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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14
.RESOL j TIONS
ON DEATH COL.
FRANK |. MAYES
PENSACOLA EQUAL SUFFRAGE
ASSOCIATION PRAISES LIFE
AND INFLUENCE OF THE DE-
CEASED.

At the last regular meeting of the
Pensacola Equal Suffrage League a
committee was appointed to draft
resolutions on the death of the late
Col. Frank L. Mayes, Mrs. A. E. Nc
David. vice president of the Florida
Equal Suffrage Association and Chair
man of the finance committee of the
Pensacola Equal Suffrage League,
making a short talk on the splendid
life work of Mr.. Mayes and the great
and valuable influence he had exerted
in this state for the suffrage cause,
and Miss Celia Myrover Robinson,
chairman Of the press bureau of both
the state and local suffrage organiza-
tions, was appointed as chairman of
the committee. which adopted the
following resolutions:
WHEREAS the late Frank L. Mayes
was the first Florida editor to publicly
express his views in favor of equal
suffrage and generously threw open
tho columns of his newspaper, The
Pensacola Journal, for publication Of
suffrage news, local, state and ma
tional;
AND, WHEREAS. as a citizen he
stood staSnchly for these convictions,
contributing his wide influence to the
cause of the acknowledgements of wo
men, and in his last public utterance
strongly voiced these sentiments:
BE 1T RESOLVED, That in his
death The Pensacola Equal Suffrage
Lea que has lost peerless friend, a
loyal advocate and brilliant leader:
that the Statef of Florida has suffered
irrestrievably and the nation is berreft
of one of it's noblest and most fear
less champions of Jeffersonian De-
mocracy, the founder of which de-
clared that "a government is not yet
complete that withholds from its most
enlightened women what it freely
gives to its most benighted men"
THEREFORE,, The Pensacola Equal
Suffrage League, recognizing the pow
er of his principles, the inspiration of
his life and the value of his counsels
and influence,
FURTHER RESOLVES that this
league endeavor in every way to work
and ardently for the pro-
motion Of that civic righteousness
for which he stood, and go forward
with the suffrage work in Florida not
with less but greater zeal, taking his
fearless example as an inspiration for
further earnest work;
That copy of these resolutions be
published in The Pensacola Journal
and copy spread upon the minutes
Of the Pensacola Equal Suffrage
League.
CELIA MYROVER ROBINSON,
Chairman. |
MRS. A. e. McDAVID.
MRS. J. E. TAYLOR. !
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14
JURY FOUND FOR
THE DEFENDANTS.
AFTER "a HOURS.
CASE or WATERS VS. THE PEN
sAcoLA sANITARiUM CAME TO
A CONCLUSION EARLY IN Az
TERNooN AFTER LONG 3Elie-
GRAFTON.

After a elaboration over aignt and
until aScsit I o'clock yesterday after
noon. The Jury N the case Of ID. A
Waters vs. The Pensacola San!tarium
and Drs Renshaw and MCMILLAN found
for the defendants.
The case was started on Thursday
ard went through Friday, being given
to the jury about 1870 o'clock Friday
afternoon Hour after hour passed
and no report came from the Jury room
Night came and still no report Fin
ally, instructions were left that. In case
Of q verdict being reached that II
should be sealed and left with either
the foreman or the attending batltff
Court was convened for another day
yesterday and IL looked like a disa-
greenent ,until about time for the court
to adjourn at the noon hour, when the
announcement of the verdict followed
the appearance Of the tired jurymen In
the courtroom.
TWO OTHER CASES
TWO other cases were settled in the
circuit court yesterday, no testimony,
however having been offered. The
jury rendered both verdicts without
leaving the box. Titles and results
were as follows:
r. M. Cary VIZ. Henry N. Yonge.
Judgment for $1.21o.
r. M. Cary VS.. Henry Hyer and
Henry NJ Yonge. Judgment for $685.
90.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14
IT REALLY DOES RELIEVE
RHEUMATISM.

Everybody who Is afflicted with
Rheumatism In any form should by all
means keep q bottle Of Sloan's Lini-
ment on hand. The minute you feel
pain or soreness in q joint or muscle.
battle It with Sloan's Imminent. Do
not rub h Sioan's penetrates almos.
immediately right TO the seat OF pain,
relieving the hot, tender. swollen
feeling and making the part easy
any comfortable. Get a bottle Of
Sloan's Liniment for 25 cents OF any
druggist and have It in the house
against Colds, Sore and Swollen Joints
Lumbago. Scfatica and like ailments.
Your money back If not satisfied, but
It does give almost instant relief. Buy
q bottle today. (Adv.)
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ADJUSTMENTS.

and each time he had something new
to tell in new way.
Neil O'Brien made his first appear
ance by singing Absolute No" fol-
lowed by Sixty Cents an Hour" the
tale of a plumber. which carried away
the house in a burst Of applause. David
Morris basso, singing ballad, when
the Rainbow Shines Bright at Morn, !"
was excellent, while James Barradi,
tenor, scored a hit with his exceptional
singing. Another hit of the evening
was Jonathan Haw, singing California
and You" in strong tenor. The tenors
added another victory to the list when
William Curran sang When You Wore
Tulip and Wore a Rose" The vo-
calist OF the show Joined in on every
song. which greatly added TO their
success
The woman fmpersonator, George F.
Peduzzi, was a little short OF marvellous
in his songs, reaching from natural
baritone to a high mezzo soprano and
dropping with just as much ease. His
impersonations Of the brown-skin ne
gro girl was perfect and doubtless de-
ceived many in the audience.
The presentation by Neil OBrien
called THE Demon Rum, or a Dry
Town." was the most com4cal and
laugha'ole act of the entire perform
ance. O'Brien, as Butch, and Pete
Detzel, as Henry, looking for evidence,
find good old corn in the gas jet,
whisk broom, telephone booth and ev-
erywhere. The situations were most
comical, while O'Brien was given the
opportunity to display his remarkable
ability as Americas leading coon
comedian and minstrel man.
At The Isis.
Episode No. Is OF the Twenty
Thousand Dollar Mystery" showing
reels twenty-five and twenty-six, will
be shown at the Isis today. It is
drama of love and adventure, seldom
equalled and these reels bring many
new features out, thrilling and full Of
heart throbs.
The incarceration Of Howard, the
mine superintendent, and Zudora in the
sanatorium, as set forth in Episode
Twelve. and their subsequent release
made Madame DuvaI still more eager
to accomplish her evil ends. This the
more so as it is decided to send Jim
1oGAo " ooulH Africa 10 SAdILiiHS Tic
Zudora mine properties and, If posi-
BILE. reclaim them for the rightful
owner. But Baird has hardly left
New York, before zudora and Howard,
the latter very Ill man after his
rough treatment at the hands of DR..
Mum, suddenly disappear again. Tom
Hunt and John Storm are at their
wits ends, and fruitlessly search
everywhere for the missing pair, new
er suspecting that the subtle mind of
Madame Duval has arranged for their |
in the sanatorium again, !
as she realizes that this is practically /
the last place where Hunt and Storm
would expect to find them.
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KING BACCOT,
IMP STAR, Says !:

IN e e t me,
dear people. in
the best parts
I h a " e h a d.
Simply wonder
full Imp dramas
a n d comedy
dramas. I know
you'll e n j o y
t h e m a S /
did,.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14
MAKES FLIGHT
OVER To MOBILE
LIEUT.. 5ELLINGER TAKES ONE
OF THE NAVY AERoPLANES TO
THAT PLACE FOR THE cARNI-
VAL.

Lieut.. Bellinger, one of the navy avi-
ators, will spend the next two days in
Mobile. He made the flight to tfaat
city yesterday afternoon. leaving TIC
navy yard, with mechanician aboEl
1 o'clock. and it is reported he reaches
there in a little over an hour.
The torpedo boat destroyer Wordeb
went out in the gulf, stationed aboui
fifteen miles out, to assist the aviator
should occasion demand
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14
There Goes
My Hat!

Remember how you push
ed your way thru the crowds
during previous Mardi Gras
celebrations
Having q good time
When, all at Mce, some
person hit you on the hat.
Bing
A hat gone
Wear a cap-it's just what
we wanted to remind you of.
Our Spring line has some
beauties in It.
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decisive results announced.
An Egyptian army has annihiiated
q force OF two hundred Turks and
Arabs, officered by Germans, who were
preparing to attack Tor at the entrance
OF the Gulf OF Suez.
In France. Flanders. and Alsace
there has been little or no fighting
Of Importance, so far as official re-
ports disclose.
Il is announced that leaders Of the
South African rebellion will be placed
on trial for treason.
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Berlin Is Celebrating the
Evacuation East Prussia

CONTINUED from Page one.)
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where he had gone to be operated
upon for appendicitis. The body
passed through Pensacola Friday aft
ernoon for Crestview, where the our-
ial occurred.
The deceased was we'll known in
lumber and naval stores circles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14

Ten cakes Octagon or
Ivory soap for 25 cents, with
each purchase of $1.O0 or
more Mondays at The
Crystal Pharmacy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14
YEsTEanAyrs WEATHER.

o . o . D q . o o q q q o q o o .
United States Department Of Agri-
culture, Weather Bureau, Charles F..
Marvin, chief:
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Pensacola, Fla. February Is, 1915.
Highest on record for February, IS
degrees.
Lowest on record for February, I
degrees.
Day temperatures in February
usually rise to So degrees.
Night temperatures In February
usually fall to 48 degrees.
Highest temperature yesterday. so de-
grees.
Lowest temperature yesterday. IS de-
grees.
PensaceIa's Rainfall Data.
Rainfall for % hours ending Z p
m. yesterday, 1.52 inches.
Normal rainfall for the month of
February, 4.49 inches.
Total rainfall this February to 2
d. m. yesterday, .ss inches.
Excess this year to January S1st,
427 inches.
SMALL CRAFT, STORM AND HURRI.
CANE WARNINGS.
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sSS' ~ StpOtN SssbsDSF0fUp FOOs G1s
Here's what the Jacksonville Metrop-
oils says OF Neil OtBrien's Minstrels
that come to the opera house Feb
ruary oath.
The third annual visit Of Neil
O'Brien's Minstrels met with a great
success at the Duva1 Theatre, Sunday
matinee and evening. The entire show
was a unique Offering Of the highest
merit, replete with popular songs and
rags and new Jokes. The show is no
doubt greater this season than in for
mer years, with Neil O'Brten as the
central figure.
The scene in the first act is known
as the Futurist Atelier, which is a won
derful blending Of black and white,
the costumes oeing black and white
stripes, while the scenic effect is in
similar colors.
The minstrel opened UP In grand
style with a song by Steve Wehrer.
followed by one of the biggest hits of
the evening. "At the Ball, That's ALL"
sung by Harry Van Fossen, that coun-
try-wide known comedian, the man who
put the "u" In fun and the fun in
you. Mr.. Van Fossen later turned one
OF the cleverest monologue acts that
has ever been heard in the city The
audience called him back several times,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14
BALL TEAMS TO PLAY.

The baseball teams OF the torpedo
boat destroyers Benham and Balch
Will play this afternoon at Maxent
park. commencing at o'clock.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-14
Bonita No. 1.

For today the management takes
pride in announcing Famous Player
comedy masterpiece. entitled, Mrs
Black is Back" featuring in the title
role that peer OF all comedians May
Irwin. It is seldom that you have
the opportunity of seeing q comedy
such as this. which is q legitimate
feature. and never before has a COM
edy appeared with such a noted person
age starring in It as May Irwin. You
are guaranteed laugh a minute.
Beginning today also, there will be q
change OF policy at the Greater Bonita,
in that theatsr they will run an ex-
elusive feature servtca Of Paramount
Feature program daily at popular
prices. The present program will be
run at the Bi3ou Theater across the
street which In the future viii be
known as Bonita N. 2, the Greater
O6nita win be Nc. /.
Tomorrow the Bonita No. 1, presents
tina drst episode OF Runaway June"
which is q new serial motion picture,
written by George Randolph Chester,
the originator OF Get Rich Quick
Walfingford. that ran IN the Cosmo-
politan magazine during the last year.
The picture Is produced by the Reli-
ance Motion Picture Company, and
features in the title role sour Mutual
Girl" Miles, Norma Phillips. One feat
ure OF particular interest concerning
the new serial Is that instead of it
ending with a marriage it begins with
one. and then is the time that "June
runs away. The question to solve Is,
Why did Juno run away? Don't miss
the first episode at the Bonita No. 1
today.
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on the same principle as submarine peri
scopes, are robbing the sniper Of his
prey.
Submarines have accomplished feats
not even dreamed Of by Jules Verne. and
have made themselves. under the direc-
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Type of the largest German
submarine, longer and speedier
than the ordinary cargo
steamer, with a steaming radius
of over a,ooo miles.

The scientific. mechanical and tao
tical surprises Of the war have not been
as numerous perhaps as might have
been expected would be the case. In a
sense. too. many Of the greatest sur
prises have been negative.
0readnouehts. for instance, have
proved themselves to be very expensive
~luxuries. AZ the D~ardaneiles. the only
occasion for q real test, they have failed
completely. Al least. as naval units
without military support. they were i'm
potent before the land defences. Else
where they have been a negligible guam
tity.
Zeppelina. the weapon about which
Germany cast so much mystery n Of
which no much was feared. have been
Of absolutely no military value unless
the creation OF sporadic scares among
civilians may be considered as such.
Big Guns. on the other hand. have
shown themselves capable of an entirely
unexpected destructive power. Among
these are the German IL inch siege
howitxers and the huge ~ centimeter
az inch) guns which have literally torn
modern forts apart. and the now IA
nous French IS millimeter field guns.
Asphy xiatine a as an implement Of
offence and machines which spray liquid
fame have been among the surprises
Of the war which have appealed perhaps
most to the Imagination.
AeroplaHes rave performed scouting
and range finding work that has been
impossible In all preceding conflicts. and
their use is OF such value that there
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IT, s. Factories Turn Out
Vast Supplies for Allies
German-Amercans Begin Campaign to Prevent Ship
ment of Arms and Munitions, but Washington Holds
sxatI It Constitutes No Breach of Neutrality.
SINGLE ORDERS AS HIGH AS 500, OOO,O 900

service every skilled worker who could
be OF use. But ven with this ~precaution
and In spite Of the fact that the Creusot
guns, according to armament experts.
were superior 10 the Krupp product, the
French were unable TO make tho most
" their superiority In guns because OF
lack of shells, Russia. with more men
In the field than any Of her allies and
with the great line In the eastern theatre
10 hold against Austrtans and Germ8ns.
had entirely inadequate facilities at
home with which TO meet this demand
for shells and guns. Furthermore. with
the German feet in me Baltic and the
Dardanelles still In the hands Of the
Turks. the Russians had as harbors
through which munitions could be
brought from other countries only Arch
angel. on the white Sea. closed by ice
the greater part OF the wear. and
v~ladivostok In the Orient. The supply
from Japan. coming through the latter
port, wa cut of for a time because OF
threatened trouble between japan and
China.
II IL to this deficiency in shells and
heavy artillery that the military OBJ
servers attribute the disastrous retreat
from Galicia last May and the collapse
q the Russian offensive. The Austro-
German armies hurled against the Cars
troops such n weight OF metal and such a
hail OF high explosives that without the
OF eilencing the enemy's guns or
replying effectively TO the onslaught the
Russians. in spite Of personal bravery.
had no recourse but to retreat.
In Great Britain the matter was first
brought TO public attention by the news
papers. particularly those controlled by
Lord Northcliffe. which said plainly that
British soldiers In France were dying UNI
necessarily, simply because OF the lack
Of proper munitions.
In machine guns also. the British.
French and Russians found themselve.
az Q great disadvantage "a compared
with thee enemy. and even rifles were not
available for more than a small part OF
the troops which the Allies otherwise
could have placed in the field.
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MESOPOTAMIA SCENE
OF BRITISH VICTORIES
Active Expeditionary Force
Captures Most Of Turkish
StrOnghOlds.

Turkey had scarcely entered the war
as IN ally Of Germany and Austria when
tho British despatched an expeditionary
force from the head Of the Persian Gulf
into MesOpotamia. II had q twofold
purpose. to protect the Anglo-Persian oil
version that might cause the Turks I'M
sasiness as to a possible advance up the
E%uphrates.
The expeditionary Sorce consisted OF
were picked from the Indo- British troops
and were under the command Of Sir
Arthur Barrett. The advance guard
came upon the Turks q few miles from
a short skirmish drove them up the
river, BY the time that the main body
had arrived the rains had converted the
Low allugial fats into an Utmost Inn
with mud and they advanced with she
greatest difficulty.
The FIRST general engagement took
place at Sahillo. where the Governor OF
Bassa. e Subr Bey. had collected
about 5000 men. The ground here was
open and the Turks had a perfect field
Of fire. while the invaders had to advance
through a clayey bed in which they otter
good progress. however. supported By
che Are Of gunboats In the river and q,
last carried the Turkinsh in~trenchments.
The Turks reiterated upon Basra. Gen
channel below the town thinking In thai
way to prevent the passage of British
boats. He saw that With his small force
It would be impossible to hold a tow
spread out over a valley as Basra is ant
he evacuated IT,
subr Bey retired to Kurna, at IN,
point whore the Tgris Joins tn
Euphrates. and fortified the position
and several mounted companies OF Arai
troops. These ne spread out along tn
kver front Of Kurna. He also sent
strong detachment to Mazera. on the lief
bank of the Tigris. to assist in checking
the British gunboats and also to preven
a flank movement. After a hard figh
the British captured Mazera and isolate,
the main body OF Turks at Kurna. whic
place s~rchnolosists say is the site o
the Garden Of Eden.
Gen. Fry bombarded Kurna from hi
gunboats and from his position a
Mazera. While the infantry was carrie,
across the Tigris by a ferry which tn
engineers had constructed by sw1mminI
the swift stream and fixing a wire rop
over which the boats were worked bacI
and forth.
The attack was vigorously pushed
Subr Bey's force had been depleted h
the heavy firing OF the British guns an
by desertions and he accepted the inevit
able. He surrendered his whole remain
ing force, about 1900 men and forty
two officers and a number Of runs tina
had BEEN sent from Germany.
The British afterward discovered tina
the troops they had scattered In thed
advance a merely retired further ava
from the river and had reformed.
A new Turkish commander was SCI
out from Constantinople and he co
iected the remnants OF the troops an
: took up a strongly intrenched position q
rhe E0phFAts about $50 mixes abo,
KuWA The British with the aid Of The
tSncoa0 carsted this position and cal
tured sukeeh-sheyuph The Turks r.
! UP the Euphratee.
: The British nave made Kurna the
Z headquarters for their operations
0 Mesopotamla-
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The shell of the AZ centimeter
gun, its height and size COM
pared with the human figure.

ton OF the Germans. a menac to all
British shipping.
Automobile transportation has made
possible the movement Of great masses
of troops and supplies with a celebrity
heretofore impossible.
sta shells. which are in fact not
unlike fireworks. have been Of i'm
measurable value in Illuminating an
enemy's position at night aNd in dis
covering the movement Of troops under
cover OF darkness.
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french Grasp situation.

The French grasped the necessities of
the situation sooner than did tho British
or the Russians they organized their m
dustrial resources fer the supply Of
LGun!tions M brought back from active
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and mines and subterranean defensives
that literally honeycomb the terrain Of
every battle front. The art Of trench
digging has been developed into one
OF the most important accomplishments
of the war. French periscopes. built
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In never n day when numbers Of them
are not soaring above the various lines
Of battle.
Trench warfare has been developed
to an undreamed of extent. n with
this method OF fighting ave come saps