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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
FEAR OF R. R. STRIKE
SENDS TOURISTS HOME

A general exodus of tourists from
Pensacola is resulting from threats
of a railroad strike to be called on
March IT, and hundreds of the win
ter visitors are leaving daily, to get
safely home before transportation is
tied up.
kilograms received yesterday indi-
cate that the situation is growing Sc
rious, and relatives in the north are
urging visitors to return home before
the strike is called.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
Eradication Work Here Disappoints
DR.. Niohbert; Santa Rosa Is
Going After the Tick

DR.. E. NJ. Nighbert, inspector in
charge of tick eradication work in
Florida for the United States bureau
of animal industry, arrived in the
city last night after a four dayE
automobile trip with DR.. J. V. Knapp,
through Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and
Escambia counties, where they met a
large number of cattle owners and
business men.
Commenting upon the progress of
the tick eradication work in this sec
ton of the state, DIR. NigIlbert said:
"The sentiment of the people we
met is very strong for pushing the
work to early completion. Over in
Santa Rosa county the county funds
are now available for this work and
the first vat is being built this week
on the farm of l. C. Helm, who was
opposed to the tick eradication cam
paign until he went to Kentucky last
fall as member of The Pensacola
Journal party and say the fine stock
which is being raised in tick-free ter
ritory. He came home and began
to work for tick eradication, and is
getting the first county vat. There
is a demand for more watts in that
county than the force of men can get
in for several weeks, and at confer
ence with a few of the large cattle
owners on Tuesday, inquiries were
made of me if it would be possible
for private enterprise to furnish the
necessary money to put in all the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15

watts required. in the next two
months, and start systematic dipping
of cattle at that time so they can be
released from quarantine this com
ing December. The plan is possible,
but the finances will have to be fur
nished at once if that plan is carried
out.
The vat construction work in Es-
Gambia county should have been
finished before this, and systematic
dipping begun the first of this month.
l am not at all satisfied with the
progress of the work in this county.
as the sentiment of the cattle own
ers is very favorable to the work and
the federal government has maintain
ed DR., Knapp here for nearly a year
to supervise the work, but he could
not put in watts without material and
the county funds have not been suffi-
cient to carry this work to compile
ton.
81 expect to remain in this county
for a day or two longer to see if the
work cannot be finished up at once, so
that the cattle owners can get relief
from the present quarantine restric-
tions which are burdensonle to them.
Tick infestation also prevents the
owners from bringing in susceptible
cattle to improve their present herds,
so the cattle industry in this county
is not making progress under the ex-
listing conditions as otherwise would
after completion of this work"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
4. R. CHIEFS
PLAN To
STRIKE
Calls for Basic 8-Hour
Day and Pro Rata
Overtime.
PATRIOTIC APPEAL
BY EMPLOYERS
But Employees Say This
Befogs Issue-Strike If
Demands Aren't Met.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York, March 14.-W. G. Lee,
head of the trainmen's organization,
announced today a modified PROPOSE
ton for the settlement of the eight
hour controversy will be presented
railroad managers at joint meeting
tomorrow. Lee would not disclose
the new proposition, and declared it
will have the backing of all the rail-
way employees. He declared the train
men were not parties to the agree
ment between the railroads and the
government which provided that
nothing will be done until the su-
preme court rules on the Adamson
law, and that trainmen will go ahead
with their plans as though there
were no supreme court.
Lee later said demands were made
on the modified demands of last De
cember, which called for a drastic
eight-hour day and prorata of pay
for overtime. The national confer
ence committee of railways issued an
appeal to the patriotism of the
brotherhoods to refrain from any
crash movement, which may cause an
industrial strike during the present
international crisis" ----
The railways conference commit
tee statement added that the serious
international situation causes every
good citizen to put every thought of
personal right or desire second to
duty to the country. Surely this is
no time for an industrial warfare
The reported shortage of food and
the generally congested traffic OF
the country bring forcefully to mind
what may happen in the event of a
stoppage of railroads of the country.
There are additional indications, how
ever, that the brotherhoods are de-
termined to call strike unless the
demands are granted. Brotherhood
chiefs issued reply to the railroads
appeal, saying responsibility for the
strike must rest on the railroads
should it occur, and that sit is toe
late for them to pose as patriots
hoping thereby to defeat the just con-
tentions of their employees"
Lee added that the demands to be
presented tomorrow will be virtually
what the Adamson law will grant il
it is put in force. and the brother
hoods have no intentions of going
hack tn the official demands.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
CONVICT MINISTER
OF BURNING FLAG
By ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York, March 14.-Bouck
White, pastor of the Church of the
Social Revolution, and two members
of his congregation, were convicted
by a jury early Thursday morning
of having desecrated the American
flag which they burned in a melting
pot" in the back yard of the church.
Eight other defendants were acquitted
of the same charge. The jury recon-
mended clemency for those convicted.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
SMITH
breaches On
REPENTANCE
Stirring Discourse Heard
With Interes> in Large
Tabernacle.
CHILDRENS CHOIR
HEARD SATURDAY
Church Members Again
Played for Their Inat-
tention to Duty.
GYPSY'S EPIGRAMS.

Sin is not of the cuticle. it is
of the bone.
1t is easier to commend than
to eXpostulate.
1t makes men angry.
We count heads and not
hearts.
Church membership is too
easy.
Christ never made it easy.
If it is only a step, it is a
long big step.
1t is a warfare every day.
Repentance a great doctrine
of the Bible. The last of John
the first Of Jesus.
More sweeping, not so much
weeping.
Don't bank on the eleventh
hour.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15

To a crowd which comfortably fill
ed the tabernacle last night Gypsy
Smith preached a stirring sermon on
Repentance" At the close of the
sermon request was made that all
ministers, both city and country,
meet for conference on important
matters in the tabernacle, and it is
understood an announcement of much
interest will be made as a result of
the conference.
The evangelist and Prof. Cole sang
"He Lifteth Ne" with much feeling
last night, and the large congrega-
ton was sorry when but two verses
were rendered.
DR.. Slaughter, of the First Metho-
dist Church, offered the prayer last
night in a feeling manner, and the
singing was up to the usual standard.
The prayer meeting of yesterday
afternoon was attended by the usual
crowd, the majority present being
ladies'. A fine service was conduct
ed by the evangelist.
Prof. Cole stated that the choir OF
young people would probably be
heard next Saturday. One hundred
and fifty children attended the or
ganization of the children's choir
yesterday at the First Methodist
Church, and Prof. Cole was enthus-
iastic over prospects.
The Sermon.
Taking his text from the first
chapter of ST. Mark, Repent We and
believe the Gospel" he said:
Repentance is the doctrine that we
preachers talk so much about, /
kno wyou don't like to hear it. You
like for US to talk about the love of
God. You've heard us talk so much
about the love of God that you are
lovesick. But repentance is urged
and taught sixty times in the New
Testament Every epistle, every
letter, is written with the view of
telling US and urging US to repent.
Listen to me. Repentance is the
most unpopular doctrine in the Bible.
Every time you hear a sermon on
repentance you hear twenty or thir
| ty on the love of God. But John
the Baptist preached repentance, He
didn't tell Herod of the love of God;
he told him it was unlawful for him
| to have that other mans wife beside
him. If John the Baptist had preach
ed the love of God, Herod wouldn't
| have turned the key on him, and he
wouldn't have beheaded him.
''This ought to be really preached
first; repentance first and then
comes conversion. 1t is the most
fundamental doctrine in al the plan
of salvation.
''The great Jonathan Edwards
Numbered on sin and urged repent
ance. He fought against sin all his
days, and thus he powerfully influ-
enced the New England Of his day.
Dwight L. Moody inclined to the
teaching of love and grace. He had
no harsh words in his sermons
against sinners, but rather showed
the graciousness of an onlnipotent
Father.
"Billy Sundays doctrine is that sin
is real, like disease Of the cuticle.
Yes, it goes into the very blood and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
China's Break Important.


Washington, March 1.-THE i'm
mediate effect of China's severance
of relations with Germany, which is
announced today, will probably be
the greatly increased output of NUM-
tons for Russia, as CHINA is Japan's
source of iron and has provided much
of the raw material on which Japan's
immense munition trade was built up.
China also possesses large arsenals
and mines. and has tremendous man
power. She has already sent one
hundred thousand coolies to France
and Russia, and can increase these
laborers almost without limit. The
severance is also expected to have a
far-reaching effect. as it lines China
up with Japan and the other entente
powers. which may result in prevent
ing Germany from renewing her
great trade with China after the war.
All German merchant ships in
Shanghai, about six in number. have
been seized and their crews placed on
shore under guard. Armed guards
are placed on the vessels.
China's severance of relations has
been expected here for weeks. The
action of the United States in break
ing relations was received with ac-
claim by Chinese officials and press.
Feeling against Germany has run
high, not only because scores of Chin
csc on the way to Europe have been
killed in German submarine opera
tons, but because of the kaiser's or
der to his Boxer punitive force to
make the word German dreaded in
China for a century, and the seizure
by Germany of the whole province
of Chanting for the murder of two
missionaries.
Seizure of the German ships may
be taken by Germany as an act of
war, as in the case of Portugal.
China's action may be followed by
seizure of German property in China
which is very extensive.
Vessel and Cargo Worth $1,7OO,O
New York, March 1.-THE Ameri-
can steamship Algonquin, with ten
Americans aboard, was sunk by a
German submarine on March II with
loss of vessel and cargo. valued at
$1,700,000. A cable message receiv-
ed here today by her owners, the
American Star line and dispatches
from London told of the apparent
safety of all the officers and crew.
twenty-seven of whom have been
landed.
The message said the vessel was
torpedoed but did not indicate where
she was at the time. According to a
consular report from Plymouth, Eng,
the Algonquin's captain stated his
ship was sunk by she'll fire without
warning.
The Algonquin sailed from New
York on February 20 with foodstuffs.
Her destination was London. She
was one of the first American ships
to leave the United States after Ger
many established her submarine
blockade.
Formerly Canadian-owned boat
under British registry, the Algonquin
was transferred to the American flag
last December when she was pur-
chased by the American Star line
While under Canadian ownership she
was engaged in trade between New
York and ST. John, N. B
The Algonquin a freighter, was
one of the first American vessels to
sail from the United States after
Germany announced her submarine
campaign of unrestricted warfare.
She carried about 1000 tons o!
fContinnad On Pnro civ,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT'S
DEATH is ANNOUNCED

London, March 1.-THE death of
the duchess of Connaught is an
nounced. The duchess of Conuaught
was born in 1860. She was the daugh-
ter of Prince Frederick Charles, of
Prussia, And married the H1SN son
of QGaS- %s.toria-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
FRENCH MINISTER OF
WAR RESIGNS OFFICE

Paris, March IA General Lyau-
tey, French minister of war, has re-
signed because of incidents in the
chamber of deputies.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
ship CONTRACTS Be
GIVEN BY DEPARTMENT
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, March 1.-THE navy
is preparing to assign to American
shipbuilders such portions of the
great building program authorized
by congress as each plant is best
fitted to handle without delay. Full
information regarding the present
capacity and possible extensions of
the plans will be furnished
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
Railroad Men Tired Waiting.

New York March 14.-While the
national chiefs of the four railroad
employees brotherhoods were discus
sing with the eastern brotherhood Of
Gals here today the plans for the
threatened nation wide railroad
strike which may begin Saturday,
representatives of the railway man
ayers made public what they declared
a promise not to strike made by the
brotherhood heads in secret meeting
in Chicago January Is. They quoted
from the text of the statement a pas
sage saying:
mo radical action would be taken
until the decision of the supreme
court has been handed down in con-
nection with the eight-hour law"
w. G. Lee, president of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, was ask
ed about this, statement after the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
Algonquin Was Shelled, But
Ten Americans Aboard
Are Saved.
CHINA GEIZES
GERMAN SHIPS
Break Means Big Increase
in Munitions Supply
for Allies.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, March 14.-The
state department was advised
this afternoon of the torpedo
ing without warning of the
British steamer East Point,
bound from London to Phila-
delphia. Two Americans were
in the crew. All on board were
saved.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
LABORI, NOTED FRENCH
LAWYER, IS DEA

Paris, March 14.-Fernand Labor,
who was attorney for Captain Drey-
fuss, died today, aged 81.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair Thursday. slightly colder; Friday,
aar. gentle shifting winds, mostly east
and southeast
Yesterdays temperature: Highest, "a
degrees; lowest, 81 degrees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15

"Our country! In her intercourse
with foreign nations, may she always
be in the right; but our country,
right or wrong
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-03-15

Continued on Page six.)
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-31
WHAT THE LAWYERS DID

Those who have no interes, in Tie
new questionable have no idea aHoIt
the amount Of work which~is required
of those who have to assist the regis
trants in making them out. 1t was
a more than ordinary undertaking fo1
the members of the local bar and
they are at work with great zeal.
helping the young men file their pa
pers properly and within the proper
time
Judge L. v Whipple as chairman
of the legal board for the senatorial
district has done a great amount of
work The lawyers and lay citizens
appointed to help have done their
work unflinchingly and thus made it
comparatively easy for the local ex-
emption doard.
But there has been work for every
body. The questionable has required
a great deal of time 1t is one of
the hardest tasks yet imposed by
the war department and to volunteer
services for the completion Of this
work means more than just a passing
pledge. The local bar is sticking to
it with considerable faithfulness and
as a result the QUESTIONABLE in Crisp
will soon be back in the hands of the
board.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-31
NEGLEcT!NG A DUTY

Citizens of Crisp county are begin
mig to need the services of their farm
demonstration. They will certainly
need the services of their home demon
stration agent by the time she gets
here and acquainted with her field
ana yet the county has no one III
sight. Crisp lost the best agents in
this section Of the state when Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Johnson left US. They
have been gone since November.
1t is the duty of the state depart
ment to look after this work of sup
plying the new employees for Crisp
and they should have given us 1he new
appointees before now. Our county
commissioners are the only public
officials who can do anything with
he-lnattcr CT supplying the vacancies.
We ought to have the place filed and
that without delay
The live agent has so much to dc
that it will take some time for him
to become useful The new food
crops, the new increase in meat pro
ducing, the larger canning interests
all these are too important to be left
to drift and unattended to- We only
do what we are urged and encouraged
to do in the way Of advancement and
progress in the new farming methods.
We are so prone to follow one way,
and that the way that has been fol
lowed for generations, that the demon
stration agent who comes in and takes
hold with good faith is a busy man
all the time, in season and out.
This county needs its demonstra-
ton agent badly. His services are
far too important for his place to r.
main longer untitled. He ought to
be a man willing to take mold and
do the missionary work it always takes
70 move us from the old way into a
better method Of doing things. We
need a man capable of getting results,
We need one with faith in his calling
and a knowledge of the work which
he is called upon to do. Those who
will have to do with selecting and send
ing us a man will miss it far if they
stop to presume for once tina. anything
less than a good man will meet the
needs. But let us have our farm
demonstration without further delay
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-31
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY
A cREoITABLE SHOWING

Those who took charge of the Red
Cross Christmas drive and pushed it
to a successful conclusion deserve
hearty commendation and appreciation
OF those who have pride in the record
that the community mahes in such
movements. Crisp county Chapter
was assessed for one thousand mem.
bers in the new drive. They came
within the weeks time and every mem
Der of the organization have cause to
feel happy at the systematic response
that was given by the whole COMMIT
nifty and the county
Theis is not just a special occasion
on which we did more than our part
quickly and with dispatch. Often we
have opportunity to say just this
much of the good work that has been
done on one or another campaign
But the Red Cross effort was a rather
large one since it was a second call
The work was done, however, and
done without delay.
The people who have charge of the
Red Cross work in Crisp county ought
to be commended for their faithfulness
and their consistency, This includes
many a good woman who has worked
long and hard in order to make the
Red Cross mean something here, II
likewise includes the services of a
number of good men There has
been much work to do There will
still be more to do, for just so long
as our armies are on the battle front.
that long will we be required to work
at home to aid through the Red Cross.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-31
SENATOR REEDS BAD MANNERS

SENATOR REEDS BAD MANNERS
Philadelphia Ledger:
Senator Reeds insulting treatment
,of Mr.. Hoover is exactly what might
have been expected, His opposition
o the legislation which created the
feed administration was pronounced.
He accompanied it by bitter personal
attacks upon Mr. Hoover, aspersing
his motives and deriding T.. revious
achievements Now he stoops to the
petty malice Of ignoring him when he
makes a perfectly proper request.
There was every reason why Mr.. Hoo
yer should be heard by the ST INIT
tee CT the Senate Committee on A12nu-
facturers which is Investigating the
sugar shortage. Mr.. Spreckles had
made accusations which Mr.. Hoover
naturally wished to refute. But Sena-
tor Reed would not even acknowledge
that Mr. Hoover was in the room. He
would not even permit the counsel for
The food administration to ask Mr..
Spreckles questions. Such behav-
or as this cannot block the investga
ticn, of course, nor can it injure Mr.
Hoover. Senator Reed himself will
be the chief sufferer from it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-31
GREATER MEAT SUPPLY
Fuel Administrator

Few people knew that the tick
quarantine laws have heretofore kept
large numbers Of cattle from the South
American countries 'out of the pack
ing centers of the United States where
they could have been used for meat.
But there are emergencies now thai
have caused the government here to
take notice and within very short
time this country will be feeling the
great imports Of beef from the coun-
tries to the south.
To increase the meat supply Of the
country bars have been lowered for
the Importation of cattle from the tick
infested Central and South Ameri-
can countries.
Such animals must beslaughtered
Immediately at ports of entry. For
the protection of domestic cattle and
to make sure that only wholesome
meat shall be produced from this
source, regulations governing the i'm
portations are very strict.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-12-31
TRUE SITUATION.
Mr.. Editor;

Mr. Editor:
AS Cordele's Fuel Committeeman
please allow me space to offer q few
suggestions to our citizens as rega 4
)ur duty towards cooperating and hclo
ing to economize and defray our coun
try's ever increasing expense.
SO far as fuel is concerned we SoItI
Georgians are fortunate, while we have
sacrificed ana WASTED for the last sew
eral years 1nuch timber and wood, but
We yet have enough to keep us warm
or sometime if conserved and kept
rom waste We should have laws tC
make it misdemeanor to destroy
God and fuel while so many are going
hungry and cold. While we may be {
little Inconvenience we are independ
ant TO the coal mines by having pine
wood.
Let's get together and organize &
stock company and buy up all waist
wood from our farmer friends anC
store for our comforts and to supply
he poor and less fortunate brother
without prodD to the company save
running expenses. Let's encourage
our country brother to quit burning
and destroying wood in the field
Crisp county and Cordele people can
always be depended upon to do the
loyal patriotic thing.
We wish to congratulate our bust
ness men and citizens for their OBJ
servance of the rules and regulations
concerning cutting Off all useless burn
ing of electric lights, in signs and
show windows and we troust they will
observe the lightless nights. Thursday
and Sunday nights. all lights (eXcept
essential for safety and strict bust
ness) should be cut off.
Our country is at war" and we who
fortunate enought to remain al home
with our loved ones and all comforts
are being appealed to now to eoono-
mi2e, help grow and conserve food,
fuel, etc, to help pay our staggering
and every growing debt. and to help
feed the hungry and cold world. We
should heed their appeal before we
are compelled and forced to sacrifice.
We congratulate our Mayor and Al.
dermen for their generous and patgi1,
ic step by laying in surplus stock OF
wood where the poor and less tortu
nate can get temporary relief Al
this shows sympathetic hearts ana pa
triotic motives 10 help cur govern
ment, and prevents the reober au-
CRATER from holding up his neishbar