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WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Friday -m.I Saturday, moderate
northeast winds.
Yesterday's temperature: Highest '
degrees; lowest, 4 desrees.
VOL. XIX. NO. 287.
lUUB
Berlin Contends Rumanians
Are Retreating Along En-
tire Transylvania Front.
SERBIANS TAKE
VILLAGE OF BROD
French and Germans En
gaged in Handto-Hand
Fighting.
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
London, Oct. 12. The Italians have
made additional gains toward Triest,
capturing a thousand seven hundred
jpeventy-one prisoners, south of Gori-
xia.
In this region, about sixteen mile3
northwest of Triest and in the Julian
Alps, the Italians from August 6 to
the present, report they, have captur
ed 50,881 Austrians.
On the Carso plateau the counter
attacks against the Italian positions
have been repulsed.
Berlin contends that the Rumah
lans are retreating along the entire
Transylvania front, while Bucharest
says the attacks at various points on
this front have been repulsed.
British troops have reached the
outskirts of Seres, Macedonia, London
reporting that the town is strongly
held by the Teutons.
The Serbians have captured the
village of Brod, southeast of Monis-
tlr, Serbia.
Both Berlin and Sofia report the
repulse of attacks along the Coma
rfrer.
The British have gained additional
ground north of Thiepval, west of
Safllysaillisel. '.,
The French on the Somme ; have
made further advance. In the town of
Ablaincourt, south of the Somme, the
French and Germans are engaged in
hand-to-hand fighting.
ONE KILLED, SCORE
WOUNDED IN BATTLE
POLICE AND STRIKERS
Bavonne. N. J Oct. 12. One was
killed. Isidor Natilsky, a lawyer who
wag running from the rioting, and a
score wounded in a battle between the
police and Standard Oil strikers late
today.
There is considerable burning and
looting. The situation is so serious
that Bayonne merchants have closed
their stores. '
GEORGIA TROOPS TO
LEAVE FOR EL PASO
EARLY NEXT WEEK
Macon, Ga., Oct. 12. -Three regi
ments of infantry, a squadron of eav-
airy and the field hospital, about
3,500, constituting all the troops left
in the Georgia mobilization camp,
were ordered to El Faso tonight.
, The railroads expect to have equip-
v ment to begin the movement the first
of next week.
ALABAMA TROOPS ARE
ORDERED TO BORDER
Montgomery, Oct. 12. The Ala
bama troops are ordered to El Taso,
the movement to begin Wednesday
and get away by Friday.
A regiment of cavalry and the field
hospital remains here. .
it CAPTURED
BY ITALIANS
EPISCOPALIANS CHEER
BISHOP OF ALGOMA
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
St. Louis, Oct. 12. The Bishop of
Algoma, Ontario, Most Reverend
George Thornloe, of the Episcopal
Phurch of Canada, brought cheers
from the general convention of the
Protestant Episcopal church here to
day when he mentioned the canon of
the Canadian church forbidding cler
gymen to remarry a divorced person
Whose former partner is living.
The' canon corresponds to the one
FIRST PHOTOGRAPH
ill . . . " f) Illlir
1 T)DAV10
The first photo of the German submarine, the U-53, which, with
looked in the harbor of Newport, R.
was a monster compared to the United States submarine D-2 which was nearby.; The U-5, entirely unheralded, bobbed up at Newport Saturday, dispatched a message to the Ger
man embassy at Washington and departed, without. asking for repairs or taking on a pound of supplies. Shortly afterward reports were received of -the sinking of ships and other
reports that followed quickly showed a raid was on that probably would be the most extensive and destructive of the entire wat; "
TALKS
SECTHSM
Wilson Replies to Republi
can Charge Against the
Democratic Party :? v
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. .
Indianapolis, Oct. 12. President
Wilson today replied to the republi
can charge that the democratic party
is a sectional party with the state
ment that "Any man who revives the
issue of sectionalism in this country
is unworthy of the confidence of the
nation.
The president came here to address
the meetings of the Good. Roads ad
vocates and farmers and to review
the automobile parade. Crowds greet
ed him,
In his first speech he told what good
roads had done to prevent sectional
ism.
He said the man who revives sec
tionalism is provincial . and does not
know the various sections of his coun
try. "That is the depth of anti-pa
triotic feeling," he said. . " ' '
Mr. Wilson did not mention Judge
Hughes. He said he did not want to
discuss politics, . but could ' not help
referring to such a question.,
He said after the war the United
States must be ready with" united
force and with a single object. He
reiterated his previous declarations
in favor of the League of Nations, to
maintain peace, but America's terms
will be based on the maintenance of
human liberty.
The second speech was devoted to
a discussion of the work of adminis
tration for farmers. v
EXTRA SESSION OF
COTTON CONGRESS
BT ASSOCIATED THESS.
Columbia, S. C, Oct. 12. E. J.
Watson, president of the Southern
Cotton Congress, has called an extra
ordinary session of that organization
to be held at Norfolk December 12,
the same time as the annual conven
tion of the Southern Commercial Con
gress. proposed in a report submitted to the
convention today by, the joint com
mission of matrimony headed by Jo
seph B. Cheshire, of Raleigh, Bishop
of North Carolina.
The commission recommended,
however, where the divorce was based
on causes arising before marriage it
would be' no bar to remarriage, the di
vorce t&SR being "in fact a ree of
annul! me
ABOUT
Pim&AEOXA.
I., flying the German flag and with
Facts About
Here are facts about the German submarine U-53:;;
' Is 214 feet long. ,
- Has cruising radius of 10,000, miles on the surface.'
Maximum speed is 18 knots on the surface and 10 knots sub
merged. Has a cruising radius of 480 miles submerged.
Carried six weeks' supplies when it left Wilhelmshaven.-
Has used more than one-third of its provisions. 3
More than one-third of its oil capacity has been consumed.
Has six cylinder, four cycle Diesel engines that develop
jiuret'u t-i. . -
' Equipped with four. 18-inch.torneV
aft. - - - - ; , -V Vv
Range of its torpedoes 2,000 yards. -Has
two four-inch guns, one forward and one aft.
Ten torpedoes is its capacity. . -
Arrived in United States with only six visible torpedoes on board.
CONVICTED
OF STABBING
ATTORNEY
Doorkeeper Georgia Legis
lature ; Had Trouble With
Prohibitionists Counsel
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Atlanta, Oct 12. G. K. Vason,
doorkeeper of the Georgia house of
representatives, was convicted today
of a misdemeanor in connection with
the stabbing of Thomas B. Felder,
an Atlanta attorney, in a local hotel
op. August 3. -
Vason was indicted for assault with
intent to murder, a felony.
Sentence will be passed Friday. The
maximum penalty is a thousand dol
lars fine and twelve months.
Felder, who was counsel for the
state prohibition .'forces, and Vason
had an altercation in the hotel hall
way. t
' Vason said at the trial,' Felder was
cut with his own knife.
THIRD BURGESS SCHOOL
MACHINE ARRIVES
The third Burgess school machine
is at the aeronautical station, and will
be assembled and tested as soon as the;
two others which have been ordered
arrive, and a demonstrator comes
from the factory. ,
Six of this type of machine were
ordered from the Burgess factory and
one was placed aboard the cruiser
North Carolina.' The other five have
been shipped, and as stated,"three
have arrived at the station here.
The new -craft are slightly different
from the two Burgess-Dunnes now in
use at the station, and designed par
ticularly for student use. They are
much simpler than the big machines
at the station, and will be welcome ad
ditions to the station. . -
Very little practice is being done
at the flying school now, and as soon
as more machines arrive and the new
class of students is enlisted it is ex
pected that the school work will go
forward rapidly.
BA, FRIDAY MORNING,
OF THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-53
other submarines, has brought the war'
officers and crew on deck. Officers said
the U-53
1,200
i-rr.two forward amVlvvo
STOP SIGNAL
IGNORED BY
A STEAMER
City of Madras is Over
hauled by United States
Destroyer Sterrett.
BT ASSOCIATES PRESS.
New York, - Oct. 12. The British
steamer tny oi Madras was over
hauled off Ambrose lightship tonight
by the United States destroyer Ster
rett and brought -back to Clifton,
Staten Island, after it had ignored the
destroyer's signal 'to stop. "
The Madras cleared Monday for
Singapore, but anchored off the quar
antine fearful of submarine attacks.
. As, the ship passed quarantine to
night she was signalled bythe Ster
rett to stop, and when she continued
was chased and brought back. .
Navy yard officials here disclaim all
knowledge of the Sterrett's action. .
'WATCH YOUR
STEP FRIDAY, 13th
; Look at the date. Friday, the
Thirteenth. . , ; 4 -;. : r"
But, our fingers
are
crossed, and
superstition
the 1 black .goblin vf
passes by. Why they should pick out'
poor little Friday, of all the days
of the week, to hang an old super
stition on, is beyond reason.. It is not
her fault, nor yet the. calendar's, and
it wast such an unlucky day for the
original, and only undiluted Friday,
who found himself a home and a
pretty good job, on that day, even if
he "did have to associate with Old Man
Crusoe. - ; .
And there is Thirteen; its only one
more than 12, and had the reputation
of being very - valuable before the
price of bread rose, and there , was
such a thing as a baker's dozen. But
alackaday, it must be so, for the cal
endar says it is. And so well trem
ble in our boots, until midnight ushers
the fatal day out.
yWty WW
OCTOBER 13, 1916.
to the coast of the United States.
the U-boat is one. of .the largest
Sinking of Steamer Bound
F rom One Neutral Port
, .. -, . -
'-"'to Another CiaifVrcd- -
' BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, Oct. 12. Although the
investigation of the recent submarine
activities has apparently eased the
minds of officials here, it is said au
thoritatively .that should the situa
tion develop a prolonged paralysis of
American trade, the broad issue
might be raised of transcending spe
cific questions of international law in
connection with the submarine raids.
Dislocation of shipping along the
Atlantic seaboard, increases in marine
insurance rates and the possibility of
serious freight congestion are ques
tions which may largely determine
the government's policy. . .
The sinking of the' Dutch steamer
Bloomersdyk, bound from one neutral
port to another, is being considered.
What measures uermany is con
templating against neutral trade from
American ports is a matter of specu
lation. , . .
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS
OF WEST FLORIDA TO
MEET IN PENSACOLA
On October 20-22 there will be a
meeting ftt Pensacola that will be of
special interest to Christian Endeav
orers and to all those interested in
Christian work: for young people." .
The convention is a part of the only
interdenominational Young "People's
society ',in the- churches.- - Ifc has a
membership numbering over ,4,000,000,
has 87 denominations in its fellow-!
ship and is found in- every country
on the, globe. " e " '
.Duncan B. Curry, ' of J Jacksonville,
president of the Florida Christian En
deavor Union, and Karl Lehman, field
secretary of the United Society of
Christian Endeavor, Boston, r Mass.,
will be among the speakers. Mr. Leh
man has a national reputation as an
entertaining and forceful speaker. ;
"Possessed of that personal magne
tism that holds an audience, and with
a wit that played over the surface of
sound thought, he made an agreeable
and abiding impression upon his hear
ers." Herald and News, Randolph,
Vt., November 5, 1911.
"Karl Lehman, field secretary,
bright, breezy, witty and western,
skipped from. state to state telling of
the - grand work they are doing."
Christian Endeavor World. "
It is expected that all Christian
Endeavor societies will send repre
sentatives and that all others inter
ested will attend.
If RAISE A
BHOAD ISSUE
she
of the German war submersibles
It
EW PROMISE
Will Make Every Effort to
. Minimize Delay in Ex-,
aihlnatioriifc!;' Mails. 1
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, Oct. 12. Identical
memorandums from Great Britain
and France replying to the American
protest against mail seizures were
delivered to the state department to
day. The text was not made known, but
the allies are understood to have given
renewed promises that 'every effort
will be made to minimize the delay
caused xby examination, but - insist
upon certain legal rights 'in regard
to mail which the United States has
denied.
The principal American contention
is that vessels have been diverted
from the high seas intoBritish ports
to give the British censors jurisdic
tion.' i- " .
There is no indication that the new
memorandum makes any concessions
of principle on this point.
.The United States' note of August
24 characterized the allies' treatment
of the mails as a "lawless practice
OKLAHOMA RIFLE TEAM
PASSES THROUGH HERE
En route " to the , State Camp
Grounds, the Oklahoma rifle team,
consisting of about twenty-five officers
and men and representing the entire
state ; of Oklahoma, passed through
Pensacola yesterday afternoon on a
special car.,
There has been a heavy movement
toward the State Camp Grounds for
the past' several days, and quite a
number of the teams from various
states have passed through Pensacola
on their way to participate in the na
tional rifle contests now being carried
on . there. Almost every day lately
two or three teams have passed
through, - averaging something like
twenty-five to the team.
The U-53 is here shown as
MAKE
LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED
ON STEAMER ADRIATIC
BT ASSOCIATED PP.ESS.
New York, Oct. 12. With all lights
extinguished, the White Star liner
Adriatic, carrying more than three
hundred passengers and eighteen
thousand pounds of 'munitions, is be
lieved to be tonight speeding south
of this port well within the three-mile
safety zone. ,
She left today for Liverpool, but
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PEWSACOLA IS
Directors Chamber of Com
merce Held Meeting on
the Proposition.
SENT WIRE TO
SECRETARY McADOO
Endorsement of Montgom
ery is Withdrawn and
Prospects Look Good.
Fensacola jls the site for the dis
trict federal farm loan bank, is being
urged on the farm loan board, of
which William G. McAdoo is chair
man, and the following telegram wa
sent to Secretary McAdoo last night:
"We hereby request that the- fed
eral farm loan bank for this district
be located in Pcnsacola. . Wccordially
invite your board to visit TensacoU,
on. its southern trip. You-'cn leav
Birmingham night, of October 28 in
through Bleeper, arriving Pcnsacola
early morning 2Dth and leave either
that night by through deeper or at
noon next day.
PENSACOLA C. OF C."
The plan for bringing Tensacola's
claim before the board was the object
of a special meeting of the board of
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday, at which many of
the prominent business men of the
city were present.
The question received much discus
sion at the meeting, and it was finally
decided to ask the board to consider
this city, while on thn trip south.
The former action cf thn board is en
dorsing Montgomery as the pite for
f the bank was rcscEvled, as informa
tion was broughi to light Thursday
morning which, it is claimed, indi
cated that Pensacola had an excellent
opportunity of securing the bank.
Additional weight was given the
discussion yesterday by the fact that
Jacksonville had become generally
considered as being too far in one
corner of the district, to afford easy
access to all ports. With this belief
the board decided to try to induce the
farm loan board to place the bank "in
Pensacola.
' Committee Appointed.
Although there is little time for
collecting data the board decided to
leave nothing undone to make as com
plete a showing of Pensacola's advan
tages as possible, and to this end a
committee composed of the following
members was appointed ; E. R. Ma
lone, T. A. Jennings, H. H. Thornton,
C. E. Dobson, J. B. Terkins, R. W.
Goodhart, J. E. Davis Yonge, W. A.
Blount, W. C Barrineau, J. S, Reese
and J. D. C. Newton.
The duty of this committee consists
in collecting all the available infor
mation concerning Pensacola and Es
cambia county, in their relation geo
graphically and financially, to the re
mainder of the district. The geo
graphical situation is of first impor
tance, as it is considered absolutely -
Bsontial tftnf ttho Thn nV fnr Vio 4ie-
trict be located as centrally,, other con
ditions being equal, as possible.
Capital at $750,000.
The bank at the start will probably
be capitalized at $750,000, and its
chief business is in rediscounting
loans of the farm loan association.
The board which has been invited to
visit Pensacola is composed of the fol
lowing: .Secretary of the Treasury
W. G. McAdoo, George W. Norris,
Herbert Quick, W. S. A. Smith and
Charles E. Lobdell.
It is planned to have the farm loan?
banks ready for business by January
1, 1917, and the importance to thn
state is stressed by Senator Fletcher,
who places the farm loan act over all
other legislation,- in the general de
velopment of the agricultural ; re
source of the nation.
did not follow the usual eastern route.
She apparently followed the freight
steamers Pannenia and Minnehaha,
which left earlier in the day. .
The Danish steamer Hellic Olav,
which left earlier, however, took the
eastern rpute.
There are four American passen
gers in the Adriatic's first cabin.
GOING AFTER
FEDERAL BJHK