODE,
KILLING 9
Flaming Oil Injuries For
ty-Two; Property Loss
Is 100000.

Whiting, Ind, July 5.-CUnited
Press. Two huge steel stills used
for production of gasoline at the
Standard Oil company's plant here,
burst, scattering flaming oil and
gasoline over a radius of 200 yards
and taking a toll of nine dead and
AZ injured yesterday. The proper
ty damage was placed at approx
imately s2,00O,000.
Blast Caused by Leak.
The blast was caused by a leak
in one of the gas tanks. The leak
caught fire and almost instantan-
eously the brick walls enclosing
the stills crumbled. A sheet of
burning oil and gas was spread,
blanketlike, over the grounds. Of
the 90 men working nearby, only a
few escaped injury
Six of those who were killed
were working close to the stills.
They died almost instantly, their
bodies burned beyond recognition.
Police, ambulances, nurses and
other officials from the Calumet re-
gion were rushed to the scene of
the disaster. Emergency treatment
was given to the injured and then
they were removed to Chicago hos
pitals.
Other Deaths Probable.
1t is probable, according to au-
thorities, that more bodies may be
found in the debris.
The dead:
JOSEPH PALYO, Whiting.
GUS JOHNSON, Whiting.
FRED HARBRECHT, Whiting.
GEORGE DVORSAK, Whiting.
FRANK STOUT, Hammond, Ind.
FRED ENGLE, Whiting.
JOSEPH H. BAULDA, Whiting.
Two unidentified men.
Still Hurled 100 Feet.
According to those near the
scene, there were two blasts. One
of the stills was split asunder and
one half of it, weighing several
tons, was hurled 100 feet against a
second still.
Hammond, Gary and other sur
rounding cities trembled under the
force OF the concussion. Streets
were illuminated with a binding
flash. Thousands of slumbering
people were aroused and rushed to
the streets.
1t was several hours before the
fire could be brought under con-
troll.
The stills are filled with crude
oil and high pressure applied to
make gasoline.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
FIREWORKS
DEATH TOLL
VERY LIGHT
Drowning, Heat, Automo
bile Accidents Cause
\ Most Fatalities.

New York, July 5. - Reports of
Fourth of July accidents from va
rious parts of the country show
conclusively today that while the
celebration by fireworks and fire
arms took its toll of deaths and
seriously injured, by far the great
er number of fatalities were from
drownings and automobile acci-
dents common to all summer holi-
days.
Accidents to vacation parties and
to those seeking relief from the
heat in the water accounted for a
large number of serious accidents
and fatalities, and heat prostrat1ons
also took a number of lives, accord
ing to the reports.
In New York city seven persons
were drowned, one committed sui
eide after becoming demented from
heat and one heat prostration was
reported while premature eXplos-
ion of fireworks accounted for only
minor accidents.
Chicago reported two persons
shot to death by accident, another
wounded, five drownings and five
killed in automobile accidents, while
a panic in a vacant lot when 81 900
worth of fireworks exploded pre-
maturely, led to several being hurt.
A young man accidentally shot
and killed himself at Minneapolis
and at Rushville, ILL.,, two were
killed when a train struck their au-
tomObile.
Six Drowned at Milwaukee,.
st. Louis reported three drown
ings and more than a score slight
ly injured by fireworks and fire
arms and Milwaukee's casualty list
total 10 with six drownings, two
deatss attributed to heat, one death
from an automobile accident, and
one from premature explosion of
gunpowder
Philadelphia reported three
drownings and several heat pros
trations with the highest tempera-
ture of the year prevailing.
At Pittsburgh, one motoriSt was
wounded fatally and another in
jured by stray bullets fired in cele-
bration of the Fourth and three
drownings were reported
COblenz DOughb0ys Hurt
Williamson, w. ", in the heart
of the district where labor trouble
between miners and coal operators
has recently caused much shooting
and many fatalities, reported quiet
forth Fireworks were prohibited.
Cleveland reported one death
4
four persons were drowned at
Quincy, ILL.,, when skiff upset.
Over at Coblenz, Germany, num-
ber of American soldiers reported
minor injuries from fireworks as
the result of staging an old-fash-
ioned Fourth of July celebration
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
EYESIGHT POOR,
PUS UP GERMAN
FLAGS IN ERROR

eaicago, July 5.-August Geb-
nuts nuts poor eyesight led him
aina o an error yesterday which
III proved dangerous for
fron. he hung up two flags in
1ra unt OF his home in honor of
tbS pehdence day, but boys in
A. nelgnborhood identified them
an, nags OF the former German
nnip.- Iplre- They had succeeded in
wblllhg down one and burning ii
Zen Gebhardt came out and
''Sfted a fight.
SH,onVlnced that because of his
Icans eyesight. he had hung up
sAan instead of American
MS, MS, Gebhardt took down the
thaer and burned it, replacing
-em with the stars and stripes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
WANDERER mot
CRAZY" "HE SAYS
Only Reason for "Insanity Dodge"
Was to sect More Time"-N0
Complaint to Make.

Chicago, July 5.-Carl o. Wan
derer. re-sentenced to be hanged
on July 20, after being found sane
following an insanity plea filed
after his conviction of killing his
wife. her unborn child and a rag
ged stranger" is not discouraged
and has no hard feelings toward
the jury.
We'll, l didn't put it over; it's
Just as l expected" William P.
Halden, assistant county jailer,
said Wanderer told him today.
Holden says Wanderer continu-
ed:
The only reason we tried the
insanity dodge was to get more
time. III have a little longer to
live than otherwise I'm not crazy.
and l have no complaint to make
against the jury"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
TWO Die IN FIRE
AT HISTORIC INN
Hotel Where John L. SulIi-
van Trained.

Good Ground, L. l., July s.
Trapped in their rooms in the
Canoe Place Inn, where John l.
Sullivan trained for his fight with
Corbett, Miss Florence Wilmington,
a maid, and Richard Heineman,
cashier, were burned to death to-
day when fire destroyed the hos
telry. There were only three
guests and they escaped without in
jury.
Miss Wilmington appeared at a
window while the fire was at its
height and the crowd urged her to
jump, but apparently she was over
come with smoke
The inn was built in 1885.
When Charles F. Murphy, Tam
many leader, acquired a summer
place here, many political confer
ences were held at the inn.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
BY WILLIAM d. HAYWOOD.


One single obstacle standing in
the pathway of working class pro-
gress in the United States is the
American Federation of Labor.
In Russia, where the unions are
industrial and every effort is being
made to include all workers in the
ranks it will seem strange that in
the United States the labor unions
claiming to be representatives of
the labor movement in that great
country have many and varied
methods of limiting the growth and
strength of their memberships.
This is done through the appren-
ticeship system; the discrimination
against women and by drawing the
color line. High initiation fees are
also a barrier.
Unemployment in America.
1t hardly will be possible for the
workers of Russia to conceive that
there are now out of employment in
the United States as many million
workers as are organized in all
Russia.
There is a small radical element
in different places. such as Seattle,
Wash; Chicago, Ill; and Detroit,
Mich, where the central bodies
have endorsed Soviet Russia.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
speaking for that organization, re-
fers to the bolshevists action as
"bestial."
From the foregoing will be seen
the urgent necessity for propa-
ganda and agitation among the
rank and file of the craft unions OF
the United States.
This work is being carried on in
a limited way by the Industrial
Workers of the World.
Concentrate on Miners.
An effort was made, before the
writer left the United States, TO
concentrate much of the propa-
ganda work upon the United Mine
Workers of America which is the
keel of the A. F. of L.
Vigorous agitation and education
can be carried on in the local
unions of mine workers and will
bring effectual results.
Little or nothing can be expected
from the railroad organizations
the four brotherhoods of trainmen.
They can scarcely be referred to as
labor unions; they are little more
than insurance organizations, each
having property holdings running
into millions of dollars.
Among the shoprnen, the track
men and freight handlers some def
mite propaganda is being carried on.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
NEW LEvEE
TO RECLAIM
5000 ACRES
Four and Half Mile Wall
Along Bluff to Pro
tect Acreage.

preliminary steps were taken al
meeting of property owners in the
city hall in Milan Saturday AFTER
noon at 2 o'clock to promote con-
struction of a four -and-a-half mile
Ievee from the mouth of Rock river
N the Andalusia bluffs and reclaim
. 000 acres of waste land, and pre-
vent future inundation of that sec
ton.
The proposition includes the es-
tablishment of a drainage system
70 take care of the Mill creek and
bluff waters
M. Welch of Rock Island pre-
sided, and 20 property owners were
in attendance.
Chairman Welch appointed a COM
mittee of nine members, representa-
tive of the Milan territory, the up
per and lower and Big Island sec
tons, and the district south of Mill
creek to collect the necessary data,
with assistance of the United States
levee commission and the United
States engineers staff.
This committee will hold a con-
ference in the federal building
Thursday afternoon, and it is hoped
that in the course of two weeks
a fuller report will be presented at
a second meeting of the property
owners interested.
Among those named by Chairman
Welch are Mayor Paul WadsWorth
and r. Z. Diseron of Milan, and
N. ]. Welsh, James McQuade, Sam
uel Peterson, Frank Wood and Will
liam McCarty representing the 9TH
er sections.
About a month ago a representa-
tive of the United States levee conf
mission from St. Louis visited the
site of the proposed levee and made
some observations.
Assistant Engineer Richards of
the United States engineers office
in Rock Island, attended the meet
ing at Milan Saturday afternoon.
Expect Federal Aid.
II the improvement can be shown
to be beneficial to large number
of people and will be the means of
retaining a sufficient amount of
land to justify government aid of
a financial character, it will prob
ably be extended, otherwise the ex-
pense will fall upon the property
owners by assessing the cost among
them in proportion to their lard
holdings.
The territory involved is not more
than two miles from Rock Island,
pursuing a straight course. If the
Improvement is effected one conse-
quence will be the ultimate estab-
Hshment of new road to the levec
district from Rock Island.
Much has to be done in the way
OF preliminaries before the pro-
1ect can actually be gotten under
way. 1t is impossible at this time
10 give any estimate of the cost,
out the undertaking will be an ex-
penslve one requiring several
months time.
Project Long Contemplated.
For 25 years the matter of re-
claiming this large section of land
mas been agitated, but nothing has
ever been accomplished. The out
iook at present is that at last an
euort will be made to bring about
the erection of the levee and the
drainage district.