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THE WEATHER Thcndershnwers Sunday and probably Monday, ligh variable winls. Yesterday's temperature: Highest. SI degrees; lowest, 71 degrees. YVKST FLORIDA Ml" ST FKKD ITSELF! VOL. XX. NO. 225. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1917. PRICE 5 CENTS. MTLESSIS PRESSURE 0 TEUTONFORGE Russians Armies Are Con tinuing to Increase Their Resisting Power. TEUTON ATTACK IN LEMBURG- FAILURE Austro-German Army is Forced to Retreat With Loss of 400 Prisoners. ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY. Russia's armies are continuing to exhibit an increased resisting power j in an area of the Teutonic offensive j on the Eastern front. j In Weet a relentless British and j Irene n pressure is snowing reuits in a further recession along the Ger man line in Flanders. The Teutonic attack northeast of Lemberg was a complete failure. Teutons are pressing the Russo-Ru-manians on three sides and are be ing met with a strong resistance- Near the Russo-Rumanian frontier j the Austro-Germans were forced to retreat in places, with a loss of four hundred men prisoners. Von Mackensen's offensive in Mol davia threatens the railway line along the front. The British advance in the West hoek region of Flanders is maintain ed in its entirety. Berlin, however, says the British attack was unsuc cessful. Field Marshal Haig clinched his hold last night on the ground won in Friday's attack on the Flanders front ca of Ypres. The Germans made six heavy .11 .,u.( e.c -wt r!v success. Not omy the British maintain their positions, but gained pome additional ground on their right wing near the Ypres Kenin road. These new gains probably aTe im portant to success of the British gen eral's plans for it was in just this sector that the British had failed to make all the progress expected. On the remainder of the two mile front runn unmng from the pres-Roul- ( lway all the objectives wer ers rail achieved in yesterday s assault and . have since been held. , The German resistance was espec- lauy stuooorn on ine x. imi but the result of the night s hchting as reflected in the London official ac count shows that despite this the British forces were also able to forge ahead. While the British and French have been making another forward thrust in the nrocess of driving a wedge into the German lines in Belgium the j French forces have been heavily en-i gaged on their own soil to the south, J near St. Quentin on the Aiene front,, and in the Champagne. In the St Quentin area. General I Petain's troops regained nearly all ! the section of line which the Germans j had penetrated in their sudden thrust f Thur-dnv night ' North of the Aisne they carried j K,.;iiiant attav and rpcanhvwi i UUU a, i -1 iuici ... " " i " , and held the whole of an important trench which the Germans had re cently taken south of Aillcs. The fighting in the Champagne was of German initiative. An attack was launched over a front of nearly two miles which was broken up by the French except at one point to the north of Carnillet, and even here the Germans were afterward ejected from the elements they had penetrated with the exception of a stretch of some fiftv yards. KING GEORGE FELICITATES KERENSKY, THE IRON MAN London. Aug. 11. King George, sent a telegram to Prime Minister Kerensky, of Russia. whL-h said, "At ; the commencement of the fourth year ; of the great conflict which still rages, and at a moment when you are re- J established in the leadership of the free Russian people, 1 desire to as- j sure vou and them that the British i people will never relax their efforts against our common enemies " IRON DISCIPLINE IN RUSSIAN ARMY APPLIED Fetrograd, Aug. 11 M. Savinkoff. ; assistant minister of war announced ( point commissioners wirn rne troops to replace the present commission ers who were elected- This is part of a program of iron discipline in the j army. Commissioners coniroi uic litical life of the army. EXPRESIDENT TAFT'S CONDITION IMPROVES Clay Center, Kansas, Aug- 11. Former President Taft's condition was reported "very favorable" by his physician- Fined $4.00 For Not Cleaning Premises One fine of $4 and costs was imposed in the recorder's court yesterday morning upon proof being substantiated that the de fendant, a young white man, had failed to comply with instruc tions of the sanitary inspector to clean up certain portions of the premises which he occupied- From authoritative sources it was learned last night that a de termined drive to see that the laws of sanitation are enforced without fear or favor will be started and continued through this week, and will be continued as long as there are evidences of the need of such activities on the part of the city health depart ment. RMS Fill LOA APPLICATIONS AT THE RATE OF A MILLION A DAY; SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS LOANED LAST MONTH. BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Aug- 11. Applications for farm loans are pouring into the federal land bank at the rate of more than a million dollars a day. The July total reached thirty-four million dollars, the farm loan board an nounced. During the month the board approved loans amounting to sixteen million dollars. SPECIAL MEETING OF ROTARY ON TUESDAY Malcolm D- Jones, Governor of the Fifth District of International Ro tary Clubs will speak before the Pen sacola club Tuesday night at eight o'clock in the San Carlos Hotel, at which time the regular dinner will be held instead of at one o'clock as is the custom. Mr. Jones is or.e of the leading lawyers in Georgia and is a magnetic speaker. He has a message of un usual importance to Pen&aeola Rota- ted wjth much intcrest. Thg ar . . ca . ct. hpre wpr(i mado vosterdav aftcrn00n, bv wirp by president John A. Mer- iu d s'ecretarv j. D. Hendricks, 0f the Rotrarv Club- The visit Tues day will be the first visit of Mr. Jones to Pensacola since he was elected dis trict governor- CO. I WILL RECEIVE CALLERS FROM 4 TO 5:30 This afternoon, Company I will hold open house in the armory hall, and everyone is invited to call and see the boys of Tcnsacola's company. .sin iii ii i j yauera snoum see tne men Between 4 and n:.0 o clock, entertainment for the company s held yesterday afternoon at Chic- owa' Imi when thp management treated the hoys- i he company marched to and from the resort, the hike being part of the drill work given each day- SWEET POTATOES ARE PUT ON ARMY MENU Washington Bureau, The Pensacola Journal Washington, Aug. 11. For some weeks Senator Park Trammell has been active in his efforts to get sweet potatoes placed on the authorized ra tion list of the United States army. He has seen the department about the matter several times in person and today was informed that sweet pota toes have been added to the list. Senator Trammell is much gratified because there will be an immense sweet potato crop in Florida this year and with the additional market avail able through the army purchases the growers in Florida should be assured a ready market for their crop. APPOINT NEW NURSES EXAMINING BOARD Tallahassee Bureau, The Pensacola Journal Tallahassee, Aug. 11. Some of the terms of office of the present mem bers of the state board of examiners of trained nurses having expired or nearly so, Governor Catts is prepar ing to name a new board. He states that some changes in the membership of this examining board will be an nounced shortly. IS EXEMPT LINES TO BE DR MOHETIGHTLY False Claims for Exemption on "Dependent" Cause Reaches High Mark. BOARDS CAUTIONED TO USE UTMOST CARE j "To Raise an Army" is the Controlling Necessity. New Regulations. Tallahassee Bureau. The Pensacola Journal Tallahassee, Fla., Aug- 11. If so many exemptions because of depen dency are claimed throughout the United States that it appears that the necessary army cannot be raised out of the first number of drafted men, section eighteen providing for such exemptions may be no longer continued, according to a telegram received here today by Major Edward Anderson, who has charge of the se lective draft in Florida, from Pro vost Marshal General Crowder The wire states that it appears that this section is being abused. "The con trolling necessity is to raise an ar my," says the telegram, "and if ex perience proves that the clause pro viding for exemptions because of de pendency is being abused, the first numbers drawn, with the exception of those physically disqualified, will be placed in service, the government probably providing for the care of the families of the men drafted Today's orders from Washington also state that no examining physi cian or member of a local board who is related to a drawn man by blood or marriage nearer than second cousin may examine that man. The orders are as follows Washington, D- C, Aug. Oth. 1917. Major Edward Anderson, Tallahas see, Ya. Section No. 2 of the Selective Ser vice Laws exempts no person from military service on the ground of de pendency. It only authorizes the president to exclude or discharge from Draft "Those in a status with respect to persons dependent upon exclusion or discharge advisable." The controlling necessity is to raise an army- It is advisable to disturb dependents just as little as the neces city of raising an army will premit. To this end Section No 18 of the Regulations was compiled carefully and after the most earnest consideration- If the experience is fcn rove that the general conditions prescribed bv j Section No. 18, or any abuse of them. will interfere with the raising of an army, then it is no longer advisable to discharge so wide a class and the conditions stated therein will have to be restricted until an advisable, rule is reached- Nothinsr has happened to change the belief that the persona enumerated in Section No. 18 could be discharged without interfering with the raising of an army, but there are indications that abuses of Section 18 may render its continu ance no longer advisable. Reports are to the effect that in some district, as high as 80 per cent of persons called before local boards are filing claims for discnarre on the gvtund of dependent relatives. Such a percentage of claims when viewed in connection with all avail able statistics indicate beyond ques tion that advantage is being taken of the provisions of the law and reg ulations which were intended to re duce to a minimum the misery at home normally attendant upon war. There is a moral certainty, in the ex travagance of this percentage that hundreds of unfounded claims are included in these totals. This state of affair? greatly increases the bur den of local boards for, if a high per centage of registrants claim exemp tion, only the uncompromising action of local boards can prevent a new regulation on the subject of depen dency which shall reduce discharges for dependency to a far more re stricted class and to very necessi tous and clearly defined circum stances. In the absence of a stem repression by local boards of unmer itorious claims this result is inevit able since any such percentage of exemption as reports of claims indi cate would nullify the law and pre vent the raising of an army It is thus apparent that the filing of these improper claims will react oirectly and injuriously on persons vhom the present regulations were designed to protect and that the wel fare of persons who have filed bona fide claims under the present gener ous clauses of the regulations, is se riously imperiled by persons who have filed claims without merit, and that the only protection of persons whose cases are within the meaning (Continued on Page Two.) 1 CASE SETTLED BEFORE CATTS County Officers Promise Support Tax Commis sion's Rate. FRIENDLY END; NO ONE LOSES JOB Case Grew Out of Commis sioners Lowering Bank Assessment to 35 cc. Tallahassee Bureau, The Pensacola Journal. , Tallahassee. Fla, Aug. 11. The case of the Alachua county tax as- sessor and county commissioners, who j were summoned by the governor t appear here today "to answer charges of non-performance of duty filed by the state tax commissioners, was heard this morning and amicably set tled after the county officials agreed in the presence of the governor to co-operate with the state tax com mission and the state association of t.xx assessors in the future. At th" request of the eovernor. the attorney-general's office was represented at the hearing by Hon. Worth Tram mell, one of tha assistants to the attorney-general. No one will be re moved, all who attended the hearing arc iii a good humor and friendly to oi e another. They were represented by counsel, Col- W. S- Broom, who is the attorney for the board and had ad V! sea" them to take the action they had taken in the matter of (hanging the basis for assessment of the banks of Ali-chua county. At the hearing were: Governor Sid ney J Catts, Tax Commissioners John Neel, R. J. Taterson and S J. Blitch (the full membership of the -ommlssion), Hon. Worth W. Tram mell, cf the office of the attorney-general, Tax Assessor E. F- Corbett and County Commissioners W, E- Bryant, chairman, Ii. B Hodgson, J. T- Trice ard B. F. Cavlton, of Alachua county. County Commii-sioner T. C- Bryant was absent on ;.veount of the serious illness of his father and sent a writ ten excuse to the governor, which was read at the meeting. Col W. S Broom, attorney for the county offi cials, was also present. The tax assessor in Alachua county had assessed the banks there on the basis of fifty per cent, which is tho (Continued on Page Two.) BELGIAN AND BRITISH UNIFORMS SEEN HERE i ! v. 1 li-- f i i. ., our allies were seen on the streets of the city last night, the Belgian uni- iform being worn by a group of eight ! or nine froif, that country, while the i English naval reserves unitorm cloth was worn by a number of Britishers. The Belgian naval uniform, was (seen for the first tim-ori the streets of Pensacola when the croup of sail ors walked into a downtown cafe, where they attracted no Tittle atten tion. A number of officers and sail ors from the Pensacola naval station at once recognized the uniforms, and the allies fratemalized pleasantly- SAILORS CRUISED STREET IN AUTO WITH 10 QUTS. I l en quarts ii uquur were uinen from two United States sailors Txst nieht by Special Officer Shackelford The men were in an auto, the prop erty of a South Talafox street groc ery. The liquor was confiscated and L" at the police station. The men gave their names as Baumer and Elklund, and they are charged with disorderly j conduct. The officers were emieavor j ing to ascertain their source of liquor supply, but up to a late hour were not successful. C. OF C. ENTERTAINS HOME NAVAL COMMITTEE An invitation was extended the ! House Committee on Naval Affairs by ; telegraph yesterday.to be the guests i ; of the Chamber of Commerce, at a ' luncheon to be given on the dav of the committee's arrival in the city. The committee was in Gulfport yesterday, and will stop in Mobile en route to Pensacola. The length of stay in Mobile is not known so the time to Pensacola remains unfixed, though it will probably be Monday and Tuesday- Draft Opposition Propaganda, BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Jacksonville. Fla., Aug. 11. Much of the opposition to the se lective draft being stirred up in the United States is the work of German propagandists and vigor ous means should be employed to curb the activity of the enemy within, as well as without, de clared Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military affairs committee, in an address here to day before the lawyers of Flor ida and citizens of Jacksonville. "I do not believe," he declared, "that America has yet been aroused to the dangers which con NDICT KMSEfl FDR MISSISSIPPI GRAND JURY" BRINGS TRUE BILL AND SHER IFF WANTS TO GO AFTER; HIM. ET ASSOCIATED PRESS. Meridian, Miss., Aug. 12. Upon the sworn testimony of Representative Venable of the fifth congressional district, who was rcgulary summoned by the Lauderdale county grand jury, returned an indictment against Emperor William of Germany, on charges of robbery, arson, mur der, plotting, bribery and con spiracy. Sheriff Kennedy in formed the court he will go after the kaiser if provided with prop er papers. GEORGIA ANTI-DRAFT MEETINGS STORMY Atlanta, Aug. 12. Opponents of selective conscription, gathered in three towns of Georgia, adopted reso lutions asking a repeal of the draft act- One meeting those attending be came indignant at remarks of a speaker, resulting in the defeat of the resolution urging an amendment to the conscription law, it is said. Dele gates said they were elected to the state meeting at the Thomson meet ing. TWINS SETTLE CLAIM FOR EXEMPTION BY COIN Tulsa. Okla., Aug. 12 Harry Cros by and Claud Crosby, twins, came be fore the exemption board. Both were acceptable but had a mother to sup port. Claud Drew a coin from his pocket, saying "heads or tails". "Tails," replied Harry. The coin fell tails, and Claud filed the exemption claim. MOBILE FINISHES UP ITS WAR QUOTA Mobile. Ala., Aug. 12 With the completion tonight of the national army quota of sixty-seven men in Mobile, the city exemption district, number two, was first in Alabama to clear up the work, it is announced. RESIST CONSCRIPTION" BY IGNORING SUMMONS Tittsburg. Aug. 12. What is be lieved to be an organized effort on the part of twenty-five men to resist con scription under the draft law was re ported to the department of justice by members of the exemption board. Registrants have ignored the sum mons, they declared. They said they would rather go to jail than serve in the army. MEMBER OF EXEMPTION BOARD IS ARRESTED New York, Aug. 12. The third ar rest is made in an alleged conspiracy to evade provisions of the selective draft law as charged against mem bers of an exemption board in an East Side district. Kalman Gmher, a dentist, was arrested on a warrant similar to that served on S J. Bern feld and Louis Cherry. While not officially connected with the boards it is charged, he handed out exemp tion blanks. NEGRO WOMAN ARE CUT IN AN AFFRAY Three negro women, with blood shooting from a number of knife wounds, were taken in custody at a late hour last night by Captain Tar rants and Special officer Herricglon. Their names were Martha Pierson, who is cut badly; Delia Springer, who suffered a number of wounds from the knife and sloe had a bottle broken over her hand; and Florence Taylor, who was cut badly on one of her wrists when she endeavored to separate the other two women. The trouble occurred near the cor ner of Gadsden and Tarragona streets Vap Springer, hosband of Delia Springer, was arrested also- It was claimed that he had given his wife a knife- The women received the treatment of C?V ?hysician Nobles. MURDER Due to German Says Chamberlain front her on account of enemies within and without, and I hope that if the people of Florida have not yet considered this question they may beirin to do so and dis cuss them." Senator Chamberlain defended the right and authority of con gress to enact legislation provid ing for the selective draft. He pointed out that Washington wrote time after time to the con tinental congress urging the nec essity of draft and telling of op portunities lost for victory after victory because of an inadequate arm v. i HALT DRIFT EXAMS SUNDAY MAKES NO DIFFER ENCE; DOCTORS BEGIN AT 5 A. M. TOTAL QUALIFIED TO DATE NUMBER 215- Almost the same average was maintained in the draft examination work as the day before, and of the 114 men examined 66 were found physically fit for service. The ratio the day previous was 66 men out of 111 examined. Two hundred and fif teen have thus far qualified. The board will continue its work to day, from 5 a. m., until noon. Ap plicants are urged to come as early as possible Following is the list of those who passed yesterday: T. D. Brenon". Wm- Goulden. H. A. Berry. Wm- Andrews. Owen Bell Wm- Johnson. J. R. Labrato C. A. Miller. Andrew Dikes. B L- Adams. W- R. Andress Zeb F. Rozier. W. H. Godwin. J. R. Alford Alexander Thompson Arthur Galloway Jesse Watson. R- German Fike. John Fevgas. Webb Perdue. D. H. Fillingim George Gadron. C. F- Johansen Nath. Underwood. Willie Owens- E. F. Walton A. W. Agerton. C- B Butler. P J Ridgely. Ike Ferguson. Joseph Woodley. Herbert Davis. Jesse Harry. John Smith Charley Jackson C- R. Higdon. O. H Jones. S. L. Jenkins. J. S Nixon Manuel Fondella. C. A Canday. II S. Champlin. Joseph Ellis. K. W- Thompson L. M. Mayne. W- S Barnett Chas. Kovionmedas Gummage Moore- F. D. Marques. George Fondela?. I. S. Kilbee. Jessie Tatum Enoch Cook. F. B. Jones. Babb. E R Largue Clyde Roache. Wm. C Moyer. J. A. Robinson. Walter Howard. Roscoe Wallace. L- K Knotts F. M. Hudson C. S. Cohron. G. D. Bradley. Braley Lawrence John Bermundes W L Padgett. Tobias Anderson. Hollis W. Singleford. LA F0LLETTE WANTS TO KNOW BATTLE AIMS BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Aug. 11. A peace resolution was introduced in the sen ate by Senator La Follette. It pro vides that the government define defi nitely the objects for which it shall continue to wage war, and that the allies also make a public re-statement of the peace terms which they de mand. The resolution seeks to put con gress on record a opposing support by the United States for annexations or indemnities for other nations, and proposes the assessing of a common fund by ail the belligerents for resto ration of battle devastated territory. Senator La Follette made no speech on his resolution and there was no debate. On motion of Senator Wil liams it went over a day under the rules. PIT1TIS1 IS KEYNOTE OF FiT.BIQUET Civilians Entertain Frater nity Brothers of Navy. Seventy-Eight Present. ELOQUENT TALKS MADE BY MANY First of Series of 'Entertain ments to Service Men is Huge Success. Seventy-eight Greek Letter Frabarn itv men, representing nearly every state and many colleges in theunion, gathered at the San Carlos hotel last night at a dinner, given by the Pen sacola members to their brothers sta tioned here in the army and navy. The occasion was one of the most unique ever witnessed in tho city, and one long to be remembered by those who took part. Hon. W A Blount acted as toastmaster, and in troduced during the evening H- A. Pumpilly, J. E. D. Yonge. Paymaster Robbins, Scott Loftin, Williaik Fish er, W. A- Blount, Jr., and Rev- J. H. Brown. To those of the service, the Ten sacolians expressed a cordial wel come, while the responses showed deep appreciation. A theme, con stantly stressed was the sacrifice of the men enlisting, of position, of business to respond to the call of country- In this was found the true meaning of fraternity, and in the present cast, a fraternity of nations banded together, fighting for a com mon ideal; to make the world safe for Democracy. After dinner, Mr. Blount, in intro ducing the speakers of the evening, outlined the essentials of fraternal ism, and the pride of each man in his own particular society. This he said is loyalty, and it i,i not to be wondered, that when country calls, those who have found their expres sipn of loyalty in fraternalism, have joined the broader fraternity, the military service of the United States. Mr- Blount then introduced Mr- Pum pilly. Mr- Pumpilly expressed the appre ciation of the men of the service for the entertainment, and thanked the local fraternity men for their hos pitality. J. E. D- Yonge was then intro duced, and expressed a desire which found ready response, that other sim ilar entertainments be given, to knit a closer friendship between Pensa cola and tho service men stationed here. After Mr. Yonge, Paymaster Rob bins was called upon, and responded gracefully with an anecdote on fra ternity life in past years. Following tho naval officer, Scott M. Loftin was introduct-1 and told of his pleasure in meeting fraternity brothers in the service, and fratern ity men in general, for being a fra ternity man, he said, established a kind of kinship to other fraternity men, even though they tve of a differ ent society- Briefly, he touched on the service of the men to their countrv, and closed with an apostro phe to "Old Glory," which brought forth tremendous applause William Fisher was introduced aft er Mr. Loftin, and he too empha sized the bigger and broader fra ternal spirit as characterized by the dinner, where strangers, united by the bond of brotherhood had met to gether in good fellowship- Fraternalism, in the lijrnt of tha war, was the theme of W. A- Blount, Jr., who was next introduced, and the speaker stressed the Ideals of fra ternities, as typified in the great con flict. Tho ideals inspired by fra ternities, finding expression in ser vice and loyalty, arwi the great fra ternities of nations, whicn banned to- ' gether in common cause, fight to preserve the rights of small nation.-:, to crush autocracy, and to make the world safe for d'-mocrar. Rev. J. H. Bfown was the Inst called by the toastrn aster, and voice '. his pleasure in meeting the firs. lar"? number of fraternity men since h- left college Of their duty to tne country, Mr- Brown said the men knew better than he could tell them, and as how bei. to fight Germany it was not his province to instruct them. But of this, he said "He was certain, that when they fought, they would do their duty to the utmost, and what he wished was that they finish the job, and all return home- During the dinner mu'ical selec tions were greatly enjoyed, through the courtesy of Mrs- Sara Trick Weimer, Miss Lillian Jacoby, Miss Edith Tucker, and Mr. and Mrs. Woodworth- Vocal selections by tha last three were greeted with tre mendous applause, and repeated en cores were given. The affair last night was the first. (Continued on Page Two.)