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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
NATIONAL SUFFRAGE
CONVENTION

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 12.-Of
the ssues W hich will come before
the annual convention of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage
Association, which opens here today,
two promise to b ecome bones Of
contention. The first is the question
of the federal amendment vs.. States
rights, while the second ic that Of
the suffrage measures which were
placed before the Sixty-third Con"
crosses Another guarantee Of ex-
citemcnt is the fact that there are
several places on the national ex-
ecutive board to be filed. The free
dom of the State will today be ex-
tended to the women of the conven-
tion by Governor w. B. Hooper.
Mayor Hillary Howse of Nashville,
Mrs. Crozier-French, president OF
the Nashville Suffrage Association.
The predictions have been that the
meeting would be spirited one,
with the fight commencing this. the
first day, when Mrs. Medill McCor-
mick will read her report as chair
man of the congressional committee.
The National Association stands for
the Shafroth amendment, which pro-
vides for the submitting of the ques-
tion of woman suffrage to the voters
in each State by initiative petition,
while the Congressional Union.
which the national calls its "preco-
cious and rebelliOus offspring"
backs the Bristow-M -Mondell amend
port before the convention, the ad-
vocates for the different measures
will be able to Jump right into the
ring" This is the first year the
convention has been held in the
south. which is considered as a tri-
umph for Southern conservatism and
the dea that the South is Anti-suf-
frage Among the prominent wom-
en- present are Mrs. Rosika Schwim-
mer. of Hungary; Miss Jane AL
dams, Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait,
Mrs. Cyrus Field, Miss Zona Gale,
DIR. Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. Ern-
est Thompson-Seton and many 9TH
ers whose names are we'll known in
suffrage circles throughout the coun-
try, and it is said only Montana and
Nevada conceding suffrage, the
women are rallying and preparing
active campaigns to be carried on in
other States particularly in New
York. The convention will last un-
til Nov. II, when the closing even
ing will be devoted to suffrage en-
tertainment. The program will con-
sist of an unpublished friendship
village story presented by the au-
thor, Zona Gale and a new seven
reel suffrage moving picture play.
produced for the national associa-
tion through the iniative of Mrs.
MediH Mccormick.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
GREATEST IN THE
HISTORY OF FLORIDA

jacksonville, Nov. 12.-H. G..
Wenzel. Florida passenger agent
CLYDE Steamship Co., who is now
travelling the Northeast and particu-
Iarly tho New England States in the
interest of the winter tourist move
ment, writes that an unusually
lar.e number of people will visit
Florida this season. Throughout
the entire Northeast" writes Mr..
Wenzel. traffic men are extensively
advertising Florida. depicting the
beauties of the scenery, the splendid
climate, the magnificent hotels, and
also. the opportunities which Flor
ida offers to the homeseekeI, as well
as the tourist. Florida is being ad-
vnrtised in the North more exten-
siyelv than ever before. AS matter
of fact. transportation men have lit
tla else to advertise since traffic and
travel to Europe has beer blocked
by the war. Therefore, numbers OF
TRANSFORMATION companies cave con-
centrated their efforts in one move
ment-to cause tourists to come to
Florida for the winter. of course.
have met some few who say that
neople will hold to their money and
THAT the tourist season will be poor
this season, but, judging from what
7 have personally seen, ] do not hes
itate to say that this will be one OF
the greatest tourist seasons in the
/ history of Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
ESident
hpudently
| By Negro
HEADED A COMMIT.
] CALLING ON HIM
tGARDING SEGRE-
EATON OF NE
GRO RACE
Int Told Committee They
Lid Have to Secure a
kw Chairman Before
He Would Listen
to Them
Ry Associated Press.)

|By Associated Press.)
lin gton, Nov. 12.-President
while receiving a negro del
today who came to protest
the segregating of races in
ernment departments, object
E tone adopted by the spokes-
|. NJ. Trotter. of Boston, and
committee that if it called
again it would have to get a
kirman. The president add
|he had never been addressed
manner since he entered the
House.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
War In Mex;
Villas Army
MarchingOn
CarranZa'S
TIL E AGUAS CALIENTES
CONVENTION HAS
ORDERED THE
MOVEMENT
President Has Not Yet Fully
Determined When U. S.
Troops Will Be With
drawn From Vera
Cruz
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Nov. I2.-Villa ia
heading an army marching south to
attack Carranza's forces at Queho-
taro. Official advices today said tho
Aguas Calientes convention had or.
dered the movement Gutticrez has
taken the oath as provisional presi-
dent and the Aguas Calientes con-
vention has declared Carranza, the
deposed chief, in rebellion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
Wreck On Florida
Southern Due To
Turned Switch
(By Associated Press. /;

Washington, Nov. 12. The
turning of switch by an unknown
person caused the wreck of all Ala
bama Great Southern railroad train
near Livingston. Ala, Sept. 1S, ac-
cording to the report to the inter-
state commerce commission by the
chief of the safety division. II. W.
Belnap. Ten persons were killed and
forty injured in the wreck.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
pm BALL IN NEW YORK

ork, Nov. 12.-The South
ety OF New York has ar
% give a cotton ball" al
rorf this evening, and tick
boxes have been in demand
announcement was made.
ct is to popularize the use
fabrics and thus increase
mo Tor cotton. 1t has been
that every lady wear a
made of and trimmed with
aterials, and silks will be
pom unfavorably in the fam
room of the Waldorf to-
ne decorations Of the room
nctly Southern in character,
pm both in the boil and in
mas been largely used. The
VIII be devoted to replen-
lie relief fund tha. the So
,ntains, or assisting south
ho may be in distress. The
'ne committee who had the
cnarge included many men
en- prominent both politi-
socially in New York,
Ton and cities of the South
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
T 10000 ACRES TO
GROW CAMPHOR TREES

bnville, Nov. 12. Two new
the Florida grower to cul-
he raising of camphor and
bpineless cactus, have Just
bueht to the attention of B.
;, secretary of the Jackson
al Estate Exchange. He
lat 10000 acres have recent
purchased in Clay county,
eeh Cove Springs, for the
of ultivating the camphor
a similar grove has also re-
|een visited by Mr.. Butts.
located near Satauma, Fla. ,
Btrates the fact that the
em to do we'll in the sandy
ertain sections of the State.
after grove a secret process
to secure the valuable eX-
With regard to the spineless
I is stated that the product
thought of among the cat
of this and other States. A
ls been received by the real
ody, forwarded to them by
Board of Trade, from a
a neighboring State. The
eads in part as follows:
re planting in Mobile, A Ia,
fteen acres of s pineless cac-
e are planting in Pollard,
mt acres of s pinelcss cactus,
p lanting in Blountstown,
p acres of spineless cactus
ct to o pen a b ranch office
pnville about the first of De.
We want to p liant an acre
8 close in at Jacksonville,
Id thank you to put us in
1th a real estate firm that
either buy or lease from
nm of five years one acre OF
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
TURKISH TORPEDO
BOATS CAPTURED
(By Associated Pres.

London, Nov. 70. The Turkish
torpedo boat which escaped from the
has been captured
off Tenedos on the Asia Minor coast,
according to an Athens dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Co.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
SHELL PENETRATES
HULL OF CRUISER
lnxx Arrooiafod proha
(By Associated Press.

Petrograd, Nov. ia dispatch
from Constantinople says a shell
from the allied fleet bombarding the
Dardanelles penetrated the hull of
the cruiser Gobeot at the water line.
inhicting serious damage.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
Cattle Disease
Communicable
To Human,
tBy Associated Press.)

Washington, Nov. l2.-The de-
partment of agriculture announced
today that the foot and mouth us
ease. raging among cattle, was com
municable to h umans but lis effects
were rarely serious. The depart
ment recommends the use of pas
teurized milk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
PRESIDENT, AWAITS
(By Associated Press

Washington. Nov. 12.-President
Wilson today awaited further news
concerning Mexican conditions be-
fore determining the date of the
evacuation Of Vera Cruz. Since all
Mexican factions have agreed to
American guarantee demands, it is
believed that the troops will soon
start home.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
(by Associated Press

London, Nov. 12.-It Is reported
in the House of Commons lobbies
this afternoon that three German
cruisers were sunk in the Pacific.
The report is unconfirmed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
Cruiser Tennessee
y Reports Cruiser
N. Carolina Safe
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Nov. 2.-The
cruiser Tennessee in the Mediter-
ranean reported early today that
she had been in wireless communi-
cation with the cruiser North Caro-
line yesterday and that ship was
safe in Beirut harbor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
!By Associated Pressl

Berlin, Nov. ~. (Wireless-A
Turkish official statement says the
Russians have been completely de-
feated on the Caucasian frontier af-
ter two days fighting.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
u. D. C.. Reflect
Mrs. Stevens
PreSident-G
lBy Associated Press. J

Savannah, Nov. Mrs. Daisy
McLaurin Stevens, of Brandon,
Miss, was reelected president gen.
eral of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy at the general convcn-
tion here today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
ON LEFT WING
FIGHTING IS FIERCE
(Rv Associated PreSs.)
(By Associated Pr

Paris, Nov. 12.-An official
statement this afternoon says fight
ing on the left wing continues with
violence. The battle front shows
little change since Nov. 10.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
CAPTURED MOHAM-
MEDANS TO SERVE
IN TURKISH ARMY
tBy Associated Press.

London, Nov. u. An Amster-
dam dispatch says the Kaiser has or
dered all Mohammedans captured
from the allies sent to Constantine
pie to serve in the Turkish army.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
SIX BATALIONS OF
AUSTRIANS ANNI-
HILIATED
(By Associated Press.)

Nish, Nov. 12.-SiX battalions of
Austrian infantry, with quick firing
guns, which crossed the Danube
near Szorovo Nov. 8, have been an
initiated by the Servians, according
to an official announcement here to-
day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
GERMANS DYNAMITE
BRIDGES
(By Associated Prcts)

(By Associated Prcts)
Sasvangent, Holland, Nov. 12.-
German engineers today dynamited
the Leopold canal bridges in the
northwestern part of East Flanders.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
FRENCH STEAMER
FOUNDED; II LIVES
nv Associated Press.

London, Nov. IA Havre dis
patch to Lloyds says the French
steamer sDuchesse DeGuiche foun-
dered in the Havre Roadstead dur
ing a gale and eleven persons lost
their lives.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12

The extent of the tomato crop i'll
and around Detroit is given as 500
acres.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12

Far OF zeppelins is said to be
many departures from Lon
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-02
More Legislative Figures.

The St. Adams Messenger has col
lected statistics showing the fire.
quency of legislative sessions, time
limit if any, number of bills intro
duced, pay of members, number of
legislators and total expenses of the
session for each state in the union.
Thirty states have a time limit to
their sessions, ninety days being the
longest and forty days the shortest
time given for enactment of laws.
Vermont is the only state that has
no limit, either on the length of it's
session or amount of salary paid.
While thirty-six states had more
bills introduced only three other
states have a larger number of legis-
lators than Vermont. Connecticut
had 293 members, Massachusetts
$50, New Hampshire 4O5 and Yer
mont 273. In only eight states hav-
ing biennial sessions did the legisla-
ture cost more than in Vermont.
These were California, Illinois, Iowa,
MdTylduO, MlCulSdus M1nA0SOId, MIS-
souri, and Ohio. Massachusetts and
New York have the most expensive
legislatures and they meet annually
and cost $461,OS8.O4 and $2,S76,-
194.52, respectively.
This summary of the records of
other states compared with that of
Vermont shows that Vermont law
makers take too much time and cost
too much money for what they &C
complish. With this record before
them we believe that the member
of the incoming legislature who pre-
sents at the first opportunity a joint
resolution, either limiting the length
of the session to sixty days or the
total compensation of a member to
$500 for the session will be max
ing creditabl history for himself and
Vermont. We would prefer the lat
ter limitation because that would
not force an adjournment when i'm
portant bills awaited action.
Efficient work and a close appli-
cation to the business of the session
is Vermont's strongest demand on
it's lawmakers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-02
That St. Johnsburx School.

A St. Johnsbury contemporary
announces that the so-called
Summer Street school properties
in its town have been re-
built at a cost slightly under
$4,000, and goes on to say that
''to offset this the town receives aid
from the state to the amount of
22,6O9.21." The Messenger frank
ly admits at the outset that it does
not understand the exact detail I'M
der which state aid is given, but it
can't help feeling that St. Johns
bury has done very well by itself in
connecting with such a big amount.
Rebuilding a school at a cost of over
$4,000 savors a good deal of put
ting up a new building, in effect.
Does the state assist towns in build
ing new school-houses or simply in
repairing old ones? The Messenger
understands that current expenses,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-02
Caledonia County Leads.

Caledonia County feels highly hon
ored by the appointments of the gov
ernor to judicial positions. Judge
L. P. Slack by his fearless and in
telligent service as a superior judge,
has honestly won his promotion to
the supreme bench and all Vermont
is confident he will win still further
credit and honor. Being in the
prime of life he will be able to give
the state many years of valuable ser
vice. Walter A. Dutton is known
not only as a good lawyer, but a
citizen of high standing. He too is
a comparatively young man and his
friends believe he will make good
in the high distinction that has come
to him.
By the way, with two members of
it's bar on the supreme bench and
a third a superior judge, Caledonia
County heads the state in the num-
Der of men in the judicial depart
ment of the government. To the
further credit of the county, it may
be stated that it has still more at
torneys who are we'll qualified to
sere as judges in the state courts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-02

that the state owes its first obliga-
ton to the elementary and secon-
dairy school and that all funds avail
able for educational purposes should
be applied to these schools first,
agrees with the commissions con-
demnation of the unnecessary du-
plication among the institutions of
higher education in the state and
endorses the declaration of the Car
negie foundation that the state
should either leave higher education
to be supported by philanthropy or
treat it as a state function entitled
to state support and appropriate
state money only to institutions
which the state controls. This COM
mittee reaffirms its belief that the
university is a state institution de-
that it is not.
In this statement the university
committee shows itself not only fair
but wise. The committee has mar
rowed the issue between the commits
sion and the university to one point,
whether or not the University of
Vermont and State Agricultural Col
lege is a state institution or a pri-
vate corporation. That is a mat
ter of law on which two members of
the supreme court are already in
public disagreement so a newspaper
man can hardly expect to give final
judgment.
In the agreement of the commits
sion and the committee we find an
excellent educational policy for the
state. Let the state first properly
support the elementary and secon-
dairy schools where the great bulk
of the children receive all their
public education, avoid appropria-
lions of state money for duplicate
work in the institutions of higher
education and control those institu-
tions to which the state appropriates
money.
Despite the excellence of this pro-
gram, opposition before the legisla-
ture must be expected. The univers-
ity will ask for appropriations doubt
less as a state institution. The
other colleges will also want state
aid continued. The normal schools,
which the commission has said
should be abolished, may also be ex-
pected at the legislature making an
effort to save themselves. For
nearly a quarter of a century, the
educational authorities and commits
sions of the state recommended
changes in the education of teachers
but the normal schools have always
succeeded in getting the legislature
to give them another lease of life.
So a lively contest may reasonably
be expected but the lawmakers
should not lose sight of the excel
lent program given above on which
the commission and the university
are in agreement and try to bring
about it's enactment into law.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-02

A further and conclusive argument
for supervision of a compulsory sort
is that of concentrating responsible
ity where it cannot be shirked, or
evaded. If the management of the
school is left to a board of school
trustees whose duties in real life
leave them but little time for school
affairs, and whose training does not
equip them for the work, it is plain
that the schools will suffer when con-
trasted with whose which have the
advantage of supervision by a
trained expert, who is held directly
responsible for their success and
who has no other duty which ex-
ceeds this.
This must certainly be accepted
as good argument why the
state of Vermont should have
expert supervision of all it's
schools and the proposition of
the educational commission to
have the state bear the whole
expense of it, makes it easily avail
able for the smaller and poorer
towns of the state as well as in the
larger and more prosperous commu-
mites
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-02

Democratic economy is shown in
the final computation by the appro-
priation committees which reveals
appropriations by the last session of
congress for the current fiscal year
of $1,116,11S,138 as against ST.
O88,678,78S for the last fiscal year.
The actual appropriations for this
year exceed the total estimated rev.
enues for the year but notwithstand-
standing this contracts were au-
thorized subject to future appropria-
tions amounting to $4O,S33, 900.
This makes a very stable deficit in
sight despite our war taxes in time of
peace. The average person will be
slow to believe that the legitimate
expenses of this country have in
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-02
ST. J. & L. G. r. r. REPORT
Good Margin Above Operating Ex-
penses Eaten Up by Interest.


The annual report of the st.
Johnsbury & Lake Champlain rail-
road has just been sent to the stock
holders, exhibiting the result Of the
roads operations for the year end
ing June 80, 1914. The road ex-
tends from ST. Johnsbury to Maquam
Bay, a distance of SO miles, and is
operated by the Boston & Maine,
who own a majority of the stock in
this Vermont corporation. The
gross income was $412, 583.84, an
Increase of over $1,000 from the pre-
vious year. The passenger revenue
fell off $4,000, but there was gain
of $4,000 in the freight receipts. The
operating expenses were $780,
327.58, or 1892 per cent of the re-
ceipts Added to this were other
expenses, including a rental of $685.
9O1.89 charged to the Boston &
Maine for rental of equipment, and
taxes amounting to SIG, 847.5O.
There was a net income of 81, 436.61
above all expenses. but this is wiped
out by an interest account of $685.
5000, leaving a deficit for the year
of S88,394.31. To this is annually
added the sum of $4,000, repre-
senting accrued interest on bonds
owned jointly by the Boston &
Maine and Boston & Lowell.
The report contains some inter
esting comparative statistics Of the
past two years. During the year
1S6,357 passengers we're carried as
against 191,756 the year previous.
Exactly 335, 900 tons of freight were
transported as against 334, 1872 the
year before. Each ton of feright
carried averaged a return of II
cents. which is one cent more than
the road received the year before.
The gross operating revenue per mile
of $3,945.92 was only a few dollars
more than the year previous, but
the operating expenses per mile were
$3,S62.54, as against $3,1O6.82 the
years before. The cost of the road
is reckoned at 1892, 1887 and a
balance is struck on the general ba-
lance sheet by charging up to the
profit and loss account as deficit the
sum of $2,129, 56S.75.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-02

which are the basis for figuring the
state aid, are not supposed to in
clude new buildings And what
constitutes repairing and improve
ments? Can a town pull down a
building to the very foundation and
by rebuilding" come in for state
aid? Perhaps if this thing were
thoroughly explained there would
be no mystery about it, but as it now
stands, it isn't at all plain. Will not
one of the st. Johnsbury contempt
raries or some school authority ex-
plain to the public just what this
item is and how it was arrived at?
st. Adams Messenger.
There is nothing mysterious about
the amount of school money St.
Johnsbury got from the state. AS
the Messenger doubtless knows the
state pays certain per cent of what
a town spends in excess of fifty per
cent of it's grand list for school pur-
poses, the percentage increasing as
the amount over fifty per cent in
creases. St. Johnsbury expends
more than fifty per cent of it's grand
list for school purposes each year
and last year a larger excess than
usual on account of the large
amount of. repair work.
St. Johnsbury expended for school
purposes last year as follows: Re-
pairs on Summer-street buildings,
$37,219.68: other repairs, $686.68;
teaching force, $2O,O21.23; janitors,
$2,177.25; transportation, 3d.
611.38; books and supplies, ST.
272.O2; water, $4,000; tuition,
$8.542.OO; flights, $22S.S7; fuel, $3,-
O58.O7; printing, stationery and
postage, $123.1O; general, 3d.
953.48; lot bought of Raymond
Gage. $59S.75. A total of $751;
632.51.
Seven thousand, three hundred
and fifty-four dollars of the above
was a new wing to one of the Sum-
mer Street buildings. We received
no state aid on this expenditure. All
sources than that which is raised by
the town is also subtracted from
current expenses. We received this
year from the state public school
funds as follows: Account of ex-
cess of SO per cent of grand list,
$17,962.57; account of transporta-
ton, $9O2.85; account of advanced
instruction, $1,358; account of
trained teachers, SITS; account of
legal schools, $9OS.49. A total of
$21,3O9.91. State portion of super
fntendent's salary, $1,000.