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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07
FLORIDA COUNTY FAIRS

The Jacksonville Metropolis most
appropriately says:
Last year there were a great many
county fairs held in various towns
and counties in Florida. This year
there will be many more.
There is nothing like county fair
to encourage the farmers, 10 adver-
tise what the country will produce,
and to educate the visitors who will
come to the state next fall and win
ter.
Go to any county fair in Florida,
you will see as fine hogs, as fine cat
tie, as fine poultry, as fine sheep, as
fine corn, as fine potatoes, as fine hay
and in fact, you will see everything
that grows on the farm in Florida
county fairs.
There is nothing like showing the
goods, when you want to interest
people. That is the most attractive
and convincing way. When a man
who knows hogs sees some of the
| splendid specimens raised in Florida,
he is convinced that Florida will
produce the goods. The same is true
of corn, of hay, tobacco, vegetables,
poultry and all live stock. The people
| will go to see, and when they see
they will be convinced, more sub
stantially convinced than they could
| be by any other means.
County fairs should be encourag-
ed. They should be supported MOI
only by the business people, but by
the public at large, and by county
appropriations In truth, there ISM
a county in the state but can afford
an appropriation sufficiently large tC
support a county fair. 1t would BIZ
an investment that would be return
ed many fold.
Every county in Florida ought tt
have fair this fall or next winter.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

enemy at bay. 1t is not expected to
repel an infantry charge, except with
the aid of the heavy artillery and
infantry of its own force in the in
tervals
If the besieger has the forts alone
to cope with, it is possible for him
to throw his. infantry forward, while
Smelling the forts, with less danger of
humiliation. Then a hail of several
shells a second is striking fort and
and exploding about it, there is great
| difficulty in working the guns, which
are In constant danger of being hit.
Also in the clouds OF dust and smoke
made by the bursting shells, it is
hard for the defending gunners to To-
cate the advancing columns of the
enemy and fire effectively on them.
But 1t is one thing for the beseiger
to march through the intervals and
take the city and quite another to
take the forts. They are as a rule
protected by barbed wire entangle-
ments, intended to delay the charging
infantry and hold it under fire from
the fort and trenches Immediately
protecting the fort.
After the barbed wire has been cut
or blown up by land torpedoes, built
especially to smash such distractions
the charging columns have to pass
over mined ground. The usual mines
are those that can be fired electri-
cally from within the fort which
throw tons of rock and other missiles
into the air. If these barriers are
surmounted, the charging infantry
must overcome a counter charge
from the infantry of the defenders,
entrenched Immediately before the
forts
If the enemy's attackers finally
get at close quarters with the fort,
they find it surrounded by a deep
ditch, thirty feet wide and filled with
water, defended by machine guns
trained lengthwise along the ditch
and by infantry fire from the ram
parts Within the fort.
When the Germans come in strik-
ing distance of Paris, they will like
ly attack from the side they believe
to be the weakest. With a powerful
central army to back their forts, the
French will contest every inch OF
ground.
AT the same time, the allied forces
on the outside, will strike the Ger
mans at every point where they be-
lieve they can make impression.
The Germans are Obliged to wiz
soon or lose. Every days fighting
reduces their strength, and like tht
Southern Confederacy, they have
nothing to draw on. But the allie:
have the greater part of France, al
Britain and nearly all Russia, anC
then India, Canada, Australia anC
the isles of the sea. They can ,brins
up men faster than the Germans cal
kill them.
1t is likely that in the next few
days, Paris will be the center of tn
most terrific fighting, on the ground
under ground and in the air, tina
this planet ever saw.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07
SOLID PROSPERITY
IN OUR STATE

Jacksonville Metropolis: From
all over Florida comes reports of
prosperity. There is not a town, or
a county, so far as heard from, but
it is in better condition than at this
time last year. Many of the counties
have issued bonds and are making
improvements on their roads, build
ing bridges, making all kinds of i'm
provements. All sections report the
best crops that have ever been grown
in the state. Crops of all kinds, cit
rus fruits, corn, hay, cotton, tobac-
CO and a large number of other crops
that are grown profitably in the
state
This kind of prosperity is lasting.
1t shows that more people have come
to Florida in the past year than for
merly-chat more people are realiz-
ing the value of Florida land. and
the opportunities of cultivation. 1t
shows that FLORIDA is becoming a
better state agriculturally.
Next year the crops will be better.
That is, there will be a much better
acreage. The success of the farmers
already here will mean inducements
to other farmers to come here. One
man who comes from one of the
other states, and makes a success
here, will write his friends, and they
will come, and they will bring Others
of their friends, and finally, the news
will become so broadcast, that Flori-
da is land of opportunities, that
others and others will follow.
Some of the best stories ever
printed about production in any state
have been and can be printed abou
! Florida 1t has the soil, the climate
and the seasons. Tt is near the grea
markets 1t will PRODUCE anythin:
J that grows in a Temperate or semi
tropical country.
Every man who has made a sue
cess in the state ought to try to in
duce some other man who is looking
for an opportunity, to come here
No greater service could be rendere
a friend-and you could do nothin
that would advance and benefit you
state more.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

Thirty thousand men seems like a
large number to have been captured
at one swoop, even in these days of
excessively large armies, and the
figures looked fishy. The evening
paper, however, raised the rate to
forty Thousand because it made a
more sensational headline, and then
the sensational Hearst papers dou-
ibled the raise and made it eighty
Miami Herald.
If you please, Mr.. Herald, those
figures were in the Associated Press,
also.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

Will the Sunshine City" across
the bay follow the example of its
Russian prototype and change to
"Petrograd' too? But the whole
business of naming a Florida city for
an arctic capital of the frozen north
was an outrageous incongruity any
how.-Tampa Times.
Why don't they make its nickname
its real name, and call it Sunshine
City? 1t would be the same length
as. st. Petersburg and much more
appropriate.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

That man Mcclellan of the Jack
sonville Metropolis, who is a recent
importation from Indiana, is one of
the most inveterate boosters Flor
ida has. Shortly after the writer
came to Florida, twenty-seven years
ago, he ran into a bunch Of people
from Indiana. They were doing good
work pioneering. and some stately
structures of today stand on the
foundations laid then
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

"a kentucky man has eloped with
a young girl, leaving behind his
nineteen children. Had he taken
them along 1t would have been an
excursion and not an elopement.-
Orlando Sentinel.
1t wouldn't have been a pleasure
excursion for the bride and groom.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

The obvious reason why the after
noon papers with morning editions
take service other than the Associat-
ed Press is because they can't get
the Associated Press.-Orlando Re
porter Star.
The Star doesn't see why they
want it, if they can obtain the In
ternational
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

The Orlando Reporter-Star i'm
parts to the Star some valuable in
formation regarding press service
and franchises. Owing to the fact
that the editor of the Star handled
telegraph on some of the biggest
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

Judging by the way they keep the
sea and occasionally gobbIe a Brit
ish merchant ship, those German
cruisers know their business.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

The German ambassador at Wash
ington is a good press agent for his
country. Almost too good. People
reach for the saItcellar as soon a:
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-07

they begin to read one OF his elo-
quent descriptions of what the Ger
man army is doing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-16

Keep the little tot warm
these cold nights with one
of these pretty Crib Blank
cts. They are 36x5O inches
in size and come in a num-
Der of baby designs in pink
and blue. 7E-
Priced at ........ ~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
FIRE LOSS SMALLEST
IN STATES HISTORY

Oklahoma City, okla. June II Al
most one-third of the fire loss OF last
month was caused by lightning, ac-
cording TO a report made today by
c. c. Hammond state fire marshal,
to the insurance commissioner, j. c.
Welch. The fire waste was also the
smallest of any month since the
establishment of the department.
The total fire loss of May was
$50, ,209.54. of which $2S,4a5 was caused
by lightning.
The report shows that the fire loss
from burning trash has been reduced
almost 10 a negligible quantity. the
total waste from this cause during
the month being only s75 The
heaviest fire loss during the month
was due to unknown causes. amount
ing to s34,34312 During May three
persons were arrested for arson Ac-
cording to the report, the Indian girl
who set fire to the Bloomfield Indian
school in order that she might have a
vacation. entered plea of guilty in
the United state court and was SEN
fenced TO term in the state reform
school.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
FOUR DEAD
BODIES IN
ROCK CREEK
GIRL OF 18 YEARS AND
THREE LITTLE CHILDREN
THE VICTIMS
Special TO Daily Leader

Special TO Daily Leader
Sapulpa. Okla. June 11,--When a
passerby saw some clothes on the
banks of Rock creek, on the out
skirts of the city Tuesday night there
began the unravling of a quadruple
murder mystery that has aroused the
entire city Miss Nina Reynolds,
aged IS, and BERTHE, Zulah and vina
Sanders, aged 8, II and IA, respec-
lively, are the victims, their terribly
mangled and bruised bodies being
found floating in deep pool near
their home.
A coroners jury empanelled to in
yestigate the matter held a short ses-
sion this afternoon but adjourned
until 9 O'Clock tomorrow morning
when numerous witnesses will be ex-
amined
Sapulpa is aroused as never before
and talk of lynching should the
guilt be fastened on any one, Is heard
on all sides
Henry Sanders. father of the three
little children drowned, will be an
important witness before the coron-
er's Jury He left his home near the
creek Tuesday morning to go to his
work in this city He said that when
he left home. Miss Reynolds, who was
his housekeeper. had started for the
creek with the three little children
He did not go home last night claim
ing that he went out to an oil lease
to spend the night He is laborer
Some persons who passed the scene
of the murder early Tuesday evening
saw clothes on the bank and think
ing It strange, they reported the mat
ter to Chief of Police Jones. Jones
with some other officers went out to
the scene about 2 O'Clock this morn
ing and secured the clothes but fail
ed to find any trace of the bodies.
After daylight they again visited
the place and found the four bodies
floating in about ten feet of water.
Each boby was clothed in a kind OF
calico wrapper. The bodies were
badly mutilated and showed signs oil
foul play.
II It was a murder there is no evi-
dence advanced today as to a motive.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
EVANS IS TO
SUCCEED CONNELL
DR.. Bynum is Frowned on By
Senator Gore for Saltwater
Head

Chas. Evans, president of Central
Normal at Edmond will succeed Dr..
Connell, as president OF the 4. q
VI. College at saltwater GOV. Cruce
lavors Evans and intimates that the
appointment will come in a few days.
Both Senators Gore and Owens
have been drawn into the controversy
over Connell's successor. Secretary
Houston has to be suited with the
appointment. otherwise there will be
no hope Of again securing the Rand
Hatch farm demonstration fund Of
100000 year. Or Bynum, of Ok
lahoma City, has strong endorsements,
but hei vigorously opposed by Sen
afor Gore.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
KISS WALTZ MAY
GO WITH THE TANGO

Cleveland. Ohio. June ll.-There rs
much mystery concerning the future
of the proposed Kiss Waltz by
Willard +. Chambers, dance hall in
spector Omaha, Neh as the result
of the consideration it received along
with a number of other proposed new
dances at an executive session here
today during the convention OF the
National Association of Dancing Mas
ters. Before the two weeks session
is over the country will know what
it is to dance next winter.
D. G. McLennan, dance expert from
Edinburgh and London, demonstrat-
ed a few of the new continental
dances today, following an exhibition
of the new Twinkle Waltz, by
Thomas McDougal. secretary of the
association. According to Professor
McIennan. the "Tatato" Chinese
dance, probably will win more popu-
larity in this country than any of the
other dances. 1t is danced with
varying arrangements of short steps
and is particularly graceful, though
| entire devoid of gliding movements
Profehsor McLennan also will intro
duce new and modified forms OF the
tango. maxixe and hesitation waltz
that will demand an absolutely up
right carriage and be marked by al
absence of dips and twistings.
| Besides the Twinkle Waltz" othel
new steps are the Contra Temp'
Waltz" and the six-step. ..
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
FILE MOTION
- WEN VENUE CHANGE
Ed. Coyle Says Feeling in Logan
County is Too Strong
Against Him

Setting UP that the feeling against
|W, H. Coyle in Logan county, Is sucn
that a fair and impartial trial cannot
be given Ed. J. Coyle, charged with
completely in the burning of two cot
ton Gins at Crescent on March 10, 1.
C. Horner and p. w Cress, attorneys
for Ed. Coyle, filed petition III DIS
trict court today, praying for change
of venue to Payne county for their
client. The petition is a lengthy one,
covering 20 typewriter pages. the
petition tells of the excitement at
Crescent when an attempt was made
70 lvnch and burn Shaffer, and goes
into detail concerning the so-called
cotton combine in Logan county
Says the petition: "It has been
claimed and represented
Logan county for num-
Der Of years last past that the said IN
terests engaged in the handling OF
cotton and cotton seed products, at
the City of Guthrie, and associated
lines, have been a combination, and
that the said W. II, Coyle was and is
the principal man and leader in SAID
combination" Nothing is said OF Ed
J. Coyle except that he is a relative
,f w. II. Coyle and that the prejudice
against said w Fl. Coyle is such that
fair trial cannot be had for the de-
fendant, Ed ]. Coyle." The public
mind was also inflamed by newspa-
,er reports, over the country says
he petition, and copies of articles
printed are incorporated in the petit
ion
Judge Houston will hear the mo-
ion for a change Of venue on Satur-
lay
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
ROSE DIAMOND
MYSTERY CLEARED
Negro Boy of IL Had Pinchant
for Stealing; Caught By
Police Last Night

-Four weeks ago thieves entered the
house at 62i East Warner avenue, oc~
cupied by Warren G. Rose and took
a quantity of iewelry, among the
articles being diamond ring valued
at $1I5. Both the city police and the
sherifCs office were notified of the
theft and a quiet search was made
for the thieves Several clues were
run down. but the guilty parties were
not found Last week. Mrs Alice
Cordell living at GlS East Warner,
lost lawn mower. The theft of the
machine was traced to VIII Hunter a
negro boy Y years of age who had
been working at the Cordell and Rose
residences, doing odd Jobs. The
Hunter boy was arrested by the city
police last night and after being
'sweated' admitted that he had not
only stolen the lawn mower but also
had taken the diamond ring and other
iewelry from the Rose residence He
had sold the rings for 25 cents each
and told the police where to find
them The rings and the lawn mower
we're recovered today and returned
to the owners. The boy will be tried
in the juvnile court before Judge
Strang Saturday Young Hunter
lives with his parents at 5l2 East
Grant
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
R0BBER
WITH LOOT
IS WOUNDED
MASKED MEN ROB OSACE
BANK OF 500; ONE
IS WINGED

| Special to the Daily Leader,
Usage City, June lin running
fight following the successful hold
ing up of the First State bank here
late Wednesday afternoon, Louis
Connolly, one of the two masked ron.
bers was shot and fatally wounded
The other robber escaped, it is be-
lieved by the use of an automobile
with about 81 800 of the banks mon
ey. The robbery was one OF the most
daring In the long history OF bank
robberies in the Usage. The two
robbers, masked, entered the bank
about 3 O'Clock this afternoon and
covering the two bank officers pres
ent, demanded all the money in sight
which amounted to about $1,000
Cashier r. + Mulendorr and Book
keeper C. NJ jenkins were the only
ones present at the time
Mullendorr threw mp his hands at
the command Of the bandits. but
Jenkins fell to th~ floor behind a
counter one OF the robbers firen
three times through the counter but
failed to hit him
After gathering up the money
which they stuffed into their pockets,
the robbers marched the bank off
cials ahead Of them at the point OF
their guns and started towards the
Arkansas river
As they came out OF the bank. a
merchant Joe McGill, saw them and
grabbing a gun from his store opened
fire, firing seven times at the fleen :
bandits who released their prisoners
and started to run.
One shot took effect hitting one
Of the bandits in the stomach Al
tho edge Of town the wounded robber
staggered into a house and crying
for Gods sake give me water" fell
to the floor fIe told the occupants
what he had done and surrendered
his gun He gave his name as Louis
Connolly and said be lived with his
mother at Pawhuska
The other bandit made his escape
The wounded rObber only had a
few dollars on him as most of tn,
money was taken BY the other robber
Thev ov-rlooked about $1,000 IN th'
bank vault
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
JACK LOVE ISSUES
MANY REBATE CHECKS

Oklahoma City June ll-Chairman
Jack Love of tn corporation commits
sion this week issued checks
10 various shippvrs representing .
total of $4,000 in freight rebates Sc
cured through the commission. The
rebates are being given in connection
with the coal rates on the Rock ISL
and under classified as shippers
orders"
The commission up to the present
has distributed over 100000 in re-
bates representing over charges by
railroads on freight shipments,
Chairman Love stated Saturday
that the commission has been greatly
hampered in making the freight re-
bates BY lack of funds. The legisla-
ture appropriated enough money TO
the commission, but itemized it in
such a way that large balances IN
some funds will revert to the state
treasury at the end of the fiscal
wear. while there is a shortage OF
funds for clerical help where money
is most needed at the present time
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
HEARING ON GAMBLING RAID

A hearing was held today before
Judge Strang in the mater OF the
raid recently made on the lone
billiard parlor A large safe. tables
and chairs were confiseated by the
sheriff during the raid. The articles
taken are listed as gambling para
rhernalia and are in the custody or
the sheriff The property belongs 10
Cal Minner A charge of conducting
n gambling room has been placed
against Minner Further hearing In
the case has been continued until the
29th Of June
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
GOVERNOR ANSWERS
TULSA SUIT

Oklahoma City, Okla. June ll.-At-
torney General West filed demurrers
this morning in the district court in
behalf OF Governor Lee Cruce. Adjn-
'ant General F. NJ Canton and Win
field scott. a captain in the national
guard. in the suit against them by
Il. J. Allison for damages as a result
OF the action of the governor in STOP
ping the races at Tulsa by declaring
martial law
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11

Washington June ll--Railroad
communication between Mexico City
and Vera Cruz is menaced by consti-
tutlonahst forces, Brlgadier General
Funston reports today TO the war de-
partment. All
From sources In touch with the
constiiutionalist agency here II was
learned that the particular object Of
the activity of Carranza's, troops In
Vera Cruz state is to cut off. II pos
sibie, all means OF retreat for Huerta
and his cabinet In case they deter
nine to quit the capital
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11

AT the extreme left of this photo
graph is shown Gen tluerta. now
president of Mexico At his left IL
Gerald Brandon a war correspondent.
now in Mexico. In ,he center show
ing profile view, Is Emilio Madero.
brother of the dead president. and al
the right is Gen villa.
When the photograph was taken
these men We're friends. Now they are
torn by differences which can never
lie forgotten by them villa is the
chief military leader of the consii-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11

tutionalisis. who have vowed to shoot
Iluerta when they take him Madero
is the brother of the president, whom
Huerta. Banquet, and their followers
killed in March year ago, which as
sassination led Immediately to the as-
sumption of the presidency by Huerta
At the time this picture was taken
Madero was commander of the corps
of ruraIes under his brother. Brandon
has no reason to love Huerta since
he has been twice imprisoned by that
official.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
NO RELIEF FROM INTENSE
HEAT IS IN SIGHT

Kansas City, June l1--Clear skies
today over Kansas. Oklahoma and
Missouri promised no relief from the
intense heat. The only rain Of any
consequence fell at Sedalia. No. to-
day, when six weeks Of drought was
broken. This is the 2ist consecutive
abnormally hot day at Topeka.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11

Mazatlan, June II fWireless to San
Diegol Heavy volley firing is heard
on the outskirts OF Mazatlan.
II is believed the CONSTITUTIONAL
lists are advancing for a determined
assault
Tuesday night II was discovered
that the breech plugs OF all the Fed
eral garrison's guns. except one at
Ft Rosaes, were missing
The artillery officer in charge had
ldeeamped
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-11
POLICE FIND LOST CHILDREN

TAO frantic mothers kept the police
busy Yesterday evening hunting lit
tie tots who had strayed from the
parents and succeeded In losing them
selves After an hours search in
which an Of the patrolmen Joined the
children we're onudanangignuat
children we're found and restored 10
their mothers.