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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
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Dutch Newspapers Unani-
nous In Demanding Sat
isfactory Reparation
BY ASSOCIATED PREss.

The Hague, Feb. 5.-Dutch news
papers are unanimous ia demanding
from Germany prompt explanation OF
and reparation for the torpedoing Of
the Dutch tank steamer Artemis by
German torpedo boat in the North
Sea. The newspapers call for punish
ment Of the German commander re-
sponsible for what is described as a
violation Of law and an unjustifable
act Of war against The Netherlands.
The vaderlapd recalls previous Ger
man "errorsD and dweIls on the
danger Of. further incidents Of this ma
ture. Incidentally, it asks what the
British feet was doing while a corr
spicuously colored German torpedo
boat fotiila was calmly cruising the
busiest steamer track between tho
Hook Of Holland and the Nordhinder
lightship.
The Nieuwe Courant treats the case
as a breakdown Of the Wanted Ger
man organization and discipline"
which, it says, seems urgently 70 need
improvement, especially from the
viewpoint Of the safety Of lives and
property Of neutrals. IL demands
complete pecuniary and political sat
isfaetion from Germany and asks "did
the German fotilla perhaps desire 70
remove all ships from the neiRhbor-
hood Of a sinking Zeppelin and fire
widely and blindly when It's plan did
not seem TO succeed 2" This, IL says,
might explain the act, though in no
wise excusing It.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
LAUNCH DRIVE
TOOUSTA ALLIES
FROM GREECE
Long Expected Attack On
Greek Port Started by
the Teutons
BIG BRITISH GUNS
ARE BEING USED
According to Allies They
Are Dominating the
Opposing Forces
BIG BRITISH GUNS
ARE BEING USED
RY AssocrATEp PREss.

London, Feb. 5.-A ,Saloniki dis
patch, reporting two-day artillery
battle under way near Dorian on the
Greek frontier, resulted here in the
belief that the Teutonic offensive
against Salonii has begun. Accord
ing to the message, through entente
sources, the British heavy guns were
dominating the Germans and Bulga-
rians opposing them.
On the western front artillery bonn
bardments continue heavy in Cham
payne and Argonne. Berlin reports
British infantry advances south of
Labasse canal were repulsed and the
French offensive south of Somme,
where the Germans made recent
gains, was checked with hand gre
nades.
Artillery fighting continues in
Vosges. There is no change in the
deadlock on the Austro-Italian line.
A German air attack on Dvinsk was
the only incident on the eastern front.
The Turks report driving back Gem
eral Aylmer's relief force, which re-
Gently attempted nearer approach
to the British force beleaguered at
Kut Ell Amara, Mesopotamfa-
Vienna announces that peace nego-
tiations have not begun with the Mon
tenegrin minister, still IN Montenegro,
and won't be until the minister dis
plays proper credentials.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
GENERALW0OD
is ON HIS WAY
TO PENSACOLA
VIII Inspect Coast Defense
Fortihcations Existing
At This Port
LONG RANGE RIFLES
PROBABLY RESULT
General Wood Was at Gal
weston Yesterday and VIII
Go to New Orleans

Major General Leonard Wood Of
the United States army Is expected In
Pensacola some time during The week
to inspect the Notifications AZ Bar
.rancas, Pickens and McRee. He WIN
stop at New Orleans, probably Mobile
before coming 70 Pensacola and from
here viii pc on down the Florida
coast on HIS tour Of inspection.
The United States IS planning 70
strengthen the coast defenses. espe-
cially along the gulf coast, owing to
the fact that the present rifles were
those installed years ago and while
still modern cannot be compared with
the new guns being made and which
have a far greater range.
In Galveston he stated that he would
recommend long range rifles for that
port, and IL is expected he will do
likewise at Pensacola. The war de-
partment also is considering utilizing
portion Of Santa Rosa island, di-
rectly opposite the city, and win
mount some long range guns there
so as to preclude q bombardment 81
the city srom the gulf By warsbips
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
Frustrated An
A tempt BlolU
Up Big Bridge

Montreal, Feb. 5.-What is believed
to have been an attempt to blow UP
the Victoria bridge was frustrated
last night by militia guards, it was
learned today
About midnight the guards noticed
a man making his way toward the
bridge on the ice. He was picked out
by the searchights and when chal-
lenged, retreated without answering.
About 4 o'clock a man was again de-
tected trying to reach the bridge from
the ice. When ne refused TO answer
d challenge, was fired at, but sue
ceeded in making his escape.
An investigation started by the mi
litia authorities has convinced them
that an attempt to destroy the bridge
was intended.
The Victoria bridge crosses the st.
Lawrence and Is used by the Grand
Trunk railway and the Delaware and
Hudson railway. II is a mile and a
half in length and has been guarded
By soldiers since the outbreak Of the
war.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
Public Hearing
On Nomination
Of BrGrdeis Soon
BIZ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Public hear
ings ON the nomination Of Louis d.
Brandeis, Of Boston, TO the supreme
court bench will be held by the SEN
ate Judiciary subcommittee, begin
ming next Wednesday.
The first thing to be taken up, it
was said, would relate to Mr.. Bran
deis' former connection with the
United Shoe Machinery Company.
Later Clifford Thorne, Of Iowa: win
be heard regarding Mr.. Brandeis' at
titude toward the recent 5 per cent
railroad rate case.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
NEW INDUSTRY
GIVES OUT JOB
F OR BUILDING
Newport Rosin and Turpen-
tine Co., Clears Site Pre-
paratory to Building
TURNER & co. GIVEN
FIRST CONTRACT
Viii Erect Office, Labora-
tory and Storehouse as
Soon as Possible

Having practically cleared the
twenty-five acre site in the western
section of the city, the Newport Rosin
and Turpentine Company, one of the
biggest: industries to locate in Pensa-
cola in many years, yesterday award
ed contracts for the erection Of two
Of the several buildings that are to
occupy the big space recently pur-
chased. G. H. Turner e Co, proved
the successful bidder for building an
office and laboratory building and a
storehouse, the latter to be a large
building, covered with steel roofing.
The office and laboratory will be a
frame structure, but the interior will
be Of very handsome material. Work
on these buildings viii be commenced
as soon as the material can be as
.sembled.
J. A. Wetzel, Of Mobile, is archi-
tect Of all of the buildings to be
erected, five in number, besides those
for which the contract was yesterday
awarded. Mr.. Wetzel, who is a mem
Der Of the American Association Of
Architects, was in the city Yesterday.
He was well impressed with Pensa-
cola and expects to spend much Of bis
time here during the period the build
ings are under construction.
One of the buildings to be erected
viii be Of seven stories. It will be
known as the retort building and viii
be constructed of structural steel.
The contract for this as well as the
other buildings will be awarded with
in the course Of the next week, as the
company desires their completion
early in June, by which time the plant
viii be in operation If no delays are
encountered in securing the steel.
The plant viii cost complete with
machinery and all equipment $780,
900 and win give employment to two
hundred men regularly. It will be
the largest plant Of this character the
company owns. Il viii manufacture
rosin and turpentine by a secret pro-
cess and in addition to giving employ
ment to a large force of men in the
plant proper viii also place many men
at work in securing stumps from cut
over lands, from which the products
are manufactured, and viii also serve
to clear thousands of acres Of land
and make them available for cultiva-
ton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
BERL|NOFFERS
4 NEW WORD
IN INCREMENT
Couclles Note In Such a
Manner That Tt May
Be Agreeable
BETTER THAN ANY
OFFER YET MADE
Says Killing of Americans
Was Without Intent On
Gerrnany's Part
BETTER THAN ANY
OFFER YET MADE
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Feb. 5.-For the word
'tillegal," which Germany is unwilling
to incorporate in the tentative draft
OF the Lusitania agreement, Berlin
has substituted phrase which high
authorities consider covers all the
principles involved In the question OF
submarine warfare. The language is
now being considered by President
Wilson,
Il says the killing Of Americans
was without intent because the sink
ing Of the Lusitania was an act of
reprisal and the German government
agrees that reprisaIs should not ap-
ply TO neutrals.
Officials tonight believe the out
look In promising for an early set
Element, as the tentative form of the
settlement Is said to be nearer the
United States desires than any yet
submitted by Berlin
Germany IN the document offers
PREPARATION In indemnity form for all
Americans killed and expresses a
readiness 10 cooperate with the
United States looking toward the
freedom OF the seas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
TENSION IN BERLIN IS
REPORTED AS LESsENING

Berlin, Feb. 6.-The tension Gre
mted by the latest developments in the
Lusitania case evidently Is Iessening.
Most Of the afternoon papers do not
discuss the situation today. The
Kreus Zeitung, however, says it is
necessary to emphasize the reasons
which should influence Chancellor Won
Bethmann-Ho llweg Ia deciding not TO
meet the demands of the United
States, and adds:
The chancellor viii have to ask
what America means by again sud-
denly raising the question of the gem
eral principle involved in the Lusi-
tania affair and demanding that we
adopt q position completely at vari-
ance with the one we took, clearly
and without ambiguity, six months
ago. He WIN have to decide whether
this action by America does not re-
fleet Intentions which could not be re-
moved by concessions, however great
on our part, but could be met only by
firm resolution.
tThe chancellor VIII have 10 con-
slider whether it would not make on
our allies, our enemies and neutrals
m impression of weakness by no
means justified by our successes and
military position to abandon our for
mer standpoint and make confession
OF having acted contrary to interna-
tional law, concession which would
be used for all time to prove the truth
OF the SANDERS which have been
heaped upon u.s."
1.-THE chancellor IN particular will
have to examine the question whether
If we should comply with the new
American demands, we would not
thereby allow our hands to be bound
in the struggle for existence by aban-
doning q means of warfare which
resting on technical superiority,
might contribute substantially to
forcing our enemies to yield"
In conclusion the Kreuse Zeitung
says:
There cannot be the slightest
doubt that the government and peo-
pie clearly Recognize the limits TO our
concessions 10 America which are i'm
posed by military necessities and the
dignity of the Geman empire.
"Our resolution that under no cir
tr-or44rrad an Pare Two0
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr Is Ac-
quilted of Charge of In
stigating Murder
TWO NEGROES ARE
FOUND GUILTY
Latter Verdict Read. First
and Mrs. Mohr Collapsed
In Court
BIZ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Providence Il. l., Feb. 5.-Mrs.
Elizabeth F. Mohr was acquitted here
tonight of the charge of having insti-
gated the murder of her husband, DR.,
C. Franklin Mohr. G. Victor Brown
and Henry H. SpelIman, negroes, ac-
cused of the actual killing, were found
guilty with the penalty Of life i'm
prisonment. Mrs. Mohr collapsed
when the verdicts of Brown and SPELL
man were announced before hers.
She is still charged with completely
in the shooting with intent to kill
Miss Emily Burger, who was in the
automobile with DR.. Mohr when he
was killed last August in harrington,
near here. Mrs. Mohr, who had been
separated from her husband for two
years, was accused by George Heals,
Mohr's negro chauffeur, who declared
she agreed to pay him, Brown and
SpelIman $1,000 to murder her hus-
band.
The case was given to the jury at
10:45 o'clock today
Judge Stearns In his charge to the
jury declared that it wae their duty
if they concluded the statA had proved
its case to say, guilty whatever the
consequences in each case Or in any
~@SMn e47ee-aaazgs
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
Appam's Ownership May Not
Be Solved Until Wars End
- ASSOCIATED PRESs.

been reached ON the conflicting claims
of Germany and England officials gem
orally hold the case must be governed
by the Prussian treaty of 1923, which
grants Prussian prizes free entry into
American ports.
Mail for England and France was
taken from the Appam today and
viii be forwarded. Lieutenat Berg
today indicated that he wished to tie
the ship up to pier until the state
department makes decision.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
NO COLOR RECOGNIZED.

'sThe law recognizes no color, no
creed,D the court said. "Pay no re-
gard to the fact that one defendant
is a woman and two are negroes.
They are three citizens on trial, and I
charge you not TO allow any prejudice
or feeling, excepting an honest desire
to do impartial justice, to enter your
minds"
THE law in regard to principals in
crime" the court explained, is this:
Where any persons are present,
aiding and abetting in the actual com
mission of crime-in this case it is
murder-they are equally guilty with
those who actually commit the crime.
Mrs. Mohr has been indicted as an ae-
cessory before the fact. If you find
she hired, aided. procured, assisted
one or both of the defendants, she is
guilty"
Judge Stearns then explained the
degree Of proof necessary to convict,
saying:
"All three defendants are indicted
together, but you will bring in three
verdicts. The verdicts viii be indi-
vidual as though there had been three
separate trials"
The court asserted that under the
law an accessory cannot be convicted
unless one or both of the principals
is found guilty and therefore it was
logical that the jury first determine
whether Brown and Spellman were
guilty.
Discussing the testimony Of George
w. Heals, DR.. Mohr's chauffeur, who
turned states evidence, the court said
the reliance TO be placed on his story
rested with the jurors. Heals is a
puzzling figure In this case" said
the Judge. TITS a fair question. how
much Of his statement is true and
how much is false"
The court said no confession was
made by Mrs. Mohr, but that accord
fng to the state she had made threats
against her husband. Il was for the
jury to determine the value Of these
alleged threats.
Inasnuch as confessions are only
to be taken as against the persons
making them. It was also pointed out,
the alleged confessions of Brown and
Spellrnan were not 10 be considered
as against Mrs. Mohr.
The Jury was still celebrating at
/ o'clock. Mrs. Mohr left the court
room shortly after thu judges charge
was concluded, although large crowd
remained evidently with the expecta-
ton that an early verdict would be
-
court house at 12:45 O'Clock at which
hour luncheon was ordered for the
jury.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
Cleveland Club
OF Boosters On
Their Way South
By ASSOCIATED. PRESS.

Cleveland, o., Feb. 5.-Nearly one
hundred Cleveland business men left
here today for weeks tour of South
srn cities under the auspices of the
Manufacturers and Wholesale Mer-
chants Board Of the Chamber Of Com
merce. The party win reach St. Louis
tomorrow morning. From there they
viii 20 to Oklahoma City, Fort Worth,
Dallas, San AC>oDsS and New Orleans.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06

Washington, Feb. 5.-The question
of the ownership of the British ship
Appam, brought to Hampton Roads
by a German prize crew, may remain
an open issue until the end of the
war. and she will remain In charge
of the American officials at Newport
News.
Officials here believe that if she
remains in port her final disposition
doubtless viii depend on the outcome
OF the war. While no decision has
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
Gadsden County Committee
Condemns New Resolutions

den county be given copy Of these
resolutions 50 he would be prepared
to carry out the wishes Of the COM
mittee should the state committee re-
convene.
The resolutions condemning sections
four and five Of the state committee
resolutions were adopted by the
county committee By an unanimous
rising vote.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06

Tallahassee, Feb. 6.-The Gadsden
County Democratic executive com
mittee met in Quincy today, adopted
resolutions condemnfng sections four
and five Of the state committee reso-
lutions and calling on the state COM
mittee to reconvene for the purpose Of
resembling the said sections four and
five and ordering that the members
Of the state committee from Gads-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
Worlds Biggest
Telesc0pe Being
Sent Up Mount
The Tube Weighs 1900
Pound and the Lens
Alone Five Tons
e ASSOCIATED PREss.

Los Angeles, Feb. 5.--The work OF
freighting up the steep trails OF
Mount Lowe, the huge telescope tube
with the largest lens IN the world to
be installed at the Carengie Solar
observatory was begun here today.
The tube and section cases weigh
more than forty-seven thousand
pounds. The lens alone weigh about
four and a half tons. The railroad
refused the shipments. so the tele-
scope was brought round by Cape
Horn.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
Threats Made
Dynamite N. Y.
Subway System
marlborough Company
Asks Aid Of the Police
Department
q AssocTArEp PREss.

New York, Feb. 5.-Police have
been assigned to protect the subway
system from the Brooklyn terminal
to the Bronx terminal and also the
Hudson and Manhattan tubes on a re-
port that a threat has been made to
dynamite them.
The Interborough company adj
mitted that police help had been
asked.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
BRITISH FOREIGN
OFFICE IS SILENT

London, Feb. 5.-The foreign Office
announced today that dispatches from
the British ambassador at Washing
ton show that the status of Appam
has not yet been decided by the
American government. On this &C
count the British officials are not in
a position TO make statement on this
subject.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06
NOTHING HAPPENED ON
FRENCH FRONT DURING. NIGHT

Paris, Feb. 5.-The ofHcial state
nent issued this afternoon by the
French war department. said: an the
course of the night there was no event
Of Importance to report"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06

CONTINUED on PAGE TwoNo
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-06

The Ideal WHITES Resort
Fishing, Hunting, Boating.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-05-18
CLASSIFICATION LIST READY.

To avoid confusion and to make the
work of judging at county fairs easier,
live stock should be properly CLASH
fed. The Extension Division, College
of Agriculture, Knoxville, Tennessee,
has prepared a printed classification
that will be sent free to those who
are interested in county fair plans.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-05-18
KEEP WEEDS IN CONTROL

(By @. e. Alfred, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
Especially in the control of weeds
work done at the proper time results
in q great saving of labor. The chief
purpose of cultivation is to control
weeds. The time to kill weeds is when
they are just sprouting, before they
can be seen readily. If one uses a
weeder or other tool that will cover
wide area, at frequent intervals, the
weeds may be controlled at small cost
Then, too, proper crop rotation will
go far in reducing the cost of weed
control.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-05-18

Buy Prince Albert everywhsYe 10.
5occo is sold: in foppy red bags, Sc;
idy red tins, I2c; handsome pound
nd half rJuHd tin h1midors and in
lat clever pound crystdi-Riass huuli-
for with sponge.nlOistener for 10
Keeps the tobacco in such fine s..-.,--.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-05-18
Health Day

Health Day
Dr. Charles Barker physical adviser
great lectures Healh Happiness"
Years"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-05-18

Smth-Spring Holmes Company
Trombone flute pianosoo
an
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-05-18
CARE IN BUYING
PURE-BREO STOCK
Valuable Suggestions to Pro-
speCtiVe Purchasers of Reg
iStered Animals
YOUNG BREEDERS OFTEN DUPED
Mistake Is Made BY Beginners in
Taking on Young Animals, Also in
Many Cases When Patronizing
Spectators and Auctioneers.

(By c. D. Lowe, Division of Extension
University of Tennessee)
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-05-18
The Raweis---three New ZeaIanders

In native costumes and native music Beautiful ereopon pictures
of the South Islands,
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
PRICE FIVE CEN T
JURORS DRAWN
Two Weeks Term of Court Will Begin
January s. Judge Lane
Presiding.

A two weeks term of Henderson
county Superior court will begin Nor
day, January 8. 1917, with His Honor,
Judge H. P. Lane. of Reidsville, pre-
siding. The following jurors have
been drawn for this term of court.
First Week.. T. Jackson. j. e.
Youngblood, J. F. Barnwell, J. D.
Bane, M H. Patterson, A. M. Capps, o.
A. Hudson, M. A. Rhodes, M. s.. Hyder,
J. R. Wilkie. T. c. Warren, L. A.
Brown, P S. Ramsay, Chas Rozzel1e,
J. B. McMurry, V. P. Garren, D. w.
Patterson ]. A McCallop, J. F. Jones,
J. S. Louis, F. NJ Gibbs, w. R. Hyder,
D. E. Stepp, w. J. Youngblood, James
McCarson, C. B. Mofitt, J. H. Salts, B.
F. Stepp, A. V. Heatherly, S. E. Sen
telle, w. P. Bane, w. S. Hooker, M. E.
Gillian, H. A. Case, J P. Hollings-
worth, R. K. Orr.
Second Week-C. c. Mccall, w. w.
Guice. ]. E. Sentell, S. P. Jones, J. T.
Jones, w. P Gillian, T: B. Ward, ]. R.
Gillian, S. D. Station. G. C. Lance, w.
T. Caps, E. L. Sinclair, F. B Mccall,
H. K. Pace. J. w. Erwin, J. G. Lam
ming, B. K. Seals, Geo. B .Heatherly.