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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
PROBABLY BEGINNING
OF GREAT MENT

While the number Of men TO be sent
here for this training is comparatively
small, il is believed that It ts but the
beginning Of the large development Of
Fort Barrancas as a coast artillery
training station
This training IS essential, and until
other provisions are made tt must be
done at existing stations. Northern
forts Il IS pointed out can be only
partially utilized for this purpose dur
ing the winter months, and western
ports have the disadvantage of being
100 remote. For these reasons, there
fore, Z = considered probable that
many other men will De sent here for
arttIIer.- tra n ing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
Miserable Lot of Human Be
ings Found Among Pris-
onerS of French.
MEN AND OFFICERS
HUNGRY, IN RAGS
Ask for Warm Food and Ate
1t Like Ravenous Ami
mails, 1t Is Reported.

Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy. Jan. 5.--jI3y Associated Press --
The officer commanding the 1909
Austrian prisoners captured in the re-
cent French success on Monte Tomhl
gave the correspondent an opportuni
ty today Of going among them and
talking freely with officers and men
on war conditions and what the enemy
still could do in carrying on the
struggle.
4 more miserable lot OF human be-
ings would he difficult to imagine. The
ClIfccrs were IN ever. worse condition
than the men Their clothing was
ragged. and they were unkempt and
had not been shaved for a week. None
lad overCoats. as all We're wearing
light trench uniforms when the French
swept around them. Yet they put on
n bold front and any one thinking
they are crushed is closing his eyes
to facts
All ages were seen among the pris-
oucrs. There was a boy Of IS and a
man OF 30 with a grey heard. A
coating of trench mud made them look
worse than they really were. for they
had stout boots, leggings and over
coats.
They tramped along su.lenly to large
court yards where food was being dis
tributed. Each man got a small tin
Of meat and a large chunk of bread.
The prisoners ate like ravenous ami
mails and said II was the best food
they had had in weeks,
The correspondent was told by the
prisoners that the method OF French
attack was an entirely new expert
cnco for them as they seldom had un-
dorgoue such murdeTous artillery fire.
Most OF the men were Mora Vians, Dal-
matianS and GaliCians. The sudden
French charge after the artillery fire
howled them over before they had
any chance to offer resistance. They
all expressed themselves as heartily
sick Of the war and said the Germans
were keeping the others in the fight.
As the officers came from their quar-
ters 1t was seen they were chiefly
Hungarians with some Moravians and
Dalmatians and one Galician. They
were very cold and their first request
was for warm food
we have not had warm food for
DAYS" said their spokesman, a stoCky
young Dalmatian officers.
Asked about the war. the officers
gave Americas entry into IT as an in
stance that all the world was against
the Central Powers. One officer said
the food supply was running low, hut
it was better off in Hungary than in
Austria. They thought, however. that
Austria Hungary could hang on. Ask
ed about the ragged condition of their
one officer said:
Yes. we are ragged and look like
tramps. but what does that count in
fghting?'
\ German artillery icer, who was
captured with the Austrians. was Civ
en- quarters by himself. but the com
mandant said that another German
would soon arrive to keep him COM
pany. The German. while deferential
and civil, maintained complete silence
IN the war His uniform and equip
meut looked in hetter condition than
that OF the .NUStro- Hungarian off,
-ers hut they wcv" badly run down.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
FLORIDA FRUIT GROWERS
WANT EMBARGO REMOVED

Washington. Jan. The FIor.da
Citrus Exchange, at Tampa. wired
Senator Fletcher today asking MN To-
urge me remoHaI Of the enbaGpu ~.
fruits and yegeta bIes north Of E.ca-
mond. which il was said would iujurr
the Florida producers
Senator Fletcher took the matter up
with General Director of Railroads
McAdoo and was assured no embargo
had been placed on fruits and vege-
tables from the south and none was
anticipated It may be expected there
viii he some delay IN all transporta-
ton for = short while Mr., McAdoo
said. but everything, especially fruits
and vegeta bles. are to be moved with
az much despatch as possible.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
Plans for Establishing Coast
Artillery School Here
Have Been Completed
LET CONTRACT FOR
2 UNIT CANTONMENT
Provide Extra Quarters at
at Fort Barrancas for
Large Number.
Washin gton Bureau
Pensacola Journal.
BY George n. Manning

Sy George ~. manning
Washington, Jan. THE war de-
partment has completed plans for es-
tablishing a coast artillery training
school at Fort BArrancas. Pensacola,
Florida, and what is known as a two
unit cantonment' building is TO be
erected there at once. il was learned
here today.
General Barrett, acting chief of
artillery, said today that the coaS-
artillery "orps is establishing training
schools for coast srtillerymen at sew
eral sea coast forts. 1t is planned to
provide quarters at Fort Barrancas.
he said. for two units, OF $50 men
each. or 300 in all.
Tho men are being given training
at the coast forts. General Barrett
said. and are then being shipped 70
France tc do either light or heavy ar
tillery work as necessity requires.
General Little. chief Of Cautonmeut
construction. said the contract for the
two cartonment buildings has been
awarded to Hugger brothers, OF Mont
gomery, Ala. at 700.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
BE ANNUL MENT
OF PASSENGER
TRAINS SOON
TWENTY PER CENT OF THROUGH
SCHEDULES BE iScoNTINUED
ON EASTERN RAILWAYS. AND
TRAVEL WILL BE DISCOURAGED
(Bv Associated Press.l

Washington, Jan. 5.-To free loco
motives and crews for the more i'm
pnrtant freight transportation, twenty
Per cent of the through passenger
trains o. the eastern railroads VIII be
discontinued tomorrow. by the ap-
proval Of fptr ctor NIs-Ndoo. THIS pol
icy is announced tonight. will he grad
ualI% extended throughout the coun-
Try. Mr.. M~Adoo has asked the public
t" refrain from travel a. much as pos
siblc.
Director McAdoo announced that as
soon as the raiIrcad bill IS passed. he
viii take steps 70 use more extensive
" the country : navjga BILE rivers and
canals
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
JOURNALS wASAINGToN'S
MAN GETS THE STORY

As soon as a rumor to the effect that
a large cantonment would lac con-
structed at Fort Rarrancas became
current Yesterday morning, The Jour
nal telegra phe6 it's Washington Burea Il
FOR verifiCatiou. Mr. Manning obtained
official statements from the war de-
partment, and they are printed this
morning. This Is in line with The
Journals policy of obtaining official
release on all military matters. and il
is gratifying that an efficient repre-
sentative at the National Capitol en-
ables this to he done without sacrifice
Of time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
AMERICAN STEAMER SURAGA
SANK IN mEDITERRANEA

New York. Jan 5-The American
steamship Suraga, q vessel OF 4,3T4
tons gross register was torpedoed and
compelled 10 run ashore on December
- while in the Mediterranean waters.
according 20 a report received here
today in insurance circles.
The Suraga left New oYrll the lat
ter part Of October for an Italian port
and il is understood that she was re-
turning and hound for French port
When torpedoed- 80 far as can be
learned r& her crew are safe
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
THE GERMANS FAIL IN
ATTACK ON BRITISH LINES

London. Jan The Germans early
this morning made q strong local at
tack acair$t The british positions in
the TIindephUrE line. east of BulIecourt
in the CamLr3i sector. but only n
small party succeeded IN occupying
the advance sap. the war Office re-
ported on tho remainder Of the front
tho Germans were repulsed before
reaching the british positions and sur
feret losses.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
Epoch-Making Speech De
1ivered at Most Critical
Hour of War.
JUST AND LASTING
PEACE IS DESIRED
Makes Very Clear What
British Nation Would Re
gard Durable and Just.
ASSOCIATED Press summary.j


David Lloyd George. the British
premier, In an epoch making speech
delivered today at what he declared to
he the most critical hour of the war.
laid Great Britain's war aims before
the world, both more broadly and mOSe
specifically than they have ever be
fore been promulgated. y just and
lasting peace was the British aim, the
premier reiterated, and this, he de-
Clared. must be achieved by the re-
establishment of the sanci'ity of trea-
ties, territorial adjustments on the
basis OF self-det termination, and the
limitation Of armaments carried out
by the creation of an international or
ganization. Great Britain was pre-
pared to make an even greater sacri-
fees in achieving these ends. he de-
clared.
In effect, the speech was reply to and
rejection of the German peace terms
AS voiced by the spokesman for the
Central Powers at the Brest -Litovsil
conference. No lasting peace was
possible on this basis, he asserted, en-
phasizing the point that mere lip ser
vice to the formulas of no annexa-
lions, no :ndemnities, and self-deter-
uliItation would not. suffice.
The broad principle of the recogni-
tion Of the rights of nationalities
formed the basis of the premier's
statements. lie enunCiated this spe-
officially in declaring government by
consent of the governed must be the
foundation of any territorial adjust
ments after the war, replacing the old
method Of settlement by bargaining
around a council table by a few neEo-
tiators scheming to serve the interests
Of one DYNASTY or another.
Backing up this idea, he declared
that Great Eritain proposed TO stand
hv France in her demand for the
r!ghting Of the wrong of 1871 when
She was deprived OF .Alsace- Lorraine
and was supporting Italy in her claim
for reunion with peoples Of her own
race and tongue, now under Austrian
rule. Justice for Rumania. Serbia ana
Montenegro was also insisted upon.
The same principle was applied In
the case of Poland, which the premier
said should he an independent state
and comprise all genuinely Polish ele-
meuts that wished to unite in it.
Again in the case of the German col
onies. Mr.. Lloyd George pointed out
that tho wishes and intentions of their
native inhabitants must he primarily
regarded by the peace conference.
The principlo also was applied in
the case OF Turkey, whose dominion it
was not proposed TO challenge in the
home lands Of the Turkish race. al I
though the premier expressed the view
that the Dardanclles should he inter |
nationaIiZed. Such nati0nalities as the
Arabs and the Armonians and the in !
hahitants OF Syria. Palestine and Mes
opotamia, however, should have their /
separate national conditions recog- !
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
THREE BROTHERS ARE
LOST WHEN AUTO
GOES THROUGH ICE
By Associated Press.

City Point. Va, Jan. 5.-Vcrnon.
Rowland and Jarles Barnett. broth
ers. we're drowned near her to-
night when they attempted To
cross over the frozen surface of
the James river in an automoh.l,.
The maChiCuc broke through. and
they were carried under the ice
into thirty feet Of water
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
ENEMY SUBS FAIL TO
SINK BRITISH transports S

Toxic, Jan. 5.-EnemE submarines
which attempted 10 attack British
transports conveyed ny Japanese war
ships in the Mediterranean on De-
cernber 30 were repulsed. says an an
nounCement from the japanese ad-
miralty, The warships were not dam
aged
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
GERMAN KULTUR
EXECUTES SCORE

Amsterdam. Jan. 5.-Twentv two
persons. among them four from Ant
werp, and eight from Ghent and
Dutch skipper. were executed by Ger
mans at CThent on December Goth for
alleged espionage. according to the
Teleeraph's Flushing CORES poudent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
ATTEMPTED RAID BY
GERMANS WERE REPuLSED

London, Jan. 5.-A raid attempted
by the enemy during the night in the
neighborhood OF Hollebeke was re-
pulsed without loss by our troops, the
war Office reports. Another hostile
raiding party succeeded in rushing
one Of our posts east Of Zonnebeke "A
few Of our men are missing"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
EARTH QUAkES AGAIN
VISIT GUATEMALA CITY

Washington. Jan, Guatemala City
was completely destroyed ~ earth
quakes Thursday ANA Friday, follow
ing those Of late December, according
to state department adv.ccs The LOGS
o. life : estimated as greater than
from the earlier shocks.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
County Commissioners Will
Consider Special Resolu-
ton at Next Meeting.
SODERLIND HAS
MATTER IN HAND
Bonds Be Issued in $500 De
nominations, According
to Present Plans.

Plans 70 issue the bonds for pay-
ing the Bayshors road authorized bv
The freeholders in the election Of De
cemher ., will be considered by thu
Board OF County Commissioners at
the regular meeting Tuesday morning
at nine o'clock.
Commissioner Soderlind, Of District
,. stated yesterday that he has drawn
up and viii present the following res
olution to expediate the sale Of bonds
and construction OF the road;
Whereas: at the Special Road and
Bridge District Election, held TO es
tahlish n Special Road and Bridge
District" in the territory consisting q.
the CITY Of Pensacola and Precinct
"A, Escamhia county, Florida. held on
the 27th day Of Decemb ber, 1917, the
said district was established and Fifty
Thousand Dollars bonds were author
lied to be issued to construct tho
paved road proposed 10 be built. ana
whereas il is expedient and necessary
that he said bonds be issued at once
Therefore, BE it Resolved: That m,
clerk OF this board be Instructed to
insert in tho local papers, AZ once,
and also in some fnanslal paper ~
natioual standing, the following al
tertisement:
Sale of Bonds
Notice is hereby given that | The
Board Of County COMMISSIONER OF
Escamhia county, Florida. win Of the
........ day Of .......... 1918. at "a
meeting OF said board, then to bel held
at the court house IN the city OF iPeu-
sacoia, Escambia, county. receivel bids
Tor Fifty Thousand Dollars "SIbecial
Road and Bridge District" 40. 4 rs
Gambia County, F1orida) bonds. dhcso
bonds will lie issued and sold in ac-
cordance with the authority given nv
the Special Election held on the 35th
day of December. 1917. for the estab-
lishment of the said Special Road
and ridge District" which dlstric-
consists Of tho city OF Pensacola and
Precinct "a, Escamhia County Florida.
said bonds will be in denomination
OF $4,000 each and numbered from
TO 100. and dated October 1st. 1918,
payable October 1st, 1898 drawing in
terest as follows:
Numbers 1 to so inclusive, Of sail
bonds, interest at , per cent per an
num- payable semi-annually;
Numbers 81 to 100 Inclusive, OF said
bonds, interest at . per cent per
annum, payable semi -annally,
Fscamhia County reservng It's op-
tion TO retire s25o0.00 Of said bonds on
October 1st of each ear in numer.
cal order as issued. beginning with
number %. Bids will be received b..
TIE board for the whole, or any part
Of said issue OF Fifty Thousand Dol.
lars bonds.
Further Information may he had by
inquiry addressed to James Macgib-
Gambia Count. Florida Pensa cola, Fla.
The Board reserves the right TO re
jet any and all bids
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
hartman

As and constituting the Board Of COM
~ Comm issioners Of E,scamhta
County. Florida
The following is given for the in
formation Of the votes Of Escambja
County.
The interest and sinking fund. and .
retire Of five bonds the first year, the.
following table is given:
per cent on s25. 100000 .. sl250.O0
IL per cent on s25. 10000 . st125.0o
Retiring ; bonds .......... $500. %
Above amount viii reduce itself
s112.50 each year for fret ten years.
and s125.00 afterwards One half/of
one mill levy for sinking fund should
take care OF above interest and prin-
ctpal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06
7 II E w Z A T IT E r

Local rains Sunday; Monday, fair,
somewhat colder; fresh northwest winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, Ga de-
grees; lowest, as degrees
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-06

WEST F FLORIDA HAS
NJ A N Y ATTRACTIONS
FOR T H E HON
SEEKER =: =: 81
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17

were gray uniforms, with tincups and
accouterments that belonged to the
Germans before our artillery and ma
chine guns got to them.
Our stretcher bearers were busy,
carrying the wounded back to first-aid
dressing station, for, of course, we had
suffered too. From there the blesses
were shipped to the clearing station.
The dead lay in the trenches all day
and at night they were carried out
by working parties to "Stiff park" as
called 1t.
A man with anything on his mind
ought not to go to the front-llne
trenches. He will be crazy inside Of
month. The best way Is not to
care whether 1t rains or SHOWS: there
are plenty of important things to
worry about.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17

were about to start when the Durgo-
master himself came running out. He
ordered us to leave the car there and
said he would dlrec. us where to go.
9e insisted that we go on foot, but
could not understand when he tried
to explain why.
We soon saw the probable reason
for the burgomaster's refusal to ride
In the car. All around for about q
mile the roads were heavily mined and
small red flags on iron slaves were
stuck between the cobblestones, rs
warnings not to put in much time
around those places. Also, there we're
notices stuck up all around warning
people of the mines and forbIdding
heavy carts to pass. When we got
off the road breathed againl
After a great deal of questioning we
finally reached our destination and
made our report to the local command
ant. We told him all we could and in
turn received various information
from him. We were then taken over
to the hotel. Here we read a few,
Paris newspapers, that were several
weeks old, until about eight, when we
had dinner, and a fine dinner It was,
too.
After we had eaten all we could, and
wished for more room In the hold, we
went out into the garden and yarned
a while with some gendarmes, and
then went to bed. We had big room
on the third floor front. We had just
turned In, and were all set for q good
nights rest, when there was an explO-
sion of a different kind from any 1
had heard before, and we and the bed
rocked about, like a canoe in the wake
of stern-wheeler.
There were seven more explosions,
and then they stopped, though we
could hear the rattle of a machine gun
at some distance away. Bartel said it
must be the forts, and after some argu-
ment agreed with him. he said that
the Germans must have tried an adj
vance under cover o. u bombaTdment,
and that as soon as the forts got into
action the Germans breezed. We were
not worried much, so we did not get
out of bed.
A few minutes later we heard foot
steps on the roof, and then a woman
in q window across the street, asking
gendarme whether 1t was safe to &c
back to bed. Then got up and took
look into the street. There were lot
of people standing around talking, but
it was not interesting enough to keeT
a tired man up, so back into the hay
1t seemed about the middle of the
night when Bartel called me, but he
said it was time to get out and get t.
work. We found he had made pool
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17
Depew is wounded In q brush
with Germans. See next lnstaIl-
ment.
1To BE CoNTINUEp.l
Saws Tor cuttlna MetaI.

Not so very long ago the discovery
was made In Germany that metals
could be sawed easier and quicker
with rapidly revolving smooth disks
Of steel, than with toothed circular
saws. 1t was found that the cutting
was done by the heat generated by
the friction of the edge Of the disk
against the iuetal. The metal is melt.
ed at the point of contact, while the
steel of the disk, being cooled by the
ulr, does not reach the melting point.
Tho disks need no sharpening and do
not wear out 80 quickly as the toothed
saws heretofore used for cutting met
al. The faster the disk revolyes. the
greater the amount of heat generated.
and the quicker the job.--PopulRr Sell
ence Monthly.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-17

guess, for when we were half dressed
he looked at his watch and it was only
a quarter past seven, but we decided
to stay up, since we were that far
along, and then go down and cruise for
q breakfast.
When we got downstairs and found
some of the hotel people it took them
a long time to get 1t through our heads
that there had been some real excite
ment during the night. The explosions
were those of bombs dropped by a
Zeppelin, which had sailed over the
city.
The first bomb had fallen less than
two hundred yards from where we
slept. No wonder the bed rocked! 1t
had struck narrow three-stOry house
around the corner from the hotel, and
had blown it to bits. Ten people had
been killed outright, and a number
died later. The bomb tore fine hole
and hurled pieces Of itself several hun
dred yards. The street itself was
filed with rocks, and a number of
houses were down, and others wreck
ed. When we got out into the street
and talked with some army men we
found that even they were surprised
by the force Of the explosion.
We learned that the Zepp had sailed
not more than FIVE hundred feet above
the town. Its motor had been stopped
just before the first bomb was let go
and 1t had slid along perfectly silent
and with all lights out. The purr thaI
we had thought was machine guns
after the eighth explosion, was thu
starting Of the motor, as the Zepp go
out Of range Of the guns that were be
ing set for the attack.
The last bomb had struck in larg
square. It tore hole In the cobble
stone pavement about thirty fee
square and five feet deep. Every win
dow on the square was smashed. Tn
fronts of the houses were rlddled wit
various sized holes. All the crocker
and china and mirrors In the hous
were In fragments.
Not much more than an hour befor
the Zepp came, we had been sitting ]
a room at the house Of the local nail