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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
GERMAN ARMY.
SHOWS SIGNS
MUCH WORRY.
Teutons Sense Trend of Ac-
tivities in Belgium and
Elsewhere.
AIRMEN, TRYING TO
SEE WHAT'S DOING,
Several Put Out of Action,
While British Lose One.
Fighting Elsewhere.
Associated Press Summary

With Russia proving that her
army, now rehabilitated, can strike
telling blows again, the entente forces
apparently re preparing to resume
the forward movement on the western
front.
Notable activity is developing in
Belgium. Germany senses the trend
of things there, without question,
and extraordinary efforts by her air.
men to find out what is going on
behind the British lines are reflected
in the official statement
From all appearances the German
Tiers are having poor success. Lou
don's report last night for instance,
showed nine German airships put out
of action to one lost by the British.
England's Next Move.
That the British blow will fab
north of Arras is the German expec-
tation, according to General Stein, the
Prussian minister of war. He told
a German reichstag committee yes
terday that General Haig was APP
parently preparing for an offensive
on a large scale in this area.
In this connection it is to be noted
that the British, in a local operation
last night, pushed their lines forward
slightly ION six hundred yard front
southwest of Hollebeke, in Belgium.
General Petain, on the French
front, is bending his efforts toward
retaining intact all the commanding
positions his troops now occupy. The
latest German attempt to wrest con-
troll of an important sector on the
Aisne from him not only came to
naught with exceptionally heavy
German losses, but the French in
their reaction took a salient near
Cerny from the Germans.
Paris dispatches report the Ameri
can contingent which paraded in Paris
yesterday as proceeding to the per-
manent American training camp and
announce. that the other units of the
army nov at French port viii leave
there shortly for camp instruction.
The entire expedition is expected to
be encamped by July 10, under COM
mand of Major General Sibert.
Russians Worry Austrians.
In eastern Galicia the, Ausro-Ger~
man forces are evidently in an I'M
comfortable position at some points
as the result of the Russian advance
this week. This condition is mani
Tested notably at Brzezany, where
they have been reported hemmed in
on three sides, and an attack was
launchd upon the Russians there yes
terday. Matters were not helped by
this move, however, as the Russians
promptly broke up the assault by
their gunfire.
Attacks on the Russian lines fur
Their south, near Lipnicadolna, east of
the Marayuvka, also were repulsed.
Signs of a Russian reawakening
appear in today's German official
statement. 1t reports little movement
in Galicia, but an increase in the &C
tivities along the lines in Western
Moldavia and eastward to the Dan
ube.
In Mesopotamia, the Russians after
having driven the Turks out of PAM
win, are attacking the positions to
which they retired on the heights
south and west of the town, where
they are offering a tenacious resis-
Ianra.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
STORM ANNIVERSARY
CAUSED MANY DURING
DAY TO GROW UNEASY

Though the wind whistled out
of the southeast, Pensacola's ink
quarter, and the lightning flash
ed, with all the other convention
al equipment of a thunderstorm,
Pensacolians cast suspicious
chances on the calendar yester-
day, remembering July 5, 1916.
But nothing happened, though
some pessirnists were morally
certain that the second appear
ance of the big blow would be
staged in Pensacola, and only on
information from the weather
bureau did they cease their prog
nostocating.
The official dope has it that we
are in local rain belt, but north
and south of us is fair wealth
er, high barometric pressure and
good prospects for clear weather
here. Only when the barometer
sinks down TO the bottom of the
tube, near Havana, which is the
preclude to a big breeze, need
Pensacola get uneasy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
CASE IS
FEATURED BY SEVERAL
SENSATIONAL INCIDENTS
Issues Challenge TO
Both the Sheriff
an0 Detective
By Thomas Ewing Dabney.

Crestview, July will Black
we'll has challenged both Sheriff
Sutton and Detective Moore.
Those leg irons have CALLED his
honor. He has repeatedly de-
manded that they be removed, but
the authorities are taking no
chances. At Deruniak, several
mornings ago when the prisoners
were brought to the automobile,
Will asked if the anklets were
not going to be removed.
mo Stree" said Detective
Moore.
Whats the matter with these
cuffs, they will hold me-" said
Will.
"They didn't hold you before,
and we aren't overlooking any
bets"
ooh, they'll be strong enough
this time" said Will, in a loud
voice, so the crowd could hear, 81
haven't any money, now"
Although the Blackwells sign
ed insolvency papers at the for
mer trial, Will is trying to create
the impression that through bri-
berry he was able to make the
famous getaway-when working
his hand loose from the handcuff
with which he was chained to his
brother, Bob, he leaped from an
automobile going eighteen miles
an hour and was lost in the dark
ness.
Will, by the way, even yet tries
to swell his wrist when the
bracelets are put on, but the au-
thorities are on to the trick.
At Crestview, Will once said
he would not leave the court
room unless the leg chains were
removed, but was persuaded to
change his mind. Another time
he asked the detective to remove
the irons as he was entering
court.
The detective refused. az will
challenge you when l get out of
this" he cried, lips quivering.
"And | challenge Sheriff Sutton,
too"
VIII declares IndL he 10 ClS
victim of a political frame-up of
which Sheriff Sutton is the arch
itect. He promises revelations
when he is put on the stand that
will show the people just why
the authorities want him out of
the way, he says. Against De-
tective Moore his feeling are
particularly hard.
Breaking bread together is
ritual that generally syrnbolizes
friendship, and it is interesting
to see the two prisoners, the men
whom they consider their mortal
enemies, and the prosecuting at
torneys, who are trying to hang
them, sit, down to the table to-
gether, laughing and joking,
passing dishes to each other.
viii Blackwell wants to have
the whole business re-created for
the movies, when" he is releas-
ed, including the sensational leap
from the flying automobile; but
he does not say whether the
double-barreled duel is to be part
of the scenario.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
OF COURSE HE COULD
NOT SEE THROUGH
A BL0TTING PAPER

There are some eagle eyes In
the army. but none yet has been
discovered that can see through
plotting paper.
Evidently a would-be rookie,
who applied at the local station.
was not aware of that fact, and
must have been under the impress
sion that the Germans were killed
by looking through them.
For when the officer tested one
applicants eye by holding a blind
over one eye. he gazed with mute
establishment, until he was told to
step up and try it on his own eye.
"Pshaw," he said, "I'll never
get in; ] can't see through that
blotter."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
IN CHINA 4 FAILURE

Washington, July 5.-The revolu-
tionary movement restoring the Man
chu dynasty to the throne in China,
is not supported by all military lead
ers or the north, according to dis
patches from Minister Reinsh to the
State department. No reports of
fighting have been received.
The belief that efforts to restore
the monarchy are designed to be a
failure is increased by reports. News
of the creation of an emergency re-
publican government at Maxim, head
ed by some of the strongest men IN
China, and reports of active military
preparation to beseige the monarch
lists at Picking is received with keen
interest. The adhesion of many mill
tarists to the republican ranks is in.
terpreted as showing that General
Chang Hsun has overplayed his hand
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
PENSACOLA NAVAL
STORES MAN H0N0RED

Many friends of ]. P. Sandusky, Of
the London-Savannah Naval Stores
Company's offices, Pensacola, will be
pleased to learn that he is line for
quite a promotion, but will reside in
New Orleans Should plans OF the
company named not miscarry. This
item is from the naval stores depart
ment of the Southern Lumberman,
New Orleans:
81. P. Sandusky, with the London
Savannah Naval Stores Company at
Pensacola, Fla, is in New Orleans at
tending company offices here. He is
being groomed for position in the
New Orleans office should the COM
pany be called on to furnish certain
young man for war duty"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
HONORS FOR
LOCAL BOYS
PHIL CARO- OF PENSACOLA,
JOHN RAUCH AND HIGGINS
BROTHERS OF WARRINGTON
IN LIST.

Washington, July 5.-Edward G..
Higgins and Louis c. Higgins, of
Warrington, Escambia county, Flor
ida, have been promoted to rank of
chief machinists in the navy for the
Rauch, of Warrington, and Philip A.
Caro-, of ITO East Gadsden street,
Pensacola, have been advanced from
chief pay clerk to assistant paymas-
tiers.
These promotions are among the
4S6 made today by Secretary Daniels,
of chief warrant officers to commits
stoned ranks, the largest number ever
commissioned in the navy at one
time.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
Dramatic Identification by
Witness Who Describes
Mysterious Third Man.
OTHER WITNESSES
TALK ABOUT DEALS"
Attorneys Have Several
Tits and Are Cautioned
to Fight Outside"
By Thomas Ewing nahnev-

Crestview, July 5.-If Will and
Bob Blackwell are innocent of the
crime of numbering Bud and Nancy
Davis, why did Bob, Immediately
upon his arrest, deny that he had
been in Florida for the past six
months?
Why did Will Blackwell, on the
train going to meet Bob in Pensacola
the dav before the crime, stoutly af-
firm that his brother was in the
Texas oil fields?
Why did Will and Bob travel sep
arately, although on the same train.
back to Crestview that night, and
why did Will, even when Bob was
pointed out to him by an acquaint-
ance on the train, asking if that
wasn't he, again denies that his
brother was in Florida, stating that
he was in the Texas oil fields?
Bob now acknowledges that he did
in truth come to Crestview that
night, the night before the murder,
but why did he not come to his
brothers boarding house? Where
did he stay, and why did he drop off
the train before it had pulled up to
| the station?
These are some of the questions
that the jury, trying the men for
their lives, are no doubt asking them
selves now.
Woman Identifies Them.
Then TOT, Sophronia Holmes dra-
matte Identification of Will and Bob,
two Of the three men she saw pass
her house ten miles south of Crest
view and walking in the direction of
the Davis house the morning of the
tragedy-the tell-tale footprints in
the sand that the morning after the
murder Sophronia noticed in the old
abandoned road pointing hack to
Crestview-this is a heavy link forg-
ed in the chain yesterday by which
the state expects to drag the two
brothers TO the gallows.
Eleven new witnesses were exam
ined today, which counting the six
of the day before, leaves a total of
49 yet to be put on the stand.
For Other Crimes.
Two more witnesses were pro-
duced, making a total Of five men
who swore that Will Blackwell had
tried to get them to serve as accom-
plices in various crimes, Mrs. Eliza
Atwell went on the stand again, testi-
flying that Will had threatened her if
she did not establish an alibi for him.
Mrs. Atwell will go on the stand at
least two more times, as the state
is drawing information from her only
as it is pertinent to the immediate
unrolling of the story, which is be-
ing told in order of sequence.
Attorneys Clash.
Today's proceedings were enlivened
by frequent and sharp tits between
the opposing attorneys. Judge Camp
bell had to caution them more than
once against thus delaying the case.
eve have got to make faster pro-
gress than we are making today" he
said, eff We would adjourn this special
term of court before the regular term
in August" At another time, "You
must do your fighting outside said
! His Honor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
HEN Is
BECOMING FAMOUS

Last year a Mobile hen claimed the
worlds championship for the largest
egg, but Pensacola carries off the
palm this season with a prize weigh
ing 5 1-2 punches, length, or distance
around long side, s 1-16 inches, and
circumference IL inches.
The egg was perfectly formed and
laid by a Rhode Island red, owned by
H. T. D'Alemberte, 81 South Spring
street, who displayed it at The Jour
nal yesterday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
State May Aid In Making
Repairs On the Bayou Road

That there is possibility of Sc
curing state aid in repairing the road
between Little and Big Bayous, and
reducing the cost to the county, is
the opinion of some officials who
have investigated the application Of
the new law.
To secure the assistance Of the
state, it is explained, it is necessary
for the board of county commission
ers to make application to the state
road department, and request that
the road be designated state aid road.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
RECKLESS AUTO
DRIVER Is FINED

Aubrey Jernigan, on a charge of
operating an auto in a careless and
reckless manner, was fined SO in the
recorders court yesterday. The night
before he was taken into custody by
Officer Shackelford, and it was I'M
derstood that the car he was driving
struck and injured a car owned and
driven by DR.. H. J. Mock. The lat
ter was slightly injure and both cars
suffered some considerable damage.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06

If this is done, and the road is So
designated, the state then pays half
the cost of repairing. or building the
road, while the county pays the other
half.
Funds to do this work by the state
are received from various sources,
chief among which is the state IL
censing of motor cars in lieu of all
other taxes. While this cuts much
revenue from the various cities the
money is returned to the counties,
when roads are repaired as state aid
roads.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
FORCEFUL MEN ARE
WANTED IN SECOND
TRAINING CAMPS
BIZ ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, July 5-AdjutaSt
General Mccain has ISSUED a
statement making clear that in
telligent, forceful men are want
ed for the second officers train
ing camp, even if they are With
out military experience. He is
convinced that many desirable
men are withholding applications
because of a misconception rs to
requirements.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
ENEMY SUBMARINE
SEEN OFF CHESAPEAKE

Fort Monroe, Va, July 5.-A report
was brought to the commander of
the for. that two incoming vessels
had sighted a periscope in Chesa-
peake bay, five miles off the fort.
Naval vessel are securing the bay
seeking the enemy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
NO FURTHER CENSORSHIP
OF A. P. CABLE NEWS

Washington, July 5.-Secretary
Baker has revoked the order divert
ing to the war department for censor
ship all press cablagrams and an
pounced the emergency is passed"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
Rennrt Sinking Sub.

An Atlantic Port, July 5--Confi-
dence that gunners sunk a German
submarine was expressed by officers
of a British liner which has reached
port
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-06
The DAYS Prnceedin rs-

Crestview, July 5.-The proceed
ings of the second days trial of the
Blackwell brothers, charged with the
murder, were as follows:
Court convened at 8 a. m. The
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Continued on Page Two.)
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T H E w E A T H E R

Thundershowers Friday and Saturday,
gentle TO moderate winds. mostly south
Yesterdays temperature: Highest, IS
degrees; lowest. 20 degrees.
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BRAzu'S REPLY
NOW PERFECTED.
Chile and Argentine Ministers Hear Reading Of Pro-
test and Signify their Approval

ster had given them such good service
around home that they would call on
it for the long trip.
They covered 1850 miles from Liv-
ingston to Los Angeles without trouble
of any kind, and, furthermore, their
total expense was only $s4, while the
same journey by rail would have cost
nearly 500 more for railroad fare
alone. -
Livingston is situated north Of yell
lowstone Park and the route covered
by Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner is IL interest
to tourists who are planninga trip to
the coast with a stop at the Park.
The Summers passed through the
northwest corner of Yellowstone and
on to Pocatello end from there to Salt
Lake City, thence to Ely, New, and
over the Midland Trail and down the
Owens Valley to Los Angeles.
They, were 12 1-2 days making the
journey and camped out ever light
with the exception Of the one spent in
Salt Lake City.
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CANNON GUARD
VONbERNSTORF
UNITED STATES TAKES ELABOR-
ATE PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFE
TY OF BERNSTORFF. ~ i!

New York, Feb. 16.-Patrol Of the
water front by launches carrying rapid
fire guns in the vicinity ,of the Freder-
l. VIII and heavy. land guns about
TIE approaches e. Ae vessels are part
Of ths precantio ions viii "a Msre taken to
protect Ambassadpr Won Bernsturf
md Other German oaieials . u, tt15ar de.
nj !; u 4 ysslieiltdlsy. ,li ID
r. The police of HpboEen.; walilil+ d ~ t1ke
ship isr doeked, tie United States se-
cret service and the pslice 81 New
York City have Joined forces In the
task of guaranteeing the safe depart
ure Of the Germans. s,.i+
A special routing: Of the special
train bearing them to Hoboken has
been worked OUT whereby they will
be brought direct from Washington to
within two and 9, half blocks Of their
ship. There. they will be met by au-
.temobiles and Transferred under po-
lice protection to the pier. They were
expected to reach sHeboken about s A.
NJ. yesterday; ~ E
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. PA|R| Of SKIES ! ''1I |
. TOMORROW EVE

People Of Devils Lake and vicinity
are looking forward with much pleas
ure to the show which win be put On
at the Grand Opera house in this city
tomorrow friday evening. This
show Is being put on by the O'Ca1la-
hans, who for several seasons past,
have made q most favorable impress
sion on the people Of this section. This
troupe under the able direction of Ed
ward F. Flynn have been doing some
hard practicing, and the word is given
out that they will present the play in
a manner which would do credit to any
professional troupe. Il is play that
has held the attention Of the people Of
the largest cities and we feel that the
people Of Devils Lake and vicinity are
very fortunate in having the chance to
attend such : play in our city. Seats
are now on sale at the Ramsey Drug
store and you don't want to miss it.
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spshy bonds are secured ~ first mort
ka9e upon real estate o. upon proper
public utilities, enterpr: r:iises, 81
iindpstries, 2 i ;,..! II
lS The state 81 any sub yiision can.
'so jptS business on It's own hook under
apqther provision Of the nonpartisan
COM tuition; the few tories ii the
hoqes wanted to know hat sc any,
limit The former socialists were willing
a. Get TO the use .of the state . credit
for their plans. Cole sofs Fargo, .
name 10 be honored by admirers Of tho
romantic school Of oratory and taxa
iHon, made memorable reply: Goods
blue slky is our limit \" ,.-1 49, s.f 81
.FEhae~wretched sophists and calcr' &
tors Of North Dakota now know the
worst; and; Of course, i II isn't half bad
enough. The farmers have risen.
Taxes must rise in sympathy.
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81. 13AyIk 81 Feb. s Havana. w1s
/, = > = / d IL i
steslIt Ddlin tha ni ~
s ;s si15 & tl4esintss1ior.s Aazsll 6
HSvia, notifed the civil and military
authorities that 9 plot to aYerthrqY
the government hihid been disco ~. 4,
involving civil and iiiittary sotacialt,
and fumors that high army officers
had been placed under arrest spread
over the city, causing both excitemeRt
and alarm 81. y ss5f; Y 9TH; Eyi5 q.
Thsrs have BEN: muttsrrings Of an
uprising ever since; the presidential
election last November, the. result 81
which has not set been determined.
It was reported but authorittiyely
denied by Secretary Havia that Brit
adler General Mendieta, brother 81
Carlos Mnedieta, liberal v1ce presiden-
tial candidate, and General Espino1a
|haa been detained These stories were
later disproved. E
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DANCE
BIG. SUCCESS

:, One of the largest dancing parties
which has been held in the city for a
long time occurred Monday evening,
when the local fire laddies gave their
Fourteenth annual ball. This dance
took place in the roller rink Of the
Grand Opera house, and while it is
one Of the largest and commodious
dancing halls in this section of the
state, in order to accommodate the
crowd nicely it would have to have
been as large again. However, the
dancers were very agreeable and every
thing passed of nicely, and all there
had most enjoyable time. The var
ious committees deserve much credit
for their efforts in making this the
great success that it proved to be.
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unrestricted submarine warfare went
into full effect, did not appreciably
increase tension her. There has been
full realization since the sinking Of
the Anchor liner, California, that the
German campaign is being carried on
in defiance of the United States and
providence only is to, be thanked that
an overt act against American life
that would precipitate war has not
been committed.
Austria May Be Next.
There were strong indications dur
ing the day that severance of~rela-
tions with Germany would be extend
ed to the other Central powers. Aus
tria's adherance to Germany's position
is regarded as practically certain to
force break with that country. Am
bassador Elkus at Constantinople was
instructed today to ascertain whether
submarines operating under the Tur-
6sh flag were under the same instruc-
tions as those IF Germany and Aus
tria.
Serious difficulties with Turkey al
ready exist over interference with Ar
menian and Syrian relief and the de-
tention Of more than 1000 American
refugees.
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REPORTED THAT GOVERNMENT
WILL SPECIFY ACTS TT CON-
SIDERS HOSTILE TO NEUTRAL
NATIONS.

Rio Janerio, Feb. 5.-Brazils an
swer to Germany in the matter of un-
restricted submarine warfare has been
completed. Dr.. Lauro Muller, the for
eign minister, after conference with
the diplomatic representative Of the
United States, .ut the finishing touch
es on the note j. collaboration With
Cloves Bevilacqua, who is the Brazil-
ian representative on arbitration tri-
burial at The Hague.
Dr.. Laruo Muller conferred also
with the ministe. Of Chile and Argen-
tina. Later at a meeting Of the min
listers, President Wenceslau .Brax ex-
planned the situation and read the nots
Of protest. Ali the ministers expless-
ed Themselves as in entire accord with
the terms Of the note, the moderate
and firm tone Of which evidences that
the attitude Of Brazil will be to safe
guard it's rights and interests menaced
by the submarine campaign. The TIT
Of the note will be made public after
it has been communicated to the var
ious chancellorias.
/ The Gasetta Noiciaaa d declares that
Ii has knowledge that the protest for
mnlated by Brazil viii be far from
preventing the adoption sof measures
which ,are to be taken ii case II GER
tain ncfai ht1f viii -nnf evtison aarva - :