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VOL. XI. Member Associated Press. West Palm Beach, Florida, Wednesday Morning, October 29, 1919. Single Copy Five Cents.

THE PALM BIG FISHING CAMP SEWER TRFMFrjnmiR nrvFi nPMFMT AnTivmFS street and Y. M. C. A. TEAMS WILL MOBILIZE TODAY AT LAKE PARK TO PUT OVER CAMPAIGN I IlklllLIIUUUU UklkkUl nihil! wiiiiiiwwi nii er kelsev mid bi Drive for Local Organization Launched Last Night In Rialto Theater Funds to Buy Lot for Building and Aid in Employment of District Secretary Sought.

Army of Men Clearing Site of Kelsey City Demonstration Farm Planned Harry L. Kelsey Is Building Fine Home in Palm Beach Lumber- Ans Ooerations Contemplated. Run All Knockers Out of Florida and Build for Permanent Prosperity, Admonished B. C. Riley, Director General Extension, University of Florida.

yr Harrv I. Krlsev. of the Boston-PHin Harry L. Kelsey, of the Boston-Pi rtV SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE NATION II Building for a fishing camp George W. Jonas and associates are erecting at West End, in the Bahama Islands, is 100 feet square and is being constructed of stone found on the island.

This building will be made to serve the purpose of the fishing camp this season; next season, when the big hotel is built, it will be used as the kitchen and dining room. Mr. Jonas says he is ready to put boats on a run to the islands as soon as the inlet is open. RESIGNS BACOM'S POINT POST-OFFICE TO ACCEPT POSTMAS-TERSHIP AT RIVIERA Appointment of Mrs. W.

M. Bacom as postmaster at Riviera awaits the acceptance of her resignation as postmaster at Bacom's Point. The Bacom Point resignation was given in several weeks ago and the petition of an applicant has gone in. Nothing is known locally as to the reason for the delay in action. The Bacom Point office pays $400 a year.

PUY BALI OH POINCIANA FIELD Palm Beach High Organizes Team to Play Regular Woman's Team High-Class Twirling to be Feature of the Game Thursday Afternoon. In bran new suits, two recently organized base ball teams will play at Poinciana diamond at three o'clock Thursday afternoon. A team has been organized to play the high school base ball team. Members of the new team and their positions on the nine are ritcher, Ruth Hooker; catcher, Florence Lcsher; first base, Amy Hultz; second base, Evelyn McQueen third base, Edna Lesher; right field, Marion Collins left field, Ortna Snyder short stop, Laura McQueen; center field, Lc-nella Juergen. Don't Move Lights Is Carpenters' Plea Members of the carpenters' union want Clematis avenue left alone.

They think it a beautiful street and they want the electric light standards to stay right where they are. A communication to that effect was sent to the city commissioners and read at the meeting last night. The communication said. "Noticing a letter in The Post this morning relating to parking room in our progressive city and thinking that the moving of the lights out of the center nf Clematis avenue would he a detriment to the only beautiful street we have, we, the members of organized labor, appeal to the honorable city com missioners to do all in their power to find other parking spaces and not disturb the lights on Clematis avenue, and also that bicycle racks remain the same." The communication is signed by the three locals that make up the Building Trades Council: Gust A. Jeske, president, and Charles Parmclee, secretary of No.

452 A- H- Lanenborg, president, and T. Harney, secretary of No. 1951 and Edward L. Stephan and George 0. Vickery for No.

819. The writer of the communication to The Post no doubt is complimented by the seriousness with which his suggestion was considered. Elks Will Answer Roll Call Tonight Every Elk within the jurisdiction of West Palm Beach lodge is expected to attend the regular meeting tonight, to answer to roll call. Throughout Elk-dom the last meeting in October is made roll call meeting, and each member of the order is expected to report to the nearest lodge. It is the practice of many lodges to report to the home lodges the names of visitors, in addition to reporting to the grand lodge the number of visitors.

H. A. Bennett, exalted ruler of the local lodge, said yesterday that the home lodge of each visitor would be notified that a member of the distant lodge had attended roll call here. 'There will be no initiations tonight, as candidates are initiated at the first meeting in each month. Copies of the grand lodge resolutions on Americanism were received yesterday.

Lodges are directed to have a framed copy of the resolutions in the lodge room and 'the club room. Ladies met Monday night and will meet again Monday evening of next week to plan their work in connection with the bazaar that is to be given at a date yet to be fixed. (By Associated Press.) Washington, October 28 After an ovation by both houses of congress today, when they were visited by the Belgian royal family. King Albert was decorated by Secretary Baker with the American Distinguished Service IMPROVEMENTS III BY ISSUER In the absence of Mayor F. Dun kle, who went to Indianapolis, to attend a meeting of city managers and who is to stop at Atlanta on his way hoinc, Commissioner George N.

Hatch presided at the regular weekly meeting of the commissioners night. The commissioners' room, formerly known as the council chamber, had an odd appearance as contrasted with the old days when the president of the council sat on the dais and his seven associate councilmen grouped themselves around the big table. With Commissioner W. G. Hager the only person seated at the table, and Mr.

Hatch presiding, and few spectators present, the room looked too big for its size. Ten resolutions were read and passed authorizing street improvements in Palm Beach Heights and sewer exten sions in tliat subdivision and in a block abutting Myrtle street, the latter being to accommodate the recently-erected Cooley-Collins building. Petition was received from 15 residents of Datura street in the Freshwater Lake addition asking for street lights the petition was referred. An inspector for the State Board of Health delivered an address of great length on the necessity of screening food products. With Chief of Police Matthews he had visited stores and found bad conditions.

As the city has no ordinance covering the matter he read in full a model ordinance, the passage of which he recommended. Slowness of plumbers was remarked upon in a verbal report by Commissioner Hager, who is trying to have repairs made at the city park. INTERNATIONAL IN SESSION TODAY (Special to The post) Washington, Oct. 28. The first of the international bodies created by the treaty of Versailles to meet in America, the International Labor Conference, convenes here tomorrow.

Its sessions are expected to continue practically a month and to lay the foundation of a world-wide movement for the improvement and standardization of workers. in opening the conference, Secretary of Labor Wilson will describe the as sembly as "the conference of the pro cess of being organized," it was said. Ihrouuh this interpretation, it was I pointed out, the provision of the treaty callinc: tor tne opening or sucn a con ference on October 29 will be fulfilled and justified, and advantage will be taken of the power of the United States, as organizer of the conference, to admit nations which have not yet ratified the treaty. SENATE OVERRIDES PRESIDENT'S VETO (By Associated TreRR.) Washington, Oct. 28 With today's action of the senate in overriding the President's veto of the prohibition enforcement bill, the Department of Justice is ready to deal with any offenders against the drastic provisions of the new act, which fixes one-half of one percent as the legal limit of alcoholic content.

The President's announcement that, as soon as the German peace treaty is ratified, he will lift the wartime prohibition ban, drew from the prohibitionist forces the statement that they would not attempt to block the treaty simply to keep the ban on liquor. Passage over the President's veto of the national prohibition enforcement law and the taking effect of the law will not have any effect on the local sale of the near-beers that are retailed here. A draft liquor served at Wo Kee's bar and the bottled goods contain not more than one-half of one percent of alcohol and their sale is, therefore, permitted. Garage Proprietors Organize Association Garage proprietors and dealers in automobile accessories have organized a local association with the following officers President, W. E.

Magers, of the West Palm Beach Garage. Vice-President, George W. Fowler, of George W. Fowler Company. Secretary and Treasurer, Riley Mc-Clain, of McClain's Garage.

Committee was appointed, consisting of C. J. Vass, H. Phil Bryan and G. C.

Barco, to draft by-laws and regulations. Messrs, Griffin, Stockton Bryan and Braley were made a committee on entertainment and place of next meeting. YOUNG FORD NOT ALARMED AT KIDNAPPING PLOT (By Assnrtatert Press.) Detroit, October 28 Edsel Ford, when told this afternoon of a plot to kidnap him and hold him for ransom, characterized it as the best joke he had heard for a long time. I London, October 28 The govcrn- ment tonight received a vote of con-I fidence from the House of Com-I mons. I BY GREAT ME Muskegon, October 28 With four known dead and six or more missing, only time can bring an accurate account of the toll taken by the great seas which this morning lifted the Crosby passenger steamer, City of Muskegon, and dashed her to pieces on the piers at the entrance to Muskegon harbor.

Caught by a gigantic wave as she was trying to make this harbor after riding out a terrific gale on Lake 'Michigan last night, the ship crashed into the south pier at Muskegon channel this morning and sank in less than ten minutes, carrying to death at least 12 of her passengers and crew. The exact number of dead has not been determined but may reach 20. The bodies of four men and three women have been washed ashore and the beach for miles is being patrolled for additional victims. The crash came without warning, most of the passengers being caught in their staterooms. The lights went out and the screams of women passengers added to the confusion.

Then followed the scramble for safety. Most of the passengers escaped by jumping from the deck to the pier. Steamer Sinks at Mobile Mobile, October 28 The steamer Mundale of the Munson Steamship sank in twenty seven feet of water at her pier here this afternoon. Officials refused to make any comment, but it was unofficially reported that the seacocks were open, and when the ship took a decided list to port, water rushed into the hold. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT TO DFATH BY (Special to The Post) Miami, October 28 Mrs.

Mary KIu-dow, a widow seventy years of age, was accidentally shot and killed by her son Hans Kludow while seated at the breakfast table yesterday morning in her home six miles northwest of this city. This tragedy was the result of the accidental discharge, of her son's automatic rifle in an adjoining room separated only by a curtain. The first knowledge of the deadly result of his shot was conveyed to Hans Kludow bv hearing his mother's exclamation of "Oh, God! Oh, God Dr. J. G.

Du-puis, of Lemon City, was immediately summoned by telephone but Mrs. Kludow has passed away before be could reach the scene of the accident. The son was examining the gun prior to killing a cow, when it went off with fatal results. An inquest was held the same afternoon. SEAPLANE FLYING FROM NEW YORK TO PALM BEACH New York, October 28 The inauguration of an air freight service between New York and Havana began today when a seaplane carrying a hundred thousand dollars worth of fountain pens left for Havana.

Slops enroutc include Savannah, Jacksonville, Palm Beach, Miami and Key West. Rockaway, N. Aclolicr 28 Ensign Lambert Hewitt arrived in a seaplane today from Cape May, completing a recruiting trip from I'ensacola. After a week's overhauling, he will return in company with another machine, which recently completed the first half of the journey. Houseboat "Nepthis" Put In Commission The Nepthis, Gurnce Muim's house boat, which was taken off of Fowler's ways Monday, was brought to the Atlantic Fish Company's docks yesterday and is being made ready by Captain Wheeler for the arrival of the owner, who is expected November 28.

Mr. tin is now at Radnaw, Pa. Captain Wheeler has just returned from service in France. The Nepthis was built in Malhis', Camden, N. shipyards in the spring of 1916 and was brought into Lake Worth on the maiden trip.

The boat is 43 feet by 11-foot beam, draws .30 inches, is equipped with four-cycle 30 horse-power Lamb engine, and has a speed of eight miles. She has been laid up for the past three years on account of the war. Mr. Munn is having a $75,000 house built on the Palm Beach side. 1 I Campaign to raise $3,000, $2,500 of which is to pay balance due on a lot, has been undertaken by a local committee on behalf of the Young Men's Christian Association.

Five hundred dollars of the sum will be Palm Beach county's contribution to a fund for the maintenance of a district secretary and a "Hi-Y." At 9 o'clock this morning the following captains and members of teams are expected to meet at the Lake Park hotel to select names of persons they will call upon for subscriptions to the fund: Team No. 1. L. G. Biggcrs, captain; O.

M. Carmichacl, Curtis Chillingworth. A. B. Hartsfield, J.

W. Harwood and Harry Hauck. Team No. 2. L.

D. Hughes, captain Lee J. Smith, Frank Anderson, R. E. Dougherty, Frank A.

Pettibone and A. C. Adams. Team No. 3.

B. D. Cole, captain; John Budge, S. D. Morris, W.

L. Hal-sey, Leland Hatch. Team No. 4., Mrs. Frank Anderson, captain; Miss Eversole, Miss Grace Cook, Miss Celia Grant, Mrs.

I. G. At-well. Team No. 5.

Mrs. E. C. Thompson, rantain; Mrs. J.

A. Edwards, Mrs. W. E. Compton.

Team No. 6. Palm Beach Phi! Clarke. Jerome E. Widcman has been appointed county chairman to have charge of the campaign, by J.

B. McDonald, the district chairman. Mr. Widemau presided at a meeting held at the Lake Park yesterday afternoon at which cap- tians and teams were appointed. Substantial progress already has been made, several citizens having made contributions of $100 each.

There is a county committee which has been carrying forward for several months the plans which are to culminate in the erection of a Y. M. C. A. build-ITig in this city.

The members of that committee are (udge Donnell, C. H. Ellis, F. A. Guild, II.

E. Robinson, Chas. M. Gruber, D. F.

Dunkle, Dr. C. H. Pettibone and W. J.

vonBehren. Meeting La3t Night In explanation of and to promote the movement for an extension of Y. M. C. A.

work, Dr. J. White, of Miami, pastor of the Baptist church, addressed an audience at the Rialto theater last night. Alec Riach, secretary of the Miami contributed to the enthusiasm of the meeting by his solos and his leadership in songs. Judge E.

B. Donnell presided. At the conclusion of Dr. White's address Judge Donnell reminded the audience that no deception had been employed people had been invited to come and hear of the program for extension of work among boys and young men, but they had not been asked for money. He explained that a drive was under way in all of the southern states, and that Palm Beach county's quota was $3,000, all of which was to be expended in this county.

Members of the audience were asked to keep in mind what Dr. White had said and let it influence them in their decision when they were asked to make contributions by the solicitors who are to canvas the city. "It is time for people to stop their Lears to the talk of the shortcomings of tne i in the army, Dr. White said to the audience in the course of his address at the Rialto theater last evening. "People should remember that the undertook canteen work at the request of General Pershing; I suppose there were some unfit men in the, organization there usually are unfit men in 'most all organizations.

But the function of the is spiritual and recreational, and I have never heard that the fell down on that in the army or anywhere else. "I feel that I owe a debt of gratitude to the Y. M. C. A.

for it was at college praper that I was converted. "The Y. M. C. A.

is needed to supplement the home, the church and tho school. Teachers are with pupils for but a few hours; it is in the time boys are out of school that the can be of service to them. Teachers ought to be better paid, but there wouldn't be any better teachers even if they were paid larger salaries, for teachers are not in the profession because of the money there is in it, Teachers and preachers are two classes of people who must not go on a strike." Something of lack of sympathy of attention mothers pay to children in these days of woman suffrage. "'The twins have fallen in the a servant said to a mother. 'Get the last number of the Mother's Magazine; there's a perfectly splendid article in it on 'How to Bring up The churches can best supplement their religious work by co-operating with the the speaker said, instead of installii" in their buildings equipment duplicating that of the Y.

PACKERS INVEST LARGE SUMS IN NEW YORK HOTELS (Hy Axsoclntml Press.) Chicago, October 28 Letters indicating that the big Chicago packers had invested large sums in large hotel companies, especially in New York, apparently for the purpose of selling them provisions, were introduced today at the Interstate Commerce Commission's hearing on the National Wholesale Grocers' Association's complaint that the packers get special service from tho railroads. Beach Development Company, is having a $75,000 residence erected in Palm Beach a store-room on Clematis avenue is being remodeled to he fitted as the office of the development company; and 125 men are at work clearing the site of Kelsey City, eight miles north, planting forage crops and preparing a demonstration farm. John Knight, ex-county commissioner, a successful Boynton farmer and experienced in growing truck on both sand and muck, will have charge of the 20-acre demonstration farm for the Bos ton-Palm Beach Development Company. On the 100.0(H) acres that Mr. Kelsey bought at a cost of a million and a half dollars in August of this year four saw mills are to be located to work up the timber as the land is cleared to be put in shape for farming.

One of the mills that is to be used is the Damon sawmill at Prarie two mills are to be located on Military Trail and the fourth at a point yet to be selected. Contracts already have been made with the owners of mills. A planing mill will be located at Kelsey City to handle part of the output of the mills and turn out material for the building operations on the townsite. Mr. Knight will also have supervision of the lumbering operations.

Five specimens of the various types of soil-sand, raw, raw muck, seasoned muck, clay and loam were sent yesterday by Mr. Kelsey's agricultural superintendent. J. D. Clark, to the Boston office of the development company.

Plans for the dairy barns have been (prepared and approved by Mr. Kelsey, whose arrival is awaited that selection of site may be made and construction proceeded with A Fordson tractor was put to work yesterday plowing a tract of land in Prosperity Farms for setting to forage crops. There are 700 acres in the body of land that is now being prepared for immediate cultivation. Dr. H.

C. Hood, a local specialist on citrus, is selecting stock for groves that are to be es tablished in other tracts in the Boston-Palm Beach Development Company's holdings. Work started this week on Mr. Kelsey's residence in Primavera on the lake front, near the original Clarke house. The work is being done under the direction of C.

S. Rice, nf Boston, who looks after Mr. Kelsey's building operations in the north. GENERAL STRIKE MAY BE CALLED BY MIAMI LABOR Miami, October 28 Starting tonight, 27 local unions of Miami will begin voting on the (itestion of calling a general strike in Miami to force the abandonment by Thorpe Knight of the open shop principle in the construction of the new Tamiami hotel at Twelfth street and Avenue (i. This action was decided upon at a meeting of the Central Labor union last night.

The votes must all be in by Thursday night, and in case the majority favors a strike a time for the walk out will.be set by a joint committee composed of five members from the Building Trades council and five members from the central labor union. The vote, will be by individual mcin-hers instead of by locals, "it is said, so that if a majority of Miami union men ask for the strike it will be' called. There are about members of tlm various union locals in Miami, and it is estimated by labor leaders that at least 1.500 laborers and workmen would he thrown out of employment if the strike were called by the stopping of building and industries. 1T 1 mayors 10 welcome Visiting: Aviators Acting Mayor George N. Hatch, one of the city commissioners, has two invitations to welcome aviators to this city in the next few days.

A letter from F. D. Waterman, of New York, president of a fountain pen company, dated October 25, asked that the mayor receive two representatives of the company who are in an aerial delivery squadron that left New York October 27 and is due in West Palm Beach November 1. The airplane will proceed from this city to Havana. Word received yesterday by Mayor George W.

Jonas, of Palm Beach, indicated that a flying boat operated by the Aeromarine Company, of New York, en route from Keyport, N. to Havana and expected here today, might land on the West Palm Beach side instead of across the lake. Mr. Jonas has asked the West Palm Beach police force to be on the lookout and give the assistance that was requested in a telegram from the company yesterday. NO MINE EXPLOSION IN WEST VIRGINIA (T.y Asswinted frosi.l Charleston, October 28 Reports that a serious mine explosion occurred today in Raleigh county.

West Virginia, were emphatically denied tonight by officials of the Stale Department of Mines. "Our first duty is to run out all knockers and build for permanent prosperity, and thus make Florida the best place in which to live; then devise the iest means for the world what we have," was what 15. C. Riley, director of the new General Extension Division of the University of Florida, tnld the members of the Palm Beach Rotary Club at the regular noonday meeting of that association at the Keystone hotel yesterday. Mr.

Riley but recently came to Florida from the University of Ar- B. C. Riley, Director General Extension University of Florida kansas, in which state he organized the largest extension divisioli, with the exception of Texas, to be found in the south. The meeting was presided over by M. E.

Gruber, and was largely attended. In addition to. the general order of business there was discussed the school situation toutihing upon the scarcity of teachers and the lack of accommodations for the many seeking each day for admission as pupils. The condition was declared deplorable. There are many cases where two teachers are handling ninety-five pupils and where one teacher is caring for fifty-four pupils; and it was recited yesterday that one teacher had broken down from the strain, and that another teacher had resigned to accept a more re munerative position.

According 'to the state law a district may borrow up to eighty percent of its known income for the current year but the amount so borrowed must be returned from the receipts of the year no accounts can be made payable from the income of any succeeding year. This condition handicaps the board and, as recited by Principal Bell, opens the way for criticism upon the faculty for failing to hnng about the impossible. here is needed some four thousand dollars to open the requisite number of rooms and secure the needed teachers to carry the term through to a successful termination, and the trustees are unable to borrow it in a legal way. "Something must be done" was unanimously declared but there seemed to be no immediate solution of the problem given at the meeting but the matter was turned over to a committee which will meet with a like committee from the Chamber of Commerce to effect some way out of the dilemma now existing. The announcement, also, was made that the directors of the club had made (Continued on Piute Thrnp) Fought With British All Through the War And Is Coming Home George R.

Conway, who left here in April of 1915 and went direct to London where he enlisted in the world-war, is expected to reach his home in this citv this morning, and his cousins, Mrs. Ford MacCulloch and Mrs. Carl Frond, are anxiously awaiting his home-coming. The young man served three years in the British army in France in the 56th motor corps, and has seen much active service. He has been wounded by shrapnel and this occurred as he was talking to his.

"bud-die." The explosion instantly killed his chum, and severely wounded Conway. After he was discharged from tlie hospital he again plunged into the thick of the fighting, still with the B. E. and was severely gassed. During his absence of four years he kent up a close correspondence with his relatives here whom he has not seen since he left Whitehall to enlist, and the announcement that he was to return on the White Star Ccdric was soon followed by the announcement of his arrival in New York, and the later information that it was probable that he would reach West Palm Beach this morning.

I New York, October 28 The net I income of the Steel Corporation for I the quarter ending September 30, shows an increase of more than 000,000 over the previous quarter, according to today's report, Railway Shopmen, Textile Workers, Train men, Shipbuilders and Railway Porters are Ready to Walk Out- Government Prepared to Cope With Coal Strike. (Th AsHOclfttml I'roHfl) Chicago, Oct. 28. About eighteen hundred workers walked out today at the South Chicago Shipbuilding Plant, the leaders declaring that the company had failed to keen its promises to increase wages from eighty cents to a dollar an hour. Textile Workers Walk Out.

Gastonia, N. Oct. 28. More than seven hundred employes of the Loray Mills, one of the largest textile plants in the south, walked out this morning, due, it is said, to differences with the superintendent. No wage or hour demands were made.

Railway Shopmen Strike. Fitzgerald, Oct. 28. The shopmen of the Birmingham and Atlanta shops struck this afternoon because of an alleged violation of contract with the Railroad Administration which forbids foremen to do journeymen's work. Trainmen Threaten.

Washington, Oct. 28. The strike of the trainmen of the Chicago switching district, called by local union leaders for Thursday unless- certain wage demands arc granted in full, would be wholly unauthorized and without the sanction of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, President Lee, of the Brotherhood said tonight. Pullman Porters Dissatisfied. Washington, Oct.

28. Porters on the passenger trains of the Southern Atlantic Coast Line, the Seaboard Air Line, Chesapeake and Ohio, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac have presented a petition to the Railroad Administration for a general wage increase of not less than sixty-five percent. Government Ready. Washington, Oct. '28.

How to deal with the soft-coal strike in the event of the miners' ignoring President Wilson's cViinmand to stay on the job and not walk out on F'riday night, was definitely agreed to today at a two-hour cabinet meeting. The plan was not disclosed but it was knowiu that the cabinet stood as one man for protection of the rights of the public which would suffer with the closing of the mines. The belief grew here that the Miners' Executive Board meeting at Indianapolis tomorrow will at least postpone the strike, and the hope is expressed in some quarters that the strike will be called off fjv the men who called it. Steel Strike Committee- in Session. Pittsburg, (Jet.

28. The National Steel Strike committee today went over the situation in session behind closed doors, which lasted for several hours. No announcement was made to indicate what the committee thought of the progress of the strike. The steel companies again declared that they were doing belter than last week. Steel Strike Not Lost.

Chicago, Oct. 28. Following a statement by L. F. Titus, member of the steel workers council here, that the steel strikers had lost and the men were going back to work, John Fitz-patrick, chairman of the national committee directing the strike, declared that the strike is won no matter what the outcome may be.

He added that the present struggle is only laying the ground work to future battles. The statement was made by Titus to Col. Mapes, commanding the federal troops, and Titus laid the blame on the army. Federal Troops in Knoxvillc. Knoxvillc.

Oct. 28. "Federal troops were not interested in the merits of the strike and are not here to take the part of either side but are here to preserve order and put down disorder," said Lewis, when he arrived here from Camp Gordon todav with six hundred troops at the request of Governor Roberts, as a result of the street car strike. He (Continued on Page Two).