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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05
EXPECT TO WIN

Secretary Rooney went to Gaines
vile yesterday afternoon, to meet
Representatives from Gainesville, Pa
latka and Hawthorne in reference to
the Palatka, Gainesville and Ocala
train. ALI four towns are standing
pat and expect to obtain the SEIZED
ule
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05
OPEN ALL NIGHT

The Merchants Cafe is a first class
place 20 take your meals. Open night
and day. ]. r. Dewey, proprie-
tor.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

I carry only the very best material
for replacing broken parts OF all
kinds of timepieces. ]. Charles
Smith, jeweler. S-3-tf
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BAND CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT

Mr.. Condor informs the Star that
THE band laid out very fine pro-
gram last evening, and will render
it at the usual hour Friday night.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05
MEETING OF GOVERNORS
BOARD OF TRADE

The board of governors of the
Board of Trade will meet tonight at
the Board of Trade rooms at 8
O'Clock.
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DR.. d. NJ. Boney, eyesight special
list; Office and laboratory 20 Gary
building. A speciality of correcting
vision where others fail. 7-25-tf.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

DIR. w. X. Lane-Specialist, Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat. Office, Law
Library. Building, Ocala.-Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Preserved figs, pints, 35c. H. w.
Walters at Court Pharmacy. 7-31-6t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

quite a while and then refreshments
were served. The affair was thor
oughly enjoyed by the large number
OF guests present.-Orlando SEN
tineI
Mr. and lIrs Thrower are we'll
known in Gala and Mrs. seHars will
be remembered here as Miss Nell
Lyles of Berlin, daughter OF the late
]. W. Lyles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Stevens re-
turned several days ago from a six
weeks visit to their sons, Messrs.
Henry and I. V. Stevens in Lake
land
Col and Mrs. Fielder Lang, who
| have been guests Of their son, Mr..
Louis Lang and family for several
weeks, left yesterday for Bradford to
visit a daughter en- route to Georgia,
for a stay Of some length before re
turning TO Miami.
Miss Maud Lillian Little is visit
/ ing in Belleview this week, the
! guest Of Rev. w. T. Evans family.
Miss Ellen Stripping expects to
leave soon for visit to Aiss Ethel
Lamb at Womhington Springs. ~
| -H
Miss Ellie. Tremere, the Star S
charming and clever correspondent
at Belleview, was intown today AND
| paid the Star a pheasant call. ~ 4
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

DR.. P. P. Pillans returned to Or
lando this afternoon after a brief
ISL 10 his parents, Mr.. and Mrs ].
e. Pillans at Electra and brother
Mr.. l.. H. Pi1lans and family in this
CITY At Hot Springs, Ark, where
ne has been spending several weeks
szs1d en- route home DIR. Pillans, who
is, city health officer of Orlando, stop
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Miss Ellie. Tremere, the Stars
charming and clever correspondent
at Belleview, was midtown today and
paid the Star .a<p1easant call. ~
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

News yesterday from Bishop and
Mrs. Cameron Mann of Orlando an
uounced their safe arrival in Eng
land. They left for Europe several
weeks ago anticipating an enjoyable
2scJourn, but the war may cause them
E7o GBturn earlier than they had plan
ned. and their trip abroad will be
confined to the British Isles.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Miss Ellen Stripping expects to
leave soon for a yisit-to AIiss Ethel
Lamb at Womhington Springs.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

MIR. Brant1ey Weathers returned
yesterday from Lakeland, where he
Hotored Sunday with Mr. Stephen
Jewett in his Ford. Mr.. Jewett will
visit his brother, Mr.. Sanford Jew
sit and family until the last of the
week.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Miss Doris Murray, who was a
popular winter guest at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. G. K. Williams, is
now enjoying a delightful visit to
friends in Mitchell, North Dakota.
Miss Murray will return to OcaIa in
October and her arrival is being an
Gieipated by a wide circle of friends.
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Dr. and Mrs. J. Lee Kirby-Smith
and little daughter of Jacksonville
left hast night for Chicago, Ill.,,
where the former will spend several
weeks taking a postgraduate course
and the latter will go on to Burt
Lake, Mich, to visit Mrs. Kirby
Smiths mother, Mrs. H. L. Anderson
II her summer home.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Mrs. B. X Thrower was hostess
last evening to a large party in
honor of Miss Veda Bell, of Way
cross, Ga, who is the guest of Mrs.
j. NJ. Sellars. Rummy and other
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Miss Maud Lillian Little is visit
ing in Bellaview this week, the
guest Of Rev. w. T. Evans family.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Clyatt, Mrs.
Misses Ernestine Brooks and Ruth
ErVine leave tomorrow for Franklin
N c., to spend the remainder of the
aHmmer. The party will be joined
I'm Jacksonville by Mrs. Kreger's sis
ter, Mrs. Arthur Clark and son.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

Masters Robert Igou and Roy
Bowers are on the sick list today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-05

j. p. Phillips of Ocala, with his
wife and family, is still here greatly
enjoying himself and meeting old
friends every day-West Palm Beach
Sun.
Evening star., 1914-07-14

to adopt measures cooperating with
the public health service in ways that
the service cannot manage for itself
The adoption of city ordinances will
be a local legislative function that
the service cannot accomplish. But it
Will recommend rat-proofing ordi-
nances, garbage and refuse ordinances
and sanitary regulations of food ware
houses. stables. bakeries. warehouses
and other places. 1t will also suggest
the proper notification of local authorities
and Inspection of suspicious illnesses or
deaths. Then the local administration
will he asked TO impose and maintain a
quarantine against rats. both incoming
and outgoing: TO provide rat-proofng for
public and private wharfs and railway
warehouses: periodical distnfection OF
ships and for laboratory examination Of
rodents.
The plague is endemic In every CONT
nent in the world" warns DR.. Creel. and
in practically all countries. excepting. pos
sibly. those of continental Europe. In
our own country any laNty of sanitary
surveillance of the endemic centers on
the Pacific coast will result in the broad
cast spread of the disease. This will
| apply to all endemic centers. II is ques-
| ton of eternal vigilance.
When plague has once gained a foot
| hold in a country the cost Of sta mpins
| out the infection will be many times ths
| expense attendant upon the eradication
of any other epidemic disease. The tol
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Creel. Estimate Of the rodent popula-
tion Of the United States. as equal to the
human census. he. comments. would prob
ably be a rat underestimate. In Porto
Rico. Hawaii and the Philippines. where
cane fields are overrun with rats. the
rodent population is probably several
times the human population. Denmark.
France, Germany, Great Britain and Ire
land estimate one rat to each human by
authoritative count.
The annual upkeep per rodent gauged
by their destructiveness. is authoritativeIy
computed as $50 in Great Britain. 81 ~
IN Denmark and 81 in France Com
plants made by American farmers lndl-
cate that their depredations i'll the United
States will exceed the estimate of the
damage in Great Britain One-half cent
a day for each rat is regarded as con-
servative estimate Of the damage done
by both urban and rural rat
On this basis the annual loss figures
out $1e7 .0oO.o And a ratless country
seems almost Utopian. But much can
be accomplished by a concerted and Weii
sustained nationwide crusade against the
rat. similar to The Stars "swat-the-hy
campaign in the opinion of DR.. Creel
determination of rats is not nearly so
easy as fly destruction. An adult rat
will. on the average, produce young six
times yearly. and from six to twelve
Young in each litter.
So. plague eradicative measures in New
Orleans, to be put in practice by Surgeon
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breeding are brourht about"

breeding are brought about
"Deratization'-which means to rid q
certain area OF rats. in the vernacular of
the public health service-is to he ac-
companied by efforts at depulization-
ridding a certain area OF f1eas. Disin-
fectants. insecticides. sanitation and
"depulization" Of domestic pets is relied
upon to accomplish this result.
In the delineation of the infected zone.
the public health service will make rigid
inspection of the human dead from the
hubonic plague: the human living. those
i'll with plague and those under suspicion
as infected and of contacts to human
and rodent cases, Prevention of the
spread of plague TO other communities
and uninfected parts of New Orleans
divides itself into two departments of
endeavor. To prevent humans from
CARRYING the disease away. possible in
lection will be stamped out by disin-
lection OF the individuals home and
clothing In recognized cases of plague
infection of others will be prevented by
isolation of the patient. Suspicious cases
will be similarly treated.
Migration of the rat is to be prevented
so that he will not spread the plague
along his journey. Sewers. the rat high
way, will be blockaded. Ships will be
guarded. nor will railway trains be lost
sight of as one of the conveniences for
rodent perigrination.
The local authorities will be urged
Evening star., 1914-07-14
PLAN WALK TOMORROW NIGHT.
City Parks Embraced in Wander
lusters' Hike" From Capitol.

brsced in a hike which the community
wanderlusters have arranged for toner
row evening. This outing has been plan
ned especially for thoee folks who are
afraid 10 make too long a hike IN the
evening when they don't know 5ust
where they can get the cars II they
become tired.
The rendezvous is to be the east front
of the Capitol. from which point the
start will be made promptly at O'Clock
r. n. Oatman is to be the leader.
Through the Capitol grounds the mixers
will walk to the Botanic Garden.
thence through the Mall, part Of Poto-
mac Park and then the Monument
grounds. From this point they will 'hit
the trail through the White Lot. endinz :
at Lafayette Square.
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Characteristic Home Scene.

characteristic scene in the queens
home life occurs on those rare occasions
when she and the king have a leisure
evening After dinner the queen busies
herself with some charitable needlevork
a hile the king reads aloud His majesty
II may he sad, is as good reader as he
Is = speaker. On other occasions. if
the Young princes are at home. the leisure
evening is passed with music. Princess
Mary PLAYS nicely and the Prince of
Wales sings we'll Prince Albert prob
ably adds a sailors yarn and the king
lives his MILDLY days over again
The queen is an excellent mother Her
children do indeed rise up TO call her
blessed She Was in and out of the
nursery at all hours during their infant
days. made careful choice of their nurses
and maids. and. their opening minds
began to grasp the facts and things
around them, she delighted to see them
taught by kindergarten methods. but
never allowed their minds to he forced.
She SuperIntended their studies while
Young. and even after they had passed
TO the charge Of governors and tutors
the Young princes and princess learned
ties from visits with their mother TO
art galleries, museums and historic
euiidlnGS. She was their best guide on
Such occasions. and sometimes the de-
SPAR of the official guides; she ask ed
50 many unexpected questions
On one occasion the guide of a pub
lie institution was driven to ask leave
10 nut down The queens questions and
send the answers next day.
Evening star., 1914-07-14

and makes it her business to know per-
sonaIly every servant employed in her
various homes. She Is particular that they
have hours OF leisure and recreation and
pleasant airy rooms for sleeping and sit
ting in. In many ways Queen Mary uses
her great influence to promote the duties
of home life. and. she is herself the best
exemplar. L. H. MOORE
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FIGHTING CARRIER
. OF BUB0N|C PLAGUE
Relentless War on the Rat
Fami|Wby the Public Health
Authorities.
PLANS IN new ORLEANS
FOR COOPERATE EFFORT
National and City Forces to Combine
for determination Of
the Disease.

The public health service has under
taken to suppress bubonic plague, in
New Orleans. The rat menaces the
physical we'll being of that city.
of all the parasites that have their
being in and around the habitation of
man. saws DR.. r. H. CreeI, passed as
sstant surgeon of the public health
service. the rat has less to justify it's
existence than any other. AS devoid Of
any redeemins traits as the fly. which
has been the subject of nation wide
sanitary crusade. the rat is a greater
pest because of its depredations and
it's possibilities for harm and perpetua-
ton of bubonic plague in a commu-
nifty;
sion campaign undertaken by DR.. Ru-
pert Blue. surgeon general of the pub
lie health service. to restore health
and tranquility to those whose homes
are in New Orleans. war is declared on
the rat The rat must be exterminated.
Ten experienced rat catchers have
been called from San Francisco, where
| they have done wonders in exterminat-
| of that city against the spread of bu-
bonic plague. With them come more
expert specialists in rat catching. men
who will direct the war. an assistant
inspector and foreman. Even now
the war is on.
Primarily Disease of the Rodent.
Plague is primarily a disease Of rod
ents. and secondarily and accidentally a
| disease of man." says Dr. William Colby
Rucker, assistant surgeon general Of the
public health service. MANS safety
from the disease lies in the exclusion OF
the rodent and his parasites. II there be
no rodents there can be no rodent para
sites. and for all practical purposes the
carrier OF the disease from rodent to
rodent and from rodent to man. The
eradication of bubonic plague therefore
means the eradicate Of rodents"
The squirrel. westward of the Rocky
mountains. and, in Asia, the marmot. are
rodents incrimnated in the responsibility
for bubenic plague-but it Is the rat that
is the dominant factor. The mosquito Is
to blame for the spread of malaria and
yellow fevers. the body louise for typhus:
but the flea h only particeps criminis to
the malevolence of the rat
No rats. no plaque" That Is the
slogan that will animate the campaign
in New Orleans. But determination of
rats Is no mean undertaking. A census
taken of them in San Francisco indicated
that this rodent population was slightly
in excess of the human population. In
was about even.
Is Commercial Drain.
The rat is an everpresent and continued
commercial drain. In the language of DR..
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Rat Starvation One Remedy.

Rat neutrality-suspicious. Of a condi-
ton Of hunger where poisions look to
the rodent like dinner party-is only
to be accomplished by keeping food out
Of reach This includes the proper dis
posal of garbage and the effective pro-
lection Of food from the rats forage
expeditions. BY starvation. rat multi
plication is also reduced.
THE starved and evicted rat COM
ments Assistant Surgeon General
Rucker. "harried from place to place by
the incessant warfare against him. re-
mote, unfriended. melancholy has small
chance of multiplying. If deratization
has been attempted by a simultaneous
systematic attack on tho rats home and
food supply. conditions unfavorable to
Evening star., 1914-07-14

The rat is an everpresent and continued
commercial drain. In the language of DR.
Evening star., 1914-07-14
An Excellent Housekeeper.

One must not forget that the queen adds
20 her other virtues and accomplishments
that Of being an excellent housekeeper.
She is nethodical and punctuaI in all her
arrangements, and rarely availS herself
Of the lady privilege TO change her
mind. She breakfasts punctually at ?:;'
am and her first duty is the passing Of
the menu f"r dinner. in conjunction with
the king Her mornings are generally
taken up With CORE espondence and the eX-
animation Of the household accounts
Her secretary receives instruction for re-
plies to the number of letters which come
y by every post.
Lastly. ths aueep u q model mistress,
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Of human life may vary according to local
conditions, but always the commercial
prejudice against a plague-infected port
and the expenditures for eliminative mes-
eures will result IN heavy financial drain -
Evening star., 1914-07-14

proofinE'' are regarded as the most valu-
able anti-plague measures. IA ratproof
house will not fall from plague is the
thought Of Assistant Surgeon General
Rucker. Concrete has been found to be
the best material for this purpose-cheap
and Of unauestioned permanency. Foun-
dations. Easements and hoorings of con-
crete are the best defense against rat in
vasion that has been discovered. Gal
vanized iron Is useful only as tempo
rary makeshift
Evening star., 1914-07-14

General Blue. will be concerned princi
pally with rat determination. Besides.
Of course. there will be delineation Of
the infected zone and measures for pro-
vention Of the spread of the disease
Plague preventive measures will be
recommended to the community. which.
1t is anticipated. in view of the intense
assurances given of local cooperation.
will be carried into effect by tho au-
thorities.
Use of Poison Ehicacious.
The use OF poisons to kill Off certain
percentage OF rats has proven emca-
cious In the hands of the public health
service at San Francisco and will be ap-
piled In New Orleans. Phosphorus is one
Of the best death agencies Of this char
acter. although there are others almost
equally deadly. Traps. while the rat has
become wary Of them. afford opportunity
for examination Of rodent prisoners or
their corpses for laboratory determine
ton of their infect1ousness. In abat-
toirs. stockyards. food markets and pro-
vision warehouses;. the club. and fire.
arms and even knives prove effective
weapons.
The cat. the dog and the ferret will
enjoy parts in the warfare on rodents.
Even the snake. the owl and the weasel
can be enlisted against the rat. their
natural enemy. and to some OF them
source of food supply.
Destruction of rat habftations and rat
Evening star., 1914-07-14
Five O'Clock Tea children's Hour.

4 few years hack : O'Clock tea was
known as the ''children'S hour" The
wing never missed lea with his family
N he could help IT. and ali the children
were there with mother. even to the
baby. After Lea games were pIayen
and now TOYS shown aud discussed
and IN" day lessons talked over with
N" Fld.f children The Prince of
Wales Wa fond ~ relating history
StorItS. they Wer" his faVoriIe studies
ON" day his crandfather King Ed
uard had joined the children's hour
81 Marlborough House and asked his
eldest grandson what he had been
reading The story Of Perkin War
beck. was III" replN who pretended
70 be Of royal descent. but really was
porn OF respectful BILE parents" The an
ward
The "children's hour" is Stjll a fea-
fure "f the queens home lfe though
different IN character. now that the
eldest prince Is twenty and the Young
est nine Those home from school and
travel stIll hnd :. O'Clock tea. as Of
OF reunion with thetr parents. hut nov
II Is talk of cricket matches sporting
episodes and VOYAGES and travels
abroad. and an occasional public func-
ton. which enlIVens the family tea
table instead Of nursery games.
queen Mary IL extremely fond of dane
ing. and takes part with delightful en-
soyment at the court balls.
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HIIERrA ni.erf ,II !.

Washlngto a s,TiI q. ST & O.
stcnight Wash hzngton time tk ~ AIexIs
eaflRs City iInarta had MT c0mnanliis s
Gated any intentions at com
with President 1llscii Cer9al
iDnFEng s the day he aSlsed fcF SSf
assts,anres that tie United Etata
would return his salute
This was pxcnnstl IL gu8a allii lbs
word went tO tdexico 81 itg tIsat q 4 81.
'cisiye answer 20 siie 81 Il %
ilYashsne ton government rnetst cons
before Mexico city sslae. ss ~
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Galveston Texas, April IS Re-
|ceIyed g.2e p. Fu,l American Charge
QsShaug Embassy nc Mexico City and
Foreign Minister Portilio y Ro1as
Went into conference at ! O'Clock this
-aftcrhboa. according 10 information re-
ccfyed by eaDle here. wliscS had not
concluded At S O'Clock. 0alyeSs0n time
a direct telegraph wire sss:SSss.s Calves
ton 70 Warrington has been arranged
cable mesa ges relating 20 the Tainpico
situation. &,
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Passea Eev, gyeat.

diylsinH Of the. Atlantic feet or the
United States navy, bound for Tarn5i-
,io' In connection With the American
demand of a salute from the lean
demand OF g salute from the Mexil
lean Federal forbes to the United
States flag, passed here at SIX O'Clock
this moraing. IS
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Washington a pFl / 1D. b. Si.i
The battieship 81 6 20 ltii
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MESSAGE R'isOli ,rIIARGgI

ssS Wasiin ton April 10 Es
patch from 0 81 ta-
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40 NEWS All

Washington. April fe. s 40 1.
Bil. iWashington sine) seeretary 8ry-
an announced that he had received rSi
further word from Mexico CITY