Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 14, 1915, Page 2

False Alarm Placed English Town in State Of Terror THOUGHT ZEPPELINS WERE COMING AND FOR 24 HOURS VILLAGE WAS UNDER MAR- TIAL LAW UNTIL TELEPHONE MESSAGE CAME THAT RAID- ERS WERE NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD London, April 14—A small town in the south of England, which was ordered to take the usual military precautions on the occasion of one of the recent false alarms regarding Zeppelin raiders, \lived for nearly twenty-four hours under a martial law which prevented anyone from even going into the streets—all be- cause somebody in London forgot to notify the local authorities that things were all right. A correspond- ent in the town gives some details of this occurrence, mention of which in the newspapers was for- bidden by the censor. ‘4 arrived home late in the even- ing after a visit to London, to find my wife and the maids huddled in a circle in the cellar scullery. The light of a flickering candle fell on their pallid faces. The rest of the house was in darkness. So were the streets. Our special constables had next day as well, and the local milk- men who were coming in from the valiantly dashed forth at the first alarm and turned out all the street lamps. In some cases they had ad- opted the simpler method of smash- ing them. “If it were not for fear of the cen- sor, I could tell a great deal more about our Zeppelin night. It pro- duced many stirring scenes. The ladies who hurried out into the cold, dim world, each with a baby clutch- ed in one hand and a bag-full of be- longings in theo ther, will not soon forget it. “The night really lasted all the country were not admitted to our beleagured streets. While we were shut off from the out world we all thought of Przemysl. “Qur Zeppelin night was rather a mystery, for nobody knew just how it began. We never knew, for in- stance, why the streets were b!ock- ed. I believe the Germans are very clever, but so far as known, they have never threatened to bring their Zeppelins in on wheels. Nor can we find out why the Inspector of Markets, a local official well known to everybody, was refused admission to the town where he was born and bred. “The policeman on our beat said days afterward that it was false alarm, and that someone in London had forgotten to telephone down to release them from the martial law hurredly ordered on the first ru- mors of a raid. Anyway, for twenty- four hours we all really remembered that we were at war.” AMERICAN SLANG BEING USED IN ENGLAND ‘ —_— London, Apr. 14—American slang 'nd Yankeeisms- are rapidly being Yeorporated into the speech of the ‘ople in England, owing to the we of American variety flactors, \me songs and American books \lays. So one hears born and ockneys, who have never /a four hour’s trip from Lon- says the Globe, tell a person that he will “fix him up” with as much conviction as a Connecticut Yankee—for the expression is a true Yankeeism and has never been cur- rent in the southern states. Edu- cated English meén and women not only get off Americanisms uncon- sciously but seriously. Newspaperdom has borrowed largely of its slang from the states in “story write-up,” “thrown down,” “cub,” live paper” and the like. American business men have pop- ularized in England such phrases as “made good” and ‘“back to the woods,” and ‘“quick lunch” restau- rants have sprung up. Even on the underground railways the conduc- tors say “step lively” instead of the old “please 'urry up.” \ HISTORY OF VETERAN LABOR MEMBER HOUSE OF COMMONS London, April 14—John Wilson, veteran labor member of the House of Commons, is dead at his home in Burham, aged 78. He started life as a pit-boy in the coal mines, and was self-educated. He founded the Miners Association in 1869, and had been one of the chief leaders of the unionists ever since, entering Par- liament in 1890 and serving contin- uously there up to the time of his death. In his autobiography, published a few years ago, he told of his early trials and privations as the son of a preacher who, in constant dread of the law, never lived more than six months in one place. He tgld of feeling the call of the wild when nineteen years old, of his wander- ings in the United States, his return to his native heath, his unregenerate life, his conversion and introduction to lay preaching, and his advent as a trades union agitator. cm—— One of the great factors of the prosperity of Belgium in times of peace is the fact that travel by rail Mothers Pension | - Law Will Be _ Presented to Legislature WIDOWED OR DESERTED MOTH- ERS AND TEEIR cmm| | womnmmmmnml UNDER THE PROPOSED LAW Tallahassee, April 14.—The fol- lowing bill will be presented for the consideration of the present legis- lature. Of its merits there can be no question: An act to provide for the appoint- | ment of commission to study the needs of the State of Florida for ni mothers’ pension law, money appro- | priations for the same and other pur- poses pertaining thereto: Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. The governor of the State, comptroller of the State and five suitable persons of the State of ;Florlda shall constitute a commis- ision to be known as the “Mothers’ Pension Commission,” of which com- mission the governor shall be chair- man, and the comptroller shall be the secretary. The governor of the State, as soon as practical, shall se- lect and appoint five suitable per- sons to be members of the commis- sion; provided, that two of such per- sons shall be women and all of such Bills to Come Up Before Legislature For Protection of Public Health STATE BOARD OF HEALTH HAS A NUMBER OF MEASURES THAT Tallahassee, Fla., April 14.—The State Board of Health will enactment of several laws for the protection of public health in Flor- ida and to aid the splendid cam- paign of education concerning sani- tation and hygienic matters. The drafts of these bills have been placed in the hands of the pre- siding officers of the two branches of the legislature, with the request ;lng of Belgians to the MENT OFFERED TO GNE' HOMES TO 2,000 AND TRANS- FER THEM TO AND FROM AUS- | TRALIA Sydney, April 14—Hope that ex- ‘patriated and distressed Belgians may yet be induced to settle in |uk from the present legislature the Australis, notwithstanding the ad- verse attitude of the Belgian gov- ernment, was voiced in a statement made recently at a meeting here of the Millions Club by Percy Hunter, | director of. the New South Wales igration Bureau. Mr. Hunter, "whose ‘headquarters are in London, said that the proposed transplant- Common- that they be referred to the proper jwealth was raised immediately upon {commitees for consideration and ac- its becoming apparent tion. They are the following: A bill requiring that every per- son operating a hotel, boarding- house, restaurant or lunch counter, shall keep all doors and windows | and all similar openings into din- ing rooms, kitchens and the passage- ways leading thereto, screened; re- jand return quiring that food which is to be eaten without cooking, shall be screened at meat and butcher shops, markets, groceries, fruit stands, bakeries or wherever such food is exposed. for sale, and that no dining or buffet car shall be operated in the state without being screened— in other words, that all food that persons shall be chosen from differ- | 40¢8 ROt require to be cooked before ent counties of the State; providea further, that the commission so ap- pointed shall be under the super- vision of the board of commissioners of State institutions. Section 2. That any vacancies oc- curring upon such a commission for any cause shall be filled by election and appointment by the governor of the State from suitable persons of the State, reserving two women in the commission. Section 3. The terms of the offices of such commissions shall expire with the completion of the purpose provided for by the act; and the five commissioners to be appointed in ac- cordance with the supervision of the act shall be paid only their actual expenses while serving in the dis- charge of their duties as such. Section 4. It shall be the duty of the governor as soon as practical af- ter the appointment of the commis- sion, in this act provided for, to call said commissioners together to for- mulate such plans and to take such action as to the commission may be deemed advisable, convenient or nec- essary, to execute the purposes of this act, and it shall be the duty of commission to execute the purpose of this act as expeditiously as prac- tical. Section 5. It shall be the duty of the commission, in this act provided for, as soon as practical, to begin making and complete an investiga- tion of the needs in the State of; Florida for a mothers’ pension law to provide a weekly or monthly pen- sion for widowed and deserted moth- ers and their children, and to ex- tend such investigation, as practi- cal, into the needs of every county | in the State of Il-‘lnrldl; and further, to investigate the practicability of dispensing such pensions to the needy mothers by permanent com- mission or otherwise; to investigate as to what may be the best method of determining deserving cases en- titled to such pension; the amount of appropriation necessary at each meeting of the legislature to main- tain and carry on such pension law; and to make such report of their in- vestigation at the convening of the legislature in 1917 in such form that the legislature may intelligent- ly consider the making and passage of a permanent mothers’ pension bill, Secton 6. The commission is here- by authorized, directed and empow- ered to do every other matter and thing convenient or necessary for | of . the carrying out and execution the purpose of this act. Section 7. That the sum of fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the same is hereby appropriated out o!, the moneys of the State treasurer, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose provided for by this act, and all payments for the expenses of the commission, or for other costs or purposes in the execution of the pur- poses of this act, shall be made and only made by warrant drawn by the comptroller or State treasurer, and upon itemized accounts Irst present- ed to and approved by the commis- ston, or majority thereof, and duly authorized by said comptroller, and pot more than the sum hereby ap- propriated shall be used for the pur- pose of this act. Section 8. The governor, the comptroller and two of the other ,members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and in meet- ings called and held by the commis- sion, a vote of the majority of those present and participating shall con- trol. Section 9. This act shall take ef- fect immediately upon its approval by the governor, or upon becoming a law without such approval. For trafic on Lake Oknogan, British Columbia, the Canadian Pa- | cific Railway has launched a steam- being eaten, shall be protected by wire netting of a mesh sufficiently small to prevent access by flies. A bill requiring that all earth closets, used for the deposit of hu- man excreta shall be screened and shall be constructed and maintained in conformity with plans approved by the State Board of Health. A bill requiring that all school buildings, public or private, shall be provided with adequate toilet facili- ties. In rural dstricts where sewer- age systems do not exist, all clos- ets shall be of fly-proof construction in accordance with plans recom- mended or approved by the State Board of Health, A bill providing that it shall be lawful for common carriers, includ- ing railroads operating in Florida, to grant free transportation to the State Health Officer, the assistant State Health Officers and all agents and employees of the State Board of Health, when traveling in connec- tion with the business of the Board. A bill authorizing the State Board of Health to -gather information that there |would be a large number of belgians who in consequence of the war |would be unable to earn their Hv- ing. The New South Wales Gov- ernment offered to take 2,000 of them, transport them passage free to this state, maintain them here them free to their jhomes in Belgium after the war if (they desired; and it also offered to ibring here a considarable number of young Belgian women and widows with children who might find sit- uations as domestic servants. Though these schemes had failed because the Belgian government had determinedly refused to sanction them, he believed that some arrange- ment to the end desired might even- tually be made. GERMAN BOYS RUN AWAY TO THE WAR Berlin, April 14—Romantically inclined German boys who run away from home for a life of ad- venture have changed their direc- tion since the outbreak of the war. Formerly they always went west, led astray by cheap tales about fighting the Indians and life in the Rocky Mountains; now they go east in order to get nearer to Field-mar- shal von Hindenburg. Four such youngsters recently left Neu-Koelln, a suburb ‘of Berlin. Not having any money they fell up- on a newspaper vendor and robbed him of $1.75. That took them as far as Frankfort on the Oder, where they were stranded. Roaming in an adjacent village begging for food, they were arrested by the police and sent home to their parents. The concerning the causes, nature and |DoYe said they intended to go to secure and equip a car or cars con- taining information by charts, mod- els or other exhibits relating to public health sanitation, :glene. and permitting rallway com- panies to furnish and transport such car or cars without charge for the purpose, and to permit the Board of Health to receive from in- dividuals, counties, cities and towns contributions to further the poses of such education. A bill creating a Bureau of Vital Statistics and providing for the reg- istration of birth and death; pro- |viding for the appointment of a | State Registrar with local registrars and deputies, fixing their duties and compensatoins; providing that the :Stnte Board of Health have the pow- er to accept, publish and enforce rules relating to the notification of sickness and of statistics of riages and divorces, and requiring reports ‘of vital statistics from phy- sicians, mdwives, underthkers and lothers. A bill authorizing the State Board of Health to purchase or, at its dis- cretion, to establish a plant for the protection of hog cholera serum, { Which is to be furnished at cost to farmers and swine owners in Flor- ida. It will be noted that ome of these bills, when it becomes a law, will call for a cent of appropriation from state funds. The expenses en- tailed in the preparation and opera- tion of the “Health Train,” outside lof the transportation proposed to be furnished by the railroad companies, and that of the hog cholera serum iplant, are to be met from the funds of the State Board, which, by law are already provided by one-half mill tax on all assessible property in the State. The first three of these bills pro- vide for the enforcement in public places of ordinary rules of cleanli- ness, which every careful and wise housekeeper insists upon in her own home. When it is realized that one- half of the rural schools of the state are not provided with toilet facilities of any description, all good Floridians blush with shame and cease to wonder why hookworm affects nearly three-quarters of the pupils in these schools. The two bills next mentioned are intended to facilitate the work of the State Board of Health. As laws actually vpon the statute books of Florida, the' will lessen tha ex- pense of that work to the tax-pavers, and when it is remembered that low sick and death rates ara the most valuable assets of any common- | wealth, it will be understood why the proposed investment in free transportation by the railroad com- | favor the plan. and hy-; pur- mar- | extent of communicable diseases, to | East Prussia and carry water to the German soldiers in the trenches. Bits of Byplay By Luke McLuke Surel “According to your argument there is nothing in the world that will build up business quicker than a page ad..” said the merchant. “Oh, yes, there is.” protested the editor, “And what might it be?” asked the werchant. “A two page ad.,” replied the editor. Not a One. Lives there a town with soul so dead . It never to itself hath said, “Last year our team was punk, we fear, But we will finish first this year!” Whaddy Ya Mean, “Ceremony " Miss Geneva Edingfleld of West Sec- ond street underwent an operation for the removal of tonsils and adenolds Monday, Dr. Reed Madden performing | the ceremony.—Larchfield Gazette. Too Fresh. He flirted with her in the pew, He was too fresh, was Walter, But May made him feel very blue By handing him the Psalter. The Wise Fool. ““We never get so old that we cannot absorb information,” observed the sage, “That's right,” replied the foo “Even a chorus girl can learn some- thing new every day.” Queer. It is a funny thing and yet It Is quite true, you'll find— The faster you run into debt The more you get behind. Just Like an lce Pond. Colonel Luke McLuke of the Ctnein. natl Enquirer says: “Editor Rountree of Texas announces that the Temple Indeed, ust be a cold. bleak and naked place, then ' —Georgetown (Tex.) Com werelal. Did Service to Humanity. Captain Hutchinson, the dockmaster at Liverpool, is credited with having originnte” tha reflneting 'izbthouse In 1763, ane ancther areat improvement | fn the invertas a1 3 ight for light- housges v ac mada hv | ientenant drum- mond - he frst 10 suggest the ueing of oxvhvdrogen light To- day there is no danger rock or point along any of the navigable coasts but vac “he | bas its modern lighthouse. panies is one of the best they coild make, and it is ufiderstood that they i In a State of Doubt. “Your legal department must be very expensive.” “It is,” sighed the | 8chool asked the other day: The Mother’s Authority. Obedience that cannot be secured without many repetitions, loud tones ot} ‘2 threatening mauner is of little value. A prompt response to a simple request 1s of great value in securing an obedi- : ent habit of mind. For instance, if you say, “Mary, please close the door.” Mary may do so immediately without waiting to finish something she may be doing at the same time, or she may dawdle along and wait for a repetition of the order and finally say, “Yes. when 1 get this done.” or something like it In the child who responds quickly is seen one already on the path to trained and instant obedience, without servility, simply showing the recognition of simple orders, a most valuable point in the education of little children. In the other a careless habit of mind 1s noted, a lax recognition of the moth- er's authority, which should be held always, in gentle ways, and which must be recognized at first. in every way. Abbott says in his “(Gentle Meas- ures In the Management of the Young” that there are three ways the mother governs the child—first, by maneuver ing and artifice; second, by reason and affection, and, third, by authority. He also says that of the three methods the last is the only one which can be fol- lowed either with comfort to the par ent or safety to the child, and this method can be brought effectually into operation by gentle measures. It is. indeed, true that the importance of tact and skill in the training of the young and of cultivating their reason and securing their affection cannot be overrated. But the influences secured by these means form at the best but a sandy foundation for fillal obedience tu rest upon. The foundation must be a gentle but firm authority. Babies Should Sleep Alone. From the very dawn of his precious life the baby should sleep alone in his own crib, From the viewpoint of hygiene it is the only plan, and it is, moreover, the only possible way of insuring comfort- able rest for elther child or mother. When the means are lacking at the time of baby's arrival to provide a bona fide crib a very good one may be improvised out of an old fashioned clothes basket, which has the advan- tage of being easily transported from one room to another. It should be fitted from top to bot- tom with a detachable lining of white mull or dotted Swiss shirred over pale blue cambric. The mattress should be quite four inches thick and made to fit the bottom of the basket, and it should be well protected with a rubber sheet. Over this—not under it—should be smoothly spread the usual white sheet, made preferably from a plece of an old sheet of soft linen, and over this again should come the wasbable pad of stockinette. There 13 no need of an upper sheet. as the baby will be wrapped in a soft. warm blanket before being laid in his snug little nest, nor should a pillow be used, as he will be infinitely better off without one. The coverlet should be light of weight, but well wadded, with three or four thicknesses of silkoline over the cotton filling. Down fillings should never be used for a baby's plllows or coverlets, as the particles of down, filtering through the covers, will al most certainly find their way Into the nostrils and mouth and thence into the lungs and air passages. The Mother of Today. Where was the mother of yesterday who understood her boy's game of foot- ball, who encouraged him in his ath. letics and who was as enthuslastic as he along these lines? Where also could one find twenty years ago the woman who played ten- nis with her daughter, tanght her to golf and swim as well as sew and ac- companied her to dances, not as a staid chaperon, but as one who enjoyed danc- ing too? And yet this type of modern mother exists in hordes today. She is no cu riosity. but a reality. who is gaining the companionship as well as the love of the children she has brought into the | world. And who shall say that she has not made of motherhood a more humane. a more understanding profes slon than her dear old fashioned prede cessors who rocked the cradle and darneq socks? The Child’s Playroom. There is much of imagination in the life of every child. and this should be fostered and guided for use in later life. If it is possible give up one room to the child, or. if not that, then a part { of a room. an alcove or a corner of the room. so that it can be transformed into an attractive and edncative spot for the child. 1t is not so much a ques- tion of size as it Is of a distinctive place. If possible it should contain a cabinet for toys. A box Into which a child at the end of its play dumps all of its toys fosters only a semblance of order. A cabinet is attractive In itself to the child (each parent will remember the of the old cupboards and cabinets), and i each toy has its place and the child Is early trained to put its toys away in order a valuable asset is acquired for Iater yearn, — Sotanical Divisiona, A teacher in a Woodland aveane “How many kinds of flowers are there?” Three pupils held up their hands. Sh chose one to reply. . “Three, teacher.” “Indeed? And what are they? Cleveland Plain Dealer. ——— v 4 D e R e S After the owner has wory | , or 80, keéDs anywhere ncy time. Dirt is sure to Denetray, best of cases, Have it lookeq by a. competent watchmaker, satisfacton of knowing time will be worth ten timey cost. What kind of times doeg y keep? 1 COLE & Huy ‘The Wi‘ Hardware Co. 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