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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23
LICKED LIKE LARAZUS

Senator Burton was congratulated
by some Of his colleagues when he
won in his fight against the rivers
and harbors bill. Senator Burton
brand Of craftsmanship is the cheap
est kind The Florida legislature is
filed with his kind at every session
men who are willing TO stand in
the way Of progress upon the plea
that they are saving the taxpayers
money. The rivers and harbors bill
was cut from $50, 100000 to $2O,-
100000 Thus Senator Burton will
claim that he saved the people of the
country $50, 100000. But the boast
is an idle one. The taxpayers will
not be conscious that they have been
saved anything and the much needed
work on incomplete projects upon
which millions have already been
spent will lapse and the work will go
TO rack and the money previously
spent Will be more than wasted. Sen
ator Burton is we'll informed man,
and was chairman of the rivers and
harbors committee for many years
while a member of the House, but he
is possessed of a large bump of ego
and in addition is full of prejudice
against the South, and to cap it all
he is a hidebound republican. And
all of these had their part in his de-
termination to defeat the BILL
Orlando Reporter-Star.
The Star supposes our FLORIDA SEN
ators and the other democrats who
stuck to their guns feel like lazarus
However, Larazus probably felt more
like man than those who toadied
to Dives.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

ed, and sending many wounded
ashore. But the most noteworthy
Feat Of the Germans is the sinking by
their submarines of three British
cruisers in the North Sea. There
can be no doubt of this, as it. is Off
cfally reported by the British gov
eminent. This disaster to the Brit
ish navy will offset the victory Of a
few weeks ago, off Helgoland On
the whole, the kaiser's navy is Civ
ing very good account of itself
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23
German ChivaIry

" House searched, everything in
order good people, spare Them
inmates absent, spare house. .'hus-
band is soldier in the field, spare
house
''Such chivalry is practiced by our
soldiers toward an absent enemy.
Town whose inhabitants did not rise
against US, are enjoying the fullest
security And Landwehr men, billet
ed upon the inhabitants, sit before
their doors and chat with them, aid
them in their work, or play with
their children and think doubtless,
of those they have left at home. Such
are the Germans off here in hostile
country, good natured and ready 10
| help.
Certainly it was not the will OF
our soldiers that death and fire
should hold carnival in the houses Of
civilians What they did they car
answer for, and so can the German
nation answer for its sons bearing
themselves with honor in this coun
try
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

Though the bulk of the German
xs&ry is bottled up in the Baltic, it IS
by M means a negligible quantity.
The lively German cruisers, that
some how or other keep the open
sea, have not only destroyed a NUM-
Der of British merchantmen but in
same cases have accounted for war
shTps. There is good reason to be-
IIeve that the Germans have defeat
I'D me Russians in the Baltic, as g
gambler of the cars warships have
returned to He1singfors badly batter.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

The war department inspectors of
several New York infantry regiments
reported that in some regiments the
rifles were found rusty and dirty,
there had been no training in bay
companies below the prescribed min
imum, instruction in small-arms fir
ing deficient and property records in
complete The Star will bet they
won't report that way about FLORIDA
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

The United States is giving the
cunstitutionalist government of Mex
leo every change to make good. If
ff does so, all will be we'll, but if the
carnival of disorder that has held
fuH sway in that country for the last
four years goes on, American troops
viii go to- Mexico again, and they
VIII remain.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

"A prominent American returning
from Europe speaks in terms of high
praise of the kindness shown in yHol-
land to our people, many of whom
were stranded there for weeks. The
war is very severe on Holland; it has
gsrzppled her industry and impover-
Ished her people to. an extent Amer
leans can't comprehend
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23
DEMOCRATIC TICKET


General Election November 3, 1914
For United States Senator:
DUNCAN u. FLETCHER.
For Congressman, End District:
FRANK CLARK.
Tor Commissioner of Agriculture:
w. A. McRAE.
For Justice Of Supreme Court:
IT. w. SHACKLEFORD.
w. NJ. ELLIS.
For State Senator, goth District:
GLENN TERRELL.
For Representatives
w. j. CROSBY.
w. T. HENDERSON.
For Tax Assessor:
ALFRED AVER.
For Tax Collector:
~. L. COLBERT.
For County Treasurer:
JOHN M. GRAHAM.
For County Commissioners:
W.. ID. CARN.
J. T. HUTCHINS.
WALTER HUFFMAN.
N. A FORT.
s. r. PYLES.
For Members School Board:
G. S. SCOTT.
TB. r. BLITCH.
J. s. GRANTHAM
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

THE Columbia State harmoniously
confines truth and poetry when il
SAYS. The song of Dixie is fifty-two
years old and an eternity young"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

The destruction of or the damage
TO the cathedral at Rheims is one of
the evils of war. But the death of
any one of the good men killed in
sight of the spires was a greater dis
asLer to humanity.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

Times have changed since Adam
blamed his downfall on an apple. A
peach is the fayorite downfall fruit
these days-Orlando Sentinel.
Who wants to stand up all the
time, anyhow?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

Editor Powell says Rooney, of
Ocala, is the "doingest" commercial
secretary in the state That's high
praise, because Powell knows the
game Tampa Tribune.
Rooney sure is in high favor with
all progressive men and papers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

Villa is Booked to make tri-
a1nphaI entry into Mexico City to-
morrow. If he is wise, he will keep
= big bunch of his trusty braves
Ground him.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

Pope Benedict says that Europe is
returning to its condition at the
time of Attila. If Attila had been as
educated man as Kaiser Wilhelm,
the Europe of his day would have
been spared many of its tragedies.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

Nearly all the Americans who
were in Europe when the war broke
out have returned. Those yet on
the other side of the ocean are re-
manning there from choice, not nee
assity.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23
Attack Hospitals

Beyond all doubt this F'ranc-Tir-
eur warfare against us was organic
ed. Otherwise it would be impossi-
bic to explain the uniform character
of the mutiIations, attacks on field
hospitals where physicians, the
wounded, and even the nurses fell
victims of these predatory rascals.
''In EtaIIe the priest was caught
distributing arms. In Clermont, on
the other hand, the priest tried in
vain to dissuade the citizens from
listening to the mayor, who was CIV
ing them arms and ammunition, and
instigating them to ambush the Ger
mans. But even where the people
fired from the rear upon our columns
as we marched thru, we only storm
ed and burned the houses from
which the shots were fired. In Herbe
F'lorion and other villages there are
houses standing between others that
were burned down. On their doors
are written in chalk such words as
these:
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23
Guaranteed Security


wehr men marched into the country
of the enemy with the same order
and discipline they maintain on the
drill ground Wherever we came we
guaranteed to the inhabitants secur-
ity for life and property; We were
waging war with the armies Of the
enemy, not with civilians.
Now what happened in Ba;tice,
Clermont, Herbe, Fleuron and other
Belgian places was, with singular
similarity as follows:
The inhabitants let the Germans
march in, received them with cring-
In superfluous quantities. and then
fell upon them at night 1t goes
without saying that every murdered
German was avenged. Where the
murderers could be caught they
were brought before a court-martail /;
and if their guilt was evident, they
were shot or hanged.
'All this was done in perfect or
der. How. far the self-control of our
troops extends was proved to me by
an example only day before yester-
day At the entrance of the French
| fortress of Iongwy, just captured,
saw German soldiers bringing in a
troop of Franc-Tireurs, quite old
fellows, and among them a few-com-
mon thieves scarcely beyond the
| SchOOl-boy age
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23
Given Fair Trial


What did these menu demand
ed. an officer.
They put on Red Cross scarfs,
then went upon the battlefield and
mutilated our wounded. We caught
them in the act was the reply.
Why did you not beat, the scoun-
drels to death at once?'"
We dare not do that They
must he brought before a court-mar-
tial'
1.-The reader should know what
was the character of this mutilation.
The eyes of our wounded, lying help
less upon the battlefield, were cut
out with knives. But this was not
by far the most cruel thing these
beasts invented. Old and young
men and women were caught as hy-
enas of the battlefield; and they re-
ceived their reward.
cat Wise sixteen year old girl
was shot because she was caught
mutilating our wounded. There is
no mercy for such deeds and there
can lbe none.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23
WORST SIDE OF THE WAR

A great many stories having been
circulated of the cruel treatment of
Belgians and French by German sol
diers, it is only fair to give the Ger
man side of the story, as set forth
by the Berlin correspondent of an
American newspaper:
"A cry of Indignation has been
called forth turnout the world, :"
writes w. Scheuermann, Berlin
war correspondent who accompanies
the German general staff, by the
Germans so-called cruelty In all
countries that get their war news
thru English and French sources
stories of German barJarism are re-
peated. 1t is, therefore, dourbly the
duty of a war correspondent who can
speak of what his own eyes have
seen, to report what he can answer
for before the forum of historic
truth
ST have spent days in the worst
Franc-Tireus regions of Belgium
and France. My impressions of the
horrors of war were obtained at Bat
tice, where the fighting between
Franc-Tireurs and our soldiers went
on for days Instead of fiourishing
village one sees there today charred
ruins.
|, Will Never Forget 1t
81 saw things there that I shall
remember as long as / live. / passed
thru a village that was quite burned
out, where only a few German land
wehr soldiers were standing guard
no other living being visible any
where. But when l came to the door
way of a house that had fallen in,
saw in what probably had been the
| living room a white haired woman
with a kitchen knife raking in the
| debris. Her face was like a gray
stone, and her eyes were fixed as in
death In a front garden, which
had been scorched by the flames, 6
woman in a black dress was crouch
ing and weeping l never heard any
body weep like that woman.
i 1.-The sound of it will ring in m.
ears as one of the most terrible ex
!, periences of my life.
Gwen 1.-The petty losses of propert,
are painful to see. AT one place
/ blue enameled child's bedstead peer
: out of the smoking debris, still file
with its scorching mattress and PHI
1 lows. A curse and thrice curse III
S on those who caused all this miser.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-23

For them there is no punishment in
this world sufficient And when they
the cause OF this desolation, this lat
ter SANDER. shameful as il is, does
not weigh much in comparison with
what they actually did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
PREVENT PASSAGE
 OF EMERGENCY BILL

Washington. August S.-Two demo- cratic senators-Pomerene of Ohio and Salisbury of Delaware-prevente the passage tonight of the emergency bill to admit to American register foreign built ships less than five years old to facilitate American overseas traffic during the European war. The measure was about to be put on it's passage when Senator Salisbury, whose amend ment had been defeated in committed reoffered it, demanding a roll call Thehe was no second to the request, whereupon Senator Pomerene made a point of no quorum. When quorum could not be found the Senate adjourned until Tuesday.
 Senator Saulsburys amendment would have required that at least 51 per cent of foreign built ships ad- mitted to American register be owned by American citizens. An amendment by Senator Jones to permit the Pres
 ident to remove restrictions against foreign ships which pass through the Panama canal touching at points on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts was l, adopted. Another amendment accepted would give the American Red Cross the right to charter any ship and fly the American flag
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
Suits Filed

F. w. Marks Construction company has filed suit in the city court against the Congregation Emanu-El, In which the company claims $3000O. The complaint alleges that the above amount was due on March 1, 1914, for service rendered. and that it is still due and unpaid Other suits were filed as follows:
 Rachael Sanders, administratrix of the estate of Mitt Hill, Is. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, $10,000 dam ages claimed for the death of the inte- state.
 Louise Lockridge vs. Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company, $1000O damages claimed for alleged personal in- juries
 Davie Waves pro ami vs. R. l.. Houlihan, $1O00 damages claimed for alleged wrong ful arrest and Imprisonment.
 Verere Di Carlo vs. Alabama Fuel and Iron company, $50O0 damages claimed for an alleged assault and battery.
 Giovanni Di Carlo vs. Alabama Fuel and Iron company, 5000 damages claimed for alleged personal injuries.
 Mrs Susans Ellis vs. A. P. Wells and the Wells company, s5000 damages claimed for the alleged use of abusive language by the defendant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
MORE NAMES HEARD FOR EXCISE PLACE
 ID SUCCEED AGEE
Wilkinson's Term Also Ex- pires in September-An- nouncement on Subject
 Expected Soon

It is anticipated that the governor within the near future will announce the appointment of chairman of the Jefferson county excise commission.
 The terms of w. c. Agee. chaf,ma, and w. b. Wilkerson, associate mem Der of the commission. expire in Sen tember It is thought that the an nouncement of the extension of tbeir terms or the appointment of their suc- cessors will be made before the con clusfon of this month
 It Is generally understood thai Mir Agee and Mir. Wilkerson will apply for reappolhtment or remain in a recep- tive mood. For the position of chair man, on account of gossip to the end that MT. Agee might fall of reappoint ment, there may be several applicants. IL mas been said that the governor has heard favorable reports concerning John B. Rosenstihl. and that. at one tune, he was inclined to appoint him. Since then w. M.-Drennen as the prob able appointee, has been mentioned. yesterday for the first time it was reported that the governor might name Lee Cowart, who is immigration com missioner of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
ID SIGN WADUCT
 CONTRACT TUESDAY
Expect Representatives of Railroads and SlOss Con-
 pany to Be Here

Negotiations are now under way for the actual signing of the viaduct contract by the city officials and the officials of the three corporatios interested in the construction of the big bridge. It is said to be probable that officials of these three corporatons-the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company, the Louisville and Nash vile Railway company, and the South ern Railway company-will all be in Bir- mingham next Tuesday and their sigma lures attached to the document
 The document itself has been drawn up complete as has been agreed to by all sides. in the negotiations of the past sev- eral months. If arrangements cannot be made for the signing of the document here by all parties concerned, the sigma lures of the city commissioners will be attached and the document mailed to Washington and to Louisville for the sig natures of the other parties. It is otated that there is no probability whatever of any more delay in the signatures being attached to the document
 As soon as it is signed the contract for the work will be awarded and actual construction begun. The city has agreed to pay 2b per cent of the cost and the remainder has been apportioned between the three corporations. The big bridge will be seven or eight blocks long and will cost approximately s200,O0O. 1t is stated it will take from six months to a year to complete it.
 It will probably not be known until to- morrow whether or not all of the sigma lures will be attached to the contract in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
NO DISTRACTIONS
 ON TIE SIDEWALKS People Must Find Some Other Way to Protect
 Lawns, Says Eagan

Property owners within the confines of
 Birmingham must find means other than
 wire netting for protecting their lawns
 from the depredations of childhood and
 careless pedestrians. Chief Martin Egan
 of the police department has issued or
 ders to the effect that Instructions which
 might cause pedestrians a fall to the
 sidewalk must be removed. The chief s
 letter to the officers follows:
 ITO all scouts and patrolmen. You are hereby notified to remove or to have removed all wires or other ob- structions placed on sidewalks to protect parties who have these Instructions on their own property just off the property line that, for their benefit. you would advise that they remove same, as any one who might fall over these obstruc- tions and injure themselves would prob- ably sue to recover damages for such in- jury.
 your attention and see that these ob- structions are removed from the city side walks.
 Scouts in all precincts are expected tc | give this matter special attention ant report in writing thereon. MARTIN EAGAN, Chief of Police.'' | Chief Eagan said last night that his | department, of course. could do nothing | where such Instructions were placed or | the property of an individual, but tha | the officers were merely instructed t, advise people to remove such obstruction. for their own good. In the event an ob 1 struction is placed just off the prop
 erty line, the officer is instructed to re move it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
PLANTERS WORRY
 ABOUT LOW PRICES
Greenville Man Says Many of Them Will Have to
 Sell Cotton Early

The planters If south Alabama who have raised an excellent crop of cotton are distressed in that the European war promises to cause a slump in prices, and are full of praise in that President Wilson prevented the jingoes from casting Amer ica into war with Mexico.
 A statement to this effect was made Thompson of Greenville, who will repre- sent Butler county in the next session of the legislature. Mir. Thompson has recently completed tour of south Ala bama.
 Crops in the southern section of the state,n he said, "are very fine. In re- cent years no better cotton has been grown. Corn is abundant. Until the de- farmers were happy. At the present time they are blue
 'The farmer of Alabama who is able to hold his cotton during the existence of low prices Is the exception. Many of those whose fine yields would have made them independent for the year, will be forced to sell for whatever price the mar ket will bring, and as a result will gather harvest of disappointment.
 'The southern farmer, however. is en- thusiastic in his praise of MT Wilson in that by virtue of his policy of 'watchful waiting he obviated a struggle against Mexico"
 In regard to politics, Mir Thompson was reticent He declared that he knew noth- ing in regard to the report that an extra session of the legislature for No- vember was probable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
TO MAKE EXCELSIOR
 AT LOCAL FACTORY
Ground Now Being Broken for Plant at North Birmingham at
 Cost of .S1O,O0O

Ground Is now being broken for the construction of factory at North Bir- mingham to be occupied by the Bir- mingham Excelsior company, just or ganized. The plant will cause an in- vestment of about $10,OO0.
 II. S. Lourie, president. and NJ. K. Lourie, secretary of the new concern, were interested in Birmingham through the Chamber of Commerce. They came here from Springfield. Ill. There will be market for the entire product of the plant in this city. it is stated. es- pecially in the mattress factories of Birmingham, which heretofore have been buying much excelsior away from Birmingham.
 The new plant is to be located at Twenty-seventh street and Fortieth avenue, North Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
DETECTIVES BUSY
 ANSWERING CALLS
Number of Negroes Are Ar rested on Charges of Bur-
 glary and Grand Larceny

The police and detective departments were kept on the jump yesterday ah- swering burglary and grand larceny calls. Officers Brown and R. G. Williams cap tured Chatham Blount, a negro. and placed him in the city jail. on a charge of burglary and grand larceny. It is alleged the negro broke into the residence of Mrs. Evans, 143O Eighteenth street, south. No property was taken, due to the quick work of the officers.
 Brown and Williams effected another capture and placed J. b Jefferson, a negro, in jail charged with grand larceny. Jefferson Is said to have purloined 500 empty cement sacks from the Baldwin Cement company. The sacks were recov- cred
 Officers Moser and Garner captured Margaret Lockhart, a negro, the charge of burglary and grand larceny. She is alleged to have crawled through an open window of the Colored ', oinans s club at Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street for the purpose of securing $1S which was resting under a pillow. She Is said to have secured tn emoney, but 1t remained in her possession but a short time, the officers relieving her of it's care ana placing her Tn the care of the city
 Maxie Taylor, negro, was arrested by Officers "Posey' Taylor and Pittman on the charge of burglary. Taylor, it is claimed, broke into the tailoring shop of l.. A. Cain at sos Eighteentl. street, north, and took severar pairs of trousers, some shirts and a sum of money. The officers recovered the clothes, but the money had disappeared
 All of the negroes arrested put Tn wig orous disclaimer sof any knowledge Of the crimes they are alleged to have com mitted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
Harpooned Big Shark
From the New York Sun.


 Dover, Del.-To harpoon a shark in the Delaware bay with weapon hastily con- structed from a section of bamboo fishing rod and a slasp knife was the experience of William Maag, clerk in the Dover postoffice.
 He and his companions were fishing in a rowboat when they noticed that the bait ed hooks and sinkers of their lines had been snapped off. Maag said that shark was near by and he began to shape the crude harpoon. A few minutes later the sharp appeared less than 20 feet away. Maag threw the harpoon The sharp leaped from the water and then headed for the boat. Maags companion rowed desperately and pulled out of danger. Then began struggle that continued for a quarter of an hour. The sharp finally died from loss of blood. The mems cap ture weighed 26o pounds and measured seven rect.