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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
To
SERVICE MEN A
LINE
Treasury Dept. Officials Par
ticularly Well Pleased
at Policies Taken.
APPLICATIONS
NUMBER $4,000
This Represents a Total of
$3.50, 900, 600, According
to Bureau Estimate.
Washington Bureau
Pensacola Journal.

Washington, Nov. 20.-Treasury
Department officials are particularly
we'll pleased with the rate at which
the war life insurance is being taken
out by the soldiers in the United
States army.
Approximately $4,000 applications
for war insurance, representing to-
tai insurance of about $45, ,0O0,O 900, it
is estimated by the war insurance bu-
reau, have been received at the Treas
ury Department since the plan of
insuring the lives of the country's s
fighting men went itno effect a month
ago.
These figures represent only the
amount taken out by the soldiers in
the United States and large additions
to these totals are expected in few
days, when the applications from the
many thousands of men in France,
known to be on the way here, are re-
ceived.
Every possible effort is being made
by the Treasury Department and the
War Department to give full infor-
|mation to the fighting men regarding
the soldier insurance, Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo said today.
Mr.. McAdoo denied the published
reports that the government has sent
out large corps of men through the
army camps in this country and to
the camps in France, acting in the
capacity of insurance agents, to So
licit subscriptions to the insurance.
"The fullest information regarding
the advantages OF this soldier insur-
ance is being given the men through
their officers said Secretary Nc
Adoo, "but no body of men has been
sent out to solicit this insurance as
life insurance companies do. With
the exception of one man from this
department, all the work is being
carried out by the War Department
through the army officers directly in
command of the American forces.
How the report got out that a large
corps of men had been sent to France
and to the army camps in this coun-
try to solicit policies, I cannot say"
The policies have been taken out
IN liberal amounts, the average ap-
plications ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000 per man, or within $1,000 or
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
DEMURRER WAS
SUSTAINED THE
CROSS-TIE CASE
CONTENTION OF FLOWERS THAT
CO. WAS NOT ENTITLED To
STORM-FELLED TIMBER is UP
HELD BY JUDGE SHEPPARD.

Disclaiming jurisdiction for the
reason that the acts alleged in the
plaintiffs bill of complaint do not
constitute trespasses, Judge William
B. Sheppard sustained the demurrer
filed by the defendant in the case OF
the American Tie and Timber Com
pany vs. Flowers, involving lease
given by the defendant to the plant
iff to cut certain dead and down tim
Der on $4,000 acres of land in West
Florida.
The suit was brought by the tie
company in an effort to obtain an in
junction against Flowers, the owner
of the timber lands, to prevent him
from interfering with the cutting op-
erations of the plaintiff.
The whole controversy is an out
growth of the storm of Sept. 30. anC
the resultant damage to timber. In
March, 1917, according to the evi-
dence submitted in the case, a con-
tract was entered into by Flowers
granting to the tie company, for d
certain consideration, the right to cut
all "dead and down timber
This the company proceeded to do
and no difficulty arose until the storm
of Sept. % swept this section, blow
ing down hundreds of trees on the
land owned by Flowers. Constituting
the contract to include all trees deao
and down until the expiration of the
agreement, the company employed
additional workmen to cut up the
trees uprooted by thewind.
To this, the owner protested VIC
lently, claiming that the contract con
templated only those trees dead ant
down at the time of the execution
of the agreement. Het soaght tc
actively carry out his protest by in.
terfering with the operations of the
tie company, whereupon the xompan!
filed a bill of complaint in the fed
eral court, asking that Flowers be
enjoined from impeding the opera
tions of thecompany. Flowers filec
a demurrer to the bill, and in the
order issued yesterday by Judge
Sheppard, the demurrer is sustained
and the application for an injunction
overruled.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
SOUTH FLORIDIANS
SEEK AVIATION CAMP

Washington, Nov. 2O.-A delega-
ton from Southern Florida, headed
by Peter o. Knight of Tampa. ar
rived here today to urge upon the
War and Navy Departments the Sc
lection of a site in DeSoto county,
near Arcadia, for an aviation camp,
They claim to have an ideal sight. and
said the government is seeking a
site such as they have to offer. Sen
ator Park Trammer will accompany
them to the War and Navy Depart
ments tomorrow morning to lay their
claims before Secretaries Baker and
Daniels.
While they are here the delegation
will also urge the selection of Tampa
for the location of the proposed new
naval base on the Gulf Coast. for
which sites have been examined at
numerous points by the committee of
which Admiral Helm is the chairman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
MEXICO WILL
SOON SETTLE
MANY CLAIMS
CARRANZA GOVERNMENT PRE-
PAIRING TO ADJUDICATE AC-
COUNTS OF CITIZENS OF 9TH
Err COUNTRIES VS.. MEXICO.
Washington Bureau
Pensacola Journal.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-M-xico is
preparing to ssijudicate the claims of
citizens of other countries against the
Mexican government, growing out of
the revolution of 1910 and during the
time of the Huerta regime. The Sec
retary of the Treasury of Mexico has
prepared plan for the establishment
of a Claims Commission to consider
such claims and will present it to the
council of m inisters and then to Presi-
dent Carranza for approval, it was
learned on good authority today.
It is proposed that all international
claims shall be submitted to this COM
mission and If siainants are dissatisf
fled with -th4 a~ings4 The maseer slns.lss
be laid bef01H an arbitration sonmiS
sion of two persons-one to represent
the government and one the claimant.
In case they disagree upon the award
a third member is to be selected from
some country having no claim against
Mexico, and his decision shall be
final.
The record of a similar commission
in 1866 to adjust damage claims does
not hold out much encouragement for
injured Americans or citizens of other
countries. The English Minister to
Washington was the umpire of that
joint Mexican and American commits
sion. American filed claims aggre-
gated $47O, O,126,613, there being 1017
claims examined and 831 rejected.
The total award to American claim
ants by the commission was $4.125,-
622, or less than 1 per cent of the
amount claimed. Subsequently. the
Mexican government, after paying
one installment, presented proof that
two of the leading clairne awarded,
amounting to s1,168,S were fraud
ulent and had been supported by false
statements.
The Secretary of the Treasury of
Mexico has issued a statement show
ing that the entire bonded and interest
indebtedness of Mexico is S423. .64O,.
COS, or $211 1928 1903 American money,
or ratio of SIS per capita, which is
below the average of the other ma
tions of the world.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
INITIAL MEETING OF
INTERALLIED WAR BOARD

The American mission, headed by
Colonel House, which recently arrived
in England for the purpose of dis
cussing and coordinating efforts to
win the war, has had an initial meet
ing with the British war council and
its righthand men. Details are
naturally kept secret, but the an
nouncement is made that little form
ality attended it, and that salts
factory progress had naked the dis
cussion.
simultaneously across the channel,
Clemenceau, the new French premier,
was reading a declaration of policy of
the new ministry to deputies, to the
effect that the new government had
assumed office in order to carry for
ward the war with redoubled effort.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
Cling Tenaciously to Point
Most Vital to Preservation
Piave River Line.
MASSED ATTACKS
BY THE INVADERS
Austro-German Drive at
Monte Tornba Not Success
full as Berlin Reported.
ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY

ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY
Italy's armies are holding firmly
at the point at present most vital
/ to. the preservation of the Piave riv-
er line.
The Austro- German attempts with
heavy masses of troops to drive
southwark along the west bank OF
the Piave from Quero, and thus out
flank the lower river front, have been
checked by the heroic resistance of
the Italian troops at Monte Tonlba-
Monte Monfenera. The reports from
both Rome and Berlin war office to-
day show this clearly.
In the light of the current state
ments it appears probable that the
Austro- German drive at Monte Tom
ba, which protects the italian right
flank west of the Piave, did not re-
suit in the capture of the entire emf
nence as yesterdays official report
Berlin indicated. The German staff
today mentions positions captured by
the Teutons on the ''Northedn slopes
of Monte Tomba, indicating reten-
tion by the Italians of the remainder
OF the height.
Even this much of Teutonic hold
on the hill is being fiercely contested
by the italian forces for Berlin an
nUsa4sce the continuation Of the des-
per ate struggle there with Italians
counter attacks by concentrated
masses.
No further advances anywhere on
the Italian front are claimed by the
Germans. They tried four success
i've thrusts to capture the Monte
Monfenera spur, but each time were
thrown back by the determined resist
ance of the Italian troops.
The sinking of the American old
type destroyer Chauncey in a collision
in the war zone, with the probable
loss of twenty one lives was announc-
ed in Washington. No details were
given.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
SCHOONER COMES
!, FROM FOREIGN PORT
FOR DRY DOCKING

Seven dockings have been con-
tracted for lV the Bruce Dry
dock Company, according to IN
formation from an authoritative
source last night. Two of the
craft to be docked are govern
ment barges; one is fonr-mast
schooner, and the docking Of the
steamship Wasp has been signed
by this company.
The four-masted schooner,
which will probably be lifted
about the end of the week, came
to Pensacola especially from Ha-
vana to be dry docked.
The dock was lifted yesterday
to be painted with a view to proS
tecting it against the ravages of
the teredo, but on account of
pressing contracts, it will be
placed back into immediate SER
vice.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
NOTED FLORIDA
CONVICT BEEN
RECAP TURED
ROBERT SINCLAIR HAD ENGAG-
ED IN GOVERNMENT WORK
AND BORE STRONG RECON-
MENDATIONS.
Tallahassee Bureau
Pensacola Journal

Tallahassee, Nov. 2O.-Former In
spector B. F. Shaw, of Tallahassee,
today returned from the state prison
farm at Raiford, having delivered to
Captain Purvis, the superintendent
there, one Robert Sinclair, alias Jack
Nash, who escaped from Raiford
February %, 1914, after serving four
months of three-year sentence.
Sinclair was convicted in the fall
term of the Sumter county circuit
court for forging a check for nine
hundred dollars. A guard who was
at the prison farm when Sinclair es-
capped recognized him in Atlanta re-
Gently and wrote the governor here
to know if Sinclair had served his
term or been pcrdoned. The execu-
tive offices wired that he had escaped,
and to have him arrested.
Answer came that Sinclair had
gone to Jacksonville in the employ
of the government, being a trusted
government attache in the construc-
tion department He had superin-
tended the building at Camp Gordon
and had gone to Jacksonville to di-
rect work at Camp Jackson, the gov
ernor was advised. Sheriff Hayes
Lewis was wired to arrest Sinclair,
but it was found that he had gone to
Charleston, S. c. There he was aN
rested and Shaw was sent for him.
Sinclair stoutly denied his identity
to Shaw all the way down.. hut adj
mitted it after Captain Purvis recog-
nized him. Purvis knew his voice be-
fore he saw him, shaw says.
The escaped convict had a splendid
recommendation from government
officials and WAS Aoinn xuo1l
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
GOLD WRIST WATCH
GIVEN 7. EVERHARDT

1t was a happy gathering which
assembled at the postoffice yesterday
when fine gold wrist watch was pre-
sented by the employees to Thomas
Everhart; who, with others of Uncle
Sans jackies, have left for an un-
named destination. Young Mr. Ever
hardt will have cause to appreciate
the beautiful gift, for it bears his
name and the name of the city of his
adoption. The presentation cere-
mony was quiet, but enjoyed, and all
wished the exceedingly popular ex-
postoffice clerk all the happiness pos
sible wherever duty calls, and an
eventual safe return to Pensacola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
u. s. STOPS SUPPLIES
GOING INTO RUSSIA.

Washington, Nov. 20.-No ship
ments of supplies will be permitted
from the United States to Russia I'M
I'll the situation in that country clears
The cessation is temporary, and until
stable government is formed which
the United States can recognize.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
Forty-Four A dditd o n a l
Nurses Have Been Direct
ed to Report There.
MAY OBTAIN ALL
SUPPLIES NEEDED
Department Shows Anxiety
to Remedy Conditions
Without Delay.
Washington Bureau
Pensacola Journal

Washington, D. c., Nov. 20-Forty
four additional nurses have been di-
rected to report at Camp Wheeler
Macon, Georgia, where some of the
Florida troops are encamped, and the
medical officers at the camp have
been authorized to obtain whatever
medical supplies are necessary from
Atlanta Immediately. ..
This is the result of the complaint
made a few days ago to Secretary of
War Baker by Governor Cats and
his cabinet, through Senator Fletcher
that ''deplorable conditions existed
at Camp Wheeler.
After an inspection of Camp
Wheeler, Governor Cats, the ad-
jutant general of the Florida Militia
and Governor Cats cabinet, COM
planned that there were not enough
nurses at the Camp Wheeler hospital,
and that the patients needed bed
clothing and medical supplies.
Senator Park Trammel, of Florida
who was at Camp Wheeler the same
day as Governor Cats and his staff
came direct to Washington and re-
ported the conditions to the war de-
partment. He said he found condi-
tions there rather bad, but they did
not. impress him as being so serious
as Governor Cats appeared to believe
them.
Upon the report Of Senator Tram
mel and the complaint of Governor
Cats, forty-four additional nurses
were ordered to Camp Wheeler, and
the medical officers were directed to
Immediately obtain necessary sup
plies, and an officer from the war de-
partment was sent there to make a
full report on conditions.
War department officials said no
report had been made by officers at
Camp Wheeler that everything was
nat as it should be, and that the de-
partment was anxious to remedy the
conditions Immediately.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
RAILROADMEN TOO
PATRIOTIC TO TIE
UP RAILROADS NOW.

Washington, Nov. Coon
cessions as made by both the
railroads, and four brotherhood
heads on the result of the pres
ent wage issue, are taken by off,
cials as complete assurance
that Americas warfare against
Germany will go forward to the
end unhampered by the possi-
bilities of transportation tie ups
over wage difficulties.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
EXPELLED ALIENS
ABOARD VESSEL TO
GO BACK SAFELY.

An Atlantic Port, Nov. 90
German and Austrian diplomats,
and consular representatives
from Asiatic countries have
boarded a Norwegian steamship
to return to their native coun
tries, under the safe conduct as
granted my the allied govern
ments. 1t was expected the yes
sci would get away tomorrow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
PATIENTS TRANSFERRED
TO OTHER HOSPITALS.

Washington, Nov. 20.-Telegraphis
protest from Governor Cats of
Florida, concerning the crowded con-
dition of the Camp Wheeler hospital,
Macon, where the Florida troops are
in training, resulted in the transfer
of many patients to hospitals else
where. Secretary Baker took the
question up with Surgeon General
Gorgas, No found the hospital con-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
CONDITIONS IMPROVED;
TWO PRIVATES DIE.

Macon, Nov. 20.-Camp Wheeler
authorities said conditions are i'm
proving. There was a decided reduc-
ton in the number of patients re-
ceived at base hospital in the last
twenty-four hours as compared with
The previous week.
There were two additional pneu-
monia deaths today, Private C. E.
Atkinson of Havana, Florida, and
Lamar Nish, of Leaf, Ga.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
AMEND SENTENCES IN
THE FEDERAL COURT.

Three defendants previously SEN
fenced by Judge William B. Shep-
pard. were arraigned in the federal
court yesterday morning by order of
the judge for the purpose of having
thef sentences amended. In each
case the sentence was increased and
accompanied by a severe lecture.
The first of the men brought be-
fore the court was Henry Blackman.
convicted last week of selling iiouor
without license. At that time he was
sentenced to serve so days m the
Bay county Jail, but when arraiened
(Cnnfinnad nz pao-a Tl1 s
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
ROUNDING UP MEMBERS
OF /. w. w. IN OIL FIELDS

Kansas City, Nov. 20.-A roundup
of Industrial Workers of the World
IN Kansas oil fields is to be made i'm
mediately, Fred Robertson, the dis
trlct attorney today announced. More
than nifty were arrested in the But
ler county oil fields today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
BY HICKORY CAMP

A great membership drive will be
inaugurated this week by the mem
bers of Hickory Camp No. 21, and
team captains have already been ap-
pointed. J. L. Roberts is one captain.
and j. c. Mcconnell the other. Their
respective teams will be announced
tonight at the regular meeting of the
camp affected.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
TELEPHONE RATES AT
GAINESVILLE RAISED

Tallahassee, Nov. 20.-The Florida
commission today issued an order
granting increased telephone rates
which had been petitioned for by the
Gainesville Telephone Company. All
of the commissioners and their elec-
trical engineer, George B. Ames.
leave tonight for West Palm Beach
to her petition of the telephone COM
pany there to raise its rates.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
TALLAHASSEE HEARS OF
10 DEATHS AT CAMP

Tallahassee, Nov. 2O.-Ten deaths
have occurred in twenty four hours
at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ca, ac-
cording to telegram received at the
governors office here from reliable
source in Macon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
GIVEN NEW PREMIER

Raris, Nov. 20.-Chamber of depu-
ties this evening voted confidence to
George Clemenceau, the new promier,
by 418 to 65.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21

Continued On Page ThreeJ
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-11-21

Fair Wednesday and Thursday. gentle
to moderate west winds, becoming vari-
able.
Highest temperature yesterday, 81 de-
grees; lowest, 81 degrees.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-05
STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION MEET

Columbia, Oct. 1.-At the meeting OF
the state board Of education which
adjourned last night, scholarships IN
the various state colleges were award
ed. The lists OF these awards for
Clemson. winthrop and University
OF South Carolila and the Citadel
were published in this correspondence
several weeks ago, and the scholar
ship beneaciaries have already re-
ported for college work.
There was am appeal from Spartan
h"zg county in which the question
OF residence was involved. In June
a young man graduated from high
school in Greenville county. where he
and his parents and family lived.
Thereafter he moved to Spartanburs
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-05

ney Swami in New York; John Cunift,
William Jones and w. T. Jones, con-
nected with the New York police
force, were named in the writ.
Brings Hearing to End
arguments on whether Magistrate
Pitts should bind Means over to the
grand jury consumed all the morning
session OF the second day Of the pre-
liminary hearing and it had been an
nounced that all the attorneys rep
resenting Means would make argu
rnents for dismissal. Arguments be.
gan after It was announced the de-
feadant would not offer evidence. Two
of his attorneys had attacked the case
of the State, which closed late yes
terday. and Solicitor Clement had de-
tivered an argument for commitment
when lunchean hour intervened.
During the noon hour the writs
we're served demanding the seized
documents and reconvening OF court
brought the announcement that
Means would consent to be bound
over.
Attorneys for Means were expected
10 continue their efforts to get pos
session of the documents. None OF
them, however, would discuss what
action would be taken. E. T. Cansler
of Means counsel indicated m open
court that no habeas corpus pro-
proceedings would be started to get
Means out Of Jail.
Solicitor Clement. Attorney Gener-
al Manning and others went to Sails
bury tonight, where Solicitor Glenn
ent resides. All announced they had
no immediate plans in sight, pending
! grand jury action, which they could
make public at present.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-05
COLD WINTER CONING,
SAYS DUTCH PROPHET
Mach InelemeRt weather VIII PreFaa
With Excess Of Precipitation
Frest On October

'It is possibie now to make a. fore
cast OF winter temperature Snd
amount of precipitation for the per-
iod ending with the vernal equinox
OF 1913" said the Dutch Weather
Prophet Yesterday. "A cold winter Is
indicated with a great deal of incls-
maat weather which will begin 10
appear November 4;
The amount Of precipitation Will
make I'D the deficiency of about ten
inches which now exists and by April
/ 1918, have an excess on record.
"The forecast for killing frost on
October 7, Central date for the
Piedmont section is renewed here
with. This period will be preceded
bv an area of precipitation, follower
bv northwest winds. Severe fros'
NAV be expected south of parallel 81
on the above central date.
"It is scarcely possible with much
inc1ament weather indicated that the
winter will pass away without snow
lat least two snowfalls will occur
south and east of the Blue Ridge SINCE
the old-fashioned winter is now 10
prevail, aud when wintsssmyill not get
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-05

and had a guardian appointed, and
claimed residenc in Spartanbufg
county, This the state board disal--
lowed. The o.her appeals involved
financial ability to pay for the edu-
cation Of those seeking seaslarships
In each Instance the parties inter
ested will Re notified by the state,
board Of the decision.
The board discussed thoroughly the
distribution OF the state-adopted text
books, and expressed it's appreciation
Of the cooperation Of the repositories
and the publishers in getting the rew
books il the hands OF the public
THE unprecedented demand for
these books" said a member o; the
board, 'tis due in large measure to
their liberal use in Independent city
schools, which have the right Of IT,
dependent textbooks adoption. OF
course, the congestion OF railroads ia,
cities, because Of the war demands.
will no doubt cause frequent delays
In deliveries, but in no case will these
delays be day longer than 1eces-
sary."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-10-05

We know you are willing to give your
profits on wheat, provided all others
contribute taeir profits on their va
rious sources of income. Statistics,
however, do not show that the peopie
who are making the largest profits
under existing coalitions are conrtl-
buting their fair proportion to the
support Of the war, and in order TO
eoualize things it seems 70 me that II
they are going to take your wheat at
less than cost of production they
should so arrange as to make up the
difference to you by means of ade-
quate rebate collected from the more
favored interests.