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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

That very we'll known and highly
respected citizen of Gainesville, Col
onel John B. Dell, is dead. He pass
ed away on the 21st, and his re-
mains were inferred in Evergreen
cemetery, Gainesville, Friday after
noon. Colonel Dell was born in
the now extinct town of Newnans-
vile, Alachua county seventy-six
years ago. He served in the Second
Florida regiment during the war.
He was a planter, and the discovery
of phosphate on one of his farms
made him we'll to do. He served two
terms in the state senate and two in
the lower house. He leaves a wife
and five children, most Of whom
have friends in this city.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

was poor public policy and a miscar-
riage Of justice for some one to try
to induce the grand jury to indict
the said juryman for being particeps
criminis to the theft we didn't COM
nit. This supposition doesn't exact
ly fit the case, but it comes nearer
to it than the Journals, which neg
lects to state that there were two
sets of thieves after the Illinois
watch, and about the only difference
between them was the size of their
wads
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

king is no more entitled to 10y
altyft than any other man, but by the
time king has been Ringing it
awhile he begins to look upon 10y
atty as his special right and be care
less about giving any loyalty in re-
turn. This disposition becomes so
engrafted in a reigning family that
it thinks loyalty to itself is part not
only of law but of religion An in
stance is shown in the Morgan fam
lily, where the devoted loyalty of
Mellen was accepted as matter of
course by the sire and thrown away
by the son. It's best not to have any
reigning families and not to render
any other loyalty than founded on
personal friendship and reciprocity.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

The Lakeland Telegram 1ntimates
that Congressman Frank Clark was
not in earnest when he introduced
his bill reducing the pay of members
of Congress. You evidently do not
know Frank Clark, dear brother, He
is noted for earnestness in every
thing he kes.-Gainesville
Sun
Mr.. Clark wouldn't dare introduce
"A bill if he hadn't been ready and
willing to stand back of. it. How
ever $500 year is not too much
for a good Congressman, and any
price is too much for bad one.
Frank Clark is as good as any Of
them and much better than a great
many.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23
COLEMAN

Sumter County Times: Miss
Dora Weese of Ocala, came Wednes-
day to visit Mr.. and Mrs. G. B.
Tankersley. She returned home
Friday.
Mrs Walter Brinson and children,
of Oxford, came up Saturday, to be
with Mrs. Brinson's father, Mr.. Hall.
Mrs. w. H. Brown and two bright
boys, Harold and Wallace, of Ocala,
are visiting, Mrs. Browns parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Condrey, on
Warm Springs avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Crenshaw are
the happiest people in town, all on
account of a sweet little baby girl
that came to their house Monday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

Suppose that some one should pre-
sent the editor of the Star with a
gift in the form OF a watch. After
carrying the watch for few months,
IL develops that the watch was stol-
en-. Will Editor Benjamin contend
for a minute that, because he was an
innocent receiver of the stolen watch,
he ought to be permitted to retain it
after the rightful owner had proved
that 1t was stolen ?-Pensacola Jour
nal.
No, sir; We wouldn't. But if We
were put on trial for stealing watch
snat some other person had given
us, and one of the jurymen said he
didn't think we should be found
guilty of theft, We would think it
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

Did you know that under the Bry-
an primary law the ballot you cast
will be labeled with number cor
responding to a number on the bal
lot tax and that on that tag your
name will be inscribed for future
reference? Better go slow on those
prediction promises. Me-
tropolis.
What do you suppose would hap
pen to an election officer who allow
ed the ballots to be. inspected by
candidates and the public generally ?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23
WILL BE OPEN NEXT WEEK
Ocaia Business College VIII be
Owned and Conducted by
Veteran Educator

As viii be seen by his quarter
page announcement in this issue.
Prof. L. E. Eigle, who has been in
the city for the past several days.
has bought the OcaIa Business Col
lege and will open the same Monday
afternoon, May 25th.
Prof Eigle is not a young man
neither is he old. except in exper-
fence in school and educational
work. He came 10 Ocala and invest
ed some money ana now has come to
stay. He has. ample anchors" out
in Florida to hold him down and
feels that he will soon merit the con-
fidence of the public. Mr.. Eig1e has
a neat little home at Pomona, 16
miles from Palatka. He also has
property at Brooksville and in the
northern part of Marion county; he
has a wife and six children and one
grand-child. He intends to secure
small tract of land on the edge of
town, where he can build a home
and cultivate the soil
In his announcement and in his
talk to Star reporter, Mr. Eigle
says he wants to show the people
what he can do before asking them
for money, and this will certainly ap-
peal to all fair-minded persons and
assure them that he has confidence
in himself and what he can do for
them. If, after attending his school
for a month, they are satisfied he is
have their money.
Prof. Eigle was for several years
elected superintendent of the Lyons,
Iowa, public schools, and gave per-
feet satisfaction. He was connect
ed with state teachers institute
work in that state and officers of the
county, the institute and the state
university speak in the highest
terms of his ability, his push and
energy and tact in the instruction of
the youth under his care.
Prof. lEigle has had wide exper-
fence in the conduct of business col
leges and with the staff of assist
ants he will gather around him, as
the growth of the OcaIa Business
College justifies, this section of Flor
ida will have a college of which it
will be proud.
The Star welcomes Prof. Eigle to
Ocala and whatever discouragements
the section may have experienced in
business colleges in the past, he i'm
presses us as being both able and
determined to make his venture here
success.
The college is located in the third
floor of the Commercial Bank and
occupies that entire floor, is we'll
equipped to carry on the work, is
we'll lighted and we'll ventilated.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

r. Hudson Burr and y. \. Bitch
will succeed themselves as railroad
commissioners without opposition.
In fact they will not be voted for,
but will be declared the democratic
nominees by the state committee 1t
is TO be hoped they will, now that
they are safe, make some effort to-
ward enforcing the long and short
haul law enacted by the last leg1s-
lature- News.
They may be safe from the people
for two years. but the railroads are
always on the job.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

The Ocala Star is real chesty be-
cause it claims that in Ocala you
get more TO eat for % cents than any
place in the state. Baled hay or
velvet beans?-Clearwate Sun.
We will give you all you want of
either for nothing, Powell; and a
drink of as good stuff as you had
with you tne-1ast time we saw YOU
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

Z That neat and nifty cup machine
OF the ocala National Bank is not
only a great convenience for it's pat
rons, but is dIing missionary work
Men who are never known to drink
water elsewhefe are tempted by this
pretty and CONVENIENT apparatus to
occasionally t ike swig of the nat
ural beverage
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

If the railroads of the United
States must raise rates or go broke,
where are they finding the immense
sums of money they are spending in
carrying on the publicity campaign
that they are waging in trying to OBJ
tain the said raise?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23
Penrose republican,. Pilchot

>Penrose republican. Pipchot pro-
gressfve~ and Palmer democrat were
nominated for United States senator
other day. Penrose is the spokesman
on whom the mantle of Boss Quay
fell, Pinchot is Teddy's forest reserve
pet and Palmer is the man who
ought to have the office
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23
BIG BARGAIN IN LAND

4 tract of 40 acres of good pine
land one mile north-towards Ocala
from Montague station on the 4.
c. L. Railway; unimproved. Best OF
watermelon, cabbage and gardening
land. Apply at Star office for further
information 5-6-dw If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

Mellen has given testimony of ire
mendous weight in favor of govern
ment ownership of railroads. If the
government should borrow money
from the people in order to take
over the railroads, the stock couldn' t
be juggled in Wall street or swap
ped for other stock in wildcat lines.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

The city council of Bushnell has
entered into contract with H. E.
Way to establish an electric light
system for the town, the same to be
In use in 100 DAYS
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23
GOING AWAY THIS SUMNER ?

II so, insure your baggage against
loss by fire, theft or wreck in hotels
or steamers, on trains, docks, plat
forms Or wagons. Rates extremely
low. E. ". Osborn. Holder. Build
ing 5-19-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

What's the matter with turning
Rooney loose to get UP another 4th
of July celebration. He made a rip
roaring success out of the last one
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

Col. Robert w. Davis, conceded to
be one of the most eloquent speak
ers in Florida, will take the stump
for Claude L'Engle
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

Look at the Giobe-Wernicke filing
cabinets at The Murray Co. 21-3t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-23

The college is located in the third
floor of the Commercial Bank and
occupies that entire floor, is well
equipped to carry on the work, is
we'll lighted and we'll ventilated.
Evening journal., 1914-07-17
ar TILE MAJESTIC.

I'm Search of the Castaways," from
the celebrated novel, THE Children
of Captain Grant" by Jules Verne, is
the picture attraction at the Majestic
Theatre today.
In filming "In Search OF the Casta-
ways, the spectator is carried from
South America TO Australia, thence on
to New Zealand, through a series OF
bewildering and exciting events. In
cident is piled upon incident in a
wealth of variety that IS almost stag
gering, and the incidents are such as
are dear TO the hearts of all sorts and
conditions of picture-goers, because
they are full of intelligent excitement
They provoke thought just as surely
as they fire the Imagination; they are
as healthy as they are striking. The
narrative follows the book very close.
iy and is a masterpiece Of the film art
Evening journal., 1914-07-17
mother NEAR DEATH.
father IN PRISON
Mrs. George Brown, Parent
of Three Children, Swal-
lows Poison in Tablets
MAY BE SEQUEL OF
FAMILY TROUBLE

Mrs. George Brown. aged "a years,
mother Of three children IS IN the Della
ware Hospital suffering from poison
which she took IN tablet form on We'd
.nesday. There is slight chance for her
recovery. Mr. Brown, the husband is
serving term of one year at the work
house on a non-support charge His term
will expire the last of this month
Mrs. Brown, who lived with her moth
er, Mrs. Joseph Salter at No 1922 Clay
mont street, was not removed 20 the
hospital until yesterday morning al
though IL was know that she had taken
three tablets of poison the day before.
The first intimation that any of the
family had of Mrs Browns attempt
at killing herself by poison was We'd
nesday morning when she began vomit
ing. Her mother asked her what was
the matter and what she had done She
told her mother of taking the tablets.
The mother, who became somewhat hys-
terical, went TO the telephone TO call
the family physician who however, was
not IN his office at the time Mrs. Brown
continued TO vomit all through the day.
Through some cause or another no other
physician was called but il is under.
stood that several calls were made for
the family physician, who could not be
reached, however So long as the young
woman continued 20 vomit it was believ-
ed by her parent that the poison was
emanating from the system. Wednes
day night Mrs Browns condition be-
came worse and yesterday morning DR.
II. W. Briggs was called in attendance
As soon as he arrived he ordered that
she be sent to the hospital The PhoeniS
ambulance was sent for and the girl was
taken TO the Delaware Hospital. Here
every effort is being made TO save hei
life. The hospital authorities, however
today held little hopes for her recover
ing owing to the fact that the posor
had been at work for over "a hours.
Brown the husband, whose term vii
expire this month. was sentenced to the
workhouse last October, and since hi
confinement the wife has been receiving
SO per week for the support OF herself
and family
Evening journal., 1914-07-17
ARMY WORMS CROW
FAT ON This PASTE

Residents in the vicinity Of Fourth
and Broome streets had the laugh on
one of their number last night, when
he was seen holding a small can filled
with paste made of Paris Green and
water, and in which we're several
worms Of the army family. The resi-
dent said he was trying TO see If the
solution published, for the extermina-
ting of the pest was strong enough.
When discovered he was about dis
gusted with the formula as several Of
the worms had wriggled from the
paste and were crawling out of the
can.
After being informed that the Paris
Green was supposed TO be eaten by
the bugs on grass. the citizen sprin-
kled his lawn. This morning he was
forced to admit that there was some
improvement. In the meantime he is
receiving the iibes of his neighbors.
Evening journal., 1914-07-17
"THE ESCAPE" ATTRACTION
AT PLAYHOUSE NEXT WEEK

Tomorrow will be the last OppOr-
tunity to witness the photoplay film
of "The Lure" at the Playhouse,
where it has attracted wide atten-
ton as one of the most true-tO-life
stories ever depicted upon the stage,
or cameraized upon a screen. George
Scarborough, the author who, but re-
Gently was in the employ of Uncle
Sam as a special agent in tracking
down white slaves, has a number OF
arrests to his credit, as we'll as the
direct cause of the breaking up of
many gangs.
"The Escape" founded on Paul
Armstrong; famous eugenic drama
of the same name, is to be the at
traction for the week of July 20 at
The Playhouse. This seven-reel
photoplay ran for four consecutive
weeks at the Cort Theatre in New
York City Immediately following the
engagement there of Lauretta Taylor
in peg o. My Heart" The Es-
sape" tells the story of a girl who
was born and reared in an East Side
tenement surrounded on all sides bv
temptations. At home, she works pa
tiently at her sewing machine but is
/ bullied by a drunken father. A gang
! leader" falls in love with her. They
/ are about to be married when a
Young ambulance surgeon. called to
the house to care for her brother who
has Just been injured in a street
fight, warns her about her prospec-
tive husband. She sees the truth OF
this and, on her wedding day, es-
capes down the fire escape. "The
Escape" does not belong in the list
of "sex dramas for il is clean
throughout and keeps absolutely free
from any element of offense. II
contains. in addition to the greatest
police fight scene on record, a most
amazing transformation scene, show.
ing the "sea of life" "The Es-
cane" was staged by D. w. Griffith
the most noted motion picture stage
director in the world at a cost o
about 800, ,0O0
Evening journal., 1914-07-17
court MUST DECIDE
stable LEASE FIGHT

A puzzling case over a lease on a
stable was brought before Magistrate
Gluckman this morning in which
Edna l.. Lofland, owner of the stable
al Nos. 1112 and 1114 Tatnall street,
sued to obtain possession of the
property.
1t developed that there is a special
15-month lease On the property held
by Richard Greenfield. The COM
plainant alleged that the lease speci-
fed that it was held at the option
Of the owner of the property who
could regain possession by giving the
tenant not less than ten days no
tice The lease expired on June 20,
ana the complainant alleges that she
gave Mr. Greenfield II days notice
to vacate.
The defendant, through j. Frank
Ball, his attorney, alleged that lC
/ days notice was not sufficient, but
that his client should have received
three months notice, and as this haC
net been given he should remain in
possession of the property until next
| June 25. Mr.. Ball said Mr.. Green
field had offered to pay rent for this
period, but the owner refused, want
/ ing immediate possession of the prop
| erty. After hearing several wit
nesses the magistrate reserved his
decision until next Tuesday.
Evening journal., 1914-07-17

MEXICO CITY. July 17.-Senora
Huerta, wife of the president, fled
from this city a broken-hearted wom-
an. She left with her children and told
friends that she never expected to set
foot on Mexican soil again If she
reached a foreign land in safety
and was accompanied or followed by
her husband. She had borne up
bravely under the trials of the last
year. The party included Sonora
Huerta and her children. Colonel
Luis Fuentes. the presidents son-in-
law, and his wife; the family of Gen
eral Banquet, the minister of war
the family of General Liberio
Fuentes, father of Colonel Fuentes
Eugenio Paredes. treasurer general OF
the republic; the Aguila family. who
are relatives of Sonora Huerta, and
several close friends. Ahead Of the
special train went two military trains
carrying 500 men, while another troop
train followed
Evening journal., 1914-07-17
BULLETIN BY DR.. WAGNER
ON School ATTENDANCE

Public School Attendance Of Della
ware Children in the Years Of 1872
70. A Study and An Appeal" by DIT.
Charles A. Wagner. Commissioner Of
Education. has been issued in pamph-
&C., rorm and is now being distributed.
II sets forth Bulletin No. 1. extracts
Of which were printed in these
columns. setting forth statistics
about the public schools. the attend
ance and cost Of maintaining Della
wares public schools It's object IS
TO arouse interest in bringing about
a better attendance in the schools.
as Or. p P. Claxton, National Com
missioner Of Education. says that
Delaware gives its boys and girls
but 96S days of schooling" This is
equal 10 So years Of school attend
snce Of a term as long as the aver
age in New Castle county.
Evening journal., 1914-07-17
BEGIN FIGHT FOR MRS.
CARNAN'S RELEASE
Court Today viii Hear Bail
Application For Murder
Suspect
VACATION PT A.a,,,ivED
TO RELIEVE HER MIND
Bv The United Press

By The United Press
NEW YORK, July l7.-Charged with
manslaughter in the first degree in an
indictment found by the grand jury az
Mneola, Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman
today in her cell eagerly awaited the
convening of the Superior Court, when a
determined effort will be made 20 have
her released on bond. Friends by the
score have come forward in behalf of
the woman accused of causing the
death of Mrs. Louise Bailey, offering 20
20 on her bond The total of the
amount offered amount 90 S000000 Dr.
Carman, her husband, said.
When the Superior Court meets this
afternoon the formal report Of the grand
iurv will be submitted. Mrs. Carman
will be arraigned, IL was said, as soon
as the Jury reports to the court She
will plead not guilty. her attorney said
TODAY. and an application for release
on bail would be made az once. The
| lawyer expects this request TO be grant
ed at once.
Dr. Carman announced today that
lust as soon as Mrs. Carman ia released
he would take her away ON an automo-
Il Die Illl OF n NlNiiN = NNANNANNf ~ mum
her forget the horror of the past two
weeks.
District Attorney Smith today re-
fused TO discuss the case until after a
formal report of the grand jury Is
made He stated, however, that he
would not oppose any effort to obtain
/ Mrs. Carman's release on bail.
"That would be cruel and inhuman,"
he stated
The maximum penalty for first degree
granddaughter In Nassau county "a
term of twenty years in the pcniten
tiarv. Second degree manslaughter is
punishable by ca term Of Imprisonment
not 10 exceed fifteen years, or a fine OF
not 10 exceed $1,000, or both"
Mrs. Carman's second plea to the
grand Jury 10 hear her story was re-
fused Yesterday after long wrangle
Many of the Jurors, IL was said, had
tears in their eyes after reading Mrs
Carman's plea.
Evening journal., 1914-07-17
WILMINCTONIANS Spend
SUMMER IN MOUNTAINS

Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Schutt,
their son, Charles Porter Schutt, and
Mrs. Schutt's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Porter, of Michigan City, In
diana, will leave tomorrow for Sky
land, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge
Maintains, where they have taken a
cSSin for the summer. Mr.. and Mrs.
Porter have been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Schutt for the past two weeks
in this city and will remain with them
in the mountains the remainder of
the summer. Skyland is 1000 feet
above the sea level, in a beautiful and
rugged country. nine miles from
Luray.
Caleb NJ. Steward and family and
former Congressman Charles S. Ian
dis and family also are spending their
vacations at Skyland.
Evening journal., 1914-07-17

that the watch had been used as evil
dence in the case before the court, but
remarked that the lack of the watch
at the trial made it necessary for him
to ask many additional questions TO
establish the fact that the watch
found belonged to Glielmi.
The part of the evidence in which
the watch figured was where it vas
alleged that Glielmi's watch had been
found in the cellar of the house in
which Bruno had been arrested, az a
spot where Bruno had been standing.
When this point arose in the trial. Mr..
Chaytor was unable to produce the
watch to be identified, but was COM
PEELED to show by several witnesses
who we're present in the cellar when
the watch was found that II was
Glielmi's watch. Mr.. Chaytor is posi-
tive that the watch was never turned
over to the attorney generals Office.
Evening journal., 1914-07-17
URGE ]. T. HEAbY
FOR A. 0. H. OFFICE
Delaware Lodgemen Go To
Norfolk With This Object
In View
MANY DELEGATES
IN THE PARTY

Members Of the Ancient Order Of
Hibernians in this State are deeply
interested in the forty-ninth biennial
convention, which opens in Norfolk,
Va, on next Tuesday. For the first
time in the history Of the order. Della
ware will have a candidate for ma
tional director. state President John
e. Healy will be the candidate and
his name will be put in nomination by
James F. McIvor. State chairman of
history.
The terms Of the national directors
in New Jersey and District of Colum-
bia expire this year and President
Healy would be the members of the
national board from the Atlantic
coast line States Those from Della
ware who will attend the convention
will be: State President John E
Healy, State Vice-President John
Moynihan, County President Edward
J. McElwee. Mr.. and Mrs. James F.
McIvor. James Hines, Thomas Spal-
lane and Thomas Brennan.
The delegates TO the Ladies' AuXil-
! iary convention will be- Miss Mary
V. Lowell, state president; Miss Mary
Killroy, county president. and Miss
Amelia Gormley. The delegates will
leave here on Monday afternoon over
the B. & o. railroad for Baltimore
and then by steamer to Norfolk.
Much interest is centered in the
election Of officers, as the terms Of
the entire board expire this time
National Vice President Joseph Nc
Laughlin. Of Philadelphia, is a can
didate for National President. Nor
folk has been making great prepara
tions for the convention. Vice-Stat'
President John T. Flood was the
main advocate for Norfolk and woI
out at the Chicago convention.