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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-03
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The following report from the head
quarters Of SIR John French. dated
March 4 was given out here today:
TIE snemy's activities IN the neigh
horhood ~ Npree. reported Ia the last
eommunlques have been checked. Dur
ing the last thres nights patrols which
have been active In front e our
trenches have found that the enemy
has not ventured 20 leave his lines.
Early this morning ar attack pre-
ceded b a heavy bombaFdment made
On portion ~ our line. Was success
fully rep0lsed- On cur left i PARTY
Of Princess Petriaeia's Canadian light
Infantry captured 4 German trench
wlta great dash. After tfiiinK eleven
q the occupants and driving ~ the
remainder they succeeded - blowing
up the trench Our losses we're trlfinR
"on our right near Ia Bassee. we
gained steadily hy ukilfui trench work.
and Ia this sonc 10 obtained COM
plets mastery over the ensmy's snipers
and ~ consequence our caigaaities were
greatly reduced
"un several positions along our
front our artillery forced the enemy's
battery u changed = fosition ana
Increased the ascendency ever the op-
posing Rurs which has teen ohserv
able Tor r~~ne time past
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-03

Great Britain has aaksd the Ameri-
ear state department - obtain per-
mission OF the German government for
an American representative 20 be Sc
lected BY Ambassador Page 20 pro-
coed 70 Germany and visit the camps
Of the British prisoners Of war with
the same freedom that a representa-
tive 81 the American embassy az Ber-
lin was allowed 20 visit antention
camps IN the United Kiagdom.
Sir Edward Grey declined today 20
make public the full correspondence
which has passed recently between
Great Britain and the United States
Including the text ~ The American
note concerning the German naval var
zone. Replying % q question IN the
house - commons. he said ne would
publish no correspondence Ia addition
to what already has Appeared. unless
the consent ~ the United States was
given.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-03


offensive by the Rnssian forces IN Ca
iacsa.
Berlin oaiciaiiy announces the re-
pulse Of RUSSIAN attacks north Of
Lomxa and northwest 81 Oatreolenka.
but says that otherwise there 10 moth
Ing to report along the eastern front.
News dispatches froTa Berlin say a
certain degree OF pesslmism prevails
there on account q the reported re-
action In favor ~ n ssta All along
the eastern battle line.
Vienna reports successful action in
the western sector Of tie Carpathsans
and artillery engagements IN Galacia.
whore the Russians ara said 20 have
been heavily reinforced
The British press Writ ually il unan >
lmous in praise OF Premier Asquitk'a
announcement yesterday Of Great
BFitain'a reprisais against tire sub
marine warfare Of Germany some
papers suggest. koweves. that neutral
protests might have been obviated by
proclamation q q formal blockade.
The only reported activity In con-
nectson with Germansss submarine
vigll Il provided ~ q story from a
British collier. which Gains 10 have
rammed a German submarine IN the
channei after the under sea boat had
n.ads an unsuccessful attempt TO tor
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-03
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Friends o. "a. n. Clark win se painsd
20 learn tina he is seriously III AZ his
home on North Hiil and hope Ter his
early recovery.
Evening star., 1915-06-13
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.

List Of changes Of duties and sta
tions of commissioned and other Of
ficers Of the public health service for
the seven days ended June is as
follows:
Assistant Surgeon Gen. L. e. Cofer,
six days Of leave, from June H.
Assistant Surgeon Gen. J. W. Kerr.
fifteen days Of leave en- route returning
to this city.
Senior Surgeon J. H. White. to de-
liver a series Of lectures on santa
tion and hygiene at the summer
school of the south, to be held at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tenn. June 22-July 9.
Surgeon l.. L. Williams, to report at
bureau June for conference.
Surgeon R. M Woodward. to attend
the American Academy of Medicine,
San Francisco. Cal, June 1928.
Surgeon j. o. Cobb, to proceed or to
send Assistant Surgeon c. L. Williams
or Sanitary Engineer H. P. Letton to
such points as may be necessary for
the investigation Of sanitary condi-
tions of the great lakes.
Surgeon H. s. Mathewson. seven days
Of leave from June 20.
Surgeon Taliaferro Clark, to pro-
ceed to the National Junior Republic.
Surgeon NJ. W. Glover. to attend
American Academy of Medicine at San
Francisco, Cal, June 1928, to present
tine and It's Relation to Commerce"
Surgeon John S. Boggess. relieved
from Yokohama, Japan, to proceed to
San Francisco. Cal. and await further
Instructions.
Surgeon A. NJ. stimson, leave for one
month. from July l.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Lawrence
Kolb. eighteen days Of leave. from
June IL.
Passed Assistant Surgeon J. M. GIL
lespit. five days Of leave, from June 20.
Assistant Surgeon George Parcher, to
proceed to Marcus Hook. Pa, for tenn
porary duty during the absence on
leave of Assistant Surgeon Louis
Schwartz.
Assistant Surgeon Louis schwartz.
ono month OF leave, from June Is.
Assistant Surgeon M. H. NeIll. twen-
ty:-one days of leave. from June "a:
Assistant Surgeon NJ. Victor Stafford.
two days Of leave, from June 21.
Assistant Surgeon N E. Wayson, to
represent the service at the meeting of
| the American Society Of Tropical Med
icine. at San Francisco. Cal. June
14-16.
Assistant Surgeon c. E. Waller, to
assist Surgeon H. S. Cumming in the
investigations of the pollution of
| coastal waters in New Jersey and ad-
joining states
Assistant Surgeon G. e. Miller, to
proceed to Dallas county, Iowa. to as
sumo charge of the investigations Of
rural sanitation in that county.
Assistant Surgeon Thomas E. Hughes,
twenty days of leave. from June 12.
Sanitary Engineer H. R. Crohurst, to
proceed to such points as may be
necessary on the Ohio river watershed
for the collection of data and making
surveys of Industrial wastes.
Sanitary. Engineer c. A. Haskins. to
proceed to Trenton, N. j., and other
places in New Jersey and adjoining
states to make a sanitary reconnois-
sance of the watersheds of streams
flowing through or bordering on New
Jersey.
Evening star., 1915-06-13
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

The following changes in the person
mel of the Department Of the Interior
were announced:
Temporary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
office: Edgar w. Bootman, Maryland,
carpenter. $3.50 per day while actually
employed Bureau of mines: Oliver 1.
Gaines, Pennsylvania, apprentice cleo
trical engineer, 5000 duty in Pitts
burgh, Pa.).
Promotions-Patent office: Edmund
J. Beaulac, Pennsylvania. copyist, $500,
to clerk, $1,000; Mrs Anna NJ. Pierce,
Ohio, copyist, 5000. TO clerk. $1,000; Hy-
men Popkin. New Jersey, copyist. s720,
to 5000; Lewis L. Young. New York,
copyist. s720, to 5000: William F. Tur-
ner. Arkansas, assistant messenger.
s72o, to copyist, s72o: Blynn Welden,
Michigan, assistant messenger. s720. to
copyist, $720: Isaac Albert, New York,
laborer, classified. $500; to copyist.
1920: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Noone, Virginia,
laborer, to assistant messenger. $72O.
Geological survey: Abraham NJ. Cold
berg, District Of Columbia, messenger
boy. $500, to $3.50; Charles L. Roetschi.
District of Columbia. messenger boy.
Patent office: w. H. Rohrman, New
York, clerk, $1,000, to Department of
Agriculture. Geological survey: James
III Cottman, Maryland, laborer. $3.50. to
treasury Department.
Resignations-Paten ONCE. Miss Eff
f1e M. Pasteur. Louisiana, copyist, 5000.
Reclamation service: Floyd D. Angel.
Idaho, assistant engineer. $3.50 per day
while actually employed; Percival
RYAN, California. mechanical drafts
man 81 per day while actually en-
Moved. Bureau of mines: Elton W.
Miller, California. assistant engineer.
Il. $50; Charles E. Moore. Pennsylvania,
apprentice electrical engineer, $500.
Evening star., 1915-06-13
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt haH
gone to his summer home at Hyde
Park, n. Y. to spend the week end.
Among the naval officers who visited
this city last week were Capt H. p.
Jones, commanding the battleship Flor
ida; Lieut.. Commander Charles r.
Owens. commanding the collier Nep-
tune; Lieut.. Commander NJ. H. Simons
OF the Louisiana; Ensign g. C. Manning
of the Rhode Island and Ensign ]. A.
Brownell of the Florida
The surgeon general of the navy and
Mrs. William C. Braisted have left
Washington for California, where they
will spend the summer.
Engineer-in-Chief Robert 8. Grimm
has received the honorary degree of
science from Columbia University.
Josephus Daniels, jr.. of the STAFF of
arrived in the city last week for few
days visit with his parents, Secretary
and Mrs. Daniels.
Vice Admiral Mayo. like the admirals
designated by President Wilson under
by the last Congress, will hold his
grade only while afloat and serving as
second in command of the Atlantic
feet. He will meantime continue in
command of the first division Of the
feet. as heretofore.
Vice Admiral Mayo. who served
throughout the first year of Secretary
Daniels administration as aid for per-
sonnel. was warmly recommended for
the vice admiralty by Mr.. Daniels. 1t
is probable that he will for some time
be the only vice admiral in the navy.
Evening star., 1915-06-13
AGRICULTURAL DEPT.

H. o. Herbrandson OF Watertown. 5.
D.. was the only outside field agent on
the crop reporting board which got
out Tuesday the report on grain con-
ditions of the nation. An optimistic
prediction of billion bushel wheat
crop was made, II the conditions are
favorable between now and harvest.
The annual meeting Of inspectors in
charge OF the various forces OF the pu-
reau of animal industry engaged In the
inspection of meats was held in Cleve-
land Thursday and Friday. From the
bureau went DR.. A. ID. Melvin, chlel'
Dr. G. R. Mohler, assistant chief; Dr. X.
P. Steddom, chief of the meat inspection
division and DIR. A. J. Pistor and DIR.
George Ditewig, associate chiefs OF the
meat inspection division. The delegates
at the meeting considered the various
phases of the meat inspection regula-
tions and the applications OF the meat
inspection law.
Miss Olive White. stenographer and
typewriter in the field inspection divi-
sion of the bureau of animal industry,
resigned her position during the week
A -four hearing was held during the
week in the bureau of chemistry, DR..
Alsberg. chief of the bureau. being
chairman OF the committee before
which the hearing was held. Promi-
nent officials of the various large mill
ing companies of the northwest testi-
fed at the hearing, John Lind ana
others acting as the millers' attorneys.
The hearing was held for the purpose
Of ascertaining II there Is not some
method of grading various brands or
flour except by arbitrary trade names.
An amusing instance of the effects
of the section Of the country from
which a man comes on his estimate OF
day in the office of Leon Estabrook,
chief of the bureau Of crop estimates
They were guessing the temperature,
Wednesday morning, and all the guess
es ranged from 6S degrees to 70 de-
grees, excepting the guess OF Mr..
Hebrandson of South Dakota. who
served on the crop report board. Mr..
Hebrandson guessed the temperature
to be 81 degrees. On looking at the
Thermometer he found it to be exactly
"a degrees.
Miss Edna M Ochs of Michigan was
appointed clerk in the division of
publication recently. Her appointment
took effect Tuesday.
John E. Goetz, jr.. has been appoint
ed a messenger boy in the division Of
publications.
Inspector F. T. Bestwick of the in
secticide and fungicide board was In
washington recently lOI d CoHAeiS ShCo,
en- route to take up inspection work at
St. Joseph, Mo.
Margaret F. Mahany Of the District
of Columbia has been appointed tenn
porarily as q stenographer and type
writer in the office of the executive Of
lcer Of the insecticide and fungicfde
board.
DR.. o, N. Fansler, chief clerk of the
bureau of crop estimates. was away on
annual leave Of absence Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday.
Miss Sarah ". Tracy Of the bureau of
crop estimates was on annual leave of
absence June through June IL.
Lohr Foreman of the bureau Of crop
estimates was on leave Of absence
Thursday.
Miss B. M. Dodson Of the bureau of
crop estimates has been on the sick
list since May "a at her home in this
city.
Fred B. Greene Of the bureau Of crop
estimates, with his wife and children.
returned recently from a short trip to
Colonial Beach.
Evening star., 1915-06-13
Rossiters command. has recovered
from a short illness and returned to
DUTY

Rossiters command. has recovered
from a short illness and returned to
duty.
Private H. H. Bicksler of No. 10 en-
gine company had four days leave last
week.
Driver Cornelius G. OBrien of No. IL
engine company took four days holi-
day last week and did some repair
work about home
Capt. John Darlington of No. IA en-
gine company is spending two weeks
on his farm in Charles county, Nd.
W. H. Webb, engineer of No. Is en-
glne company went to the vicinity of
Great Falls. Va. last week to spend
part of his vacation.
Private William Ashe of No. is en-
gine company took a brief vacation
last week.
Private c. G. Moak1ey Of No. 16 en-
gine company returned from a short
vacation last week and participated in
the pool tournament.
R. g. Tegeler. member of No. II en-
g1ne company, spent a short vacation
at home last week.
Private ]. w. c. Hef1in of No. IT en-
gine company went to Leesburg, Va.
last week and attended the horse show.
Marine Engineer R. A. Harrison of
the Firef1ghter took five days leave last
week and went down the river aboard
his launch.
Assistant Marine Engineer J. v.
O'Donnell Of the Firefighter was on the
sick list last week.
Private c. NJ White of No. % en-
gine company visited the horse show
at Leesburg last week.
Private H. w. Swami Of No. "a engine
company was Off duty part Of the past
week.
Capt. P. J. Sullivan of No. 27 engine
company has gone to Point Of Rocks
on fishing trip. The captain is fond
of bass fishing, members of his COM
pany said. and he Is expected to re-
turn with a string.
Private P. W. A Upperman Of No. 81
engine company is spending a short
vacation at home.
Evening star., 1915-06-13
DISTRICT BUILDING.

District government officials will
take a prominent part in the staging
Of Washington's annual Fourth of July
| celebration. Commissioner Newman
heads the general safe and sane
committee preparing the program for
the celebration. Melvin C. Hazen.
surveyor, is chairman Of the committee
which will put on the horse show and
tournament at the Brightwood reser-
voir, while Daniel ]. Donovan. deputy
auditor, has been asked to arrange for
participation Of Fairgrounds children
in the patriotic exercises Other local
officials whose services have been re-
quested are DR.. William Tindall. sec
retary to the Commissioners, who will
act as starter for the mule race at the
Brfghtwood reservoir, and John w.
Beale. superintendent of the engineer
stables, who will off1ciate as Judge at
the horse show and races.
Commissioner Newman was detained
at his home on account of illness sew
eral days last week.
clifford Lanham. assistant superin-
tendent Of trees and parkings, had as
his guests on a weekend party down
the river on his high-power launch
Ira, L. P. Robertson. computer of the
surface division; W. W: Curtis, as
secretary to Assistant Engineer Com
missioner Anderson. Several stops
were made at the river landings, and
1t Is reported that a good catch Of fish
was made by the members of the
party.
Lee Brown, field party man of the
Of last week from George Washington
University, receiving the degree of BIS.
R. D. Wharton of the engineer of
h 1ICrh 70 HnA 6e
after having been detained at home for
several weeks on account of a serious
injury to his leg, due to falling out of
a field party wagon.
John Curtin of the sidewalk crew of
the surface division has been i'll at his
home.
Several departments of the local gov
ernment which had expected to pur-
chase automobiles after the first OF
July have discovered that the appro-
priation bill is SO worded as to pre-
seated machines. The provision af-
fects most seriously the surveyors Of
fee, which had planned to buy two
two-seated cars. Under the law 1t
chimes are for the use of the surveying
parties which frequently number three
and four men, they would have to be
provided with two seats to be of any
eeTVlce 10 tnlS department.
]. w. Paxton, superintendent of the
street cleaning department. Is spend
ing the weekend in Princeton Uni
versity, Of which he is an alumnus
Miss Lydia Marshall, clerk in the Of
fee Of the Secretary to the Commis-
sioners. who was operated upon last
Monday at Sibley Hospital. is reported
to be improving.
The public utilities commission has
announced q hearing for June 81 on the
application OF the Washington Railway
and Electric Company for authority to
discontinue, after sos o'clock p. m. the
through service now being furnished On
Its Tenleytown-F street line.
Arthur Israel OF the public utilities
commission was i'll at his home last
week.
John g. Hornig. inspector Of the pub
lie utilities commission. spent last week
In Philadelphia.
N. C. Bealle. recently appointed
clerk in the sewer department. has
his duties.
q. L. Haines. craftsman in the watsr
who was granted leave In
Evening star., 1915-06-13
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

DIR. Charles G. Abbot. director of the
astrophysical observatory, has gone to
Mount Wilson. Cal, to continue his OBJ
servations.
L. B. Aldrich. employed in the astro-
physical observatory. has gone to
California to assist DR. Abbot in his
research work.
Recently a remarkable alabaster
vase. dug up on an ancient site in
Honduras, Central America, was for
warded to the National Museum with
a view to purchase. This Is proba bly,
one of the most beautiful pieces Of
carved work ever obtained in America
1t Is somewhat cylindrical in shape,
about ten inches high and eight inches
in diameter. and carved over the en-
tire surface with symbolic designs,
with animal-shaped handles at the
sides near the top resembling closely
similar features In ancient Chinese
work The valuation placed upon this
vessel by the finder was only $4,000,
but this was entirely out Of reason.
and 1t is now reported that the speci-
men has been purchased by Charles F.
Freer of Detroit, probably for few
hundred dollars. It is probable that
this specimen will become a part of
the collection which Mr. Freer has 40
generously presented to the national
government.
Nell NJ. Judd of the department of
anthropology Of the National Museum
is now engaged in Utah in the study
of the antiquities of that state. 4
part of his collections have been re-
ceived at the museum. but have not
yet been placed on exhibition. They
serve in an important way to ilius-
trate the relation Of the Pueblo tribes
Of Arizona with those of the wild
tribes of Utah and the farther north.
1t has long been a question as to the
northern limits Of the peculiar culture
known that in ancient times they oc-
cupied sites as far north as Salt Lake
CITY. and II is asserted with some con-
fidence that Salt Lake City occupies
the site of an ancient Pueblo town.
Mr.. Judd is still at work in southern
Utah, and is expected to return With
additional collections early in July.
Evening star., 1915-06-13
was on leave two days the past week
because of sickness in his family.

was on leave two days the past week
because of sickness in his family.
Crossing Policeman Alexander Elliott.
the first member of the crossing force.
who is stationed at Pennsylvania avenue
and 9th street, has taken seven days
leave and gone to Parkersburg, w. Va,
on a visit. Mr.. Elliott. 1t is stated, was
on duty eight hours ahead OF the second
man to enter the crossing service.
A W. MCGOWAN. extra railway crossing
policeman, was granted ten days leave of
absence. He took the leave for the pur-
pose of going to Wilmington, Del, to get
married.
Policeman Joseph Boswell of the sixth
precinct, who was the heaviest policeman
on the force prior to a recent sickness, is
reported to be dangerously ill, having
suffered a relapse.
Private r. L. Trice of the sixth pre-
cinct is enjoying a vacation of seven
days. Mr.. Trice Is spending his brief
holiday at home.
f. NJ. Jett. doorman at the sixth pre-
cinct station, Is quarantlned at home
because of q case of scarlet fever in
his family.
Holton Wolfe, desk sergeant in the
fifth precinct, was of three days the
Kallipolis Grotto, Mystic Order OF Yelled
Prophets.
Private ]. P Frech Of the fifth pre-
cinct was on the sick list last week.
John Flaherty, Thomas Nally and l..
c. Thorne, members Of Capt. Mulhalrs 8
command, had holiday last Sunday.
Private A. X. Peck and Chauffeur Jo-
seph G. Arendes of the seventh precinct
enjoyed an automobile trip to Benedict,
Charles county, Nd, Sunday.
Desk serg E. l. johnson of the
Tenleytown station was of duty last
Sunday. He witnessed the demonstra-
ton of an automobile.
Night Desk serg. J. E. Hartman Of
Tenleytown enjoyed a short vacation
the past week.
Private Samuel c. Burrows Of the sew
enth precinct was OF duty two days the
past week. He spent the time in dem
lists chair.
Mounted Policemen ]. 8. Heide and R.
L. May and Privates J. o. Moseby, J. J..
Ryan. NJ. w. Warren and e. p. Alex
ander of the seventh precinct took a
day off last week.
Private W. C. McGinness Of the tenth
gfnia- He was summoned to the Old
Dominion because OF the sickness Of his
mother.
Detective George s. Weber Of the tenth
precinct has taken five days vacation
and gone on fishing trip with a party
Of friends.
R. H. johnson, member Of Capt Judges
command. was off duty four days the
past week
Privates T. ]. Cullinane and Michael
Long Of the tenth precinct were on the
sick list last week
George Wech, pawn inspector, was at
home three days last week on account of
sickness.
T. T. Dalhouse and NJ A. Frawley,
privates in the command of Capt Doyle,
who were off duty by reason OF sickness,
returned to duty Wednesday.
Private O. s. Hunt Of the eighth pre-
cinct took one-day holiday the past
week and visited his father in Fauquier
county, Va
C. R Spring, private In No precinct,
spent one day at home the past week.
sergt. T. R. Bean Of the eighth pre-
cinct took a sick card Tuesday. He was
suffering from q severe cold
Evening star., 1915-06-13
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

Royal Meeker, commissioner Of labor
statistics, is away from his desk on ac-
count Of illness.
Charles H. verrill, bureau Of labor
turned to his duties.
Newton c. Adams, bureau OF labor
statistics, who is i'll at his home in At
tica N. Y, expects to be able to take
up work in the field within week or
ten days.
John G. Hernson, jr. and Bushrod c.
Washington, Jr., have left this city to
take up field work in an investigation
of rates of wages in the iron and steel
industry.
Irene Richards, temporary clerk in
the bureau of labor statistics, has re-
ceived an extension Of appointment TO
June 80.
Arrangements are being made in the
bureau of labor statistics to hold bu-
reau picnic in Rock Creek Park the
afternoon Of Saturday, June 10.
Bertram N. Stump, commissioner OF
immigration, Baltimore. Md, was
visitor at the bureau during the past
week.
Charles E. Booth has returned from
visit to the Pacific coast. Mr.. Booth
is attached to the correspondence d.
vision of the bureau of immigration.
Inspector Ralph lizard. U. S. immigra-
tion service, Detroit, Mich, was a visi-
tor at the bureau during the week Just
passed.
Leon E. Riley of the mail and files
division of the bureau of immigration
has been granted twentysix days
leave of absence. He will spend his va
cation at his home, Boston, Mass.
C. T. Hoffman of the law division,
bureau of immigration, has returned to
his desk after a short leave Of absence.
Eugene Grissom of the law division
bureau of immigration. has returned
after short vacation.
]. B. Vaughters has been appointed
clerk. bureau of immigration, and as-
signed to the correspondence division.