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and nothing helped him. Then ! tried Cuti.
eurs SOAP and Cuticurs Ointment. Three
times Q day I bsthed him with o. hot water q
he could stand and Cuticurs Soap. Then
would put on tho Cuticurs Ointment and
bandage with linen cloths. ! did this about
two months - his case was very severe. Now
he b completely cured and you don't know
how thankful I am" (Signcd) Mrs. T.. D..
ealsef. Nov. ~. 1911.
Not only sre Cuticurs Soap and Ointment
most valuable In the treatment Of ccsemas
and other distressing eruptions Of skin ana
scalp Of infants. children and adults. but no
other emollients do 20 much for pimples.
blsckheads. red. rough skins. itching. scaly
scalps, dandrun. dry. thin and falling hair.
chapped hands and shapeless nails. nor do 1t
% economically. A single cake OF Cuticura
Soap (25c.) and box Of Cuticura Ointment
(5Oc.) are often suficient when oil else has
failed. Sold by druggists and dealers through
cut the world. A liberal sample Of each mailed
free, with 32-p. book on care and treatment Of
skin and hair. Address. "C%uticurs," Dept.
r, Boston. Tender-faced men should shave
With CuticurA Soap Shaving Stick.
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EQUITABLE WON'T BUY
MA OLSON SQUARE GARDEN
or BUILD S~KYSCRAPER.

The executive officers Of the Equitable
Life Assurance society held n lengthy
session to-day ut tho now offices. No. iG
broadway, President W, l.. bay pre-.
sided. When II ended at noon the an
nouncement VAS definitely made that
that company Lad no Intention OF en-.
terlng a deal 10 buy the Madison Square
Garden property n that It had nc
plans FOR erecting "a great skyvcraper. ~
had been the Intention In ivi when IA.
Burnham plans were drawn.
Provision Ii to be- made for takinp
care OF the families OF battalion Chief
Walsh AID the other FIRE Victims. bu,
this provision viii have 10 bo made a,
the personal act OF officers OF the com,
pany and not as the corporate act ol
tine va Insurance company.
Judge iny had a telegram wher
the meeting endef that was a drop o'
consolation, The Philadelphia agenr
wirei he had written a 100000 policy
with "a s2o.o00 annual payment. ~
the strength OF the fac, that the com
pany had Jus, lost It's home.
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an investigation to-day. In his report
Mr.. Miller says;
II ave made q personal examination
% the condition OF tho remaining out
side walls Of the Equitable building.
with special reference 10 the safety OF
the street car traNo along broadway, !
am OF the opinion that there need he no
apprehension OF any danger TO passing
street cars.
II would. how ever. advise that pedcs-
TRAN trafic n other vchicular traffic
be prohibited because OF the possibility
Of the falling ~ ANAL pieces Of tee or
building material. which. while Il would
not bc sum cicnt to cause damage to the
roof of a street car. might be serious for
q person"
Mr.. McAneny received word to-day that
chief Inspector Nicholas J. Rsvilic lei
through three floors OF the Eauita I'D
building last evening while making az
inspection OF the structure for IN,
Building Bureau, The Inspector siippet
on an Icy beam. lie received severe In
iurics about the head and body, lie vii
be unable 10 report for duty Tor tw'
weeks.
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JOHNSON, IN REPORT
TO MAYOR. BLAMES
EQUITABLE EMPLOYEES

The careless throwing away Of .
liGhted match caused the Equitable
Buiid!nx IRE. according TO . report
submitted to-day by Fire Commissioner
~~Johnson to Mayor Gaynor. lie adds
that the same heedicss act caused the
disastrous Triangle Waist Factory nre.
II the employees OF the Equitable
Building. the Commissioners rays. had
promptly called out the Fire Depart
ment the small blaze which started this
c%onfagration could easily have bee
ext.nguish~d. The Commissioner re-.
cites the heroic acts Of the hremen
paying specisi tribute TO Chief Walsh.
Mr.. Johnson declares that - per cent
OF the fires are caused by the carelcs,
Ing away OF lighted cigars n cigar
tttes.
Z Mayor Gaynor also wrote to-day e
fCommissioncr johnson on the IRE. "a,
said:
Dear Sir: desire 20 express the
~N thanks of the Mayor ana the people
q Of the city TO you and the officers
and men under you who COPIED with
the nre at the Equitab BILE Building.
~ The bravery. intelligence. skill. pa
n tience and fidelity OF all of you an
der the most trying conditions could
not be excelied.
Nor were acts OF hero.sm lacking.
The heroic death OF Battalion Chief
william J. Walsh while he was at
tempting TO save the life OF others
Is only another example 10 show the
devotion OF the men OF h Fire De-
partment to the safety OF the people
OF this city. Very truly You're.
W. J. GAYNOR.
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BURNS IS NOT GUILTY OF
KIDNAPPING, SAYS JUDGE.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Jan. li,-n.
teeuvc w. }. Burns was not guilty OF
the crime " Kidnapping when he cap
tured John J. Mcnamara here and took
his to California last April. Federal
Judge n II, Anderson indicated to-day
that such would be his ruling. The
Judge said the case against burns was
without merit.
J1lse Anderson stated to attorneys IN
the case that the fact alone that Me
Namara had pleaded guilty In Cali
fornia wiped away any faults. u there
were any. as to the manner In which tho
dynamiier had been taken out of the
state. Judge Anderson described
burns as "a man who has done sign al
service for his country" and said Il
was improper that AN indictment and
a threat of having to 10 to the peni-
Tertiary should stand against him.
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TAFT IS MUCH BETTER.
Ills Cold Breaking In. hut He
sticks to Ills study.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.-President
Taft's cold was much improved to-day
and although he renamed In his studio
In the Executive Mansion. he was able
to receive a few callers and spend sew.
eral hours In disposing Of CORES.
pondence. It was said the President
expected to attend the Cabinet dinner
given by Secretary Of the Treasury
MacVeaHh tonight.
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Police Commissioner waidois check
for 800 was the nrst 10 arrive to-day
for The Evening Worlds fund for the
relief Of tho widow M family Of
Battalion chic. william J. walsh. who
lost his life In the Equitable nye. with
his contribution the Commissioner sen,
the following letter;
Police Department. CITY Of Hsw
YoSh, Jan. II, 1915
~ DSsalnG world, New York
Dear oirs% iseless NJ ehssh
% . eontribution 70 the Chief
walsh Yund bssing raised ~ POUR
paper. b
promoted walsh - 10 Dat.
talon 0Aisf q the Yirs ospAst-
meat aAA knew he would make
6ooA under Whatever conditions ne
.vss called upon 70 fses. h was
one Of the oiAesrs % that Depart
NsnA Who osGasissa our are COL.
isgs. His worh n the college has
Aeus nuoA for the snoisnoy Of the
department. aaA win 10 long re-
Asnbsrsa.
Re was . splendid are ashsss
ana aisa . hero n ths discharge %
his auty. Sours very truly.
8EIHELANDI WALDO.
inside ~ u few hours ths fund had
jumped to 1900,
The white Rats. an organization ol
vaudeville performers, met last night u,
tho clubhouse. Forty.sixth street ant
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Would Make II Felony to Stay q
Vault Without Exit.

ALBANY. Jan. u.-As . direct result
of the Equitable fire, Senator Loring M.
Black jr. of Brooklyn introduced a bill
to-day making II . felony to compel ANY
person to remain In . safe deposit
vault where no means Of exit 10 pro-
vided.
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father" Mrs. Walsh went on. - her
glance followed mine to the huddled
little group. Even the baby. that
can't talk YET. always had . laugh for
him when she saw lin coming. And
the girls have been saying over and
ovsr again. Papa was such . good
man."
HE gave W his life for his duty
and to save othsrs." ! remarked rather
tritely.
Yes" Mrs. Walsh sssented in the
same quiet. almost monotonous voice.
''Of course. ne couldn't have don any
thing greater. You know It's In the
Bible, Greater love hath no nan than
this, that he lay down his life for his
friend And no laid down his life for
people he didn't sven know. Just be-
cause they were people whom he had
promised to protect. And even when
no saw his own danger he did his best
10 warn the others. the men who
worked ana rlsksd their lives with him.
..Of course ! am proud Of him. and
rye always been proud when they said
he was one Of the bravest men on the
force, and better acquainted with his
diatrict than any other fireman. II he
had to-die now. he couldn't have done
\ In any inner way; he couldn't have
left q greater narns for his children.
AND HE GAVE PROOFS OF HIS
COURAGE AND FAiTHFULNEss.
But these are the things that every
body can't help but know. He's given
every man and woman in New York
proofs Of his courage and falthfulness.
But somehow those aren't the things
the children and | think Of first when
we say to each otnsr. How good he
vast
MY husband was a homo man al
ways. Whenever ne had . day on he
didn't 90 up to town for q good time.
but he stayed right here and did things
that would max Us all happier" And
I recalled the neat. w~hite-pa!nted fence
ar gate which marked out the Walsh
homo from its n~e!ghbors when l was
two blocks away. and tho little square
Of dry brown stalks neal the piazza tina,
meant . garden only = few months ago,
He kept the lawn SO green and
smooth" Mrs. Walsh continued. a.
thought Of these things. and the
piasza door always clean and the paipt
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kind. II began with Q rssh in
blotches and II itched 90 that
I had TO make him night
clothes with hands enclosed
Ike mittens. and keep them
on day and night. lie was in
great pain. His arms from
wrist TO elbow and his lcgS
from knee TO ankle were just
like raw meat and you can
imagine what the poor baby
suffered.
'f tried N MANY remedies
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sSthe body or even Identifying Il. but the
>~police believe II TO he that Of one OF
the men employed In the ere room Of the
building.
Meanw!..s q hundred men Of tho
Building Department. guided by hrs-
men. went to the level Of what was
sathe fourth floor o. the Equitable Build
ling. 10 begin digging out the body OF
%sBstfaiion Chief william ). Walsh, who
was crushed when the roof of the Ptns
-tSssrees sid felt In carrying with II the
oImarble stair . under which he was
. fs1ast seen. Battalion Chief Gray. VINO
u had made an ali night study OF the
y" situation. said he thought the only way
vas to begin At the top and die down.
8. through nifty feet Of stone and steel.
" The scarchers came upon Q soft bun.
y die near the top OF the debris pile at
a little before noon. Chief kenlon and
Inspector Cahalans at once assumed
~ was Chief walsh's body and 'ele-
phcned the rcport to Fire and Poke
Headquarters II was contradioted a
few minutes later when the object was
found to be a canvas sack full OF towels
Inspector cahaiane and Chief Gray
satisfied themselves that there was no
nance for several days OF getting
Waterman Campion's body out from be-
hind tac steel bars and seven-foot wall
of Ice on the Broadway side Of the build'
ng. Approach from behind 10 cut on
ay "a great mass OF fallen masonry and
w isicd rt.ei.
BY virtue Of authority conferred yes
terday by the Board Of Governors. the
Law Committee OF tn. Stock Exchange
issued an order to-day suspending de-
livciies OF securities by all parties d.
rsctly or indirectly Interested In the
Equitable FIRE until Jan. IL.
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NO DANGER TO CARS,
MILLER REPORTS AFTER
INSPECTING RUINS.

President MoAneny. In v1sw Of the
7 ssnerai concern ~ to the safety Of tbs
walls VI the Equitable Building. caused
AsladlDs supsrintsnaspt Dfuisr 70 make
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POSSIBLE LIST OF DEATHS IN
CREASED TO EICHT.

The possible list or deaths due to
the nre was increased 10 eisht TO-DAY
cns." nnsr" "a Ists,v.nt,n 80,
.na,,.s ,ns, levi nr,an ni.bt NOR.
,.r VINO bo.rd.d with her. had NOT
been heard from since the Are:
The north wall bulge, pereep.oiy ron
a.. 80. Uao,. i, n.
ssn.., a", =, ,,nmh 4, n,sc.. ana
s..sa. ,na ,su nuI,a,nv ., The Amer.
- N.,,,n., n.rL 800. car, .,r.s,
q -, ~. cha.. N.,,o,.i na,k ana IN.
Cl.a,,n. u,u.. fur,her e..t. The hank
ard other tenant. In the American Ex-
-paehany. pu,ld,nr have been driven out
.ffu,,n Tho .ha.lnu walI n shor.d up. but
y r. v.r. ,crmit,ea "a .nter their onnces
n brI.ay to-day 10 get their effects.
y poilc. Commissioned Waldo visited
Inc ruin. late this afternoon. chief
., Ksnlon told him tina, every now in.c.e.
49,, ,s... mn. mor. ana mor. anpecr
-, ,,.,x ,.uIn, o~,.cl.Iiv ~h~o the
"ts.'. ...,.. ~, an. .h..,. n, ,co
-s".,s -. n. "a n. ,,ovyh,
-. 4, n.-,on.
IT, " "
>o""'.'n =.
~~p. !. o~.-s
So'"', o" ~'" .rs,,s. =. ~.
,~"S, WI I~ .s' 49," w..s.,.s'
III 80 -. 49,. 49,,
dr.. .",.n,,... ~o,I y. IN. ai:,r,c,
-. \. -
v" V'"e - Ne
0OMG0.
fire Commissioner Johnston and F,rs
cSarAa, Pryai resumed their ,nvss.
ts~.,o, Today ioto ths ar> and
ns,hy there vas hslf an hours delay In
VN.r,,,, IN - .i.rr rh.v h.vs Learned
49,, -. $1,000. 4. Az. 80.
SO, "e .,'-e $3.50 ~.
Utise" oy 'nihp c"''sn. ."'e"eeper 'o'
the Cafe saVarin. employees OF ths
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N DANGER OF LOSING THE
HOME he WORKED FOR.

mouse ever s.nce we got married.. But,
o see. we had to live on a lieutenant's
or a captains pay for so many years.
and the children kept coming. and they
were mostly girls. and II takes so much
for girls. But finally. ten years ago. We
moved over here and he began to make
payments on the house. We both knew
he'd never do anything to lose his Job
and 80 fall back on the payments. and
we've felt from the start as II we really
owned our home. But now there's the
rest Of the mortgage to pay up. and II
We can't do It We shall lose all he put
In and have to 90 away from the place
that meal 60 much to him.
I'VE have been 20 happy here! We
were together o. much. There were 10
many Of US and nobody likd to 20 or
without the others. so w stayed here
together. And besides not going away
from his home and working hard for Il,
my husband was 80 kind. All the years
we've been married we never had q real
quarrel. We cared for zach other In
the beginning. and IT'S lasted all alons.
lie couldn't hardly bear to scold the
children when they needed II. and he
never spoke sharp to me. D.,
Il suppose we were 100 happy Tor II
to last. Somehow the people who grow
old together always seem to be the ones
who snap at zach other. But this has
been SO quick. so kind Of broken on In
the middle. And he vas good. good.
eood-l can't see why II was right for
him to die! Sometimes I can't seem
TO realize he II dead. But I suppose I
shall when they bring him home"
And the fearless blue eyes turned
again to the window and the icy road.
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BABY HAD ECZEMA
Of WORST KIND
In Great Pain. Arms from Wrist to
Elbow, Legs from Knee to Ankle,
Like Raw Meat. Tried Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Now Cured.

80 wilkins st., Rochester. N. Y.-"My
con Edward. whom he was " months old.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-05
OkuINANCE MU M0Ek l31.

An ordnance re4ulI ms All rdilroat
companies operating in the cliy O.
Lakeland, at certain designated
street crossings to construct. operate
and maintain railroad gates and IL
prescribe a penalty for the violation
therefor.
BE ORDAINED BY THE COCN-
Gil OF THE CITY OF LAKELAND.
Section /. That all railroad COM
panies now operating or which may
hereafter operate line of railway
engines and cars through the city
of Lakeland, shall within sixty (6O)
days from the passage and approval
OF this ordinance, construct and al
all times thereafter shall operate and
maintain railroad gates at Kentucky
avenue and Florida avenue crossings
which shall be upon the most mod
ern automatic system. Said gate shall
Oe lowered so as to close the street
crossings over said railway at Flor
ida avenue and Kentucky avenue
Immediately preceding the passage OF
any train, railroad car or engine
across said streets or avenues and
shall be raised Immediately after the
passage thereof.
Section ,. Any violation OF Sec
ton one of this ordinance shall be
punished by fine not to exceed three
hundred dollars $4,000 or impris-
onment not to exceed thirty 500
days.
hereby certify that the forego-
ing ordinance, number 1877. was duly
passed by the Council Of the city OF
Lakeland, on the goth day Of March,
A. D. 1912.
A. d. 1912. H. L. SWATTS,
Approved by me this 22nd day OF
March, A. D. 1912.
s. l.. A. CLONTS,
Mayor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-05
Some Interesting Facts
About Father of Waters

AS a means of internal commerce
and as highway the Mississippi
cannot be overestimated, but it is
tricky and treacherOus stream a.
times, and must be closely watched
by the proper Federal and State
authorities.
This great stream penetrates the
most fertile region Of the United
States for a distance of nearly $500
miles and drains territory that Is
enormous in extent. The total area
of the territory in question is equal
to that of Austria, German, Holland,
France. Italy. Portugal, Spain, Nor
way and Great Britain.
The navigable tributaries of the
mississippi will aggregate over 49,
600 miles in length, and they reach
out to the most remote limits of the
area OF the great valley drained. The
river. in its winding course to the
Gulf of Mexico, covers a range of six
and 0ne-quarter degrees of longitude
and eighteen and One-half degrees of
latitude. The river starts from
springs near Lake ltasca and the
source is $500 miles above the sea
level. The average fall of the river
is Is feet per mile.
The area drained by the Missip-
sippi River is too vast for sudden
comprehension. 1t equals nearly
One-half of the area of the entire
United States. and is 1885,
600 miles in extent. 1t touches three
States. two territories. and two prov
inces in British America. Only seven
States to the westward and eight to
the east lie entirely beyond the in.
Huence OF tnlS river.
The headwaters of it's tributaries
extend in longitude from New York
on the east to Western Montana on
the West. In latitude they reach
from British America on the north
to the Gulf of Mexico on the south,
In all about 1880 miles of longitude
and 800 miles of latitude.
At food time the discharge of this
fuvial giant amounts to 1900, 900
cubic feet of water per second. This
Is what the Federal and State
authorities are trying to control and
there is small wonder that they have
a gigantic task on their hands. One
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-05
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1874

An ordinance opening stree.
around Lake Morton, in the City .:
Lakeland, and declaring the same to
be street and public thoroughfare.
and defeating the same as Lake
Morton Drive.
Be 1t ordained by the Council OF
the City Of Lakeland:
Section 1. That Lake Morton
Drive is hereby declared to be A
street and thoroughfare, and dedi.
Gated to the public use under the
name of lake Morton Drive). Tha,
said street shall extend entirely
around the edge Of Lake Morton. in
the City Of Lakeland, Florida, con.
Meeting with, and covering that por.
ton of the street bordering the
Lakes edge, which has heretofore
been open and declared as a street
The width of said street known as
Lake Morton Drive shall be from the
lakes edge outward to the nearest
parallel line. according to the off.
cial report Of meander of J. T. Han.
cock, Jr., United States Deputy Sur.
veyor, made August Sth and 9th
1902, now on file with the City
clerk, Of the City of Lakeland which
cuts of that portion of the lots
AUDITING on said lake. according tc
the surveys of said lots, and as now
otherwise ii use by the public. in.
Guiding the intersections of streets
alleys AMI avenues
Sec. 2. All ordinances or parts OF
ordinances in conflict with the pro.
visions Of said ordinance, be, and the
same are hereby repealed.
hereby certify that the foregoins
ordinance. number 1874, was duly
passed by the City Council Of Lake.
land. on the 9Th day of March, A. d
1912.
H. L. SWATTS, Clerk.
Approved by me this 9TH day OF
March, A. D. 1912.
S-S-15-22-29 s. L. A. CLONTS.
Mayor
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-05

popularity of the river is at flood
time to bring down with II great
quantities of sediment and to raise
and change the bed over which it
floods. This has necessitated the con-
slant raising of the levees along the
river
Far back into the misty past. be-
fore COrtez came. before Ponce de
Leon tried to find the tabled FOun-
tain of Youth. and before Fernando
de Soto discovered it, the Mississippi
or Mesasippi. as the Lake Superior
Indians called it. has always been a
great waterway, thing of mystery.
held in awe and reverence by the alb
original tribes and all the early ad-
venturers who penetrated as far
west and south. Back farther still,
to the time when the river was vast
estuary or arm of the sea, and in its
waters swan strange and unc0uth
monsters of a forgotten period and
age, the valley was ruled by this
great stream. But as the Spaniard
discovered, and later. the French and
English. this great valley and the
delta country was the richest that
God ever gave to man. Since that
time there has been going on a con-
slant and never-ending fight for SUI
premacy between the Father OF
Waters, and the men who have taken
their abode in the fertile bottoms. AT
that time the bark canoe and dug
out Of the Indian and the bateau of
the French settler were the only
craft plying the river. Then the
French took the upbuilding of Louis
lana and with them came ships. Fol-
lowing them were the English. The
pioneer post established on the river
by the French was in 1899, by the
famous d'Iberville. The English
came later, and New Orleans was
founded in 1918.
1t Is well-known fact that at
flcOd-time the Mississippi river car
ries a great deal of silt and sand
along with It, This is eroded from
the banks and held in suspension by
the current till it's velocity reaches
such low ebb that it is deposited.
Ry this means the many bars and
crossings in the river are formed and
the bed Of stream built up as well
as the banks.