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The Nome daily nugget., 1916-07-22
NOME, ALASKA, JULY p, 1916.

With Mr. Villa again on deck, albeit a trihe shy in anatomical appendages, the Mexican situation is again grow ing interesting.
 Indeed if the statements credited to General Funston in today's news dis patches are founded upon accurate information. the versatile Rancho is likely to provoke complications agree able 10 neither Carranza nor Uncle sam Villa is a fighter and with a formidable army at his hack will probably start things to humming at q rate that is very apt to disconcert his enemies. He cannot hope to win out against the forces that Will be ultimately thrown against him by the United States but he can make things very interesting for time at least. Considering the general sit nation in Mexico at the present time. Villa appears 10 have sprung his ht- tie reappearance act at d time when conditions are most opportune for the further pursuit of his plan to down the de facto government and estab- fish himself in power. According to all reports, conditions in Mexico are far from conducive to a settle state or condition of things. The system of government is more or less in state of chaos, industry is at a stand still and a large portion of the popu- lace are on the edge of starvation ow- ing 10 the widespread neglect of pro- ductive pursuits during the long pe- riod of strife
 Except in the more favored sections the people are facing the prospect of going with a partially filled stomach for a considerable period. Destitu- tion of the most hopeless character is the prevailing condition of the larger portion of the masses. The financial ly crippled and partially organized government is little able to relieve this condition. however willing it may be. hence there is a strong probabi- ity that things will grow worse be- fore they grow better-before the coun- try will be restored to a state of pro- ductiveness equal to the needs of it's population.
 Facing a prospect of this character, the average Mexican is probably in a rather desperate frame of mind and is very liable to seize upon any pros pect of immediate relief. regardless of its nature. Having already had a .aste of fighting. he is probably not adverse to shouldering a gun and starting on the war path. especially as he knows that while fighting he is fairly sure of having enough to eat. The reappearance of the seemingly irrespressible Mr. Villa with a good sized army, as armies so in Mexico, will probably appear to the average peon very much like a godsend and he will doubtless be willing to lend him. self readily to the schemes of that leader Villas plans will include plenty of opportunities for plunder and always he will have at least enough 10 eat Mir Villa will probably find recruits aplenty waiting him on every side as long as he can furnish a good prospect of steady provender And, if he is able to win a few victories from the CarranZists he will very likely be unable to handle the men who will flock to his banner. His days are numbered, of course. now that Uncle sam is on his trail, but unless he is speedily suppressed he is very likely to provoke complications which will
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-07-22
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Copy for regular advertisements must be in by 10 o'clock on the day of publication.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
ELSE IS
DISABLED IN
GULF;ASKSA AID
Same Vessel That Capsized
Here Recently, is in
Hard Luck.
DISMASTED AND
CABIN STOVE IN
Reported by British Steam
ship Which Stood By
to Pass Tow Line.

Dismasted, with cabin stove in and
helplessly drifting in the Gulf Of
Mexico, the Norwegian bark Else~waR
reported yesterday by the British
steamship st. Andrews, just arriving
FROM Cardiff, and the steamer brought
a message from Captain Opsahl, ask
ing that assistance be sent him.
Soon after this message was re-
.ceived in the city, Captain Trobuk
dispatched the steamer Flanders into
the gulf, with instructions to tow the
Else into port, and it is expected the
Flanders viii return some time early
Monday with the vessel.
Captain Duncan of the steamship
st. Andrews, just in from Cardiff, re-
ports that he had spoken a loaded
Norwegian bark approximately "a
miles from Pensacola light. The bark
later learned to have been a storm
victim, bore signs of her terrific fight.
Every spar had been torn away, rig
cling not in sight and the vessel, then
in storm, was drifting about help
lessly. He further reported that he
ran up closer to the dismasted craft,
and had conversation, by signal,
With S.a59f5E 0psahl, ,sbc informed.
the British captain his vessel had rum
into the hurricane, and the spars were
not long in leaving. carrying rigging
with them. The steamer was asked
. tow the Else to port but the wealth
Iii was TOO rongh AZ tie time t. pass
j sovline, and AZ ffe { wa coming
on. Captain Duncan decided to run
near land, picl. up Pensacola light,
get his bearing and position, and then
again hunt up the Else. This he did.
Saturday he took observations off the
bar and then returned to the Else,
standing by through the night and
until daybreak. The seas were just
as high as ever, and it was decided
by the steamers skipper to come on
to Pensacola and to send a tug to
hunt the Else.
Fred Hendricks, boatnan for Mex.
Oerting company, spoke the steam
ship st. Andrews off the navy yard,
and received from the steamer the
story Of the bark's trouble. Captain
Hendricks hurried to the city, and it
was upon the strength of his report
that assistance was dispatched.
The Else loaded at Pensacola, and
during the stay here had interest
ing history. One time while discharg-
ing ballast she was capsized on the
wharf. After loading cargo, and be-
ing ready for sea, the Else was libeled,
but the claim was settled out of court
and the vessel proceeded, with a
cargo of timber and lumber. She was
loaded by the M. A. Quina Export
company.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
Z STEAMSHIPS
IN FOR CARGO
Pensacola as an Exporting
Centre Not Halted by
the Storm.

Two steamships arrived Sunday for
cargo, and both will probably work
this morning. The American steam
er Munwood, arriving in the forenoon,
was berthed under the coal chutes at
Muscogee wharf where, in addition to
taking a large supply Of bunker coal,
will also take part cargo, to the order
Of the Munson line. The other steam
er is the st. Andrews, which reached
here late in the afternoon, coming up
the bay and taking an anchorage in
the bay while hundreds Of people were
on the city wharves, looking over the
79c wrought along the water front
by the blow of Wednesday.
The Munwood VIII take a supply OF
naval stores, and hence expects to "a
to some other port to finish.
The st. Andrews win fill out with
| a cargo of cross ties, and viii come,
to one of the wharves to receive such
from cars, large number Of which
are already in the city.
Despite the terrific storm which
/ prevailed, there are three or four ex-
porting docks which are capable of
being used, as will be evidenced from
a visit to the water front today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
WATER DEEP
in FLONAT0N
One Hundred and Fifty
People Driven From
Home by Flood.
STAFF Special.

Flomaton, July Friday night,
about o'clock, the food from Escam-
bia creek reached its height in the
town of Flomaton, and more than $50
people were driven from their homes,
when, for the first time in its history,
the streets of the little city became
pouring torrents. The crest of the
flood was reached after a torrential
rainfall Friday afternoon that sur
passed anything in the nature of pre-
cipitation that has ever fallen in this
section of Florida and Alabama.
Men, women and children waded
the streets in water to their waists
and carried many from the HOUSES
caught in the new channels created
in the backwater of the creek.
Among those caught in the storm
were many passengers from the l..
& N. trains, who had been en- route
to New Orleans, Mobile and other
points, and who were compelled to
lay over. Aside from the train
leaving for Selma Friday afternoon
against the protests of the conductor
who had brought it to the city, and
the arrival of a train that should
have reached New Orleans last
Tuesday night and had been held up
for two days by a washout near Bay
Minette, there was not a wheel turn
ing on any of the lines from this
town.
Friday the last of eight trains
went over the line from Pensacola to
Flomaton and returned The passen-
ger train trying TO reach Flomaton
from Pensacola that afternoon dis
covered the tracks and trestle washed
out near McDavid, and one lone pas
senger, J. r. Mcqueen, from Pensa.
cola, carried the story to this town
coming across the trestle on foot and
riding IN on a switch engine that had
been sent out to discover the reason
for the lateness of the Pensacola
train.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
RUSH WORK
ON RAILROADS
New Orleans Mobile Con-
nection Will Be Re
stored Today.
(staf Specially

Flomaton, July 9.-Large gangs of
trackmen have been at work on the
Mobile and New Orleans division, and
the line will be open to traffic Monday.
The first real train will pass over it
tonight, It is announced. There were
no serious washouts.
On the Montgomery division, high
water at Brewton, Ala, holds up the
work The damage at Castlebury has
been repaired, and the washout at
Evergreen filed IN.
On the line from Mobile to Fiona
ton much work IS necessary before
railroad communication Is establish
ed. From Hurricane to Diaz the track
is In good shape, and from Dias to
Atmore are a few washouts.
On the Pensacola lomaton dfvis-
ion work is progressing as fast as
possible. The work train is stalled
at McDavid by high water on both
sides. Many repairs are needed at
the trestle Of McDavid. The water
receded sufficiently last night to allow
of the work being prosecuted.
The railroad tracks at McDavid
were under three feet OF water caused
by the overflow az the Escanbia river,
for a distance of quarter of a mile.
The water almost surrounded the rail
road station and reached the highest
point since the Lincoln freshet of
1864.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
D AM 4 GE UP
SOUND LIGHT
Arrivals From Camp Wal
ton and Melville Say
Eoss Not Great (

Two freight and passenger boats,
the Captain Fritz and Eugene, from
Camp Walton, Mary Esther, Melville,
etc, reached Pensacola Sunday aft
ernoon, and as these were the first
large vessels from the up-sound coun-
try, quite crowd of Pensacolians who
were on the wharf viewing the storm
damage at the time, went as close to
the new arrivals as possible, hoping
to get some news of interest.
Neither boat brought any large
number of passengers. Earlier in the
day, however, the launch Grand Rap
ids, with Captain Rogers in command,
arrived, bringing quite number of
Pensacolians. One of the latter was
W. P Cunningham, secretary of the
Y. M. C. A, who did not think, when
questioned, that the storm damage
amounted to any great sum.
When the boats, docking within
fifteen minutes of one another, were
mooring, the captains and members
of the crew were piled with ques-
tions, but each of those who replied
stated with positiveness that they OBJ
served more general storm damage in
Pensacola's water front than any they
had Witnessed at either Of the points
they had stopped or had observed.
A number r. passengers brought
over on the Grand Rapids had expert
ences they did not care to have re-
peated. Mr.. Cunningham was at
Mary Esther when the storm came
up, and he said that while fences,
trees and small boat houses went
down, he was quite sure that there
had been no loss of life. One young
man, Felix Brooks, who is regular
mail man, and who transports the
mails in his boat, was missing, and
there were considerable speculations
as to his fate, but Mr.. Cunningham
said that he understood Brooks had
turned up safe.
Among those who came over on the
Grand Rapids was S. r. Thames, OF
Pensacola, who had ventured down to
Camp Walton through the country
from Crestview with a large party
On the way, it was reported, the mer
Of the party were compelled to pass
through water up to their chests
while fording what is known as Tur.
! key Creek. The ladies were taker
over in boat, and on the south side
/ of the creek an auto was found avail
able, taking them the rest of the wa,
to Camp Walton, where the launch
was boarded.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
MANY LEAVE
TOWN AFOOT
Fourteen People Brave the
Perils of Storm to
Get to Brewton.

Flomaton, July 9.-Four days ago
Flomaton was dead. Branch and
junction lines into this important
point on the L. & N. railroad dropped
out as though the earth had opened
and swallowed them. Friday after
noon the last train came in from
Selma and with only eight cars
hooked onto the drag" started back
to Selma. The conductor did not
want to take the train. Whether the
train reached Selma with its 200
passengers, is still matter of cues
ton, as none of the wires have been
working in any direction, and up to
Sunday morning no word had been
received.
Fourteen people--travelling men
and tourists from every part Of the
country started Sunday morning
on lot to walk to Brewton, Ala.
Men, women and children waded the
water swirling over the top Of q
swinging trestle that crosses Es
eanahia creek Immediately % ths
northward of Flomaton. At timea
women slipped, and once OF twice
some of the party narrowly missed
plunging into the vortex of stream
some go feet deep, where, during
most of the year, there is hardly more
than a dry bed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
MOST DAMAGE
DUE To RAIN
Heaviest Rainfall Known
Made Fridays Storm
Destructive.
Staff Special.

McDavid, July 9.-There were two
separate and distinct storms. The
hurricane of Wednesday did not do
as much damage as the rain storm of
Friday. The Friday storm, which was
also accompanied by heavy winds,
covered territory extending from
McDavid to Evergreen. At one point
a twister, or small cyclonic disturb
ance, cut a path 100 feet wide, up
roofing trees, etc, resulting in heavy
losses. The rain was never known to
fall so heavily before in this section.
On the Pine Barren bridge, the wa
ter at the Pensacola side is four feet
deep for quarter of a mile, and the
approach to the other end of the
bridge is washed out.
The Finlay Mill company suffered
severe loss due to the high water.
Large stores of shingles were carried
away. The family of E. A. Upper
were rendered homeless.
B. T. Hill, w. T. Hill, w. and w.
NJ. Cannon and wife, of Montgomery,
were camping on the Escambia river
at MeDavid which rose so high after
the storm that they had to abandon
everything.
The twister is reported to have de-
stroyed Lounsbury, Ala, but the re-
port has not been verified.
Brewton was the center of the high
water Friday night. The water was
up to the second step of the hotel
staircase, and three feet deep in the
telegraph Office. 1t was the heaviest
rainfall ever known there.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
ST ORM Loss
EXAGGERAT Ed
Early Stories Are Discount
ed by Facts, is
Proved.
staff SpeciaI.

Flomaton, July Saturday morn
ing R. T. Thornhill, proprietor of the
Flomaton hotel, went out and killed
a calf. Somewhere somebody found
two dozen eggs. A few ears of green
corn were picked : from the blown
down fields around the city. 1t meant
that more than 100 persons still
stranded in Flomaton with at least
three or four days of no travel facing
them would have their Sunday din
ners. FIomaton had never before en-
tertained so many visitors unawares.
Fatted calf was not on the menu and
stray chickens. found it difficult TO
keep alive.
Friday night was the worst Of the
storm; many men, women and chill
dren slept in the station and on the
floors of stores, restaurants and liv-
cry stables about the town.
There were people from everywhere.
A retired engineer with his fife from
California, an italian cavalry officer
buying horses and mules for the Ital-
ian army and restless over no news
from the latest British drive on the
Germans.
News from other parts of the
storm stricken area came in small and
overdrawn doses as told by casual
travellers who remembered some Of
the thinan others had told them. Sto-
ries Of the storm at Pensacola were
greatly exaggerated. Some told Of
all the water front being wiped out
all the fish houses washed away and
half the buildings in the city tori
down by the high wind. It was hart
to make many believe that no Hvel
were lost in the city, and that in TIL
city itself a few thousand dollar
would cover all Of the damage done.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
Shipping and Business
Sections Of Mobile are
the Heaviest Sufferers

feet east of Royal street and did
damage aggregating thousands Of
dollars in the wholesale district
The plate glass loss in the business
district was very heavy and few mer-
chants escaped. As the windows ex-
posed the stocks of practically all the
retail merchants to sneak thieves and
providers, it was deemed advisable to
deputize large force of special off
GERS to guard property.
COTTON BEING SAVED.
Several thousand bales Of cotton
were washed from the municipal docks
and f1oated in Mobile bay, but nearly
all were recovered, and launch owners
netted splendid profits at the pre-
vailing salvage rate of SIS per bale.
PAVING is UP.
Much of the wood block paving in
the central district was washed out,
giving the city the appearance of
great devastation. Both electric
plants were flooded. Electric light
and power service and street car ser
vice is suspended, but it is believed
that both plants will be in operation
early this week.
BREAD FAMINE AvERTED.
The largest bakery in the city was
compelled to suspend operation, as
it is operated by electric power, anc
a bread famine was threatened, but
all bakeries were placed in operation
! on Friday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
OLD DOCK DAMAGED.

River boats moored at the munich
pal docks were driven against the
steel structure and their super
structures we're badly damaged. Many
houses were unroofed and a number
of small structures were demolished.
Only one dock is believed to have
been damaged to a great extent, it
being a wooden dock south of Court
street. The L. & N. station was
flooded and suffered some damage.
TRACKS CLEARED.
The L. & N. tracks withstood the
storm and are being cleared for
traffic. Train service between New
Orleans and Mobile will be resumed
within few days, the tracks being
entirely through. beyond Bay St,
Louis. A party of Is chartered the
steamer Louise and went to Hurri-
cane; from that point point they
walked to Bay Minette and Atmore
The party were residents of Baldwin
and Escambia counties, Alabama, and
Escanbia county, Florida. Five Pen
saeola boys came among them-0scaI
Wilkerson, Harry Duncan, Raymond
Grund, c. H. Clopton and Grady Ap.
plegate.
The NJ. & o. line is maintaining
the regular schedule and sustained
very little damage.
The fishing boat Falcon went tx
pieces at Battles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
Star special.


Atmore, Ala, July 9.-The first
authentic story of the storm at Mobile
was obtained from interviewing
number of people coming from Mobile
to Atmore, and other points.
The first reports of the storm were
greatly exaggerated, though the
damage to shipping was, of course,
considerable. The loss seems to be
mainly confined to the water front.
WATER FRONT DAMAGE.
There was heavy damage at Maya
zine Point, where all wharves are
down, except the saw mill, which was
damaged. The Gulf Refining Com
pany lost one of its large oil tanks
at the Magazine Point plant. Loss on
the water front was heavy, and the
steamer Pleasure Boy" sank; the
steamer Chas. E. Cessna was partly
driven upon Eslava street wharf and
badly damaged. Three large barges
were washed across the L. & n.
tracks, near One Mile creek, and it
will be necessary to dynamite one of
them, as it could not be moved with
the wrecking derrick, aided by a
ln~nnaoti,pa
The wind velocity was reported ia
reached $50 miles an hour, but this
was not confirmed.
Many Of the handsome oak treec
in Bienville square were uprooted.
WATER RISES HIGH.
The water reached point twelve
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
PENSA. TALKS
TO ALLAN 7 4
First Messages Sent by Tel
ephone Sunday at
6:45 p. m.

The Southern Bell Telephone phone
succeeded in establishing long side
line to Montgomery, Sunday after
noon, the first message being trans
mitted at. Gas. Connection was had
with Birmingham and Atlanta. Owing
to the high water the construction
was very difficult, as It was necessarily
done with the aid of boats. This is
Pensacola's first direct connection
with the outside world since Wednes-
days storm.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
Food Shortage
Real at A tn1Ore
Star special.

Atmore, July 9.-With the stocks
of -four, sugar and meal completely
exhausted, .Atmore faces rather Sc
rious outlook, and the pinch Of want
will be felt here severely. Atmore
like many other small towns, gets its
supplies from Mobile and Pensacola
receiving small shipments several
times a week, and with the railroad
connection shut off, Unexpectedly, al
most famine conditions result.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
County Roads
Held Nicely
staff Special.

Century, July 9.-Considering the
fury of the cloudburst, which is said
to be a record breaker in this region
the roads in Escambia county held
splendidly. All the permanent cul.
:verts are in good shape, though THEN
approaches are washed out in a nun.
Der of places, and the roads are gut.
ted. Wooden bridges are down. The
roads Sre generally in good shape
though they are impossible by rea.
son of washouts.
NJ. o. Baggett, county commission
err, has been most energetic in res tor
ing the roads to normal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
STEAMER EARLSWoOD TO
GO TO SEA EARLY TODAY

A pilot has been requested for the
British steamship Earlswood, which
is expected to go to sea at o'clock
this morning. The Earlswood, it is
expected, viii go to some Atlantic
port for coal. A cargo of iron pyrites
was imported at Pensacola on the
Earlswood.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
SULPHUR-LADEN SHIP
IS EXPECTED SHORTLY

A sulphur-laden steamer, the Hew-
lit, flying the American flag, is ex-
pected to reach Pensacola some day
this week: The consignees are al
ready arranging for docking the
steamer, although it will be few
days before shipments of cargo to
inland points will be possible.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
CITY COMMISSIONERS
WILL HOLD A MEETING

The regular weekly meeting of the
board Of city commissioners viii take
place this afternoon at 2 o'clock,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10

New York: All sections of the
country report both democrats
and republicans confident of VIC
tory in the coming elections.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10

New York: 1t is believed here
that the present great offensive
by the allies undoubtedly spells
the beginning of the end Of the
European war.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10
Late Wireless
Bulletins of the
Worlds Ne1Us

Radio dispatches received at the
San Carlos Radio Station July q:
Baltimore: German submarine
consigned agents North German
Lloyd interned custom house on
Monday wegniitg he's valuable
cargo dye stuifs aIEd medical
stores.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-07-10

New York: It is believed
throughout the transatlantic
shipping circles that Germany is
building a large feet of suBma-
rine merchantmen for Transact
lantic business.