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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

today that Field Marshal Sir John
French, commander of the British ex
peditionsry force had reported that
he was yesterday engaged against SUI
perior German forces The British
troops fought splendidly. and General
French considered the prospects in the
impending battle satisfactory.
Premier Asquith added General
French speaks in high terms Of the
quality and efficiency Of tho French
regular troops and their officers.
On Premier Asquith's motion the
house adopted an address to King
George praying his ma iesty to con-
Vey to the King Of Belgium pariia-
rnent's admiration of Relgum's heroic
resistance to the German invasion.
Premier Asquith and Andrew Bonar
Law, the Unionist leader. each in turn
paid high tribute to Belgian bravery
and the house then adopted the mo
ton with enthusiasm.
From the continent Field Marshal
Sir John French. commander in chief
of the French eXpeditionary force, to-
day, has been able to set at rest much
OF the anxiety caused in England by
the Vagueness of French official state
ments regarding the movements of
British forces We're known to be OPP
Grating. His despatch takes a roseate
view Of the prospects OF the battle
now in progress and rays tribute to
the mettle OF his French ally.
Much Of the apprehension felt here
can he traced to the rigid censorship
maintained by the British authorities.
Two million men have been graphing
in a titanic struggle for days past
within few hours journey OF Lon
don, yet so complete is the silence of
those who are aware Of what is going
on that the public is in all but COM
plete ignorance.
The purposeful vagueness Of the
French official announcements is fur
Their befoggled by serious disCrepan-
cies in the versions of the French
statements. At the present time these
communications furnish the bulk Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

an opinion as to whether or not e.
pense accounts should be filed and to
whom should said certificates be
made. City Attorney Jones stated
that he would render a written opin-
ION, probably at the regular meeting
or the board Monday, but II was
agreed that expense accounts should
be sworn to and filed, this action being
taken to be on the safe side.
Ihe mayor then asked II there was
anything else to come before the
meeting and waited moment for
any possibly reply. None being made.
the meeting was adjourned.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28
Three British
Warshibs Rushed
toGuEo Mexico
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Galveston, Tex, Aug. 27.-An ohicial
statement from the British consulate
here said that three British warships
have been sent at full speed to pro-
tect cotton and oil traffic in the gulf
of Mexico.
The statement follows:
THE British consulate Is informed
that three British warships have been
sent at full speed to afford protection
to cotton and oil traffic in the Gulf
of Mexico. 1t is rumored that the
French cruiser Conda has sunk the
German ship Alliancia and the Brit
ish cruiser Donegal has captured the
North German Lloyd steamship Bran
denburg."
Sending of the British ships to the
gulf Is probably the result of reports
of the presence Of German warships In
those waters. Several British tanks
are engaged IN the oil transportation
between Mexico and the United states.
No further details were given by the
consulate.
1t was the impression at the consul
late that the three British warships
coming to gulf waters had been sent
from Jamaica. Asked for the place or
the reported capture of the Brandon
berg and the sinking of the Alliancia
Consul Perceval replied that he did
not feel at liberty to say anything
further.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28
Two Causes for
Extreme Satisfaction.

The re election of Hoke Smith to
the senate from Georgia is cause for
satisfaction only less marked than is
the decisive defeat Of Cole Blease for
the same position from South Caro-
lima.
Hoke Smith is one Of the big men
of the United States senate. He Is a
progressive democrat Of the woodrow
Wilson and w. j. Bryan type. He is
n national character and the biggest
man from the South in the senate to-
day. Had he been defeated by Little
Joe Brown" 1t would have been cause
for reproach to the state OF Georgia.
Georgias politics is usually reaction
airy, but In this case progressive prtn-
ciples triumphed and both Georgia and
the nation are to be congratulated.
We don't know much about the man
who defeated Cole Blease for the SEN
ate in South Carolina, but, whoever
he is, he has saved the people of that
state from the disgrace which a man
of Bleases type in the senate would
have inflicted on her.
Good men and right principles fire.
quently suffer defeat, but in the end
the people usually do the right thing.
1t was so. In this case, in both Geor-
gia and South Carolina
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Continued from First Page.
Precinct 14-Southwest corner of
Romano and Baylen streets.
Precinct 15.-Southeast corner of
DeVilliers and Intendencia streets.
Precinct 26.-Southeast corner of
Gregory street and Tenth avenue.
Precinct 27.-Northeast corner of
Strong street and Ninth avenue.
Precinct 28.-Southeast corner of
DeSoto and Davis street.
Precinct 29.-Northeast corner of
Hayne and Gadsden streets.
Precinct 30.-Northeast corner Of
PaIafox and Lloyd streets.
Precinct 31-Northwest corner of
DeVi1liers and Gadsden streets.
Precinct 32.-Perdido station.
The Canvassing Committee.
The question Of selecting a canvass
ing committee was then taken up, and
under the new charter of the city,
some changes had to be made. In
the past, or under the old alderman mic
system, it was usual to name three
hold-over aldermen for this work. Two
Of the three commissioners at this
time are candidates and the canvass
ing committee had to be constituted
of three persons The city attorney
was called in at this time, and upon
his Interpretation Of the law, the re-
naming commissioner, Thos. II. John
son, was named as one of the canvass
ing board, with Registration Officer
Hicks and Tax Collector J. c. Whiting
the other men.
Question Expense Accounts.
The question of expense accounts
was also called up by Mr.. Semmes,
who wanted the city attorney to give
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the news as carried by the several
news agencies, and no two versions OF
them agree
Fighting on the Cambr--- lie -Cateau
line, referred to in the latest of thesW
communications now seems to have
become more serious than a cavalry
raid and an attempt to cut British
communications. which as repulsed.
Nothing further has been heard
from the Alsatian frontier, while the
news Of the Russian advance continues
to come entirely from Russian sources.
The MOsCoVitcs claim to be within
forty miles of Lemherg, GaliCa.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28
BELG|ANS,NOW
REFUGEES,ARE
IN SAD PLIGHT
POVERTY STRICKEN PEOPLE ARE
HUDOLED IN QUARTERS AT
PARIS, AND TELL OF HORRORS
WHICH SOME HAVE EXPERIENCE
ED.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Paris, Aug. 27.-10:45 p. m.-The
Cirque d'Paris, where the crowd of
Belgian refugees has grown to $500.
has taken on the aspect of a human
able. The floors of the wide foy-
ers are all crowded with straw. and the
homeless and poverty-striCken people
may be seen lying about. many in
attitudes of sad detection. Trained
nurses of the Red Cross. priests, SOL
diers and doctors are constantly NOV
ing among the crowd, ministering TO
their wants.
At the entrance to the hall a large
cask containing cher was placed and
a soldier soon was apportioning the
beverage to a waiting line of men and
boys.
Inside the amphitheatre were chill
dren Of all ages, sizes and descrtp
tions. The scarcity of baggage was
noticeable The evening meal consist
ed of a huge slice of bread with a
piece of beef on top and afterwards
black coffee was served.
An old man sitting in a corner on
sack of straw, told the following
story:
People call me Jean Beauton. I
have little wine shop just across the
river from Liege in the'town of Griev-
gne. When the mobilization order was
announced my two sons Joined their
regiments. My daughters, l have two,
this one here and another, remained
with their old father"
The girl he motioned to was a
bTight-eyed girl of about l6, but only
her eyes were visible as the rest of
her face was swathed in bandages.
He continued: You see her poor
dear face? Well, q German was the
cause of that. When they came they
demanded wine which | gave them and
one man tried to insult her. When she
resented this he struck her and she
fell against the counter and broke her
Jaw"
The old man then told of their flight
and the hardships they endured.
My other daughter becoming very
tired after time" he went on. sat
down by the roadside, while this girl
and | went on ahead to try to find
some means Of conveyance. a little
further on we came upon a riderless
horse and after great difficulty we
both succeeded III mounting and went
back to find my daughter. We had
not been gone more than half an hour
but when we returned she was no long
er there.
Where she went I d0r'+ know We
spent the rest of the night looking for
her. but found no sign or trace Of her.
Another refugee, Nine. Agnes Bous-
sault of Walkenraedt, in telling her
story Of the flight from Belgium said:
please don't ask me to tell the
horrible things I saw while coming
here. I have lost my husband and
brother. who died in the noble cause
and now you see me alone with my
five children. The greatest suffering
/ underwent was from hunger. We
could get hardly anything to eat for
three days except a little stale bread"
Georges Just, a restaurant keeper of
Chenee told this story:
When we heard the Germans ap-
proach. my wife and I fled across the
river into Liege Just before they
entered there we left with many 9TH
ers
Never shall I forget the sights we
saw along the roadside where mutilat-
er corpses and wounded and dying
strewed our pathway
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28
ADJUSTMENTS
Al the Isis.

Manager Mulligan is offering a dou-
BILE headline attraction today, featuring
Francis Y. Busman, (the idol of a mil
lion women) in Ambushed and Flo
Lawrence, the Queen of the Movies. in
two reel attraction, The Counter
feiters.
Patrons of the Isis will be more than
pleased with their visit today as the
program is away above the aVeraS sc
with many new and novel entertaining
innovations.
General Film Company presents
"Ambushed," Essanay, in three parts.
Young Frank Mitchell, who terms him
self a modern man of law, is sum-
moned to draw up the Will of Lady
DaInley, who wishes to leave her en-
tire estate to her favorite niece, Mable,
and nothing to Boutwell,, her nephew,
except in the event of Mabel's death,
when he would inherit everything.
Boutwell, learns of the contents of
the VIII and straightway plots to get
Mabel out of the Way. He secures the
assistance of Smith. a daring criminal,
and the two take Mabel by force to a
deserted house, situated near a lake.
just outside the city. Young Mitchell
by accident hears of Mabel's plight,
and plans to rescue her. He makes his
way to the deserted house and over
hears a plot to kill the heiress. The
criminals finally set fire to the house
and the young lawyer rescues Mable.
They find a rowboat and attempt to
make their way TO an island. Mabel
sleeps in the hut all night While Nit
cheu keeps guard outside the door.
The hero and heroine are pursued by
the criminal nephew and his aids. but
are outwitted by the young lawyer.
Detectives who have obtained a clew
to the missing heiress, with the assist
ance Of Mitchell, finally round up the
gang in the young lawyers office.
Mitchell and Mable then discover they
love each other and the drama comes
to a ha ppy conclusion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28
NO LANDING OF JAPANESE
TROOPS AT kIAO CHOW

Using Tau, Aug. 27.-12:3o p. M
There is no evidence here today of
the landing of Japanese troops in Kiao
Chow territory.
1t is believed that the heavy roads
of Kiao Chow, afte. the summer rains,
will deter any japanese attack for
many days.
All native shipping in Kiao Chow
bay has been suspended.
Peking Aug 27-In his wireless
message notifying the German COVER
nor of kiao Chow of the japanese
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28
CROP ADVISER CAN
SUPPLY GARDEN INFORMATION

Editor Pensacola Journal.
1t has occurred to me that now
would be a good time for people who
have the lot room to plant their fall
gardens. I suppose almost everyone
shares the experience we have at my
house, and that is that it is almost i'm
possible to get fresh vegetables.
Most city folks, myself included,
know very little about gardening,
either as to what to plant, or how to
cultivate. Don't you suppose the
Crop Adviser" could and would give
us some useful hints along these
lines?
Yours truly,
T w AMOR EWS
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blockade of Using Tau, Vice Admiral
Kato said he would grant neutral ship
ping "A hours in which to leave the
harbor and the same period for nom
combatants to leave town. The bloc
kading fleet is the japanese second
<0Iad ron
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28
NEWS OF THE MARKETS
Naval Stores Market.

yeocc. :sntw. N7890 1890 s.. -.
Savannah, Ga, Aug. 27.--The spir-
its OF turpentine market opened and
closed nominal today at rs IL cents
with no sales. Receipts were SIT
casks and shipments of u casks, Ieav-
ing stocks of ZS,S49 casks.
The rosin market opened and closed
nominal with no sales. REGENTS 963
barrels and shipments 963 barrels.
leaving stocks of 121, 1886 barrels. Quo
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28
ANXIETY FELT FOR
SAFETY OF AMERICAN

London, Aug. 27.-Some anxiety is
felt here concerning John Singer Sar-
gent, the American painter. Nothing
has been heard from Mr.. Sargent since
he left London for Austria, July "a.
Friends and relatives are trying to get
news of him through the American
embassy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

With the single exception Of the
Chinese Empire, the United States has
the smallest National debt of any ma
ton Of the earth The National debt
of France is the largest, with Russia
second.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

While 1t may be that the rulers OF
Europe are 'at the front" as stated,
it is not of record that they have
yet succeeded in getting within range
Of hostile bullets.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

Pancho Villa says he does not in
tend to start another revolution. He
is probably going to start game or
ping pong with those 10000 armed
men
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

It remains for some astute scien-
fists to again prove that whatever
goes up must come down." High price
OF living, for instance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

Isn't 1t about time that Richmond
Pearson Hobson had a little some
thing to say relative to the general
disturbance? His unaccountable sill
ence leads to belief that he may be
i'll,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

Kentucky is said to be fighting IL
literacy with moonlight schools.
Somehow or other Kentucky cannot
get away from the moonshine prin-
ciple-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

Anthony Drexel. millionaire club
man and prize fighter, has now gone
to preaching among longshoremen.
He probably considered prize ring ex-
perience as essential to his latest line
Of endeavor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

And while the search Is on, why
not try to discover the whereabouts
of the main fleets of the British and
German navies?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

Several newspapers are tnquiring.
Where is Pancho Villa NO need
to worry Pancho will probably ap-
pear when the next photographer or
correspondent strikes his vicinity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

The fact that the war has cut down
the visible supply of silk hose will
probably have the effect of making
those that still remain among us even
moro visible than in the past
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

The gridiron battles Of this season
will have to be unusually terrific to
attract the least attention.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

strong lines OF defense between the
city of Paris and the Belgian from
tier, and it begins to look as though
they would need them all.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-08-28

ghs ExAaah are said to have three
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Election Managers APP
pointed by Commissioner

Continued From First Page.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
CrQn1 TON N1rDOierOwn EhlebsplRe@
Patriot Hits Democrat
in Belt at School BOard

An article in this mornings Patriot
is evidence to what extent the morn
ing organ will go to play politics, even
at the expense of one of it's own can
didates. The facts in the award of a
contract for the erection of a school
building at Enhaut are:
When the original bids were opened
Mr.. Wildman was $1,000 below the
next bidder, but did not agree to the
time-limit for the completion of the
building, as called for in the plans
and specifications. The board decided
to award the contract to Mr. Wild
man on condition that satisfactory ar
rangements could be made for the
completion of the building. Accord
inSly committee composed of DIR. d.
w. Schaffner, Democratic candidate
for the Legislature in the Second dis
trict of Dauphin county; John M. Erb
and w. II. Horner was appointed by
the board to consult Mr.. Wildman.
This committee, after an interview
with the contractor reported back to
the board that satisfactory arrange
ments could not be made and the
board unanimously decided to reject
Mr.. Wildman's bid and ask for new
bids, which was done, with the result
that the contract was unanimously
awarded to Harry c. Wright, of Steel
ton, one of the best-known and most
reliable contractors in the lower end
of the county.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
Frosty Reception in
Lower End of County

The Progressive campaigning party
headed by Dean Lewis, candidate for
Governor, started out for their tour
of the lower end of Dauphin county
bright and early today. Their first
appearance was at the shops of the
Pennsylvania Railroad in the West
End, where they shook hands with
number of employees on their way
to work. They were not received
with much enthusiasm and immedi-
ately left for Steelton. In Oberlin
three people turned out and in Pax
tang there was nobody to greet them.
Scarcely a ripple was caused on
the political waters in Steelton by the
visit. Although 1t had been extensive
ly advertised by post cards mailed to
the voters, when the party arrive in
Steelton in two automobiles at $50,
and them candidates were driven
down Front street, only a few pedes-
trians took enough interest to stop and
shake hands.
The candidates were taken up to
the Post Office, where it had been
planned to have some speeches. There
was no audience, so there were no
speeches, and the porty left for Enhaut
and Oberlin, where they hoped to see
more voters With Bill Kell and
Dave Gilger, part of the Washington
party here, the candidates left sew
eral hundred booklets which they
wanted distributed to the voters who
wouldn't come out to meet the candi-
dates personally.
In the party were Dean Lewis. DR..
Kreider, candidate for Congress. and
Representatives Martin and Lenker.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC
At HERSHEY PARK
Run -Four Special Trains; Band
Concert Drills and Ball Game
on Program

Four special trains, each able to
carry 500 passengers, will be used to
transport the persons who attend the
annual picnic of the Protestant Sun
day schools of Middletown, to Her.
Bhey Park tomorrow. The first train
will leave the Philadelphia and Read
ing station at 7.30 o'clock and the
others will follow at ten minute inter-
walls Special cars will be attached to
each train to carry the baskets. Trains
will run direct to the park and will
return at p. m. and SIS p. m.
Elaborate preparations have been
made to make to-morrow's affair the
best union picnic ever held from
kiddletown. There will be a baseball
game between the Middletown team
pf the Central Pennsylvania League
Pnd the Hershey nine. The Liberty
Band of Middletown will accompany
the picnickers and give two concerts
Huring the day. The drill team of the
Union Hose Company will also attend
The outing. In full uniform the team
will execute a number of the latest
drills. A program of athletic con-
tests and games will round out the
day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
SteeltOn Snapshots

Baldwin Team Wins.-Led by Fire
Chief John E. Shupp, Jr., the Baldwin
Hose Company baseball team trimmed
the Paxtang Hook and Ladder team,
score to Z, last evening.
Goes to BethIehem.-Raymon w.
McEntee has resigned his position in
the engineering department of the
Pennsylvania Steel Company to accent
a position in the designing DEPART
ment of the Bethlehem Steel Company
at Bethlehem. He will assume his
new duties August l.
st. Johns Lutheran.-Prayer serv-
ices will be held in st. Johns Lutheran
Church this evening at 7.30 o'clock,
followed by preparatory services at
$3.50. choir rehearsal will be held at
0 o'clock.
To Speak Here. James II. Hol-
lingsworth, Terre Haute, Ind, will
speak on Industrial Slavery" at Front
and Locust streets Monday evening.
Horse Goes Into Canal. - horse
and cart owned by Jones and Moulton,
contractors, fell into the old Pennsyl-
vania Canal near Locust street yes
terday. 1t was pulled out without
much damage.
Team Runs Away.-Two horses
drawing a hay rake, driven by Clair
Ebersole, near Chambers Hill, ran
away yesterday. The team tore down
wire fence and broke off several
posts. Ebersole escaped injury by
jumping, but one of the horses was
severely cut about the head.
Arrows Win.-The Enhaut Arrows
defeated the Rosebuds, score 16 to 0,
at Enhaut, last evening"
Child Dies.-Mary Schmidt, infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Schmidt, GIL South Front street, died
last evening. Funeral services were
held this afternoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-22
BLUNDER Of LEWIS
IN UPPER END TALK
LContinued From First Page1


that employs many women and chill
dren.
Deter related to the crowd in his
most flowery langage the ACCOMPLISH
ments of Dean Lewis as a reformer.
and told his hearers that the election
of Lewis would mean the passage of
the kind of laws the people need and
the punishment of those who ought to
be punished.
Evidently Lewis was blissfully ig-
norant of Detter's female labor in
terests, for he no sooner began to
talk than he launched into a TRADE
against the men who employ child and
woman labor and berated them ter
rifically. He told his hearers what
ought to be done to them and what
he would insist on being done If he is
elected.
1t was great stuff of the Progress
i've sort, but apparently it didn't suit
Deter, who refrained from joining in
the meager applause and confined
himself to careful study of the -archi-
lecture of surrounding buildings.
Lewis speech may not have made
many votes, but 1t certainly has pro-
vided lot of amusement for those
who know the circumstances.
The party left here last evening and
held a meeting in the public square
at Millersburg, where about rs people
heard the speakers.
At Elizabethville yesterday the
Lewis meeting was attended by only
twenty-five, at Halifax by twelve and
even smaller audiences in the rural
districts.