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VOL. XIX NO. 286.
PENSACOLA, FLA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, . 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PROMISES OF
GEMIUY
TO BE BOOK
Following Conference Be
tween Wilson and Lansing,
Statement Is Made
GOVERNMENT TO
INQUIRE FURTHER
Will Make Effort To Find
Out Whether Germany
Intends To Continue.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Harrisbnrg, Penna., (Aboard Pres
ident's Special) Oct. 11. Aa the re
sult of the rrmfrii lof nfu- i
ntoday between President Wilson and
"secretary Lansing at Longbranch, it
was stated authoritatively tonight
that no evidence of Germany break
ing her promises to the United States
hag been found in connection with the
submarine activities off the coast.
V The American government, " how
ever, would continue its investiga
tion further it was stated, and watch
for repetitions of the attacks.
The administration fears, however,
cuficulty may arise if the attacks are
carried on, on a large scale this side
of the Atlantic, because of this, it is
believed some means will bo found to
find out whether Germany intends to
continue this warfare.
President Wilson tonight is on his
way to Indianapolis where he will de
liver two speeches and review a par
ade tomorrow in connection with the
good roads celebration. " His visit is
'entirely non-partisan.
He makes no speeches' from the
train platform enroute but will greet
.J-owds;u
V LOCKER FILES LIBEL
. AGAINST STRATHEARN
A libel was filed by John T. Locker
in the federal court yesterday against
the ... British steamship Strathearn,
asking the court for an award of
.$677.70 for alleged damage to a mo
tor boat, and the loss of personal be
longings. The libel recites that on Wednes
day, Oct. 4, the small launch of Lock
er was sunk in Pcnsacola bay, and
that the accident was due entirely to
the carelessness and negligence of the
boat and its master. It will be re-
mcmbered that Locker, his wife and
young sou drifted about the bay for
an entire night in an open launch, and,
were finally taken aboard the Strath
earn, and brought to Pcnsacola.
The 'libel alleges that when the
party was taken aboard the steamship
that the boat was tied to a rope, and
that the Tope being old, parted in two
and that the propellors sunk the small
craft. The libel claims that the boat
was 20 feet long, 8 horsepower cap-
- able of a speed of 12 miles an hour
and worth $500. Clothing and other
valuables, it is Ttaimed make the to
tal of $677.70. J. N. Hutching and L.
W. Nelson are proctors for libellant
CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOTS
y OPEN AT JACKSONVILLE
Jacksonville, Oct. 11. Competition
for the individual championship of
the Southern Rifle Association be
gan at the government range today
with the contestants firing in the
rapid fire, 600 yard and 1,000 yard
matches. The southern team match
will be fired tomorrow. " "
The National Rifle Association
matches' and matches for the cham
pionship of the United States will be
gin October 13 and continue until Oc
tober 23. About 60 teams including
squads from every branch of service
of the United States and a number
of trivil organizations are expected"
to participate in the national matches.
DAMAGE BY HURRICANE
IN DANISH WEST INDIES
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
St. Thomas, Danish. esf Indies,
Oct. 11. Almost every building in
this city was damaged and some were
destroyed by a hurricane which swept
the island Monday night and yester
day morning.
Christiansted and Dredericksted,
MAN WHO STICKS
TO WIFE AFTER
HOTEL TRAGEDY
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cros c. Lc Due
Le Due is the Chicago business man
and golfer who declares he will stick
to his wife through thick and thin be
cause he believes her innocent of any
wrong and the man who rushed to
her side after" She was shot,: with
Joseph Graveur of New York, in a
Philadelphia hotel. . f
Episcopalians Re-Elect Him
, Head of House of
Deputies.
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
St. Louis, Oct. lid Arrayed in rich
jccl tir)? .iiLcl bds, the bit htpi of the
Protestant Episccfpal church marched
Into Moolah, temple here today, as a
prelude to the opening session of the
44th triennial convention of the
church. Thousands of spectators wit
nessed the pageant.
Today's session was one . of organi
zation. A successor to the Kight Tlev,
Boyd Vincent, bishop of Southern
Ohio who has served the prescribed
term o" six years as chairman of the
house of bishops, the upper house of
the convention, was to be chosen. The
Rev. James E. Freeman, of Minneap
olis opposed the Rev. Dr. Alexander
Mann, of Boston, candidate for reelec
tion as president of the house of dep
uties, the lower house. Dr. Mann was
re-elected. Dr. Mann was first elect
ed president of the house of deputies
at the convention in Newark in 1913.
The procession of ecclesiastics was
led by the combined choirs of the St.
Louis Episcopal churches.
It was announced that an effort
will be made in the house of bishops
to pass a resolution opening this
year s sessions to the press.
Delegates to the convention an
nounced that simultaneously with the
general sssrons, tent meetings will
be held at which members of the
church will speak on topics bearing
on social service.
In the administration of commune
ion Btshop Tuttle was assisted by the
bishop of Worcester, Bishop H. H.
Montgomery, secretary of the society
for the propagation of the gospel of
the church of England, Bishop David
Williams on Huron, Ontario; Bishop
Cortlandt Whitehead of Pittsburgh;
Bishop Boyd Vincent of Southern
Ohio and Bishop EtheJbert Talbot, of
Bethlehem, Pa. v
Gerard Returns and
Issues a Statement
New York, Oct. 11. James W.
Gerard, United States ambassador to
Germany who returned here yester
day on a vacation, issued a formal
statement tonight denying that his
return had been caused by a need of
warning the administration of Ger
many's intention to resume indiscrim
inate submarine warfare.
towns of St." Croix Island, and the
rural section of St. Croix and the Is
land of Dominica, British and West
Indies, also suffered heavy damage.
The Hamburg-American liners
Calabria and Wasgenwald, In the
harbor of St. Thomas were driven
ashore and two Danish shif ? were
wrecked. CJLVre was no lo ctf life.
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CHURCH AGAIN
HONORS II
BRIDGE OVER
RIVER NOW
IS ASSURED
Gadsden County Citizens
Call On Board To Call
. ' ' Bond Election. ..
GREAT ENTHUSIASM
No Doubt Election Will
Carry and West Florida
Barrier Be Removed.
SPECIAL, TO TH5 JOURNAL.
Quincy, Fla., Oct. 11. a citi
zens meeting held in Quincy this afT
temoon at two o'clock to consider the
bonding of the county for the purpose
of building a bridge across the Apa
lacbicola river, 'on the Old Spanish
Trail, a resolution of the citizens call
ing upon the board of county, commis
sioners to at once .call a bond elec
tion for the purpose of building the
bridge was unanimously carried. 3
The enthusiasm of the meeting was
great, the Apalachicola river, which
has so. long divided the state, will no
longer be a barrier as it is now as
sumed that a bridge will be construct
ed across the river above high water
mark. This long . needed improve
ment assures the traveling public of
an easy means of crossing the river.
The Spanish Trail across North
Florida will have no barriers. '
There is no doubt about . the bond
issue carrying and the friends of the
great national highway feel elated
over the success. '
It is hoped that the other counties
In , West Florida will get busy and
bridge any .streams that are along
this highway so as to give the travel
ing public the great . convenience
which is muchneeded. ,
LIVESTOCK EXHIBIT
i ,iiI0-BE BESTr EVER
- That- the livestock exhibit a the
Escambia County I Fair Association
this year" will eclipse anything of the
kind ever seen here is the opinion
of L. W. Hardy, superintendent of
the cattle, hog and sheep department.
Secretary and General Manager N. J.
Lillard agrees with Mr. Hardy in this
opinion, according to his stavement to
a Journal man.
Mr. Hardy reports that he has
been approached by a large number
of owners and that hfe has the assur
ance of, a large number of entries.
He says he finds more interest in this
department than h has ever noticed
beforehand he has been connected
with this feature of -the fair, for a
number of years.
ALLIES PRESENT ULTIMATUM TO
UKEELJE, DEMANDING HANDING OVER
ALMOST ALL OF NAVY PROMPTLY
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
WILL BE GOOD ONE
One of the . most interesting feat
ures, as well as one of the biggest dis
plays, at the Escambia County Fair
this year will be the automobile show,
according to Secretary and General
Manager N. J. Lillard.
Mr. Lillard says that the dealers
and agents are showing a splendid de
gree of interest in the feature and
that some of them will probably have
as many as two or three cars on dis
play. The machines will be display
ed during the entire week.
Fire Into Strikers ;
Kill Young Woman
Bayonne, New Jersey, Oct. 11
Miss Sophia Torack, was killed, two
men proFa"1 fatally wounded and
fcalf a dozen more less seriously hurt
when the police fired a v??!ey frTlo
the Standard Oil strikers here to
night, who were demolishing a fire
engine which was responding to an
alarm. It was held up by the strik
er's barricade. "" " ' .
Department of Labor
Gathering Information
Washington, Oct. 1L The depart
ment of labor is gathering informa
tion on tne recent unprecedented im
migration of negro laborers from the
South to the North as a result of the
scarcity of European immigrant labor
in the North.
ITALIANS ARE
OfJCE IGI!
OIIOPFEiSIIE
In Endeavor To Reach Chief
Adriatic ; Seaport Have
Taken 6,000 Prisoners. .
TEUTONS CONTINUE
DRIVE ON RUMANIANS
British Press Bureau Says
, German Total Casualties
" Over 3,500,000.. :
BT ASSOCIATES nrsJL
London, Oct. 11. The' Italians hjve
again taken the offensive against'he
Austrians in the endeavor to rch
Triest, Austria, the chief Adrjtic
seaport and at several pomls "With
and southeast of . Goriza ' captuing
nearly six thousand prisoners, v..,
In-southern Gorizia, the Austsn
front is broken between Tobar and
Verteiba, according to Rome, and. on
the Carso front Austrian trenches
have Teen taken.
Trenches in the Trentine region
were also captured by the Italians
and more-than five hundred prison
crs taken. -" . ,
In Transylvania, the Teutons are
continuing theTr drTve on the "Ruman
ians along almost al of the front. -The
Bavarian troops which captur
ed JtSiiienthrum Pass have crossed
into Rumania, according to Bucharest
which admits the retirement of the
Rumanians near Kronstadt..
Teutonic attacks south of ne'rraan
stadt -were repulsed. ; - - :
Berlin concedes the capture by 'the
French of a salient near Vermande
villers, south of the Somme, rdalso
th "st- the.- $&lthbj$3& red irfe. -Vir st
line of trenches near Saiily, north of
the Somme.
In the Vosges mountains, the Ger
mans entered the French trenches
but were driven out.
The British official press bureau
announces that the German casual
ties have reached a total of more than
three and a half million.
SECOKD RUMANIAN
ARMY ON RETREAT
Berlin, Oct. 11. Pursuit of the sec
ond Rumanian army beaten by the
Austro-German at Kronstadt Transyl
vania continues according to the Ger
man official statement issued today.
The Rumanians, the statement adds,
also have been defeated in the Alt
Valley. -. ;
Demands -Said To Be Pre
cautfonary Measure To In
sure Safety Allied Fleet.
WEDNESDAY IS
' TIME LIMIT
Greek Minister of Marine Is
Quoted As Saying De
' mands Be Obeyed.
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS
London, Oct. 11. Vice Admiral Du
Feurnet, commander of -the Anglo
French fleet in the Mediterranean
has presented an ultimatum to Greece
demanding that Greece hand over the
entire Greek fleet, except the armor
ed cruiser Averoff and the battleships
Lemnos and Kilkis to the allies by one
o'clock Wednesday, according to a
Reuter s dispatch. ' '
Demand was also made for the con
trol of the Pirasus-rLarissa railroad.
The dispatch quotes the Greek mm
ister of marine as saying the demands
will be complied with. -
. The demands are said to be precau
tionary measure to insure the safety
of the allied fleet. .;
The Greek navy consists of five bat
tleships, one armored cruiser coast
defense ship, two small cruisers, ten
gunboats, seventeen destroyers, nine
torpedo-boat and three submarines.
SHIPPING OF
THE BRITISH
IS DETAINED
Admiralty Is Proceeding
With Caution As To Al
lowing Vessels to Leave.
TWO SHIPS DETAINED
Dozen Cleared Yesterday,
But Dates of Sailing
Are Not Fixed.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
New York, Oct. 11 Although there
is no indication that the U-53 is
still lurking off the . American
coast and shipping interests believed
she is headed for Helgoland, there is
evidence , that the British admiralty
is' proceeding with caution in allow
ing British ships to leave Atlantic
ports.
Two. British ships due to sail were
detained today.-
Shipping circles, heard that Admir-
Browning at Halifax, commanding
the British fleet off the coast, ordered
British shipping to remain T?T port.
Verification of this cannot be obtain
ed. " .
A dozen British .ships cleared to
day,, but with the exception of the
White Star liner Adriatic, their date
of sailing is not fixed. -
The Adriatic sails at noon tomor
row. ,
GERMAN TROOPS CUT
OFF BY THE FRENCH
Berlin, Oct. 11. German troops in
a salient projecting towards the town
of Vermendovilliers, on ' the battle
front south of the river Somme, have
been cut off by the French forces it
was staled in the German official
statement given out today.
CALGARY IN HANDS
OF SOLDIER MOB
"5
Calgary, Alberta, Oct. 1L The
city is virtually in the hands of a
soldier mob tonight after a pitched
battle betwen the soldiers and'tne po
lice in which many shots tvere fired
and the barracks of the northwest
mounted police were burned.
One soldier is known to be serious
ly wounded.
GAFFNEY MAY BUY
BOSTON NATIONALS
New York, Oct. lir James E.
GafTney, former owner of the Boston
Nationals, announced today he would
purchase the Brooklyn club if Char
les H. Ebbett's name a "reasonable"
figure.
MUCH INTEREST IN
PONY RACES AT FAIR
- "
Many entries are being made in the
pcfly races which have been scheduled
for the fair, according to Manager
N. J. Lillard, and it is probable tat
the e-enrwTnSe one of the mosV in
teresting track features of the entire
show.
Several Pensacolians have entered
in the races, and as many events ae
desired as possible. Manager Lil
lard urges all who wish to mmr in
the race to make entry early, so that
ute cards may be completed as oon
as possible.
Wilson Announces
Seven Appointments
Harrisburg, Oct. 11 (On Presi
dent's SpeciaL") President Wilson
tonight announced his appointment of
seven members of the advisory commission-to
be associated with the
council of national defense created by
the last congress.
The members are: Daniel Williard,
president of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad; Samuel Gompers, Dr.
Franklin H. Hart, of ..Chicago,;
Howard E. Coffin, of Detroit; Bern
ard Bruch, of New York; Dr. Holl S.
Godfrey, of Philadelphia, and Julias
Rosenwald, of Chicago.
HELD AS "LURE" IN
BLACKMAIL CASE
BUEAe
Ctcdmak
Miss Godman, said By federal "au
thorities to have been "the lure" in
the blackmailing of Edward F. West,
Chicago tea importer, for $15,000, is
under a charge of conspiracy. She
will be one of the defendants in the
nation-wide million-dollar blackmail
cases occupying the attention of the
department of Justice.
LOCAL FIRM
EITERS SUIT
Guina Export Company Al
leges a Br each of.
Contract.
Claiming that the firm had been
aamaged in the sum of $15,200, the
M. A. Quina Exnort Comnanv of this
city, yesterday filed in , the United
btates District Court at New Orleans
a claim. in tuat amouftt, anu' named
aa .defendants In the suit the E. A.
Aaby Company, of Dramment Nor
way, -fftfhers of the Norwegian steam
ship Nann Smith, formeily the Amer
ican steamer of that name. 1 j
-An allegation is set forCh that the
steamship company had been respon
sible for a. loss in the sura mentioned
through a breach of contract, in that
certain commodities were not taken
by ships of the firm named. It is
understood that the firm, wfeih is
made defendant in the action, is the
owner of a number of shlDS. and that
the Nann Smith, now at New Or
leans, was the first to come into an
American port and within Vfc juris
dicTTbn of the trial court. The steam
er had jiot, up to a late hour last
night, oeen libelled, but It was the
general understanding that she
would be taken into custody and de
tained pending the "furnlshinj of a
proper and approved-"bond.
A special to The Journal ; last
night referred lo the suit as follows:
Suit on Contract.
ing breach of contract, the JTT A.
Quina Export Company of Pensacola,
Fla., today entered in the United
States District court against E. B.
Aaby, of DrammeiC-Torway, owners
of the steamship Nann Smith, now
docked here, a suit for damages.
The suit is for the sum of $15,200
damares. aricf it is charced that the
Norwegian firm broke a contract
with the Pensacola firm furnishing
certain commodities to its ships.
ARTILLERY ACTIVE IN
NORTHERN PART OF FRANCE
, London, Oct. 11 The enemy artil
lery cays the British official state
ment issued today, "was somewhat
more active during the night on the
greater part of Che t5alHe front (in
northern France.) North of Neu
Ville St. Vaast, the enemy blew a
camouflet early without inflicting
casualties.
"A successful minor enterprise was
made by our troops against the en
emy's trenches south of Hulluch."
TAKING PRECAUTION
AGAINST SUBMARINES
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Newport, Oct. 11. The American
navy ; is taking every precaution
against the use of the American coast
as a base for foreign submarines.
Three-destroyers left 'on a myster
ious mission this afternoon, alter
great activity in the fSrpedo flotilla
today. .
Admiral Knight, while declining to
comment on the mission, declared he
Was letting no report of. submarine
I
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PEISACOL
LIST OF PORTS
Vessels of Big Exchange
Company Recently Incor
porated May Call Here. "
FLETCHER WILL
PRESENT CLAIMS
Senator Writes C. E. Dob
son Encouraging Letter
On The Subject, '
That Pensacola may be included in
the list of shipping ports of IRe Chinese-American
Exchanee, Company,
is shown in a letter of Senator Dun
can U. Fletcher, to C. E. Ddbson
which states that Tensacola's claims .
will be investigated carefully.
The shipping company was or
ganize? on Oct. 1, for carrying on a
general mercantile trade between
China and American ports on the
Gulf, South Atlantic, and Pacific
coasts. The corporation is headed by -Clarence
J. Owens, managing direc
tor of the Southern Commercial Con
gress, and it is understood that the
organization has the active backing
of the congress.
It was originally reported that
Senator Fletcher was one of the di
rectors but his statement in the let
ter that he is connected only through
his relations with the SoCThern" Com
mercial Congress seems to disprove
the former one. . f ,
Sailing Ports.
Establishment of regular sailings
from Norfolk, Charleston, Wilming
ton,,, Savannah,' Jacksonville, Mobile
and Galveston to San Francisco, Port-'
land and other Pacific points Is con- ,
templated, with connection at Port- '
land with another fleet plying to and
from Chinese treaty ports.
, A million and a half dollars worth
of bonds will be issued soon.
Senator Fletcher's Letter.
The letter from Senator Fletcher,
which was received yesterday by Mr.
Dobson, is as follows:
Dear Mr. Dobson:
.Yours of the 4th has been received.
I do not know who sent . out the
statement regarding the- Chinese
American shipping venture. I had
nothing to do with it. I am in no
wise interested, directly or indirectly,
except only the Southern Commercial
Congress has been endeavoring to
create-sentiment' in favor of such a.
shipping route and help develop "and
build up a trade, belioving that a
tremendous business canbe done be
tween the Unrfed Statrs 'and China
direct, and the congress in its work
for the public has stood for such de
velopment. 1 was asked at one t'ma-'
to permit my name to b used as ad
visory counsel, or something of that
sort. Dr. Owens, managing director
of the Southern Comnercml Con
gress, has been directly concerned
about promoting the scheme, and I
believe he is going to join Mt. Rose
In presenting it. 1 will caTT ITS at
tention to the" fact Chat Pensacola is
all yon state for if, and must not be
overlooked. ,
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed.) Duncan U. Fletcher.
NO SUBMARINE SIGHTED
OFF BAR OF TYBEE
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Savannah, Oct. 11 Nothing hap
pened today to confirm last nighVs
reports- that a submarine was seen
off the Tybee bar.
The British ship Naya, Sffteduled
to sail, however, remained in port.
bases or tenders pass without investi
gation. Nothing has been heard of the mis
sing crew of the Britisli chip King
tonian. The only report of the sinking of
the Kmgtonian was received from
the crew of the sunken Britisher
Strathdene.
Naval officers are inclined to think
the reported sinking of the Kington
ian is erroneous.
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