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T H E W EA T H E R . Fair Monday and Tuesday, moderate northeast winds, fresh on the south coast. Highest temperature yesterday, 65 da grees; lowest, 43 degrees. VOL. XX. NO. 301. nnnn j) UliUUII HOLDING BACK Heavy Guns. Ouick Firers and Aerial Bombs -all Harrass the Germans 'ALLIES RUSHING AID TO ITALY British Have Driven Sharp -Salient Into Turk Troops" Mesopotania D P. fl lift THE '. w ASSOCIATED- PRESS SXTMMARY A General Cadorna's forces are hold- ing back theinvaders along the Tag iiamento by means of his heavy artil lery and quick firers. All along the front the Italian aviator are soating "over the enemy lines, dropping bombs on their ammunition depots and troop formations- The enemy has begun an offensive in the Trentino region, which appears for the moment to be a further menace to the Italian forces. However, France and Britain are rushing aid to their ally, and it is believed reinforcements will arrive in time to repel the invaders. British and French operations at Flanders are confined to minor raids and bombardments. British troops in Mesopotamia have thriven a sharp salient into the Otto man troops northwest of Bagdad, forcing the enemy to withdraw along the Tigres. . . .BRITISH SUCCEED IN TAKING GERMAN POSITIONS. London, Nov. 4. In local actions on the Flanders battle front last night email detachments .jf British troops captured from . Germans two strong defensive points,-east of Bvoodseinde and southeast of Poel CapeHe. NEW GERMAN CHANCELLOR HOLDS TWO CONFERENCES. the new German imperial chancellor, conferred Saturday wita General von Ludendorfr, the chief of the genera staff, and the field marshal, in the presence of several leading parlia mentarians, according to an exchange dispatch. . U: . SPAIN CONTINUES TO BE STRICTLY NEUTRAL. Madrid. Nov. 4. The Spanish Pre- mier, in a statement today, declareo me new nYuuuwi wre same policy of absolute neutrality as the previous governments. NIGHT TRENCH RAIDS nv muT ANn pnvmnv ' : I w.w&.v.M - ---o " v raiding by means of boats or portable vyasnington, xnov. -mignt irenen bridges are not inirequeni occurrences in the floodedportions of the front ilClCI Of Vile UUUJIS. UHlllCil of such featas are told in a cable gram received by the Belgian lega tion. GERMANY WAS NEVER , V SUPREME IN SCIENCE. r "v r a r-- Washington, Nov. 4. Germany never has Deen supreme in scienre, Fjrance and the United States in dis u BliC , T cl' .r j . covery. creative science and mven - - TT . . . tion. Secretary Houston asserts in a m tm j-v. -- . tocracy," in the Department of (Ag riculture's weekly letter. ACTUAL SLAVERY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS BY GERMANY. British Front In Belgium, Nov. 4. Belgian women and girls are com pelled to build concrete dugouts xxn- , aer mil iary lire, ine statement mas this form of slavery has been actu ally practiced is recorded in the diary of a German soldier who was recent ly captured. He was personally in charge of a large number of these unfortunate Belgians, who were daily herded together to perform the hard est kind of manual labor. AMERICAN TRENCH STORMED BY TEUTON PARTY: 3 KILLED Washington. Nov. 5. -Advancine under the protection of a heavy barrage fire, a German raiding partv oh Nov. 3 stormed an American trench, killinsr three, wonudingr five and cap turing twelve. THE BOUHDIHEEST Qcat . rogue (xyaMATiox i jSSkfis x -'Ilia a lflli mmmmmm a I tr ceth 'W. . , A destroyer pitches and tosses like a cork. VOne'minute it's a iriountain-cUmer, and tbe next it tries to imitate the submarines it is chasing. Here are twb squints at Hfet on Uncle Sam's destroyers now patrolling the waters about England.- At the left gun shield and window fittings' to protect boat forward again heavy seas, and (right), sailor, hanging onto the life line running theV length of the boat to make it possible to go on deck in rough weather without bein? sweot overboard. -rv RADIO BOAT AN IDEA OF U. S. ENGINEER USE BY GERMANS OF ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLED CRAFT RECALLS THEORY SAID TO BE IN EXPERIMENTAL STAGE. - Washington, Nov.- 4. -Use by the Germans of "an electrically controlled boat" off the Belgian coast was taken here to mean that a device similar to the radio-controlled torpedo , with perimenting for some time, has been developed by German engineers to supplement their land batteries along the coast. " The fact that the boat was de stroyed by the British gunners does not, however, suggest a similar fate for the American device- The theory of distant control of boats, torpedoes or aeroplanes, -.a II . t.?fZZZiZZ tion of the theory to boata or torpe. does was of record, however, until John Hays Hammond, Jr., -began his experiments and worked out the 'plan with which the Government has been exPimenting. Congress appropri- j ated nearly a million dollars for the mn--Visis vf tVia HammnnH ntnf i ana a joinu army-navy Doara was ap pointed to -pass upon the device be an(i a joint army-navv board was an-' fore it ahould be taken over. The k of the war prevented any publication of the developments of j the project. The Hammond device, as originally demonstrated, was applied to a swiK ' motor boat. From a shore station the inventor was able to send the mwwr uvidc in uuctuuu ne picasu ( 'by the use of a radio telegraph key. j ( Presumably, this is what the Ger- rlnan8 have worked out as an added; protection ior tne snanow waters or the Belgian coast. Experts here think probably the x ..... ... L- -j Hermans enuinned a hio-h-snppd motor A AT AT ---.--- X " boat with a heavy explosive charge, similar to a torpedo and hoped to drive it against the side of the Unt- j ish ships. I J?or obvious reasons nothing can'eion of Contrress annronriatin ten be said as to how the United State ! proposes to use its radio control i plans. It was never intended, how -A 1 J t I ever, to use i surface boat, so th German experience has no bearing. A..P. SERVICE GETS BOUQUET IN PARIS Paris, Nov. 4. The Paris edition of the Herald, in an edtiorial, saya the "In Journalist' Agency Tele gram" used to be a synonym for any thing prosy or stereotyped, but the ' war has changed it all. The most brilliant and animated events at the front have been telegraphed by cor respondents of the news agencies and among those asreiys the Associated Press certainly takes the first place. EIGHTEEN LOSE LIVES WHEN MISSION BURNED. Paterson, N. J., Nov. 4. Eighteen bodies were taken from the ruins of the Salvation Army Mission, which was destroyed by fire this morning-Eighty-fife were asleep in the mis si a iC! the fire started. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, MONDAY MORNING, LIFE Oil THE BDIIili miss mau younger noted suffrhgist: speaks tonight At 8 o'clock tonight a public meet ing will be held in Pensacola in the interest of woman suf f rage, and the speakers for the occasion 3e Miss Maud Younger, labor leader and a prominent California suffragist; and Mrs- Howard Gould, philanthropist, of New York and California. The party arrived in Pensacola yesterday in Mrs. Gould's motor car, a great pur ple and gold automobile, having start FARMERS-WILL-GET SUPPLIES NITRATE SODA SENATOR FLETCHER DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SE CURE PORTION OF THE LARGE SHIPMENT COMING. (Special to The Journal) Washington. D. C. . Nov. 4. Sena ator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida j is doing everything possible to secure at an early date a portion of the ni- trate of soda for the Florida farmers out of the shipment of ten million, .mV. fkf fa-rWiTa.- Vx hrnuc-ht from Chile hv the United , States Government. Because the farmers of Florida j must use their fertilizers at a much i earlier date than the farmers of other ; states, Senator Fletcher has been i keeping in close touch with the De- I partment of Agriculture, the War In-! dustries Board and the Bureau of - Margets so as to ascertain just when i me smpment may oe expected ana to have its distribution expedited He has found that it is pr proposed to establish a central agency here in Washington and appoint a commis- sioner for each state to handle the distribution of the fertilizer, and has uuuiuuuuu v L icihu'd! aiivi naa t,t, of the matter that at least one of the cargoes to come from Chile be dis- MkyWAS Ub VJ.jLAV.ACfcAO IlUt AAA V charged at a Florida port. A bill was passed in the last se3 million dollars for t.h irrhnR nr'Amr t hrinr tv n-onnW KTrinhmldinsr nitrate of soda from Chile and its ! (Continued on Page Three) Moover Fniradls Way tto (CoQuftrr!! Q&ettsriDeirs Special DUpatch ' From Harry B. Hunt, of Journal Washington Bureau. Washington, D- C, Novl4. Although Congress exempted food retailers from the food bill license provisions, thereby apparently tying the food administrate on'3 hands in any effective price regulation, Her bert Hoover has found a way to act directly in forcing retailers as well as storage men arid wholesalers to accept moderate profits. Congress, of course1, in exempting the retailer, thought it was dodging political reprisal from this great body of dealers. Hoover, however, has no political ax to grind. His sle aim is to -spare the mass of consumers excessive war prices. He has no authority over retailers doing less than $100,000 of business a year. He cannot say to them: "You must charge only a fair profit.' But when he finds a retailer charging more than a fair profit or buying up excessive stocks for speculation, he can say to the packer, storage man or wholesaler: "You must not sell to this man." And that is precisely what he is going to do. Retailers found bulling prices, or. charging unreasonable profits 'will find themselves cut off absolutely from their sources of suppy. Which looks as though Hoover had found a way. MAIHABOARD : " v ' I N ; Vlf-- Lis ed originally; i from California and worked eastward. The speaking will be in.tnhe city hall If the weather is too cold for outdoor meeting. Miss Younger was one of the first woman pickets, to stand at the White House gates bearing the banners for "The Cause," " constant reminders of (Continued on Page Three) STICK SOUTHERN PINE IS IN DEMAND SHIPBUILDERS ARE CONSCRIPT- IVa M ATERTAI.S mWERTIBLTS 1VERY Some of the captains have not re INTO MAKE,UP OF HUNDREDS ported, but will do so this morning, ,T r .,- i as returns come in it is hoped that OF VESSELS ON THE WAYS. Escambia is well among the leaders of the state, and by similar success Jin other counties, Florida will be New Orleans, La., Ncv. 4. Every 'placed in the front ranks of the union. stick or southern nine convertioie inio shipbuilding materials has been con - t scripted by the. Federal Government Jin an effort to speed up the wooden fleet program. Official admission b the Washington authorities and rep- -u n l.-.-MUnv i.,)ni.f.ii thnf irrptpr nrncrrps in sliiTihm) will be necessary to meet the growing deficiency in world tonnage is foi- lowed hv the announcement that the Government will send men south to watch every saw mill and see thai timbers which can be put to war serv- ice are not diverted into domestic trade. "In order to compel mills which are not Wlinprl to be"l out. an em- bargo will be placed by the Govrm- ment upon every stick thicker than two inches, wider than ten inches ana longer than twenty feet, which can "be applied to the ship schedule." says the bulletin issued by the Southern fine Emergency Bureau to all man ufacturers of southern pine. Manufacturers have pledged the Government an increased, output ot ship timbers, which now averages 800,000 feet or less per day. In or- proeram up to the required speed it is said a million feet a day or more 7 . . will be necessary. NOVEMBER 5, 1917. S U. 5. DESTROYER FOOD PLEDGE CAMPAIGN IS BIG SUCCESS ' RETURN OF CARDS BY TEAM CAPTAINS COMPLETELY JUS TIFY SUCH OPINION OF ES CAMBIA'S PERFORMANCE. With thccJose.of the food pledge campaign 1 "scambia county yester day, ami . return of-the cards by the team captainns, the success of the work was completely demon strated, and every belief in Escam bia's performance justified- Up to a late hour yesterday it was impossible to complete the official count o? the pledges, but it seems cer tain that this county made up its quota. i viwi ine successiui conclusion oi ; the campaign, 3irs. Lois K. Mayes. director of this county, expresi .'gratification of the results ol ed her obtained L and stated that she wished to ex. press on behalf of the organization fhanVi -fny fha mnrl- nf V -aarv tains, and all who labored so unself- ishly to make the campaign a suc- , cess, Pedestrians in the business and res- idential sections of the city are greeted on every hand with the American shield and the badge of Food Conservation peeping from the front windows along the streets. Houses without this badge of honor are the exception, and the sisns show the response of Pensacola and West :rior'a to . me appeal or tne govern ment, even as it is shown by the two loerty ixans, Ked Uross, Y. M. C, A., French War Orphans, and every other demand since the war. oo many signed the cards that the supply of membership cards becama short, and many windows are vacant through no fault of the housekeep ers. For this reason, all team can- tains who have any pledge cards and ' membership cards left over are re- quested to return them immediately . UWU1IW oiiice, wnere tnose '!'!- Ta'-.-.1 1 i who have not been supplied mav oh- tain them. WAGES FIXED BY ADJUSTMENT BOARD BT ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco, Nov. 4. A uniform minimum of wage scales for the Pa cific coast ship building yards and a guide for all the country is announced by the United States Shipbuilding La bor Adjustment Board- The decision effects an increa&e from 10 to 30 per cent over the old scale here, although Its uniformity makes it lower in some localities than the present temporary scale. The scales are based upon the in creased cost of living since the be ginning of the war, it is said. Seventy-five thousand men must work in the Pacific coast shipyards to carry out the government's program, the board decided. REASONS FOR SE PAR AT DIA OF FLORIDAIS Full Explanation of Disinte gration of First National Guard Regiment. FLETCHER GETS LETTER ABOUT IT Acting Chief of Militia Bu reau Says Efficiency Must Be First Requirement. (Special to The Journal) Washington, Nov. 4. Full explana tion of the causes for the disintegra tion of the First Florida National Guard Regiment was made today to Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor ida, who had made inquiry regarding it, by Colonel J. Mcl. Carter, acting chief of the militia bureau. Colonel Carter states that the de partment regrets that in some cases jit has been found necessary to break ! up some of the National Guard units, but that the reorganization of th army, recommended by General Per shing, in the light of British anil French experience, has left no other : course open. Efficency must be the first re quirement, Colonel Carter saya- Every effort is being made to pre serve local associations as far as pos sible; officers and men are retained in their own divisions, end the loyal support of every solaier. and his friends in accepting these change? is hoped for and expected, and they will WIN THE WAR. Th letter from Colonel Carter to Senator Fletcher reads as follows: i The Bureau's Letter, i War Department. ; Military Bureau, 1 Washington, Oct. SO, 1917. ; Hon. Duncan U. Fletcher, United States Senate. My Dear Senator: J Replying to your personal inquiry . concerning the disbanding of the First Florida Infaritry, I beg to state that the developments of the war in Eu rope have forced constant changes in the organization of all armies en gaged, producing, finally, that or ganization which functions best in trench warfare and the conditions im posed by both tactical efficiency and matters of supply. Based on the recommendations of our commander in Europe, and in the light of French and British experi ence, the General Staff recommended a reorganization to correspond to that adopted by our allies. This in volved consolidating the nine infantr regiments in each division down to four or nearly double sise, and mate rial additions of artillery and machine : gun units. This consolidation neccs .sarily broke up former organizations j and caused the identity of many to merge with others. This is to be de ! plored, Bui efficiency must be the first requirement met. In this reorganization every effort has been made to preserve local asso ciations as far as possible. Officers and men are retained in their own j divisions; surplus officers and men twill be used to fill vacancies and m creating corps troops associated wita their old divisions. The loyal moral support of every soldier and his friends in accepting these changes, : involving the breaking of historicaf j and sentimental ties in many cases is earnestly hoped for and expected. jThey help WIN THE WAR. i In the matter of contrasting the j right of choice of organizations by ! new tiraited men, when none was 'given the others, it mast be remem , bercd that the former had no former associations and no organizations having intricate established records that must be kept with as little con fusion as possible. It made no dn ference in administrative work which organisation any new man preferred; but with those who had already es tablished records which had to be re vised and changed for every man transferred it was necessary to make as few changes as possible. The rec ord changes were enormous at best- I trust that all conterned will real ize that this reorganization was based only on a strong conviction that it helped toward military suc-5e3?---?nd the War Department asks for the support of public sentiment in what is believed to be necessary. Very truly yours, (Signed) J. Mcl. CARTER, Colonel; Cavalry, Acting Chief, Mili - tia .Bureau. APPLICATION OF JIM CROW LAW CAUSES TROUBLE. Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 4. An attempt of the -.xet car crews to enforce the "Jh "ow" law precipi tated a riot on oi.o line, according to report. No one was injured. WEST FLORIDA MUST FEED ITSELF I PRICE FIVE CENTS. LARGE DOCKET T THIS TEfl OF U.S. GOU Number of Cases Reported Be Greater Than in Many Years in Past. SOME IMPORTANT ACTIONS BE HEARD Eanergency Legislation Wfl! Be Reflected in Some of the Prosecutions. ! When the United State district court for the Northern District of Florida convenes in fall term this morning at 10 o'clock, with Judge William 11. Sheppard presiding it will be confronted with the heaviest docket in many years, and it is prob able that the session will last for several weeks. Being the first regular session to be held since the entrance of the United States into the war, emer gency legislation will bo reflected in the prosecutions, und several ca.-C3 of great importance will c-nne up for trial. During the- past wed; fedora! of ficials have hoen busily e.igag?d in preparing for the icrm cf court, suni nioring witnesses, servhv? subpotv nn3 and notify:.-.;1; jmorss who have ben seloctfd to srrve. Follow inc; r.re the . ran,! and pet!', jurors drawn i'ur this i rm: Crund Jury. Eugene (loidstucfic-. -f -'an II. ": s. Samuel Sanborn, Khio Kick.-,. V,. l. Thornton, Raln-i Ir!;.-.. ivter Hollo, Walter V. Big.;.-, J.Mv urJ Sal ter, Robert J. Roarer. Pony. J. T. Strin-fiold, V.- H. Pf vUejo... H. Lee Bell. Thos. T. Brauifrd. V., i . White, Stephen Allen. C!i:-.!! C. Murphy, all of Perssirol.i; (-. S'ts-.-ey Pope, Cottage Hill: John T. !!;:rj.ei, Ferry Pass Road; Thus. Fr.?.vtuu:. .ir., McKinnonvil'e; J. 0. .Tormso:i, ': dad; T. J. Dickison, DickLson City; Duncan Giilin, DeFimiak ii-:n'; John Adams, DeFunnk Springs: . Kbl F.tandifcr, Chipley; John Barrett, Caryville. I Petit Jurv- J. T. Whiting, Hsrlevt 1 'fetter, D. S. Openheimer. Marion A. Hyer, JnoE. White, J. Simpson jno. (Jerkins, Edmund G. Cart.::-, Adolpa M. Cohen, H. J. Bennett, Aiint 1. Morrison, Jas. A. White, H. C. Fper son. W- L. Moyer, Win. C. MilhVia, Wm. H. Opptrbom, Max L. Utar. Chaf. J. Levy, W. S. Garfield, all of PensacoN; Geo. M. Meade, Cottars Hill; W. J,. Hall. Century; L. T. Har dee, Milton; W. T. Mav, DcFuniak Springs; S. A. Alford, Chiplev; E. P Smith, Chipley; C. W. Davis, Mari anna; J. A. Ortnond, Mariarina; F. M. Golson, Marianna; C. M. Fellows, Cot- jtondale; J. W. Bevis, Bascorn. BRIEF HISTORICAL STORY CITY TO APPEAR Through the efforts of the oabllc- licity committee the army and navy life Activities Committee a brief his torical account of Pensacola, end guide to the places of interest in and around the ity is being prepared, and will shortly go to press. The pamphlet is being written for the men of the service, and will con . tain in condensed form information about the citv which visitors her would wish to know. In addition to being illustrated, it will contain a j table of the various lodges, churches, i and other organizations in the city; and will offer every inducement to the men of the service stationed her , to affiliate with the dty's life and identify themselves with its activi ties. This is but one of the many j branches of the work of the commit . tee, and several other plans are be ;ing considered by the Publicity Com mittee, of which F. F. Bingham is chairman- RECORD NUMBER AT FIRSTJMETHODIST Go-to-Sunday-School Day wa tre mendously successful in the First Methodist church yesterday, the total attendance for the day being 353. The most notable Increase was in the Baraca class and the Daughters of Wesley. These two adult classes had ' 121 members in attendance, many of them for the first time. The new mem bers joined the classes and promised to attend regularly, and it is : ex pected that the record attendance of yesterday will become ordinary.