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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
NAMED RECEIVER OF
FLORIDA RAILROAD

Tallahassee. Fla, Jan. (SpeciaD
Judge W. =. Bullock Of the Fifth Cir
cult. on application "f the railroad
commissioners, yesterday appointed IL
=. Cummings, president of III" Rod
mand Lumber Company. as receiver
of the O"l,lawaha Valley Railroad
Company with directions to opera te
the railroad as a common carrier.
Mr.. Cummings has accepted the ap
pojntment - receiver and has agreed
to operate the road and services vi +
be resumed on this line within the
next few weeks.
This means that the Ocllawaha VAL
ley Railroad will not he dismantled
and Will continue to operate as a com
mon carrier as heretofore.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
REORGANIZATION OF THE
SHIPPING BOARD PLANNEO

Washington, Jan. 13.-Reorganiza-
ton and extension of the operating de-
partment of the shipping board so as
to place representatives. in London,
Paris, and Rome and branches in near
iy all important Atlantic ports, was
announced tonight as one of the direct
results OF the lnter-allied war con-
ference. Branch offices will be estab-
lished at Charleston, Jacksonville,
New Orleans, Mobile and other points
The plan IS not only to make more eff
fective the control of American mer
chant feet, but to insure n complete
cooperation with the shipping allies
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
FLORIDA" SPEEDIEST
BATTLESHIP IN NAVY
RECORD POINTS OUT

New York. Jan. 13.-.The United
States Battleship Florida wa~
awarded the American defense so
ctety cup for making the highest
speed during 1917 at the short
range target practice for battle
tIeships The annual presentation
IF the cup has heretofore been a
big celebration. but because of the
war. the celebration is abandoned
for this year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
S e ar c hing Parties Scour
Beach and Bay Without
Expected Results.
NEWS BROUGHT BY
STEAMER TARPON
Dory Which Crew Used At
tempting to Reach Land
Found. Survivors Story.

lying partially buried in the sands
of he s}iIf heath. near St Andrews,
/ The dorA i'll which it is thought the
men aboard the i'll fated schooner An
ME and Jennie attempted Ia reach
shore, was discovered according to
. Captain Anderson, second officer
aboard the steamer Tarpon which ar
rived in Pensacola yesterday from
its regular coastwise trip.
So far. .snO other traces of the wreck
have been found, and though the search
for the bodies of the four men lost
has been ceaseicss. efforts of the
searchers have not necn rewarded.
The following first hand account or
the wreck in which Alfred Weller
son of \. ID. Weller formerly cf Pen
saCola was lost is taken from the latest
issue Of the st. Andrews Bay News
under date Of January Sth:
The well-Inown fishing vessel, An
ME and Jennie, owned and operated
by the Bay Fisheries Company, of this
place, left here yesterday at 2 a. m
for Carabelle, where she was TO have
gone on the ways To undergo repairs
10 her ruddeT which was partly torn
away hy q Gulf storm Il few weeks
ago \ makeshift affair had been
riEsed mp 10 steer her ON the trip to
Carabel,e
Capt Manuel Cation was in charge
ana with him were Alfred Weller
son Of \. -. Weller of the Bay Fish
cries Co, .. r. Melvin. Dewey Bishop,
Leonard stevens and Charles Acker.
About Il M. WHOM this side OF
the hell buoy, before entering tite Gulf
the boat struck or the flat on the side
"f the channel and in less than an hour
had broken up, and the wrecksge was
swept away.
When he Inflated smack first
grounded The men had taken to the
rigging. where they clung, Iasheu by
angry seas aud bitter cold wind. until
the masts gave way and threw them
INTO the icy waters.
Melvin states that he saw capt. Ca
ton and Alfred Weller clinging to
piece Of wreCkaeo from which they
were soon swept away by the raging
sea
Melvin and Bishop clung 10 some
Of the wreckage until they were wash
ed out upon the beach at Crooked
Island abont one o'clock Yesterday af-
teruo"n- The. walked ito the home
Of l.. Raffield, on East Bay. reaching
there about nine o'clock last night.
in n state Of exhaustion.
Everything was done hy the Paf-
folds TO revive them, Bishop being
scarcely able TO wlik when he reached
there
Cullen Rancid brought them down
from there this forenoon, reaching
town about ten-thirty. Melvin had
some bad bruises upon his head re
curing surgical attention. The other
survivor. Bishop, was apparently littIa
the worse Z. his terrible experience.
Early this morning G. G. Rafieldt
and many others in his neighborhood
proceeded to the scene Of the disaster
to search for the bodies Of tho drown
ed. As soon as the news reached
here Mr.. Weller. with others took
launches and boats and started for
the wreck.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14

For the frs: time ~ many years, or
since establishment some time ago,
train No. 6, due to leave here at s:15
a. m. did not get away yesterday
morning for Mobile And train No. ,,
due at $50 in the evening, failed Of
course TO arrive. The two numbers
are the same train operated out Of
Pensacola for the past several years
TO Mobile and return daily.
The reason for the annulment Of this
train was explained to the public
some few days since when the an
nouncement was made that on a"coun'
Of the need ~ rrewS FOR other lines Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
Train SeruIce For
Sunday Been CArtailed

railway work. the train would he an
nulled only on Sundays, and that the
service would be six instead Of seven
days as formerly.
This Is the first step locally for the
annulment OF trains in line with the
general policy of taking off all trains
which might by spared conveniently
during the present freight and general
railway congestion.
Business usually looked after by the
annulled train was taken care OF yes
terday by No. 4. departing at noon.
and No. !, returning q little late in the
afternoon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
Arrange For Severe Test of
Florida Auto License Tax

and in the meantime Mr.. Marshall is
out on bond but is in the constructive
custody Of the Chief OF Police. Mr..
Marshall claims that he has con
tract or franchise with Col. Munson
the commanding OFFICER at Camp
Johnson, which exempts him from liza
bility and payment of the State and
city license tax on for-hire autOmo-
biles, on tn theory that he Is an
agency of the military department Of
the government by reason Of his al
legged franchise or contract. Mr. Mar
shall is represented in the case by
Hon. Thomas r. Adams, Il Jackson
Vile ls>w-&ss
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
Beyond Little Artillery Ac-
ton, Been Fighting of
Unimportant Nature.
ITALIAN PLANES
KEEP VERY BUSY
Aerial Warfare Succeeds
Terrific Bombardment of
the Past Few Weeks.
ASSOCIATED Press Summary,

Winters has settled down in earnest
on all important war fronts. ana be-
yond artillery actions, there was little
lighting in either the east or west
fronts.
Patrol encounters are reported along
the British front, and artillery actions
occurred over French lines.
In Italy aerial warfare has super
ceded the terrific artillery actions of
recent several weeks.
italian aviators have carried out a
successful bombing expedition against
Primolano, an important railway term
mus constituting the enemy's lines of
communication for the troops and sup
plies on the fighting front. The store
house and encampments were serious
ly damaged.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
INDIANAPOLIS HAS
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE

Indianapolis. Jan. 13.--F1re broke
out In the Industrial building, which
housed thirty manufacturing concerns
tonight and destroyed the building ad-
joining. The property loss estimated
at a million dollars, and Fire CHIEF
Louiks said he believed ii was Of
incendiary origin.
Several manufa cturng concerns were
making machinery for the government
under war contracts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
REASONS GIVEN FOR THE
SUPPLY AIRpLANE SPRUCE

New York. Jan. 13-A report Of tho
causes Of delay Of the production "3
spruce for airplane construction was
submitted 10 the chairman OF the air
craft board by the Aero Club Of Amer
lea and made public here tonig'
states that lumber men cannot
duCe aIrplene spruce at the priC
by the government"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
GERMANS UNDER SUSPICION
AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE

London, Jan. 13.-The Russian ac-
count on session OF the peace con-
ference at Brest-Litovsk shows con-
siderable variance from the German
version. The Russian account pictures
the Russian delegates as acting
throughout with more than suspicion
There was almost an actual COnvic-
tion that the German delegates wero
agents OF the military anncxationists
groups.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
WARMER WEATHER is
FORECAST THIS WEEK

Atlanta, Jan, 13.-Slow,y rising TEN
pertures here and other parts of thv
southeast were reported tonight. Re
ports from northern and central Flor
ida indicated no damage was done TO
citrus crops The unofficial tempera =
ture at Jacksonville early today was
twenty four degrees above zero, and
slowly rising.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
NO CONSUMPTIVES
WANTED IN ARMY

New York. Jan. 1S-Iess than = pc
cent OF 500 600 men examined for
tho United States army We're found
10 be tubercular, Colonel George Bush
ness announced at Il war conference
today of the National Jewish Hospital
for consumptives Of Denver. Measures
are taken to prevent men from enter
ing the army by draft who are afflicted
with the disease he said.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
WESTINGHOUSE MAN
GIVEN IMPORTANT JOB

Washington. Jan. 13.-Guy E Tripp.
chairman OF the board OF the West
inghouse Electric Company, was to-
night named by the war department
aS chief OF the production division Of
ordnance bureau and enerusted with
the task Of supervising production OF
all ordnance supp,RA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
GERMANY REPORTS RESULTS
OF ALLIES AVIATOR RAIDS

Amsterdam, Jan. 13-An official Ger
man news agency says the entente av-
iators made thirteen raids on Germany
in December, six on the Industrial dis
trcts of Lorraine, Luxembourg and 9TH
er points. Seven persons were killed.
and thirty-one injured, including
Franch prisoners OF war
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
SENATOR ]. H. BRADY
EXPIRED YESTERDAY

Washington, Jan. 13.-Senator James
II Brady. aged fifty years. died AT his
home here tonight of heart disease
He suffered an attack one week ago
yesterday and has been in a critical
condition ever since.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
PEASANTS ASK THAT cZAR OF
RUSSIA PLACED ON TRIAL

Petrograd, Jan. 12-(Deiayed) The
executive committee OF peasants and
deputies have passed a resolution urg-
ing the council of workmens and SOL
ders deputies to remove former En- p.
peror Nicholas to Petrograd or
Kronstadt, and place he and his family
on trial before a revolutionary tribunal
in either city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
UkRAINIANs RECOGNIZED
BY CENTRAL POWERS

Amsterdam, Jan. ia report by the
Wolfe Bureau, the German official
news agency on Saturdays del1bera-
tions at the Brest-Litovsk peace con-
ference, says at opening OF the sitting.
the Austro- Hungarian minister an
uounced the central powers nau rec
ognized the Ukrainian delegation as
an independent delegation, represent
ing the Ukraine Republic.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
FINAL PAYMENT ON SECOND
LOAN COLLECTABLE TODAN

Washington, D. C. Jan. i3.-Banks
throughout the country tomorrow will
collect the final forty percent install
ment Of the Second Liberty Loan, al
though the payments are not due al
the federal reserve bank until Tues
day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
HOW PRESIDENTS ADDRESS is
VIEWED BY THE BoLSAEVIkl

Petrograd, Jan. 1S.-President VIII
sons address is widely printed in Pet
rogred newspapers. The Bolsheviki
newspapers are divided in their opin.
ION. The Pravda. an official Rolsheviki
organ. depreciates the address and de-
rounced the president as a representa-
tive OF American capital.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
EIGHTEEN DIE
FROM COLD IN
THENORTHWEST
CHICAGO REPORTS LARGE CASU-
Atty LIST, ADDING THAT TRAF<
FIG ON WESERN RAILROADS
SLOWLY BEING RESUMED

Chicago, Jan. 13.-Eighteen deaths
in this territory are known To have
resulted from the storm which swept
over the northwest the end Of the
week. Traffic was slowly resumed
on the Northw estern railroads. NVo-
men clad in overalls helped to clear
the city streets OF snow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
MENT OF COAL
TO RELIEVE ERINC

Washington, Jan. 13.-Curtailment
OF coal to the less essential industries
in eastern cities as > means Of re-
lieving the fuel famine begins this
week. There sare reports of wide
spread suffering in New York, Phil
adelphia and other cities
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
NEW YORK Is SHlVERiNG
WITH RETURN ZERO WEATHER

New York, Jan. 13--Almost complete
disruption of industrial activity within
the past twenty-four hours. because
Of fuel shortage, threatened the city
tonight. with a return Of zero weather.
The harbor is choked with ice.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
GORDON ILL OF N
PNEUMONIA AT CAMP WHEELER

Macon, Ga. Jan. 1S.-Maj. augustus
F. Gardner. formerly a congressman OF
massachusetts, is i'll Of pneumonia at
the base hospital, Camp Wheeler. No
deaths were reports from divisional
headauarters tonight.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14

Professor Paes i the leader of the
provisional government which has just
been Established by the 'ReT,uhlicauS'
who overthrew the government of costa
Paes was formerly Minister # Public
Works and Justice.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-14
I II Z w Z A T II E r

Fair Monday, warmer. rain Monday
night and Tuesday. Southeast wines
becoming fresh to moderately strong.
Highest temperature yesterday, 81 de-
grees; lowest, 10 dAlrees.
Evening star., 1918-02-08
Reducing the Car Stops.

A count Of the number Of stopping
places in the District at which street
ears are now halted results in an i'm
pressive showing. The figures reported
to the Public Utilities Commission by
the experts who have recently been
studying this matter indicate that ma
terial saving in time, and consequently
in headway, can be effected by the adop-
tion of the skip-stop system. There are
now SIC stops on the Capital Traction
lines and 944 stops on the Washington
Railway and Electric line. OF these
stops it is proposed to eliminate 224 on
the Capital Traction lines and 1853 on
the Washington Railway and Electric
lines, or 80 per cent and 3711 per cent,
respectively. This is on the basis of
eight stops to the mile in the city and
six stops to the mile in the suburbs. OBJ
viously the adoption of this system will
permit \ more speedy operation Of the
cars, through concentration Of the pas
sengers in leaving and entering the cars
at fewer places. Whether it will yield
more hauling capacity through the max
ing of more round trips in the hours of
congestion remains to be seen. It is
to be noted that the experts strongly
recommend that with the adoption of
these new rules the places where the
cars are to stop regularly should be
marked plainly by distinctive signs. No
tice should be given in advance Of the
enforcement of the new order, so that
there will be the least possible confu-
sion. The public will quickly adjust
to the new system, especially if it re-
suits in better service.
Evening star., 1918-02-08

win not yisld sxosah sosns 70 pfovida
for the Immense iaAov ef asw people.
One Of the moss pfsseisabls measures
is that proposed In the xahss bill, for
the government to provide the funds
for the opening and furnishins Of Va
cant houses. Privats capital cannot be
expected to invest In this enterprise.
Government aid il absolutely necessary;
and this aid 10 assured by the bin. Even
with all the vacant houses put into uss
in competent hands, there win NOT be
enough rooming space. and dofmitofies
are essential, and the construction Of
these, if the situation Is to be adequate
~ met, must be begun promptly and
pushed at top speed to provide for the
10000 persons who, it IL estimated. viii
be on hand by July in addition to the
present population.
There is no time for prolonged con-
sideration Of this measure It should
be viewed as an emergency matter and
fastened to enactment promptly, 20 that
the leasing and furnishing Of houses
ard the construction Of temporary quar-
ters can begin. The government must 60
in the business on its own account to
care for its war workers, and it should
waste no more time in doing so.
Evening star., 1918-02-08
Clean the Streets!

Last nights slight fall in temperature
brought the mercury down below the
freezing point, SO that the streets this
morning were in a condition difficult for
traffic. Had the street cleaning depart
knent been utilized to the full yester-
day, to take advantage of the thaw, there
would have been less slush and water
hn the pavements last night to freeze.
The broom machines could have been
run through most Of the streets, especial.
~ those In the business section, during
the late afternoon and evening, before
the mercury fell, sweeping into the
cutters and thence into the sewers an
immense quantity Of water that was
kept from flowing by the ruts in the Ice
Neglect of this operation made the
streets of the city this morning almos,
Is difficult for teams and trucks a he.
fore the thaw. It is to be hoped tha.
advantage will be taken Of the next
thaw to clean away as rapidly as DOS.
sible all Of the ice and water. It Il
vitality important to restore the street.
to conditions permitting easy haulins
With the least possible delay.
Evening star., 1918-02-08

from that now existing In the interstate
commerce oct rs amended. Your com.
mittee has suggested period Of eigh-
teen months, and they believe Il will bs
found adequate for that purpose"
The war has forced government con
troll, and that control, whether it con.
tinues for two or . dozen years, insured
that We shall not "return to the condi-
tions obtaining before the assumption
Of federal control" In this, ss In other
matters, the war il making changes GER
tain to show and to require attention
after peace has been restored. The
country will not return to the old order
and resume it precisely as the order ex-
listed when the departure from it was
made.
The problem, all around, relates to
what those changes will require in the
shaping of new order. For new or
der will be imperative, and as far as
may be should be shaped in consonancc
with the general spirit of our institu-
tions. Government of the people, by
the people, for the people, will remain,
and must be administered in the spirit
Of its founders and preservers.
Interest in the transportation feature of
the new order is quickcned and height
ened by an agitation to make government
ownership and operation of railroads
succeed government control. The propo-
sition is not new. 1t has had advocates
for some years. But they are so much
encouraged by the present situation they
hope to improve it for their project, and
to that end are bestirring themselves
The proposition is Of so much moment,
and embodies such radical change in
affairs, public sentiment must, of course,
be taken. We shall hear it discussed in
this years congressional campaigns, and
again two years hence, when both
President and another new Congress arc
to be chosen.
Whilo the war lasts, government con-
troll will relate to war conditions; and
all will wish that that control may be
successful. But such success would be
no guarantee of the success of govern
ment ownership and operation in times
Of peace.
Debate in the Senate will begin Mon
day. Its range, or its length, is not
indicated. But good purpose will be
served if tine subject is examined from
all sides. and with a thoroughness ap-
propriate to its importance.
Evening star., 1918-02-08
The Emergency Housing Bill.

Representative Maher's bill appro-
priating $5o,OoO,oOO for the housing Of
government workers brings to a head
the various suggestions that have been
made relative to this problem Of caring
adequately for those who have come into
the public service within the past year.
The sum mentioned is enormous, but SO
is the problem. The government has
expanded its working force tremen-
dously in the last ten months, and will
further enlarge it in the course Of the
present year. A very large part Of this
increased force is concentrated. Wash
ington has the largest single percentage
Of the increase. It is estimated by the
chief Of the War Departments housing
bureau that during 1913 no less than
10000 people will come to Washington,
including 10000 government workers
5000 members Of their families and
5000 officers and their families. He
computes that at present only 3,4se can
be accommodated, leaving 1854 to be
provided for.
Tho householders Of the city have
done very well under the circumstances
taking in thousands Of clerks at in
most cases much personal Inconvenience
and hut little, if any, pecuniary advan
tase. C6nvasses Of the eity havs beer
made and arc stlll in progress to th4
end Of Increasing the available sccom
moda13sAs b this naaass. But . mos
thoreash scmbias II fha aazpMHaits