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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
CITY MUST SETTLE
Or UTILITIES MAY
SHUT OFF SERVICE
Bill for Light, Water and
Ice Hits a Mark of
SI,IO2.4I

A communication from the South
ern Utilities company called the at
tention of the city council Tuesday
evening to the overdue account owed
that company, and the letter stated
that unless the balance was settled
Immediately the sad duty would de-
volve upon that company of shutting
off the electricity and gas and ice
which Palatka was now enjoying.
There was a trifling balance of
81, 1924 due the company, although
Councilman Johnson could not under
stand about the al cents, and the
company actually needed the money.
The act of refusing credit to the city
would engender sorrow upon the part
of the company, but stern and finan-
cial duty compelled some rigid ac-
ton.
The council allowed the account
was correct-and that the company
should be paid. For the moment
there is a sorry hiatus between what
should be and what is in the city
treasury; but the clerk was instruct
ed to write the company that the bill
had been allowed and warrant had
been drawn in settlement the first
moment there were sufficient funds
to make good the warrant.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
STRAITS PROBLEM
MUST BE: Settled
LORD CURzON SAYS
Turks Must Accept or
Reject the Proffered
TERMS

Lausanne, Dec. 20.-On the eve of
what threatened to be a critical day
in the life of the Lausanne confer
ence, Ambassador Child last night
had a long conversation with Ismet
Pasha about the straits problem,
which Lord Curzon recently declared
mus tbe disposed of Immediately. 1t
has become known that the American
observers at the conference believe
that an international control COM
mission associated with the League
of Nations, as suggested in the allied
plan for supervision of the Darda-
nelles if necessary. In other words,
the Americans believe that freedom
of the straits would be an actual
freedom guaranteed by treaty be-
tween Turkey and the other powers,
and that it should not be a freedom
limited by an international commits
sion.
The American observers have so
far on the conference floor limited
themselves to statements of the
most general terms on the Darda-
nelles question, without suggesting
as to how the straits Should be kept
open to the commerce of the world
and to the fleets of the powers. Nei-
ther have there been intimations of
Americas attitude toward an inter-
national board of control.
Allied leaders last night served
notice that the Turks today must
either flatly accept or reject the al
lied project for settlement of the
straits cuetion. Failure of the Oar
danelles negotiations, it is believed
will hardly affect the other problems
which the conference was called tC
solve.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
SANTA CLAUS ELKS
WILL. DISTRIBUTE:
YULE TIDE 2AsKE 7
Special Programs Will
Be Featured in the
Churches

According to custom established
in all well-regulated lodges OF Elks
tho local wearers of the tooth VIII
+bis week see that numerous baskets
Of recessaries and luxuries are plac-
od in homes where they will be CRATE
fuIlv received and fully appreciated
This custom is known the world over
The Elks claim it is a prerogatlVe-
and there is a spirit of hberailty
about the order at all times-out eS-
peeialIy is this noticeable at the
Christmas season. o,
A committee has been appointed
bv the Elks, and that body is ar
.oroing that the gifts will be made
- liberal way so far as the needs
Of the dependents shall require IN
conjunction with the work numerous
women who have been closely look
mo after those in need OF clothing
aad some of the necessaries of lie
have submitted names and addresses es'e
of the deserving; and there is httie
prospect of the omission OF any Oh
those needing Christmas cheer
Christmas time also brings specla'
services in the churches. The ceie'
bration of the day by the EpiscOpa,
Ians will be postponed until neX'
thursday, when it will be comDineI
with other services, At the BaptiS'
church there will be no tree ior 'n'
children. but there will be special n'u,
s;c at both morning and evening
services. There will be no tree al 'h'
Methodist church, but there VII, p D'
an entertaining program oftereu ~
the children at the evening ser'ioe
which promises to be very interest,"
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
INVESTIGATIONS
DAUGHERTY CASE
MAY F|ZZLE OUT
Alleged Frauds May Go
Direct Into the War
Department
tBy United Press,

Washington, Dec. 20.-Unless Rep.
resentative Woodruff, republican
Michigan, was prepared to lay before
the house judiciary committee today
as a result of examination of certain
department of justice documents
Eevidence of nature to occasion fur
ther hearings in connection with the
impeachment charges brought
against Attorney General Daugherty
an early windup of the proceedings
appeared certain. -
Opportunity to examine certain
papers in the department relating tc
alleged war frauds was granted MIR
Woodruff at his request on his ap-
pearing before the committee yester-
day as a witness called on its own
initiative after the withdrawal OF
Representative Keller, republican
Minnesota, from prosecution of his
impeachment charges against the at
torney general. The papers he desir-
ed to examine, he said, relative to the
Wright Martin case" Representa-
tive johnson, republican, South Da-
kota, also appeared before the COM
mittee yesterday, but stated that
the charges he had made in the
house relating to alleged war frauds
should be directed solely at the wal
department.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
BAKER TO TESTIFY IN
WAR FRAUD PROSECUTION
CBy Associated Pressl

New York, Dec. 2O.-Newton D.
Baker, who was secretary of war in
President Wilson's wartime cabinet,
appeared before special federal
grand jury today which lis in session
here investigating war frauds.
In the arrests made this morning
at the naval base special investigat-
ors said that they have discovered
that government property is being
stolen at the naval base by the truck
load, including great boxes of cloth
ing, barrels of paint, crates of glass
and commercial alcohol by the gal
lon.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
Saw Forty-Eight Men
Lined Up for Their
Death
ESCAPED BY RUNNING
Miners Searched Woods
For Any Men Who
Escaped
.By Aaa,,ciated Presal

Marion, ILL.,, Dec. 20.-Robert Off
GER, University of Pennsylvania grad
uate and survivor of the Herrin mine
riots, in which twenty non-union min
ers We're killed, today faced another
period on the witness stand subject
to additional cross examination, by
attorneys defending five nan on trial
for the murder in connection with
the Staying.
Officer, employed as a bookkeep-
er at the strip mine where the prin-
cipal riot occurred, was on the stand
most Of yesterday, describing the
mob's attack on the mine. He told of
the surrender of the nine defenders
and the subsequent death of fourteen
of the 46 men when they were lined
up before barbed wire fence and
fired upon.
By falling on his face and then
running mile through the woods,
where he hid until nightfall, Officer
said he escaped. Throughout the day,
| he asserted, men went through the
woods searching for those who sur
vived
| On discrimination, Officer tes-
titled he was at present employed in
| Kentucky as a mine official by W. j.
| Lester, who owned the Herrin strip
mine at the time of the riots. The
witness said there were about twenty
armed guards at the pit and arms
and ammunition had been dealt out
and the fire of the mob returned
when the mine was attacked. Three
other survivors were in the court
and the state has announced they
will testify upon completion of the
cross-examination of Officer. They
are Joseph O'Rourke, William earns
and Bernard Jones, ALI of whom
were guards at the time.
The trial will be recessed over the
holidays from December % to Jan.
uary 2.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
Three Seasons
of Victories; Not
a Single Defeat
(By Associated Pressl

San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 90
New chapters in the football history
of the Pacific Coast were written by
thte University of California eleven
during the laast three seasons, in
which it scored the record-breaking
number of twentyseNen victories
without one defeat. Only one game
that against Washington and JEFF
ferson was tied.
The powerful California scoring
machine, rated one of the strongest
in the nation, piled up 1,220 points
in its twentyeight games during the
three seasons and held its opponents
to eightyone points. The Bears
have scored Is points to every one
scored by an opposing team over the
period.
California during the three sea-
sons, met the strongest teams it
could find. All the Pacific Coast
0on4ereneel Elevenss including
Washington State, Oregon, South
ern California, Stanford and Wash
ington were played and defeated,
In addition, the Bears two years ago
won from Ohio State, then champion
of the Big Ten, and attempted tc
play Princeton. Yale or Harvard
but game could not be arranged
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
Condensed News
for Busy People
A Summary of the Days News

Washington - Secretary Dem
by, in a report to congress, said
neither the United States nor ia
pan plan to complete the scrap
ping of any existing capital
ships, at least pending promul-
cation of the Washington treaty.
Washington Lott Flannery,
sculptor known for his statue of
Lincoln, died.
London - The Times reported
that Russian soviet government
was taking steps toward the call
ing of a conference of Baltic
states to close the Baltic to war
ships of outside nations.
New York - Police learned
Alexander Reichnitzer, buried as
a pauper last June, was an Aus
trian inventor.
Brussels - Minister of the
Colonies Frank challenged for
mer Premier Paul Hymans to
duel.
New York - The president of
the Porto Rican senate asked for
an investigation in charges made
of Governor General E. Mont
Riley that accusations of miscOn-
duct in his administration were
made by persons discOntented by
failure to get political jobs.
Philadelphia - Declaring pro-
hibitiOn agents violated the
fourth amendment of the cOnsti-
tuition in making raids without
proper search warrants, Judge
Thompson, in the United States
district court, dismissed liquor
cases involving more than $780,
900.
WashingtOn-Julius H. Barnes,
president of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States,
said in an address that wages
will never return to the levels in
effect before the war.
New York - Justice John
Ford, in supreme court, ruled
that the National City bank not
responsible for funds owed to de-
p0sitors in its PetrOgrad branch
because the assets were seized
by the soviets.
San Francisco - Organization
of S2O,OOO,O0O corporation,
known as the Columbia Steel
corporation, a consolidation of
California. Oregon and Utah
plants, was announced
The Palestine government was
reported to have arranged for a
loan of 2,5OO,OOO pounds flOated
in London.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
WRECK SURVIVORS
ARE STILL. UNDER
P YS|C|ANS CARE
Weakened by Exposure,
Recovery Is Very
Slow
ONE SEVERELY frozen
Narrowing Tales Told of
Long Hours of
Suffering

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Dec. 20
A week may elapse before all of the
survivors of the ill-fated tug Reliance
are able to travel to their homes, so
intense was their suffering from cold
and hunger, after their tiny craft
was disabled and abandoned at the
Lizard islands, it was said here today.
The twenty persons who reached here
last night are under the care of ply
sicians. One man is in serious con-
dition, with both hands and both feet
frozen.
With the arrival of these survivors
the thirty-six on board the Reliance
when she was disabled have been ac-
counted for. Seven reached the 500
Sunday, two are in a Canadian lum-
Der camp, three are still aboard the
tug Gray, which is engaged in taking
off Superior light keepers for the
winter, twenty are recuperating here
and four lost their lives.
Yesterdays arrivals suffered great
hardships before they were found
Monday on one of the bleak. islands
near the Canadian shore. The first
day after the wreck brought the
death of three of their companions
who were swept overheard as they
tried to launch a lifeboat. Only one
of the boats got away safely. 1t
carried the eight men and one wom-
an, who reached the mainland last
week.
The following day it became ap-
parent the Reliance could not with
stand the storm and raft was con-
structed of barrel slaves and a stair
way torn away from the tug. The
storm still ragged so fiercely that lit
tie hope of landing on the raft was
entertained until William Cow,
fireman, swan seyenty-yards to the
islands, through the icy water and
stretched line along which the raft
was julled. On land they still faced
dangers. The temperature was below
zero; there was no shelter, and only
the scantiest of food supplies. They
EXISTED for five days on few cans
of meat, two slices of bread each and
scraps of water-soaked cake brought
from the tug. A fire in the open
and hut constructed of brush af-
forded their only protection from
the storm,
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20

ing. At the conclusion of the exer-
cises. there will be distribution OF
boxes to the members of the Sunday
school.
The Christmas services at the
PRESBYTERIAN church will take place
on Friday evening of this week. at
which time there will be tree with
its multitude of adornments and
pifts, an entertaining program by
the children, and special music.
Christmas in Palatka this year
PROMISES to be generally observed
both publicly and in private homes
where there win be many gather
ings.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
Erials Refuse State.
N, But Speculation
Is Rife
/ IS BEING BLAMED
of Two
|tizens Stirs Up the
| State

|sme. La, Dec. ZU.-Gompany
N the louisiana National
4, d Monroe, which moved out
4, for Moorehouse parish yes
was in camp at eMr Rouge
|vbteak this morning and will
n there several days, according
Message receivd from Captain
\, commanding the detail.
II COOpr said that h was un-
|sred to give the purpose for
\ Ii troops were sent to eMr
\ troops under command Of
n Copper were mobilized and
\ on orders from the adjutant
|Ns office at Baton Rouge,
| ,ge expected 10 reach Bas-
II Mer Rouge early last night.
MINOR John NJ. Parker and
/ :tatae officials declined to
shere the troops were being
d for what purpose, but it
|r1erally believed that they
edered to Morehouse Parish
|actoiOn with the situation
n out of the kidnapping last
Z by hooded men of five Of
|lNge citizens, two of whom
Daniels and Thomas Richard
It'll missing,
report current yesterday be-
IL troops departed was that
|Efe going to Bastrop, More
Parish seat, to guard the
Nuse during an open hearing
Mr. Roug kidnapping, said to
Yen ordered by Governor
/ Still another rport stated
Y troops would drag a lake
HT Rouge, which is believed
satives of the missing men,
ialtain their bodies.
~ Robert Dade, of Mer
\ stated today that he had
Erected to arrange for a camp
" the guardsmen but declared
v knew nothing of their prob
lriyal or present whereabouts.
an beginning to believe that all
sk about the company coming
! Rouge is a hoax" the mayor
Mi Carpenter, of Bastrop also
give no information os to the
/
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
LOWERED TEMPERATURE
AIDS WALLACE REID
CBy Associated PresSD

Los Angeles1 Ded 2U.-ImproVe-
ment is reported today in the con-
dition of Wallace Reid, motion pic
ture actor, whose recent breakdown,
by relatives, resulted from his quit
ting the use of liquor and drugs
The latest report from his bedside
at the Hollywood sanitarium States
that his temperature and resplra-
ton are normal and that his pulse
is down to one hundred.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
FASC|ST| LEADERS
URGING ARMY FOR
NATIONAL SAFETY
For God and Country
Planned for New
Forces
(By Associated Press)

Rome, Dec. 20.-Plans for trans
forming the militant section of the
fascist into " the militia for nat
ional safety" are in the hands of
Premier Mussolini and will be dis
cussed firs by the rascisoi leaders
and then by the next council of
ministers.
According to these plans the new
militia will be- indepecdfpA From
but will work in unison with the
police force and will be at the SER
vices of God and country"
Only 10000 will be allowed to
join at frs. Those will be chosen
from among fascist who have given
the best profits of courage, self sac
rifice and high moral qualities. The
officers will be nominated by royal
decree. In case of war the new mi
litia will form an integral part of
the army. The new unit will oust
but little, as there will be no pay
except a very small stipend when
the men are employed outside their
home town. The uniform will be
the black shirt of fascist.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
lAE 0UTFIELDER
DIES AT NEW YORK

| York, Dec. 20.-Charley
Ell' famed several years age
'uulelder with baseball fans OF
American league cities, is
y Als home in this city.
-palll made his entrance into
aeflean league as an outfieldel
a Louis. He previously had
va Kansas City. From St
aemphill came to Yankees in
| 'Ih whom he played for foul
FOR a time he was also with
won Red Cox.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20

say it can't be done until we tell
you"
The women of our city are big
enough to succeed when every one
else fails.
1t seems certain that with this
new aspect and the expressed de-
termination to keep the schools 60
ing that Palatka has measured up
to her great responsibility, accord
ing to those who know of the de-
velopments. Members of the, Ro-
tary and Kiwanis Clubs and the
Chamber Of Commerce are being
asked to have their wives attend
the Friday afternoon nesting Of
the Womans Club for which an intel
asting programme has been arrang
ed beside the school matter.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
saN EMPLOYEES ARE
akRESTED FOR THIEVERY Y

Jerk, Dec. 20.-Twenty- two
employees at the Brooklyn
a'e We're arrested this morn
Indictments returned several
ago by a federal grand jury
that government property
/. 'siue of more than a million
'Ad been stolen since the war
we're made by agents of the
'ssnt of justice.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
Nal Will Meet
Fllsboro at
Tampa in Contest
By ANNOTATED Pressl

tBy Associated Pressl
|lpa, Dec. 20.-Hillsboro and
high schools, of Tampa and
saVllle respectively, traditional
~ athletics for more than ten
will meet on the golf links
q Saturday, December 80, is
a'ed following the receipt of a
'acatiOn from Duval authori-
pnrming acceptance of terms.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
Storm Warnings
Ordered Along
a Atlantic Coast

Washington, Dec. 20.-Disturb-
ance apparently developing" over
the Florida peninsula, whence it will
more in a northwesterly direction,
the weather bureau announced this
morning, in ordering small craft
warnings displayed on the South At
lantic coast from Charleston, S. c., to
Jacksonville.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
,p,nther Forecast

|, !, md cooler tonight. Thurs
y. ',bably fair; continued cool.
northeast to northwest
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-12-20
Good EUenS2sg-

Play not with man till you
hurt him, nor jest till you shame
him.--R. YearwOOd.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-25
GIRLS
 BAN FLAPPER STYLES

INDIANAPOLIS, May 25. - Con- vinced that most schoolgirls today are sacrificing their health in mad rush to follow the evolution of the flapper prom girl" and "rax," Indianapolis girls in good dressing courses in the public schools have decreed that flap per styles must go. The classes, in line with this verdict, worked out a number of sane" costumes for exhibi- tion at the Indiana Health Exposition at the State Fair Grounds. But they did spare the goalshes, at the same time ruling that they shall be flapless. They turned thumbs down on the high heel. Simmered down, the majority decided upon these standards of dress, named in order of importance: l., 2, appropriateness; 8, comfort; 4, washable quality; 5, sim plicity of design; 6, fastness of color Gingham, crepe, middle cloth, per cales, poplin, pique and linen were ma terials favored.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-25
DECREASE SHOWN IN
 NUMBER OF ANIMALS

DENVER, May 25.-A steady de crease in the number of wild animals that roam the plains, mountains ana forests of Colorado is noted in a re port made to the United States For est Service here by Assistant District Forester John Hatton.
 Despite the fact that many of the animals are protected by State game laws, elks are practically the only ones in the Colorado national forests that have shown an increase in the past year.
 Predatory beasts and eagles, not the hunters rifle, are responsible for the gradual wiping out of vast herds that once were found in the Centen- nial State, the report indicated.
 According to the report there are only 1S3 wolves in the fifteen nation al forests of the State; 437 mountain lions are accounted for, while it is believed that onIy thirty-four grizzly bears remain in the region.
 Beaver and brown bear are holding their own in numbers, but mountain sheep, deer and antelope are rapidly dWindling
 Special observations were made dur ing the past year with view to ex- terminating predatory animals. The coyote is declared to be the worst of fender in this latter class, causing great destruction to sheep, fowl and domestic animals. Because of increas- ing depredations of the coyote, Hatton expresses the belief that this usually cowardly anmal is turning into wolf, The Biological Survey has for several years concentrated it's efforts on ex- termination of the coyote but with little success. Once infesting the plains, the coyotes have taken to the mountains in recent years, where their boldness has increased.
 Many game wardens are urging a more stringent "closed season on deer, elk, and antelope in an effort to preserve these game.
 "Winter refuges" for some animals, where food and shelter are provided should be extended also, according to interested sportsmen.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-25
TODH.S

The face at the window!
 Flo Van Beekman was all alone that night. Her husband had left suddenly on a business trip. This was the chance for which the stage-door rounder of her chorus-girl days had been waiting.
 He had promised himself that ne would have her, and now was his time. And so he sneaked into her home that night-the mask was otf' He was just an animal come to take what he wished.
 She tried to bar the door, but ln vain. And then, just as he was about to have his way
 A face appeared at the window!
 Thrills! Drama! Plot!
 See Alice Brady in "Out or the Chorus.' Also Ham" in the tWo-reel comedy with a kick, "Moonsh1ne. Nothing brewed at home was ever like this "Moonshine" for eVeryDody at the Empress. theater tonight.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-25
GAME ROOSTER KILLS
 CAT IN BITTER FIGHT

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, May 25.-Paul Stevens, of Gallipolis, always knew he had a pretty fine gamecock in Long Tom, the champion of his stable, but now he's willing that he should go out of his class.
 The reason for his confidence is this:
 The other night an old tomcat with a long and honorable fighting record was locked in Long Toms coop by mistake. Tn the morning the owner opened the coop to feed Long Tom and found the lifeless body of the cat
 "Cats, dogs, any animals. They all look alike" Stevens says.