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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-13
DISTRICT AGENT
TO MEET FARMERS

Farm Demonstration Agent E.
W. Jenkins arrived in the city yes
terdsy morning on tour of inspec-
ton and to attend the meeting at
Gonzalez 1t was originally intend
ed that he make a trip over the coun-
tv, but as many of the farmers frsm
every point in the county will attend
the meeting today, he will have the
same opportunity to see them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-13
STILL WORKING ON
REGISTRATION CARDS

Though it was thought Wednesday
night that work on the registration
cards was complete, much additional
work was done yesterday, but it IS
now believed that everything is in
readiness for the draft. The cards
will be Immediately sent to Wash
ington, and the lists posted for in
spection of the men who registered
for service on June 5.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-13
BRITISH AIRPLANES SEND
ENEMY CRAFT TO BOTTOM

London, July 21.-The British ad-
miralty announced in the course of
attacks on German positions in the
Gallipoli peninsula, a naval airplane
sank a tug, off Chanak.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-13
REASON OF CHANCELLOR'S
RESIGNATION is GIVEN

Berne, Switzerland, July ia
telegram from Berlin says the inter
vention of the crown prince has caus-
ed Chancellor Won Bethmann-Holl
veg to tender his resignation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-13
HAVOC WROUGHT BY
BRITISH NAVAL AIRPLANE

London, July PA British navsl
airplane last night raided military
objects in and near five town in
Flanders. Fires and explosions were
caused.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-13
T H E w AT II E R

Local thundershowers Friday and Sat
urday, except fair extreme south portion.
Gentle to moderate shifting winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, Go de-
arees; lowest, u degrees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-13

Continued on Page Three.)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Appeals Vanderbilt Case
Controller Wants Tax on Big
Contract by Titanic Victim

State Controller Travis has filed
notice Of appeal in the SurrogateS
Court from an order by Surrogate Co
halan exempting from the payment OF
transfer tax 100000 which Alfred
G. Vanderbilt left to his wife, MIS-
Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt, under
an ante-uuptial agreement. II is the
contention Of the Controller that John
!. Lvens. transfer tax appraiser, erred
i, tcGucting the 100000 from the
taxable property.
The ante-nuptial agreement was
made By Mr.. Vanderbilt IN 1911. ne
money or osher property that was 20
pass under it's terms was payable upon
his death. Mr.. Vanderbilt was one OF
the Lusitania victims. He lett an es-
tate appraised at sl6,769,3li. his eX -
ecutors contended in the transfer tAH
proceedings that when Dir. NanderDlit
made the agreement before MS mar
race he created a debt against ms
estate and that as such II was rot
taxable as a part Of his property APP,
praiser Lyons accepted this view ano
exempted The 100000, Surrogate Co.
halan sustaining this disposition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Miss F. L. Huston Married
Bride Is Daughter of Captain
Huston, Nov in France

Miss Florence Louise Huston, daugh-
ter OF Captain and Mrs. Tillinghas' ~
Huston. was married to Lleu'enan.
Oscar 7. Cartaya, L. S. R., at '; -
o'clock Yesterday afternoon IN rnc
chantry of 81. Thomss's Church. Inc
ceremony was performed by the hev.
DR.. Ernest NJ. Stres. In the absence
of CAPTAIN Huston. who is part owner
of the Yankees baseball team, now IN
France with the American engineers
and of Lieutenant Arthur 1. huston
T. s. A.. the brides only brother, she
was given away by her mother. Inerc
were no attendants and only relatives
and a few intimate friends we're pres
cnt al the ceremony. The BRIDE wore wore
a Gown OF silver and white net, tune
veil and carried a shower bouquet OF
li,ics-of- valley. ...
Mrs. Cartaya has been active IN war
rojisf work for some time. Lieutenant
Cartava. whose home is in Havana,
Cuba. served with the 7th Regimen at
tho border last year, leaving that or
canization FOR the Plattsourg tram
ing camp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Snow Ties Up Camp Mills
Westerners Admit East Can
Produce Real Storm

CAMP MILLS, Long Island. Dec. s.
Troops from the West encamped here,
who have up to now preserved a fine
attitude Of scorn toward al things IN
the "effete East" hastily revised their
opinions to-day and admitted that
the Atlantic Coast could produce. q
regular snowstorm when il SCI is mind
TO il.
All day to-day The bold sons Of the
West orouehed about their tent stoves,
wondering when the straining guy
ropes were going TO snap and leave
them unshcltered TO the blast. The
only time when most of them ventured
outside was when more wood was
needed for the stove.
Because Of the storm there was no
work. except the carrying Of wood from
the woodpiles, done in camp to-day.
Residents Of Hampstead, Mjneola and
Garden City opened their homes to the
soldiers in the evening. and the two
Y. NJ. c. A. buildings were also
crowded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
"Dekes" Welcome
Brothers in Service
Men in Khaki and Blue Guests
at Closing Session Of list
Convention

ASoldiers' and Sailors Night orouSht
the seven.y-frot annual convention oil
the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity 20
close here last night. Most OF the
men who filed the org banquet hall oil
the fraternity's clubhouse, in 80 west
Forty.fourth street, wore either. thc
khafi OF .he army or the blue OF the
navy. ,.,...,.
four-dsy convention vas in the nature
OF a general j0ilihcation. arranged lot
the benefit OF the fraternity members
woh are under the colors and are sta
toned at army posts and naval stations
adjacent 70 New York. There were
songs 70 the music Of band from tne
BROOKLYN Navy Yard and motion pei
ures OF military and naval activities
s.nt 10 this city for exhibition At the
"peke" convention by George Sreel,
chairman of the Committee on fuolIc
Information. eL.~t
There were 10 formal speeches: snort
addresses we're made oy Captain
charles l.. Adams, n. S. v. (retirea) )
frank L. Howard, newly elected sec
retary Of State in TeXas, and Tracy u
Drawe, owner OF the Hotel Blackstone
Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Would Make Harvard
A Military College
Professor Suggests Admitting
l6-Year-Old Students With
out Examination

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Dec. Sin a
statement this morning Professor Rob
ert u. Johnston, OF Harvard, chairman
OF the military committee, expressed
his belief that that university should
change its policy II the draft age is
lowered 20 nineteen. and conduct a mil
i.ary college, admitting youths OF six
teen who are physically g.. His state
meut. which appears in The Harvard
Crimson" - In part n follows;
ar the draft age were lowered to
nineteen IL SCENES highly probable that
Harvard would bee overtasen by me
same sort or Gi.uatiOn as that Whlcn
mas developed during these last three
years at oxford and Cambridge. ! have
been told that az oxford at the present
moment there are no more than lZO
UNDERGRADUATE; The situation at Cam
bridge being approximately the same.
The dorE. or, $40 we should .ay, the rae
ulty. have bad their incomes from oil
sources reduced at least one-haf or
two-thirds in most cases.
~ believe that a. the very first synp-
toms OF such q situation arising, the
corporation and faculty should "a &c
radical measures measures % safe
guard the university. ard at the same
lime 20 help the country. | think that
there migat be formed a military col
.cce with q three year-courge On the
same general lines as West Point.
would admit boys Of tho. age vi six
teea, physically #. without examina-
tior. merely dropping them on their
failing 20 maintain 4 proper standard
in thpi- studics.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Serbian War Mission
Due Here in 2 Weeks
Party Made Up of Five Men
Prominent in Scrbia's War
Activities
[NInfN orrcs pordencel

WASHINGTON. Dee. e. The Serbian
War Mission ~ expected 10 arrive in
Washington within two weeks The
members are Or. Milcnko Z. Ncsniteh,
president. Professor Sima Lozanitch,
General Michailo Raish.'ch. the Rev.
Nlkolai VcImireyisch ani Lieutenant
Colonel NcaadoyiJcn. aiGo-de-eamp 10
General Rashitch.
Or Vesnitch was president Of the
Serbian mission 10 Paris and formerly
professor OF international law IN the
University OF Belgrade. lie Is an au-
thority on diplomatic history. q mem
Der Of the instItgt dc France and OF
many other literary and scientific so
cieties. Recently he accompanied Gen
eral Rnshitch on visit 10 General
Pershing's headquarters in France. Or.
Vcsnitcn'5 vile is an American woman.
formerly Mrs Blanche Ullmsn, OF New
York.
Professor fozantch was formerly
Serbian Foreign Minister. ard he has
also served a. Minister 20 Great Brit
ain. He Is president Of the commits
sion for Che rcconstyuction OF Serbia
and head OF \ commission IN Paris for
assisting Serbian prisoners OF war and
Serbs in Serbia. His daughter, Miss
Helen Lozanitch. has been in the
United States more than two years,
being associated prominently With
Serbian relief work IN this country,
where she is well known on the Lecture.
platform. she is honorary secretary OF
the Serbian Rel inf Committee IN New
York.
r..-f p.-lt.~r .-.- ror,,arI,- "a.
commander OF the celebrated Com
binod Division" and a, the time Of the
FIRST invasion OF Serbian territory by
The AgstriaHs, in 1919, Il was chiefly
the lighting Of General Rashiteh's
troops tina. won for Serbia the splen-
did victory OF Monte TIER. He COM
manded chiefly regiments composed OF
Jugoslav subjects OF Austria-uunGS -
biar army. General Rashitch some time
ago inspected in France Jugoslay
troops from the United States who vol
unteercd In this country 20 hght in the
Serbian army.
DR.. Velimireyiteh is professor OF
theology. and is widely known as a
powerful preacher, philosopher and
writer. he has spent the last two years
in London, and has occupied the pull
pits OF Westminster Abbey and OF st.
Paul's Cathedral. He is the delegate OF
the Serbian Red Cross Society
Lieutenant Colonel Nenadoyitch IS 4
cousin Of King Peter. He was aide
de-camD 70 tho Serbian Crown Prince
At the commencement OF the war, but
left this post 70 engage in active ser
vice at Tie front. lie was severely
wounded in battle. For some time he
had been military attache TO the Ser
bian Legation in Switzerland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Drafted Austrians
Barred at Yaphank
Director McCook Gets Or
der TO Hold Men From
Entraining

DO not cntrain Austrian citizens or
Austrian declarants." was thc order
flashed yesterday morning to Philip J.
NcCook, draft director here. as a result
Of the declaration OF war on Austria
Hungary. Provost Marshal General
Crowder tclcGrsphed the instructions
80 Adjutant General Sheriff., who for
vardcd ,he order from Albany by long
distance telephone. IL was ono OF the
rst acts Of the government following
The Formally o, a recognition Of a
tate of war with the Dual Monarchy.
Among the 1852 selected men who
we're ordered 10 leave for Camp Upton
re erday we're twenty Austrians. from
boards 60 -, in Tic Bronx. The men
affected by the new oder were about
go Cutr2in for camp. when representa-
.ivcs o. Mr.. NcCoos arrived TO tell
them not 20 90 20 Naphank, but TO re-
NAN ia the city and report TO their
local boards within rOrty-CiGnt hours
for further Instruction..
NE icCO0k received no additional
information regarding the status Of the
Austrian nationals. he said. Draft Off
Gals specialized whether the new order
was an indication tina, the 1000 Aus
trian dcciaranis from This city who
have already been inducted into the
National Army would be discharged.
The Austrian dcclars1ts who were 20
be modified yesterday automatically
became enemy aliens, and therefore in
eligible for service in the army, as soon
as war was declared.
The final party of the fifth contin-
gent Of the first draft will be in camp
this afternoon. when approximately
.7O5 arrive from this city. By that
time only 10 pcr cent OF the city's con-
tribution TO the first increment Of the
National Army will be awaiting orders
for mobilization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Engineer Students
Can Enlist and Study
Technical Reserve Corps To
Be Formed, Consisting CT
Men in Schools
[.Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON. Dec. Strengthening
students, by enIisting in the Engineers
Reserve Corps of the army, will be per-
mitted TO continue their studies in
technical institutions in the United
States, under ruling made to-day by
the War Department, unless the emer-
gency for men reaches bounds not ex-
pected now by the department.
Secretary Of War Baker approved to-
day ruling made by Provost Marshal
General Crowder placing engineer stu
dents who enlist in the fifth or last
class of draft subjects who will be
called. The ruling was made at the
request Of the Council of the Amer
lean Society of Mechanical Engineers,
who asked for outright exemption Of
5000 students in III engineer schools.
To benefit under this ruling the stu
dents of draft age must be certified TO
the Engineering Corps Of the army by
presidents Of schools. General Black,
chief OF engineers, will register the
men in the Engineers Enlisted Reserve
Corps, subject to call upon graduation
or sooner II the national emergency de-
mandg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
U.S.Labor Department
Aid Assails Burleson
Assistant Secretary's Editorial
Accuses Postomce Head OF
"Union Batting"

A editorial printed in this weeks
issue Of "The Public weekly maya
inc founded BY Louis +. Post. now as,
sistant Secretary Of Labor. is reprinted
b,, "The New York Call" under the
heading: "Burleson Must Stop Union
Rating Policy or Resign, Is Hint IN
PnbIie" TIE editorial, which ne
cali declares makes the Postmaster
General the target OF severe criticism.
- foundel on a reported refusal OF
Mr. Burl,son 70 receive representa-
t;ves of tho postal employees and con-
sult with them on the matter OF H.
creased pay. .sol,,tioD
-ossed ~ the recent meeting OF tle
.,nsrican Federation Of Labor at But
colo which instructed the executive
s s", IN cooperate with the repre-
con,otivas of the affiliated postal en-
,,Ioves' organizations in aiding them 10
49, their grievances direct to Presl-
49, Wilson. IL points out that TINS
i;.mstion mas arisen through the re-
s,eai nj Mr.. Burleson to receive dele
e,a.ion from the postal employees,
"The Departments policy says the
.a;.oriel '',vas indefensiole enough
iuring ordinary times. To-day, wnen
,h ", President end Departments OF
Va and NAVY are insisting upon the
c " spirit ard method IN Pri-
vste industry al first aids for winning
- var. it Is impossible.
For Mr.. Burleson to eyyade .he ., "a
,.rnative 60 clearly offered him would
Ss 20 bring major war policy Of the
s 30 ~ into contempt and ridicule
among mon all too oath to accept H. ~,
sr were T. supported TO the full by
Government example.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Red Cross Aims to Add
Ten Million to Roll
Taft and Dawson to Open
Membership Drive Here
December 16

The campaign o. the American KsH
Cross for 100000 additional mem
bers will start oficially next Sunday
night, December rs. The first step IN
the drive will bo n mass meeting. held
at the Hippodromo. a. which the pfln,,
cipal speakers will be William Howard
Tsft and Hsnf. p. DAWSON.
Every Red Cross chapter IN tn:
United states will take an active par
in the membership campaign. Thou
sand. Of workers have been enlisted az
members Of teams and As attendants ~
Red Cross booths, which will sSpea. IN
myriad numbers all over the eountir w
The present plans call FOR OF east o'uoV
booths in New York County alone.
The committee planning Tor tne olg
drive has set 500, 900 as the minimum
Of new members to be recruited IN !ne
New York district alone. As one OF vac
features Of che mass meetins, Johh PIE
Corrdack has volunteered TO sing sew
ersi numbers, and the orchestra mas
added It's services.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
DR.. A. D. Melvin
Chief of u. S. Bureau Of Ami.
NAL Industry Dies

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Dr. A. d.
Melvin, chief OF tho Bureau of Animal
Industry and well known to the eoun-
try rs the governments foremost fig
ure in combating foot and mouth dis
ease and other diseases of cattle, died
at his home here last night OF pull
monary hemorrhage. He was fifty
FIVE years old.
Dr. Melvin's name WAS known 10
stock raisers. farmers. merchants and
others the country over. His death
was sudden, but not unexpected. lie
had been i'll three years, but had
worked at his desk until Thursday. A
widow, q son and daughter survive
him.
Although ne was best known TO the
country as head Of the Federal forces
stamping out foot and mouth disease,
Dr.. Melvin's services in the Depart
ment Of Agriculture we're marked by
the total stamping out of the pleuro-
pneumonia plague in cattle, and the
eradication of the fever tick in 81 per
cent of the Southern country quaran-
tines againss the scourge in 1906. He
was a foremost advocate of the present
meat inspection laws. His native state
was Illinois, and he had been in the
government service since 1885.
Dr.. John x. Mohler, his assistant, is
now acting chief Of the bureau.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09

French children visiting OR working at
thc bazaar could not DC persuaded TO
leave the theatre once they were in
side. for they said Punch was as funny
as The American Charlie Chaplin. In
The evening thirty Alsatians appeared
for the first time at this theatre and
gave songs and dance, Of Alsace -Lor-
yallc.
To Auction Prize Dog
Pickles. The prize Belgian grifon
donated by Mrs. r. S,uyycsant Pierre
port, Will be auc,ioncd of 40 @ o'clock
tomorrow evening, and The proceeds
viii be added TO The Tl.oloy fund. This
fund is for the entire reconstruction o.
-nc v.llaQo Of Tiuoloy. which is in tho
most devastated region OF the French
war zone. Although Pickles only weighs
thrce pounds, 10 Is expected that "thc
biz she does for Franco viii not be q
small one The auction viii, bc iu the
lilloloy booth, on The second floor.
Tomorrow is Syrian and Armenian
pav and also Mecca Temple Day. Sew
oral hundred Sdsiuers and their fame
iiies, headed by lliu,,r.oGs Potcntatc
Cyprian Hunt, will attend, accompanied
by the Mecca Temple Band and Arab
Patrol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Crack Rifle Shots
AT Camp Upton
Non.Commissioned Officers
Show Remarkable Skill
for Novices
LSpnc.nl Corrcspondencel

CAMP UPTON, l.. l., Dee. e.--lt has
,akcn less than one week to establish
The fact that Camp Upton's non-com-
missioned officers, at least LOO Of
them. a.e hard shooting lot OF men.
This great cantonment gave a li.tle
housewarming on it's new 200-tsrget
rife range during the last few days
and more than 10000 steel bullets
went crashing through the targets
with such effect that The general aver
age will be found to have been at least
20 per cent.
From the range officer. Major Vail
liant. 20 the powers in headquarters on
.he hill. everybody was delighted snd
hopeful because mon who hsd in most
instances never handled a riae beforo
1ad been able 70 pepper the targets
80 the rate OF ten shots a minute with
degree OF accuracy that indicates
What form OF instruction the non
CONS viii be able to give the mon
undor them.
The Arst dag out. which was Mon
day, sergeant o. the 307th Infantry.
novice with a rifle, made 40 out o.
80 shots on the i00-yGrd range, 40 out
OF 80 et 200 yards and 43 out OF 50 at
800 yards. Until the company cen
mRnGerc make up their reports and
they are compiled the exact general
average will not be known. hut OBJ
servers declare that the shooting vas
npnatsa1 10 ortya Me
The quick-hring practice was Grst
rated at ten shots minute. but The
time was heightened half minute when
it was found the mechanism Of me Lee
Enfield rifles bothered men unused 20
them.
"A Day at Camp Upton" will be given
by selected company Of $50 men OF
the 3O5th Infantry at the Hippod-o,ne
this afternoon and evening. Camp lie
will be shown from the arrival OF the
new recruit from the city 10 the hour
OF taps after busy day OF military
activity. Lieutenants James z. Schuy-
Ter, Otto Brandt and Benjamin SchIy-
Ter are in charge OF the show and Lieu
tenant James Loughborough Is business
manager. The proceeds Will go toward
building a big regimentsl auditorium
and drill shed capable Of seating the
entire command Of 1900 men. Il will
cost about $4,000.
The division football championship
was won to-day by the 306th Infantry
eleven in a deciding match with the
302d Engineers. The score Was Z 10 0
and the game was played in binding
snowstorm.
The Rev. William P. Manning. rector
OF Trinity parish. has arrived here to
act as chaplain of the 302d Engineers:
lie will conduct Sunday services and
cooperate with the Y. N. c. A. in o,her
work not yet arranged for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Xmas Burroughs Asked
Ten Days Leave for New Eng
land Troops Requested

WASHINGTON, Dec. s. Tea-dsy
Christmas furloughs Cor Now England
troops in southern training camps were
proposed 30 the War Department to-
day by Representative Tilson, OF Con-
necticut.
10 has been necessary 20 transfer
some 5000 o i,he Now England drafted
rer from Camp Devens. Mass. 20 gu
~ the Southern divisions. The usual
weekend furloughs would do the men
no good.
Should the proposal be approved, the
same policY probably would bc OK
ended 20 other drafted men far from
home. II appeared possible, however.
that the numbers Of men involved
would be- 80 great as TO forbid The
adoption or such a policy FOR lack %
transportation, and also because Of the
delay IN the trimming Of the troops
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Grain Ships Delay
Costs Swiss $50, coo

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. Tt, Swiss
government has paid oat more Cham
$4,000 dcrurragc charges on ono yce-
cl which Ras been q, an Atlantic port
81. nee lhe latter part Of September wait
ing cargo purchased prior TO The char
,cr.rE Of tie ship, E. was learned TO-
day.
che dcmurragc charges arc $500 .
day.
iu September Che Swiss Legation OBJ
tiincd permit 20 slip cargo of grain.
TIE wheat was purchased IN Chicago
ANA ordered TO am Atlantic port. The
delivery has just been made and the
grain is now being loaded. The congcs-
tioG az the port was said to-day 20 be
90 great that goods for shipment abroad
could not get within two miles Of the
harbor.
The instance Of the Swiss chartered
vessel was declared 10 be only. ono Of
many.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-09
Miss Kathryn Motley Bride
OF Lieutenant II. K. Sawyer

Miss Kathryn Motley, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. ". Harry Motley, Of
Morristown, y. j.. and New York, was
married yesterday afternoon in the
chantry OF st. Thomas's Church to
Lieutenant Homer Eugene Sawyer, jr.,
L. s. T.. Of Camp Upton. The cere-
mony was performed b. the Rev. DR..
Ernest VI. Stires, and a reception fol-
lowed in the Metropolitan Club Annex.
Lieutenant. Archer Hartman. L. ). r.,
vas best men. and the ushers were
". Averell Hartman, Frederick II.
Thomas. Morton Whitman and Leonard
c. Hanna, jr.