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. . -: " : ' " : . . k . . . THE WE A THER. Fair Monday and probably Tuesday; llflrht southwaat to south winds. Highest temperature yesterday 69 de grees; lowest, 63 degrees. Don't Fail to. Qualify So That You .Can Vote in Favor of Paving the Barrancas Road. VOL. XX. NO. 328. PENSACOL,A,,FLORIDA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS mm pay HEAVILY FOR TED ATTACKS Mass of Dead at Conclusion of Encounters Greater Than Any Bight Yet. ARTILLERY DUELS CONTINUE ON PIAVE .Turks, Losing Heavily, Con- v tinue to Beset British Lines Near Jerusalem ASSOCIATED VKBSB STTMMART The attempt by Bavarian Prince aunnrecht. bv an encircling .move- went to nullify the brilliant advance of the British toward uamorai, nas resulted apparently in a complete failure. Germans pierced the line at some points, paying dearly or the advance, as the dead near ia vac cruerie durincr the twelve, hours are greater in number than any similar period during the whole war. The enemy delivered ten attacks against the British positions at Mas . Nieres and were also successfully re pulsed. A sharp salient was formed by the British occupying- Mesnieres was an extreme hard one to hold' Austro-Germans have not yet launched the expected attack along; the northern Italian front. Violent artillery duels are in progress along the Piave o the Adriatic sea. The Turks, west of Jerusauem, con- but . everywhere were repulsed with heavy loss. SAY U. S.IS HONEY , COMBED WITH SPIES Washington, Dec. 2. Warning- that the United States is 'honeycombed with the Bolshevik! element, corn cosed of l.f W. W. leaders. German Tpies and stealthy Lenines in diplo macy, and weak Trotskys of Ameri can pacifism, was uttered, by Gov- ernor urougn, oi ADcanaas, . m ad dressing the memorial session of the New York Lodge of Elks. GERMANS FAIL IN . THEIR COUNTER ATTACKS London, Dec. 2. Germans made desperate efforts - yesterday to in crease the initial gains they achieved in counter attacks on the Cambrai front, but were defeated with heavy Losses. AMERICANS IN THICK OF ENEMY BOMBARDING With the British Armies in France, Dec. l.-VLarge numbers of American army engineers working- on British railways in the region of Gouzeau court were caught in the German turning-movement, but escaped by lying in shell holes while the British fired over them, and when the British were near enough, the Americans joined their forces, and fought val lently against the enemy. British commanders refer to their bravery in the greatest enthusiasm. The Americans elsewhere took a busy hand in the fighting, and were under tfat hot fire of Germans. A British general told the Associated Ff&ss correspondent he could not praise the Americans too highly- It was reported that several Americans were captured, but they escaped. The engineers are mainly from New York. TSTO PRIVATES DD3 I AT CAMP WHEELER Macon. Dee. 2. Privates Ralph Hart, of Orlando, Fla., and John W. Bell of Oxford, Fla. died of pneu Eionda at Camp Wheeler tonight. Believe Alien Neutrals In U. S. BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Christiania. Nov. 30. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press) Newspapers find little or no ground for criticism in the proposal originat ing the last session of the American Congress that alien neutrals living in the United States should be subject to draft in the American army. On the contrary the papers here find It quite natural that the United States should call every able bodied man of the neutral nations into the ranks and say it would not be sensi ble for the American government to permit naturalied foreigners to re main in that country enjoying its privileges while native Americana re sent to the front to fight in their (itfsnsw Anti-Saloon Fight Starts Here Feh. 1 7 With Good Speaking Tallahassee Bureau Pensacola Journal. Tallahassee. Fla., Dec. 2 (Spec ial.) Some of the best- lecture plat form, talent in this country will be in Florida for the month's campaign of the Anti-Saloon League, which is to begin in Pensacola; on February 17, and includes all parts of the state. Arrangements have been made by Rev. H. S. Howard, secretary of the Florida Anti-Saloon League and now an attache of the National League for Former Governor Patterson, of Tennessee, Lieut. Richarfd Pierson Hobson, of Alabama and Merrimac fame, Hon. Robt. B. Glenn, former governor of North Carolina. Hon. A. C. Bane, financial secretary of the Anti-Saloon League of America. Dr. Carolyn E. Geisel and others to speak in every county in Florida between the middle of February and the last of March. 1918, in the interest of the state-wide prohibition amendment to the Florida Constitution, which has 65TH CONGRESS BE ASSEMBLED AT N00NT0DAY MEMBERS BRING FROM HOME MESSAGE FOR INCREASED DETERMINATION OF PEOPLE FOR PROSECUTION OF WAR. OF WAR. BT ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington. Dec. 2 Congress re assembles tomorrow at noon for the second war session. Returning mem bers of both houses brought a mes age back to the Capitol for an in creased determination of the Ameri can people for a vigorous prosecution of the war to victory. Immediately after convening:, the appointment of committees to notify the president that : the Sixty-fifth session is ready, and adjcftirnment will be taken out of respect to mem bers who have died during- recess, who are Senator Hustling-, of Wis consin, and Representative Martin, at Ulinois. . The keynote of the legislative pro gram will be sounded Tuesday, wHSn the president makes his annual open address. A recommendation for a declara tion of war against Austria-Hungary is not expected. Few members expect the session to end before the congressional elections rext fall. Disposition of the national prohi bition question will be pressed before recess for the holidays, and revenue legislation will not be taken up im mediately. The president's message is -said to be. unusually long. " It is eagerly awaited, as it presents- an opportun ity for comment on war accomplish ments of the national and its rela tions with the allies. . TENNESSEE MOB BURNS NEGRO ATSTAKE . Nashville, Term.. Dec- 2. Accord ing to a Dyersburg, Term., despatch, t Logon Scott, a negro alleged to have criminally assaulted a white woman, on November 22. was burned at the stake in the public square today. The negro was arrested yesterday and J taken from the sheriff by a mob. The I negro confessed his guilt, it 13 alleged. I He was taken to the square, an iron stake driven in the ground, and Scott was tied to it. He was then stripped of his clothing and the bonfire lighted. ALBERT MAJORS IS IMPROVING RAPIDLY Albert Majors, who has been in the hospital for the past two weeks or more undergoing treatment for an abscess in the head, has been dis charged, but i3 taking- treatment at home. He is improving rapidly- Should Be Drafted Of the thousands of young Norwe gians who have immigrated to the United States, many let Norway be cause of their unwillingness to serve in the army and have gone to the great northwest . where they have built homes. Many of them have not established their American citizen ship, although they have lived for years in the United States and in tend to make it their home in the is an agreement between Norway and the United States that Norwegian-Americans, returning to Norway shall not be drafted into the Norwegian army until they have been here two years. Most of those returning here on visits are careful to leave before this two years has expired. been submitted to the people to be voted on in November of next year. Rev. H. S. Howard, who will be remembered by many Floridians as the chaplain of the 1817 House of Representatives, announced here to day that all arrangements for this extensive campaign had practically been concluded. All of the above named speakers of national reputa-s. tion have accepted invitations to as sist in the Florida campaign. Two meetings will, be held in Tallahassee on Sunday, February 24, one, in the morning at the Trinity Methodist Church, Dr. Bane being1 the principal speaker, and another rally in the afternoon of the same day at the Leon . High .School auditorium, when Former Governor Glenn of North Carolina will deliver an address. One hundred and seventy meetings will be held in the state, practically every town of any size .being included in the itineraries of the prohibition orators, according: to Mr. Howard. Baptist Church. Y. MCA. FUND WENT OVER TOP OF ALLOTMENT FINAL REPORTS SHOW THAT ALABAMA DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES PENSACOLA. OVER SUBSCRIBED ITS QUOTA. TA. Special to The Journal Birmingham. Dec. 2. Alabama has raised its allotment of the' fund for the Army Work of the Young Men's Christian Association. Reports com ing in last night indicate that the state ha crone over the ton with at- proximately $321,547 pledged on an allotment or $3uu.uuu. . The campaign awakened intense interest in every town and hamlet in xne cities ox, Birmingham, an Seima and a number of counties, exceeded their goals. Outstanding among-these were St. Clair, 'Wilcox and Merango vuuuucB, v-l wwut wcuii uvcr iditj top with over $5,000 pledged on an allotment 01 $z,Z50 each. The Selma district, consisting of three counties. made the best sJuvurino in t:Vio etata in proportion to allotment, pledging- approximately $zz,uuu on a ?1Z.U00 allotment- Walker county was . a leading county all through the cam paign, subscribing $9,250. Letters coming to State Campaign Chairman, Borden Burr, from, jpver the state indicate that the campaign made a splendid contribution to the state in its educational effect in help ing- the people at large to realize that our country is at war. The spirit of patriotism according- to these re ports has been intensified in every community in which a campaign was conducted. It is estimated that more than 1,500 workers participated as so licitors and speakers in, raising- the fund. , The following-1 served as district chairmen: Mobile, George Crawford; Montgomery, Ray Rushton; Anniston. A. P, Agec; Jasper, L. B. Musgrove; Tuscaloosa, J. T- Home; Troy, John W. Bowers, Opelika, Judge Denson; Pensacola. L. Hilton Green. The returns from the counties, showing the county organizations are as yet incomplete- The total to date show the following amounts subscribed in the various districts: Birminerham and viri-mtv. Mobile, city, $24,300, total for dis trict (8 counties) $28,870; Montgom ery, city, $15,000. total for district (9 counties) $26,400; Huntsville dis trict (11 counties) $26,760; Anniston district (11 counties) $42,425; Jasper district (5 counties) $15,885. Tusca loosa district (7 counties) $22500; Troy district (8 counties) $15,500 Sel ma district (3 counties) $21,113; Ope lika district (4 counties) $12,000; Pensacola district $14,500. Totals for state and West Florida $321,547.00. MEXICAN BANDIT BATTLE WITH TROOPS San Antonio, Dec 2. A report from Camoeron county, says a bat tle between Mexican cattle bandits Concord, N. C, Dec. 2 Thirteen one soldier being killed, one wound ed, and a Mexican river guard, em ployed by the United States, wound ed. Several bandits were reported killed. MILLION RAISED FOR JEWISH RELIEF New York, Dec. 2. More than a million dollars were pledged for the Jewish war relief at a dinner given by Jacob Schiff, to open the cam paign to raise five millions in this city. The largest gift tonight was Mr. SchifFs, that of two hundred tJ- EVERY SCHOOL; CHILD TO BOY STAMP Great Drive in Thrift Cam paign deceive Impetus From Boys and Girls. SPECIAL APPEAL TO "YOUNG AMERICA Stamps Go on Sale Today at Postof fice. Later at Banks, Schools, Etc. BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Dec. 2. A great drive to make every school child in America buy at least one 25-cent thrift stamp during the first week of the war say ings campaign which opens next Mon day was announced by the National War Savings committee, which made public a special appeal by Secretary McAdoo addressed to ;'Young Amer ica' , " :.:: Saxjng stamps and certificates, by which it is planned to raise two bil lion dollars within the next year, will go on sale at every post office Mon day morning, and at banks, schools, stores and other institutions later in the week. 1 - A special" pamphlet? has -been pre pared suggesting boys and girls may make money by .beOhg carpets, wax ing floor, siftdngshe, helping par ents, cleaning pilars, ' washing win dows, cleaning'silver, cutting wood, varnishing chairs, tearing down old chicken coops knd cutting up fire wood, caring for neighbor's baby, act ing as. messengfcr for drug stores, selling mazazinesr-working in stores Saturdays adf waiting, on .tables. Secretary 1! doos -message . to young Ameri "Nations ha their days of h .their childhood and 1 ljsons just as chil- dren do. . Oni Colored : and (forty years, ago, wh first American ?ie, our nation are among your v v your moth ers and their frieni? Our army had drummer boys in those - days, real boys of 10 and 12, who marched as bravely and as proudly into cannon fire as their great chief, General Washington, himself. Our nation had little girls, who laughed and cheered and loaded muskets for. their fathers' who fired through loop holes in their cabin homes, when-the "painted In dians charged to the very doors. "Where many school houses stand today, American boys and girls may have helped to fight and to defeat the enemy when' our nation. too, was young. ' i "We are in the greatest, war of the world's history and we must win this war. We can and shall win if the boys and girls of America say so. and mean it and fee -it and live it, as the boys and girls of ,76 lived and felt and helped. "The nation needs that sort of boys and girls today- Not to beat our drums, nor to load our muskets, but to start a great work which must be done. It is the part of boys and girls today to give an example of self-denial and sacrifice, to teach the grown people of the i.ation, that we still have in every young heart the spirit of. '76 when boys led our sol diers into battle and girls fought be side their fathers at the cabin walls. The lesson is 'thrift' saving to the point of sacrifice self-denial of everything unnecessary. If every boy and girl says at home nviii. 11 w ..... .,i v wua vycu, x nuj 1 .,nr j 1 . ; f fWn fL . f government to help save the lives of the big brothers of America. I will try to fiach every American I see to do the ame' then twenty million homes, the homes of all America, will be filled with the spirit of '76. the spirit of the drummer boys, of the brave girls, of those days. "America will wm the war acain. as it has always won, through the splendid strength, courage and sacri- ( Continued on Page Two) jgmqre days Christmas Present RUTS Bagdad Company Plans Saving Thousands of Storm Flattened Trees To properly care for and cut as rapidly as possible thousands of feet of timber leveled by the late Septem ber storm, the Bagdad Land ' and Lumber Company, it is learned, have about completed a spur track in what is known as the Pond Creek section, and reaching to about five miles of Chumuckla. According to the Milton Index, "this branch leaves the main line of the F. & A. at the bend of the road just beyond the point where the . F. & A. is crossed by the Milton-Floridatown - publio highway. This road is being rapidly pushed toward completion, and it will be a. matter of but a short time be fore -trains will be running over its full length, some fifteen to eighteen miles. We understand that the com pany expects to make a clean cut of . all saw timber in this region as rap ROBT.E.WHIDBY TELLS OF LIFE IN THE TRENCHES YOUNG VISITOR WHO WAS ON FRENCH FRONT, HAS A RE MARKABLE SERIES OF EX PERIENCES TO RELATE. With the entrance of the United States into the war, many Americans who were impatient to fight and en listed in French or British forces, have arranged for discharge to join the colors bf their country.,. Among these is Robert E. Whidby, of Troy. N. Y., who is in Pensacola visiting relatives, after arriving in this coun try in September from two years of fighting abroad . - , I . 3 As soon as -hf discharge from - the French FVreign Legion had been ap proved ' he promptly enlisted in the United States army and is at present stationed at Camp Sheridan, whence he came to Pensacola on furlough. Mr. Whidby was on the Somme when the British first introduced the tanks, which have only recently in the drive on " Cambrai revealed their true worth; and apropos of a general discussion of this type of war engine. Mr. Whidby was asked to describe one.. "That is one of the most difficult things I was ever asked to do." he re plied, "for even after seeing one. the thing beggars description, and I could never hope to create anything like an adequate word picture of a tank, but if a combination of sarco phagus, caterpillar and battleship means anything, it is a tank. As to the reported increase in size of the engine, Mr. Whidby was skep tical, stating that after seeing one of the gigantic machines crawl across a field, straddle trenches, walk over walls, and bowl over trees, he could not believe that they could be built larger. Then, he added with a remi niscent smile, "It was as much a sur prise to us as to the Germans when the first tank lunged out on the bat tle field at the Somme, but fortun ately not as unpleasant one for us as for the Huns." Aside from service in the Somme. Mr. Whidby said that he had been on various battlefields, near Verdun, Champagne, and in the Vosges, it be ing the policy of the French military authorities to keep the troops mov ing, and never permit any units to remain 00 long in the same place. "This tends to prevent desertion, through discouragement,'' said Mr. Whidby, "for it .has been the invari able experience that when men are J A. i mi jvMcui, in uiie sttwr very iuiil; wiw duty becomes onorous, and inevitably roi ' 0 m,u' r a;Z causes a large number of desertions. "On the whole, though, trench life is not so bad." sa?d Mr. Whidby, con tinuing, "and while there are many things to be desired, war is not a place for . luxuries, and we are glad to get what we can. Frequently the supply of cigarettes and tobacco runs out, and that is really a calamity. Early in the war. when this happen, trench raids have been made on the Germans with this sole end in view get some smokes, regardless of the military considerations. "Often, the best of feeling prevails between the opposing forces in the first line trenches, for instance, on Christmas Eve 1916, our regiment was stationed in a quiet sector, with the enemy lines only a few yards dis tant. There had been no heavy fir ing, and very little rifle work, when a rabbit ran across the intervening land between the lines. "A Frenchman and a German shot at the same time and the rabbit fell dead about midway between the trenches.. Both climbed out, walked across the short stretch of land, and reached the rabbit about the same time. A quarrel as to whose bullet did the work, ensued, and it was de cided to settle the title to the rabbit in a fist fight. The Frenchman won, and we had a feast for Christmas.' idly as the same can be done- If this is done, it will open one of the best agricultural sections of Santa Rosa county for settlement." The Bagdad Company, " it is re ported, suffered the loss of thou sands of trees in the late storm, but plans have been made, it is said to get the, fallen timber into the water just as soon as possible, and by this means, it is said, logs will not dete riorate as rapidly as if the fallen tree was allowed to remain on the ground. When the storm strewn timber is all gathered In, it .is said, the company will have cutting- available for sev eral months from that source alone, according to well-informed timber-men- It is stated that the mill plant is now being operated night and day. or at least all day and half the night, and an immense amount of output is the result. THRIFT STAMPS MAY BE BOUGHT IN CITY TODAY NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN GETS GOOD START, WITH EVERY IN DICATION OF IT PROVING A GREAT SUCCESS. Today marks the opening of a Na tionwide Thrift campaign, and work will be started in Pensacola and Es cambia to carry it through to suc cess, Ben. S. Hancock has been ap pointed "general chairman for Escam bia county and will at once organize committees to work in various sub divisions. The object of the campaign is to enlist the small investor in the pur chase of Thrift stamps and War Savings certificates, authorized by Congress ..to be issued by the Secre tary of . the Treasury, cooperating with the postoffke department. The Thrift stamps sell for 25 cents each, and as purchased are affixed to a card bearing the owners name and address. The card has sixteen, spaces for stamps, and when filled may. with 12 or 23 cents added, be exchanged for a War Saving certifi cate valued at. from $4.12 to $4.71 cents. War Saving Certificates may be purchased on the same plan, a certifi cate being issued endorsed with the name and address of the owner- When the war tax stamps are purchased they are affixed to the certificate as in the case with the Thrift stamps. RED CROSS MAKES REPORT ITS WORK BT ASSOCIATED PRKSS Washington. Dec. 2. Six months effort to meet the most far-reaching relief appeals in history are describ ed in the first semi-annual report of the War Council of the American Red Cross- It tells how more than forty million dollars of the one hun dred million dollar fund contributed (by the people had been alloted for expenditure at home and abroad. More than twenty-seven million dol lars were appropriated for the work abroad, of which twenty million went to France, more than one million to Great Britain, and over a million ach to Russia, Rumania and Syrians. The reports describe in detail how the money has been spent and tell of the vast organizations set up by the war board since appointment. SWEDISH MINISTER LEAVES ARGENTINA Buenos Aires, Dec- 2. Baron Low en. the Swedish minister, has depart ed. He did not make the customary farexell visits to- officials here. It -Vas through the Swedish min ister that Count Lux berg-, the Ger man minister here, sent cipher mes sages to Berlin and advising sinking of Argentine vessels "without a trace" by Germans. Russian Revolution Demoralized Armies London, Dec. 2. "The tween Premier Kerensky eral Korniloff has had a fluence on the Russian split e and Geii- great army. a3 troops who favored Korniloff have, in most cases, been sent in disgrace J to the rear, whereby excellent fight ing men have been lost to Russia. sayc Professor A- Belitch, of Bel grade University, who has just ar rived from Petrograd. In every case the artillery, and almost always the cavalry, are excellent. but the in fantry cannot be relied upon. The revolution has not created a suffi cient sense of comradeship between officers and men. and there are too MSSPLEil TRIBUTE LATE T. JL J Eulogy on Only Memba: Pensacola Elks During , Year Was Eloquent, MEMORIAL SERVICE ' BY LOCAL LODGB Impressive Ritualistic Cere monies Also -Feature of Annual Gathering. Impressive in ritualistic solemnity and featured by an elaborate musical program, memorial services were held in the Isis theater yesterday morning bv the Pensacola Lodge. No. 497, B. P. O. Elks, It is a long established custom of the order to observe the first Sunday in December by holding memorial ex ercises ' in memory of members who have died during the preceding year. Though small in number, the lodge'e loss this year was indeed great, for yesterday the name of T. Albert Jen nings was added to the roll of the departed brothers, when the secretary called his name thrice; but received "Taps'" as the only response. The . services , started promptly at 10:45 o'clock, and were preceded by a . procession O of members from the Lodge on West Garden street to the theater. A notable feature of the line of march was the presence of a large number of service men, both , officers and enlisted men, their unif forms lending a touch of brilliant color to the assemblage. - As soon as the officials of the or der, headed by Robert Hv Anderson, exalted ruler; ".entered ,! -. the orchestra under the dir Prof. A C- Heilly started Ch vineral March, whdeh was complied as the last man was seated. ... Next in the order" 6f services was a vocal solo, beautifully rendered by Mrs. Chas. b. Hervey. which was fol lowed by a prayer, by Chaplain "Chas. B- Owen. Between the next two or chestral numbers, Morris Levy recit ed "Thanatopsis," as part of the rit uaL followed then by the eulogy on T. Albert Jennings, delivered by! Scott M. Loftin. ' . Mr. Loftin said: Eulogy on T. A. Jennings? Amid the cares and responsibiHw ties, the joys and sorrows, the tri umphs and disappointments, and evet? changing scenes of this busy life, we pause for awhile today to pay tribute of respect and love to the brothers of this order who, as the years pass away like summer clouds, one after another have entered the .dark valley ' of the. shf dow of death and departM ed to thAt undiscoverable country from whose bourne no traveler ever returns. At the grave we bury our eel ones and our philosophy and we turft away, seeing more clearly through, the tears and sadness of the hour, the truth of that universal verdict or "if a man die he shall live again. For does not that same science anA philosophy teach us that: "If a star were plucked from on higb For ages would its light; Streaming on down through the skies. .. Beam on our mortal sight. So when a good man dies. For ages beyond our ken. The light he leaves behind htm shines, Upon the path of men." Life at best is but a vapor tfcflt soon passeth away. The glories of otar birth and state are shadows, not sub stantial things; but when death comes what nobler epitaph can any man have than this, that liavinjr served his generation fathfuHy and well, by the will of God he fell asleep. Little can the living do for the dead. The pomp and ceremonies of (Continued on Page Two) many different factions, many offi cers and men openly wearing the Monarchical colors.. - "In spite of those things, no one: can fail to be impressed by the in creased determination to win the want both in the army and at home. Iq several cases the soldiers are givett nothing for weeks at a time bus bread and a very small ration of fishy The lack of proper food distribution is one of the greatest enemies of the revolution. "When the government proposes t. tax an article, the shopkeepers re fuse to sell it so that the people 111 despair beg the government ecind the tax.'' i BUGS 'MCJli"tl