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Evening star., 1922-03-12
President Harding Entitled to Good Rest,
For Difficult Problems Await His Return
to be laid upon situation now seemingly i'm
possible of adjustment by the opposing inter
eSts.

to be laid upon situation now seemingly i'm
possible of adjustment by the opposing inter-
ests
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The most disturbing element in this impend-
ing coal strike is the fact that both sides to the
controversy which threatens to precipitate 1t
seem agreeable to have it come. Neither side.
apparently. is giving much heed to the interests
of the public at large. nor to the danger OF
coal strike spreading to other industries. notably
the railways. and throwing the whole country in
a cataclysm of disaster. That is the angle
which looms largest to the Department Of Labor
and to the administration.
If it comes. and assumes such a magnitude.
it is regarded as inevitable that the public will
appeal to the government for relief. The gov
ernment" is record maintaining that in
such Industrial crises and in contests between
employers and employees the public has the
superior right to consideration at the hands Of
the government, and that the government will
act.
What the government could do in the prem
ises naturally comes up a subject to be con-
sidered first One thing which it is said could
be done would be to furnish protection to
miners who wanted to work and to keep down
violence. Another. the very last resort. would
be to take over the mines in case the operators
refused to cooperate In production, and oper-
ate them under government supervision.
But that would be playing right into the
hands Of certain element in the country which
is bent upon naturalization Of industries, pol
icy which is absolutely opposed by the present
administration. which believes that It is opposed
also by the majority sentiment of the nation at
large.
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AS you will be reading more and more about
the coal controversy in the next two three
weeks, a few words about the basic elements
in 1t may be not amfss.
The trouble is located in what is known
the central competitive field. taking in the soft
coal mines of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois. The issue is the framing of
wage schedule to supplant the one which
expires April l. In March, 1920. at a conference
of operators and miners. it agreed that
there should be joint conference of the inter-
ests in the four states, to be held prior to April
O. this year. 1t has not been held.
The failure to hold 1t is due to differences
Of opinion to its advisability existing both
among the miners and the operators In some
of the states the operators insist upon settling
their differences with the men by conferences
and agreements held and arrived at locally. In
others. the operators insist that they will agree
to nothing except joint conference OF the CEN
trail competitive field. In some states the miners
willing to meet the operators locally. but
the national union organization Of miners di-
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which the business firms now operat-
ing there would find it dimcult to OBJ
tain for themselves under tho war
conditions prevailing.
Whenever ono Of the destroyers
comes back to the home station at
Constantinople, the captain goes to
the Office Of the high commissioner,
Admiral Bristol, where he is besieged
by American business representatives
for trade Information which he has
gathered in his cruising. And he
generally has the dope" that they
need.
Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
have been saved American business
by the information gathered by these
naval trade developers. For that is
what they are. American business
men have written their appreciation
in highest praise of the work that is
being done for them. They all want
to do something for the Navy, now
that they have seen that it Is a valu-
able asset as a peace-time organiza-
tion, no less effective than its war
time operations.
There is the instance of record
where ono of the destroyers brought
in a great fund Of information to one
firm that could not have been gotten
In any other way. Tho representative
Of this particular firm said that it
would have been a most expensive
operation to have obtained it under
ordinary conditions, but under the
war conditions now prevailing there
it could not be obtained at all. In
writing his high praise, he estimated
that the very lowest price at which
he could estimate the value of the in
formation was $500. It was worth.
at the very least, that much to the
firm which he represented. He in
closed his check for that amount.
Now, Of course. tho Navy cannot be
paid for the work 1t is doing. So
Admiral Bristol wrote his apprecia-
ton Of the compliment, said that he
was glad that the Navy, in connec-
ton with its other work, was able to
get It, and returned the check.
No less striking was the efficiency
displayed to an American cotton rep
resentative, who had one of his big
warehouses commandeered by the
military. The work done there by the
naval force is carried on in a direct.
quiet and effective manner. They
have q task laid out for them, and
they get 1t done in tho minimum OF
time.
Z The loss Of this warehouse meant
the loss Of hundreds Of dollars a day.
The operator was nonplussed when
he found the military in charge. He
thought he would just try the high
commissioners ohlces not believing
that anything could be done for him
He thought he would go down to the
ONCE and try to make an appointment
to see Admiral Bristol, and, having
the usual opinion that an American
naval officer was too busy and aloot
to see an ordinary American citizen
he thought he would be able to see
him in about a week.
And right there was where he got
surprise and. changed his opinion OF
the American Navy and its work. He
was ushered into Admiral Bristors
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-, this country to get after the company.
pointing out the danger Of wreckinE
| the good work that already had been
done, showing how American pres
| tige, now being SO firmly established
| there. would go way down II even
one established branch should with
draw. He just had to warm up those
cold feet at any cost.
| British and French firms were
| ready to point out to tho buyers
there the non-dependability OF the
Americans to handle their paper. as
/ evidenced by the closing in the face
of small setback. They would ar
que that the Americans could not
| stand tho gaff, to use an inelegant
but nevertheless effective phrase. To
close down that branch would have set
| back development OF American trade in
that territory for a period Of twenty
five years, he argued. Admiral Bristol
| presented the matter SO clearly and
| effectively that he won and the branch
stayed.
American business development was
| hampered to no small extent by the
Door communication facilities, which
in turn were aggravated by the fact
that the Turks and the Greeks would
not handle any code messages of tho
American firms. To use plain Lam
guage was like advertising every
move. When tho nature Of dis
patch containing some important
business information became known
! it was either delayed SO long as to
be ineffective or the information was
given to rivals, all in the effort and
conspiracy to retard American busi-
ness development.
But there again the Navy came to
/ tho fore. The destroyers were sent
to the various centers and the dis
patches were handled by radio at
! commercial rates. They were turned
in or filed in English. They were put
in confidential codes by the destroyer
officers and deciphered at the Destroy
er receiving stations before delivery
to the addressee. So this effort to re-
tard business development Of. Amer
lea was foiled.
The files in the bureau of naval in
telligence contain records Of in
stance after instance where these
| trained sea fighters have proved
themselves keen business fighters in
| paving the way for American inroads
into the business field in that terri
tory. These destroyers are working
On a war basis no less trying than the
! work of the fleets during the world
war. They are cruising all the time.
and they gather every bit Of informa-
tion that will be Of any value to
American interests. It is radioed
| while it is hot to the headquarters at
Constantinople, whore 1t is filed, The
files are laid open for the inspection
of the American business men. This
is quite contrary to the general opin-
ion as to what is done with informa-
| ton collected by the American naval
officers.
Commanders Of the destroyers who
| visit the various ports are instructed
to see business men, investigate busi-
| ness conditions and bring in all trade
information possible that will be use
full to American business in the ter
| ritory. They gather, Information
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How the United States Navy Is Helping to Build
American Business Foundation in the Near East

/, products when business opens to It's
fullest possible extent. Those who
lay the foundations now, while 1t may
cost a little money. will reap the har-
vest when the world trade gets back
it's equilibrium again.
The mission of the American naval
force in that territory is both mill
tary and educational. Its chief func-
tion is the encouragement and pro-
lection of all legitimate American
business there. 1t gives aid to Amer
lean shipping, banking, shipping
agents and importing and exporting
companies. In the past the business
has been largely in the hands of the
Greek agents. These people are glad
to be appointed agents, but they will
not push American products in the
aggressive manner that is possible by
the sending Of American agents there
for the express purpose Of pressing
American business into the field.
The British. for instance, have been
there for a great many years. Their
agencies are handled by their own
people. Their financial system, SO
necessary in the promotion and main
tenance Of foreign trade connections,
has been built up and Is prepared to
handle their business on the highest
efficient plane. OF course, there are
lean years, but foreign trade devel-
opment is so worn into their opera
tions that they do not lose heart
when these years come around.
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:, On the other hand, the Americans,
it has been experienced, do not take
this view of a situation. If they are
not Immediately making money they
want to give up. And right there has
been one of the most difficult problems
which Admiral Bristol and his aids
have had to face. They have had to
be behind the few American interests
now there, literally forcing encour-
agement on them and pointing out
the vision Of success ahead that the
firms and their representatives them
selves have been unable to see. Since
Admiral Bristol has been there he
had been instrumental in having es-
tablished financial institutions for the
handling Of American business. There
have been established in the terri
tory branches of the Guaranty Trust
Company, the American Express Com
pany, a direct line Of ships, with
American shipping agents. the Ameri-
can Foreign Trade Corporation and
the Barnsdell Corporation. The Bald
win Locomotive Works also has an
established agency.
Just by way Of Illustration, here IL
lust one incident Of the work that Is
being done by this little force Of fore
sighted representatives Of America
insufficient business started move
on the part of the branch Of the
Guaranty Trust Company to close its
branch there. They couldn't see the
great possibilities for aiding Ameri-
can business and at the same time
building up a vast business for them
selves in that territory.
Admiral Bristol saw the light and
figuratively speaking, he built a lit
/ tie business fire under the proposal
He cabled the State Department and
urged that 1t get in touch with the
home ofiice and stop tho move. He
got the American Chamber Of Com
merce there to cable to its members In
Evening star., 1922-03-12
BY WILLIAM j. wHEATLEY.

| - oNFIDENCE and power are
being injected into American
IL business explorers in the
~ near east by the little force
of American naval vessels basing on
Constantinople and under the COM
mand of Rear Admiral Mark Bristol,
United States Navy, who is serving
| in the Joint capacity Of American
high commissioner and commander
of the American naval forces In Turk
ish waters.
With this small fleet, consisting Of
six fast destroyers, two little sub
chasers and the station ship Scor-
pion, the foundation for American
business invasion of this vast terri
tory is being laid SO firmly and against
such great odds that 1t will not be
possible, 1t is believed. for any for
eign country to overcome it when the
worlds business picks up, following
the postwar slump.
This force of American naval men
Is literally and f1guratively the back
bone of American business in the
levant, for they are keeping the heart
in the few American business pio-
neers who are attempting to estab-
lish themselves in this territory.
When tho representatives Of Ameri-
can business corporations trying to
get a foothold there become weak at
kheart the Navy gets behind them and
holsters them up.
People are used to picturing the Navy
only as a fighting machine and as OF
no use except when some foreign
power steps on our toes. But the
men attached to- the Mediterranean
fleet, at least, are Just as ready and
effective in fighting with their wits
as they are with their guns. And
they are doing it day after day. Lit
| tie has been told Of their work, but
the files in the naval intelligence
headquarters here are jammed full
of terse reports Of the effective man.
ner in which this small force is pay
ing for itself by making inroads into
the business field heretofore con-
trolled largely by other nations.
American business firms have been
too wont to rely on foreign agents to
push their business abroad, but ex-
perience has shown that these agents
often will look after the American
end only when there is not some rival
product to f1Ir the bill. To be effec-
tive in the trade field abroad Ameri-
can business firms must stand ready
to send their own agents abroad In
this territory and keep them there.
even IL for tho time being they do
lose a little money.
First Of all. it must be remember
ed that there il still a war going on
in this territory. It has been on for
so long and the fighting is OF such
small consequence that it has ceased
to be a feature Of the days news.
Turkey and Greece are hghting.
Communication is difficult, and
American business had been put to
a disadvantage, until the American
naval force took up the cudgels in its
behalf.
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Evening star., 1922-03-12

It is almost virgin territory from an
American business standpoint. and will
be 4 most profitable outlet for American
Evening star., 1922-03-12

Three, at least, of the sitting sena-
tors will not be candidates to sue
eeed themselves. They are Senators
Page Of Vermont. Rawson Of Iowa
and Williams of Mississippi.
Only five of the states In which
senatorial elections are to be held are
looked upon as democratic strong
holds, the states of Texas. Tennessee.
Virginia, Florida and Mississippi. In
the other ten states where the demo-
Gratis must stand for reelection the
republicans have fighting chance
more than that in some Of the states,
It is said. In Ohio, for instance. the
home of President Harding, Senator
comerene is seeking reelection. Two
Years ago the state elected a republic
can, Senator Willis. The republicans
were successful. too. in senatorial
Evening star., 1922-03-12

i. ONFIDENCE and power arr
being injected into American
business explorers in thu
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-07

and war debts and thereby to be as
sured of full representation. Mus
solini will stop at Lausanne, but Is
expected to arrive in London tomor-
row night.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-07
Mrs, Clara Phillips Is
Still Out of Hands of
Her Pursuers
PLAN A RAID TODAY
Woman Believed to Be at
Ranch at Tia Juana
Resort
fBy Associated PreAsl

Los Angeles, Dec. THE home O
Ed T. 'Goldtooth" Johnson, promo
ter of new resort at Tijuana, low
er California, was the objective toda,
OF the posse headed by Sheriff Will.
lam |. Traeger, which left Los An.
geleS last night in search of Mrs
! Clara Phillips, "hammer murder
ess' who broke Jail Tuesday while
under ten year prison sentence for
killing Mrs. Alberta Meadow.
Johnson was said to have formed
friendship for Mrs. Phillips while
he was in the county Jail last sum-
mea He was taken into custody
last night pending developments in
the search for Mrs. Phillips.
The posse arrived at the border at
$3.50 O'Clock this morning but defer
red crossing until daybreak.
The sheriff'S office announced to-
| day it had received telegram from
Sheriff Pinrock, at Ogden, Utah,
stating he was positive Mrs. Phillips
was aboard a train which, passed
through Ogden shortly after mid
night.
One Train Is Searched
That train and one other were
searched at Laramie, Wyoming, but
no one answering the description OF
Mrs. Phillips was found.
The Laramie police who made the
search, also questioned members of
the train crew without learning any
thing of Mrs. Phillips whereabouts. |
1t had been reported from other |
sources also that she and blonde" !
friend boarded the train at Long |
Beach, California, and throughout
the trip had kept to their staterooms
1t also was stated that wo women
We're travelling on tickets reading
from Long Beach to Baltimore, Md.
Other reports reaching the sher-
ifs office came from Omaha, where
it was said police officers believed
Mrs. Phillips had been seen last
night on atrain bound for Chicago,
but it was said this was impossible
unless she had fled in an airplane."
With the hour of her escape tenta-
lively fixed at about two o'clock
Tuesday morning, the local officers
explained they found it hard to be-
lieve she could have reached Omaha
by Wednesday night.
The search had widened today un- {
til it embraced nearly every part of {
the western half Of the united States )
and penetrated into Mexico, through l
the lower California peninsula.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-07
Carpenter viii
Fight Sikh, But
For Charity Only

Paris, Dec. 7--Georges Carpenter
believes that the best place to settle
the controversy over his recent bout
with Battling Sikh is in the ring.
Writing to LIE Journal, the French
boxer says:
"Here is whats1 propose to Sikh;
notwithstanding his disqualification
and the disqualification might in
cur, offer to meet him at any date
he likes, in public or private. Should
he be ready to put up a stake, bind
myself to pay to charity that stake,
or purse, if one is offered. am
absolutely certain l would finish
Battling Ski in less tina nthree
rounds"
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-07
Federal Commissioner
Haynes Is Among
Those Present
MANY RUMORS AFLOAT
State Tha tForce Will Be
Trebled in State If
Needed
Especial to The News)

Jacksonville, Dec. Federal Pro-
hibition Commissioner Haynes, ac-
companied by Colonel William Mutt,
chief of the general prohibition
agents, and Sherman Cuneo, public
director of the federal prohibition
department, are here for a confer
ence with the Florida law enforce
ment officers. Mr.. Haynes had three
addresses and a luncheon on today's
program.
Colonel Mutt, whose spectacular
work last winter in Miami is remem-
bered, Is not as communicative as he
was on that occasion, refusing pto
make any statement, which is in
marked contrast with the daily in
terviews and statements of what he
proposed to do while he was trying to
dry up Bimini and Miami last win
ter.
While officials in conference would
announce none of the details of auy
program that they might have under
it was learned that
there is determination on the part
of the government to stop the whole
sale Importation of liquor into Flor
ida if it takes three times as many
men as have been assigned to the
work here heretofore. 1t is expected
that the federal officials will 90 over
the entireterritory and learn first
hand of how the smugglers make
.heR deliveries. 1t is known that sew
'ral of the sleuths of the department
1ave been summoned here to proper
y direct the officials on such a
aunt, should it be determined to
make one.
Miami will be the center of ooera-
ions, it is expected, in the suppress
ng OF smuggling of liquor into the
ountry. Tampa and Pensacola are
lso regarded as ports of entry that
ave been frequently patronized by
ne rum runners, while there are hun
reds Of inlets and coves along the
Xtended coast line that affords safe
indlng places for the small runners.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-07
NAVAL LIMITATION
SLACkEN|NG WORK.
Of CONSTRUCTION.
Thieves Are Apprehend-
ed in Short Time and
Jailed
(Ry Associated Prasal

Washington, Dec. How the ma
val limitation treaty already has
curtailed the manufacture of navy
ordinance was portrayed in the an
nuaI report today of the Navy De-
partment's ordnance bureau.
Although the treaty's scrapping
provisions will not become effective
until the instrument has been rati-
fled by all the signatory powers, the
government has stopped construc-
ton work on a sufficient number of
vessels to effect a considerable saw
ing In expenditures for armor, arm
and munitions. A total of
$47, ,470,000 had been appropriated
for ordnance during the fiscal year
Of 1922, and although exact figures
are not yet available, the bureaus
report estimated that something
ike $39,000,00O remained unexpend- |
ID at the end of the year.
'OIh Oll IIle lO-lIlCn OU-CdllUcS !,
gun program was stopped entirely |
Is result of the treaty, while the |
of armor and turret |
material for several first-line ships !
vas suspended. There was large
urtailment of torpedo manufacture,
contract for 1000 held by one
being amended so as to
all for delivery of only 400. Man
facture of depth charges also was
iscontinued.
In making the necessary adjust
rents with contractors the Bureau
ncountered trouble only in two cas-
5, both of which were settled by the
'urts in complete conformity with
lie settlement proposals. of the :
Overnment.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-07
Federation of
Women's Clubs
Honors Florida
CBy AsaocIated Preu.,

Plnehurst, N. c., Dec. Routine
business matters together with sew
eral addresses were before the clos
ing session of the southeastern coun-
Gil of the Federation of Women,s
Clubs convention here today, and
matters of general important bear
ing on the affairs of the organiza-
ton were under discussion.
AS result of the election of Off
GERS late yesterday Florida, Ken
lucky and Alabama have representa-
tion in the official family. Mrs. J.
W. McCullum, of Gainesville, Fla
was elected to the chairmanship
Mrs. Stanley F. Reid, of Mayesville
KY, vice chairman, and Mrs. ]. Bre-
ward Jones, of Montgomery, Ala, sec
retary-treasurer.
The convention, which has bee. in
session since Tuesday night, is to
close tonight.
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Powell Received
Verdict of Murder
In Second Degree
(By Associated Presnl

Tallahassee; Dec. 7-Verdict of
murder in the second degree was re-
turned today by the jury in the cir
cult court of Leon county in the case
of j. W. Powell, of Havana, Florida,
charged with killing of James Le-
gette, of Cairo, Georgia, who was
shot and killed at Lake Iamonia,
near here last November.
Powell admitted that he shot the
Georgian during an alteration while
on hunting trip, but claimed the
shooting was in self-defense.
PowelPs attorneys said that a mo-
tion for new trial would be filed.