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The Weather - Florida: Fair Saturday except rain JZJest portion, Sunday, probably local B9- iSht nd variable whsdt. . r,u,flhrt temperature yesterday, 79 de- m"' y - VOL. XXI NO. 299. l Enemy Line Is Being Forced Back on All Important Sa lients of Attack. HIRSON IS OBJECTIVE American Naval Gunners -With 1 6-1 nch Guns Driving for Tivotal Point. i: The Associated Press) : i.e 'irrmans In Belgium and Franca -Li 1 slubbornly resisting the at E.i.pLs of the entente allied forces to M':vk through their lines and effect ;im:e.'!!ate collapse of their defensive 5'c?ituris. Nevertheless, on all salient positions :.:,!! attack, the enemy line is gradu i; b-.'ins forced backward. n t!t" northern Italian front, be .vf n tho Brenta and Piave rivers, th-3 .-i!i.ins being put to test in a new ;!..rk I British, French and Italians, in Mesopotamia. the Britisn have ;f-u;ii-il the offensive against the Turks and at last aeounts were mak roiisiderab'.e progress. R tween the Oise and Serre Rivers, American naval gunners with ifc-lncU r, liae joined lhe French in aa tT.irl to hammer their way north eastward towards Hirson, the pivotal ! f.inl. :s the allied forces in Belgium and frfir.ee continue successfully to storm Vie stubbornly defended German line?,. ' '-.ii.in troops on the tlah'an northern f ont havft begun an offensive against t'i- Autrians. " " Hi-it'.sh troops today are .smashing ! :(-;ir wav .eastward on the sector ne- ve n Valenciennes and Le Quesnoy, v "uVhTs ki at to Ihft'security of Valen c'nni'?. Further south', the French vho liavt been gradually forcing the enemy from the pocket between the "::se and the Serre. have resumed their T-ressure and are reported to have en-i-red Yiliers le ifec and suri'ounded La ! rt' American forces have made further i. cast and west of the Meuse d--t'ite strong enemy resistance. The -:ns on the western end of the lin (' reported to be preparing towith i' ";iw northward from Grand Pre Where ! positions are outflanked by the ! ,rneh east of Vouziers. . 'ienera! Diaz, in his new offensive,1 is P'-rtd to have driven the Austrians ;' important heights north and west ! M interrappa, between the Piave and i Brenta. In the Piave the Italians !;v. e raptured two islands. in fierce fighting the British - con fine to beat back the Germans from jigh ground between Valenciennes "".I Leqifsnoy, further increasing the ?cf to the German hold on both : .ef important points. In Belgium anj n'-rth of Valenciennes the allies main lined their pressure but the opera i ns are of minor importance, as the h'aiion on the north depends upon British success around' Yalen Ri -fines. East of Le Cateau, the Brit " i are before the Mormal forest, v-h,!e south along the. Oise - and the Sfre, the French are pressing hard t'.tinst the Germans. incf. Wednesday morning the Brit ' :rrr,ies fighting forward from I a c-.v mii-s north of Valenciennes to p-v of r,o Cateau have taken 8,400 pris rs and 100 guns. Fifld Marshal Halg, his troops hav cached the western edge of the f'''3! forest, apparently -is -striving "utnank that natural barrier on north by advancing through Le fsroy :owotd Mons and Maubeuge. Germans are lighting stiffly to P"''vpp.: this, resulting In desperate p-r.bJts in the villages and other van-J1-' ro.nls south . of Valenciennes. t-" r.-ilitV. fc. : f'fidiiy ahMd -and have taken Maing nt .'-na'fp-nies. FLUENZA ON WANE IN ARMY CAMPS shntttun Oct. 25. Three army lmi,s did not report a single new influenza today and only two T''cr;fl(1 more than a hundred, cases. r,-'taI "etv cases in all camps was r-n!!imonIa, &00; deaths, 241 r-ONZALEZ HOLDS SCHOOL TAX MEET cntnusiastice meeting, was' held , .Gonzaiez agricultural- sciool --h-.sht in support of the proposed f3x amendment -to the state .utioa. General discussioa of the 'I f c as held and It was -unanl-"'U!,,y approved. uions- those who addressed tha I'i-l n- Tre A- S' Edwards, j. T. ..n.,, J. M. Collier and L. S. Gil- ,A 't.lulion was adopted-calling ,up (i man, woman and child in the of'Cf ,1,s'rict to work 'for success amendment. STIFF DEFEC3S ALLIES AGREED US TO G PEACE TERMS Exchange of Opinion Between . Entente Powers Resulted in Understanding. COL. HOUSE ACTS FOR PRESIDENT Personal Representative of Wil son Reaches Europe to Join Conference. Washington. Oct. 25. Although for mulation of terms in answer to the request of the German government for an armistice and. peace is regarded as a task difficult because of its im portance, the general opinion here -is that little delay may be expected. That the supreme war council already has considered the problem is known. Ex change of opinion between Washington and the allied capitals has developed a common understanding upon which the armistice terms may be based. It was considered not unlikely to day that serious consideration of the1 form of the armistice to be offered Germany already is in progress. For that reason the details may be made known to Germany and the world within a comparatively short time The ouick response1 made to the plea of Bulgaria for an armistice by Gen eral d-Esperey. the allied - commander on the Balkan front, was pointed to as probably indicating the views of the military advisers of the. nations ar rayed against Germany might be ex pected as soon as the greater questions involved would permit. That Germany might block the. prep aration of , armistice . plans . by a note refusing to accept the terms' outlined by President Wilson in his reply has not' been disregarded.; In some quar- that Germany has not as yet reaehed the point in the decline of military strength ' where she would accept an armtlslice looking' toward peace at any price. Increasing pressure -by the German people to end the war befors winter w as considered ;by - others as daily, making it .more difficult for". the government - to do -other -than allow the terms of an armistice : to be laid down, at least. 1 COL. HOL'SE REACHES ' LOXDOX FOR CONFERENCE London, Oct., 25. Colonel ,E. M. House, personal ' friend and adviser , of President Wilson has arrived in France, according to a Paris dispatch to th3 Times. . . . HOUSE To'aCT AS . - PRESIDENT'S REPRESENTATI"E President Wilson's confidential, ad viser vvas sentto Europe as the per sonal . representative . of . the .-President on an official mission. This announce ment is authorized officially, but fur ther information is withheld. It is understood, however, that-the visit of . Colonel House to Europe at this time is connected with -Germany's plea for an armistice and peace, which now is before : the allied governments for decision. Colonel House very prob ably is authorized to " represent th3 president in discussions with the rep resentatives of the allied governments. The fact that Colonel House left for Europe several days before President s Wilson's final reply to Germany , was dispatched was further j-r '-. that every- step of the 'President's igotia tiohs wTith Germany has been taken in full accord with- the entente govern ments. It is also ; taken to indicate that decision. to transmit the German plea to the allies under certain condi tions was reached even before the last note from Berlin was received. BERLIN CROWDS DEMAND KAISER TO ABDICATE Paris. Oct. . 25. An enormous crowd assembled before the reichstag bulld iDg in Berlin yesterday, caling for the abdication of Emperor William and the formation of a republic, according to a special dispatch from Zurich to L'Informalion. ?Dr. Karl Leibknecht. the Socialist leader who has just been released from prison, was applauded frantically. He was compelled to enter a carriage fill ed w ith flowers,ifrom which he . made a speech, declaring that . the . time of the -people .had arrived..,' . : CONDITION OF W. A. BLOUNT, JR SHOWS , SLIGHT . IMPROVEMENT The condition of County. Solicitor W. A. Biount. Jr., was reported last night as ;possibly slightly more encouraging. While still dangerously ill, latest news of , Mr. Blount's 'eondition was that physicians - us1 family seemed some what, mrrs' hopeful than earlier in the day. Ml PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1918. r55 i i i hi) smm The Place de Arrhes in Ghent, pictured when the Belgian artillery was withdrawing. They're going back now in the great drive which is cleaning all Belgium of the enemy. PLA1NLANGUAGE OF WILSON NOTE PLEASESALLIES LONDON NEWSPAPERS SAY HE HAS TREATED THE GERMANS , JLST AS THEIR TRICK1NESS AND DECEIT DEMANDED. London, Oct. 25. It is understood that President Wilson's latest, note to Germany is approved by the allies and represents, in a general sense, their views ot the ; situation. ' It has . been erroneously- assumed -v that, ' the allies tiMii V-;i-. -4cn have been. nesoiuiuofls-.iuj-vii usun. xiui ; deemed wise to. lift restrictions r on as a matter, of fact, when the; central j public gatherings. . It, is fully realised powers elected to approach one of thejtnat considerable inconvenience , and belligerents singly, the others stood ! ?acnial ls3hhave ?een caused by the . .. . - . , I closing of these -places of . -public as- a&ide in - the preliminary stages of the J semblage. . but these are minor - corn negotiations. V i pared with the suffering and loss, that Commenting upon President Wilsons note Ito Germany, the Daily ISews says: ' ' ' - , -,: ' The imperial chancellor's note-': left matters-in suspense, but the Presi dent's takes them where they should be. .The sincerity of . the German ; peo ple desire for . peace : is today ' brought to the .final test. . if the Germans ac cept the President's terms there is no reason' why fighting' should not end in less than a - week. Mr. Wilson, be yond question, -.speaks for every al lied nation.'. "President .Wilson must' win th? hearty approval of plain men every where, says ;.the telegraph. "This sort of ; language ,. becomes ' necessary when one has ? to deal with a peopie who insist on being evasive and tricky in treating with a plain issue." The Times .says: "If the Germans ,will not v accept 'a peace of justice witnout violence, then violence will - make them accept ' a justice peace. The difference between German i violence and the ."force with out stint" which President Wilson pro posed if necessary to employ .is that German warfare is violence . in the service of rapaoity, while the-warfare of the allies is violence in the service of righteousness." . - Under the caption "The Retort Cour teous," the- Post says : v ' - "President - Wilson's note-is a master piece of diplomacy. It rivets the Ger man government to an unqualified 'ac ceptance of -his peace terms. . , .: The Express describes Mr. Wilson's note as the . greatest of the series of his masterly state . papers. , . TIME DROPS BACK A NOTCH TOMORROW "Turn.back, turn back, Oh! Time-in thy flight,''--will ' be a; reality tomorrow morning, for , if you are awake at .;.2 o'clock Sunday morning, yoii should turn back-the clock one hour. - This ;is the - official time for Pensacola to . re turn to the "old time" arid marks the end of i the time system' adopted :last spring -fori daylight : saving. , At 2 o'clock" Sunday mornings when the official time is flashed " out ! over the. country from the great wireless station at Arlington,' near Washington, D. C, all railroads of the countr- aa well as-all other "industries will. return to the time followed until this spring". In bigr business i where - time is -of fit importance,,; the change . may be ex pected I65be made without . fail.'- mong the rest of . the world many will doubt less fail to make the change as they did this spring. - Remember this when you make -engagements for Sunday. - - - -- - -- ' .. ... - .. TT Ittwi-;...,.. Kg 'SJ. HEALTH OFFICERS WILL NOT PERMIT PUBLIC MEETINGS No public places in the city will be opened this week, without the permis sion of Dr. Paul D. Moesman, of the LVS. Public Health Service," or Dr.' Wl D. pfobles, city health officer. When asked last night if the restrictions ap plied to churches, Dr, Mossman said : "I have heard that a number - of churches intend opening . tomorrow, but if so,' they will be openedwithout the approval of the health' authorities. "There is nothing mandatory - about the closing of churches, schools, - or places of amusement. But back of it is public opinion, and it' Is possible that pressure might ' be brought to "bear, to close any places which opened in op- j position to the request .of the .public I health service. ,i , , . I : "While; the Influenza is on the wane, l new cases and deaths are still -'being J would be caused by a fresh lot of case of f the disease, some, of wrhich ; wouid undoubtedly prove 'fatal.- Emergency Relief - headquarters - will close this morning. Lee MacDonell, chairman of the civilian relief " com mittee of the Red Cross, -said yester day afternoon that there seemed no further necessity of keeping the rooms open, ; as there were few calls for sup plies or ; service, and., these few could be;: met without maintaining : the, or ganization. Mr. MacDonell said that nursing and other- necessary .work would be. continued whenever the ne cessity arose-! '. He said that the emergency relief committee, while it felt that the epi demic, was over would give its support to - whatever the public health service felt was best for the : community. ; At a -meeting of th e , sch ool board of Escambia county which - was held lat the - offlee of . A.- S. - Edwards, superin tendent of public instruction fast night it was decided that the aboard would comply with the request of the public health omcers, and that city schools would; be closed for one week longer. U S. NAVY GUNS POUNDING HUNS GREAT GUNS DESIGNED A FOR BAT TLE ' CRL1SERS ARE ' HAMMERING . -!- - . - - - . , '. .. GERMAN RAILWAY CENTERS BACK i. , , . . OF SORRE-OISE FRONT Washington, Oct. : 25 Details of the achievement ' of the Xayy Department in making ..available' the use Ton ; the western front of gret naval - guns, which rare reported ? hammering Ger-r aim railway centers back-of the orro- Oie front, Were made public -tonight by. Secretary ; Daniels. J - T-.f ' f: The ' guns were - originally vintended for 'new battle cruisers but changes' in the designs ; of - those vessels ' left5 them un available for' that use.' . The guns are mannea ana operatea by, officers and men v of the United States. NaT. :' V - t '- vih1 , xhe organization to man : one gun requires an entire train, including, the gun . car itself, ammunition . car, and others. . . -"-'. "" - The guns are said to throw' a' heavier projectile and have greater muzzle ve locity than any weapon ever placed on .i mobile land mounting. ,In point of destructive force they are incompara-Lle. ON WEST FRONT BRIGHT FUTURE IS PREDICTED FOR THIS PORT PENSACOLA HAS OPPORTUNITY TO HANDLE LARGEST FOREIGN LUM BER SHIPMENTS IN HISTORY WHEN PEACE IS DECLARED. Plans - looking toward making PD sacola a leading shipping port among gulf cities ' after the. war were 'dis cussed at the meeting of the Southern Commercial Congress at Atlanta, this -week. -This information -was received by ' the : Chamber of Commerce yeater shipping aapremacy..for Pensacola,' If business men here will grasp ".the op portunity. ; Pensacola' has always .been a great port for the shipment of lumber. With southern wood- being considered a the source . of lumber for; the rebuild ing of France after the war, Florida pine - forests will of .necessity figure largely." in-:. this' trade. In this way lumber shipping from : Pensacola will probably assume proportions never known here, before, when peace-time commerce again starts merchant ships from this port. - ''.'"' : This trade will be thrown to other ports - than Pensacola, : the report says, unless business men who are back of the shipping interests here are, pre pared to make tise of return cargoes. This point emphasized to the Chamber of Commerce, means that the government-will foster' shipping to such ports as . prepare to- handle : such return car goes as copra and jute. Loaded Ships Both Ways This plan contemplates a double pur pose : that of furnishing - a . load for returning' ships to? obviate empty bot toms and the establishment .of fac tories near gulf ports to care for these cargoes. . The importation of copra would enable mills . located in the south to crush oil the year) round and furnish a means of employment and wealth. The importation of jute would enable the establishment of" factories for making : fertilizer.' bags and meal sacks. Pensacola' shippers are urged in the report to investigate the proposition and plan to get a share of the after- war commerce for this port. Govern ment speakersat the ; congress .indi cated that the, ports which first make -1 plans to handle" such , commerce would be. the cities to receive commercial recognitibnfrom" the .government. The plan of necessity , would mean a con siderable . increase; in -.. incomes to Pen sacola workers -and employers, as well as big - investments. . : ' GERMANS AWAIT PEACE TERMS London, Oct. 25i President Wilson's note was: received; in' Berlin in" the course' of Thursday's sitting of the reichstag,- which immediately- adjourn ed, according to' an . Exchange Tele graph dispatch ' from Copenhagen. ; i Discussion of the note wa.v taken up in sectional ''meetings of the reichstag members.- , ; : : 1 Basel. Oct. 25. (By ..The..' Associated Press) The German war cabinet con sidered .President .Wilson's reply at a Jengttiy session yesterday, according to the Frankfort1- Zeitung', it decided not to answer at the present time, but wait until it learned: what the entente s armistice1 conditions may be. ATLANTA FIRMS BARRED FROM SELLING ; SUGAR Atlanta, Oct. 27. Seven hundred of the 2,000 'establishments which sell sugar In Atlanta and : Fulton, county were barred -from . disposing - of any more,sugar until December I by ord?r of county-Food Administrator '-Ew ins today. , - - SCHOOL 6 DAYS IfEIlTOiAKEFOil BIG 1R UP LOST TIE IfJORK DRIVE "... i . . Plan Decided to Cover Period Lost Daring Influenza Epidemic. NOT TO RE-OPEN BEFORE NOV. 4 School Board Endorses Proposed 10.Mil! Tax Levy Amendment. City schools. will be opened six days a week, for a period long enough to offset the time lost in closing the schools during the influenza epidemic. Op a vote taken at a meeting of tn board of education last night, held at the office of County Superintendent Edwards, it was decided on the open ing of the schools, which will be as soon as the public health authorities think safe, a. six day term will be maintained up to the holidays, and after, until the lost time has been made up by the pupils. The question of the payment of sal aries of teachers came before the board, and it was decided that by hav ing a. six day school both pupils and teachers would benefit, as it is not in the power . of the board to pay the salaries until the teachers have per formed their duties. The teachers are receiving no pay for the time during which the schools are closed, and the . sooner the lost time is made up. the earlier the teach ers, will cover the deficiency in their incomes which the influenza epidemic has caused. ' ' Closed Another Week. '. The board ; unanimously votd ' to comply with the request of lhe,pubUJ rheatth v-setiee, th"Tf T?ard to - closing the schools for the next week, in the city. - ): ', At the suggestion of L. S. Gilmore, of Bluff Springs the opening of thfe rural ; schools will be left to the op tion, of; the , supervisors, -where no cases of influenza among the pupils or teachers have been reported for one week. Mr. - Gilmore pointed' out that the rural schools ; have -not the same length of term as the city, and that unless it is absolutely necessary to kep the schools closed, it works a hardship on the students, many of whom are called to leave school in February or March, in order to help with spring crops. - Board Endorses Tax Levy. W. B. Wright proposed " the follow ing resolution which was seconded by L. S. Gilmorf and unanimously passed: Whereas, the Legislature- of 1917 submitted to the voters of the Stale of Florida an amendment to Section 8 Article 12 of the Constitution increas ing school millage from 7 to 10 mills and. Whereas." the schools of Escambia County - are being greatly hampered from Jack of sufficient funds for op eration and Whereas, it is a sound democratic principle of self-governrrient to give to the people the privilege, of deter mining the . amount of money Ihey will give to the support of their Pub lie Schools, therefore be it Resolved, by the Board of Public In struction of Escambia County. Flor ida, that .this Board hereby endorses this amendment and the voters of Es- (Continued on Page,Thre.) HOUSE AND BENSON CLEAR WAY FOR DELIBERATIONS Washington, ' Oct. 25. The arrival in France of Colonel House, the Pres ident's personal, representative, and Admiral Benson, the highest ranking officer of the American navy, has clear ed the way for beginning such deliber ations of the ; supreme war council at Versailles as - may be necessary to frame a .draft' Of armistice to be sub mitted to Germany. - .Cor. 'House' .will not be a member of the council,.at:least for the present, it was said,'-bat is simply the eye and ears of the president in Europe, charg ed .with ascertaining the state of pub lic feeling , in regard to all matters connected -with the war. Later, "Col House may take a place at ithe council table If, the president so' desires." - - The president has a vole in the coun oil In' the disposition of political mat ters and it is regarded possible that he: may- delegate that power to Col. House, v However, there will, be no voting . in- the , ordinary sense. Mem bers are charged to broach freely for discussion, any subject they please. When any line of action is deemed nec essary, a each representative Is to no tify his own government-of the gen eral sense of the council and it will be for'the home governments to give the . necessary instructions on any change of policy. THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL Prints more want ads than any other paper of like circulation in the world. Journal Want Ads bring results. . PRICE FIVE CENTS PLAOS LAID Preliminaries for the Campaign Arranged in Conference Yesterday , PENSACOLA'S QUOTA $53,282 Co-Operation to Be Keynote of Solicitation for Large Fund. T Opening wtth the conference of ex ecutive heads at the San Carlos yes' terday, the United War Work Cam palm was officially launched In Es cambia county, and from now, until Escambia's allotment has been raised the workers will wage an active diiva to place the thirteenth district on th roll of honor. The principal speaker at the confer- ence of Friday was Fay Cilley, execu- tive secretary of Rural Work, who In succinct and interesting way, out-1 lined plans for the work and impress ed upon the leaders the Importance of the campaign to which they . had pledged their support. Task of Great Magnitude , Among other things, Mr. Cilley said! "First in importance tc be considered is the magnitude of the task before us. At no time in our histOrj' have the people been called upon ; for so large a voluntary contribution. The American people faced a stupendous task in the Red Cross drive, when they were called upon for $100,000,000, but the United States War Work calls for two and a half times as much. $250T 000,000 being the sum asked for. "It will be seen that if this sum is to. be raised Y people must contribute jnaora.J,thanvJlaiibletha; umhl. wan . contributed . to the Red Cross in- lfs great drive. That means - that every home in the country, must contribute to make the campaign a success. " "Even the boys and girls, the Vic tory Boys and Girls, we call them, in the Give and Barn campaign, must do a part to carry this work through. "We have pledged ourselves to the unification of efforts, at the urgent re quest of President Wilson, who .has called upon the American people to make a single campaign, co-operative in effort, in order that a series of cam paigns may not be necessary. It is the first time since the beginning of this great war that the people have had the ODDOrunitv to show at from the same spirit that the men are hoH ing in the trench and in .the: fleld,T--a, consecration to a common caue. "The organizations back of 1 this.; drive represent in a concrete way the j spiritual life of the men who are i fighting for freedom, whatever (the- j faith may be. Those men who- ar' giving their lives for liberty" do not) stop to question as to the creed of j their comrades, they . fight aide' by side, under the same flage for the' same principles, looking up to the 1 samA CinA every Indication of going over thetop. I have never before had the pleasure of meeting a more enthusiastic bunch of men, nor have Iseen an organiza tion in better running order, en -auclW short notice. ' Praises Pensacola tirit "Tn spite of the fact that owing" to conditions here, the campaign began a little later than elsewhere, they have presented, a complete , organization, J earlier than 'any other district." ' j H. R. Malone, chairman of the-hir- teenth district-presided at the confer- ence, and, following a prayer, led by Dr. J. A. Ansley. pastor of the First Baptist church, Elda . Boyer led in the singing of America and Onward Christian Soldiers. ; rr. William Ackerman, Rabbi Tem-f pie Beth-El, chairman of the Jewish i Welfare Work, spoke briefly on the preliminary plans of his organization, and of the work of his people at the front, among other things citing tht? fact that the first religious leader kill ed in battle was a Jewish ' Kabbi, and that one of the last acts before his (Continued on Page Three.) FEWER REGISTERED FOR ESCAMBIA VOTE Tfie list of registered , voters for : Escambia county is short' 300 names of the total registered for the last general election, two years ago. This information was given out today by. Registration Officer' Kirkpatrick. who: names the drafting of men from this county as a cause for the shortage. The . total number of names which f appear on the poll books of -the; county is 3.700, of which 2,364 names' are listed from the ctty of Pensacola and the balance, 1,836 from the rest I of Escambia county. The total for ' the general election two years ago' was about 4.000 and the number of men taken in the early drafts ii be- - lieved to lhe reason for the short- .... ...... i ... i r .". f I.' , k '' f- J