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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-16
WEEKLY RESUME
Of COUNTY COURT
Cases Which Have Claimed the At.
tention of the Court the Last
Few Days.

Barlow, Fla, Aug lG Since the
last report OF the County Court pro
,c,dings. the following cases have
been disposed Of:
state VS. Jessie Robertson; assault;
plead guilty
state ss. Fred King; assault;
found guilty.
The criminal docket was finished
oi Tuesday, and the civil docket was
then taken up. SO far the following
rivi cases have been disposed Of
\ $ Silyerstein vs.. l.. w Cow
d,y. Til being default ease. the
facts were submitted TO the jury and
= verdict Tor Sl0".93 was rendered
in favor Of the plaintiff
crystal lee Works vs.. Gcor@e I.
Griffin, the Jury awarded d'mae"5
o. S2al.31 for the plaintiff.
4. ! short vs. W NJ McRca, re-
/ picvin Of a horse and buggy, YER
dict for tho plaintid.
Joe y. Johnson IS. 9. \ t.arrard
and u. &. Scribner, '"rdi,' for 'h"
plaintiff for s7O.Os
/ Nathan r. Norton y " T. A.
ter; verdict tor the plailtin 'of
$500.
Th" last cas-" pres. MS aDnr a''r-
I est for antomobilists The Ia" y
the ease as brought out on tri' a r.
! ir ,ubstancc a. follows ON
! in October last. Nathan Nor'nE :
III ! Ryals were or 'hrir VA ii
,aburndale to Winter llay,l
ion had been '"atiing hi re"#..a. DE-
/ Ing horac, bIt .eon after !.a.ln
hrrndale Tho -, jcrkcd loo ID
after thu = Il ont IL ro.. t
olLnr mri, Jus. about q mi, "'
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surn 9me li,rl" Narniug,
70 check his machine, ana
hine strgrk The iaf' Glud
ltcso horse and broke it
I'd To be killed. The pitisa
- iiy liability on Mr. car ~
in2 that the ear was Nj
car: that il wa employ '7
buainess, and thar il was h.. X
lessly driven Tho cas-
mo, OF to'lar in being II. et'-
son & Boswell repre- ma ~ "-
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tie ease will be app~s-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-16

Joy Wi. undoubtedly VIII came 70
til. heart =. thousands Il American
tourists who visit switzerland every
year as the result Of the announce
ment that a number Of Sv : .lotel5
are going to 10 away With tha tip
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-16
To
Be OVERCOME
IN PANAMA
NOTED GEOLOGIST TO LEND HIS
ASSISTANCE IN PREVENT.
ING LANDSLIDES.

WASHINGTON. Aug. IL special,
The spirit oi \mcriranism was eA-
amplited to remarkable degree
during tie debates in the senate on
tie Panama canal bill and on thr
final vote on those sections .; the
measure which excited the l,clirsi
possible controversy The upper
branch went ahead aud perfected the
bill in many important particulars,
pea, ally with reference to railroad
owned vessels using the canal. irr.
tolls Tor American vessels engaged III
HE coast wise and foreign trade AMI
Vessels, whose stock is
owned principal, in this country
I, ill he lmcrie2n ilag ana bc SiN
N American register Oh course
iumc ci these features may BE- mod
he'd in conferences but SO pro
lulincrtl Mas the vote III both Srnatr
nd House ot the main features ol
lr bill that The confcrcos would BE-
lying in tn, face OF sharp criticism
j, uld thry rndraNur to write out OF
he bill its distinguishing character
:tie, the canal primarily for Amer
L., and \mcricans Tor the canal
The magnitude aud lntrlcary ol
the engineering problems connected
With the building ot the Panam
Panama canal are nol the only q
,taelrS with which he engineers or
the zone have to contend One ut
the greatest difficulties that las stoo
il the WAY of the completion of tn
'ulchra cut Is the tremendous slides
u rock and earth that @till intrri"r"
With . work
To I'D the army experts now en-
;aScd IN the pcrations, the 18th
mian canal commission has employed
poi lame. + Kemp. head Of the
department. Of geology at Columbia
lis a. istancr He will advise no;
,hly how to avoid the slides, if pos
,ibl". ut also viii give attention to
he eu bursts oi gases along tn,
anal cu They were reported
% he oi volcanic origin and this
auscd greet uncasin"Ss Recent,
',hrr causes hay. been assigned
|hc caaal officials have always dc
lied that the landslide. or the g;ts
Gus oiiilurs,s Indicated any pcrma
lcni o5staclc. but this employment
}, man Whose life has been dcyo,
ii 10 = study uf such questions in
lira'c that the difficulties are NOR"
'criou& than they are willing Ia id-
nit
rhr United States aosornmcn'
'ore not offer aud never has offered
md 81 far aS known meyer Will oi
'r, . reward OF bonus for The H.,
+ >crl ui 4 workable iin m.po in 'h..
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-16
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31

That cities should be subjected to such disputes and annoyance in the control of their own streets is a bar barism. The remedy seems to be for the city to own the trolley lines, just as it owns the streets Bridgeport has been in a constant contest with It's own trolley monopoly for many years. Either the streets are torn up, or are about to be torn up by the street railway company. The streets between the rails fall into neglect and the company refuses to repair them except at its good pleasure. The city has been jockeyed into sacrificing it's trees for the benefit of the trolleys is compelled to litigation over centers and cannot repair it's highways ex- cept in the good time and upon ths condescending permission of a private corporation.
 > In return for all this annoyance, in- dignity and insolehce>to which the city submits, the people of Bridgeport have the privilege of riding in ove,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
MAD MULL4AH," 45 YEARS OLD, STILL FIGHTS FOR
 THE GLORY OF ISLAM.

From out of Africa comes the word that the Mad Mullah," Mohammed Abdullah, the shepherd lad who be- came a prophet and a leader, as we'll as a warrior who drove even the British before him from Somaliland, is preparing to take the field in a holy war for the glory of Islam. At one time rumored dead, the Mad Mul- lah'' is now declared to be very much alive, with the ferocity of his wild na- ture flaming in hatred of the Chris tians who have sought to replace the Crescent with the Cross in Tripoli
 Yesterday was the thirteenth day of the month Jomhardi II, in the year of the Prophet 1880, and the forty-ffth birthday of Mohammed Abdullah. He who is now the head of the fanatical Moslem tribes of eastern Africa was, in his boyhood, a herder of sheep in the deserts of Somaliland. He was an orphan, and for his hard labor under the tropic sun he was given tiny mud cottage in which to sleep, sean ty food, and blows. There he might have remained had not Moslem mis- sionary chanced upon him. Finding tho Lad nozzassad of 2 remarkable in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31

Our friends, the enemy, have long contended that if women were grant ed suffrage, they would be compelled to do jury duty, because the jurors are selected from the poll lists.
 This is one of the many matters which will be settled by crystallized custom, which translates itself into law.
 In the State of Washington, wo- man may accept a summons to do jury duty, or she may decline, at her own option. She has simply to tell the sheriff that previous engagements, prejudice, pickles, or pies engross her attention, and the sheriff draws a pen cil through her name. Or she may fall back upon ~Ebecause.'' That's enough
 Suffrage need not necessarily carry a penalty tied to it's tail. If lady cares to serve on the jury, they are glad to have them; if not, there's an end on't.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
GOOD NIGHT ON
 THE BATTLEFIELD

Good night, my comrades dear, good
 night
 The sun is setting slow; Around me evenings changeful light Spreads soft an Orient glow; While rising from the green-clad hills The moon attracts my sight To shimmering waves and glinting My comrades dear, good night! Here once again meath this soft sky We bivouac from the strife Weary at last, hence would we hie, Nor wake at drum and fife; But this deep hours for watchful men; Iris full of vestal light, Alas! at morn we strive again.
 My comrades dear. good night! Yet in this calm and fervid hour
 My soul finds peace once more, As yon pale moons mysterious power Opes wide entertainments door And lights each fafry-haunted spot With scene so passing bright, On cloud and field-o'er tent and cot My comrades dear, good night!
 Major John B. Ketchunl. . New York Nav 1912
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31

telligence for one of his years and op- portunities, the missionary took him to Berbera, where he was taught Ara bic. Latin and English, and a smat- tering of modern arts and sciences.
 A finished scholar, Mohammed Alp dullah returned to the interior, where he began to preach holy war against the Christian infidels. Italy and Eng land had divided Somaliland between them, and ruled with an iron hand over the natives. Abdullah appealed both to religion and patriotism in his harangues before the tribesmen, and it was not long until the true .be1iev- ers'' were excited to a frenzy in their hatred of the invaders. Open war fare was not declared until MOham- med Abdullah had returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca. It was in 1899 natical as himself, that he raised the banner of revolt. Calling himself the Mahdi, the expected one," he at- tracted thousands to his standard, while these tribes that held out for fear of the vengeance of the 'infidel' he subdued by force For months, with truly fabian tactics. the Mad Mullah," as the English had dubbed him, refused combat with the British troops. Then came a three-day bat tie, in which both sides suffered heav- fly, after which Abdullah resumed his
 
 chase, but the ''madman' kept always a little ahead, turing them on, until illness and thirst and fever forced the English to give up the pursuit. Rein forced, they returned, only to be ad- ministered a crushing defeat by the Moslems In 1908 there was another battle, and again the Mad Mullah" was the victor. The following year a big force was sent after Abdullah, and the dervishe9 realizing the hopeless ness of conflict, separated and scat tered to the four winds. AS soon as the army was withdrawn, however, the Messiah was back in the field, ravaging. and staying. In the end the British abandoned the field, re- taining only the town of Berbera, and the Mad Mullah'' was left in supreme control of the interior, the real king of the Somalis. A scholar as we'll as a fighter and a fanatic, Mohammed Abdullah is a lover of poetry, and his favorite verse is this, from the Mos lem war song:
 "A sabre on a blood-red field-our ban
 ner famed behold!
 Fear in our country dwelleth not, in
 mountain or in wold;
 In every corner of our land croucheth
 a lion bold.
 God is Most Great!' we shout in rush
 and charge on field of fight;
 We're Ottomans! our lives we give,
 our gain is glory bright"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
THAT "To RAIL ORDER

It seems that the Public Utilities Commission is body not entirely lost 10 public opinion. The New Haven Union refers to it's resembling of the =o-called "T'' Rail order ''as a victory Tor home rule in local affairs That x is, and also, in a small way, a vic- tory for the public in state affairs. The trolley company in New Haven is to lay railss on Grand avenue. The peo- ple on Grand avenue demanded the grooved rail, which offers many con seniences, to teamsters and other us- CTS of the street, over the 'T'' type rail. The aldermen ordered the groov- ed rail. and the company appealed to he Public Utilities Commission, which tentatively announced its purpose to reverse the aldermen. Then proper authorities of New Haven threatened an appeal to the courts The result was the reciesion of the order. Groov cd rails will be laid on Grand ave nus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
..STEPNEY

Campyon Gutter, Homer Sherman and D. F. Osborne, Jr.. attended the State gun shoot held at New Haven on Saturday.
 Mrs. Albert Fairchi!.i has recently visited several days as the guest of relatives in Danbury.
 John T. Eastwood carried a load of eleven to Danbu:y on Tuesday. where they attended the Kings Daughters county convention. Mrs Carrie FL well Of this place. who is county sec retary, also attended and was present cd with a pearl and amethyst brooch and collar pins to match, as a token of appreciation of her valuable ser vices.
 Victor Burr and Morris French re- certly spent a few days in Zoar or fishing expedition.
 Work is now in progress again on the East Side Settlement house. Thomas Perkjns has charge of the work and it is to be hurried right along SO that the work may be fin- ished in time to accommodate large
 k-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN

The Democratic Congressional com give aid and counsel to Democrats seeking election to Congress, is mak- ing preparations to begin an active offensive campaign just as soon as the national conventions are over.
 Democrats realize that there is no use to talk issues to the people as long as the Republican candidates are keeping the air blue with epithets In denunciation of each other. They know the characteristics of Americans we'll enough to realize that the aver age man in this country would leave a sermon any day to witness a dog fight, and so, until the political dog fight is over, the Democratic leaders are biding their time.
 The campaign just now centers al- most wholly around personalities, but after the conventions are over the is- sues will force themselves to the front, and it is then that the Demo- crats expect to get in their good work.
 It is practically certain that neither MT. Taft's ''Constitutional govern ment," nor MT. Roosevelt's Shall the People Rule" will be the issue of the coming campaign. The people of this country know that the constitution is in no danger, regardless of who is elected, and they also know that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY.

Yesterday was Memorial Day in all the States of the Union except Flor ida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and North and South Carolina. Most of the South ern States have already observed Con- federate Memorial Day. The day set apart for the decoration of the graves of Union soldiers has been generally celebrated in the Northern States since Gen. Logan, then commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, is- sued an order recommending such ob- servance in May 1868. Before that in 1866, Philadelphia had held a na- tional memorial service, and in the same year a decoration day had been observed in the South by the women of the fallen Confederacy
 Perhaps the most unusual observ- ance of Memorial Day is that held an- nually on the thirtieth of May in Shanghai, China. About half a hum dred of Uncle Sam's jack tars are resting in their last sleep in the cem- etery near the famous Bubbling well. join with the Americans in honoring the dead sailor boys. whose graves were yesterday decked with flowers. The inscriptions on the stones show that some of the graves were opened for their occupants back in the early OdyS or the entry Of clVl1zation into China, while others are more recent The modest monuments record all but forgotten days Of American naval his tory. In the sos Shanghai was vis- ited by g. number Of United States men of war, including the San Ja cinto, the Powhattan. the Susquehar- na, the Plymouth, the Fandalia. the Mississippi the Macedonian and the Saratoga, and members of the crews of all were left behind in the Shanr- hai burial ground. The Wyoming and the Piscataqua few the Stars and Stripes at Shanghai in the sos and the following decade registers on the headstones the names of the Alaska the Hartford and the Monocacy. All
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31

boat and he desired her to have a speedy record for her maiden trip. Perhaps it was human for Capt. Smith to seek to please the owner for whom he was sailing, but he was neverthe- less to blame for taking unwarrant- able risks, and the blame must rest upon his shoulders, dead though he is and in spite of circumstances that extenuate his awful error.
 The report confirms what the inves- tigation had shown. The wreck of the Titanic was due to greed. Her owners were concerned with their dividends. They gave little attention to the safety of their passengers. The reckless speed of the ship was the re- suit of greed. So was the deficiency in lifeboats, the leaky corfdition of the bulkheads. the failure to furnish glasses to the lookouts, and the fail ure to hold life boat drills, or to have men enough to man the boats
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31

whether the people are to rule or not and records of the men elected to the high, places-particularly the records of these men.
 It has been pointed out by the Dern- ocratic leaders that both Republican candidates are talking about things that have no specific meaning. Twen ty years ago it was sufficient for a candidate for political office to shou. a few platitudes about Abraham Lin- coin and the American Eagle and the Star Spangled banner, but nowadays, argue the Democratic leaders. tho people want to know what it is pro- posed to do to the tariff and the trusts and the other forces that are working to the injury of the country. They want to know what remedy IS proposed for the present outrageous cost of living, and whether something can't be done to squeeze the water out of over-capitalized corporations.
 On these vital questions the Demo- crats, in the coming campaign. will point to their record. They will put their fingers on the sore spots and say: Here is where we applied the knife, and here is the rottenness we would have cut out had not our hands been stayed by the Republican Senate and the Republican presi- dent.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
"DUSTORAINE"
 for Ladies Hats. .

rWomen who rnotorser ride will be thankful for this nov el arrangement. It is of some light rubberized material and fashioned to drape oyer the hat like a veil. It is. guar anteed to be absolutely water and dust proof, and when not in use can be folded into a. small envelope or case no larger than pocket-beok.
 You carry it in your hand bag, rain or shine. $2.oo. See 1t at the Yelling. Section.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31

numbers of summer visitors from New York s
 Henry Osborn and Frank Garfield have been appointed appraisers 7on the estate of the late Mrs. Levi Ed wards.
 A surprise party was given to ehlrs. Herbert Joyce on Tuesday evening, the occasion being her birthday '. A large company of friends met att the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Nichols, frcfh there going to the home of Hrs. 1oH9N who was completely surprised. r.f~ luncheon was served and very en- joyable evening passed.
 A painful accident occurred to one of the men who recently purchased the Burr Meade place. on Sunday, when he was thrown from his wagon. sustaining painful bruises upon h:s head and injuring one of his eye se- vefely.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
ally in the public eye.

cally in the public eye.
 The platform the convention may make will overshadow in consequence the nomination of a presidential cau- didate. In this election party plat forms will mean something. The promises in them will be put there in the knowledge that the goods must be delivered if the party is success full.
 It is most probable that the plat form will be made by the progressives. What sort of a platform will they make? It can hardly fail to give voice to utterances which have hither- to been conspicuous by their absence from Republican platforms, nor to favor measures that will repel con- servative, Republicans as pith balls are repelled by each other when op- positely charged with electricity. l. is all very interesting, and pregnant with future circumstance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
WOMAN, THE BALLOT, AND JURY DUTY

But when women DO condescend to serve, they are found to be eminently attentive and anxious to arrive at a verdict in strict accordance with the law and facts adduced before them. Judge w. w. Black of Everett, Wash ington, has recently said from the bench: My experience with the lar dies in the jury box has been that the trial of the case has been expe- dited, and the whole proceedings marked with a dignity and decency which did not before exist. And the verdicts, for the most part, were we'll within the legal limits, eminently. just and proper do not find that wo- mans mental ability to grasp a point in law is inferior to that of mans
 She can do ANYTHING that re- quires brains. So please remove your gentlemanly carcasses out of the road, and give her a chance at the ballot box.
 DIR. EDWIN F. BOWERS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
THE LAST STRAW

The result in New Jersey is the last straw on the back of President Tafts ambition to be reAominated. He has beenEuzz1fi igtgfyT ted~ by the voters of bis party. He has large number of delegates, but they are largely from the negro belt, or the gift of political bosses in sections where direct primaries do not pre- vail. It would seem as if Roosevelt is reasonably certain of the Republi- can nomination. but the race is close, and it may appear that LaFollette holds the balance of power. Tn such 2 case the convention would be driv- en to nominate third man, neither Roosevelt nor Taft. LaFollette has pledged himself that he will not de- liver his delegates to either candidacy.
 The nomination of a president will not be the most important matter be- fore the next Republican convention, although it will loom most dramati-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-31
FIRST THINGS

The first steerable balloon was tried in Berlin thirty years ago to-day with considerable success. but it was dis abled by an accident in the second ex- pertinent. The steering apparatus was a helical system of vanes worked Zeupelin and other inventors Mave since greatly improved on that first dirigible balloon. Holmholtz was. the first to suggest, in 1872, that balloons might be steered, if moving swiftly. The principle on which balloons are based was first formulated by Albert of Saxony, an Augustine monk, in the fourteenth century. In 1703 Joseph and stephen Montgolfier, made a sue cessful ascent in a fire balloon, and few months later, in the same year NM Robert and Charles made the first ascent in a hydrogen balloon at Paris.
 | The first act providing for the copy right of books and other publications in the United States was passed 122 years ago. The term of copyright was then fixed at fourteen years, with privilege of renewal for fourteen years longer. In 1881 the period was ex- tended to twenty eight years, and pro- viding for renewal for fourteen years. For nearly a hundred years after the passing of the first copy right law the principle of protection was extended only to citizens of the United States. In England similar injustice was practiced upon Ameri- cans, although the British govern ment did permit foreigners to take out copyright provided their work was first published in England and the author was at the time of publication anywhere within the British domin- ions. International copyright conven- tions now exist between nearly all na- tions. The first copyright act in Eng land was passed in 1709, giving pro- lection for fourteen years and for the authors life if then living. In 1914 the English law was amended by ex- tending the period to kwenty-eight years.-