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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-03
FAIR AND SOME
MODERATION, PREDICTED
By ASSOCIATED PREss

Washington, Feb. "A severe
cold wave swept Atlantic and East
Gulf Coasts today and tempera-
lures below freezing as far south
as Northern Florida, and ten de-
grees above zero as far south as
Northern Georgia. Fair and some
moderation is the forecast for
Saturday, from the lower Ohio
Valley southwark, to middle Gulf
Coast
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-03
More Than $4,000 WIN Be
Expended in Replacing
Damage to Structures.
-.
COVERS. STORMS
OF LAST YEAR
More Modern and Complete
Equipment Win Take
Place Former Material.

Totaling more than $4,000, allot-
ments have been made from the
storm damage appropriation for the
repair of Gulf coast defenses, for
Forts Barrancas. Pickens and Me-
Rec, and II is expected that with this
sum the structures damaged by the
storms Of July and October can be re-
placed with better buildings, to with
stand storm and be of more service
than the former.
This information was received in
Pensacola Friday by c., q. Dobson
from Senator Fletcher, who had been
advised by Adjutant General Mo
Cain that the sums had been set aside
for forts here. The provisions for
the appropriations at Pensacola were
introduced two days before the bin
was reported in tie senate.
Following is the letter:
Ny Dear Senator:
Referring further to your letter OF
January 16, 1917, including a letter
from Mr.. C. Z. Dobson, Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce of Pensacola, Flor
ida, dated January II. 1917, in regard
to storra damage repair to posts IN
the coast defenses of Pensacola,
beg leave to advise you that when ths
reports of the storm damage of July
5, 1916, were received in this Office
there was included in the arrnW APP
preparation act for the fiscal wear
1917 public No. 242, Gath Congress.
II. r. 17498, page 20, approved Au-
gust 29, 1870, the following item:
"For repairs TO buildings. wharves,
roads, and replacement of boats at
Forts Barrancas, McRee and Pickens.
Fla, and Fort Morgan, Alabama,
damaged by the hurricane of July 5th,
1916, $50 600.
'These funds have been apportion-
ed 70 the Eastern Department for the
necessary repairs, as follows:
Coast defenses Of Mobile. ST., 900
Coast defenses Of Pensacola. 1900
Reserved to replace boats. ). $4,000
$4,000"
A second damage to the gulf ports
was reported as having occurred Oc-
tober Is, 1916. upon which the de-
partment authorities transmitted
acquisitions to cover repairs neces-
sary in the sum Of s6S 5000. and on
January is, 1917, the secretary Of
war approved Of the inclusion of an
item in that sum in the general de-
iciency bill Except for the replace
n1eut of boats).
The amount of $4,000 covered all
reported damage up to the submis-
sion of the estimates to congress. and
that amount was appropriated there
for. The damages by the first storm
having been covered by the special
appropriation, and as congress adj
iourned early in September, 1916,
there has been no opportunity to Sc
cure an additional appropriation.
However, the damages by the second
storm have been covered in the rec
concentration for additional funds re-
ferred to in the preceding paragraph.
The department trusts that the
foregoing will afford you the fnfor-
nation desired.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) II. P. M'CAIN,
The Adjutant General.
January 20, 1917.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-03

German Ambassador Won Berns-
torff is in the center of the diplomatic
crisis ensuing over the declaration
that Germany would pursue unre-
stricted naval warfare. At present
it appears that within the next few
days Won Bernstorf will be given
passports from the United States,
and diplomatic relations severed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-03
= 9 woTUD PROLONG

WAR, SAYS GERMANY
Berlin, Feb. Expectations are
exuressed in official circles that as
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-03
What to Do Now.

As the cold weather is expected to
continue today and tomorrow, water
should be drawn from pipes occas-
ionally; pipes that drain should be
cutt off and drained; and water should
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-03

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-03

Ear, continued cold Saturday sunday.
winds 80
Yesterdays temperature: Highest, IS
degrees; lowest. % degrees. -
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-10
Germany Has Wireless -
 Plant in SaiDddOr
Keeps in Communication With Mex- ico and the United States
 By This Method.

Laredo, Tex, April 9-Communica tion between Mexico and Germany is being carried on secretly through q wireless plant located in Salvador. which was recently sent to that coun- try from Mexico, according to Amer icans who have arrived here from Mexico ft is said that the plant was set up and is manned by Germans and that it is of sufficient strength
 to communicate direct with Berlin
 The wireless plants in Mexico. is asserted, are nos strong enough to communicate with Germany but are efficient so far as the receipt and de- livery of messages to and from Sal vador is concerned
 Travellers arriving here from Mex ico report that two members of Gen. eral Obregon's staff left the capital recently for Tampicc. possibly with the intention Of assuming cemmand of the Mexican forces in that vicinity All the oil wells and the plant Sf the Aguilar oil Company are said 70 be guarded and no persons not r~tCperly
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Washington, April President Wilson threw the weight of his per sonal influence into the scales today in an effort 10 overcome opposition in congress Co the administration army plans based on the draft system Summoning Chairman Dent of tine house military committee, now consid. ering the bill. to the white house the president made it clear that he be. | lives the safety of the nation hangs ! on the action ol congress in this r4. gard fie will make similar exYos..
 ton of the military situation to Rep resentatiye Anthony of Kansas. who has led opposition to the draft plan among republican members of the mil
 itary committee.
 In the war address MT Wilson for mally told congress that in his judge ment the United States must face her enemy with certain weapon in the
 form of an army raised by application of the principle of universal liability TOT military service as a duty of cit- izenship. Supplementing that he is. sued recently a statement approving in every detail the departmental plans which have the unanimous approval of the army general staff
 In his action toeay however the president recognized the fact that there may develop a strong feeling in congress in favor Of adhering to the old volunteer system and sought to bring home to Mr. bent, one of those who holds that view, the lessons to be drawn from the great war into which the United States now has been
 plunged and which all point, military CONTINUED ON PACE FOrrp
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Austrian Ships Are
 Seized By GoOernnent
The TdryeSt of the Fleet Is the Martha Washington Which Is
 Interned in NeW York.

Washington, April 9.-Tourteen Austrian merchant vessels in Amer. can ports were taken over by the gov. ernment conincident with the an n0uncement that Austria had broken diplomatic relations
 Telesrams to the collectors of GUS. toms at the ports concerned were sent personally by Secretary McAdoo last night instructing that the crews aboard the vessels be removed and that customs guards be placed in their stead. The status of the re- moved crews will be determined by immigration authorities of the de. partment of labor
 h formal annonncement of the governments action tonight Secretary McAdoo made it clear that the gov ernment had not confiscated the yes sels. but had acted for the purpose ot protecting them from further in- jury" From this statement it sas inferred that the ships were damaged by their crews as in the case of Ger. man vessels taken over by the gov ernment upon the declaratioY of war with Germany.
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Washington April -Austria-Hun- gary ranging herself unresercedly with Germony, ha, severed diplomatic relations with the United States, pre- cipitatine a situation which generally is expected here 10 lead to war.
 Baron Erich Zwidinek. the Austrian charge, asked the state department today for passports for himself, his staff and the Austrian consular force in this country; and simultaneously, American Minister Stovall reported from Berne that Austria had announc. ed the break in relations to the Amer ican embassy in Vienna yesterday.
 Immediately the treasury depart- ment ordered the seizure Of all Aus trian merchant ships in American har- bors The Austrian crews were taken off and sent to immigration stations
 VI American guards put an board. \ The measure was explained as purely one of precaution. but it is realized that it may be interpreted by Austria as an act of war. In similar situa- tion after the break with Germany no ships were seized until a state of war actually had been declared
 Whether Bulgaria and Turkey are preparing to follow suit still is un- known, but officials generally believe that sooner or later they will do so. Bulgarian Minister Panaretoff called on Secretary Lansing today to ask if this government had any information from Sofia but was told none had been received. Both Bulgaria and Turkey are believed here to be weary of the war but German domination of the central European alliance expected to drive them as it drove Austria Co a break with Germany's new enemy.
 Telegrams prepared a week ago in anticipation of today9 developments have been sent 10 American diplo- matic and consular officials aboard in. structins them 10 wind up their con
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AUSTRIA BREAKS OFF RELATIONS WITH U s AZ Austrian Ships n This Country Seized By GoOernnen

thought now to be a practical certain ty President Wilson is described will not ask congress to declare q state of war unless some lert act against the United States is committed.
 Officials were without definite ad- vices tonight regarding arrangements for withdrawal of the embassy staff at Vienna and other Americans in the dual empire. Amba sador Penfield already is in Switzerland having been ordered more than a week ago tn start for Washington for personal discussion of the Austrian negotia- tions It is assumed that no obstacles will be placed in the way of the de- plrture of American Charge Grew, his staff the two hundred other native Americans scattered throughout Aus tria and Hungary and such of the 1.S00 or more naturalized American citizens who may care to leave. .
 Baron Zwidinek and the other Aus trian officials in the United States probably will go home on a Swedish or Norwegian passenger steamer Def mite arrangements for their trip will be made tomorrow. Tonight Swedish Minister Ekengren had not been au. thorized formally by his government to take over Austrian interests here, but he expected this request for such authorization to be granted within a few hours.
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duct of entente interets in Austria and of Austrian interests in entente countries. Spain will take over Amer ican interests in Austria. and Sweden will assume Austrian interests here Safe conducts for the former Aus trian officials on their trip home will be sought at once from the British and French governments. With them will go Count Tanow TarnowsH, the newly appointed Austrian ambassa- dor. who arrived in New York only the day Germany announced her cam paign of ruthlessness but whose ere dentials President Wilson has refused to accept while negotiations proceed ed to develop how fully the Vienna government endorsed the submarine policy of her ally
 In a statement tonight reviewing these neGotiatioHs the state depart ment revealed that on April 1 before President Wilson went before con gress, to ask for declaration of a state of war with Germany Austria served notice that such declaration would mean break between the Washington and Vienna governments. This notification brought 10 an ab- rupt end the state departments et- fort to dissuade the Austrian foreign office from adherine fully to the Ger man submarine policy.
 Although the fall text of the con- munications exchanged was not given out, the departments review disclos- ed disposition on the part of the United States to tolerate Austria's verbal endorsement of the German policy, provided there were no steps for actual cooperation and no insis- tence that Count TarnowsH be re- ceived by the president. On the part of Austria there was evident desire 10 maintain friendly relations, but an increasing in ability to do so because of German pressure
 Although war with Austria i,
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The vessels thus taken into the gov ernment's keeping were all at Allan. tie or gulf ports as follows:
 Al New York: The Dora, Hinalai1. Ida and Martha Washington.
 At Boston. The Eury.
 At Philadelphia: The Fraueonia.
 At Newport News The Budapest
 Al Pensacola: The Lucia.
 Al Tampa: The Borneo.
 At New Orleans The Anna. Clara and Teresa
 At Galyeston The Campania and Morawitz.
 The tonnage of the fourteen vessels totals approximately 670o0.
 The largest Of the fleet is the Mar. tha Washington, at New York, of S.2l3 tons and passenger accommoda. tions for LILO persons; the smallest is the Anna, at New Orleans. of ,575 tons. The second largest is the Dora, of 1,037 tons. Most of the others are between 5000 and 5000 tons register and are freighters. All have been self interned since the beginning of thp war
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youched for are permitted to visit the works. The only fear held by the owners of the oil properties is an at. tack in force, which the organized armed guard of the company would be unable to withstand.
 Seceral meetings are reported to have taken place recently between General Obregon, General Benjamin Hill, military commander of the fed eral district, Rafael Zubaran, who TO- gently returned to Mexico after hay. ing acted as Mexican ambassador to Germany and Austria. and IT. von Eckhardt, the German minister.
 It is reported that Germans drawn from the coffee plantations of Chiapas have been concentrated on the north ern border of Guatemala and that an- other force which is enabled to act freely because of the reeenl cssrs-e in the government in SalyaG president is alleged to be- ward Germany. has beeA
 ed on the southern bou
 emala
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SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN
 SUPPLIES FOR THE ALLIES
Administration Officials Are Deter mined to Employ Every Means in Their Power to Keep an Undimln. ished Supply of Munitions and Food stuffs Going to Europe.

Washington, April 9-Naval coop eration with the entente allies was the subject of long conference late today between President Wilson and Secretary Daniels. IL became known afterwards that the government al- ready is taking steps to assure the fullest measure of cooperative opera tion
 The part 10 be played by American warships was not revealed and Sec. retary Daniels declined to say N.-.. action already had been taken toward joint activities. It was indicated, however, that the conference dealt with carrying out fully the presidents
 statement to congress that every utility of the nation would be employ ed to bring about the most effective cooperation
 One element of the plans undoubt- edly deals with the question of sup
 plies for the entente governments. Of ficials of the Bethlehem Steel>CorpSr. ation and other steel and ordnance companies were in conference with Secretary Daniels during the day in this regard. An agreement for the ap- portionment of the facilities of the
 plants between the American army and navy orders and the furnishing of war supplies to the entente nations
 was reported under the previous ar arrangements for the purchase of all government steel at fixed price far below the regular market rate. Administration officials are deter mined to employ every means in their power not inconsistent with the urgent requirements of this govern.
 CONFINEED ON PAGE EH1IYts
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cd to finance in part the expenditures involved in the proper organization and operation of the army and navy and the conduct of the war generally. Of course large amount of addition. al revenue will have to be raised by taxation, but this part of the problem is under consideration by the ways and means committee of the house of representatives. It will naturally take a reasonable time to discuss and agree upon the new items for taxation which should not and am confident will not become the subject of par tisau treatment"
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-10
THE WAR IN BRIEF

What seemingly is the commence ment Of a big offensive by the British force in France has begun along a l5-mile line extending from Lens to the village of Hein-Sur-CoJeul, lying l to the southwest of Arras.
 On the entire line big gains in ter rain have everywhere been made. 1 Heavy casualties have been inflicted on the Germans and in addition pris- Oners running into the thousands- 5.Sl6 already have been counted-aud great quantities of war material were captured. The operations are still in progress. The British casualties are declared to have been slight.
 Probably the greatest gains were made on Emile front from Giyency- enGohelle, north of Arras. to Hein- Sur-Cojeul, southeast of Arras. Here defenses Of all kinds some of them most heavily fortified. were stormed and captured by the Canadians No table among the positions is the ia nous Nimy ridge, which frequently has been the center of sanguinary encounters
 The German line was penetrated to a depth of from two to three miles Monday and at nightfall King Georges men were still pressing for ward
 The element of surprise evidently played a prominent part in the Brit ish victory, for along the entire front recently there had been nothing more than small encounters and artillery duels. The thrust of the British was quick and violent. guaged by the rapid sweep they made against positions that previously had been considered almost impregnable. The Canadians captured 2,000 prisoners The artill- cry preparation before the infantry at- tacks were launched is described as resembling a veritable inferno
 Not content with their successes be- tween Lens and Hein-SupC the British also struck viciously in the region of Cambrai, where the village of Demicourt was captured and fur ther progress was made in the neigh borhood of the Havriucourt wood. while still further south additional 5ains were made around St Quentin.
 The intensive aerial activity con tiuues between the British and Ger. mans. London reports two German machines destroyed and l5 others driven down and that ten British air planes failed to return 10 their base,
 In the part of the line held by the French there has been artillery actiy- Fly except in the Parroy forest where Ia German attack against an advanced post was ropulsed. Rheims is still be- ing heavily bombarded by the Ger mans.
 Only minor operations have taken place on the eastern front from the aBltic sea down into Rumania. The usual bombardments are in progress on the Austro-ltalian front. In Mace donia there have been reciprocal bonn bardments and small infantry att tacks,
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LOYAL PARADE
 WAS BIG SUCCESS
REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATlON HONORS "OLD GLORY" AND PRESIDENT IN HOUSING
 PAGEANT.
Hundreds Participated and Streets We're Crowded With Residents and Visitors During Parade,

"Old Glory waved and reigned su.
 preme on the local streets and in the
 hearts of thousands of residents and
 visitors last night.
 Never has such a remarkable dem olstration of a patriotic nature been
 seen here a. that which characterized
 the Loyalty Parade" which was
 given in compliance with Governor ' Charles IT. Broughs requests to the
 cities nd towns of the state to mani
 fest faith and belief in President Will son and the principles of the country 1 With but a brief time in which to ar
 range details, Hot Springs proved by
 its demonstration last night that it's
 loyalty to the Starry Banner" could
 not be questioned. and it was such an enthusiastiv demonstration that won for the city many words of praise 1 from the thousands of visitors, who, with residents, watched the parade from the sidewalks
 The parade was scheduled to start at 7:30 o'clock, and il got under way few minutes after thlt time. Long before that, however, automobiles made the space in and around the i fountain at Benton and Valley streets their headquarters and previous to be- ginning the march Ledgerwood's band rendered several patriotic airs, which were loudly applauded and much ap' preciated
 | Richard Gaffney, of the local reser- vation. was grand marshal of the par ade. He Was followed by an escort of mounted police, after which came 1 a large automobile, beautifully decor ated with bunting flags and red, white and blue electric lights. in which rode Mayor J. w. McClendon and members of the new city commis- sion. Colonel Candy and staff from the Army and Navy Hospital follow ed. They were in uniform. Jack Goodine had his juvenile fife and drum corps in line and the youngsters as usual received big ovation There was also a la~ge delegation of soldiers now quartered in the Army and Navy Hospital. These boys had seen service in Mexico and they were the recipients of continual cheering and applause.
 The members of the Hot Spring company. in charge of J. w. St Cair and P. E. Sissney, were also hon ored by sepcial attention. Banners calling on the young men to enlist were also much in evidence.
 The latter part of the parade con sisted of many. many automobiles, each ear being decorated either with bunting or flags The parade reached from the starting point to the Whit. tington avenue junction. The line of march was past the Majestic hotel and back again on Central avenue
 Every one who had onything to do with the parade" said Mayor McClen.
 ion, should feel proud of the success # proved to be. Ii demonstrated our l loyalty and il served to arouse in visi- tors and residents a spirit of patriot ism that Is needed at this time. ex- tend my congratulations to those who had it in charge and my sincere
 thanks to all who participated, as well as 10 those who, by their cheers from the sidewalks, encouraged those in the pageant
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