Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 23, 1915, Page 2

eport Made On Fire At Marianna Tallahassee, April 23—The report of the board of managers of the Florida industrial school for boys at Marianna was transmitted to the senate by Governor Trammell with | the briefest possible letter of trans- | mission. The report is comprehensive and shows fully what is being accom- plished at the institution. Accord- ing to the report the number of in- mates April 1, 1915, was 225, which is the average enrollment for the in- stitution. To maintain the institution the bord of managers asks that the sum of $150 per annum for each inmate, based upon the number reported dur- ing the quarter previous, be allowed, or use a lump sum appropriation of $40,000 for the first year and $50,- 000 for the second year be allowed, so much of which as shall be neces- sary on the estimate of $150 for each inmate being paid out to the board quarterly. Additional appropriation of $55,-} 000 is asked this year for building | improvement and betterments, in- cluding administration building and | school building burned, five three- story brick colleges accommodating forty boys each, cold storage plant, lighting system, water supply and sewers, small up-to-date hospital, and stock, cows, implements and general equipment. Reporting on the fire on the morn ng of November 18, 1914, in which seven persons lost their lives, in- cluding five of the boys, the report says: “The superintendent in charge was asleep in his room at the school. The night watchman, whose duty it was to be on duty at that time, was at his post. Two inmates who were gent to the barn a few hours before the fire occurred testified to seeing a man, who they claim to have rec- ognized, run from the barn. Anoth- er inmate, who was aroused by the return of these two, remarked that he could see a man near the bakery and was told by the first two who the man was. Later an employe went to the lower floor, passing within ten feet of where the fire originated; returning to his room, he went again to bed, but before go- ing to sleep heard a roaring and on opening his door discovered the fire under considerable headway, mnear the foot of the east stairway. He gave the alarm, the night watchman promptly unlocked all dormitories and ordered the boys into fire drill formatoin, taking charge of those from one dormitory, Other employ- Miami Is After Industrial Schools For Girls Miami, April 23—Mijami has a good chance of securing the location of the proposed state industrial school for girls, and that the legis- lature may look upon this city with more favor a special committee of the civic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will endeavor to secure a suitable plot of ground to be offered the state in the event Miami is de- signated as the seat of the school. J. E. Junkin is chairman of this special committee and he intends to go before the city council this week in the hope that the city may give a portion of the 40-acre dump ground site for the institution. When the incinerator is completed the city will have no use for the dump ground, and Mr. Junkin be- lieves that a portion of the site could be well used for the school and still leave plenty of room for a new hospital, which it is proposed to build there. Other cities which are after the school are understood to have of- fered 100 acres to the state to get the school, but Mr. Junkin is of the opinion that five or ten acres of Dade county land are the equivalent of 100 acres of land in other parts of the state, and that it would be absolutely impossible for the schol to keep a 100 acre tract in this part of the state, where vegetation Is so prolific, in any kind of shape. Miami is Favored Mrs. W. S. Jennings, wife of the former governor, president of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs, and chairman of the committee of that organization, writing to the Miami Chamber of Commerce, suggests that this city of- fer land for the school which she hopes that present sessions of the legislature will authorize. Her let- ter was received this week and was receiver the early part of this week, and was acted upon at the afternoon meeting of the executive board of the civic bureau. Florida has an industrial school for boys, at Marianna, but has no school for girls, and these are now sent out of the state for training. =T T - A - T - N - T O - O o '!5 ifi "Q =3 o F -2 - - T < T - T - - B - I THE ALLIES VIEW © © =] o By Albert W. Bryce =3 Sometimes one is tempted to think that the dictum, “whom the gods ’ legislative | What the French ! Stand ~ Most In l‘ieed of | St. Petersburg, April 23—Mrs. G. | ‘W. Stewart, of Third avenue north, has lately ;-ecelved_n very interest- ing letter from Mrs. B. W. Scott, a long time friend, at London, describ- ' ing conditions in various hospitals and showing what is needed in the way of supplies for the wounded. There are 8o many in the hospitals that those institutions are over- crowded. l In the letter there was a veryi earnest appeal to Mrs. Stewart and her friends to forward assistance of | any and all kinds to the various IO-I cieties in the east which have the various relief funds in charge. Mrs. Scott is working in the in- | terests of French - Wounded Emer- | gency Fund and anything in the way of supplies or cash will be distribut- ed in a systematic manner. Consignments are being sent from New York for the relief of those in | hospitals as well as for the relief of those who have been rendered home- ! less. Mrs. Scott states that she has liv- ed so long in France that that coun- try is home to her. She describes the people of her adopted country as ' being kind hearted and loving and willing to aid in every way. The American women are keeping A things going in France and the ! American women are at the head of practically all of the big relief movements on the continent. Mrs. Scott forwarded a list of things prepared by the emergency fund people, showing what i8 need- ed most. In it the statement was made that “the French Emergency ‘Wounded Fund most desires to plead the cause of the poorer French Mil- itary, hospitals which are gheltering a large proportion of the five hun- dred thousand wounded French sol- diers. Woolen garments of all kinds absorbant wool, gause, oil silk, wat- erproof sheeting, blankets, socks by the thousand, surgical instruments, trousers ,shirts, sheets, pillow cases, ete., are some of the things needed. - - - [ o © TODAY’S BIRTHDAY HONORS * o E=T0 - T - A - B - S - S - - K - O 3 Eugene Elliot Reed, Democrat, of! Manchester, where he has always re- sided, was born April 23, 1866, and educated in the public schools; for several years was engaged in the contracting business with h|l| |brothers, later was employed in the On the Toss of a Coin (Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapman.) “Hello"—challengingly. “Hello yourself”—suspiciously. Thus two young men of Irvington, meeting, almost collided at a hedge and treeenvironed corner of the country village. “New tennis racket?” projected the | first speaker, Albion Merkle, after a! critical stare at the paper-enveloped | parcel the other carried and clearly outlined as to shape. “Oh, yes,” was carelessly nodded, | with a free swing of the article lnl question. “Yours a golf club?” ““That’s it,” acquiesced Merkle, cas- ually. “See here, aren’t we working at cross purposes?”’ “What do you mean?” questioned Ned Dallas. “Nellie—Miss Warren. Oh, come now, Dallas! you're thinking of a game at tennis with that charming young lady.” “I am going to her home this after- noon, yes.” “So am I,” coolly asserted Merkle. “You see, it comes to a problem of precedent. I'm the oldest. I've known her longest, and her venerable father pleasantly told me that my company ‘was acceptable.” “Why!” flared out Dallas, “he said exactly that same thing to me.” “Yes, he is a liberal minded old fossil and wants to give his lovely daughter a chance. Here's three of us, and the best man wins.” “Three?” questioned Dallas. “Im including Roy Elston.” “You needn’t. His cake is dough.” “How d2 you know?” “Old Warren told me so. That is, he entertains a suspicion that Elston is a fighter. Those scars on his face ! he had not heard of. and Ned in the estimation of ?h.", Warren. In fact, there Wwas a (,l:;u_ understanding between them. Mr. Warren treated Roy with rather scant courtesy, but Roy hoped'tgi soon re- is unfounded prejudice. m?l‘vheat‘:l\'sening Roy called at the }\ ar- ren home. Its dignified propm-_tor‘ bestowed a rather cool nod_upou him, as he passed him wa'king in the gar den with his daughter. Th.pn. (hg lovers once alone, Nellie indignantly told her favored suitor some things he It seems that there was no danger of Roy fearing his rivals, at least l(_rr some time to come. Both were In_ul up at home, badly battered and dis- red. ng“"’l‘he idea of tossing a penny to sn:::: which should call upon me _flr':‘st. fluttered Nellie. “The idea of it! i “Why, where did you hear of that? voiced the discreet and astonished Rg";t is all over town.” and Nellie gave the facts of the case. 1t seemed that Merkle after leaving Dallas had boasted of his two trick coins, loaded to come up heads or tails, as he chose. Of this the duped Dallas had heard. He sought out his rival. B(» sult: a fist fight bitter and to a finish, and neither would be presentable for i some time to come. Some girl friends had come to spend a week with Nellie and a grand pro- gram for outing and pleasure had been formulated. In their beds the wounded rivals groaned and writhed as they heard of the great doings of the happy group, where modest unpre- | tentious Roy Elston was the prized chevalier of the occasion. : | Mr. Warren did not welcome his | daughter’s suitor with any warmth at | any time. In fact, his chillness Wwas constantly on the increase. He had acted several times as | though inclined to call Roy to an in- | |E terview, probably to ask him to dis—; continue his attentions to his daughter. | This rather depressed Roy, and one | afternoon as he and Nellie sat resting “ on a bench after a game at tennis, he rather covertly watched Mr. War- | ren, who was pacing up and down a | near path in a manifest state of un-| easiness or excitement. ! “It's coming,” murmured Roy ap- prehensively, as Mr. Warren after a | thoughtful pause advanced directly towards the spot where he and Nellie sat. “Ahem!” observed her father. “Young man, I hope to be considered | a fair-dealing and truthful individual.” “I have never heard that disputed,” | averred Roy promptly, wondering what his unusual and mystifying dec- laration might preface. “Just so—just so,” floundered Mr. Warren. “Well, as you know I am a | man of peace. I don't see how I got the impression, perhaps the influence of an idle remark, but somehow I fancied you were of a belligerent dis- position.” “Why, papa!” piped in the indig- | nant Nellie—“he is a—a perfect dove!"” “At all events I was unjustly preju- | diced,” went on Mr. Warren, “and I wish to make amends. 1 have just received a letter from an old friend of mine who knows you very well.” e & Here is an 1 tune the near future vic! So.eag Jard to become pion, WT! immediate remuneration, reward is com ready beginning to flow writer hurriedly ran over a pile of prospective contracts ready for sig- nature with while on th ington and Baltimore, and they ag- b 00 gregated $1,210,000. ¢ Willard started collecting in Bal- timore; 000. Saturday the combiy toole down $1,500 more. oy y he began a week’s eng.gem: $5,000 with the privilege o 10: cent of all receipts over He can have a secong weel same price. er and ambitious was wil- the world’s cham-; jtes William H. Rocap, that prospects of but his ing. The money is al- in. The ——— nside peep at the for- willard is likely to amass in . as the result of his "0.00.. tory: ok A moving picture $2,500 to have him rl;:cp;n offen hours through the ('mcagoor Frazee, Jones, Curley, ¢ 5 Parly, not entertain any Proposit & is not backed up by rea] ¢, going to make Willard 4 in two years,” said i, “There i8 not a heayyy, 3 sight who can beat h1,:,i):;:‘,m o titled to all the fruits of 1 r;‘ 4 for a while, but he will gjy, ll? aspirants for the title 4 due time.” fought without any fon wy ‘ sh. “ Tich mygf promoter Harry Frazee he train between Wash- ance j his share netted nearly !l‘,- ce ‘The Wilson Hardware Co. Place of Business Is where you SHOULD GO at all times for HARDWARE Building Material Such as Lime, Cement, Brick, Wall Plaster, Sash, Doors, Oils} Paints, Stains & Varnishes} Stoves, Ranges, Oil and Gasoline Boss Ovens Farming Implements; Plows, Cultivators§ Garden Tools, Hoes, Rakes, Hand Plows} s Our highest Ideals are . |trafic department as dispatcher of wish to destroy they first make mad ‘the Boston & Maine Railroad; mar- applies to empires as well as individ- |;, 1293 {0 Miss Cora Louette Fox, (Continued on page 4) “Perhaps you mean General Re- vere?” intimated Roy deftly. Quality ano Service ——————————————————————————— AMERICAN HUSBAND GREAT- EST MIRACLE SAYS ; ) FRENCH DRAMATIST Japes New York, April 23—The world needs the superwoman. And I be- lieve the world will find her first in America. 1 feel that it is the destiny of American women to be stronger than their sisters in other lands to lead the way into the future while nolding to that which is best in the past. There youhave the vision of Jules Bois, poet, philosopher, dramatist and feminist. M. Bois arrived from France recently on a number of in- teresting missions. As a representa- tive of the French Minister of For- eign Affairs he was to thank Ameri- ca for the aid and sympathy she has given his country. He was also charged with the investigation of our farming methods by the Minister of Agriculture, and with the survey of our school and college courses in French by the Minister of Com- merce. Meanwhile he has been giving a series of lectures in some of New York's most exclusive drawing rooms. And until now women has been the reflex of man. She has not dar- ed to be herself. She has worn & mask, concealed whatever was in her head and heart, displaying only such emotions and thoughts as man de- sired to see in her. The superwom- an of the future, developed in 1lib- erty, will be no longer silent, mask- ed, but self-expressive, real. Only when she is in the majority will the new race begin and the true super- woman be born. The greatest miracle the world has ever known is the social miracle of the American husband. For gen- erosity, for affection for trust, for tolerance, for hard working loyalty I have never seen anything like him. He has accomplished a thing which no other age of country has succeeded in accomplishing. Else- where man is the foe of woman, here he is her friend. You may like this as a truth; the woman who is a success in the home js the woman who is needed by the city and the state. The woman who is of no use to the home is of no use to the Government. It is the virtues of the home woman which is la pat- rie, the country needs. We do mnot want the woman who copies man, or who scorns man or would dominate him. That's the First Requisite. Young man, don'’t take a girl’s hand n yours and tell her you could die for her unless you are v illing to earn aliv- fng for her.—Exchange 1 uals. How else, it may be asked, can the German treatment of ships flying the flag of the Netherlands be accounted for? Is it a result of mere recklessness or is it a deep laid scheme of Germany to win a Titanic defeat in place of a gigantic victory? There is in many mimds a notion that the Kaiser and his circle, real- jzing the impossibility of the enter- prise they embarked upon last Aug- ust of subjugating all western Eur- ope, have deliberately undertaken to provoke the whole world into war upon the. This may mean deeper defeat, but it tends to glide the catastrophe with the glamour of he- roic resistance to overwhelming force. The curiosity provocative tone of German diplomacy toward our own Government is one of the phenomena giving rise to this idea. The fact apparently fits in with the theory; indeed, it is hard to explain it in any other way. E-30 - T - B - S - - I - I = - THE GERMAN VIEW. =3 -3 -] < By Hugo von Klest. -3 =3 3T - - - - IO - SR - - i (o-operation is favored by all classes in Germany whatever the mo- tive and as the cartels are under such strict supervision that they cannot exercise the dangerous pow- ers of the trusts in America, there is no trust problem, at a time when our whole social organization is in a tur- moil over the struggle. Co-operation is doing great things for Germany. Whether it would ac- complish as much for America re- mains in dqoubt, for without the spirit of co-operation the instru- ment must remain comparatively valueles. But if Germany finds co- operation a valuable expedient in the struggle for commercial advan- tage, countries which do not have such an instrument and are not dis- posed to adopt it, or to learn how to use it, must suffer from the effects of her competition. The loss of British trade due to German efficiency. largely the result of co-operation, has provoked the war, and the British are attempting to do with the sword what they can- not do with the instruments o peace, Tie True, Alas! One advantage of matrimony is when a bachelor gets old and sick ‘Mlloomwnhlnm-‘ him.—Philadeiphia Ledger. £ g5 T s Carries Much Soil Into Ocean. The waters of the river Amazon are 80 charged with sediment that the dis- coloration can be seen 300 miles from its mouth at s=a and has a son, Royden Eugene, 20 years old; in 1899 was elected al- derman from ward 10 and served four years; in 1902 was elected Nat- ional Committeeman; was nominated for Congress in 1910 against Hon. Cyrus A. Sulloway, and failed of election; was elected to the Sixty- jthird Congress. LT - T - - A - T - T - O~ O I - I - o =] g APRIL 23D IN HISTORY. g E-TE - S - S - - TR - T - O -] 1808-—Mura, at the head of 40,000 soldiers, taking advantage of advantage of a faction among the populace, entered Madrid and took possession of it. 1849—Benjamin Simpson died at Saco, Maine, aged ninety- four; one of the party engag- ed in throwing overboard ip Boston Harbor at the opening of the Revolution. A treaty of commerce con- clued between Com. Perry of the United States Squadronm, and the Emperor of Japan. 1914—The striking miners in Colo- rado coal flelds destroyed mine properties by fire and dynamite. 1854 FLORIDA NEWSPAPERS. No agency, no amount of money or corporate or individual advertising is doing so much for the growth, development and prosperity of Florida as the pa- pers of the state are doing. Through them thousands of pec- ple and millions of money -are coming as new assets of this commonwealth every vear. The class and quality of the Florida papers too, are superior to those of any other Southern state. The people of, Florida should feel grateful to their papers for the constant great work they are do- ing for their state, and it is done. too, unselfishly and patriotically. i The money the papers get from all sources is by no means com- mensurate with the efforts made 'to make Florida the greatest state in the South.—DelLand Record. i It | He Produced One. | make the old fellow suspect he was a prize fighter once. You know Mr. Warren is almost Quakerish in his dislike for fighting.” “H'm!” muttered Merkle. “Then it's between you and [. See here, we both want to see the charming Nellie this afternoon. I'll tose you to see who goes.” ¢ “Done!” acquiesced Dallas. The shrewd eyes of his companion twinkled cunningly as he thrust his hand into his pocket. He fumbled two coins there. “One guess,” he said. tails?” “Heads.” “Throw.” Merkle smiled to himself fingered cover. tossed. “Lost,” announced Merkle cheerily as it came down “talls.” As the precious twain—who had risked their chances if it ever came to the ears of Nellie Warren that her company had been bargained for as | it she were a prize package—went | their way, just behind the hedge there arose in view a smiling, bright-faced | young fellow. It was Roy BElston, to whom the would-be lovers had alluded. His face was, indeed, scarred on one side. He was athleticc. There was too much manhood in the clear open counte- nance, however, to suggest the bruiser. “S8o, Mr. Warren has taken an antipathy to me?” mused Roy. I must disabuse the impression,” and going home he wrote to a certain General Revere, as follows: “Dear Old Friend: “Mr. Robert Warren, whose daugh- ter I know, and who seems to be an | old acquaintance of yourd, has formed a prejudice against me. Won't you write him assuring him as to my in- tentions as a peaceable, respectable individual?” Then Roy took & photograpk from his pocket, smiled upon it, pressed it to his lips and murmured softly: “Dear. sweet Nellie!” For Roy in his quiet earnest way bhad weeks since outstripped Albion “Heads or as he those ready coins under He produced ome. Dallas Optimistic Thought. Nothing can be 'mve nleasure which rings repentance | When Taking a Car. Be sure you are right, and then ask the conductor.—Judge. English Life Guards. England's famous Life Guards were organized just after the Restoration. They were recruited from the old cav- aliers who fought for Prince Charles Stuart, and in 1661 they were formed into three troops. “Exactly, and—and 1 wish to apolo- | gize for my mistaken opinion of you,” broke out Mr. Warren, impetuously. Roy gladly and eagerly clasped the extended hand of the man who held his fate in his power. “And, by the way,” pronounced Mr. Warren, “I—I think Nellie will be in- terested in reading the general's | letter.” With glowing eyes Nellie perused the epistle that had come in answer to the request of her lover. It ex- | plained those tell-tale scars. It re- | cited a deed heroic in the collapse | of a small theater building, where Roy | had risked his life, but had saved some twenty imperiled women and children. Mr. Warren watched her face for a moment, remembered that he was once young himself, and discreetly retired. Nellie sprang to her feet, her whole being breathing out soulfulness. She threw her arm around Roy's neck. “Oh! you brave, modest hero!" she cried adoringly. —— Capitalize Your Leisure. No wiser advice was ever given than the foregoing title. 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