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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02

Regiment Jaeger auf Fusz. was in no
pleasant mood. He was sick and tired
demned to eternal vigilance over moth
ing at all. From his post he could see
nothing but a round dozen corpses
which the French had left there two
months before, the last time they had
the foolhardiness to attack. They knew
better now, those Fransozen, than to
come within reach of the German guns:
And as he munched his X K brod and
over the corpses They were old
friends, those twelve bodies that lay
there They had not been buried be-
cause the cold kept them from stink
ing and 1t was pleasant to look on
them and curse them as enemies Of the
fatherand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02

like this here Capt. Kreis1er Of the Aus
trian army is the best fiddler in exist
cans to pay two dollars and fifty cents
throw. not including war tax. to hear
him fiddle, and that we shouldn't ought
to got no rishus against him even If
he would be only over here on a leave
OF absence dating from January 1, 1915,
up to and including seven hundred and
fifty thouand dollars" Abe said. be
cause it is claimed that the best fdd1ers
in the world and the best conductors
in the world don't belong to any coun-
try. They are international"
Maybe they are. Abe" Morris agreed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02

a T the close Of the offensive at
IN Arras on the 9Th Of May. 1918.
A\ but a handful of men answered
6 y the roll call Of the 1st Regiment
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
PENSACOLA LEADS
FLORIDA RECRUITING

The Pensacola United States army
recruiting station secured sixteen re-
cruits in the month of March, Lead
ing all other stations in the state in
the number of enlistments made for
the same period. Last month the Mi
ami station headed the list. The
Pensacola station is only two months
old and the fact that it is getting
more recruits than any other station
in Florida speaks well for this sec
ton.
The names of the sixteen men who
were accepted and forwarded to the
recruit depot at Fort Scriven, Ca,
are as follows: Lee Peters, Mathew
McCraw, Harry T. Corley, Freeman
Mayo, Charlie B. Jordan. Walter A.
Pitnan, Wesley Boswell, Frank B.
Williams, John T. Hanly, Johnnie
Ealum, Edwin Ward, Quincy C. Rou-
den, Stanley P. Scranton, Dewey
Ward, Conrad H. Young and Dewey
Parker.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
THOUSANDS LIVE FOR
MONTHS IN CELLARS

Paris, March 31-Between 1000
and 5000 of the inhabitants of Lens,
which is in the occupied territory of
France, have remained there and
lived in their cellars for more than
two years, says Ellie Reumaux, man
ager of the coal mines there, who
has just arrived in Paris. The former
population of Lens was 10000.
All the cellars in the town, NJ.
Reumaux says, have been armoured
with cement by the Germans, so that
they constitute so many little for
tresses. The entire civilian popula-
ton is obliged to work at road-mend-
ing and railroad building, according
to NJ. Reumaux.
The coal mines of Lens, which are
among the most important of the re-
gion of the Pas deCalais and pro-
duced 100000 tons year before
the war, have been idle since the in
vasion and have suffered immense
damage, says NJ. Reumaux.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
MYRTLE GROVE
To CELEBRATE
Entire County Invited To
Picnic Thursday
Good Program
She Wants to Fight.

The Myrtle Grove picnic Thursday
to celebrate the anniversary of the
first public dipping vat in Escambia
county is expected to be one of the
biggest events in the school year;
many schools viii take part and sew
erai prominent speakers will be on
the program. A large banner viii
be given to the school making the
best showing in the athletic meet,
and blue ribbons awarded to the in
dividual prize winners. The Jockey
school from Pensacola, is going to
turn out in full force for the event
with seven teachers and 200 chill
dren.
Preparations are being made at
Myrtle Grove to take care of rec
ord crowd and the grounds are being
put in top shape. Miss Landrum has
charge of the athletic program and
expects that part of the entertain
ment to be great success.
All the schools in the county are
invited to participate.
The following is the days pro
gram:
Music all day long.
$50, song by school. Welcome adj
dress by the president.
10:00-Reading of the prize win.
ming essays on tick eradication ano
| award of ten dollar gold pieces tt
the winners from the fifth and sixth
and the seventh and eighth grades.
10:30-Address, DR.. Nighbert ane
DIR. Knapp, on Tick Eradication"
E. w. jenkins will speak on dem,
onstration work in the south, ant
G. L. Harrington, on Boys Corn Clul
| work in Florida.
:00-Athletic meet Potato race
sack race, relay race, pole vaulting
Ginning the bar, three-leg9ed race
etc.
12:00-There will be Refreshments
served on the grounds at nomina
prices.
100 Cattle dipping demonstration
at the vat. Addresses by E. E. Man
| ming, county demonstration agent o
] Santa Rosa county, Miss Jenni
Straud, home demonstration agent, o
Santa Rosa county, A. S. Edwards
school superintendent of Escambi
county; ]. B. Perkins.
Mr.. Levy, chairman Of the boar
of public instruction, will make pre-
sentation of banner to the school win
ming the athletic contest.
7:30-Dr. Nighbert will give lee
ture on tick eradication, illustrate
with stereopticon views.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
BRITISH TAKE
SEVEN TOWNS
FROM TEUTON
Bitter Fighting Results In
Germans Evacuating
Large Country
NEW PA IN
.soaoxlHzSn y M TLANTIc
J ;sSsssasr rsae'=-.--1--
Latest Commerce Destroy.
er Sends Dozen Ships
To the Bottom
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

British efforts to drive salient
into the German lines between Mar
Going and st. Quentin continue sue
cessfully. Seven villages on a front
of ten miles were occupied Saturday.
Bitter fighting occurs further north
in a region southeast of Arras.
The forward movement of British
in Mesopotamia bring them within
thirty miles of the Persian frontier.
A new German raider, the Seeadler,
in the south Atlantic, is reported to
have sunk eleven ships mostly British
and French sailing vessels. There
is report from South America the
raider was formerly an American
bark captured by Germans in 1915.
French troops in northern France
continue to push back the Germans
along the southern end of the Ger
man field of retreat.
A new thrust was delivered by Gen
eral Nivelle's forces last night north
east of scissors, forcing the hostile
line back on three and half mile
front between Melville and yreghy
The French forged ahead east of this
line, making important progress and
capturing several points of support
the Paris war office reports.
Other hard fighting took place
further southeast on the Franco
Belgian front, in the Champagne
Here the French also were success
full, repelling five violent counter at
tacks and preventing the recapture
of the positions taken by the French
recently west of Maisons de Cham.
payne.
The sinking of two British steam.
ers, the Snowden Range and the
Booth liner Crispen, both with Amer
leans on board, is announced in dis
patches to the state department ir
Washington. A number of Amer
leans are unaccounted for according
to the advices which says the vessels
were sunk by submarines without
warning.
Great Britain announces an extern
sion of the zone in the North sea
dangerous to shipping. The. extern
sion will be effective from April 1
1t has been decided upon in view OF
the unrestricted use by the German.
of mines and submarines, says the
admiralty announcement.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
NEW NJ D VIE
THEATRE HERE
Fichtenberg-Saenger Merg-
er To Build Third
House Here

That new moving picture theater
will be built in Pensacola, was stated
by. Manager ]. A. Jones, of the Fich-
tenberg- Saenger enterprise here, as
highly probable. According to pres
emit plans, it will be devoted exclus-
lively to the great feature dramas of
the day; the Isis will be put on q
ten-cent basis, and the Bonita to five
cents. Herman FIGHTER berg and E.
Richards, vice president and manager,
respectively, of the company, are ex-
pected in Pensacola shortly to make
further arrangements. No site has
yet been selected.
The deal is one of the first fruits
of the consolidation of the Fichten-
berg interests and tho Saenger
Amusement Company. with half 8
million dollar capitalization, the new
company will control thirty-five NOV
ing picture theaters from Oklahoma
to Texas. Headquarters will be in
New Orleans.
]. H. Saenger becomes president OF
the new syndicate, Herman Fichten-
berg, vice president, and E. v. Rich
ards, Jr., general manager.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
CLARK'S ELECTION Is
ALMOST ASSURED
RY AssOcIATED PRESS

Washington, March 31.-The pre-
vailing impression that Democrats
will organize the House with Champ
Clark as speaker gained further
support today with the announce
ment that Helgesen, Republican, of
North Dakota, was unable to be pres
ent. At least one other Republican,
whose attendance is doubtful and
Democrats have not the slightest
doubt Clark will have enough votes
to elect. Republican members in
conference nominated Mann of Illi-
nois for speaker and named COM
mittee of seventeen to arrange COM
mittee assignments. Plans to sug-
gest a bipartisan and temporary or
ganization of the House were aban-
doned Both the regular and pro-
gressive Republicans claimed victory
for their faction in the conference.
The only display of open insurgency
was the boiling of Gardner, of Massa-
chusetts, who announced he would
vote for Lenroot for speaker.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
PRESIDENT To
PARDON MANY
Exercise of Clenency In
Number of Cases Under
Certain Conditions
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington, March 31.-Attorney-
General Gregory announced tonight
the President would exercise Glenn
ency in a large number of cases
Where Suspension Of sentences had
been nullified by decisions of the SUI
preme court. Clemency be exercised
and without application being made,
the attorney general said in those
cases where pleas of guilty were
entered or verdicts of guilty returned
prior to June Is, 1916, but no sem
fences pronounced; and cases where
sentence is imposed for a less than
the period between the date of inn
position and June Is, 1917.
The number who will receive par
dons or combinations under the rul-
ing will probably run into the thou
sands. The President is understood
to feel that new business and per-
sonal relations they are then per-
mitted to build up through clemency,
courts should not be broken down.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
CROPS SOLD BEFORE
THEY ARE GATHERED

Farmers have no trouble whatever
in disposing of anything they can
raise, according to L. w. Hardy, man
ager of the Evanston farm. And
Mr.. Hardy has the best sort OF proof
for he has already contracted his en-
tire watermelon crop of forty acres,
and his sweet potato crop of fifteen
acres. This is something that has not
been done in this county before. Mr..
Hardy preferred not to specify the
e1act price he was offered, but he
81 ed that it was most profitable
.gas. The contract calls for the pro-
e f. o. b. cars at Roberts.
Ir. Hardy also has twelve acres
q sweet corn up, from which he ex-
is TO make a good harvest
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
Free School Books for Escanabia
County to be Urged by johnson

When James M. Johnson was run
ming for the legislature, he incor-
porated in his platform a plank pro-
viding for free school books to chill
dren of the public schools of Escam-
bia county. Mr. johnson has now
drawn up his bill and will bring it
before the legislature at the earliest
possible moment.
His bill reads as follows:
The Johnson Bill.
can act to provide free school
books for the children attending the
public schools of Escambia county.
Florida, and to authorize the county
board of public instruction to furnish
school books to the children attend
ing the public schools of Escanabia
county.
"Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Florida:
Section /. The county board of
public instruction of Escambia com
ty, is hereby authorized and directed,
beginning with the school term, Octo-
Der l, 1917, and each year thereafter,
to furnish to the children attending
the public schools of Escambia coun-
ty, and pay for same out of the
county school funds, the necessary
school and text books taught in the
public schools of said county.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01

Section 2. For the purpose of
making this act effective the county
board of public instruction of Es-
Gambia county, Florida, is hereby
authorized and directed to include in
the budget of expenses for the school
year 1918 and each year there
after, an estimate of the costs for
the necessary school and text books
to be furnished to the children at
tending the public schools of Escam-
oia county, as provided by this act,
which said estimate of costs for the
said book so to be supplied shall be
furnished with the annual budget of
expenses to the board of county COM
mlssioners of Escambia county, Flor
ida.
Section 8. The county board of
public instruction of Escambia coun-
ty, Florida, is authorized to make
such rules and regulations as may be
necessary for the return to the board
of all books so furnished and used by
the children attending the public
schools at the end of each school
term.
Section 4. All laws and parts of
laws in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed
Section 5. This act shall become
effective upon its passage and ap-
proval by the governor"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
FAMILY REPORTED
IN SERIOUS STRAIT

Probation Officer Sam Pinney has
had his attention called to the plight
of deserving family in the city,
and desires the public of Pensacola
to remember them, when the more
fortunate have clothing and other ar
ticles to donate. Mr.. Pinney stated
the father is sick in bed, and the
family consists of four boys, aged Is,
10, Is and 4 years respectively, and
one little girl, aged years. They
all are in need of the bare necessities
of life. The probation officer viii
be pleased to send for any clothing
suitable for children as above re-
ferred to.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
Didn't Approve Of
u. S. Policy; Thrown
Out, Then Beaten

When Jim Burns butted in on
the discussion of Aubrey Maura
and two companions regarding
the war in its relation to the
United States, with remark de-
rogatory to this country, which
brought the charge that he was
in sympathy with the Germans,
things began to happen. Burns
said that two of the men threw
him out into the street and an
other man out there finished the
job of beating him up. To make
things worse, Maura had him ar
rested. Maura claiming that
Burns struck the first blow. The
case was aired yesterday in the
recorders court. Burns was dis
charged.
There were two other war
echoes in the recorders court. A
negro, named Sheffield, was fined
IS and costs for opposing an Off
GER. 1t seems that he was con-
nected with another negro claim
ing to be a government spy" on
a still hunt for Germans. As it
was a palpable fraud, Officer Nj
ford attempted TO learn
about the man, when 81 4
showed himself very insole1
A merchant sailor was re eaaed
after paying the costs on a charge
of drunkenness. tits the fl
drank since leaving England,
said, II have been to Africa su
then"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
Deluge of Loyalty Pledges
In Great Patriotic WdUe

fifty-five, very active. Occupation
retired" This came from Pensa-
cola capitalist who is willing to do his
part for his country.
A young girl had signed a pledge
and carefully typed thereon: expert
enced in office work"
Proud to be Americans.
Other sentiments embodied in the
pledges were: eve are with you, Mr.
President; "God bless our flag; the
flag, first, last and always; "May
it wave forever; eve are Aneri-
cans, of which we are proud"
81 am at President Wilson's dis
posal. If he calls, am ready to serve
and do my vesy BEST" This from 9
woman.
Many lists are coming in from
business houses and from all part:
of West Florida and many Alabarns
cities.
The loyalty editors mail is .
than interestingly is more than
spring. No one could con th
pledges, reading between the line'
the simple conservation to the idea
of liberty, the devotion to country
without quickening of pulse, an i'm
pulse to higher service, a deeper 10y
atty to the Stars and Stripes, whicl
will never be furled with such
spirit of devotion from the manhoo'
! and womanhood of America.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE
in WHITE SLAVE CASE

Robert Brown and Tr1de Dorch,
who were arrested last Monday at
Pace by United States Deputy Mar
shall C. P. Mcmillan, charged with
violating the Mann white slave act,
and brought to Pensacola and placed
in Jail, were released yesterday after
noon on account of insufficient evil
dence after lengthy hearing before
United States Commissioner Sulli-
van.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
ZIMMERMANN SAYS HE
WAS PREPARING FOR WAR

London, March 31.-Replying to
Socialists IN the reichstag, Foreign
Minister Zimmerman declared he
never had written letter to Car
rama regarding the alliance of Ger
many with Mexico and Japan against
the United States.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
NATION BACK
0F PRESIDENT
IN WAR POLICY
Pacifist Influence Discount
ed-Time Of War Has
Come, Is Feeling
COAST PATROLLED,
BIG ARMY PLANNED
Killing Of More Americans
Increases Tension; Amer
leans Captured
NINE AMERICANS KILLED
ON TORPEDOED SHIPS

Washington, March 30.-The
destruction without warning of
four merchant ships carrying
Americans in their crews was
reported to the state depart
ment today, indicating that
several Americans lost their
lives. The vessels were the Brit
ish steamer Crispin, on which
two American negroes probably
persisted; eighteen other Amer
leans are missing from the
Portuguese sailing ship Argo,
three American negroes miss,
ing, and the British steamer
Eptafolos and Snowden range,
with no loss of life.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
WAR MUSEUMS SET
UP THROUGH ENGLAND

London, March 31.-Local war lnu-
seunls are being set up in cities and
of England. They are to be
e with records and relics of the
war which are to tell the peo-
6 a future age Of the deeds of
of their own localities. There
is Ian afoot for cetnral museum
IS established in the Tower of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
WAR BOUND NAVAL
SHIPS BE RELEASED
"A AssocIArEp PRESS.

Washington, March 31.-The Uni
ted States has accepted an offer of
the king of Spain to have Spanish
ships carry relief supplies to Syria
and release the cruiser Des Moines
and the collier Caesar, now war;
bound, at Alexandria.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01

Still they are pouring into The
Journal office in every mail-the
pledges of loyalty-attesting faith in
the president, and indicating Ameri-
can patriotism in no uncertain way.
Among them was one from a Con-
federate veteran, aged 70, who sign
ed good Scotch name, long known
and honored in this section, and at
tached to the pledge was the note:
Co. L.. Nj. and
wife. Also six sons and four daugh-
ters." A splendid family pledge for
Wilson.
She Wants to Fight.
A prominent member of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy had
written across her pledge "Ready to
do anything / can to help" She had
erased the word without" on the
pledge, making it read: "Obligating
myself in any way for military ser
vice."
From Alabama.
With a plege from Florala, came
the message: 81 am not a citizen
of West Florida, but Wilson is my
president, and / consider him one of
the greatest presidents that the Uni
ter States has ever known"
On another pledge the same pro-
cess of elimination had been used
and across this was written: cage
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
GIANT RALLY
Of PATRIOTS
Thousands Pledge Loyalty
In Chicago and Phil
adelphia
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Philadelphia, March 31.-Resolu-
tons pledging the President Ioyal
support in protecting American rights
on lard end sea were adopted at prob
ably the greatest patriotic demon
stration ever held in Independence
Square today. The Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts shook hands over the
shrine of American independence
when Hiram Johnson, of California,
brought an inspiring message from
the people of the West. Thousands
of workmen and others marched to
independence hall, the crowd being
SO dense the police almost lost con-
troll.
Chicago, March 31.-Patriotic mass
meeting bringing to close day of
parades of soldiers, display flags and
other demonstrations, was held here
tonight. Resolutions pledging sup
port to the government and urging
universal military training were
adopted. The keynote speech was de-
livered by Jacob M. Dickinson, former
secretary of war, who characterized
as "noxious parasites those pacifsts
who exalt a theory of humanitarian
ism above the lives of American
sailors murdered on the high seas. "
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
Coast Guarded.

Washington, March 31.-The gov
efnment's war preparations develop
e many important steps today in all
three branches of national defense.
It was announced detailed plans are
worked out by the general staff for
Raising any larger army that con-
gress may authorize. The navy de-
partment has established on an Off
cal basis the coast patrol of subma-
me chaseSs and has ordered Captain
Henry B. Wilson, commander of the
saperdreadnaught Pennsylvania, to
axe charge of the coast mosquito
ieet" Bids for more chasers were
opened and Secretary Daniels said he
expected soon to have a large number
q boats in commission.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-01
1000 More Guardsmen.

Washington, March 31.-The war
apartment late today called into the
seueral service for police protection
: s'ou1 additional national guardsmen.
several southwestern regiments, but
y S0atheastern military units are in
T tuuea IN the call. 1t is assumed the
seAas regiments called will do border
s 10y, releasing an equal n,ns 81
ssoiars for other assignme
,. ns" York, March 81 uise
~ were taken today for
s'''nage Of patriotism" to
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