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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
GOVERNMENT PLANS
7 SHIPBUILDING PLANT
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, July 13.-COntracts
for the construction of two govern
ment-owned shipping plants to pro-
duce four hundred steel merchant
ships will be offered Monday by Gen
eral Goethals, manager of the ship
ping boards Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, it is announced. In a letter
to Chairman Denman, and the ship
ping board, Goethals outlined the en-
tire ship building program under
authority given by the president.
Within eighteen months, the general
said, he expected to turn out three
million tons of shipping. Monday he
will outline to shipbuilders his plans
for communicating one million and a
half tons of shipping under construc-
ton by private concerns. This will
be taken over completely, and con-
struction expedited. The corporation
will continue to let contracts Tor
wooden ships.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
GALLANT FIGHTING
OF BRITISH GARRISON
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

British Headquarters in France,
July 12-The battle on the sands of
Flanders. when the Germans attack
ed, will live largely throsgh the val
orous defense by English troops. They
met the shock of the German in mass
ed formation after having their pro-
tecting defenses blown to pieces by
the greatest concentration of Ger
man shell fire seen on this front in
more than a year, Trenches among
the blowing sands were quickly OBJ
liberated by storm of high explosive
shells. German lines to the river
User formed a triangle, the base of
which was the coast line. This angle
of sands is now red with English
blood, The garrison fought to the
death.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14

Mothers Friend.
II is a safe external massage which re-
ieves pain and discomfort at the crisis;
makes elastic those fbers and muscles
which nature is expanding. and wonder
fully soothes the Inflammation of breast
glands.
II enables the expectant mother to pre-
serve her health and strength, and she
remains a pretty mother by having
avoided the suffering and danger which
would otherwise accompany such an &C.
casion. Every nerve. muscle and tendon Is
thoroughly fabricated. Get a bottle today
from the druggist. ana write TO the Brad
field Regulator Co, Dept. G, 273 Lamar
Building, Atlanta, Ga. They will mail
you an intensely interesting little book.
Motherhood and the Baby. The book
Is free. Every woman should herself aid
nature in her glorious work. Mothers
Friend" makes II possible for you to do SO
End should be used regularly without fail
night and morning.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
TONGUE
BECOMES COATED
IF CONSTIPATED
IF CROSS, BILIOUS. SICK. FEW
ERISH, OR FULL OF COLD,
TAKE NO CHANCES.
CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS"
CAN'T HARM TENDER STOM-
ACH, LIVER BOWELS.

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels go nicely.
A child simply will not stop play
ing to empty the bowels, and the re-
suit is, they become tightly cloGged
with waste, liver gets sluggish, stom-
ach sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach7ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of california Sy-
rup of Figs" and in a few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the
system, and you have a well, playful
child again.
Millions of mothers give California
Syrup Of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless: children love it, and it
never fails to acs on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent
bottle of california Syrup Of Figs"
which has full directions for babies,
children Of all ares and for grown
ups plainly printed on the bottle. Re
ware of counterfeits sold here. Get
the genuine made by "California Fig
Syrup Company" Refuse any other
kind with contempt.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
BOY SCOUTS ENJOY
4 MELON CUTTING

An enthusiastic meeting of the
local troop of Boy Scouts took place
last night at the Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing, a large number attending.
In the absence of. Scoutmaster
Williams, short talk was delivered
by f. Kaselock, who presided, and a
number of the boys told of how they
were living up to the motto of do
a good turn daily" These experiences
were interesting.
Mrs. McGaughey and Mrs. Weller
appeared before the meeting and
talked of the purpose Of French Or
phan Day, with the result that the
scouts entered actively into a desire
to help. Many of them will solicit
subscriptions to the French war or
phan fund on different streets to-
day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
CAPT. SAM TAYLOR
EXPIRES IN MOBILE

Captain Sam Taylor died yesterday
morning in Mobile after a prolonged
illness, according to messages receiv-
ed IN this city yesterday by friends
OF the deceased, His death was due
to paralysis, from which he suffered
a stroke some time ago.
Capt. Taylor was a native of Vir-
GINA, but had lived on the gulf coast
for years, being a frequent visitor to
Pensacola, where he had many
friends He was steamboat inspector
for more than 25 wars, a silver ser
vice having been presented to him at
the San Carlos on the occasion of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of his On
trance into the service.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
DISPOSE OF CASES
OF FLORIDA SLACKERS

Assistant United States District
Attorney George Earl Hoffman re-
turned to the city yesterday morn
ing after appearing before the United
States commissioner at Tallahassee,
Thursday, in prosecution of % slack
ers, who were held for further inves-
tigation-
Twenty-one of the men were allow
ed to register and 90 fire., chile two
were held for investigation by the
grand jury. 1t has been the policy
of the government when a man fail
ed to register through ignorance that
he be made to register and 90. But
when it appears that a man wilfulIy
and Intentionally refused to register.
severe punishment is prescribed, the
maximum penalty being one year in
jail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
MANY LIQUOR CASES
BE DISPOSED Of At
THE PRESENT TERM

More than a dozen cases docketed
for trial at the present term of The
court of record are those against par
ties charged with alleged violation of
the liquor laws. In fact, a total of
thirteen are on the docket from the
city, while several others are docket
ed, charging defendants with drink
ing liquor on the tram.
A numbr of the defendants are
employees or proprietOrs of local ser
vice clubs, and they are charged with
violation of the laws in several diff
ferent particulars. Some of them are
said to have conducted sales after the
legal hours, while others are said to
have violated the statutes in other
ways.
One White woman, a recent arrival,
will face a charge, which, if proven,
may have a serious result. She is
charged with having sold liquor at
her establishment on West Zarragos-
sa street, as a sort of coca cola high
ball, and it is claimed that men in
the United States navy were pa
irons" The deputies claim they have
evidence of more than one sale. and
this was shown at the preliminary
hearing, which resulted in the woman
! being bound over to the court of rec
ord for trial. She is now under bond
to appear for trial ar an early date.
1t is said federal officials are much
interested in the outcome Of this case
The first of the series of cases
! charging violations of the liquor laws
will go to trial early in the week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
COSSACKS TURN TO
IMPORTANT RAILWAY TOWN

Petrograd, July 13.-Now that
Halicz is in Russian possession. the
eyes of. General korniloff's cavalry
Cossacks are turned toward the rail-
way centers of Styrj, town of 80
900 inhabitants, junction of the line
from Lemberg to Lawoozne and of a
branch line to Chodorow. Military
writers describing the offensive say
its chief strength is on the east and
northeast but weaker on the south.
There is widespread expectation of
an important counter attack on the
northern front
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
WOMEN SENTENCED TO
HANG FOR MURDER

Hartford, Conn, July 13.-Mrs.
Amy Archer Giliigan was foun guilty
of murder, charged with poisoning
Franklin Andrews, May 80, 1914. She
was sentenced to hang November 6,
1917. Andrews was an inmate at
her homo for elderly people at Wind
sOr, Conn.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
FIGHTING
IN ST. QUENTIN REGION

Paris, July 13.-Durinr the night
the artillery fighting was particular.
Iy active in the region of St. Quentin
du Pantheon and on the two banks
Of the Meuse, says the official war
office statement today. The commun-
icatiOn adds:
enemy attacks east of the Mar
TYRES salient near the Vidalet wood,
at Hill 304, and in the Cauriercs WOOD
failed under our fire"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
BATTLE RACED ABOUT
THE CHINESE CAPITAL

Washington, July 13.-Chincse le-
CATION dispatches from Picking said
quiet had been restored at the capl-
tai after a battle in which monarchis
troops were overwhelmed by republ-
can forces. The last contingent o.
General Chang Hsun's men have sur
rendered. The general is reported a
refugee in the Dutch legation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14

Gentlemen, if you can't make up
your mind to acquit me, | ask you TO
give me a chance to%get another trial.
If I had gone to trial before when
| was here for trial on the other
case (referring TO the aborted May
triaD, would be a free man today.
If they had tried me then, Blair
and Sellers would have sworn | was
in Pensacola that night, but Mr.,
Stokes and Mr.. Moore and Mr.. SUIT
in the DeFuniak jail, they changed
nesses, and | believe that if had one
more man witness here, they would
have been off for the DeFuniak Jail,
just like the rest.
| thank you.
Charge to Jury.
Judge Campbell then read his
charge to the Jury, a document of
some 2,400 words, which took twenty
minutes to deliver.
Jury Takes Case.
At 11:07 a. M, the jury took the
case and retired to the little annex
to the church, to decide the life or
death of Bob and Will Blackwell. The
rain had ceased. Visible through one
window was the Atwell house, the
, place where the crime was planned.
| Through another window was seen a
child's grave. without fence or mound
and with only two plain slabs or
! marble to mark it. Boys splashed in
! barefoot glee through the puddles;
several men were blowing water from
their automobile engines with a foot
pump; mules and horses looked hap
ply after their shower bath. The sun
was struggling through the clouds
and the soft drink man was
tightening his tent, which had sagged
| beneath the wind and rain.
In the Court.
Inside the court the people flew
into eager knots. The buzz of con-
versation rose high. Some bets were
made as to the time the jury would
be out, Gradually the crowd sifted
out, some to eat picnic lunch in their
automobiles or wagons; others went
to the hotel and prepared for their
departure. The prisoners. too, were
taken away, until finally only two old
women were left in the building that
had been so crowded in the morning
a1d they, too, opened up their lunches
and improvised a table on one of the
benches. The grounds themselves be
came deserted save for the deputies
to see that no one approached the
jury room closer than IS feet.
After dinner, at the hotel, a CROWD
gathered around the groun formed by
the prisoners and the officers. There
was some good-natured talk between
Will Blackwell and Detective Moore
regarding the duel, and how it wa;
to be pulled off. Some one suggested
water battle. The detective rallied
Bob on swearing to the lie about the
handcuff, saying he knew the pris
oner would not have done so had h
not been compelled. Bob and the de
teCtive are in truth good friends
different, however. are the relations
between Will Bl,~Twell and the au
thorities.
They Laughed.
At first the conversation was light
Pleasant happenings were recounted
Jokes were told. The two prisoners
laughed frequently, the veins or
Bob's forehead forming a big V. Their
talk shifted to the horrible Detec
tive Moore began to tell stories OF
captures and fights; shooting anC
cutting incidents formed the theme
there was one terrible tale of a mar
who had the muscle of his arm slash
ed off, and another had his eye goug
ed out. Blessed relief came whe
Mrs. Bob Blackwell came from din
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14

CONTINUED From Page one.)
contclnplates fraud, arson or murder,
will not perpetrate them before spec
tators; he will choose the darkness,
as "the cold-blooded, designing,
crafty crooks" did in this case; IL
there were any public crimes COM
mitted, they would be done by IN
sane people, and the asylum, not the
gallows was their reward.
Gathering Storm.
AS Mr.. Stokes spoke the sky be-
came more and more overcast; the
great black cloud in the west came
nearer and nearer; and as Mr.. Stokes
reached his peroration, the storm
broke. The oak trees tossed their
arms in the blast, the rain gusted
in through broken window lights, the
thunder crashed and the rain roared
on the roof, but the voice of Mr..
Stokes, declaring that "the people are
tired of such killings" was heard
above all, and he demanded that the
jury make such an example of the
bIack-hearted criminals before them
that other might be deferred from
similar atrocities. One crime begets
another, said Mr. Stokes, and when
crime goes unpublished, criminals wax
unafraid.
To Prevent the Crime.
He told the jury that if they let
themselves be swayed by a silly and
sentimental sympathy for the crimi-
nails, they were exposing themselves
to the same danger that swept away
the Wyman couple and a few months
later the Davis couple, a dozen miles
apart, and demanded that the jury
either turn the men loose, or reach a
verdict of guilty in the first degree,
with the penalty of death
Mr.. Stokes spoke two hours this
morning; counting his time yesterday
he spoke four and half hours, or
forty minutes longer than during the
Fudge trial-the longest speech of
his life, and by many, considered his
most eloquent.
Mr., Stokes then reconstructed the
crime. showing how irrefutable the
evidence was and how it pointed TO
the Blackwells as two of the guilty
parties-and the third, declared the
speaker, might soon be in the power
of an outraged law. The sordid story
has been told so many times, that it
is not necessary to repeat it again
Bob Asks to Speak.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Stokes
speech, Bob Blackwell rose and asked
for the privilege of addressing the
jury. The request was at first de
MED, because the state had the last
argument; but upon the waving of
this privilege by Mr.. Stokes, the pris-
oner was allowed to take the floor.
Both his brother and wife had tried
to dissuade him, but he persisted
Shaken by the terrible denunciation
his face CHASTITY pale, Bob turned tc
the twelve good men and true and ir
tones so low that the stenographel
with difficulty took down his words
he said:
BOb's Speech.
Gentlemen: | want to say that Mr.
Stokes has said that l have not tolC
where l was on the night of the Davi
murder. | admit that Blair and Sci
lers said / was not there at Blair
house in Pensacola, that night, bu
they did tell you was there the frs
part of March. And | dare say, /
! am given a chance by this court
that I didn't leave up there unit
March 10th, and was never away
day before from the mill.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
COLORED PEOPLE
TO ND ORPHANS

Colored people will add their bit
in the relief of French war orphans
today. They will have a stand at
PolkinghOrne's drug store, on West
Belmont street. Lucy Coleman and
Ella Jordan will be in charge.
These colored people have asked to
be allowed to help on French Orphan
Day, and quite a sum is expected to
he added to the local fund through
their efforts.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
TO CAPTURE GERMANS

Petrograd, July 13.-In battles in
Eastern Galicia on Wednesday, says
the Russian official statement issued
today, the Russians captured ten Off
Ger and $50 rank and file, chiefly
Germans. They also took five heavy
guns and ten machine guns.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
GRAIN-LADEN
CTLVANFCuVDG
MONDAY

Atlantic Port. July 13.-EIeven
neutral steamers, loaded with grain
and other cargo. which was not to
be exported except under license after
the presidents embargo proclamation
becomes effective Monday, have
cleared for European ports without
British letters Of assurance. The"
will attempt to run the allied block
AIDE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
To Drive Out Malaria and Build UD
The System.

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You
know what you are taking as the
formula is printed on every label,
showing it is Quiuine and Iron in Il
tasteless form. SOC.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
SATURDAY

than 1000 tons and one under that
size were sunk in the week ended
July s, by mines or submarines, the
announces.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
Women Love Babies

Il Is womans ma
ture to naturally re-
spond to the charm OF
a pretty child. Who
does not admire ba-
bies? The longing to
possess a baby is often
outweighed by the in
herent fear Of the
period OF distress.
There Is a most
wonderful external
preparation known as
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14

ner and rejoined her husband. the
crowd falling back and gradually
breaking up.
Shortly after two, word came that
the jury had reached a decision.
Crestview galvanized into activity.
The crowd washed back into the court
room. The sun had broken the cloud
dam and was pouring into the west
door.
Judge Campbell called for order;
Will Blackwell sat at the table writ
ing, writing, writing-meaningless
words. Bob sat back with his wife,
their hands clasped tightly. Duncan
Blackwell, the father, who had not
been in court to hear Mr.. Stokes de
mand for the life of his sons, was
seated next her, and his other son,
Lee, next him.
Jury Files In.
Into the court filed the twelve
somber-faced men, three hours from
the time they had left, and the crowd
strained forward to view them closer,
as if they would read the verdict in
their faces.
Call the jury" ordered Judge
Campbell
Deputy Smith made the roll call
Gentlemen, have YOU agreed upon
a verdict? ?" asked Judge Campbell.
1--WE have" said several. And John
f. Pryor, the foreman, handed it in.
The two prisoners stood up while
Judge Campbell read the fat
to himself, his lips moving slightly.
There was a deadly hush. The
judge handed the verdict to the clerk,
who read:
eve, the jurors. find the defen-
dants, VIII and Bob Blackwell, guilty
of murder in the first degree.
JOHN f. PRYOR
Foreman"
Guilty!
Bob was very pale, strained
smile on his face. Wills hands
trembled. Duncan Blackwell, the
father, swallowed once; Mrs. Bob
blackwell blinked her eyes three
times-heroic little woman, who has
given the one beautiful touch to the
sordid dream.
Mr.. Laird, senior counsel for the
defense, asked that the jury be poll
ed. The request was granted. Mr..
Laird then gave notice OF an appeal
for a new trial. While the prelimi-
naries were being arranged, Bob sat
down in his wife's arms and she smil-
ed courage into the soul of the man
she had sworn to love. honor and
obey. There were some who remark
ed that she would take his place on
the gallows.
Sympathy for Bob.
The i11rV was for conviction on the
first ballot, but two of them were in
favor of a recommendation of mercy
for Bob Blackwell. That is why they
were so long in reaching a decision.
Judge Campbell thanked and dis
missed the jury; the court officials
| packed up the evidence, the attorneys
separated, the prisoners were brought
! to the hotel, and the people got in
their wagons and automobiles and
were soon streaming out of Crestviev
in every direction-the play wa;
played out, The Mystery of tho
Green Pond" was solved!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
THREE FRENCH SHIPS

SENT TO THE BOTTOM
Paris, July u - (Thursday)-
Three French merchantmen of more
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-14
Blackwells Guilty
of Numbering Aged
Bud Davis and Wife

Continued From Page one.)
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
A NEGLECTED DUTY.

One of our duties to our Lord in the
Blessed Sacrament is, evidently, to
visit Him; for it is not for nothing
that He deigns to remain in perma-
nent residence among us.
We ought to visit Him more fire.
quently, and our visits ought to be
made not only from sense of duty,
but also from motives of love and de-
light. Yet sometimes the Tenant of
the Tabernacle would seem to be the
only neighbor with whom we are
hardly on visiting terms. or, at least,
the House of God would seem to be
the only house in the parish where
we pay none but duty calls.
4 If we remember and realize that
the Blessed Sacrament is a person
and not a thing, our duty in this
respect would stand out more clearly
in our minds. Often enough we have
an unpleasant experience on our
visits to our common acquaintance,
but never on our visit to Jesus in
His Sacrament of Love.
Req. F. X. L0S0nce.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
"HE's A FRIEND OF NINE

A lawyer was in an elevator with
some men he did not know when a
big fellow among them began
swearing. He used the name of God
wickedly and loosely, and seemed to
think nothing of it.
The lawyer touched his arm, and
said quietly. T wouldn't do that if /
were you" INSTANTLY the man
stopped, looked troubled, and then
exclaimed, You're right, you're right!
I shouldn't do that. just don't think
what | am saying And then the two
had a pleasant talk together.
That same lawyer had made it his
habit for years to speak to swearing
men when he could. If a man is using
the name of Jesus or God roughly, he
says to the man, please, don't do
that; you're speaking of a Friend of
mine" And he has never met with
anyone who did not listen to him as a
gentleman should. 1t is one way he
has of testifying to his love for his
Lord and Saviour.
That kind of work can be done by
man or boy. Some young college boys
were having a class supper. One of
the fellows started a coarse song to
the tune of hymn. Others joined in.
Then one boy who wasn't known to be
especially religious jumped up and
called out, None of that, fellows! No
sacrilege here! We can have a good
time hut none of thafto
He sat down; the song faded away
and stopped, and then, without a word,
something else was taken up. There
was no offense. 1t was just the clean,
manly thing to do, and the crowd
knew it.
Exchange.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-29
ICELAND IN CATHOLIC DAYS.

=
2 For $50 years Iceland was Catho-
lic The introduction of Christianity
reads like romance. In the harbOr
of Reykjavik is an island-Vithey-
upon which stood an Augustinian mon
astery during several centuries There
were six other monasteries and two
converts for women in Iceland during
it's Catholic days.
It's Catholic period reached from
the year 1000 to 1850. There were two
episcopal sees; that on Skalholt, in
the south, with Twenty-Five success
sive incumbents; and that of Holar,
in the north, with twenty-five Bishops.
During it's Catholic period Iceland
reached it's highest culture. And dur
ing the same period the descendants
of the old Vikings enjoyed not only an
era of material prosperity, but what
they priced higher by far, their larg-
est political freedom. The Icelander
of today thinks with longing regret of
the Catholic days of his country, and
he has feeling of reverence for the
Church that fostered his beloved faith
erland's spiritual, intellectual, politi-
cal and material wellbeing.