Pensacola News Journal from Pensacola, Florida • 1

1 i PENS ACOLA WEATHER 'Ideal Summer- Resort PENSACOLA 18 THI IDEAL. SUMMER RbJ SORT COOL BREEZES, BATHING, BOATINa FISH I NO EVERYTHING. FOR COMFORT AND PLEASURE. It Generally fair Mondar Teterday tmpr and TuJay, light to ture: Highest, S8 degrees; moderate winds. lowest, 88 dgree.

VOL. XVIIL NO. 249. PENS ACOLA; FLORIDAMOND AY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1915. PRICE, 5 CENTS.

-i r- nil I I I I TOG MY U.S.TROOPSTOINVADE MEXICO IF NECESSARY Senator, Tillmsn Says President Favors an Adequate Defense Plan Ambassador Page Saves Sixty Boys From British Army BRITISH LIOEI? IS TORPEDOED BY SUBr.l ARIfJE MOBILE FISHING VESSEL IS LOST; EIGHT DROWNED' Irx- Ji ft A OjOLYDgD Wind Attained Velocity About Eighty Miles an Hour. DAMAGE BETWEEN I $25,000 AND $40,000 Boats Sunk, Small Houses Demolished and Others 4 Are Unroofed. SPECIAL TO THE JOUUf AJL. Apalachieola, Sept. 5 Attaining a velocity of approximately eighty miles an hour the tropical hurricane struck 'here Saturday morning, doing damage that is estimated at between $25,000 and $40500.

The city is without light or telephone service and will be for a week or more, as the wires and poles are down all over' the city. The hurricane was first felt before daybreak, but did not attain its ex treme velocity until 5 or 6 "o'clock, when it was blowing at the rate of eighty miles an hour. The wind waa from the east and northeast, finally shifting to the southeast- as the hur-ricaiie passed inland. One peculiarity about the storm was that it passed within three which is contrary to the established ''customf fcur-' 'V' The tide at 5 o'clock was about nor-, mal, but within an hour bad rose four feet, covering the floors of the vvareheuses'-and1 oyslefouses" tocaf- ed along the" beach, VESSELS ARE SUNK, i The tug Ocean, several oyster and fishing sloops and a number of smc'l ooats, moorea at-wnarves along xo beach, were sunk, The waterfront i 3 well littered with wreckage and floating The roofs of the buildings occiipfc by the Marks Brokerage Dr. Marler, J.

H. Cook and W. D. Buzzett were considerably damaged as well'-as numerous porch roofs. A number of small houses, especially thos along the beach, were were levelled and fully two hundred beautiful shade trees in va-rious parts of the city blown down, while flowers and shrubbery were whipped to pieces.

The roof of the Marler building was lifted by the wind, and after being carried- over two hundred feet, fell on the Cook and Buzzett buildings, doing considerable damage to buildings. Practically one-half of the electrie lights; and telephone poles and wires are down and it will be tn days or two weeks before the. city again will have these services. 'V MA RI ANN A IS VISITED BT VERY SEVERE STOR5L '4 Marianne, Sept. 6This city and section was visited-, yesterday- by a severe wind and rain storm which began in the early hours of Friday night and continued with increasing severity until- past noon.

The wind movers gradually from northeast to southwest, and indications are that the worst has past. During the morning the velocity of "the wind several times reached the proportions of a gale Several 4 trees were up-rooted and a great limbs broken joff and strewn about the streets, but 'no serious damage has been reported. The temperature has fallen perhaps thirty degrees in twenty-four hoars. For Treatment of the Wounded Ready TO I'iltilEl fltllHS Now, Engaged Only in Repulsing the Russian Counter Attacks. WAR OPERATIONS MUST SOON CEASE Reported Germans Already Are SendingTroopsrto the Other BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.

1 London, Sept. 5. Either te driving power of the 'Austro-German offense against Russia Is nearly exhausted or the German generals have 'decided their armies have penetrated as far as is safe and are preparing to dig themselves in "for the winter. This is the" opinion of military writers here. Little progress is being made and at many points the Germans and Austrians are only repulsing counter attacks.

-1 From the gulf of Riga to Grodno, Von Hindenburgs army is at a standstill, having apparently made no attempt to cross the Dvina' river after carrying the I bridgeholds at Lenne-weda and Friedrichstadt. 5 To the north, southwest and south of yiln. whem-l att-uKaa iucied for -sa vera! days, the Germans face strong Russian. who by their offensive make it dancermis for the Germans to push their way north or south of them. Farther south the Russians are off ering1 fresh resistance in the fortified area of which Rovno and Dubrio are the centers, while in Gahcia the Russians still hold 7i the line of the Sereth river.

With the rainy season a few weeks off, the armies soon will be unable to conduct perations, and even now it is reported the Austro-Germans are sending troops to the Serbian, Rumanian western fronts. In the west the allies' heavy artillery is bombarding the German lines, but there is no 'indication of a general offensive. Paris reports the Turks delivered unsuccessful night attacks against the British near the Anzac region In the Dardanelles. There has been a renewal of the reports from Athens of dissensions between the Turks and Germans and of the Tnrkish depression over heavy losses, The Turkish, however, seem to be fighting with their usual stubbornness. 1 Arthur J.

Balfour, first lord of the British admiralty, in a letter to the press, gives official recognition to the belief here that Germany is "willing to promise not to." sink any; more liners without warnings because it realizes the submarine 'campaign is a failure. Balfour also declared the British tonnage is greater than at the beginning of the war, Birthplace of Gen. Toff re now Has the 'Pouts' BT. ASSOCIATED PRESS. Rivesalte50 France, Sept.

5- This town, that gave birth to the com- mander-in-chief of the French armies, is pouting. The bunds of Jofrre's house have been closed 1 more than a year and the patient woodpecker has had" time to pierce them in so many places they look as if a machine gun had been operating, there. The villagers no longer, point the place out to visitors. All because Joff re has not taken the time to go home to receive the address of felicitations of his neighbors and the present bronght for him by popular subscriptions. The general-in-chief is for the moment black-listed and will have to exercise some of his finest strategy after the war to lift the penalty of his neg lect.

The ill humor of Rivesaltes is aggravated by total lack of "sous" and a bis deficit of wine, DIG FOR Such Action Will Follow Any Organized Act by the Mexicans. ONLY BANDITS AT PRESENT ENGAGED Thousand More ynited States, Soldiers Reach the Border, 8T ASSOCIATET) PRKR3. Washington, Sept. Officials here tonight indicated that as iong Mexican raiders continue to appear only in small bands, United States soldiers -vriW repel them across the border, btst that if large bands be- pan appearing, as though it was an i organized invasion of the United States, United States Soldiers would riot hesitate to follow them across the Tito Grande until they are completely routed All United States troops along the Texas-Mexico border are Jield in readiness. TOUR THOUSAND MORE MEN FOR THE MEXICAN BORDER.

Brownsville, Sept. 5. American soldiers today returning the Mexican fire from across the Rio Grande, 40 miles above here, shot two. Mexican bandits. Today's engagement was brief, and began when Mexicans fired et a trooper in a tree watching the Mexican shore.

No American were hurt. American troops began arriving today, the first train loads bringing four thousand men that will, line the border. OH" ers explained the calling of all troops at Forti her Tast oightl in merely i. picniG TO FEATURE AT PflLLIETTO BEACH BIG CELEBRATION WIJ.L OCCUR TODAY AND LABORING MEN EXPECT BIG CROWDS AT BEACH. Today is Labor Day in Pensacola and it will be fittingly observed at Palmetto Beach by the Knights of Labor men the give a picnic and celebration.

Yesterday heads of the local organization were on the grounds and saw -that ev rythlng. was placed in readiness for the event of'today. Today will be practically a holiday all over the The government ofH cs, banks andi other places will be closed through ftie day, while most of the stores will close their, doors at noon. "Uncle Same, -will make hi appearance on the grounds early in the evening and this promises to one of the features. The fine Barrancas band will give a concert during the afternoon and this in itself, is well worth a trip to the beach.

Tents have all been erected and electric lights are in readiness. A special tent has been provided on the grounds as a resting place for ladies and children. Charlie Vilfar will serve chowder and all of the popular canditdates have been requested to be on the grounds early. The Knights of Labor expect the occasion to be one of 'the most successful ever given at the beach and promise that the best of order will be maintained. CITY BOARD TO MEET ON TUESDAY Tcnnse of the closing of the city hall afternoon and the general of business in all lines, the weekly meeting 'of the board of city commissioners will be held Tues-, day.

at. 2 p. instead of Monday, the usual time for holding the session. There are a number of matters on the docket which are to receive at-tent 5on, one of them being the new cnJjnance regulating the standing of 1 oa ma pudu aireeuu BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Mobile, Sept.

5. -Charles was only one of nine of the fishing" Schooner John G. Whild-en saved when she was wrecked near a rvp Springs, Fla. in Saturday's storm. Women Succeed Men in All Lines In Great Britain BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.

London, Sept. 5. "None of war's changes in our social structure will prove' so notable to the future historian as the wholesale introduction of woman labor into trades, occupations, and professions hitherto exclusively staffed by men," declared Sir George Croydon Marks, member of parliament for Northeast Cornwall, in the first of a series "of lectures on The New Woman. He added: I "The question which Is of real Importance today, however, is whether that future historian will regard the phenomenon as coincident with wa conditions and terminating with them, or whether it will mark the begin- muig-f a' Social- revolution a -Mew in the industrial' and commercial co-operation of menj and women. "WJien the, war is over shall we still see the milk-woman, the girl ticket-collector, the girl, commision- aire at their work, or will Oiey automatically disappear before the returning tide of the civilian armies? "We may well ask! ourselves at this moment, for it is a question which must inevitably arise and a problem for which we cannot be too well prepared; What is to happen at the conclusion of the war to! those women of every social grade and every shade of attainment 'who in the past year have slipped so readily i into man's occupations? r'wJ "In considering tha question: broadly the analogy of France may be taken, into consideration.

The capacity, the business ability, and the ready grasp of affairs which, the women of France, more than of any other nation, have shown themselves to posses, has been traced, perhaps fancifully, the frequent necessity with which they have been forced to take upon themselves the conduct of mose anairs during the absence of their men on military duties. Absinthe Dying Hard Througout Whole oiV France BT ASSOCIATED PRESS, Paris, Sept. 6. Absinthe is dying hard in France. Artificial drinks resembling it in coldr and flavor, are obtainable in spite of the vigilance or tne authorities, and It is even asserted that stocks of the real beverage on hand at the date of the prohibition, and paid for by the government, are finding their way to the consumer.

Numerous new decoctions have also been put on the market to replace It. The traffic is encouraged by an unlooked for resistance to anti-alcoholic legislation in parliament. The wineshop plays in French politics a role similar to that of -the American saloon, hence the reluctance of the deputies to follow the military authorities in the radical measures they have taken and to support the government in proposed legislation forbidding the sale of any drink testing over 15 degrees of alcohol. The first open resistance was in the form of an appeal to the state council from the orders of military commanders, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks in their regions. They declared it was not In conform ity with the laws of 1849 governing the.

working of martial law. The state council upheld the orders of the military commanders. Probably Eight Lives Lost Among the Passengers and Crew, VESSEL -HAD GUN MOUNTED ON DECK Hesparian for Canada and Most of Passengers Were Wounded Canadians: BT ASSOCIATED" PRESS. London Sept. 5.

The Allan liner Hesperian was torpedoed at 8:20 Saturday night off the coast of Ireland, one hundred miles southwest of Fast-net. There were two or three Americans aboard. All passengers and crew crew were saved and the Hesperian is being convoyed to Queenstown, according to the; latest statement issued by the Allan The passengers landing at Queens-town claim a German submarine torpedoed the liner without warning. The United States embassy' has received no confirmation on The HesperiaA was of ten thousand tons, and was bound from Liverpool to. Montreal of her passen-gfrs Were wounded 5 Canadiati pfficers total; of passengers j-was abent threean dred and fifty with a crew of proximately tvfo" hundred and fifty, i The attack came just as darkness felL Some of the passengers expressed the belief that the submarine had been following the Hesperian and fired the torpedo as soon as she got in range.

The attack came so suddenly that great alarm was 5 felt aboard the liner. -The wireless called for help and the boats were launched. It is said three of them overturned, injuring twenty passengers'. 1 A fleet of rescue vessels soon arrived. When they saw? the Hesperian didnt sink, Captain Main and twenty of his crew returned to the ship to take her to port.

I After wards i it was said that no American; passengers were aboard the but that the two Americans aboard were stewards. They were s' saved. About twenty-persons were, Injured by the The was perfect. HESPERIAN CARRIED A GUN MOUNTED ON HER STERN Washington, vL Sept. 6.

American Consul Frost, in a telegram tonight announcing the torpedoing of the Hesperian, said that there was a loss probably eight lives, and that the liner" carried Z. oiie "gun. of four and seven-tenths Jinch calibre, mounted and visible on her He added that 4 one or two Americans were aboard, but they were saved. WASHINGTON BELIEVES SUCH ACT ALMOST INCONCEIVABLE Washington, Sept. 8 While officials tonight regarded it as almost inconceivable that German sub-' marine would sink a passenger liner without warning! after i the recent assurances from i Germany, all waited the official reports.

It is generally believed, the gun; mounted aboard the Hesperian might figure In the explanation the submarine might make, although liners have a right to carry a small gun mounted aft even tn times of peace, ChasAiBoyntone Associated Press Veterant is Dead BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Washington, Sept. 5. Charles A Boynton, one of the veterans of the Associated and one of the best known Americas newspaper men of the twenty-five years, died here today, aged 79. He had not been in active service siaca 1903.

N. 'it it iVi NAT TlilMMt Senator Tillman of South Carolina, as chairman of the senate committee on naval affairs, has had several conferences tfith President Wilson on the defense plan of this country. After his last talk with the president Senator Tillman said that, the president told him that he "would recommend an "adequate and reasonable" program to the next VATICAN BEING mmmm UEWSJL PEACE Reply is That, Nothing of a Postive Character Now Exists'- BT ASSOCIATED PRESS. Rome, Sept." B.T-r-The Vatican5 is bombarded 'with requests from all parts of the world for information regarding possible action by the pope in concert with the United States 'for -peace. The Vatican answers that nothing of a positive nature exists and that the visit of Cardinal.

Gibbons to President Wilson must not" be regarded as a papal initiative. Many, however, believe this reply, "is being made to conceal' the progress of "negotiations. GREEK PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS Athens, 5-Greek parliament has adjourned without the new premier, Venzelos, making a statement regarding his foreign policy. FRENCH MINISTER OF WAR PREPARING. FOR A WINTER CAMPAIGN France is preparing for next winter's campaign.

An official note issued in Paris describes, a visit to the front by Alexandre of war. M. Millerand discussed measures necessary for the winter campaign- with- the- commanders at various points especially in the Vosgea and Alsace. i'-'VV '-A- i in i. i The merican embassy has been beset, to such an extent with applications from American parents to obtain the release of their sons of minor age from the British army that to cut down an extensive business in dictating and typewriting letters printed requests to the British foreign office for the release of "Blank" have been run off by the "Already Ambassador Page has obtained the release; of.

about sixty such youths-boys under 'age who ran away from homel and- "managed to get to England and enlist before their parents could stop them.j THe printed applj-cition to the oreigeoSce present th compliments of Ambassador Page to-; Sir Edward Grey, the foreign minister, and requests' the discharge of the minor (here is the blank space for name) from the British embassy, is extremely anxious to Impress on American parents who may find themselves with a minor son in tne British army the necessity of forwarding $65 or $70, the amount necessary send a boy back to the United States. The money should be deposited 'with the state department Washington; also when a soldier Is discharged from the British army it is necessary for him to have money with which to buy new clothes. BRITISH FLEET VISITED BY CORRESPOflDEtJT Veil of Secrecy Liftecl and Fleet Found in Ex- cellent. Condition. BT ASSOCIATED PRESS.

London, Sept: 6-For the first time the veil of secrecy the British fleet has been A 'correspondent was' taken on a torpedo boat to visit the grand fleet and naval bases. On all sides he Baw -evidences of the preparedness of the' British while officers declared, it better organised and equipped than when the war be- T- i gan. The officers also hinted at great destruction of German submarines. Russians Gross Dvina Fighting Austro Germans BT ASSOCIATn) PRESS. Petrograd, Sept.

1 was officially announced toady that the Russians have crossed to the right bank of the river Dvina. It also was announced the Germans had set fire to bridges in region of. Friedrichstadt and after being reinforced, have started an offensive, aiming at crossing the Dvina. BT ASSOCIATEn PRESS: London; Sept. 5 Representatives of the British Red Cross have just returned from a visit to the principal health resorts in the Crimea and Cau- cassus, where they have been arranging, for quarters for convalescent soldiers from the Dardanelles It is significant of British confidence in an approaching decision in.

this war theatre that this trip should be made at this time, although no soldiers can be sent until the Dardanelles have been opened. 1.