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THE WEATHER 'Local thundershowert Tuesday and Wednesday, moderate southeast to south winds, except east over south portion. Highest temperature yesterday, 89 de. grees; lowest, 81 degrees. WEST FLORIDA MUST FF.KD ITSELF! VOL. XX. NO. 199. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1917. PRICE 5 CENTS. M IC. HI II aTl asr afFlX GERMANY UD II! ALL THE WAR THEATRES Russians Strike Terrible Blows; French Hurl Teutons Back. GREECE SETS FOOT ON THE WAR PATH Will Put 300,000 Men in the Field. Greek' Mission Is Ccaning Here. Associated Press Summary. Again the Teutonic allies have suf fered reverses in the loss to the Rus sians of part of the village of Led ziany in Galicia, in the repulse of an attack by Russians northeast of Ka lusz, and in the Champagne region of France, where the French drove them from a position they had recaptured, inflicting heavy losses. From Riga on the Baltic to the Roumanian frontier, Russians and Austro-Germans are engaged in bat tle, but little is known of the opera tions except in Galicia. Capture by the Russians of men and gens and war material are enormous. It is officially announced that Greece has broken relations with all four central powers and is in a state of war Greece Breaks. Washington, July 16. Uncertainty of Greece's status was cleared today with the receipt of official informa tion that the Greek government had severed relations with all four cen tral powers and is already in a state of war. Greece expects to lose no time in mobilizing, possibly three hundred thousand men, to join opera tlons in the Balkans, if the allies can furnish munitions. A Greek mission may be sent to the United States to negotiate for STlpties and present Greece's situation in the general world of reconstruction after the wa r. PAY TAXES NOW AND AVOID THE PENALTY City Tax Collector Jos. A. Hicks this morning makes an announcement of particular interest to all city tax payers and it should be hunted up and digested by every one interested Mr. Hicks announces that, beginning August 1, the 15 1-4 per cent penalty will go into effect on all unpaid taxes taxes, this is to be operative during the entire month of August. The penalty rate now, which will expire with the termination of che month of July, is 14 1-2 per cent, but even this steep penalty will hi in creased and made a part of all taxes paid next month. Tax Collector Hicks has been work ing very hard since taking over the office and has succeeded in getting things in good shape. He Tias re cently appointed E. R- Ward as collec tor of personal taxes, and Mr. Ward is making good reports daily, cover ing a lot of territory despite the hot weather. ONE THOUSAND MEN FOR AERONAUTIC YARD Washington. July 16. The navy department notified Senator Fletcher today that arrangements are being made to house one thousand men at the aviation .camp at Pensacola for Instruction in aeronautics and that one thousand men are to be placed in a navy camp at Key West for train ing in the navy. No further information couM be obtained from the department on ac count of the stupid censorship, to de termine whether this is a new devel opment or the carrying out of some plans formulated some time ago. CENSORSHIP CLOUD HAS PARTLY LIFTED Washington, July 16. The volun teer censorship regulations regarng troop ntovnents were partially sus pended today to permit newspapers to print unrestricted news about the mo bilization of the national guard ex cept concerning the train routes and schedules. REPORTS WRECK OF BRGE CITY OF WASHINGTON Tampa, Fla., July 16 Tt is re ported here the barge City of Wash ington was wrecked off Florida Keys. The barge was bound to Tort lampa to load phosphate. Will Blackwell Enlisted In Army Not the Murderer Will Blackwell enlisted yesterday in the army. But there is no cause for excitement as it is not the central figure of the now famous murder trial, who is un der sentence of death the army doesn't take that kind, but this Will Blackwell has an honorable discharge from the Alabama National Guard, and decided to re-enlist. The only other recruit received at the local station yesterday was James J. Davis. Both men were sent to Jacksonville last night. SCHOOL PLANS GJM DELAYED ii FINE QUESTION NOW TO BE THRESHED OUT THIS MORN ING SCHOOL BOARD TRANS ACTS BUSINESS. After lengthy discussion of four plans for housing the High School next year, the board of Public In struction decided last night to hold a special session this morning at ten oclock to make a final decision of tne matter and start work. Two other plans were brought be fore the board last night, the Old Classical School Building, and the Bass building on East Romana street being considered. The Tabernacle, and a temporary structure were al ready under investigation. As the classical school building it is stated would need much renovation before it could be used, and the Bass Building involves large expense, it is believed that the ultimate decision rests be tween the tabernacle and a tempor ary structure costing $20,000 erected on the site of No. 1. Bidg were opened by the board for the erection of a principal's residence at the J. M. Tate Agricultural H'gh School at Gonzalez but all were re jected. Bids were based on rjlans for a two-story residence, and the board ordered that a new set f- plaua ir a sinsrle story house be drawn up and considered at the meeting this morning- The board then took up the case of L. A. Kiiksey, principal of the negro school and against whom a petition had been filed with the board requesting that he be not re appointed to the position. The de fendant, was represented by Scott M. Loftin, while those who had filed the petition were represented by J- R. Thomas, a local negro. In his preliminary statement Mr. L-oftin read a communication to the beard from Kirksey denying all charges of drunkenness and indecent conduct in toto. To substantiate these statements many witnesses were examined, some old students under the principal, some teachers, some negro residents and business men. The signatures to the petition were branded as forgeries and affi davits presented signed by several whose names appeared on the peti tion disclaiming any knowledge of the matter. The opposition, of those who had filed the petition introduced a number of witnesses. The matter has taken under advisement. HILL CATTS KNOTT TO BE AUDITOR? GOVERNOR'S FRIENDS URGE HIM TO BURY HATCHET SHELL FISH OF FICE IN TAMPA- SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL. Tallahasse, Fla. ,July 16. J. A. Williams, of Gainesville, who becomes state shell fish commissioner when T. R. Hodges' term expires Thursdav of this week, announced todav that offices of that state department will be moved immediately to Tampa be cause it is nearer central of the en tire Florida coast than any other port. St. Mark's, the nearest port to Talla" hassee, is too far from Fernandina by way of the coast. The board of health at Tampa offered the fish commis sion a free suite of offices with the board of health and a free stenog rapher, if Williams would move his offices . Some of Catt's friends are urging the burying of the hatchet by the appointment of W. V. Knott as state auditor, succeeding Gray- Assistant Auditor Mcintosh could probably be appointed, but he was elected last summer for four years, while Gray's term expires next year. Assistant and state auditor have the same re sponsibilities, authority and salary, so Mcintosh would probably not prefer to change. Knott was state atic'itor for years and is a competent accountant. TORPEDOES OF GHNYLOSE SPEED, POWER This Deterioration Respon- sible for Fewer Ships Sunk, Say Experts. GERMANS LACK BASIC MATERIALS Frightfulness May Collapse Before It's iVctims Weaken. Washington Bureau, The Pensacola Journal. Washington, July 16. The high speed at which the Germans are now compelled to manufacture their tor pedoes in order to keep up the supply for the increasing number of U-boat.; has resulted in the turning out of a very inferior article, which is the principal factor causing the decline in the number of allied ships sunk in recent weeks, it was stated by a high official of the navy today. The torpedo now being used by the Germans lacks ten knots of the speed of those first used by the U-boats and is inaccurate both in its direction and explosion, according to this official. These opinions are concurred in in toto by a statement issued today by the Navy League, which has in its membership and among its advisers the highest officials and the keenest minds in the United States navy. How much longer Germany can stand the strain caused by the prodi gal waste of explosives in the U-boat campaign io one o-f the quetiens up- permosi in xne minas oi Atnerrai naval experts. The sacrifice made by the German munition plants in order to give the German crown prince all the ammuni tion he could use in his efforts to wrest Verdun from the grip of the heroic French, is considered by Amer ican military experts to be the prin cipal contributory cause of the infer ior torpedoes now being used by the U-boats. "When the U-boat campaign first began the Germans were extremely careful to conserve their torpedoes. Merchant ships were sunk by gunfire wherever possible. But the arming of merchant ships and the constant im provement in the allies system o; defense against submarine attack has driven the subs under water and they are now forced to use torpedoes in almost every attack This forced in crease in use of the torpedoes and the increase in the number of submarines using them has had the effect of turning the torpedoes out hurriedly and of poor construction. "The Germans are pressing their submarine campaign with all possible vigor. The number of attacks on merchant ships are increasing and the zone of submarine operations has failed to increase the number of ships sunk. "It takes normally six months to construct a torpedo and costs man.y thousand dollars. There is also the possibility that Germany is running short of some material essential to their manufacture. The U-boat war fare as now being waged was un doubtedly not thought out and pre pared for by Germany before the war, so that she has no sufficient stock on hand, but must make them as she goes along and make them quickly, too. "How much longer Germany can stand the strain of this staggering expenditure of torpedoes, is a ques tion we are giving considerable study," continued the naval officer. Records of the navy department, prepared in co-operation with the Rritish admiralty, show that the num ber of sinkings by U-boats last week I was the lowest of any week except it hio-her water mark in the week of April '22, when 55 ships were sunk. It has droppped back in the week since then to 51, then 46, then to 24 and then to 24. then 18, then 17 In the week of June 10 it jumped up to 32, but was the same in the following week, then fell to 27, then to 20 and last week to seventeen- In spite of the apparent steady decrease in number of ships sunk, the naval officials are not relaxing in their efforts to find some process that will entirely nullify the U-boat campaign. STEAMER KRISTIANAFORD WILL BE A TOTAL LOSS St. Johns, W B., July 17 Norwegian-American steamship Kris tianaford, which grounded near Cape Race in a fog yesterday, is pounding heavily in the surf and it is feared ft total loss. All passengers were safe ly landed and arrived here today- IS! ARREST ED 0 SHINGLE CASE Tried to Ship Liquor Into Alabama Billed as Shingles, Charge. PENALTY 2 YEARS OR $10,000 FINE Webb-Kenyon Act Suffered. The Case Comes Up This Thursday. Charged with conspiracy to violate the Webb-Kenyon Act by the ship ment of liquor from a wet state into a dry state, N. Goklring a whole-j sale liquor dealer of Pensacola was arrested yesterday by United States ' Deputy Marshal C. P. McMillan on) a warrant sworn out by assistant dis- j trict attorney G Earl Hoffman. j The arrest comes as a climax "to a. lengthy investigation by the federal j authorities into the attempted ship ment of 14 cases of whiskey from Pensacola to Montgomery, in a freight car, invoiced as "shingles". All of the car except that part occu pied by the liquor was loaded with shingles. The shipment was consign ed to The Union Lumber Company at Montgomery and sent by "R. P. Beckwitjj." There is no such com pany in Montgomery. The discovery was made on June 0th, and the liquor was immediately confiscated by Sheriff Van Pelt. It was later libelled by the district attor ney, and is now in custody of the fed eral althorities. Preliminary trial of the case will be held Thursday at three o'clock. As the case is brought under the conspiracy charge, -the penalty is not more than $10,00 trine, two year's in prison, or both ORIGINAL REJOINDER BY SENATOR TILLMAN BT AA OCLA.TKD PR.73S. Washington, July 16 Urging the adoption of his resolution for a con gressional investigation of East St. Louis race riots, Senator Sherman told the Senate today the situation there is still serious and prosecutions will be "inclusive and incomplete," unless by government authorities. Senator Tillman, supporting the resolution, said "the average Yankee wanted the negroes vote and nothing else." The more northern people knew of the negro, the less they will j like him, he said. AMEBICAN TROOPS IN TRAINING IN FRANCE An American Training Camp. ; Somewhere in France, July 16. The American general arrived last night,! and today began initial work super- ; vising troops, who are nearly all ! here. French troops who will help ! train the Americans have also ! reached camp. j I SPRING TIRES SHOWS GERMAN RUBBER SHORTAGE L r . . . . ... ., . Shortage of rubber in Germany has forced automobile manufacturers to invent a new form of tire. 'Springs replace the rubber The auto here shown is a German staff car equipped with the all spring vh?els. Jim Johnson Says Against Tom James M. Johnson, city building inspector, will this morning hand to Mayor Thomas H. Johnson his resig nation, to become effective at once. ; He enters the employ of the C. H. : Turner Construction Company ut a : very attractive salary, that company : now doing a great deal of work fs the United States government. "Yes, it is true, that I will give in my resignation tomorrow morning, and Wednesday will take up my new job," said Mr. Johnson last night. "I shall insist that it be accepted as soon as possible Announce for Commissioner. "I have also decided." continued Mr. Johnson, "to oppose Commission-j j and am going before the people witi i propositions which I believe will in-' terest them. One of these is. I be- j lieve, a c .refully worked out plan to place in effect a more economical i FTOFARMY FEW DAYS DEPARTMENT DESIRES ALL REGISTRANTS IN MEANTIME TO THOROUGHLY INFORM THEMSELVES ON QUESTION. T?Y ASSOCIATED FT-ESS. Washington, July 17. With draw ing of lots for the selective draft army only awaiting completion of the exemption machinery In scattered sections of eleven states, officials here are anxious that registrants in form themclves thoroughly regarding exemption regulations. The drawing date will be set as soon as delin quents and sections report, probably not earlier than Saturday- Provost Marshal General Crowder today wired governors to ask exemption boards to post lists in a some safe and central headquarters as the po lice station, rather than a board of offices. It was clear local boards will handle no exemption questions except that of physical, disability and dependent rekitives. All " questions relative to exemption on account of industrial employment will be handled by superior boards, one in each federal judicial district. HOOVER CRITICIZED BY SENATORS IN DEBATE Washington, July 16. A wrangle over the appointment of Herbert Hoo ver as food administrator, occupied virtually all of today's debate in the senate on food control, but consider able progress on compromise amend ments were made by leaders at a bi partisan conference. For more than two hours Senator Tieed crui -i.'-d Hoover. declaring his residence abroad had kept him out of touch with American ideals Senator Phe lan replied, defending the food ad ministrator, and saying his abi'itv had attracted the attention of the entire world. PERM AN PRESS ROASTS OFFICIALS WHO QUIT Copenhagen, July 16. In reviews on the retirement of the German chancellor. Yon Bethmann-Hollweg, German newspapers criticize severely his treatment of relations with Amer ica. The Yossische Zeitung openly accuses the former chancellor and Foreign Secretary Zimmermann, with playing a double game with Washington DRA He Will Run Johnson. Commr government with a reduction o taxa tion from 13 to 11 mills, w-.th no re daction of working: force.?, and with no reduction of salaries. It sounds b:g. but I ran guarantee that the plan which I intend to advocate will do t e work. Of course, it is ea:v in the campaign, but the people "w.'.i hear f-nni me from time to time " Connected with the city govern ment more or less for the past fif teen years, Mr. Johnson fee's that he is in position to know whereof he is speaking. He was appointed street superintendent in 1001 "and held the position until lT'On. Tn 190.1 'he was elected building inspector, holding the office two years. On July , l?C, he was again choen as builriini; in spector, serving up to the p-( sont time, having been re-appointed July 14- On June ti he defeated a strong field for the state legislature, serving the last term of that bod v. BUDGET M S UNDER COUNTY BOARD STUDIES ISSUE OF TIME WARRANTS. AUTHOR ITY TO ISSUE WHICH WAS RE CENTLY GRANTED. In considering the making of the budget yesterday the board of county commissioners investigated the new law passed by the last legislature permitting the issuance of time war rants for the purpose of bu'l i ng roads and bridges. There was some doubt as to how could be issued by the county, but it was discovered that the total amount was to be pro rated among the cities and incorporated towns in the county. In this case Pensacola would have half the total issuj, but the law permits the expenditure of the full amount by the county board. The Board will hold another session this morning to continue the work. Several subjects of considerable-interest are involved in the work of the board, two in particular being the appropriations for the Home and Farm Demonstration work in Es cambia countv- TELEPHONE CO. REFUNDS $2,980.41 TO THE CITY Local Manager J. T. Peele, of the Pensacola telephone exchange, ten dered to the city clerk yesterday, b3 company's check for the sum of $2.-PS0.-11, a total refund of what is com ing back to the city of collections over a period of thirty-four months, said refund beine made throusrh the operation of a decision recently hand ed down in a telephone case, wnerein the city's privileges were concerned. Under the ruling referred to. the city is entitled to the ten free stations as formerly enjoyed, and a ."0 per cent concession on stations iaici for by the city. Tear'y three years ao it was held that the city had no right to enjoy free telephones from the company. The latter had been furnishing that many stations in conformity with the franchise the company enjoyed, to gether with the other privilege. The check from Manager Peele was not accepted yesterday, the clerk de siring to check up and have an ac counting ready to render when the check will be received and legally ap portioned. PENSACOLA MAN GETS ARMY COMMISSION Washington Bureau. The Pensacola Journal. Washington, July 16. Seven more men from Florida were todav given commissions in the officers reserve corps, according to announcement made by the war department Their names and addresses, togeth er with their grades and branch of service to which assigned are as fol lows : Inman F. Eldridge, Tensacola, cap tain, engineers corps; Fred T. Wil liams. Sanford. first lieutenant, en gineers; Homer W. Hosterly, Tamna, first lieutenant, engineers; Robert W. Wood, St. Augustine, first ;:e lter.i-.t, engineers : Wm. E. Sheddar., Jackson ville, first lieutenant, engineers; Jas. A. Smith. Pur.ta Gorda, first lieu tenant, medical corps; Ralph E. Stev ens, first lieutenant, medka! corrs. KNOXVILLE REPORTS riVE INCHES RAINFALL ErK::vilk. Tenr.., July 17 Rainiail of over five inches here today did damage estimated at one hundred thousand dollars. It was the heaviest downpour since IfcSO. Street car ser vice was practically suspended. Ter rific lightnir.j cccompanieel tha rain, resulting in two deaths. ORK WAY BRIDGES OVER TWO BAYOU RE PLANNED City and County Will Join in Building Bayou Tcxar and Bayou Chico Spans. STEEL AND CONCRETE COST $20,000 EACH County Authorized to Issue Time Warrants. City Needs But Little Cash. It is possible that both city and county will join in the construction of bridges spanning Bayou Texar and Iaou Chico. The county board has evolved a plan, which may be car-1 t ied out without the outlay of a dol lar from the citv treasurv, and th ! two hoards held a short conference over the matter yesterday They will get together again tod.iy at noon, 1 . II 1 ' -11 w nen a imt ann iree discussion win he participated in. The city and coun- ; ty attorneys will be present, and it is expect- that some definite action will be the. outcome of the special meeting, to be held in the council chamber at the city hall today. The point is stressed that both of the bridges will have to be either considerably repaired or thoroughly re-constructed at a very early date. It is pointed out that each of tha bridges serve the people of the city with equal importance, and both con nect with city highways. The county board will have to construct substan tial structures, and in such construc tion will make use of steel, brick or concrete. It is figured that each of the bridges will entail an expendi ture of $20,000- In pro Tating the road and bridge fund th,e county is expected to re turn to the city a certain share. The plan of the county board is to got the city's authorization to make use of a sufficient amount of said share to be used in building the bridges named. As the county is considerably Iwhind in making these returns to the city already, it will mean that the city makes an outlay of comparatively r.o cash, at least from present resources and funds, and will also mean that the city will be collecting or get the credit for, payments from the county board of its share of the road and bridge fir. The county, by operation of a law passed at the last session of the leg islature, is authorized to issue time warrants under certain conditions, and it is believed the plan for th construction of the bridges wjil meet with approval, and may be carried out with the utmost despatch. U. S. RECRUITING OFFICE TAKES ENGLISH ROOKIES The local United States army re cruiting office is now receiving re cruits for the Rritish army as well as for our own forces. Immediately following the entry of this country ir.to the war, British vice-consul W I. Howe received a number of applications from British subject? who wished to enlist in the English or Canadian armies but tha applications could not be accepted un til authorized by the American gov ernment. This authority has now been granted and r.ll Rritish subjects betwe.cn thp age? of 18 and 4" may enlist at the local recruiting station. Those who are accepted will be given preliminary examination here and 'hen sent to the proper Canadian or P.ntish headquarters to be mustered into the service As there are a number of Rritish subjects of military age in this vicin ity it is believer! that there will be a number of enlistments through the Pensacola station Information re garding the rfiu'rmnts for enlist ment will be furnished bv Vke-Con-sul Howe r-r by th? recruiting officer. MILITIA INCREASED BY ONE RECRUIT One re.:ru:t was received at the militia headquarters for Company I, Scturday, and v.' as announced yester day. Cary Taylor is the cr.ly na;r. on the honor roll for Pens3cola's com pany today. He has parted examina tion and has been accepted for ser vice. Though ih.3 company has been in spected and accepted for federal ser vice and is likely to be called out at any time, it is still in need of men, and all who are interested are ured to call on Captain Phillips at the Chamber of Commerce for further in form ation.