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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
DANIELS SAYS
No POLITICS
IN j. s. NAVY
Secretary Expressed Such
In Addressing National
Democratic Club
81 ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York, Jan. 15.-There is and
can be no politics in the navy, said
Secretary Daniels, speaking before
the National Democratic club here to-
day on the subject of national pre-
paredness. The secretary of the
navy he said, had no patronage at his
disposal as the chiefs of bureaus were
selected from the trained men of the
navy for their efficiency and their in
tegrity.
81 do not know" he said, "the poll
tics Of the capable men who have been
named rs heads of bureaus or in
command of fleets. It is well under
stood that there can be no Democratic
navy and no Republican navy, but
that while every naval officer owes
his appointment to a congressman,
every naval officer puts making the
navy strong fighting force above
any and every other consideration"
The same thing had been true in
nearly all cases, Mr.. Daniels said, of
the secretaries of the navy who had
been "actuated by the spirit of Amer
lea rather than by the spirit of
party" He paid tribute to many
former secretaries, including Messrs.
Chandler, Whitney, Tracy and Her
bert, two of whom were Republicans
and two Democrats, saying they had
learned and practiced In Office "the
principle that only big men can ap-
preciate that he who served his coun-
try best, serves his party best"
Mr.. Daniels .dweIt on. the need of
an American merchant marine, ''to
give American commerce and Amer
lean diplomacy the power that can
come only under present conditions,
from sea power
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
Four Men Are Killed and
Ten Injured In a
Peculiar Manner
LITTLE VESSEL WAS
BEING REPAIRED
Men Were at Work Dis
charging the New
Edison Batteries
~ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York, Jan. 15.-Four were
killed, ten injured, five dangerously,
N an explosion today on Submarine
E-2, which was being repaired at the
New York navy yard dry docks. The
interior of the submarine was badly
shattered, but so tight was the YES
sells shell that there was no means
of escape for the gas and it was than
an hour before ali the bodies were
recovered. From the outside the
submarine did not show any effects
of the explosion. A ladder blown
through the coming tower, fell fifty
feet way.
The cause of the explosion is not
definitely known, according to navy
officials. Rear Admiral Usher, COM
mandant at the navy yard, after an
examination of the craft and ques-
tioning the worl1men, declined to ex-
press an opinion. He said the men
were at work discharging the new
Edison batteries through the Rheo-
stat to measure the voltage and the
explosion occurred in the compart-
ment where they were working. The
battery, he said, will generate no kind
of gas and there was no gasoline
aboard, the engines being oil burning
of the Diesel type.
The E-2 was the only vessel in the
world equipped with Edison nickel
batteries.
The opinion was expressed that the
process of withdrawing the charge
from the batteries might have caused
the formation of hydrogen gas.
The injured and one of the dead
were removed soon after the acci-
dent, but the officers seeking the
other three bodies were partly over
come by the fumes and had to wait
until the gases were pumped out. N.
B. Seabart, an electrician of the
second-class, was the only enlisted
man killed. The others killed were
civilian worEmen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
At TACKS
BY RUSSIANS
ARE REPULSED
Muscovites Charge the Aus
TRANS In Masses and
Are Slaughtered
FREQUENT HAND TO
HAND ENCOUNTERS
One Thousand Dead Rus
slams Before Position of
One Austrian Brigade
FREQUENT HAND TO
HAND ENCOUNTERS
81 AssocIATpp PRESS.

Berlin, Jan. 15.--By wireless to
Sayville. The Russian offensive has
been renewed on the Bessabarian
front and five important attacks have
been repulsed by the Austro- Hungar-
ian troops, according to the Aus
TRAN official reoprt dated January
Ia and received here today.
The Austrian official statement
follows:
Son the Bessabarian front, the
Russians have again attempted to
break through near Torporoutz ana
east of Rarinnczle. Five great at
tacks failed. The well directed Aus
tro-Hungarian artillery fire contrib
uted eminently to the repulse of the
Russians Since the beginning of the
battle in East Galicia and Bessabaria,
the Austro-Hungarian forces of Gen
erals PfLanzer, Baltin, and Bothmer
have taken 800 Russians including
patrols routed Russian field guards
near Karpilovka.
"On the italian front, several
places near Malborgeth, and Raibl
were shelled by Italian artillery.
Italian airmen have been active In
the Trent district. One bomb drop
ped in Spirano, but caused no dam
age
'4n Montenegro the troops of that
country having abandoned their cap
ital, are In retreat on the whole south
and west front. The Austro- Hun
garian troops who are following up
the enemy, have passed the line of
Buda- Cettinje- Grab Grahovo, a d
have entered Montenegrin territory
east of Bileoa, and near Avtovac.
Near Grahavo, the Austro Hungar-
ians captured three cannon with their
gunners, as well as 500 rifles, one
machine gun, and a quantity of am
munition."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
Great Britain To Announce
Blockade OF Teutonic Ports

Britain assertion Of her. sea power
II is well known that when the war
began, the admiralty urged upon the
foreign Ofice the necessity for the
declaration Of an actual blockade. but
the latter believed that the suscepti-
bilities Of neutrals could be better
met by orders in council and after
the adoption Of these the government
began it, interninable agreements
with peutxals.
these agreements might have sue
lceeded if It had not been for the op-
position Of the United States, which
took the stand from the first that the
orders in council were illegal and that
therefore even yelled or Bubrosa rec
ognition Of them, ia forms similar "a
the Danish agreement and The Meth
erlands Overseas Trust, would be a
surrender Of American sovereignty
under international law
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
MANY PEOPLE
IN HOLLAND IN
GREAT. DANGER
Reported the Zuider Zee
Dixie Has Burst Flooding
North Part of Country
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Amsterdam, Jan. 15.-The Tele-
graf reports that the Zuider Zee
Dixie at Katwoude has burst and that
Zuidpolder has been flooded. The in
habitants of that place were obliged
to abandon it and have fed to Edam,
which Is partly flooded, the newspa-
per adds.
A message from Edann says that
the dixie protecting Polderezeevang is
in danger and that if it breaks the
result will be the flooding of the
greater part Of North Holland.
At 7 o'clock this morning, adds the
message, an alarm bell was rung at
Brock, also in the province Of North
Holland, about six miles northeast of
Amsterdam, as the food was pouring
in with terrific force Many farms
were completely inundated the inhab-
itants proceeding in boats to sur
rounding villages. There was great
CONSERVATION in the Waterland dis
5trict as the water came over the dixie,
and the inhabitants are fleeing to Am
sterdam.
Volendam IS entirely flooded, and
Monnikendam, on the mainland and
the island of Marker are under water.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
PROTEST The
ARREST
OF OFFICIALS
Consul at Saloniki and AS
sistants Representing
Austro-Hungary Held

Berlin, Jan. 15.-(By wireless. -
The Austrian protest to Great Brit
ain and France against the arrest Of
the ustro-Hungarian consul at Ss-
lonih and his assistants, which was
delivered yesterday by Baron vixen
Burian. Austro-Hungariar foreign
minister TO the American ambassador
Frederic G. Penfield says:
'The arrest Of consular officers
accredited to the Greek government
and of persons under their protec-
ton, as well as the search of me
consular archives which under the
law are inviolable, constitutes a flap
rant breach Of the sovereignty Of a
neutral state, which is incompatible
with the recognized elementary prin-
ciples Of international law. More
over, 1t is damaging to the rights and
interests Of Austria hungary. 1t can
only be called an arbitrary act which
transgresses the limits Of existing
law and presidents for belhgerents.
These acts prove that France and
Great Britain do not shrink from
deeds which are the grsvest breaches
Of law and can be extenuated in no
way. Tho Austro-H Hungarian govern
ment yes the right 10 take ac-
tior corresponding TO the decisions
which both powers make IN regard 20
these persons who have been de-
prived Of their liberty"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
ALL CIVILIAN
EMPLOYEES
emo. BONUS
Canal Workers Will Share
In Bills Now Pending
Before Congress
RY AssocIATEp PRESS

Washington, Jan. ia bonus OF
at least six months' pay is proposed
for all civilian employees of the gov
eminent working on Panama con-
struction for three years prior to
March 81, 1914, in bills now pending
before congress introduced by Repre-
sentative Holland and Senator Mar
tin. More than 500 men, it is esti-
mated, would be benefited. The bills
call for an appropriation not to ex-
coed $4,000, 900.
In urging adoption Of the proposal,
the Panama Canal Employees Asso-
citation, composed Of civilian employees
and former employees, calls attention
to the substantial rewards already
voted by congress 10 army, navy and
marine hospital officers who served
three years or more in the canal zone
and claim that failure to include Cd
william employees. was unintentional
and should be corrected.
The basis of reward contained In
the bills is two months pay for every
year of service to all civilians who
remained at work for three consecu-
tive years or longer. This would
make the minimum bonus six months
salary. Only one man out of every
seven civilians, it is estimated, re-
manned at his post for three years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
HEAVY LOSSES
ARE SUFFERED
BY RUSSIANS
German Statement Announ-
ces Successes of the Teu-
tonic Armies
BIZ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

London, Jan. 15.-The Russians
have resumed the offensive in Bessa-
rabian and Eastern Galicia, but their
assaults all along the line have been
repulsed with "frightful losses" &C
cording to the Austrian official state
ment, which declares me Austrians
have maintained all their posses
sions and the Russians not gained
one inch of territory" The state
ment says the Russians made repeat
ed attacks in masses and there were
frequent hand to hand encounters
with bayonets. At one point, the
statement says, one thousand dead
Russians lay before the positions of
one Austrian brigade.
The Russian statement tonight
merely says: There has been no
changes on the western front"
Montenegro is the only other point
where there seems much fighting, and
the Austrians announce they are con-
tinuing to pursue the Montenegrins.
1t is expected here that the Monte
negrins will make a stand southeast
Of Cettinje and If necessary later re-
tire to Scutari, Albania, for des-
perate effort.
Berlin reports Turkish cavalry
raiding the Persian territory and has
defeated the Russian cavalry near Mi
andoah and near Seldos, while Petro-
grd announces the Russians have oc-
cupied the town of Eangawar, near
Kermanahah, Persian town, which
the Turks recently reported they cap
tured.
Paris reports nothing except Teu-
tonic aeroplane raid near Saloniki,
which it is declared did not injure the
allies, but wounded a few Greek SOL
diers. s
On the French fronS Paris reports
only spirited artillery actions. Artil-
lery also is reported active still on the
italian fronts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
NEW EDISON BATTERIES
WERE BEING INSTALLED.

Washington, Jan. 15.-The sub
marine E-2 was at the New York
navy yard having installed the new
batteries which Thomas A. Edison
has developed for the United States
navy. She was the first submersible
being so equipped.
Officers of the E-2 were Lieuten-
ant Charles NJ. Cooke, Jr., of Arkan-
sas, and Lieutenant ". S. Haas, of
Rhode Island. Cooke served five
years on the submarine tender Tono-
pah in preparation for taking com
mand Of the E-2 and Haas Joined the
boat few months after she was COM
missioned.
Officers here could not say what
might have caused the explosion on
the submarine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16

Congressman Augustus P. Gardner
of Massachusetts, in the course of a
speech to members of the National
Security league in New York said
that while it was probably all right
for the present to increase our navy
so it would stand second in the world,
he thought that ultimately it would
be necessary to put it on footing
with any other power. Answering
questions from the audience, MIR.
Gardner said he favored military
training and not military service. The
training of the men of the country, he
declared, would be the greatest thing
that could happen to the country. In
the event Of war, he said, he feared
that CONSUMPTION or some form Of 1t
would have to be resorted to.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
Mrs. Pankhurst, Suffragette
Leader, Held At Ellis Island

ago, but was quickly released and
allowed to enter this country.
Mrs. Pankhurst and her secretary,
Miss Joan Wickham, were walking
down the St Pau1's gangpIank when
an immigratgion officer informed the
suffrage leader that she would have
to go to Ellis Island. She protested
vigorously but the official explained
that although she had been allowed
to enter in 1918 she was still sub
ject to the federal statutes barring
aliens convicted of crimes involving
moral tcrSitude."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
RECEIVES AMERICANS

Petrograd, Jan. 13.-(via London)-
The American Ambassador and Mrs.
Marye were received IN audience today
by the empress who made an excep-
ton to the rule to which she has adj
hered since the beginning of the war
abolishing formal audiences ia view
Of the activity Of Mr.. Marye in Rus
sian charities. Mrs. Marye's activf-
ties have resulted in the establishment
of a refuge for babies and an Amerf-
can hospital for soldiers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
EXPLOSION ON BOARD
AMERICAN SUBMARINE
GIRL STRANGLED
TO DEATH IN A
CLEVELANDHOTEL
BIZ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

New York, Jan. 15.-Louis Bian-
chetti, twenty-five, cook, was ar
rested tonight, charged with stran-
Cling to death Miss Beleys Evans in
a Cleveland hotel last Wednesday. De-
tectives said they found the woman'e
jewelry and some of her clothes in
Bianchetti's trunk, ana that he de-
clared he quarreled with her when
she took two hundred and fifty dol
lars from his pocket and he put her
watch and ring in his pocket.
Then, he is quoted as saying, she
screamed she was being robbed. He
tied a towel over her mouth to silence
her and fed. He left Cleveland when
he read she was dead.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
MRS. FLORENCE TTDWELL
ATTEMPTS TO KILL HERSELF.

Mobile, Ala, Jan. 1B.--FIorenos
Tidwen alias ''Mrs. Palmer" ntten,pt
&c suicide 10 her cell at the police
station tonight by swallowing bicnal-
ride u mercury tablets and rs "a. the
city hospital In a critical condition.
She Was arrested Saturday al TIE
81. Andrew Hotel 70 company With
w. J. Terrell, sged 26, Of Fountain
Inn, s. c.. at the request Of Chs fed
eral authorities Of Pensacola, who
say that they hold fed.eag warrants
fct them, charging white slavery
The woman and man came 20 Me-
bile last Tuesday and registered nc
the hotel as "W ;. Ferral anC Mia
Palmer" both occupying ae1izf4as
rooms. The wornan ADMITTED that
she came 70 Mobile IN company with
FerreD. who says that be Is a pteni-
iun contest worker and he's been
travelling shout the country FOR TIE
past five years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
ALLEGED WHITESLAVERS
ARE CAUGHT IN MOBILE;
WOMAN TRIES SUICIDE
w. G. Woods and Mrs. G.
w. Tidwell Wanted In
Pensacola
WOMAN IS NOW IN
SERIOUS CONDITION
While In Cell She SwaI-
lowed Bichloride Of Mer-
cury Tablets

W. 9. Woods. supposed 20 be
travelling salesman, and MIS-. G. w.
L9dweu, reputed to be the wife IL "a
aged Aahanlian, both wanted b. the
federal offices IN Pensacola on the
charge Of violating the Mann white
slave act, have been caught IN no.
bile and win be returned to this CITY
this afternoon and plaOsd "a 3all un-
less they succeed IN making bond.
This IL the couple who escape
from Pensacola last Sunday. Tbev
had been here for two or three dav,
and upon request Of Special Agent
A. W. Davis ard Deputy Marrhai
McMillaa, +he police arrested the nau
and woshal ct a local hotel anS
dcelctse them at the police on.
bPvoL So charge. Woods employees
an assOrney and secured his releaea
BY paying \ fine Of s. each.
LEFT Nv AUTOMOBILE.
THIS u:ts~6 States officars were 81
the optaiou that the man and vvo-
man were IN custody Of the polio.
and would be held until the following
morning and were surprised when
they learned that both had secured
their liberty and we're then out %
the city.
Woods secured an automobile ans
with the woman went 70 GouIdinr
where they boarded the northb9u.f
train that lefi Pensacola she
after IL o'clock. Each had
and occupied seats "a ear
coaches. They went Il MohG
were located there Friday ni
officers who haa heen racufe
the local officials Ia sanks
Of that city.
II is said that the woman lef,
husband FeuA where n Alsbaa
supposed 70 be Montgomery. ts
went 20 Florsla with Woods. THEY
remained there q short time when
they starred for Pensacola, stopping
st several places between Crestview
and this city.
1bsy arrived here Friday night. a
week ago, and complaints had pre-
ceded them, with the result chat
Special Agent Davis began q seorch
for them.
The couple registered here as q.
W. Anderson and wife. Il is not
known under what name they regis
tered In Mobile. Their trial win oe-
cur during the May term Of the
United States court.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
Russian of Note
Beaten to Death
In Arizona CITY
nv ASSOCIATED PRrsa.

Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 1S.--Count Mo-
rajeska, a Russian noblemsn, joint
owner with Countess Morajesks Of
mining claims in the Tortohta noun
tain region, seventy miles from Phoe-
nix, was beaten into insensibility
then shot and left for dead at his
property last Monday, according to
word that reached here today he
was found Thursday by the countess,
who motored to the claims.
The injured man nad lain In a
cabin four days without food or
water.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
Huerta's Alleged
Accon1pEces are
Both Indicted
- Assoc1Arrp pRrrs.

Fl Paso, Tex, Tan. 15.---Luis
Fuents, son-in-law of the late Gen
eral Huerta and Arisarco Csrascosa,
who were indicted recently ct San
Antonio as participants III the al
legged Huerta conspiracy to start a
new revolt IN Mexico City, were taken
into custody by agents Of the depart
ment Of justice.
Fuents gave bond through an El
Paso bank for $500. Carascosa re-
manned in Jail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
DEFENSE IN 'MENACE"
CASE Is STARTED

: Joplin, Mo-, Jan. 18.-Witnesses for
the defense were called to testify to-
day in the trial in federal court here
of the alleged publishers of the Men
ace, weekly newspaper of Aurora,
Mo-, charged with misuse of the mails
Efforts to have read to the jury by
witnesses certain books offered by the
defense were unsuccessful just be-
fore the close Of yesterdays session.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
RY AssocIATEp.. PRESS.

New York, Jan. 15-Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the British suffragette
who arrived today and was held up
by the immigration authorities, wiz
be paroled while her appeal to Wash
ington is being heard. She said she
did not intend to make any suffragette
speeches, but came to aid the Bel
Rium relief movement.
Federal authorities said Mrs. Pank-
hurst was detained because she had
served sentence in British prison.
She was similarly detained when she
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
SECOND SUBMARINE
TRAGEDY IN U. s. NAVY.

Washington, Jan. 15.--The accident
to the E-2 is the second submarine
tragedy Of the American navy which
has been notably free from losses to
its submersibles. The first and most
serious submarine disaster was the
loss of the F-4 in Honolulu harbor
last March with the loss of twenty
men---all the ships company. A cor
roded battery lining and poor diving
qualities Of the boat were held re-
sponsible by a board of investiga-
ton.
The submarines of the r type were
soon afterward brought home for re-
modelling. The boats of the + type
frooffn,,aH an Pa1A TwoA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
WILL PERMIT CENTRAL OF
GE0RGlA'S STEAMER LINES

Washington, jan 15.--The inter
state commerce commission today Sp-
proved the Central of Georgia Rail
way Company's application to refRin
ownership and operation of the Sa-
vannah line Of steamers between Bos-
ton, New York and Savannah, de-
spite the Panama canal act.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
LINTERS OF 1915 CROP
GREATER THAN LAST

Washington, Jan. I5.-Lnters OBJ
tanned to January / from the 1915
cotton crop amounted to 532, 552 bales
against 462,07 bales last year to that
date, the ceM1 bureau today an
nounced.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16
WILL OFFICIALLY DEFINE
AN AMATEUR GOLFER
=

Chicago, Jan 15.-The executive
committee of the United States Golf
Association met here today to formu-
late ruling giving the official defni-
ton OF an amateur golfer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16

CONTINUED on Page TwO.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-16

PENSAc ok
The Ideal WHITES Resort
Fishing, Hunting, Boating.
The Keota news., 1916-06-02

States and other neutral countries ana
between the United states and the on
emies OF Great Britain. can no longe.
tolerate the wrongs which cittxeno OF
the United States suffer and continue
to suffer through these methods.
RigAts Must De Observed.
ITO submit to = lawless practice Of
this character would open the door to
repeated violations Of international
law by the belligerent powers ON the
ground Of military necessity. Of which
Nanifestiy a neutral nation cannot
permit its rights on tho high seas to
be determined by belligerents or the
exercise Of these rights to be permit
ted or denied arbitrarily by the gov
ernment Of a warning nation.
''Ths right. Of neutrais are a. "a.
must be a. strictly observed.
The government of the United
States, confident in the regard for In.
tsrnational law and the rights Of neu-
trails, which the British and French
governments have 20 often proclaimed
and the disregard OF which they have
emies in the present var. expects the
present practice OF the British and
malls from or to the United States &c
cease. and belligerent rights, 40 e1.
ercised, to conform to the principle
governing the passage Of mail matter
ana to the recognised practice OF ma.
tions.
"Only . radical change In the pres
ent British and French policy, reetor-
ing to the United States Its full rights
as q neutral power. will satisfy this
ROBERT LANsIN0."
The Keota news., 1916-06-02
mrs. sophia q. ch.,,sw Loses Suit.

OArs. sophia q. chsilsw Loses suit
Colorado springs.-The case Of Mrs.
Sophia Gertrude Chellew. who several
years ago started suit for half Of the
estate Of Winfield Scott Stratton, late
multimillionaire mining king, was
thrown out OF court by County Judge
w. p. Kinney at tho conclusion Of
several days Of evidence. He declared
his decision that the claimant was not
the widow Of stratton. according to
the testimony given by witnesses.
His specific findings were:
That from Dec. Fl. 1873, to Jan. 2.
1874, stratton was in or near Colo
rado Springs, and not in Texas. whore
Mrs. Chellew claims he was.
That A. N. Poor. first husband Of
Mrs. Chellew, died in 1876. and that
therefore the claimant was Mrs Poor
1T tho time she claims to have mar
ried Stratton:
That the claimant was not married
b stratton Jan. 1. 1874. In Texas. ~
set forth in her complaint.
Judge Kinney's decision ends tha
suit ~ far as his court 10 concerned
unless an appeal 10 taken. which IL
not expected. 80