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THE WEATHER.
Fair and Much cooler Saturday, except
rain in south portion. Sunday, fair in
ouih portion. Moderate west wind.
Highest temperature yesterday, 74 oe
grees; lowest, 55 degrees.
WEST FLORIDA MUST
FEED ITSELF!
VXXU XJ-m 2S5.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1917
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AMERICAN
ANTILLES
A GERMAN
Seventy Lives Were Lost
When Homeward Bound
Ship Was Torpedoed.
NAVAL AND ARMY
OFFICERS ON BOARD
Sixteen Out of 33 Soldiers
Lost, and at Least Two
Naval Sailors.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington, Oct. 19. The Ameri
can transport Antilles, homeward
bound, was torpedoed in the war zone
Wednesday, October 17. and went
down with the loss of about seventy
live?.
All naval and army officers' on
board were saved, and all but three
of ship's officers, but sixteen soldiers
out of the thirty-three aboard were
lost. Those lost include, Walker, the
third engineer officer; Boyle and
O'Rourke, Jr., engineer officers.
The navy men lost include Aus
burn, radio electrician, of New Or
leans; Watson, electrician of Massachusetts-
Names of the soldiery and
of the merchant crew missing and
will not be learned till the muster
rolls now in France, of those on
board, are examined, and further de
tails will be made public by the navy
department soon as available.
There were no army units aboard.
Such officers and men of the army
as were aboard were being sent home
on special assignments, invalided to
home or returned for v-arious resasn.
The list of these will no be avail
able until obtained from General
Pershing.
Theru is a lack of details of the
attack, and beyond the fact i.iat the
submarine, was unseen, and the first
warning was given to those aboard
the transpoar after the shock of ex
plosion of the torpedoeo.
Many theories are current as to
how the submarine crept through
the screen of destroyers, did its
work and escaped unchallenged, and
it is probable. The attack was made
well out at sea. It took two days for
the news to come to Washington, and
survivors are believed to be already
ashore, somewhere in France or
England.
WAS OPERATED UNTIL
RECENTLY BY TIIE S. P.
New York, Oct. 19.The Antilles
is owned by the Southern Pacific
Company (Morgan "Line), and was
formerly in service between New
Orleans and New York. The vessel
was takeu over by the government as
a transport early in the war. Cap
tain Boyd was retained in command
when the vessel entered the govern
ment service-
BELIEVED GERMANS
INTEND TO DESTROY
SHIPS OF RUSS NAVY
'ASSOCIATED PRESS STTMMART
Singularly reticent is the German
official communication regarding
ope rations of the German naval
forces against the Russian sc-adron, J
which Is presumed to bottled up in
the Moon sound. retrograd gives
few further details of the situation.
It is believed the Germans are busi
ly engaged in landing troops for an
invasion and conquest of the three
Islands, and in attempting destruc
tion of the Russian fleet.
The Russian capital will be re
moved to Moscow, and the civil
ponulalion is already evacuating Re
vaX one of the principal Russian
ports on the Finland Gulf.
Artillery duels continue in the
other war theatres.
British and French artilleries are
pounding the German positions in
Belgium, with the Germans answer
ing the fire vigorously at various
points, especially along the Menin
road. . Little infantry activity has
taken place, except in the nature of
raids.
SECOND DAY'S DRIVE
IN LOAN CAMPAIGN
The second day of the campaign of
speeches in the theatres for the Lib.
erty Campaign was concluded yes
terday and is apparently meeting
with much success and stimulating
graet interest. 1
Br. F. G. Renshaw spolce for four
minutes in the Isis Theatre last night
and C. W: Lamar addressed a lartre
audience in the Bonita. Others will
be appointed from day to day, and the j
jvork carried thhrough to the close of I
campaign
TRANSPORT
SENT DOWN BY
SUBMARINE
LOAN CAMPAIGN IS
GATHERING FRESH
IMPETUS ALL TIME
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington, Oct. 19. The Liberty
Ioan campaign gathered fresh im
petus throughout the country in its
program toward the five billion dollar
goal. It is believed by the hardest
sort of work during the seven work
ing days remaining in the campaign
the goal will be attained. The total
unofficial estimates of subscriptions
now aggregated one billion seven
hundred and fifteen million up to the
close of business last night. Sub
scriptions as actually reported to re
serve banks have passed the billion
mark.
Official figures from the Atlanta
district are $9,428,000, and unofficial
ly reported is twenty million.
Two billions by tomorrow night is
the slogan being sounded throughout
the country, says a treasury depart
ment announcement.
Three hundred thousand boy scouts
through the country tomorrow will
begin an active campaign in its be
half. PERSHING CABLES OF
THE LIBERTY LOAN
New York, Oct. 19. Chairman of
the Liberty Loan committee has re
ceived the following cablegram from
General Pershing:
"Our success in floating the Lib
erty Loan will be a striking determi.
nation of the American people to see
the war through to a glorious finish.
Reports indicate a material decrease
of submarine destruction, and we
will win, regardless of our enemies
ruthless inhumanity.''
AMERICAN CITIES AND
TOWNS TO BE BOMBARDED
Washington, Oct. 19. The mes
sage from President Wilson, urtnng
aid to the Liberty Loan will be born
aloft tomorrow by forty-seven avi
ators, and eight baloonists, and will
be rained down in red, white and blue
paper bombs upon many towns and
cities throughout the nation.
MILTON BOY IN THE
AIRCRAFT SERVICE
Lieut. Harry L. Thompson of Mil
ton arrived in Pensacola yesterday,
having been assigned here to study
navigation, of water aircraft. Lieut.
Thompson is well known in Pensa
cola, and was greeted yesterday by
a large number of friends.
He has been stationed at one of
the fij'ing fields near Detroit for
some time, studying aviation, and
having completed the course in land
machines came to the Pensacola sta.
tion to study water aeronautics. -
PRINCETON'S HEAD
CONDEMNS TREASON
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia, Oct. ID. Treason,
spread in the guise of academic
teaching, was condemned by Doctor
Hibben, president of Princeton, be
fore a groupe of eminent educators
assembled here to define the purpose
of th college to the state.
PHELPS BE TURNED
OVER AFTER TRIAL
Mobile, Ala. Oct. ID C. A. Phelps,
charged with aiding the Blackwells
to escape will be tried here by the
government and then turned over to
the Escambia county authorities.
IMPROVED METHOD OF
CHIPPING PINES FOUND
Washington Bureau,
The Pensacola Journal
Washington, D. C., Oct. 19 By
adopting a new method of chipping
the trees, discovered and proved ef
fective by the United States Fcresty
Service, naval stores operators can
obtain about 30 per cent more tur
pentinu at and 52 percent more rosiu
than ordinarily got from their trees.
Through a series of demonstra
tions and investigations carried on
in Mississippi the Forestry Service
has through actual experiments
proved that the earnings from the
naval stores industry csn be greatly
increased by chipping, the trees twice
a week one-quarter of an inch high
instead of the present established
method of chipping one-half an inch
once a week.
Double chipping, of course, entaHs
e-jra expense, but this is much more
trr.n offset by increased returns, the
report of the Forestry Service just
made elable for distribution.
Charging Russians
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This remarkable war photograph shows how the Russians took Dzike.Lani. No picture taken during the great conflict-Illustrates
more vividly or accurately the actual scenes and methods of fighting: today.
As customary, the infantry attack was preceded py an artillery barrage. This curtain of fire shattered the defensive
works and gashed the earth with shellholes. The aUackJng infantry had to traverse this shell-ploughed ground under a
fire of shrapnel and of 6 and 8-inch shells. For shelter the troops dodged ahead from shell crater to shell crater. The
man in the foreground at the left is'runninp- forward, bent double, from one-, hole to another. Beside him sticks up the
mussle and bayonet of the rifle of a soldier in the crater he has just left.
In the foreground, in advance of the other stoopinc soldiers, appear thetang1ed remants of an entanglement of
barbed wire and branches, shattered by the bombardment.
GOOD BIDS ARE
OFFERED FOR ALL
STATE CONVICTS
NINETEEN DIFFERENT FIRMS
OR CORPORATIONS SUBMIT
OFFERS FOR LEASING UP
WARD 650 STATE PRISONERS
Tallahassee Bureau,
The Pensacola Journal
Tallahassee, Fla., Oct. ID. New
bids for the state convicts were
opened by the board of state insti
tutions here today, but on account of
tne absence of Governor Catts, who
has not yet returned from his trip
to Moorhaven, no award will be made
till tomorrow when a full board will
be in attendance. There are nine
teen bidders this time, only two less
than at the first bidding when all
were rejected because they were too
low. It was announced that no bid
under $350 per priscner per year
would be considered this time.
The first bids ranged from $200
to $325, but this time they ranee
form $330 to $407. There are 6560
prisoners to lease, and one bid is
for six hundred of them at $360, so
it is certain that the convicts will be
leased for at least that much.
Bids for state printing will also be
reconsidered tomorrow and contracts
awarded.
NEW LAWYERS.
Following is a list of those who
successfully passed the Yir examina
tion held by the supreme court this
week: Miss Helen Hunt, of Jack
sonville, Florida; Mrs. R. G. Baldwin,
of Jacksonville, Florida: Miss Julia
A. Harding of Jacksonville. Florida;
Marx G- Sabel. of Jacksonville,
"Florida; E. Durrance of Jacksonville,
Florida; T. F. Sevier, of Knights,
Florida; M. R. Williams of St. Peters
burg, Florida: D. W . Berry of
Pensacola, Fla., S. D. Wiliaams of
Wauchulla Fla. L. M. Boooth of Perv
Floridffi; Florida: W. C. Kent, of
Jacksonville, Florida rind Hugo C.
Enstrom of St- Louis, M.
states. With all additionaWxT.enee
taken into account, and in they light
of 1916 prices, double chi&pinsr
should increase the net profit from ! that subject to co-operation from
a turpentine crop of 10,000 faces by J farmers and retailers, the corner has
about $450. This means an increase i now been turned in the high prices of
in net profits from a fif ty-crop f ood. He said it-tail prices will not
operation of about $22,000. j come down to conform to wholesale
While the studies made by the reductions, and that this was a mat
Forest Service show a large increase j ter for public sentiment to correct,
in yields and revenue, as the result j The administrator's statement said
of double chipping, not enough data ! there was shown throughout the
has been secured to show the effect
of the new method on the trees in the
second and subsequent years, al
though the investigations "the first
year show the double chipping
causes a somewhat greater drain on
the vitality of th trees than the or
dinary methods. Many lumber com
panies, however, tap their lumber
two or three years before cutting
and frequently onlv one vear before
cutting, in which cases double chip -
ing would be especially advantage '
ous. i
Crawl From Shell Hole to Shell Hole
56 OUT OF 75 MEN
FOUND FIT AND
WERE ACCEPTED
much progress made in
physical examination of
youths Summoned in-third
draft in escambia county.
Great progress was made in
the
physical examination of the men
called in the third draft in this coun
ty yesterday, as three physicians
came to the aid of Dr. Andress and
a total of 75 men were examined, 56
of whom were found physically fit.
and accepted for service.
It is hoped that other physicians
will assist in the work, as it is im
possible for one man to complete the
examinations on time. Other men will
report today, and the work will be
continued until all are examined.
Following is a list of those who
passed the examinations yesterday:
Albert Nelson, Jim Hoderes, Hiram
White. Lester Wells, A. Hubbard. G.
V. S. Cobb, H. M. Thomas, Wesley
Johnson, Willie Jones, Patrick Bird,
Jr., W. M. P. Bowman, G. A.
Oliver, R. G. S. Campbell, Ernest
Taylor, W. M. Palmes, Willie Jack
son. John Gibson, A. Lempkins, Ter
rell B. Kebb, J. B. Jones. Earl E.
Gordon, Wm. R. Davis, Henry D.
Neal, Ira L. Smith, Willie King, F.
M. McCurdy, Willie Kew, D. E.
Jones, Peter Stamoles, J. W. Wil
liams, James M. Balkan, W. E.
Gumery. Raymond Campbell, Enshaw
Gibb3, Wm. McDuffie, John Creigh
ton, Raymond Vaughn, W. M. E.
Fillingim, Joe Daniels, W- Arnold,
R. E. Lowrey, Leslie Lindsey, T. L.
Sinnott, B. Mc Wilson, Geo. Brown.
Jessie Wright, J. F. Palmes. E. C.
Mimms, Thomas Thomas, Eugene N.
Palmer. Paul W. Moore. Julian R.
Henderson, J. A. Odom, Eli Meharg,
Henry Gibson, J. D. Mackey, Jr.
FOOD PRICES SHOW
A FALLING TENDENCY
Washington. Oct. 18. Food Ad
minist'-ator Hoover, has announced
country a large reduction in the price
of flour since August. The bean
harvest tms year is nearly double
that of last year, and an abundant
supply is promised. The corn crop
is nearly seven hundred million
bushels in excess of last year's crop.
Beef i. heady shows some tendency to
ward a reduction in wholesale prices.
Regard :nt: the potato, the price is a
little hirher now, because some are
holding for higher prices later on.
The crop has greatly increased in
quantity.
CERTIFICATES
MUST BE SHOWN
BY FISHERMEN
ACT HITHERTO APPLICABLE TO
SAILORS. TO FOREIGN PORTS
-'is extendep: tgl
INCLUDE.
MEN IN LOCAL FLEETS.
Business was rushing In the United
States custom house at this point
yesterday, for a steady stream of
fishermen and men who work on
coast vessels were seeking what i3 j
known as certificates of American
seamen. This is a sort of a pass
port which up to now
had been
ap-
plicable only to those Americans
bound for foreign ports, aow n lsjceived to noon today,
being applied to American seamen, Reports received by the committee
and this accounted for the crowd in j VPSterday from Forts Barrancas 'and
the corridors of the federal build- pjcfcens and the Aeronautic Station,
ing during the day. indicate that the contmt which is on
All men leaving port, it is claimed between the armv and navy is wax
will have to bTe provided with a sort j jnp: warnl and that the final report
of a passport, with the latest photo-. f rom the two branches of the service
graph of the holder thereof, attach-1 wjh indicate that a much greater in
ed. This will have to be shown up. terest is heirtr taken in the second
on demand, it is said, and unless it ; issue of bonds by the soldiers and
is shown, and when demanded, it will j student aviation, even than on the
probably mean some considerable
inconvenience for the unfortunate so
unprovided.
Practically all fishermen who have
been going "to the snapper banks for
years will have to be provided with
such certificates, and a case in point
came to light yesteraay wnicn gives
T an idea of the thorough application
of the law. A fishing smack, under
command of Captain Johnson, ar
rived a day or two ago. for bait, the
smack hailing from Mobile. Before
this vessel could proceed to the snap
per banks, it was necessary to have
the crew provided with the certifi.
cates, and this was done early in the
afternoon.
''It is sure a rushing business for
the photographer," said one fisher
man yesterday. "It is the first time
in my life that I have had a picture
taken, but we must all do - our bit
and this little consideration for
Uncle Sam is one of ours, even if we
never faced the camera before.''
The act jroes further in its appli
cation, in that anyone who goes be.
yond the bar on a fishing trip, even
for a day over to th snapper banks
will have to show a certificate when
called upon. Local fishermen, there
fore, who contemplate taking a day
or more than a day in the gulf,
should see to it that they are proper
ly certificated before crossing the
bar.
PREPARE FOR FROST ON
SUNDAY IS FORECAST
"Prepare for frost Sunday rnorn
ng," is the warning issued by the lo
cal weather observer, and printed on
hi3 map issued Friday morning. The
forecast was for "Rain this (Friday)
afternoon, faie and much colder to
night with temperatures falling to
about fifty degrees. Saturday fair
and decidedly colder. Fresh north
west winds diminishing to light Fri
day night."
In bis general resume of the
L & I. TAKES
SUOOBOiS
I PENSACOLA
Railroad Company Appor
tions Large Block of Pur
chase in Local Office.
PURCHASE TOTAL
OF $6,000,000
President fytelone of Amer
ican Nat'l Wires Congratu
lations to M. H. Smith.
Instead of purchasing Liberty
Bonds through the central office at
Louisville, as in the first campaign,
the L. & N. railroad announced yes
terday that its total subscription
would be divided amonjt the stations
along its entire line, in proportion
to their size. Under this plan, Mil
ton H. Smith, president of the road
yesterday authorized the American
National Bank to purchase locally
$90,000 worth of the new bonds- His
telegraphic instructions were as fol
lows: "To American National Bank,
Pensacola, Fla.
"You are authorized to place on
behalf of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad company a subscription for
the second Liberty Loan Bonds of
ninety thousand dollars, this being a
proportion of the company's .total
subscription of six million dollars.
M. H. SMITH.
"President."
In reply to Mr. Smith's telegram,
E. R. Malone, president of the bank
sent the following:
Your telegram received. Your
action is very much appreciated in
Pensacola and vicinity, not onlv as
to your total subscription of six mil
lion dollars, but also appreciate your
giving Pensacola her proportion to
place.
E. It. MALONE.
The local committee expects all of
the sub-committees which are solicit
ing purchasers of bond to report to
headquarters, Room 205 American
National Bank building, by noon to
day all subscriptions secured by
them, for the reason that the' central
committee at Atlanta has asked the
local for a full report to be sent by
i tele h of rU subscriptions re
first issue-
RALLY DAY AT THE
GADSDEN METHODIST
Gadsden Street Methodist Sunday
school will observe tomorrow as RaL
ly Day. Appropriate exercises will
be rendered and all pupils as well
as friends erenerally are urged to be
present. Those who have been more
or less irregular in attendance are
especially ursred to be present on this
occasion. The officials and teachers
are hoping to roll up an attendance
of three hundred and fifty. Every
one will find a cordial welcome.
GULF COAST FAIR
TO OPEN AT MOBILE
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 19. On the eve
'of the opening day of the Gulf Coast
! Fair, all indications are that it will
be far better than any of its prede
cessors. During theh last week, and
particularly the last three daws, ex
hibits of various, kinds have been ar
riving and the fair grounds present
a lively appearance- The entries of
live stock of all kinds are unusually
large, while the agricultural, horti
cultural, manufacturing and other ex
hibits are said to be better than those
of any other year.
weather the observer notes that "a
portion of the cold western hi;ch has
moved to northwest Texas and part
remains in Nevada; this has caused
freezing temperatures to reach north
central Texas and western Arkansas
and clearing weather with tempera
ture of 40 degrees at 7 a- m. north
west portions of Mississippi and
Louisiana. Temperatures below 20
degrees are reported from Nebraska
and portions of South Dakota and
Eouthern Utah."
LOST, STRAYED
M SOARING-H
KITE BALL00I
Aeronautic Station Deprived
of Air Craft by Stiff
Northwest Winds.
BLOWN TO SEA, IS
OFFICIAL REPORT
Bag Was Being Inflated
When It Escaped From
Net and Shot Upward.
One of the big Irito balloons from
the aeronautic station escaped early
yesterday morning, ascended several
thousand feet, and was blown out tc
sea, impelled by the brisk northwesl
wind, according to official announce
ment made yesterday at the aero
nautic station.
The craft was of a type used foi
observation purposes, and is usually
anchored securely to the earth witll
a steel cable, which can be shortened
or lengthened at will. It was being
prepared for some work at the sta
tion, and the great bag had just been
inflated to capacity, when it escaped
from the network to which the basket
is attached, and shot upwards out of
sight.
The local weather bureau was im
mediately notified, and Observer Reed
sent out messages to other stations
along the coast, urging them to keep
watch for the balloon. At the time
of the escape, the wind was from
the northwest, and unless it veered
off the coast, the balloon will probably
be carried over the peninsular, and if
a leak starts or if it turns over may
land in Southern Florida.
This is the third accident of its
kind since the establishment of the
station here, though in both of the
other cases the balloons have been
recovered. The first escape was in
April, 1916, when a large kite balloon,
similar in every respect to the pres
ent vagabond, slipped its moorings
early one morning and journeyed over
to Argyle, a small town 85 miles
east of Pensacola. It was damaged
when it landed by contact with trees,
and was cut in several places by the
inquisitive residents, who wished ta
see what it was made of.
The second mishap occurred sev
eral months ago when one of the
smaller free balloons was being pre
pared for a flight, and escaped from
its attendants, earring eight thous
and feet aloft, with one of the bal.
loonists swinging beneath it on ths
end of a rope. The basket was not
attached, and the single unwilling
occupant dangled between earth and
sky, until he finally released the gas
valve, and brought the bag down with
a tremendous splash into Pensacola
bay.
Following is the Associated Press
dispatch on the runaway craft:
Station Notified.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 19. -According
to messages received this af
ternoon by the local weather bureau,
one of the big naval kite balloons
used at the naval aero training sta
tion at Pensacola, broke loose from ita
moorings at the Pensacola navy yard
this morning and headed toward
Jacksonville. Weather bureau offi
cials have been urged to maintain
a sharp lookout.
MEETING DECLARED
OFF ACCOUNT COLD
Owing to the unusually cold weath.
er last night, the open air mass
meeting which was scheduled to be
heM in Mallory Court for the pur
pose of boosting the Liberty Loan
campaign was postponed until a later
date, definite announcement to be
made later.
Though the weather was clear, the
theremometer started to drop about
four o'clock, and about nightfall
was sufficiently chilly to make an
open air meeting unpleasant. As aft
few attended, it was decided not to
go to the First Methodist Church,
but wait for more favorable condi
tions. The naval band was on hand, and
a program of thirteen speakers had
been arranged to make four minute
talks.
Later in the evening, and after the
meeting had been declared off, Hon.
W. H. Watson addressed an audience
at the Isis theatre in support of th
Liberty Loan campaign.