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The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01
JACK THE RIPPER NATION.

ctanuS-lnfected court plaster has been
discovered by chemical experts OF the de
p2rtment OF JUSTICE Absolute proof OF its
origin is wanting, hut Germanv's record Of
poisoned wells, bacteria-Iaden candy. arti-
tc;ally induced cp;dcmics OF stock diseases.
ard plots against ncutraIs suggests con-
fTmatiOn of the suspicion that this is but
another form Of the frighttulness in which
she glories.
Attorncy-General Gregorv's advice to
buy court plaster only in reliable Places.
and to Shun the curbstone vendor. should
be made a general caution With small
t'st tube of bacilli cultures, the chemical
criminal can spread the land with epidemic.
With human beings. precautionary meas
uT"S are easier than with livestock and any
Ing attempt would probably be made
against the latter first, as in Rouman;a.
while still that country was at peace Our
Stockmen should watch their herds for any
unusual symptoms and report them to the
Hntv agent and the United States vet
-narians
with an enemy so unsCrupulous. who
courts trightfuness like sweetheart. we
can not take too many precautions Even
as lack the Ripper loved most to attack
little children, so does Germany gIOat over
rcnd1ng the weak and unsusDeCting.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01
COOLER HERE

Monday was tn hottest day of the year
III the United States, and as usual the high
est temperatures, the greatest suffering
and the only fatalities were in the north.
In both Philadelphia and Boston, there
was one death from heat prostrations were
numbered by the scores everywhere above
the Mason and Dixie line, but none were
reported below it.
Here are a few OF the temperatures &C
cord;ng to the governments obscrvatOrics:
Cleveland, 105; Kansas City, 100; Boston
and Chicago, %; Philadelphia, 81: WASH
mgton. Baltimore and St. Louis, 90; New
y Ork, 9J.
Not only was Pensacola, with a max
imum of 80, cooler than the north. it was
also cooler than most of its sister cities
FOR instance: Atlanta, 90: Montgomery
New Orleans. and Jacksonville, "a; Abilene
and Mobile O.
Or take Pensacola's hottest dav OF the
ycar-Sunday-Whcn the thermometer
registered 81 degrees here. and the odds
arc still with us
The moral is plain: come south to be
comfortable, in summer; to be happy. come
to Pensacola
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01
MODERN JOAN OF ARC.

The Russian womcns battalion the
command OF death' as it is known, has
net the foe, it has conquered. 1t en-
dured bombardment in the trenches. it
delivered several attackS-thc most nota-
ole being near Smorgen last Friday. when,
after the male soldiers had deserted the
girls went over the top, and laughing ana
singing, captured the hostile position.
I'VE did not feel the slightest fear for our
personal safety" one OF them said to a
correspondent, "our only unpleasant SEN
tlmentS being when we first came to the
corpses,"
1t was as desperate fighting as the war
has vet produced, for Of the two hundred
VINO reached the front. it is reported that
only fifty remain-twenty we're killed.
"'ght taken prisoner, and the rest were
wounded.
Surely if anything could re-create Rus
sian resistance. it is the sight Of their
women lighting in the trenches from which
the men have so ingloriouslv retreated.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01
CORN MEAL, WATER
NOT P4E5ERVATIVES

Washington. July 31.-There is no
corn meal and water preservative for
vegetables A report TO this 81
recently published, and credited to
the United States Department OF Az
riculturc, probably originated from
;he fact that a mixture of corn meal
and water had been used by depart
ment specialist to start the Tactic
acid ferm>nt in Gull potatoes, put up
for feed in the form Of silaCe. This
starter 'ias been used in the case Of
Vegetables fermcntd for food but it
is not the preserving ferment, the
specialists explain; it only starts this
fermcnt. 1t is not recommended for
household use, however. The same
purpose is better served, as recently
announced in connection with the fer
mentation process of preserving vege-
tables for food, by the addition Of A
small amount of vinegar which Ees. i
injurious bacteria down while the ma
tural alctic-acid ferment starts.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01
OUR LANGUAGE.

"Mawn! Wheredjer getde coat?" "Scold-
day" "Betcha life" ''Hwayer." "Finesilk.
These are photographs of language
which, according to Clarence Stratton in
the Magazine section Of the New York
Times, is typical of American speech, and
one of the reasons for "the disagreeable
reputation we suffer under, of being the
worst-bred nation boasting of cjviliz1-
ton"
DOUBTLESS VIZ wou1d be connibals if it
wasn't for the foreigners, for foreigners,
says Stratton, have a certain spirit OF am
b'tion that in the third or fourth genera
ton puts thew many degrees above 1c-
scendants of native born Americans" And
IN colleges it is often noted that the pureSt
Englsh is written and spoken by for
elgners"
"The southerner," we are told, "departS
furthest from the norm of good American
speech with his drawing utterance, his
radical change of accepted sounds, and his
c; tire disregard of certain letters" Alas,
poor south From its exalted place in the
saddle, it is reduced to a mere converSa-
tional cinder in the national eve. which so
irritates the entire nation that it has gained
the reputation of i'll breeding! In its
origin, states ClIdltO1l, II kSOuluclH II
speech) is negro talk. and nothing more" ."
Aha! Then foreigners are not an un-
In;Ned blessing.
But Stratton plays no favorites He is
{; impartial as the monarch who shouted,
"0rf with is ed" to everybody who de
parted from the norm. He charges the New
I:nglander with lawr. drawr, arear The
ldear. He abuses the west for its fiat
{ eSted "a" as in parrunt. fairy, waiter
H literary stomach is turned by the 'chop
Suey Of American dialects" OF the Pacific
coast; he bemoanS the admixture of Dutch
Co1oquialisms in Pennsylvania; he SEN
tences louisiana for saying "N'w'rleans. -
and is miserable at the thought of ''ain't."
There IS no bad grammar in France
slang is unknown in Italy; the colloquial-
isms OF Pennsylvania are due not to a
foreign influence, bit to something per
nicious in the American air: in England
no one departs from the norm. but the
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01

cockney, the Yorkshireman, the Cornish
Fun, the Northhamp pSOnshireman and the
"Englishman" all talk a1ike-such is the
reasoning of Clarence Stratton, proving
that American speech is decadent and that
English would perish from off the face of
tie earth entirely it was not for the for
eigners to teach us how to speak it. A
they have such long practice in talking
other tongues, it is logical to suppose that
they should be able to turn out the best
'cb with English and that their descend
ants never feel the implanted disregard
of authority we (Americans) have" that is
r sponsible for "our many divergencies of
pronunciation and phrasing" and against
t;tir adamantine larynx, the conversa-
tional waves of the "slovenly, slangy, in
4. curate dialects of the streets, the clubs
and the athletic fields" beat in vain, while
native Americans are engulfed in the dia,
lect chop suey, and only Clarence is left to
r'Can.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01
STREET CAR AND
EAGINE IN CRASH

A slight accident occurred yester-
day morning at the intersection Of
Main and Palafox streets when a
switch engine moving some freight
cars along Main street cc;Ided with
a East Hill car on the main PaIa-
fox line, throwing it from the track.
Only the motorman and conductor
were in the car at the time, and while
it was shaken up considerably, lit
tie damage was done. 1t was soon
replaced on the track and taken to
the barn for repairs,
The accident occurred while a fat
car was standing on the Main street
track near the intersection, with a
switch engine operating free" be-
low il. A North Hill car, passed in
front of the fat, and the East Hill
nearly crossed the intersection, when
the engine struck the fat car, push
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01

Following is a sailors description
of his bride, which we reproduce from
"The Catapult":
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01
The SCRATCH PAD
BY THOMAS EWING .DARMEY.


Following is a sailors description
OF his bride, which we reproduce from
"The Catapult":
We take this means of informing
the Milton Gazette that it's headline,
"Scrawny Calves" is lese majesty.
President Wilson pardoned the si-
lent sentinels; the rest of the country
laughed at them.
While the per capita wealth of the
United States increased $11.31 in the
last year, the price of flour went up
$50 per cent.
King George, having dropped the
German part of his name, may now be
expected to change his German blood
for saline infusion.
Germany is now getting a great
deal of comfort out of saying she will
fight until the last gasp, but what
will she do then?
The temporary setback of the Rus
slams will at least give US time to
practice spelling Przemysel, so we
| won't disgrace ourself when they
finally capture it.
DR.. Haiselden. of Chicago. has
again refused to endeavor to save the
life of a child that would grow up
| to be an idiot. A few more doctors
like Haiselden and some dav we can
hope for competent congress.
It is on the whole a neat piece of
work; pleasanter to read. yes, and
more convincing than the usual news
paper flapdoodle which is one If the
! penalties of matrimony; but the writ
er made one mistake in referring 70
the Small set of canvas for hghJ
squalls,.' What is needed for an
emergency like this is a Maxim sill
encer.
When we were spliced she was new-
ly rigged fore and aft. with riggin' of
lace and flowers; mainsail part silk,
with fOre-stay sail of valencienne. Her
frame was Of the best steel, laid
over with silk, with whalebona
stanchions. All this riggin' is for
fair weather cruising. She has, also,
storm sails foY rough weather. and
is ri"gin' out a small set of canvas
for light squalls. In runnin' down
the bav before the wind, she answers
the helm beautifully.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01
AUGUST /, 1917.
One Hundred and Fifteenth Day OF
America in the War.
GERMANY AND THE EMBARGO.

Germany banked on supplies from
America; now that the United States has
blocked the prohteering neutralS, Ger
many will feel the effect.
Matthias Erzberger, head OF the Catho-
lie party in the reichstag, according to
despatch to the Daily Mail, of London
during a recent secret debate, declared that
Americas entry in the war, while it was OF
no direct military value, was important be
c:use of the dependence OF Germany on
reutrals for supplies.
Our embargo, Erzberger continued,
stopped this flow at its source, and, he
added. that no one had vet been able to
suggest a solution to this terrible fact
Erzberger, of course, is opposed to the
extreme military party, and for political
effect may be overstating the case; but
that conditions approximate the terrible,
there is abundant evidence to substantiate.
Not that we think Germany's military
power will be Immediately impaired, but
the added sacrifice will have cumulative
effect, and make resistance OF the German
people less determined when they feel the
crash of the American legionS.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-01

Mothers know it stops Group
because it cuts the thick chok-
ing mucus, clears the throat of
phlegm, stops the hoarse me-
tallic cough, eases the difficult
breathing, then quiet sleep.
Mrs. T. Neureuer, Eau Claire, Wis,
writes: "Foleys Honey and Tar COM
pletely cured my boy of very severe
attack of Group. We know from exper-
ience that It is a wonderful remedy for
coughs, colds, Group, whooping cough"
D'ALEaBERTE'3 PGAEa1=-
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TAX PLANNED
rcontinued from page ons]

lCohtinOeo from page OneJ
republicans and democrats on many
provisions.
Most Of the revenue would come
from these taxes:
On incomes, normal rate Of 4 per
cent. for individuals. with exemptions
of $4,000 for married persons and
$1,000 for unmarried. and graduates
super taxes on incomes Of more than
$1,000: s per cent. on corporations;
increased taxes to be effective from
January 1, 1917.
On excess profits, Is per cent.
On inheritances, new taxes by a
graduated scale running from Il to Is
per cent, present Inheritance taxes to
remain.
On imports, all existing tariff duties
raised 10 per cent. and 10 per cent.
duty imposed on articles now ad-
mitted free.
Minor taxes include:
Increase Of letter mail from two to
three cents an ounce, of postal cards
from one to two cents, and of newspa-
per rates by zone swstem.
Liquor and tobacco taxes practical
ly doubled.
Levies by stamp taxes or other
means on life insurance policies, pipe
lines, electric power, telephone and
telegraph messages, theatres, club
dues, on manufacturers of auto
biles, cosmetics proprietary medicines
musical instruments, jewelry, moving
picture films, chewing gum and pleas
ure boats. on newspapers, i've percent
of advertising collections.
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DPHTHERIA, GROUP,
SORE THROAT
MOST PREVALENT THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY

MOST PREVALENT THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY
Many thousands are now finding re-
lief and perhaps preventing diphtheria
1t Is said. by the use of Miller's Anti
septic Oil (known as Snake OLD. This
great oil is said to be the most pene-
trating, pain-relieving and healing oil
known. For Sore Throat, Group. La
Grippe. Diphtheria, Tonsilit:s. Rheu.
matism and Neuralgia it has been
found most effective.
Mrs. A. B. Carroll. Memphis, Tenn
writes: Il have used your wonderful
Snake Oil for Group and sore throat
with most gratifying results My lit
tie girl almost had pneumonia. sent
for a bottle Of this great oil every
body is talking SO much about, applied
it to her throat and chest and it re-
lieved her at once. Now she Is up
and well. can never praise your
wonderful oil enough for what it did
for her. A number of my friends have
used 1t for rheumatism and neuralgia
with the best of results.
This wonderful new oil remedy that
Is producing such remarkable results
throughout the country Is now on sale
at Glen Thistlethwaite's and all lead.
ing druggists.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-09
new WHEAT PRICES
DUE TO REPORTED
SHORTAGE or CROP

CHICAGO, May o. Sensational
ffesh advances in the wheat market
to-day resulted from the government
crop report showing the largest aband-
0nment Of winter wheat acreage ever
known In the United States. Excited
Tn4hes to buy carried prices up IA
ceutA Notwithstanding that values yes
<Rday had already scored net gains
Of inst that amount, and had broken
all previous records. The new ad-
vsnce today was due to the fact that
tAe crop shortage Indicated by the
Official figures proved to be much
more severe than had been expected.
Trading. however. was not heavy. most
Of the transactions being In small lots.
Opening quotations, which ranged
from 81 to 14c higher. with May at
@5.07 to $3.11 and July 1T $40 to 2.42
were followed by slight further gains
IN some cases, and then reaction to
43.0S for May and $40 for July.
Corn 40 we'll as wheat smashed
anew the high price record. The mar.
ket Jumped rapidly with wheat on scat.
tered buying. After opening ~ to az
up, prices continued to ascend, May
touching 31.591s.
Oats initiated other grain. Ad.
vances. though, were not extraordi.
nary.
The general swing to higher levels
was shared by provisions. Higher quo
tations on hogs gave confidence to
buyers.
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(By Associated Press)

icy Associated PreSo)
With massed reserves and every
available gun ct his command Crown
Prince Ruprecht Of Bavaria is striving
to halt the ceaseless British assaults
on the Drocourt-Q ueant line, the last
bulwark protecting the richest prize
of the Germans in north France-the
coal fields of Lens.
The reckless expenditure Of human
life by the German commander has at
least . temporary reward In the cap
ture OF Fresnoy, at the northern end
Of the line. This little village and
the wood which surrounds it formed
sharp salient driven by the Canad.
ians to within two miles OF Drocourt
It's capture marks the first time in the
present offensive that German coun-
ter attack has succeeded In wresing
an important position from the
British.
Closer to Southern Line.
Curiously enough. the same official
statement from Berlin which an
nounces the capture of Fresnoy indi-
Gates that the British are closer to the
southern end Of the Drocourt- Queant
line than has been claimed by London.
The German war office tells OF heavy
fighting between Riencourt and Fon-
tame, the former village being bare
mile and half from Queant and less
than that distance from Cagnicourt,
the next German stronghold north Of
Queant
Everything indicates that the pres
ent struggle on the British front is re-
garded on both sides as one of the
most important actions Of the war but
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DESPITE SACRIFICE Of men
GERMANS YIELD TO FOE

it may be many days before any de-
cision is reached. The determination
with which the Germans are fighting
and their strenuous efforts at the con-
centration Of guns and reserves show
that the Drocourt- Queant line Is re-
garded by them as OF vital import
ance and will be only surrendered in
the last extremity.
Heavy Fighting Increases.
From two other war theatres news
comes that opens up many POSSIBLE
tiles. The fighting on the Macedonian
front, constantly developing In intens-
ity, and extent, gives renewed color to
THE belief that General Sarrail Is in
itiating operations Of major import
ance and possibly generate often
sfve
The developments on this front ap-
pear to have given fresh impetus to the
revolutionary movement in Greece, re-
inforced by the news that Venizelist
troops are on the firing line and have
been victors In the first clash with
their hereditary foes, the Bulgarians.
The king has been declared deposed
at great mass meeting In Salonfki
and an Athens dispatch says that the
kings followers are deserving to the
provisional government in increasing
numbers.
Mesopotamia offers the second point
Of interest, with an announcement
from Petrograd that Russian troops
are again on the move on the Persian
border. The unexplained inaction Of
these forces was believed in some
quarters to have been responsible for
the sudden halt in the vaoeoS100s ID
vance OF the British army from 1As.
dad. Gen. Maude's successes had re-
suited in the practical surrounding of
Turkish army In Mesopotamia when
the Russian withdrawal from Mush
and the hating of the Russian drive
from Persia changed the situation.
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ST. LOUIS. Mo-. May 9.-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, 1880: higher: lights, $4,000
1875; pigs, $9.75@14.00: mixed and
butchers. $15.15@15.s0; good heavy,
$15.O0@15.s5; bulk, $15.30@15.80.
Cattle Receipts. $500: strong;
native beef steers, $750@13.00: year
ling steers and heifers, $S.50@12.00;
cows, $6@11; stockers and feeders,
$6.00@10.15.
Sheep Receipts, 1900: strong:
lambs, $15@17.50: ewes, $9.50@1S;
yearlings $10.75@1475; clipped lambs
$13@14.70
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Hindenburg Promises
Victory to Germans

AMSTERDAM, (via London), May 8.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg Is
again predicting victory, according to
Berlin Tageblatt. The paper quotes
the field marshal as saying. in reply to
an address from the Saxon Second
Chamber:
THE soldier spirit. which is always
cultivated by the All-Highest war lord.
has again proved its strength. II the
home army also holds on then we are
certain of victory.
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INDIANAPOLIS. May 9-Hogs-Re-
oeipts. $500. Cattle-Receipts. 1000.
Calves-Receipts. 500. Sheep Re-
oeipts. 50. Hogs-Best heavies. $15.75
@16.05; medium and mixed, $15.55@
$3.50: common to medium lights,
$13.5o@13.55; good to choice lights,
l5.25@15.50: roughs. $1400@15.25;
best pigs, $12.50013.00; light pigs. Sill
01c.25: bulk Of sales. $15.65@15.s5.
Cattle - Prime corn fed steers,
$12.o5@12.75: good to choice steers.
s12@12.50; good to medium, $11.50@
1900: good to choice steers, $11.500
1925; common to medium, $1,000
1850: good to choice cows, $S.50010;
fair to medium cows, $7.50@S.25: can
ners and cutters. $56007.25: good to
prime export bulls. $7.25@100O; good
TO choice butcher bulls. $S.50@9.60;
common to fair butchers, $7@S.25.
Calves-Commcn to best veal calves
bsQ12: common to best heavy. $7@10.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-09
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Corrected Daily by Edward
Cooper)
SELLING PRICES

Asparagus. homegrown. 1oc bunch;
Bananas. zoe to Soc dozen: Green
Beans. 15c pound: Beets. SC pound:
Cabbage, 15c pound; Cauiflower. 15o
to S5c head; Celery, 10c bunch: ;
Chives. 10c bunch: Cocoanuts. 10c
each: Cranberries. 121kc pound: Gu
cumbers. 15c to zoe each: Egg Plant,
15c to 20c each: Garlic, zoe pound !:
Grape Fruit, SC to 15c each: Kale. 15c
pound; Lemons, zoe to soc dozen:
Lettuce. leaf, 1Sc pound: head, 10c %
15c each; Lines, 15c to zoe dozen;
Onions, green, 8 punches for 10c:
Texas. 1oc pound: Oranges. 15c to SOC
doz: Parsley, 10c; bunch Peas, 15c ID;
Peppers. green, &c each: Pineapples.
15c to CSC each; Potatoes, new, SC
pound; old, 800 peck; Radishes. &c
bunch: Rhubarb, SC bunch, or 3 for
1Oc; Spinach, 1Sc pound: Strawber-
ries, 16c pint box; Sweet Potatoes. SC
pounc; Tomatoes. 15c pound.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-09
Sudden Death

Before an insurance company VIII
take risk on your life the examining
physician will test your water and report
whether you are a good risk. When
your kidneys get sluggish and clog,
you suffer from backache, sick-head-
ache, dizsy spells, or twinges and pains
Of lumbago, rheumatism and govt, or
sleep is disturbed two or three times q
night-take heed, before too Latch
You can readily overcome such con-
ditions and prolong life by taking the
advice of a famous physician, which is:
Keep the kidneys in good order, avoid
too much meat, salt, alcohol or tea.
Drink plenty of pure water and drive
the uric acid out Of the system by taking
Anuric, In tablet FORM" You can obtain
Anuric at drug stores, the discovery Of
DR.. Pierce Of InYalids' Hotel. Buffalo.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-09
Weafherman Routs
Murphy's Gardeners

Civic Gardener Murphy was in.
structing q class Of high school boys
in the manual Of the rake this morn
ing when the snowstorm came.
He adjourned the class until this
afternoon.
There's no use going on until the
weatherman lets UP on US a little" he
told them.
Murphy predicts many painful hours
with the hoe will be spent by Rich
mond gardeners to counteract the ef-
feet of the wet season.
1.-The continued rains will bring on
hordes of weeds and these must be
vanquished or all the work that has
gone before will be useless" he warn
ed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-09
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. May 9.-Closing quo
tons on the New York Stock e.
change today follow:
American Can, Al.
American Locomotive, 63M.
American Beet Sugar, 90k.
American Smelter, 96%.
Anaconda, n.
Atchfson, 99A.
Bethlehem Steel, 1875.
Canadian Pacific. 159.
Chesapeake & Ohio. 5612.
Great Northern. pfd., 1855.
Lehigh Valley, SO.
New York Central, 81.
No. Pacific, 99s.
So. Pacific, 80.
Pennsylvania, 51%.
U. s. Steel. COM, 114H.
U. S. Steel. pfd., 1165s.
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CINCINNATI, O.. May 9.-Butter-
Creamery, extra, ACC; centralized ex-
ira. 39kc; do firsts, sec; do seconds.
33c; dairy fancy, 33c; packing stock,
2S@23c.
Eggs-Prime first. 33c; first, 32c;
ordinary first, SIC; second, 281a.
Poultry-Broilers under ~ lbs,
4S@ SOC; fryers over ~ lbs, soc; tur.
keys, zoe; ROSTERS. 15c.
Potatoes - Michigan, $S50@9.0O;
Wisconsin. $8.5O@900.
Sweet Potatoes - $225@250 per
hamper.
Cabbage-s5.00@7.00 per crate.
Onions-Spanish, $4.00@5. 90 per 100
ID. crate; Texas, $1.5O@2.50.