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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
CARS MAY BE
USED TO-DAY FOR
RELIEF WORK

Fuel administrator Wilmer Hay
ward has authorized the use OF
cars today, in connection with re-
lief measures. All cars may be
used for any actual needs in con-
Dection with relief work, but
those using their machines are
urged not to do SO unless there is
q real necessity.
All members of the Emergency Re-
lief Committee of the Red Cross and
all district chairmen are asked to
meet at $50 o'clock this morning at
Headquarters. i25 South Palafox st.
Headquarters will remain open all
6ay. and those. in needs of service of
any kind. whether doctors, nurses
medicine or nourishment, may get
over phone 40.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
GOOD PROGRESS
MADE BY ALLIES
in PAST WEEK
GEN. MARCH WELL PLEASED WITH
CONDITION ON ALL FRONTS-DE-
SPITE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC, AM
ERICA SENDS MANY MEN
(By Associated Press)

Washington, Oct. 5.-Summarizing
the news for the past week as "ex-
cellent" General March said offensives
conducted by the allies on three major
sectors had resulted in a forward
movement of tn ebattle front for
practically the entire stretch from the
North Sea to Verdun. General
Gouraud's army just west OF the Ar
gonne forest has fought it's way for
ward to a point where it also threat
ems German communication lines.
The British drive on Cambrai and
ST. Quentin, which was afoed by the
27th, (New York troops) and 3oth,
(Tennessee, North Carolina and South
Carolina and District of Columbia
troops) American divisions developed
into a battle for the entire Hinden.
burg line. The British, General
March said, have broken entirely
across the enemy's zone of defense
making breaches in the line which
were closed by the Germans only af-
ter difficulties.
In Flanders the drive of the allies
has reconquered 10 square miles of
Belgian territory and have formed a
semi-circular salient ten miles deep.
Ostend and Zebrugge, German sub
marine bases, are so threatened that
it is reported their evacuation has be-
gun. The British are within five
miles of Lille.
Despite the epidemic of Spanish in
fluenza, embarkation of American
troops is being continued at the rate
Of more than 25o,00o per month, Cen
eral March announced today the total
to date now having passed
the 1,S50,000 mark. The September
exceeded 250,000, althou~.
cases of influenza in camps at ho-~
exceeded 100000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
PROPOSES AN IMMEDIATE
SUSPENSION OF HoSTILITIES
(By Associated Press)

Amsterdam. Oct. 5.-Immed ediate
suspension of hostilities has been pro-
posed by the German chancellor,
Prince Macmillan, in the Reichstag,
according to Berlin correspondence.
The entente allies are to be asked
to state their terms.
The chancellor's proposal also en-
hraced the dispatch of plenipoteh-
taries to a neutral place to discuss the
question of a league of national arbi-
tation and disarmament, the pleni-
1ofentiar:es to be empowered to dis
cTsS the creation of federal Austria,
the right of self of the
Russian frontier states, restoration
and indemnification of Belgium, au-
tonomy of Alsace- Lorraine and the
return of German colonies.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
ARE
BEING FORCED
out OF FRANCE
American and French Force En-
emy Back on ALI Fronts and
Gain Much Territory.
ON LAST LINE
OF DEFENSE
Americans Threaten Important
Railway Which Supplies Arch
Of German Line.
(By Associated Press)

American and French troops are
crushing in the southern wall Of Ger
man defenses with heavy blows along
the front from west Of Rheims to. the
MeuSe.
In the north under menace Of BrfT
ish pressure in Flanders the enemy
has set line to Douai and other towns
and villages that are evidently In
preparation for retirement from the
French frontier.
Heavy explosions have been heard.
The Americans are advancing towards
Sedan and the great communication
line upon which German security OF
realized considerable advances and
took additional villages and heights
,Pershings men in smashing blows
the present front depends.
Enemy resistance was most stub
born here as they are standing on
the Kriemhild line which constitutes
their last prepared defenses.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Turkey Ready to Ask General
Armistice and Peace Farley.
WILSON TO BE
MI E DI A T 0 r
Austria's New Peace Note Said
n Declare That All of Wilson'S
Terms Are Accepted.
(By Associated Press)

Paris, oct. 5.-Germany, Austria
Hungary and Turkey have resolved
simultaneously to ask President Will
son to make representation in their
interest for a general armistice and
negotiations for general peace, ac-
cordng to a Berne dispatch to the
Havas agency. The Austro- Hungar-
TO request the Swedish government to
transmit TO President Wilson a pro-
posal to conclude Immediately with
him and his allies a general armistice
and to start without delay negotiations
for peace, the dispatch adds
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
"AShlNGT0N HAS NOT BEEN
ADVISED OF PEACE PROPOSALS

,,,., W,d'iiinSton, Oct. 5-A statement
fb.t fTba,teoTlzed .,ed officially late tonIgnt says
cot .,e iAe American government had re-
Aistsi Arssa no new peace proposals from
wb,'rla' and had no official information
lever concerning the new devel-
Ton.Ils T,rsnls reported impending in the
sgt,oIic st,onic campaign for peace by nego-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
AMERICANS GOAL is
IMPORTANT GERMAN RAILWAY
(By Associated Press)

Washington, Oct. 5.-Great trunk
railway system near the Belgian bor-
der which feeds the whole central
arch of the German lines in France
is the goal of the first American ar
my, which Chief of Staff March today
said is making rapid progress.
Official dispatches show the Ameri-
cans to be Is miles from the nearest
point on that important railroad
March said.
Reports today indicated that despite
stiffening Of German resistance the
American forces are pushing onward
and the distance to their goal is being
cut down rapidly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
AUSTRIA ACCEPTS ALL
OF WILSON'S PEACE VIEWS

Amsterdam, Oct. 5.-(Reuters)-
The new peace note of Barren Burian,
Austro- Hungarian minister, will de-
clare all of President Wilson's terms
had been accepted, according to a dis
patch to the Frankfort Zeitung, quot
ed in the Dutch press. The note will
be published Immediately.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
AUSTRIA SAYS TURKEY WILL
NOT MAKE SEPARATE PEACE

a., herne, Switzerland, Oct. 5.-Denial
i'' turkey is about to seek a separ-
| peace is made in a dispatch re-
ESNea here from Vienna, which says
,.., rs attitude Of Turkey toward the CEN
"'' powers continues loyal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
NNG BORIS FIRST ACT is
10 DEMOBILIZE BULGAR ARMY

sin, --ll-lS,Ierdam, Oct. 5.-The first decree
on, eieJt Dy King Boris of Bulgaria, was
saa % Gemobilizing the Bulgarian army,
0'uihS TO a dispatch from Sofia.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
PRICE FIXED FOR MEALS
TO TRAVELLING SERVICE MEN
CBy Associated Press)

Washington, Oct. 5.-Offcers and
enlisted men of tn earmy and navy
hereafter viii be given table d'hote
meals on all railroad diners and at
railway stations for IS cents, with
standard menus equalling or exceed
ing army and navy rations. This ar
rangement annouced today, was made
between the railroad administration
and the war and navy departments.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
(By Associated Press)

With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun, Oct 5.-The Americans
again met with desperate resistance
all day long, with a series of counter
attacks. Machine gun and artillery
fire particularly was violent most OF
the day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
GEURAUDS ARMY FORCES
GERMAN HORDES BACK
(By Assoctated Press)

Paris, Oct. 5.-German retreat be-
fore Geuraud's army, which is sup
ported by Americans on the right, is
quickening perceptibly. French troops
have reached Betheniville. lying about
8 miles north of Moronvil1ers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06

(By Newspaper En,.-prise Ass'n.)
Washington, D. c., Oct. 5-Miss
Margaret Wilson, only unmarried
daughter of the president. has started
movement to place schoolnouses at
the disposal of workmen in cities and
towns having munition centers, for
the purpose of meeting and organizing
unions. In Bridgeport, Conn.,, Miss
Wilson opened one OF the school
houses as public forum and with a
special idea that the school should be
used by the workers Of that part Of
the district as general assembly
place. Recently during one of the
strikes the employers made it impos-
sible for the workmen to hire hall.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
GEORGIA TECH WINS FIRST
FOOTBALL GAME OF SEASON

Atlanta, Oct Georgia Tech de-
eeated Clemson % to 0 in the first loot
ball game of the season here today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
DISTINGUISHED FRENCHMAN
VISITS PENSACOLA

Sergeant Charles Vinclair. Of the
First Regiment Of France, is a distin-
guished and interesting member Of the
party which is touring the country on
Continued on Page Twelve
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06

Let the work you do for the Liberty
Let the work you do for the Liberty
Loan today be dedicated to the memory
of the mothers of Europe who have seen
their children slaughtered and their hus-
bands with bound hands driven away to
a fate unknown, that the mothers here
may not see similar professions in their
own streets.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-06
The Weather

sunday yoatSn aGs MSnssy oi e:SnsSs sssspe ossr
s;t:,,.ssst a., Ss, temperature yesterday, 70 de-
nS. lowest, II degrees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

Perfectly hopeless, sir; it has been
tried again and again."
The inevitable result of this CONVEX
Sation was to make Mr.. Wells hunger
more than ever for the forbidden
fruit, and he there and then resolved
that he would not leave China with
out it-even the supreme attraction
of Staying man eater" began to
pale before his determination to Sc
cure the ghost and the cabinet, If it
took the very last pound on his let
ter of credit.
When the Marguerite lifted her
anchor at daylight in the morning the
coveted cabinet was aboard, securely
locked in a sole leather suit case and
hidden away under the lower berth
of the cabin.
How did it ever get there? Let us
see.
When Ah-Woo, the faithful house.
boy of the Warnings (and son of Sam
Tok, the compradore), came into Mr..
Wells room late in the evening to as
sist him in packing his baggage he
looked carefully around, closed both
proceeded to lock and bolt the door.
Having taken these precautions, he
produced from the inner recesses Of
commodious gown carefully wrap
ped package of yellow silk, and, plac-
ing it on the dressing table. remark
Su " tiAS luNHeI dSlOIlSIleu ITdNeleT.
You can savee, my blongee All
Woo, my master callee Sporty cause
my catchee smallpox (pointing to the
decorations left by that dreaded dis
ease upon his face). My have hear
you speakee last night wantchee buy
cabinet with Chinaman's split inside
No can buy store side Suppose culio-
man sell, mandalin kill he. Have
catchee one piece this side can Sc
clure my great-gland father ghost in
side he. Suppose you pay me $500,
my givee you, my no can sell"
Spotty here proceeded slowly to I'M
wrap the covering of silk and from
1t he brought forth 4 beautiful little
cabinet of the most exquisite gold
lacquer and set it upon the table. 1t
measured about ten inches in height
and about five inches in width. 1t
had two little doors in front, clasped
together with bars of delicately
carved bronze, and when these were
opened they revealed within golden
tablet with the posthumous titles of
man of noble rank. Thcrr ccdld h q,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

y, would s! yo y, advise me to- go to work
"Ah. Mr.. Wells" replied the consul,
you are not by amy means the first
one that has asked me that question,
and can only say to you what have
said to all the others-that they are
absolutely unobtainable. The Chinese
are the most reverential and particu-
lar people in regard to the spirits of
the departed, and any disrespect
culprits the dire vengeance of the
gods. In their superstition as we
ignorantly call it, they firmly believe
that one of the ghosts or spirits Of
the dead-and every individual pos
sesses three-enters into the ancestral
tablet of the lacquer tablet. 1t re.
mains there while the doors are closed
and passes in and out when the doors
are opened. 1t must be most respect
fully treated; offerings of rice and tea
and wine must be regularly supplied
to 1t and 'spirit-money,' as they call
those strips of gold and silver paper
that you see scattered around the
cemeteries, must be provided for all
it's contingent expenses. When any of
these are neglected misfortune of
some kind will surely fall upon the
family. To injure one of these tablets
while it is 'vivified.' as they say, is an
insult to ones ancestors, and to de-
StTOy IL VI " ccll ~ W a.
which Is the worst insult of all-is a
crime which not only surpasses MUIR
der, but outrages the entire commu-
nifty where it occurs. So you see, now.
why none are ever offered for sale"
mot for any amount of money?
Money 10 very powerful. you know, in
overriding superstition. We found
that over and ovef again in India,
didn't we, Tony?" Addressing himself
to his chum, he went on: "You re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

four fellow merchants. together with
Sir Warren Chelmsford, the British
consul (the American consul being at
home on furlough), to Join them at
dinner and after the coffee the sub
ject Of conversation very naturally
turned to tigers and the various ex-
periences Of Europeans who had gone
in search of them. When this had
been thoroughly thrashed out, Mr.,
Wells turned to the consul and said:
"Sir Warren, / am very anxious. in
deed. to secure for my collection Of
curios a genuine gold-lacquer cabinet
with the ancestral tablet of some Chi
nese family. You are an old and ex-
perienced resident of the east; how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
The Mysterious Ways of Wang Foo By Sidney PARTRIDGE

member that old abbot who sold us
his fathers pet idol that had protected
the family for fifty years, don't you?
He was terribly shocked when we Of
fered to buy it for twenty pounds and
almost drove US out of the temple, but
the morning we left Benares he came
around early to the back door of the
hotel and sold it to us for fifteen.
Don't you think, Sir Warren, that If
it was generally. known here that two
or three hundred Mexicans would be
paid-on the quiet. of course-for
cabinet and tablet and ghost COM
family would be willing to- risk it?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

APPEARING AS IF BY MAGIC OUT
OF THE DARKNESS, A GREAT
RICE JUNK CRASHED DIRECTLY
INTO THEM. SPOTTY WAS SWEPT
AWAY IN THE FLOOD AND WAS
SEEN NO MORE.
no doubt about it, it certainly was
the genuine article. Spotty explained
it all in the most fluent ''pidgin-E Eng
lish." He showed the opening in the
top of the tablet through which the
spirit of the departed entered and
the seals that guaranteed his pres
ence. and then, solemnly drawing
forth from his sleeve an ancient dag
ger, turned to his astonished visitor
and said:
Suppose my no talkee tlue. you
can killee me now"
All right. spotty. I'll take your
word for it. Put away that dagger;
! don't want to murder anybody for
al the old curios in China. Here's
your 500 Mexicans. Wrap it up care
fully and put it away in my grip
and stow it under my berth on the
boat
Spotty counted the money over
slowly and carefully and rolled it up
the cabinet according to directions
and then. as he reopened the windows
and unlocked the door, he added.
significantly pointing to his throat,
You no tellee any man till you get
Melica side. Suppose mandalin savee
head off so fashion"
The tide, at Annoy is one of the
worst on all the Asiatic coast, rising
and falling over fourteen feet. and
making navigation for small craft
exceedingly dangerous. spotty did
hn OF
took the travellers to the household,
but called a sam-pan of his own and
directed the boatman to take him to
the lower city. The outgoing cur
rent swept the fragile little sam-pan
t aeHs we aad on IN very few minutes
wharf and they turned to pass in be-
tween the buoys, when, appearing as
II by magic out of the darkness. a
great Ning-po rice junk crashed d.
rectly into them and overturned the
sam-pan in an instant. The boat
man managed to seize a bamboo rome
hanging over the side and clam
bered on board the junk, but Spottv
was swept away in the flood and was
seen no more.
There was an unusual excitement
in the market street of the town the
following morning and the news
spread quickly from mouth to mouth
that one of the servants in tho
foreign hong had been seen in the
act of robbing his ancestral hall. An
old egg peddler from the country had
brought the nef's. He had been rest
ing quietly by the roadside partly
hidden by the bushes and had seen
Spotty climb over the wall of the
Enclosure. enter the hall and dopart
few minutes later. with a bundle
under his arm. On looking throuph
the window. he saw to his horror
that the ancestral cabinet was miss
ing from the central shelf.
He recognized Spotty at once from
having seen him at the kitchen door
of tho hong where he stopped to sell
his eggs to the cook Before night Tho
news had reached the tao-tai's yamen
and the runners were sent to arrest
the house boy, but returned with the
statement that he had disappeared
and had left no trace behind him
Under the old law of China by which
a parent is held responsible for ~.
sins of child the runners Returned
in the morning and. scizing the com
pradore. dragged him away to tho
yamen, to be held there until his SON
should give himself up Mr.. watts
ford was sitt'n" II his off'co dos,,
Evening journal., 1918-05-03
RY pRoF. ALRERr 2. POnTA
Noted Sunspot scientist.) 5

Noted Sunspot Scientist)
The planetary phenomena occurring
n Nay are:
May i3-oppositlon Of Mercury with
Jupiter.
May 25-opposition Of Venus with
May 2s-opposition OF Mercury with
Neptune
May SO-Opposition Of Venus with
saturn.
May 6-Coniunction Of Mercury with
Fenus
But besides the sunspots and facu-
ne produced by these celectial phe-
aomena, some other solar disturbances
hmilarly generated In April and March
viii also occur to the production OF the
horms and selsmlcs which VIII occur
% May.
Chiefly I anude to the conjunction
VI Mercury with Saturn, the earth anC
Jupiter, respectively occurring OF
kprTl Z, p and March p. and the pow
uful opposition Of Jupiter with Venus
occurring on April %.
Now integrating all the partial cleo
rO-magnetic energies affecting tn
month Of May, by grouping the date
n which the sunspots and facula
produced by the foregoing planetar,
lhenomena) VIII approach or cross tn
tormy and-seismic solar meridian, l OF
er the following tabulated weathe
md seismic forecast for this month;
Period An intense warm wave vii
lredominate, alternating with partis
aims in the North Pacific states. Som
Evening journal., 1918-05-03
PAROLE THREE MEN
CHARGED WITH THEFT

Three men, charged with larceny.
were before Judge Rice in Court OF
Common Pleas yesterday, and plead
ed guilty. They were paroled for one
year.
Walter Davis pleaded guilty to a
charge OF larceny Of eleven perch from
the p, B. and w. Railroad. II was
alleged that a barrel OF the fsh was
broken open by a man. and that Davis
happened along at the time and took
eleven OF the fish He later put them
back, but was arrested. He was paroled
10 his father for one year.
George r, Shanks and Marion Brown,
each 20 years old, pleaded guilty to a
charge OF larceny Of five pounds OF
scrap copper from the Pusey and
Jones Company. The youths carried
the copper, in small strips, out OF the
yard openly, making no attempt to
conceal it. II appeared. They were
paroled to Special Agent Frank Stout
| for one year.
Evening journal., 1918-05-03
Silk Specials for
Saturday

We have on display at this
time silks of all kinds and men
ton a few of the many specials
for tomorrow:
Wash Satin-Our 50 wash
Satin will be sold for the day
only at S1.79. This is a very
popular fabric for summer un-
derwear. Comes in white and
flesh and SO inches wide.
Foulards-Be sure TO see
our assortment of foulards
when contemplating a new
dress. Such a collection Of
STYLES and colors that are to be
found only here. Radium silk,
satin faced and twill silks with
all ou- designs and the popular
and stylish coin dot in all the
different sizes. All are SO in.
wide and priced from $1.29 &c
$2.25 a yard.
japanese Shantung, q in
wide, at s5c.
Chinese Shantung, 33 niche
wide, at $1.OO the yard. Thi
is a wonderful value.
Japanese Shantung Pongee
SO inches wide, at $1.35 an
$1.5O the yard. These ar
worth at least 25c more thar
we ask, therefore, take advan
tage Of these big specials.
Evening journal., 1918-05-03
10000 CHINESE TO
FIGHT IN FRANCE

AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 33-Forty
thousand Chinese troops-the flower Of
the regular Chinese army-will arrive
on the western front early in June ac-
cording TO Captain c. Chen Of the
Chinese army who arrived yesterday
from France.
"Our lighting men-i0OO0 OF them
are picked from Tie crack regiments Of
China's regular army" Captain Chen
declared. 'sThey are now enroute TO
France via the Mediteyranean and will
arrive on the front early In June"
General Tung, former chief OF stan
OF the Chinese army and General Chen
are now in Paris awaiting their arrival,
Captain Chen stated.
Evening journal., 1918-05-03
These Are Items of
Special Interest

Tomorrow we offer a big as
sortment of
Fancy colored Bead Neck
Chains. Oriental combinations
soc, 75c, $1.O0 each.
Fine jet Neck Chains, some
plain Jet, others with amber
and pearl combinations. $1.50
to $500 each.
We have a very choice as
sortment Of Pearl Neck Chains,
short, medium and opera
lengths, $1.50 TO $40 each.
We have in stock the new
Vernon patterns in Oneida
Community Par Plate Table
Silver. We invite our patrons
attention TO this new pattern.
We place on sale a special
purchase of ladies' all linen
Handkerchiefs, odd initials, at
Sc eaCn.
One lot of ladies' muSSed
Handkerchiefs that we're used
for decoration purposes. 1212c
and 10 values to go at &C.
Children'S all-linen colored
bordered Handkerchiefs at 15c
each.
Children's school Handker-
chiefs, fancy colored borders al
&c each or 4 for z5c-
Evening journal., 1918-05-03

thunder and tornadoes when reaching
the Eastern sections.
Period 2-Partial rains and probably
snowfall in The North. strong gales
and heavy sea along the Pacific Coast.
between May 70 and IS. This storm
viii reach the Great Lakes and the At
lantic Coast with increased intensity
on May 1920
Period 3-Warm waves alternating
/ with scattered rains and strong winds
along the Pacific Coast. Most severe
/ in approaching the Eastern regions.
Period Pheasant weather scarcely
disturbed by partial rains and west
erly winds along the Pacific Coast, or
May 29-3i. Tornadoes and thunder vii
probably occur either along the coas
Of the Mexican Gulf or the Mississippi
4 Valley. during the last days OF this
month.
Evening journal., 1918-05-03
Lemon Juice
For FreCkIeS
Glrlsl Make beauty lotion az
home for a few cents. Try lti

Squeeze the juice OF two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white, shake well, and you have
a quarter pint Of the best freckle and
tan lotion, and complexion beautiner, at
very. very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of orchard white for O
few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant
lotion into the face, neck. arms and
hands each day and see how freckles
and blemishes disappear and how clear
soft and white the skin becomes. Yes
10 Is harmless.