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The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
COMPANY | Is GETTING
UP BASEBALL TEAM

Yesterday, Company I celebrated
the close of its first week of encamp-
ment by holding open house in the
armory hall from four until five
thirty o'clock. Many friends of the
men who make up the local military
unit took advantage of the occasion
and called upon them. During the
afternoon, ice cream furnished
through the courtesy Of H. r. Quina
was served, and the boys were regaled
similarly at dinner time, the deli
cacy being presented by Chef Silva
of the San Carlos hotel.
Members of the company are work
ing up a baseball team and if equip
ment can be obtained a nine will be
turned ~',+ in nlA= on local fields.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
BIKE CLUB TAKES HIKE
BOYS CAPTURE SNAKES

A number of members of the Pen
sacola Bicycle Club enjoyed a ride
out to Carpenters Creek Sunday aft
ernoon. and after arrival there prac-
tically all enjoyed a swim and spent
some time in the vicinity. The bows
planned many hikes for the future
and also arranged for the meeting
to be held tonight, when a number
of important matters may be brought
up for discussion. Refreshments will
be served.
One diversion which some of the
boys took was to capturing snakes,
and John Geist had the temerity to
take home his capture. a small black
snake about six inches in length.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
Charlie Chaplain No Stacker
Says British Ambassador

as to say that my father beat nv
/. mother The result was that STONED
further publication of the azticles
. through my lawyers. Prior to that I
had received a personal wire from
the gentleman cOngratulsting me on
my success here.
"A few weeks ago when America.
the country under whose laws | am
living and making my bread and but
ter, called on her manhood, native
and alien alike, to stand up and be
ready for military service I reg
lstered and asked for no exemption
or special favors. Had I been drawn
you would have heard no kicks out
of me or application for exemption.
| would have gone and served faith
fully in whatever role they cast me-"
AT the British Embassy it was
stated today that Charlie Chaplin is
considered to have done his bit for
the present by subscribing to the Brit
ish and American loans and the
American Red Cross. Besides this.
they feel he is contributing somewhat
to the success of the war by keep
ing millions of people in good humor
with the antics of his funny feet.
eve would not consider Chaplin a
Stacker unless we received instruc-
tions to put the compulsory service
law into effect in the United States
and unless after that he refused to
join the colors," said an official Of
the embassy.
Chaplin could volunteer any day
he wanted to, but he is of as much
use to Great Britain now making big
money and subscribing to war loans
as he would be in the trenches, espec-
tally when the need for individual
men is not extremely pressing.
There are various ways to do ones
bit. Certainly the man who subscribes
Red Cross could not be said to be
Stacker. especially when he follows his
subscriptions with an announcement
that he will serve in the trenches
when called. Obviously, when the
compulsory service law is not in op-
Grafton here, where Chaplin has made
his home for a number of years, he
could not be considered Stacker"
The editorial in the London Weekly
Dispatch calling on Chaplin to volun-
teer for service in the army read in
part as follows:
Charlie Chaplin, although slightly
built, is very firm on his feet, as is
evidenced by his screen acrobatics.
The way he is able to mount stairs
suggests the alacrity with which he
could go over the top when the whistle
blew
Gable messages have sought to
show that Chaplin has invested 1925,
900 of his earnings in the British war
loan, but this has not been confirmed.
Chaplin can hardly refuse the British
nation both his money and his ser
vices.
Charlie in khaki would be one of
the most popular figures in the army
If his condition did not warrant him
going into the trenches he could do
admirable work by amusing the troops
in billets.
"We will win without Charlie, but
(his millions of admirers will say
we would rather win with him"
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
Mr.. TAFT'S PHYSICIANS
REPORT IMPROVEMENT

Clay Center, Kansas, Aug. 1.-THE
continued improvement in the condi-
tion of William H. Taft is reported
by physicians. The former president
took considerable nourishment after
a night in which he slept better than
at any time since the attack of in
testinal indigestion.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
STEAMSHIP AND DOCK
EMPLOYEES BACK TO WORK

New York, Aug. 12.-More than a
thousand striking longshoremen on
the South Pacific Railroad, will gc-
turn to work at an increase of five
cents an hour. Two hundred Mallory
and Clyde lines employees are also
given advance.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
1.-THE STRIKE BREAKERS ARE
DEPORTED IN A BODY

Kansas City, Aug. 12.-Deporta-
ton six hundred strike breakers was
accomplished in an orderly fashion by
sympathizer> cs the striking street
car employees and transportation of
the two Kansas Cities is still tied up.
Strike breakers lasted a day here.
They were herded on train, some very
hungry, because they had been vir-
tpally kept in the car barns since ar
rival.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
THREE LOCAL BOYS
JOIN SKY PILOTS

Three recruits for the aviation di-
vision of the signal corps were re-
Ceived at the local army station Satur-
day, and the man left late Saturday
for state headquarters at Jackson
vile.
On the list was Philip Yonge, Joe
r. Duncan, and Gerald B. Quina, all
three of whom are we'll known locally.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
AMERICAN TANKER IS
SUMMARIZED; GUN
CREW TAKEN
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Aug. 12.-Sinking
OF the American steamer Cam
pana, a Standard Oil tanker,
with the probable capture of her
captain and four members of the
naval guard by the attacking
German submarine, was an
nounced by the navy department.
The steamer was sunk in the
morning Of August sixth, over
one hundred miles west of Isle De
Re, fOrty-seven survivors reached
land in safety. The Camrana
was formerly steamship Dun
holme built in England, registered
about three thousand tons gross.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
RECRUIT CASE WILL
COME UP TOMORROW

Captain James F. Phillips of Com.
pany l tomorrow at eleven o'clock, is
summoned to appear before the fed
eral court here TO show cause why
James F. and Millard Hurd should
not be discharged from service in
his company.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
Large Congregation Heard
Another Interesting Ser
mon at Knox Church.
NATIONS NEEDS
ARE OUTLINED
Country a Model, He Says,
But People Don't Live
Up to Ideals.

70 large congregation last night,
Kew. l. +. Phillips, pastor of the Knox
Presbyterian church. preached on
Americas Man of the Hour" and
was heard with close attention. Some
of the needs Of the nation were de-
tailed, and modern society and its
doings We're ntta@ked and eNcoriated.
He spoke 'rt as follows:
Il of Sermon.
These Uni,rJ States of America
can well be likened to the nation of
Israel because it may be said of us
as we'll of that nation. that which
Peter told them in the second chapter
and ninth and tenth verses of his
letter to the church in general. He
said: But We are n chosen genera
ton, a royal priesthood, a molly ma
ton, a peculiar people; that you
should show forth the praises of Him
that hath called you out of darkness
into His marvellous light: which in
time past were not a people, hut are
now a people of God" No more fit
ting summary of the purposes and
ideals of this nation of the West could
be given.
America is nation of picked men
and picked resources, a nation tha5
is today the choice of the Finger
of Destiny to serve as tee keystone
of the arch of modern civilization and
progress.
We are indeed a peculiar people
From the stagnant and oppressive
dynasties of other nations W. have
come, seeking the promises Of God
in this life. We are a nation made
up of liberty demandinr men and
women. free from the enthraIlinr
shackles of despite power and arbi-
trary autocraCv. We are peculiar n
situation, size, population. ideals, and
character OF componcnts. We 3~c dis
tinctly peculiar among the nations of
mankind, both those OF the present
and those Of the past. We have =
right to be called a peculiar nation.
We are, too, a holy nation. Roly
means something that Is set aside Tor
a particular and specific purpose. In
that sense then We are a holy nation.
This is true because we have consc-
Grated this nation to the specific pur-
pose Of sheItcring the oppressed Of
ever land, acting as a depository for
the truths Of Democracy. serving as
a testinr- Ground of the principles Of
self-Coycr"0ent, shining as a torch
light t. the darkcne3 world III the
matters o. invention, progress,
achievement. and happiness, and ful
fllmen' % Ethiopian dreams.
Not ? drop Of blood has been shed
in vain, if, OFT Of the dire ashes Of
this world-con7agration, there leaps
into Tho - the new structure Of an
intcrn1H0~el soIl that sits at the fees
of Te-:s Carist and hangs their gov
etnn>cnt 9~3 life upon the matchless
words of !Ti5 wisdom No nation can
ever Withstand the assaults Of ma
tional tc.a"tatiov a@d trial, unless
that natter ~ hole and as in
dividuaIS IL" @7i7~ la. shadowing
wing of trc T-crr.' ''.--t Roln among
the dea... Jc~1~ :--j.t. the Son Of
God.
IF Ero-k so. Hu.s1 c7 See rect
and take a dollar awa- rom yo1 7
would be shunted tc Jail fo- si-
months o. vear. Put # : 1T behind
q maho-an- desk. amid rich and cost
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
MOUNTAINEERS GO ON
TRIAL CHARGE OF TREASON

Big Stone Gap, Va. Aug. 12.-The
trial of William Verdon Mccoy and
John w. Phipps, mountaineers. who
are charged with high treason. by
recruiting an army to make war on
the United States, by fomenting re-
bellion, and resisting the CONSUMPTION
law and conspiring to seize United
States property, will begin here to-
morro~,
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
AUSTRO- GERMANS ARE
VERY HEAVY LOSERS

Petrograd, Aug. 12.-In consequ-
ence of heavy losses inflicted on the
Austro- German forces, and the des-
perate resistance of Russians, says
an Odessa telegram, the Teuton of
fensive on the Rumanian front is di-
minishing in intensity.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
RAILWAY STRIKE IN SPAIN
COMES TO AN END

Madrid. Aug. 12-The Ministry of
Interior announced that the railroad
employees who struck Friday, are
resuming work. Premier Dato has
expressed the belief the strike has
failed.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13
T H E w E ATH Err

, Fair Monday and probably Tuesday.
light variable winds
Yesterdays temperature: Highest, S5
degrees; lowest, "A degrees.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-13

Continued on Page Four
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
Pacifst or Pro-Cerman?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At last the true meaning OF the word
"pacifst" has been defined.
According to to-day's Tribune four thou
sand peace-at-any-price pacfsts gathered to-
gether at the Carnegie Hall last night and
when asked "Do We want to crush Germany"
received an emphatic reply of "No!" So far,
so good. 1t has always been thought that
pacifsts were for peace between all nations,
with no restrictions whatever. When the
question, "Do we want to crush British sea
power?" was asked, the crowd roared, Yes
Is this pacifsm: Against crushing one ma
ton. but favorng the idea Of crushing an
other?
In other words. pacihsm is another word
for pro Germanism. 1t is a pity that at least
few of those that gathered at the mass
meeting were not blessed with Gods gift Of
conscience to choose between the right and
the wrong. ii. W.
West New York, n. j., March 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
The Right to Revolt

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: An anachronism or two in President
Wilson's manifesto" seem to have escaped
notice.
The President rebukes and repudates any
sympathy on the part of United States citi-
zenship with revolutions in other countries
Yet our national birth WAS Graded in tho
nursery of the French Revolution and our
best and most active sympathy was given TO
Poland, TO Greece. to Hungary and TO Italy
in their uprisings.
Again he exhorts us TO uphold the doctrine
that government must rest upon the con-
sent Of the governed" Very good. But II
the consent of the governed" changes to a
Consent" for new government we are
thus entitled to sympathize with a revolu-
ton; by obedience TO one injunction to dis
obey the other ERVING WINSLOW.
New Haven. Conn, March 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
OUR FIGHTING PACIFISTS


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The account Of the pacifst meeting IN
Carnegie Hall was instructive. WIN 'neH
shoutings and tumult these lovers OF peace
certainly put the fist in pacfst.
An old law says that II man hoids MS
fist in the face Of another, even though ne
does not strike him, it is an assault fists
we're held in the face OF President Wilson,
shaken In the faces Of the Allies, and thrust
under the noses Of the editors of the papers
bought with English gold.
And all for what? To keep this country
out Of war Can they not see that all lie is
y hattie? II is not only that flesh ard
blood" is spent in the trenches, and spent
gloriously, but every one, the farmer, the
sailor. the miner the legislator, the REFORM
er, is hopefully or hopelessly fighting with
what he calls his fate"
Some of the greatest fights are not against
flesh and blood "but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness OF this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places"
This tremendous world war is not only a
fight among nations and peoples and
tongues; it is war Of unseen forces, 1t is
spiritual, war Of the gods. The old time
gods of force and fear and fate have been
called from the dim past by those whose
faith in civilization and Christianity has
faded Beating their ploughshares into
swords they have come to the valley Of de-
cision and multtudes are fighting for or
against these old world tribal gods.
If the gods of force and fear prevail, woe
worth the day for pacifsts and other weak
lings.
Cannot the pacifst look into the mystic
rious centre of his own being? Is he at peace
there? Does he know what is going on IN
that central citadel?
There is a war waging there vital to the
man and TO the world.
1t is the fight for his soul II man
knows that he has a SOUL which he would not
give in exchange for the world he will recog-
nize that the nation has a soul also, and that
a real nation will give all it possesses to
save its soul JAMES V. CHALMERS,
The Church of the Holy Trinity.
New York, March 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
Declare War on Germany

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The time has come when we must
pitilessy look into the deepest recesses OF
our real feelings. No longer can we talk in
sophistical casustres. Do we really believe
that we have right to the freedom OF the
seas? If so. is it as wrong for any foreign
power to invade our rights on the seas as 1t
would be for them TO do so on our land!
Arc these rights worth fighting for, or should
we supinely submit TO aggressions? Have we
waited long enough to convince ourselves
and the world that we have reached the last
ditch which the advance of civilization re-
nuires in using the rule of reason! Have we
not honestly. and even TO the extent OF being
considered cowardly, tried TO vindicate our
rights by everything short of force! have
not all these means failed because we are
dealing with an autocratc government so
overwrought by the passions of war and the
realization Of approaching defeat that their
minds are no longer open TO reason!
Then let US open our eyes TO complete
realization Of our situation. Germany MADE
war on us when she first notified us that sub
marines under her command would ruthlessly
destroy without warning any American yes
sells which dared sail the seas rightfully
open TO them.
So Germany is at war with US. Let us
temporize no longer. yelling indecision and
incompetency in high-sounding, atruistic
phrases and catchwords. With clear con-
science and a God-given conviction that we
are in the right, let us fight for the ideals
for which our forefathers fought. Let US
maintain the ideals of our democracy so that
we can hand to our posterity the heritage we
so proudly cherish.
Without bravado or fanfare Of trumpets,
but with the steady, soulfelt conviction that
we are doing the right as it is given us
IN see it. let US declare war on the imperial
government Of Germany.
D. DE W. MILLER.
Jamaica " Y March 9, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
Disloyalty and Folly

The report comes from well informed
railroad circles that the four brother
hoods, unwilling TO wait any longer for
the Supreme Courts decision on the con-
stitutionality of the eight-hour law, are
going to call a general transportation
strike. II is hard to believe that the
brotherhoods will be guilty of so mon
strous an outrage and, from the point OF
view of their own interest, so monumental
a blunder. This is the time-above all
times-for national cooperation and ma
tonal unity.
The brotherhoods made demands last
summer for a higher wage rate per hour,
threatening a general strike unless those
demands were acceded to. Congress passed
law making their pay for eight hours
work what it had formerly been for ten
hours work. The Supreme Court IS about
to decide whether the law is constitutional.
To refuse to await that verdict is to
show contempt for the orderly processes OF
government. The brotherhoods submitted
their case to Congress and the courts.
They are bound in equity and decency to
let their appeal take its course-to hear
what the court of final resort says before
taking any other action.
So much for the insult to Congress and
the judiciary involved in the new strike
threat. AS for its general policy, that IS
one of incredible folly. 1t means nothing
less than suicide for the four brotherhoods.
The people will not submit to being made
victims of a general interruption of trans
portation. There is shortage Of food
everywhere. To shut off freight service
now would mean universal suffering. It
would lead to an irresistible popular de
mand for the suppression of the labor
unions responsible for the strike.
But there is something still moro Sc
rious. The United States is practically in
a state of war. The railroads are pri-
mary instrumentalities of national defence.
They must continue to do their work or the
government becomes impotent. In case Of
a strike the government will have no re-
course but to take over the operation Of
the railroads and to proceed against the
conspirators who are trying to cripple
their service.
In the present crisis a general strike is
unthinkable. The idea of it is abhorrent
to every true American. If it comes, those
who participate in it will learn to their sor-
row what it means to arouse this nations
wrath by an exhibition of selfshness and
disloyalty in a time of peril.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
Divided Civil Service Responsibility

If the merit system of the State Of New
York is to be broken down, there could not
be a much more effective way of going
about the process than by the passage of
a bill recently introduced by Senator Law
son, of Brooklyn. This measure provides
that the exclusive power Of approval or
veto of the rules of the Civil Service Com
mission shall be taken from the Governor
and given to the Legislature. 1t would, in
effect. make the Civil Service Commission
a rubber stamp for the Legislature by
transferring to the lawmaking body eX-
ecutive and administrative powers now
designedly lodged elsewhere.
The net result of this would be to divide
responsibility for the administration of
the civil service system between the COM
mission, a body appointed by the Gov
ernor, and the Legislature, an elected body,
instead of having it concentrated, as at
present, in the commission and the Gov
ernor who appoints it. The Legislature,
at best, has not shown itself especially
friendly to the merit system in recent
years. 1t has produced more bills to
break down the system than to strengthen
it. The average legislator, a politician
with fences to mend, is more interested in
getting jobs for constituents than he is in
fostering abstract efficiency in the state
service. To make him a partner with the
Civil Service Commission in the admins
tration of the merit system, therefore,
would have a disintegrating and democrat
ling effect on it which would be extremely
unfortunate.
What the state wants is less patronage
grabbing, not more. What this proposal
inevitably would yield would be more jobs
for politicians, not fewer. The bill should
be killed without fail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
A DOCTORS PROTEST
The President Should Heed Opposition
TO DR.. Grayson's Promotion

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Although have been assured by those
who know that it is the intention of the
President to force through the nomination
Of DR.. Grayson, as one of the medical pro-
fession, of which ne also is an obscure mem
Der, | cannot refrain from final word or
protest. We know DR.. Grayson's limited
know ledge of and entire inexperience with
surgery and, as civilians. are amazed at his
promotion to a rank in which not only wide
medical and surgical experience, but positive
administrative ability, are absolutely neces-
sary.
What would the laity and the lay press
think Of the president OF hospital board
who arbitrarily elevated young assistant IN
the outdoor clinic to the position of senior
attending surgeon? They would not stand
for it. II would be unthinkable.
Such is the general attitude of over one
hundred thousand medical men in the
United States toward the Grayson promo
ton.
They are important factors in arousing the
patriotism Of their communities. They are
back of the President. Does he have any
consideration for their opinion?
New York, March H. 1911 NEDICUS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-13
THE IRISH CRISIS
Three Home Rulers See No Difficulty the Ulster ro0e"
Suggest Various Easy and Obvious Solutions

execution to this, 1t is because the North
cas-. Ulster minority represents 70 large de-
gree the dominant class in English snairs'
Because it is dominant IL has enjoyed al,
vantages denied to the rest Of Ireland, and
because il clings 20 these its opposition TO a
College Green Parliament is determined
The question is being begged.
Better be honest about it and admit that
prosperous, self-governing Ireland would be
a menace to British trade superiority lvioe
the Ford episode) in Ireland. Better admit
,bat Home Rule would mean square deal
for seven-eighths of Ireland, condition m
tolerabe TO those in Ulster, who have Tor
wears had the best Of governmental aid. Bet
ter admit that England's government OF Ire
land is founded on force. must be maintained
BY force and is complete negation Oh ner
alleged altruistic policy now being fought lor
on the bloody battlefelds of Europe.
W. J. HANNA.
New York. March 10, 1917.