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The Weather
Your Liberty Bond is lonesome
Fair Saturday and Sunday, gentte to
moderate southwest to south winds, ex
:ept east over extreme south portion.
Highets temperature yesterday. 82 de
gress; lowest 78 degrees.
without War Savings Certifi
cate. VOL. XXI. NO. 152.
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1918.
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Another. "Free" Russian Republic
Is "Permitted" by the Germans
President and Mrs. Wilson
at United Mate Aviation Field
IS SHOT
STfflP DRIVE
INAUGURATED
ON BIG SCALE
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Occupation of Chateau Thierry
Seems to Mark Beginning
of Turning Movement.
HUN HAS DRIVEN
WEDGE DEEPER
Defen
the
rs of Heights North of
Marne Seem to Have
Been Swept Away.
(Associated Press Summary.)
Plunging southward, with Us mo
mentum still unspent, the German war
machine has driven Its wedge Into the
Allied lines along a front until the
Apex reaches the Marne river south to
Ferre cn Tardenois. Desperate efforts
of the French and British to stem the
tide against the invaders have served
only to slow down the advance. De
fenders of the heights north of the
Marne seem to have been swept aside
in the enemy's rush toward the road
t Paris. The Germans also have ex
tended their attack northwest, along the
AHette river, where the French have
fallen hack for Borne distance, and the;
battle has been extended to east of
Itht-imt. which city, during the first
few days of battle, formed the extreme
eastern end of the battle line. Along
the sides "of a salient formed by the
German advance to the Marne, French
find British are holding their positions
gallantly. The occupation of Chateau
Thierry marks the beginning of the ex
pected turning movement toward Paris
4 which lpifiaan8 are believed to
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t'tken."thr German may be expected!
to move down to the Marne. Before
they can go farther in this direction,
however, it will bo necessary for them
to break the French lines south of
Solssonw, for as long as the French
stand firm along the Soissons-Harten-ncs
road, the ' German advance Is in
jeopardy. The Germans, however, claim
to already have crosesd the line, an at
tack along the Allette may be the be
ginning of a movement that will' seek
to prevent the French from making
heavy attack somewhere in the neigh
borhood of Soissons.
General Foch, commander-in-chief of
the allied forces, has not yet brought
his reserves Into action. All reports
from Ihe field of battle tell of the
allied forces being vastly outnumbered.
American soldiers at Cantigny again
repulsed the repeated German attacks
to oust them from a position they cap
tured early In-the week, while -in the
Toul sector they penetrated German po
sitions to a depth of almost half a mite
and destroyed German defenses.
GERMAN STATEMENT SAYS
ATTACK PROGRESSES FAVORABLY
BERLIN, via.. London, May 31. "On a
front from Noyon to west of Rheims
our attack is progressing favorably.
says a German official communication
this evening.
CASUALTIES IN BRITISH '
RANKS FOR MONTH OF MAY
LONDON, May 31. Casualties in the
British ranks reported during the
month of May reached a total of 166.
S02. The losses were divided as fol
lows: Killed or died of wounds : Off icers
1,536; men, 20,518.
Wounded or missing: Officers, 6,182;
men, I38,56. Total, 166,803.
British casualties reported week bvfics. To. take victorious advantage
week have recently been running nearjof the success they have so far gained
the 40,000 mark, evidently representing
the losses sustained during tha heavy
fighting that started with the begin
ning of the German offensive in March.
The - total reported during April was
only 52,475. as the lists apparently did
rot begin to reflect fully the effects of
the casualties sustained In resisting the
German thrusts In Picardy and Flan
ders until the beginning of May
VALOR OF ALLIED FORCES
BAFFLES THE GERMANS
PARIS. May 31. Baffled by the valor
of the allied soldiers, the Germans yes
terday failed to enlarge greatly the
pocket in the aliled line. Even in the
enter the enemy appears to have been
held and the advance there Is slacken
ing. In accordance with their favorite ma
neuver the Germans apparently are
swing!i.gr their columns eastward with
the object of getting around Rheims
through Ville en Tardenois and the
valley of theArdre, The basion consti
tuted by the Ruined city and the high
ground knowtty as th mountain of
Ilheims is a menace to the German
flink. It is too strung to he attacked
from in front with any chance of suc
cess, so the enemy is trying to turn it
from the southwest. While any prog
ress by the Germans on French soil,
with tiie inevitable trail of ruins and
desolation, strikes French hearts sore-
y, the unswerving confidence with
te
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UKRAENIA.
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"With Germany's consent" another
republic has been added to the list of
"free" Rusiasn states. It - is ta be
known as "White Russia," as distin
guished from "Greater Russia," which
is the Bolshevik! nation.
White Russia Includes .the province
of LIthunia and takes in the territory
north of the Ukrane, with Poland and
GERMANS CLAIM
THE CAPTURE OF
OVER 45,000 MEN
.BERLIN, via London, May 31
More than forty-five thousand
prisoners and far in excess of
four hundred guns, and a thou
sand machine guns, have been
i.yrmni says the of
ficial statement.
which the public views the situation is
most remarkable. No doubt is felt a3
to the outcome and there is no weak
ening. in the resolve to fight on to the
end
The fighting front, it is declared, runs
as follows";
From Chavigny, north of Soissons it
describes a circle west of that city and
rejoins the river Crise south of Sois
sons. Then it goes to Berzy, follows the
Soissons-Chateau Thierry road until
near Hartennes, where it bends south
east to Grand Rozoy. t' Then on south
ward, leaving Mulchy-le-Chateau it
passes Nanteuil-Notre Dame and ad
vances toward the Marne to Courey,
Brecy, Courpoil and Le Channel, which
marks its extreme soutnern point.
Through Vezilly. .Brouillett, Savigny
and Thillois, it runs northeastward to
the environs of Rheims
The newsoaDers do not attempt to
minimize the importance of the Ger
man advance. Gabriel Hanotaux, in the
FiRaro. compares the strategic situa-.
tion with that or the eve of the battle
of the Marne. All the commentators,
however express confidence that high
command will so dispose the allied
forces as to restore the situation which
L'Homme Libre considers to have
reached its maximum point of gravity
vesterd.iv. The Petit Parisien says the
government oficials who saw the army
hof vesterdav returned still confi
dent. It is the resistance of the two
wings of the allied force which inspires
h confidence of all the military cru-
the Germans must succeed in oenamg
these two hinges, and all their efforts
to do this, up to this time have been
vain.
Another reason for confidence is the
arrival of allied reserves. Besides tne
mention In the official report of the
beginning of ' intervention by these re
serves, the Echo de Pans, in a dis
patch from the front filed at 2 a. m.
today reports that the reserves are ar
riving on the battle .ground with ar
tillery and auxiliary services. Their
entrance into action, the message re
ports is being effected methodically
without any display of nervousness
General Foch and General Petain are
working intimately together it adds.
In commenting on the intervention of
the fresh forces L'Homme Libre says
It does not appear doubtful tRat the
enemy has reached the extreme point
of his advance and that he will en
counter the allied reserves, carefully
withheld until a favorable moment for
a counter attack.
AMERICANS SUCCESSFUL
IN ANOTHER RAID
WASHINGTON, May 31. A successful
American raid today in the Woevre
sector, in which the enemy's advanced
positions were destroyed and losses In
flicted in killed, wounded and prison
ers, is reported in Pershing's evening
communique.
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the-Baltic provinces ond the wast. Great
Russia on the north, and Siberia on
the east. Its chief, city is Minsk.
A coalition government has been
formed- "under Germany's protection"
and negotiations are proceeding re
garding the part Lithunia will, play In
the new nation.
BATTLE IN AIR
IN WHICH U. S.
FLIERS WIN OUT
MUCH AERI AL ACTI VITY ON
WHEN THREE GERMAN MA
CHINES ARE DOWNED.
WITH THE AMERICAN" ARMY IX
FRANCE, May 31. (By the Associat
ed Press) There was much aerial
activity on the front northwest of
Toul today,! If not three German ma
chines were shot down,
lieutenant Edward Rickenbacher,
the former automobile racer, 'not only
brought down one machine, but res
cued Lieutenant James A. Melssner of
Brooklyn, after his machine had been
damaged. Single handed Ricken
bacher . attacked two Albatross bi
planes and three monoplanes. A
hundred rounds sent one of the bi
planes crashing to the ground. "The
lieutenant attacked another which
sought safety in flight. Meanwhile,
the remaining German machine had
descended too low ror Rickenbacher
to attack. As he was returning home
he saw four German airplanes com
ing toward him. He turned , and saw
Lieutenant Melssner. who was flyin
high, attack one enemy machine Just
as a second hostile airplane attacked
Melssner.. Meissner's machine collid
ed with one of the enemy and a wing
of the American's airplane was torn.
Meissner immediately turned toward
home when a third enemy machine,
seeing that he was crippled, took has
tily after him. Rickenbacher made a
long dive and drove oft the German
with his machine gun, undobutedly
saving Meissner. The combat took
place east of Thiaucourt.
In another flght two -American pi
lots were " forced to withdraw be
cause their guns became jammed just
as they attacked the neemy. Another
pilot encountered Ave hostile machines
and had fired six bursts without ap
parent damage . and the enemy ma
chines retired. ,
Later five Americans saw two ene
my machines over Apremont. They
attempted to get away as the Amer
icans came up, but two Americans
got on the tail of one of , the enemy
machines. Hundreds of bullets were
fired into the fuselage of the Ger
man airplane and it crashed into a
wood. The other enemy machine was
chased down by an American and it
waa seen to overturn as it reached
the ground. The results of several
other combats have not yet been re
ported. ..'. . '.'
An American aviator was captured
by the Germans in No Man's Land
after his machine had been damaged
in a fight between five American ma
chines and a German squadron. The
American aviator was last seen going
into the enemy trenches under. cover
of German rifles.
Three American ambulances were
caught in the raid. Sergeant Nathan
Wells of San FTancisco, who was driv
ing the first ambulance said:
"Our three ambulances were hurry
ing to hospitals with patients when a
bomb wrecked a building directly in
Xroht of us, in a narrow street. Our
ambulance were perforated by flying
missiles. We were all hurled out but
escaped with a few scratches."
Fighting By? Aircraft Has Been
In Progress Since . Day
break, Cables Report
FOUR GERMAN
ATTACKS STOPPED
Machine Guns Are Especially
Active Captain, of German
"TivTs
W3TH THE AMERICAN ARMY IX
FRANCE, May 31. (By the Associ
ated Press) American aviators shot
down another German airplane today
on tjie front northwest of Toul. It fell
withtn the American lines.
The aerial activity in this sector
continues. Fighting by aircraft has
been in progress since daybreak.
Four German counter attacks yes
terday against the American troops at
Cantigny, west of Montdidier were re
pulsed after sharp fighting.
Machine- guns werf especially ac
tive during the day."'
A pounded German captain was
captured. . ' ,
SEVERE BOMBARDMENT OF
THE AMERICAN POSITION.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 31 (By the Associ
ated Press) German artillery in the
course of the. night severely bombard
ed the new positions of the Americans
at Cantigny, west of Monticlidier. They
fired as many as four thousand high
explosive shells in a brief space of
time. Several attempts made by the
Germans to come were repulsed with
heavy losses by the Americans.
oners in the flght'.ng at, Cantigny is j
commanded by General Lome and j
Stauge. This officer served on both :
the Russian- and western fronts and j
came to Cantigny between May 12 and
15. His division participated in the
German offensive on the San river in ,
May, 1915 which pierced the Russian
front in Galicia.
AMERICAN FIRE DRIVES
BACK TANK DIVISION
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Thursday. May 30 By the
Associated Press. In one of the
counter attacks launched against th
Americans in Cantigny, the Germans
tried to use tanks. American artil
lery opened a heavy fire, driving both
the foot soldiers and the tanks back
in disorder.
The new American positions in Can
tigny are being improved constantly.
The Americans have not budged an
inch since they gained the town.
Every time the enemy artillery, starts
a bombardment the American gunners
smother the opposition fire.
German airmen flying at a great
height penethated many miles to the
rear of the American lines today.
They were driven off by anti-aircraft
guns and were unable to drop
any bombs.
PRETENTIOUS RAID MADE ON
PICARDY POSITIONS AMERICANS
-WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May SO By the Associat
ed Press German airmen made a
pretentious raid on the area behind
the American lines in Picardy last
night. . Bumbs were dropped on all
sides of one of the largest hospitals
in a town many miles to the rear ot
the front. American nurses and mem
bers of the American Red Cross.
Only a few person were injured
by flying glass as most of the win
dows in. the hospital had been shat
tered by bombs dropped the previous
night. Several private houses were
wrecked and a number of civilians.
Including several babies, were killed
and injured.
That -' the raid - was planned on a
much larger scale than recent ones
over this territory is evidenced by re
ports made by many Americans in
villages over which the raiders passed.
The Germans came in wave formation
and then scattered widely. One equd
ron ; dropped bombs a few feet from
an American field hospital and at the
same time one of the long range guns
shelled village a Xew hundred, yards
away. , . -
The. first was sounded at 11 o'clock.
The dropping of bombs and the firing
of iriany, anti-aircraft guns began al
most immediately. After a brief paus
the raiders returned to remain al
most until dawn.
A new American evacuation hos
pital has beeiT Opened only yesterday
in a certain village. A bomb fell in
front of it last night and -shattered
windows but none of the patients was
Injured. - -
In some instances the bombs fell
within thirty and forty feet of a ls
pital building, but fortunately there
was no direct hits. A French nurse
her i mother and two little sisters
(Continued on Page Three.)
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This photograph of the president and Mrs. Wilson was snapped recently
.in Washington when they witnessed the start of the first a.irplane on the
regular air "mail route between the capital and New York. The president'
left hand is still bandaged, it. will be n oUced." ' He recently burned it by tak
ing hold of an exhaust pipe while inspecting a battle tank. .
T0-FrY-IrICOME
TAXASSESSMENT
BY JUNE 15 NEXT
COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REV
ENUE" TODAY MAILS OUT NOT
ICES SO FAR RECEIVED, AD
VISING TAXPAYERS OF AMOUN
DUE.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June. 1. (Spe
cial.) Collector of Internal. Revenue J.
M. Cathcart today will have mailed out
all notices so far received . from the
department in Washington, advising the
tax payers in Florida the amount they
are due on income tax. This .amount
must be paid by June 15.
These notices of assessments were
not prepared -by the' collector in Flor
ida, but by the treasury department in
Washington: and tin- -collector in Flor
ida is sending' all flie notices out just
as rapidly as they are received.
The total collections for the year
ending June ."0.-the collector estimates
between W,,G0t0.K0 -and 7.k,loO.Ml.
Remittances covering payments 'of all j
internal -revenue1 taxes should be marti
payable to J. M. Oatheart collector and
mailed to him at Jacksonville, Fla
FINE AUTO USED
FOR A JOY RIDE !
A fine Chandler seven-passenger' car
the property of a naval officer at the
air station, disappeared strangely from
the San Carlos hotel early, yesterday
morning, and for -about an hour the
police were" kept'tryinK to identify gUeh
a car. ' Later,", or about sun-up; ih
missing car was found, near the corner
of Spring and Garden street; and just
how long it had been used was not
announced. It 'showed some evidence
of very hard usage.
TO INSTALL NEW
ARCHBISHOP
.NEW ORLEANS. La., May St. An'
event 'of wide interest in Catholic ability to come back after a year ol
church circles -".'will be : the formal in-j private citizenship.
stallation tomorrow or the Most Rev. In the office of the city clerk yester
John W. Shaw as archbishop of New j day ballot boxes w ere being prepared,
Orleans, in succession to the late Arch-! for despatching at an early hour Mon
bisbrop Blenk., The, ceremony wil! be-: day morning to the dozen city voting
irin with a street nrocession of Catho-1 places. This work was done yesterday
lie societies in which thousands wi.'l'by Mr. Ileinberg, the clerk, because of
- . , . . ... .-i f .li
pass m review oerore ine new rcn i me nau-nonaay season in me rnj iu
bishop. The ceremony of . installation! and also because today is payday in
will take place at St.: Joseph's churciijlhe city and dozens of checks will
and will be of a simple but Impressive j have to be made out during today's
character. "Two papal bulls w ill be! busy half-day in the city building,
read, one directed to the Arebbishopj .After being thus prepared, the boxes
and the other to the clergy.. After the were locked up in the vault for the
formal installation the clergy vi?l of-j night. Returns will be made Monday
fer the - Archbishop their obedience byf night at the city ball, to; be received
kissing his ring, following which the j Commissioner etaoin etaoin ctaoin tai
solemn blessing will be given. 'by the canvassing committee.
OMlZEMTIOM:0Jl
CRUSHERS ASSN:
HERE NEXT WEEK
THREE-DAY SESSION OF ALA
BAMIANS WILL OPEN WED
NESDAY, AND MANY ENTER
TAINMENTS ARE PLANNED.
: The Alabama Cotton Seed Crushers
Association will hold its annual con
ventoin in l'ensacola June 5, - C and
7 next. . The members will assemble in
ihe auditorium of the San Carlos hotel
for the business sessions and a series
of ' entertajninents have been arranged
during the btuy of the men of "this or-
There will ' be-dinners ana suppers,
a rule on the bay and trips to tue va
rious interesting points in and around
l'ensacola.
"lTie Cotton Seed Crushers Associa
tion has met here before but last year
chose Mobile. While being well look
ed after in fTie Uulf. City the concensus
of
opinion was that Pensacola
was
rather superior for a convention city.
This convention will be of . a patriot
ic nature to work out what can be
done to aid the government in winning
the. war. Ir. George Laug, executive
secretary of the National Council of
iK'lense of the Alabama Division, will
b here and address the delegates to
the convention.
The officers of the . association are
L. M. Potter of Birmingham, president;
I. S. Stanton, Montgomery, vice presi
dent and C. K. McCord, of Prattville,
secretary and treasurer.
CITY ELECTION TO
BE HELD MONDAY
One name wil appear on' the ballot to!
be voted on in the regular city elec
tion Monday. This will be that of
Frank It. Pou, and it is expecteoi. that
the results will be made known half an
hour after, the polls close. The only
results to be declared will be the num
ber of votes east, .as a compliment tOj
the commissioner who demonstrated ai
House to House Canvass Is
rianned During the
.Coming Week.
WOMAN WORKERS -
CONDUCT BOOTHS
War Work Committe of Escam
bia County of Woman's Or
. ganization Called Oiu
City Campaign Manager Charles B.
Hervey "of the San Carlos hotel, last
night stated that he would in all prob
ability announce the names' of his com
mittee today and organization for Um
house to houso campaign In enaacola.
will bo inaugurated during the week.
mere are many details yei ui we
worked out and when everything is in
readiness the drive will be sent for
ward with a rush.
Next Saturday will see the booths of
the worn Vi workers established in all
prominent places, the San Carlos Hotel,
tiie poslorriee and the leading mercan
tile establishments of the city, with a
corps of workers at every booth. There
also will be committees to visit all sec
tions of the city.
The Kseambia County Women's War
Wurk Committee will be called upon
for assistance, which will be promptly
given. When this organization was
formed it was stated that It's purpose
was .to aid in every call for war ser
vice and the War Saving Stamp man
agers are going to call upon these cap
tains, lieutenants and sergeants. They
will be depended upon because the man-aget-tfsknow
they will receive a hearty
ritiponse. v '
Wednesday next at 5 "o'clock in th
"vnrrnWT :iitTn Sa"irCfIK-ffonvM-6
they wil be addressetf by Dr. George
Lang, executive secretary of the Na
tional Council of Defense, Alabama di
vision on tho subject of War Saving
Stamps and will be given implicit in
structions in regard to this special
drive.
With the organization the.fe Pensa
cola women have formed, to canvass
the city for every war purpose their
aid In the War Saving Stamp drive wilt
be invaluable.
The women of pensacola, who have
heretofore been working In the interest
of War Saving Stamps, will soon put
on a minstrel how. The only delay
now in the matter is to find a suitable
place for the performance.
Those who will participate will be
of local talent and others from the
naval air station .where there are ex
celent artists in theTr respective lines.
Those attending will be called upon
to purchase two thrift stamps, at fifty
cents and they to retain the stamps,
which will be a couple more "licks"
against the Kaiser.
When and where the minstrel show
will be given will be announced later.
The postoffice department at Wash
ington. D. C, is requesting all postmas
ters of the first, second and third class
es, to send in reports of sales of War
Saving Stamps and Thrift Stamps cov
ering the entire period during whlcn.
they have been on sale, from Decem
ber 4017 to Mav 1918 Inclusive.
RETAIL CLERKS
ASK FOR CHARTER
The retail clerks of Pensacola hava
applied to the Retail Clerk's Interna
tional Protective Association, with
a union charter, they having organized
here with about forty .members aa a,
nucleus.
The clerks have been formed into
union body by K. M. Keile, president of
the Pensacola Trades Council.
As soon as the charter is granted the
local union will bo given its numerical
designation and officers will be elected.
It was yesterday stated by temporary
officers of the new body that there ar
a number of union workmen coming
Into Pensacola who wish to deal with
establishments favorable to the union
and employers appear to favor the
movement. The clerks felt that under
the circumstances they should fall in
line with the general union sentiment
which exists in Pensacola.
FEDERAL RESERVE
BANK ALLOWED
WASHINGTON, May 31. Special.)
William P. G. Harding, governor of tho,
federal reserve board, advised Senator,
Fletcher today that the federaL reserve
board has directed the federal reserve
bank at Atlanta to establish a branctl
at Jacksonville. A commute has been
directed to arrange the details. This is
second branch to be established in that
district. A branch having been prevl-,
ousiy established at New Orleans.