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THE WEATHER.
WEST FLORIDA MUST
FEED ITSELF!
Fair Sunday and Monday, gentle shift
ing wind.
Highest temperature yesterday, 74 de
grees; lowest,. 67 degrees.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XX. NO. 30T.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11. 1917.
Yim ww
GREAT CLASH
OF BIG FORGES
EXPECTED
Armies Now Lined Up on
Oonosite Sides of Kiver
on 45-Mile Front.
GERMANS MENACE
ON THE LEFT FLANK
Rome Indicates Successful
Resistance to Thrusts of
Genaan Invaders.
Eagerly awaited aid for Italy's
hard-pressed troops on the riave
line has reached the battle front,
and British batteries are there
ready to give support to check
' the Teuton advance.
a -fortv-five-mile front of the
Tiave river, in northwestern Italy,
the armies of the Austro-German in
vaders and the Italian - defenders are
lined up on opposite J sides of the
lint although the Piave line on the
lower course of the fiver thus has.
been successfully reached by the Ital
ian forces in their retirement, they
are being subjected to a newly de
veloped menace on their left" flank.
The Teutonic command nas jmauy
sprung its expected drive on the west
ern edge of the Trentino.
Pressing south in the Sugana val
ley, the Austro-German troops have
force? their way as far a3 Aaaigo,
llrlin announces, and after desperate
street. fightSig, have captured that!
place.
- - Rome indicates successful Italian
resistance to thrusts in the Tesino
nnnniiTirnmont-. however, mav indicate
tne subsequent pushing back of the?
line in this sector, which is in the
northern Sugana valley region. "
The attack in the Asiago district
must be held the Italians if their
Piave line is not to be turned and the
whole of northern Italy fall into the
band of the invaders, v. ' '
r In xtr4. .ff.civa.aM Q16. the -A.usj
trians pushed down itno the Asiago
hills, but, were ultimately checked
and afterward driven, back near their
border. It is approximately eleven
miles from Asiago to the Italian
plains, the Austro-German objective,
end the hilly country is admirably
adapted to defense
Farther west, Tn the Treintino, an
Austro-German attack was launched
in the Lectro valley, but was quickly
repulsed.
In Flanders the British attacked
north and northwest of Passchen
daele this morning and at pointjs
pushed forward half a mile in the
early fighting. The assault was on
a-" limited--front, about a mile and a
half.' v.-: '
BRITISH PURSUE TURKS,
SLAYING ABOUT 10.000.
London, Nov. 10. The British army
In Palestine, pursuing the defeated
Turks, has made further extensive
gains, the war office announces.
Askalon has been occupied.
The Turkish casualties, exclusive
of prisoners, is ten thousand. The
number of guns captured has been in
creased to more than seventy.
BRITISH BATTLE WAY
TROUGH GERMAN LINES.
British Front in Belgium, Nov. 10.
(By The Associated Press.) The
British troops, which attacked this
morning in the Passchendaele area,
are reported at an early hour to have
battled their way forward as much
as 800 yards at some points.
The British passed many strongly Asiago is on the Trentino front,
fortified farmr north and northwest ! 20 miles west of the Tiave river,
Of Goeberg. At this point they were along which the Itaalians have ex
fightmg nearly half a mile from their j pected to fight a decisive battle. The
jumping-off place. capture of Asiago indicates that the
The line was pushed northward Germans and Austrians have begun
along the Passchendaele ridge, almost ' an offensive on the Trentino front in
to the point at which the highest Ian effort to outflank the Pi&va lin.
.crest starts sloping downward
Today's operations were carried out
on a 2500-yard front for limited ob
jectives, which has been virtually all
gained by 10 o'clock.
GERMAN AVIATORS
BOMB FRENCH HOSPITALS.
Paris, Nov. 10. German aviators
last night dropped bombs on a French
hospital at Zuydcoote, Department of
the Nord, killing seven persons and
wounding nine. Dunkirk was again
bombarded, six casualties resulting.
FRENCH REPULSE
TEUTONS NEAR RHEIMS.
Pans, Nov. 10. German troops un
dertook a series of advances last
ni,ht against French positions north
west of Rheiras, says today's officiaT
report. They were repulsed by the
French.
19
ORDER
RUSSIA IS NOT
RECOGNIZED
Russian Embassy in Wash
ington Refuses Accept
Authority Maximalist.
U. S. AMBASSADOR
TELLS OF UPHEAVAL
Cables That All American
Representatives of Red
Cross at Are Safe.
I
Nov. 10. The Rus-'
Washington,
sian embassv in
Washington, an-.
nounced this afternoon that it would
refuse to accept the authority of the
Maximalist government.
U. S. AMBASSADOR SENDS
REPORT OF UPHEAVAL
Washington, Nov. 10. The first re
ports from American Ambassador
Francis on the upheaval in Russia ar
rived today but added nothing to the
news dispatches already received.
The ambassador's dispatches, filed
on November 7th and November 8th
said that up to that time all the min
isters of the provisional government
except Kerensky had been arrested.
American reprenvavivcs . - fc gtopped over at Marianna; and
Redosi'"?!.tra .5! S lspent hSS a da? visiting the fair:
v 1 a TMAviMfii
harmv befalling any other. Americans.
. Although the city was . quiet : when
the ambassador sent his report, " he
indicated it was then too early to se
cure a definite idea of : conditions,
outsideVthe capital. '
Until the situation has " been: more
clearly Refined there, will, continue a
practical suspension of official rela
tions witB Russia. It was explained
known
jut who is fn power ftrn"ijEJS T
different departments,
To obtain information V from the
country bevond the limits, of Petrc
grad, Mrratcis reported was next
to - impossioJ w -twi t-
all" in control of the Bolshevik!
WILL NOT STOP STREAM
OF SUPPLIES TO RUSSIA
Washington. Nov. 10 -The possi
bility that the stream of American'
supplies to Russia may be checked un- j
til the internal situation clarifies andj
it is disclosed to whom the aid is go-!
ing, was one of the outstanding fea
tures of the Russian situation as
concerned the United States today.
Officials who have the subject in
charge were silent when asked If
supplies still were going forward. '
LOSS OF AMERICAN
LIVES .PREVENTABLE.
Washington, Nov. . 10 Admiral
Sims cabled. today that some of tbft
loss of American lives in the unsuc
cessful submarine attack on the
transport Finland was due to the un
authorized lowering of boats.
The body of Newton R. Head, sea
man who was drowned, was picked
up by the patrol boat Alcedo, after
ward torpedoed and lost. The other
two seamen lost were James W. Hex
ry and Porter Hilton. Hilton was
previously reported missing.
BERLIN ANNOUNCES
ADVANCE OF ARMIES.
Berlin, Nov. 10. Via London. The
Austro-German forces which are in
vading northern Italy have reached
the Piave river. Asiago has been
captured.
The Piave river nas been reached
all the way from Susegana to the
Adriatic-
TRAINMEN UNIONS DENY
REPORTS SHARP FRICTION
. BT ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 10. 'There
is absolutely no foundation for re
ports that the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen and
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers are at loggerheads over an
agreement that has been in force
since 1913," said W. S. Carter, pres
ident of the former organization to
day. The agreement provides that
the two organizations cooperate in all
matters affecting the two bodies.
Mr. Carter made this statement
in connection with the conclusion of
a mettas of the general chtirman
(H . Drawing inahe Line Hf Q FAIR NEW
I , I ' - . I
TO OPEN ONTO
m0lr ITHEIONDAIOF
IStSSSSSr,- Ail-;. 'Jl
1 . A
When the Italians draw their li ne back to the Piave River, they will
have shortened it to 60 miles of front, a very small proportion of what
they had to defend when the Austro-Germans first began their drive- The
first front is the heavy black line
second line extended through Udine;
River, from which the Italians retir
Piave, numbered 4 in the map.
WEST FLORIDA FAIR AT
MARIANNA SPLENDID ONE
Marianna, Fla., Nov- 10. Among J ida, ib always loyal to enterprises of
the many prominent visitors to the this nature , and Messrs. Westbrook
West Florida Fair now being he Id in i
ate on hand
this city are the following Louisville i as usuai to assist in judging the live-
; and Nashville local railroad officials,
iB - O. Saltmarsh, superintendent; a.
E. White, master mechanic: J. K. Mc
Caskill, master trains; Monroe Camp
bell, chief, train dispatcher; .W. ,T.
Duncan,' superintendent -of bridges
and buildings; M. A. Warren, super
visor. Hon. J. . H. Smithwick was also In
the city from Pensacola, Friday, look
ing over the fair. AH these gentle
men expressed themselves as, being
of - Jackson; county and the adjacent
counties. v ' .- .
The Louisville and Nashville. ' be
in i tha, maffaiIroad of West jTlor-
NUMBER RIFLE
RANGES BEING
WAR - DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER,
HOLDS OUT NO PROMISE TO
PLACE SUCH A DESIRED
AGENCY IN WEST FLORIDA.
Washington Bureau,
The Pensacola Journal
Washington, D. C, Nov. 10. Re
ports have appeared in the newspa
pers recently of the war department
leasing larg tracts of land adjoining
army cantonments to be used as rifle
ranges.
The papers today contained an ar
ticle from Richmond stating that
15,000 acres had been leased, by the
government adjoining the Camp Lee
cantonment at Petersburg for use as
a rifle range.
WTien Adjutant General McCain
was asked by the Journal correspond
ent today in regard to these reports,
and whether there was any connec
tion between the leasing of these
tracts for rifle ranges and the inspec
tions of land made in the viconity of
Mobile and Pensacola, with a view
to establishing a range for artillery
fire and machine run practice. He
replied that there was not.
Tracts similar to that leased at
Camp Lee, he said, will in all likeli
hood be leased near the other can
tonments for rifle range purposes
for a short time.
on the firemen's brotherhood, Eastern
division, representing one hundred
railroad east of Chicago, who have
been in session here since Tuesday
considering the question of requesting
increased wages.
The general chairman in session
here appointed a committee to talfc
up the wage question and other mat
ters at a conference to be called in
some centrally located city, proba
bly next month. The Southeastern
and western divisions of the fire
men's brotherhood will be asked to
appoint similar committees for th
conference.
EST ABLISHED IN
numbered 1 in the map above. The
the third, along tne iagiiamento
ed after preparing for a stand on the
stock and agricultural exhibits.
The West Florida Fair is tie only
institution of this kind in the entire
section of Florida west of the Apa
lachicola . river this year, and,, as a
consequence,' ia. attractfng attention
from, every part of the tesritory
This , year, among the new things to
be seen at the fair, are the exhibits
of the peanut and sweet potato in
dustries, the prize for which, was
taken by thev CampBellton exhibit,
placed by the Trades Exchange, of
whkJviJr -H Fears t is president -and
manager. These products have be
eoxme sitaple In, Jackson county, taking
the place of ctton,as the chief money
crop .and; replacing vother staples as
foods, attd;fna"stratpns of their pos
sibilities are aTwayf fhteresting. -
MOB TARS AND
FEATHERS I.W.W
OKLAHOMA
OBJECTIONABLE CITIZENS TAK-
EN FROM POLICEMEN TREAT
ED TO SUCH INDIGNITIES AND
WARNED TO LEAVE TULSA.
BT ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tulso, Okla., Nov. 10 The where
about of 17 half -naked severely beat
en members of the Industrial Workers
of the World seized from policemen,
flogged with a cat-o'nine-tails, tarred
and feathered last night by a band of
sixty black-robed and hooded "Knights
of liberty" was unknown here today
the warning "Never return to Tulsa''
the I. W. W.'s were started through
the brush away from the city followed
by a fusillade cf shots.
Eleven of the I. W. W. were ar
rested in a recent raid on state head
quarters here. The other six had tes
tified last night at the trials of their
fellows in city court. All were be
ing taken to I. W. W. headquarters
by policemen when "they were halted
by the black-shrouded figures. The
policemen had intended to exact from
the I. W. W., a promise to leave the
city and not return whereupon the
prison sentences would have been sus
pended.
The policemen in charge of the
prisoners were offered no violence
but were forced to ; drive the motor
cars to the . revdesvous in a ravine
near the city and watch the work of
the "Knights," none of whom was
recognized because of the discruise
Later in the night the streets of Tulsa
were placarded with printed signs
bearing this warning:
"Notice to I. Wr. W's. Don't let the
sun set on you in Tulsa.
. "Violence Committee."
Just what legal action would be
taken by county authorities could not
be ascertained owing to the - absence
from the city of the county attorney,
John B. Meserv, city attorney staled
that while he deplored the action of
the so-called ''Knights of Liberty,
he was powerless to act, as. the city
ordinances provide no penalty for
such an offense.
Everything in Readiness for
Inaugurating the Big
Five-Day Show.
MANY PRODUCTS
OF COUNTY SHOWN
Poultry, Livestock and Agri
culture Features Will Be
Numerously Displayed.
(Special to The Journal) j
Molino. Nov. 10.-1 Everything is
now in readiness for the opening of I factory of the Pensacola Fertilizer
one of the biggest and best fairs held and Oil Company, according to C. II.
in Escambia county, and the coming Munger, president of the organiia
week will be a red letter day in her tion, who arrived in the city yester
bistory. The big fair, preparations day.
for which have been under way for ! An inspection of the site across the
several .weeks past, will throw open ,
its gates to visitors next Monday
morning at Riverside 1'ark, Moano, superintendent of the . company, j I can understand. We are asking fcr
and for five days thereafter an exhi-'j soundings taken and preparations , a standard eight-hour day for nine
bition of livestock, poultry, agricul-1 made for the carpenters and builders ! hours' pay, with time anad a half for
tural products, farm implements and, to begin work tomorrow. (over time, and believe that the re-
domestic science, the like of which j The COTOpany win be one of the 1 quest is just."
has never been attempted, will greet ; iargest 0f its kind in the country, I Ten days ago, it was stated, the
the visitors. 'converting menhaden, a small fish ' ""plovers we notified of the action
The grounds have taken on the ap-; found in abundance in Gulf waters. laten by the caulkers and carpenters,
pearance of a fairy city which into fertilizer and oil. Mr. Munger 'which had its climax SaCurday morn
springs up in a night. The myriads stated that he looked over some speci- ,nK They claim that they M ere un-
m eiCT.uic uuiu iwuwi OJ1.lSv.
about the walks and driveways con-
2',rtm.F ,,nto verita2lev W5?it
Way." The management has left
nothing undone that could possibly
add to the attractiveness of this al-
j. ready beautiful spot, in addition to
providing comforts and conveniences
i a . ! l-J rr- v 1 ..
ior , "JC V wuwg VCuCu. -
and benches galore have been placed
-elect to - bring.' their - . lunches and
plenty of good water is also at hand,
several pumps . having been driven
the past week.
A Novel Feature.
A novel feature is the Woodmen
building, a log cabin typical of pio-
lUi V11VOC Vf J. bAtc: vioibviil
m iiui.. :iu . i , .
cuinioruiuiy wiui view ui ucmi;
utilized as the ladies rest room and
all are cordially invited to partase
of its comforts.
Ready for Exhibit?.
The large poultry hall is ready for
the exhibits and judging from the
large number of entries this building
bids fair to be one of the drawing
cards of the fair.
The livestock building which was
also completed Thursday, will accom
modate a large number of cattle, hogs
and sheep very comfortably and the
entry book this far shows that thi3
year s exhibits in that line will exceed
in number and grade that . of any
shown in this county heretofore.
The agricultural tent is the largest
on the grounds and is fast filling up
with exhibits from throughout thc
county and everything bids fair for
an exceptionally fine display. The
farmers are requested to get their
exhibits in tent not later than Mon
day morning that they may be proper
ly arranged to the best advantage.
By so doing they will greatly aid
those in charge and at the same time
insure a better display of theif
products.
The Ladiese Aid of the First Bap
tist church will dispense hot coffee,
hot lunches and sandwiches, the pro
ceeds of which will go towards th
church fund to be applied on the con
templated repairs. This in itself
should insure them a good patronage
and they cordially invite the visitors
as well as their friends generally to
look them up when hungry.
Miss Lonny Landrum, home dem
onstration agent of Escambia county,
has been untiring in her efforts at
securing an exhibit at once attrac
tive and worthy the admiration of
all and that she has been successful
will be proven at next week's exhibi
tion. In company with one of hr
assistants she was in the city tKTs
week making arrangements for the
reception of exhibits and the plac-
(Continued on Page Fourteen)
ALABAMA PREACHER
ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER
Russellville, la., Nov. 10. Rev. J.
T. Terry, who has been in the Frank
lin county jail for the past thrity
days charged with the killing of Dr.
Thomas Hughes on October 3rd and
who was indicted Wednesday by the
grand jury for murder in the first
degree was brought into the court
room this morning at 10:30 o'clock
and the indictment read to him. At
torney for defendant immediately
entered a plea of not guJTly by rea
son of insanity and the date for
Terry's trial w set for. November
FACTORYISTMKE
IUI1E USE
Small Fish Found in Inex
haustible Quantities, Be
Converted Into Oil.
BUILDING STARTS
ON SITE AT ONCE
President of New Company
Says Plant Will Employ
Large Force Daily.
Construction work will be started
tomorrow mornine on the docks and
bay, on 1 own Fomt, was made yester-
day by Mr. Munger, and Mr. irvin,
mens of tne menhauen caucht near
va j . ,iai:ufo,i iu nr.nts
pects of the great oil yield from
hem
, T1 menhaden arc found in almost
)i;ni,'i,ce nnmhow ir, r.K nf ti-
ico. and when the season onens in
April, the new company will have its
! c
.g,. of boats' reaav for operation,
Because of thc many operations in
the n:anufacture pf tisli oiland .fer
tilizer, the company will employ a
large number . of men, many ot them
skilled laborers. .
Mr. Munger stated that all of thc
elaborate machinery for the plant had
Deen ordered, and will arrive by the
time the buildings are completed. In
vaddiuon to the large number of men
emmovpn in rn nmnr trio iro s
11 .1 . ...
win De necessary .to manthc lleet of
expected to release a large amount
of money in Pensacola. The com
pany is capitalized at $100,000, an 1
a small amount of the stock is owned
locally.
Mr. Munger came to Tensacola last
spring, searching for a location for
the plant, and after selection, closed
the deal for the property across the
bay, believing that it is admirably
IENHADE
adapted for his needs. ing . that they wouhl be paid whit
Plans at that lime were for an j they demanded. That is. that they
early opening, in time to catch the i would receive nine hours' pay for n
run at the opening of the season last 'standard eight-hour day.
April- The entrance of the United J At the several other shipyards.
States into the war discouraged the ! where caulkers and ship carpenters
plan, and it has been impossible to j were employed, the men old not work
complete the arrangements until the '. during yesterday. Some of them re
present time. j ported. for work, with the understp.nd
"We are here now," said Mr. Mun- j ing that the standard day would oc
ger last night, "and we are going to allowed them; but when informed to
do business. As soon as the build
ings can be built, the machinery will
be installed, boats brought here, and
the factory started full blast. Ths
company has taken 'an uptown office,
thTrd floor, Blount building, and I am
delighted witK the prospects of suc
cess.'' ARGENTINE AND BRAZIL
RENEW OLD FRIENDSHIP.
Rio Janeiro, Nov. 10. The Argen
tine minister called on Dr. Nicola, the
Brazilian foreign minister, today and
Informed him of the intention I9 the
Argentine government to send a crui-
ser to Rio Janeiro next week as a
mark of f rienuship toward Brazil.
There have been reports recently
of friction between Argentina and
Brazil, it- even having been rumored
that Argentina was mobilizing troops
near the border. A revival of the
old boundary dispute was' reported
simultaneously .with the spreading of
disturbances among the Germans in
southern Brazil-
16th, and a venire of fifty-three ad
ditional' jurors were drawn besides
the regular jury of forty-seven.
Rev. Terry's condition for the past
three days has been had and he stated
this morning that he had loat in
weight nearly fifty pounds since the
tragedy and that he was unable to
retain his food. Terry was formerly
a very stout, well built man and the
confinement and strain that he has
been under caused a complete break
down. Therry's plea of insanity
came as a surprise to almost every
one.
TIES
UP ALL LOCAL
SHIP YARDS
Three Hundred Carpenters
and Caulkers Quit: Want
8-Hour Day.
ON BASIS 9-HOUR
PAY AND OVERTIME.
Two Companies Agree to
Demands Practically
All Work Stopped.
Upward of SD0 ship carpenters aad
caulkers, in line with a resolution
adopted ten days ago, yesterday laid
down their tools, and the statement
was authorized last night by accred
ited representatives of the "men en
gaged in this line of work that they
await u move on the nart of th sra-'
j ployers. "The best of feeling pre
j vails," said one of them, "so far afe
uer ine impression mat tneir re-
quest would be grantett in fact, sy
strong was this bel'et tial some of
them went to work as inmal yester
day and left their positions when it
"was stated, acrorttnif to r'i- ion
resentations. that their reoucet ?.
nt beeI cted upon by the i-mp;-
ers. inis, wnen orousrht to t i
itnuon oi me men emp.'oyo'l on
lines, caused thciu. to. lay do w .
tools and await some jjnsAe;' i
the employers.
j Practically all yard in tle city
affected. Men follovinfr tiio ti.au
i. A. f 'I
affected are employed by .the Vartt.
Jfisb Company, the Saunders
Company, the F F. JinVuamA
1 . .. . Tm.
- ' a J n wi4iMi,.. 1.1J3 .
I in-finir I nnminv nnH t ha & ur-
Tovrboat Company. . At the Falk'
their demands would be acepdea.
and the workmen were nut disnAS
to leave jobs there. In fact, the nv
there are said to have been infrri;
the day before th?t they would Le
supposed to work on undisturbed-
At the Hruce Drydock Conipany,
where a number of men were em
ployed, thev were allowed to continr?
I workinf all day, with t!ie understan!-
the contrary, or were told that action
by .the employers had not been taken
on their request, they packed tools
and left.
One thing that the men want
stressed is the fact that the best of
feeling pievails. and that disorders
ar the last tiling to be expected.
They arranged their demands and
gave their employers notice that the
demands woulu be expected, begin
ning November 10.
A committee from the workmen has
been' authorized to meet the employ
ers and discuss the situation at any
time, and it is understood that
'communication to that effect has been
'sent them later, but, according to a
member of the committee, no re-
i quest for a conference had Seen made
j up to last night
ROME CLAIMS ITALIANS
HAVE CHECKED INVADERS.
Rome, Nov. 10. The enemy has
been checked in the Odro valley, the
war office announces. A hostile
thrust at Brocpn, in the Tesino basin,
also has been checked. From Suse
gana to the sea the Italian rear
guards, disengaging themseltes from
the enemy, crossed the Piave river,
blowing up bridges. .
An Italian rear guard force which
had been surrounded at Lorenzago
succeeded in forcing its way out.
TWO I. W. W. MEMBERS
DISCOVERED AT GUTHRIE
Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 10. Two al
leged members of the I. W. W.. who
were flogged, tarred and featnered
by the ''Knights of Liberty" at Tulsa
last night, were arrested here. They
were put on a, train by the police.
ARMY AVTATTOR -KILLED
WHEN 3IACHINE "VrLL.
Fort Worth, Nov. 10.Lieut. Wal
ter Jones, a cadet aviator, was killed
at Camp Taliaferro when his ma
chine fell 400 feet.-