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r r TKfTT1 . "n' 'T- T- t t- r-n- '. !.;;- nOrr- I'.v, T,r-T'. i north rti-X -!;):. e ; ..-im,,s. Tl.wi-s.:, f.u- , .-: tl VcMfrilsy's t :: . : atur.-; i 1 ; -r : : . t . 73 WEST FLORIDA MUST FEED ITSELF! mm J VOL. XX. NO. 137. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IlEL mUm? 1L& Jinsff !If!Mrf1 jf Iff I V F H S DEFIANT BETHMMWIIL). NOTTELLAiMS RUSS SLIDII Bethmann To Reichstag Hints at "No Resti tution' KAISER TRIES TO TAKE BULLECOURT Italy Starts Fight Greek Force Battling In Macedonia Br ASSOCIATED PRESS. The British announce thev renulsed four German attempts to recapture Bullecourt. French and German statements merely announce artillery action in Fiance. Italians announce artillery and also Infantry actions against the Aus trians. The offensive assumed by Italians in the Isonzo region is along a front of nearly twenty-five miles. Italy an nounces considerable progress by her infantrv after violent artillery bom bardments. The battle is still in progress. Fiance announces another success for the Venezelist troops fighting by the side f the French in Macedonia. The Venizelist force captured .two po sitions extending over a front of one thousand yards, and resisted counter attacks. Few Sub Losses. London, May 15. The week's loss es through submarines to be issued tomorrow will be the most favorable in several weeks. The number of ships torpedoed is well below the av erage. The numbed of ships escap ing attack is very large. According to one report, more submarines were sunk in the last week than in the month previous. Speech of Chancellor. Berlin, May 15. In one of the most vigorous speeches before the Reich stag since the outbreak of the war. Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hoilweg bluntly refused to discuss Germany's peace aims as demanded in interpel lations by the conservatives and so cialists. While appreciating the passionate desire of all classes to know the government's views, the chancellor declared he would not be swayed by any pressure from any source. lie said he was not under a rpell of any party or clique. The best interests of the nation demanded the reticence he imposed on himself in the face of the continuous clamor since 1915, be observed. The chancellor briefly reviewed the military situation, declaring it had never been so good since the begin ning of the war. He said that de spite the tremendous efforts of the entente forces he cannot break through on the French front. He said submarines were operating with increasing success. He said Germans can trust with full confidence that the time will come whrn Germany will attain the peace which will brin her liberty to rebuild what the war has destroyed and the unhampered development of German strength so that from all blood, nnd nil anerifiVos the empire and people will rise asrain strong, independent nd unthreatened by her enemies, a bulwark of peace and labor. Peace Rid for Russia. The chancellor received thunderous applause when he said that if Pus- j sia wishes to prevent further blood- ; shed, renounce all violent plans of j conquest for herself, restore durable relations with Germanv, then Ger- ! many would not make this impossible by demands not in accord with the ' freedom of nations. j The chancellor said he would not I "nail down the German empire in all ; directions by the one-sided peace for- j mula, which only comprises one part ; of total peace conditions and vh;rh j renounces successes won by the J bloods of our sons and brothers and leaves all other matters in suspense." j He said on the other hand Germany did not go forth to battle, and was fijrhtlng at present oily to secure ' existence and establish firmly the future of nation. Socialists Have Fprvr Hand. Fetrograd, May 15. The executive committee of the council of workmen and soldiers delecats after d"'s"u-s- in? the internal situation ot Kussia decided by forty-one vot?s atTainst nineteen to favor the paHicipation of representatives of socialist parties in the provisional government Before voting for the participation of socialists m tne Tirovisi mar gov ernment, representatives of the gen- (Continued on Page Three.) To Muster In Local Company Pensacola, May 1."., 1 '.) 1 7 . All members of the Infantry Company, Florida Xational Guard, arc hereby ordered to ; pjx-ar at the Armory Hall. Pt-nsatoia. Fla.. at 7:110 p- rr,., Wi-tliic? 'ay, May lfi, 1:17, at wh'ch time the I'cr.pa-iy will ho mustered into the state service. JAMES F. PHILLIPS, Captain. Military orders have the whole power of the state behind tham, if necessary, to enforce them and all members who fail to appear will be liable to arrest and fine or imprisonment. I ! MUSTER II BP i EWilLlTIA AT In Armory Hall Lieut. Col. Harrison, of Jacksonville, Here For Purpose MOBILIZATION MAY BE NEXT WEEK Milligan Company Muster ed In, Milton Tomorrow; Marianna Friday Lieut-Col--S. P. Harrison reached Pensacola last night and will muster in Captain Phillips militia company tonight at 7:30 in armory hall. Every member is directed to be present on the dot, as the muster m is a long process, and must be com pleted tonight. Mobilization orders of the company are no announced, but it is considered probable that the men will not be moved until some time next week. Lt.-Col. Harrison came here from Milligan, where he mustered in 85 men Tuesday night. The occasion was made a public celebration. From Pensacola, Lieut.-Col. Harri son will go to Milton, where he mus ters in a company tomorrow, and thence to Marianna, where lie musters in a company Friday night. Then he must get back to Jacksonville to mus ter in a machine gun company. STOP SPECULATION IN WHEAT MARKETS BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Chicago, May 15. Action which it is believed will remove an element of speculation from the grt.in market and forestall any steps by the gov ernment, was taken here today at a meeting of representatives of primary grain exchanges of the country. This is accomplished by fixing a maximum price on wheat futures at or under which the sales will be made. Buying will not be permitted except to close accounts. Xo trading in May options of wheat, corn or oats will be per- nutted j except to close deals. PENSACOLA SECOND IN ENLISTMENTS FOR NAVY According to a bulletin from th'j head office at Montgomery, Tensa cola stands second as a recruiting center for the week ending May 10, tying with not nan. i ne acceptea e accepted men here numbered nine, although thirty six had made application for enlist ment. The report showed th? fol lowing results: Appli cants ".'.'.lis ...17 . . . GO . . . 5 ...1" . . . 6 Enlist- Station Montgomery . . . Pensacola Dothan Mobile Sclma Phoenix Huntsv'lle Traveling party ments 20 o 1 1 0 Attention of all stations, in a e':il rirev.lnr i. ra'fil to tbf spe fact men j that onlv specially desirable : TI T ' s-hould be accepted in the ratings of i meaning home, which was adopted. '. apprent'ce seamen, landsmen for yeo-j MacWilliams then led a briliant de ' men and hospital apnrentices. second fense of the bill, claiming that sena class. All men in these ratincrs will torial courtesy had been wa'ved, and i be placed on temporary furlough and sent back to their homes if they live near a sub stat on. Other men will bent sent on to the training stations. Waivers will not b? granted for ap plicant k hese l-atings. Sill Pflqq Q LEGISLlTiMi This Board Will Consist Of Three Men and Three Women SIMILAR MEASURE PENDING IN SENATE Joe P. Roberts Appointed! To Succeed Registration Officer Cook Tallahassee Bureau, Pensacola Journal. nr i i i -r - ... ! ing practically he entire morning" in debate the house this afternoon pass- ed the convent inspection bill, which provides for a board composed of three men and three women, of dif ferent denominations, to inspect all schools, colleges, hospitals, convents and all other like institutions. A similar bill is in the senate with j a favorable report from the educa- ; tion committee. Among the bills sent ; to the senate today from the house ' is a bill repealing the Bryan nrimarv! law, which will be considered Tues day. W'ould Call up Fogarty Bill. ucvciai AULiie ciiiempis were maue in the house this afternoon to call up governor to send in all nominations i miioner Gandy stated that he would Senator Trammel! and Congress-I6..- f" 1 ""i11 on:1 1 rnVo rror w man Kehoe called on the commission firmation, and Lewis, of Jackson, ! ly "l"""uru , V1"1":": "x " ociimc uiu nuu iusKeu umi iu oe re ferred to the juliciary committee. Opponents of the measure, fearing that it would be reported favorably, protested strenuously and considera ble excitement ensued. The bill went to judiciary B and was immediately reported favorably. In the night session the house had under consideration the bank guaran ty law, recommended by the govern or in a special message, and it was ; i. 1 .p.... i 1 V,,nn Sate, acd upon reconsideration, as u;ciiii n.ikicu The bill to extend powers of tax commission was again taken up and the house adjourned while the de bate to strike the enacting clause was its height. Governor Catts this afternoon ap pointed J. P. Roberts, Jb., of Pensa cola, to succeed X. B- Cook as regis tration officer. Work on Tax Measure. Work on the new tax measure is nracticalv comnlete. and the details are being checked by a sub - commit - tee. It is expected that the bill will be presented simultaneously in the senate and house, either Thursday or Friday, and a committee will pass on it soon. One Vote Against Governor. Only one dissenting vote was cast in the senate against over-riding the governor's veto to a bill extending the time of completion of the revis ion of the general statutes of the , state, that being by Alexander, Volusia the commission on revision at close of the 1 i 1 ." session and in a senate that, aside 1rom revising r . : . . r .i fpMTi T-nv-iainr 1h.il statutes, he was annotating them, which consumed greater time than j was expected, and he asked for ex- ' tension. The b;ll passed both houses and was vetoed by Governor Catts. j who said in his message that a com- j mission of three should be appointed ! to finish the work. It is expected j ..-... - . ...... ...... lat the house wul the v eto : also. Crowd Hears Debate. With galleries packed with inter ested spectators expecting a spectac lar debate, the far-'ous Tumbull coun ty division question was decided by the senate after two hours of debate by indefinitely "postponing the bill. This action came as a climax to one of the hottest county division fights ever staged in the capital, during which Senator Alexander, of Volusia, and Representatives Putnam and ,'lShoitz were hned on opposite sides. On consideration of the bill, which had already passed the- house, Sena tor Mac Williams offered an amend ment, changing the name from Turn bull to Immokolee, an Indian word it must be decided on its merits- Alex ar.der replied, and the debate became j general. There is some talk ot re consideration, and it is confidently (Continued on Page Three.) Aged Angler Falls Own Camp Gus Villar, aged 7 ' years, father of Char. ViH3r. and Mrs. Missouri Carter and Mrs. Virginia Murphy, and who has a number of other relatives in city and county, was found dead at l' a. m., at a point near the Iveid of the 1 .11 1 1 . Pa.-.u yesterday bv a searching party. His body was badly burned. Mr. Villar, an anient fisherman, went alone the day before to try h:s luck for the linny tribe. He is thought to have become numbed, for it was seen that he had built up a fire, and was rendered helplcs by an attack of vertigo and fell in the fire H- was lying across the blackened coals j when found, and a considerable por- tion of his body was fearfully burned I A report of the discovery was tele- j phoned the police station, and 'he! information was later passed on to j Constable Jones, who made an in- ; TY BOARD Spend $100C0( n BridSeS ' PfODOSed. Pavment At i. ' - Rate $10,000 A Year At the meeting of the county com- j missioners, who convened on Tues-; day morning in regular session, Judge i A. C. Blount appeared before tha ! board on behalf of the Gulf Beach! Highway and requested that several j sandy places in the county road lead- j ing to the highway be repaired to!,. lacuitaie auto traiiic to tne DarDecue U - hich will be held June 1st. Com- i repairs this week, but doubted wheth-1 er it would be possible to do so with; ,.;t,i , , -,.' the limited road force at his disposal.; I Ben S Hancock tendered the Gulf Beach Highway force and the work l will ha rlnna at no hxr ihn ,-,,;- ed forces of the highway committee nnd tb mimtv. JnAcra Titvuni- oti t? v n.,f iol addressed the board regarding the law recently enacted by the legisla-i ture authorizing the county commis- sioners to pay $4,800 to the Gulf t 1, UViiIi ti LUIIlJIltttt; UlJtUl HJIll- an,i acceptance of the road. he hoard &A & rr3olution au. tii it . i . i ' i nnon nrrpnt.inre nf the rnavi of In settlement of the controversy in regard to a road through th, prop- crty of Stringfield brothers, the board granted n road running east and west of the property. Representative James M. Johnson addressed the board in regard to bills; before the legislature', viz.. the bud-j get law, the county depository bill, the bill fixinir the salaries of countv , eornn-iissioners. and hill mithori7.mo- i the county commissioners to issue i time warrants. The board requested j him to have an amendment inserted j in the latter bill, requiring a sinking fund for the retirement of warrants in the sum or ten t housanri no :irs and interest each year, for ten years - A communication was received from the economic department of the Home Defense League, requesting assist ance in plowing and cultivating the i land which has been secured bv the league for farming purposes, but on j I advice of the county attorney, it was decided that under the present budget worif as a ooay, out lnaiviaua.iy tne commissioners were heartily in favor K r niv our gnn ,frtnl,i W . . oil . l " 1 1 iu vv . i . u cum "uiu uu 10 their power to help the league. FIRE DISVROYS N. Y. NAVY YARD BUILDING nn iiSiiiii I W W W V is IETI1G BT iPPOCIATKn PRESS. New Ycrk, May 15 Fire of im'!npirnirAT i T)ArP known oririn starting tonight in the ! 1 fcilJ ALULA DUIJ WilU five-story Drick receiving building at ! the Xew i'ork navy yard, destroy- j ed the stricture and caused a loss ! which will probably amount to hun- j dreds of thousands dollars. The in-1 terned ueiman steamers nearoy were not damaged. POTATO SHORTAGE IS FELT IN GERMANY j Corenhcfren, May 15 Via London, The potato shortage in Germany; Is making itself felt. The bureau or tocKi coitroi nas Deen able to sup ply a five-pound ration per week in the Berlir and Westphalia industrial districts, but bitter complaints are coming frini various other sections. In manr sections of Bavaria, ac cording ti reports to the reichstag, the potatt ration is only 24 ounces weekly. Hie Hamburg ration is now three pouids, and the sister city of Altona hai been placed fcr the next week on : pound and a half allowance. Across His Fire and Is Killed vest: jra tion. It was found that the conditinus surrounding his death weie; as detailed above. Chas. Bell, one of th- Tnembers of the party which found the body, telephoned the r.for rr.at:on to the police station. Mr. Villar, it seems, did not return home when expected. His continued absence caused a natural apprehen sion for his safetv, and a partv of boys located the bodv as stated. He wa? widely-known throughout city and his death is universally gretted. A telegram at a late hour nounced that an onlv sister of i,iie re- an- de-! ceased is in a hospital in Mobile, and! unable to be here, so it was decided j to hold the funeral at 10 o'clock this) morning, services to take place at the , home on Little Rayou, and the inter-j ment to be made in the Union Hill; cemetery, Myrtle Grove Florida Delegation Assured By Interstate Commerce Ccanmission Of This Washington Bureau. Pensacola Journal. Washington, May 15. A hearing before the interstate commerce com- ; mission in Washington at 12:30 p. m., 1 May 22nd, for the Melon Growers'! Association on the question of cars ; rr- sMn.-r,,, tv, f tv, ,vio0a u.oe 0onn- tH w Lonrressman Walter Kehoe, of Florida. 7" .ilafcl. to handle this crop which must be i i v j xZ v . r . , crop which must be handled in the period of six weeks, I commencing about June 10th. i Senator Fletcher called on the com - Tnisinn lnef uwlf -ind tno-pther thev j have received assurance that the i rot imission will take rbartre cf the r eifufltinn fnv tha moVn movptr-ont from r londa. Free Delivery at Panama City. Congressman Kehoe was advised i by the postoffice department today ! il .ui;.,.n. cn.,'.-n ! liuiw inc mail ucuvci v : i vi. 1 been ordered established at Panama City, Florida, commencing about July aaa ,t uri nyip S75,UJU IN MliLUilS , ' IN GRACEVILLE spkcial. To thk jot-rnal. Graceville, May 15. Several hun dred melon growers met here las Saturday to take some action in re trard to the threatened car famine 'for moving the melons which will be ! ready for shiment about June l'J.h. . A. I). Campbell, president of the Firs, ! Xational Bank; M. L. Collins, presi- dent of the West Florida Melon and iruckers Association, were cnosen to ' go to Washington and appear before tne interstate commerce commission and to urge that body to compel th northern and eastern lines to return to the I.. & X. railroad empty vents and refrigerators in order thac same may be used to move th melons when really for shipment The melon crop being the money crop in this section, representing from $50,000 to $75,000, much concern is being manifested. The L. fc X. railroad has only f7 er cent of their cars on their lines. FOOD CONSERVATION . BILLS CONSIDERED i j Washington, May 15. The senate I today beiran consideration of the first" of the administration's food con I servation bills, that of appropriating one million and a half dollars WILL SERVE COUNTRY Henry Thiesen, son of C. Thiesen, of this city, was among the Pensa colian3 in Xew York on the arrival of Marshal Joffre. Mr Thiesen, who bia University, is a rraduate o? Columb v.-as one ot the six nunarea uoiumoia students who offered their services to the government in the war crisis. As a member of the officers' re- j serve corps he was one of those act- mg as a mii.tary guard wnen iiar shal Joffre was presented with de grees from Columbia, Jack Thiesen, who is a teacher in the Tech high school, of Atlanta, re cently organized one hundred and thirty bovs into a school company, and has been regularly commission- j ed. holdinir the rank of maior in the T'n ed States mnior marine corns, - . . junior Mr.Thies en is subject to orders, should the government need bis services- I f-i i r- ni-rif nnnni V rft Y UiHS I LLII I I umiu FOR HELMS! i 11 1 iuUIir LU t i SPUGED IETE LL FUHD Blue and Gray in Reunion June 4, At Washington, Great Event j OCCASION ALMOST ! WITHOUT PARALLEL Reminiscences of Old Days, And How the Opposing Soldiers Fraternized As delegates to the reunion of United Confederate Veterans, which convenes in Washington, June 5, 6 and 7, Adjutant W. A. Pawls, J. X. Eubanks and J C. spoon, ol Ward ( amp n. 10, will leave Pensacola on third. -undav. :une PIECIAL TO THE JOCRNAI.. Washington. D. C, May 15. With patriotism bubbling at the '.cil'rvi point, the committee in charge of th 27th annual reunion of th- ! -i't ! Confederate Veterans, to be h-?Id !v?r. the week beginning June 4, nror ( to ir.aKe tne occasion one ot juoiia- ! tion of the blue and the crav. Col. Robert X. Harper, central hairmu believes the gathering; at the ranit" of the soldiers of Dixie at that t;,o and their cordial greeting by th veterans of the G. A. will be ! valuable object les.on to tr he Ap"v; ican voucn una win sive iiu i . .i.7 :i i.- e r.viv- in i ,r 3 " ' j -any prominr.i litres i ti" j UI1,.on sde of the Civil War ar;- en- ! trmr heartily into the Spirit tlir Confederate reunion, commending th- Plan ot noiamrr it at the nations can ! ital city, and the renew ed sentiment: of loyalty to the flat? expressed by the former ficrhters in gray. Among those who have written pneouragin-r letters are "Corporal" Tanner, Col. Myron M. Parker, former commar-der-in-chief of the Grand A-riy or the Republic, and Gf i. Eii Turvnc , of Minneapolis. Minn. In a recent letter Col. Hilar'- A Herb.-rt, chief ni'irsbrd federate reunion, in vluh tial sum of money war em- tb Cor a si;b;i-o.-ed, C .1'1. - era! Torrance said: "I heart'Mv apneriatt and ."ever? vour cordial invitation eveneed to j --ne by you to sharp with yen and vo.ir j former comrades in anr.s, t'ae pleas - ; i cres and -ood fellowship incident U ; the 27th annual reunion of the United . i Cone'lerate Veterans to be held at Washington next June. Without Parallel. fhe event will bo most significant and without parallel in the world's history. It commands the heartMt approval of the people of the l'mtf-1 States in every part of the roi.mtrv. It will demonstiate to tb.p world, now in the throes of the might:e.st war of the ages, that love reitrns and hatred is dead. It will illustrate the complete triumph of a free peonle over their prejudices, and their will ingness and ability to adjust their own differences, however trreat they may be. It will be a pledge strong er than treaties and constitution that the American people will ror-"' remain united in a common purju. to preserve and promulgate '.he prir ciples of our civil and religious libcrt., to the end of time. "May the welcome extended t veterans of Lee and Jacksm iu the r compeers, come from the na-1 tion'ft heart, a-ul mav the memor of the reunion held as the evening sha - dows deepen, be forever eher-.shed as one of the most precious events in I our country's annals. 1 "As evidence that the sentiments j herem expressed tre fully shared bv i my Minnesota friends, I enclose with j their pood wishes $100 to be used i in entertaining the visitins' Confed- ' prater in -irh manner as mav be i deemed best, and I also enclose comrades j m blue" to b I flora! tribute u blue" to be used in placing pon the praves of the YOUTHO Confederate dead at Arlington " Instruction. Col. Herbert, former secretary of ; the navy and member of roncres?! Attention, Veterans, for several terms, served gallantly i All members of Camp Ward, U. C. as lieutenant colonel of the 8th Ala-' v., are requested to attend the funer bama Confederate regiment. His ie-!al services of our beloved comrade. ply to the eloquent letter of Gen.; Torrance was equally expressive. He wrote: Hate Turned to Love. "Your letter carried me back to January, 1863, when the pickets guarding uen. eurnsiae s lines aiongiand an wno have uniforms are ex i the Rappahannock, and those pruard !?... T.t; it . il .r.i r rr.g Lees lines on me souin siue oi that narrow river, had ceased to (Continued on Page Three) NAT. 11? w PASSES MY ; Succumbed To An Illness i Of Several Weeks ! Duration FUNERAL TODAY; ; SCHOOLS ATTEND : Remains Of Old Soldiers, To Be Followed To Grave By Hundreds N'athan Burrell Cook, years, after aa il'nrss of r-nm passed away at (:i: oVlo-k red .v: week1". Tu-!ay N'o. :.z morninir, :u !::s late nomo. Kast tr t. He Co..1: is .-urviv? ! and thvco Cook an I 1 n.-acol;1., (i-lu:r.b'i-. by oa" u.'i.uiri1.' e Mrs. h and M; Ga. The v U vi 'in. V. 11, . ; ; iiril, of rviee. he i' -KK ti.id ? made ! i to b f'lO j.a! W: -:i 1 T ' J I a. a. i; v-vL-- Afti 11-. l--t. J o'-.ii A. t; . M'.,l. Muirl- R:v-f. w:ir, eeia ivd V,,-r nan W'l.. Wit a,d foi C )U!i 1" rt:uc'i, he -. -: tration eount,". gener:;! -.v'thout :?!(' V P 1 : ' lli ! u-.tv -"'-isl l it V o-tv as apnoi't iijsion"rs to ' ' rat ion of :;: r. Mr. Coek en - ;a s. ' !-,IOIT 'of Hi' of Vi iat office i l-cc-rd V ' tne 'i I CI'!'- f t' ier v .- vect iv,. ho, id t.. , : tron ' f I-.-"., p'r;n-ib- h- n.le t- tw.l bis !:.. death, tnat iie r,rist.r;i- .va.-i too 1 oil 'V. :rv. lii.-' i -1 -. wa.- M'ill'l 'i i red f I'm r; "h'n-. Km - iO.M .,-t f riei d :i'. t! ! p.. t aid f'-i. r.-i!1y. pri-1!. . -i will l-e of (;,inj.-. - ;-li,--.; of: i- m i s. h.-l t'v1 arm x i (;-d,.;'en af'ernoon street - . and at :15 o'elof k t1 tend in a body th- he'd at the h-v-ie. r: pep.irPF to be rr-.er nf Alraniz and Gadsden stret. Everybody knew biu and loved . He wri- a .-oMIer who never got the days of :-t rife of lSf.l-.NTt. a ad always attended reunions of the veterans. He v.-n born at Harn"' i!l Ala.. July 20. lKr.5. and at th ou threak of the eii war he enlisted in the Sixth Alabama ree-iment. nnd aw service at the front for the flajr for trar and ifhteen months. He was then erred to the hospital service a.s then stationed at Charleston the close of the war. j un - Attention, Teachers and Pupil. All teachers and pupils are r--jUsted to meet at the Rnnex, cor ner GuillenmrJe and Gadsden streets at S:15 o'clock, and attend in a bodv the funeral of former Superinten dent of Fuhlic Instruction X. B. ' Cook Th'8 also includes the teach er ;i and pupils of any county schools who ; may care to attend. a' A. S. bliWAKIb. j County Superintendent of Public and for bo rr.anv vears our esteemed commander. X. B. Cook, at 4 o'clock 0n Wednesday afternoon, from the j residence. ! Visiting veterar.3 are invited to ' jom us. Camp badges will be worn, pected to wear them. Bv order of F. C. EOXIFAY. Acting Commander. RAWLS, Adjutant. W. A.