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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04
SAFE PLACE TO STAY
australian Liner Likes the Looks of
Gibraltar Harbor

Gibraltar, August 4.-The Orient
p liner Otway, with passengers and
nail from Australia, arrived and
|eld here today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04
HAS SIGNED
NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION

Washington. Aug 4.-President
Wilson this afternoon signed the
neutrality proclamation, pledging
the United States to take no part in
the war
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04
STEAMER FLED
FOR SAFETY
GERMAN BOAT BROUGHT HER
GOLD AND PASSENGERS
BACK TO AMERICA

Bar Harbor. Maine, August. r.
The North German Lloyd liner Kron.
Prinzessin Cecile, carrying $10,000,-
900 in gold, bound from New York.
for Germany, put in here for safety
today. The Kron Prinzessin carries
nearly 400 first class passengers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04
PUSHING ON
To PARIS
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND GER
MANS START FOR GLORY
AND SLAUGHTER

Paris. August 4.-That 100 900
German Troops in three columns are
advancing from Luxembourg to in
wade France ts reported by aerial
scouts. Five hundred thousand
others are ready to follow.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04

DR.. D. NJ. Boney, eyesight special
ist; office and laboratory 90 Gary
building. A speciality of correcting
vision where others fail. 7-25-tf.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04
B|RDMAN'S AIM
WAS BAD
DROPPED FROM A MILE HIGH,
HIS BOMBS DID LITTLE
DAMAGE

Paris, August "A German avia-
tor dropped three bombs over Eune-
Vile from a height of 5000 feet. His
aim was bad and no great damage
resulted.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04

Violin, guitar and mandolin strings
at The Murray Company. S1-3t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04
GALLO NATION HAS
PICKED UP THE GANTLET
FRANCE OFFICIALLY ENTERS into THE DEATH GRAPPlE WITH
HER ANCIENT FOE


waron
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04

For Cement, Hollow Wall Core
System for Si1os, and Residences,
see Ocala Reality Company. next
Marcus Frank 7-2S-6t-dly
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04

London, August 4.-nhe British
government has sent an ultimatum
TO Germany 'tcday, 2eGan ing tnas
German troops be Withdrawn from
Belgium by midnight.
REFUSAL MADE CERTAIN
London, August "A dispatch
from Brussels to the Daily News
claims tha- it has official fnformat.o2
that Germany has declared war on
Belgium.
GERMANY REFUSES
Berlin, August At is semi
officially stated that Germany has
decided TO reject the ultimatum from
England, demanding assurances o.
Belgium neutrality
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-04
of Greece has declared neutrality
unless Bulgaria attempts to profit
by a general European war.
AS MIGHT HAVE
BEEN EXPECTED
Ottoman Army Will Help Germany
and Austria

Constantinople, august 4.-The
navy were ordered to mobilize today.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
FOREST NEWS.

China imports wood pulp from Great
Britain, Sweden. Norway, and Ger
many.
The highest mountain i'm Montana,
Granite Peak, with an altitude of near
~ 1900 feet, is in the Beartooth ma
tional forest.
Norway has IA tree planting socic-
ties. The first was founded in 1900
and since then &c million trees have
been planted. more than million
having been set out last year.
In many parts of the west snow is
leaving the mountains earlier than
usual. Foresters say that this may
mean bad fire season, and they are
making plans for a hard campaign.
New Jersey is said to have the
greatest proportion Of railroad mileage
Of any state in the country. or one
mile Of railroad to every three square
miles of territory. This makes an
unusual risk of forest fires set by rail
roads
The heavy storms in southern CALI
furnia during the past rainy season
wiped out many miles of trails in the
national forests of that part of the
state. They are now being rebuilt for
the coming summer for use in fire
protection. They are also of great use
To tourists campers, and prospectors.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
STATE ROADS HIT
BY LOSS OF TAX
Decision on Motor License Act to
Hamper Highway Work

state Highway Commissioners Frank
+. Rogers predicted an almost COM
plete stoppagc Of road building In
Michigan as a result of the loss of the
motor car tax, which was to have
been spent in building trunk line roads
throughout the state.
TIE legislature has made no other
appropriation to make up for this loss,
which materially crippled the depart
mont Between $4,000 and 100000 re-
mains from last year, he said, in addi-
tlon To about $500, OOO in the trunk road
fund for building trunk roads and
bridges. Double rewards are paid for
Trunks roads. from the $4,000 and
the S30O.uO funds. When the $4,000
is exhausted only one reward will be
paid.
Commissioner Rogers is not entirely
satisfied with the working of the coun-
"a road commission law. An the
counties voting on the adoption of this
system tEis spring decided against II.
This was for two reasons, the COM
missioner thinks the feeling that
trunk lines have been built To the cX-
cIusion of market roads, and the high
taxes.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20

Ann Arbor, April 20 That the uni
versity coed is, on an average, older
this year than those years ago; that
she is heavier and taller; that her lung
capacity and her average strength are
greater is shown by statistics just
completed 10y the phy steal director of
women i'm the university.
The average age of the university
freshman co-cds last fall was 20
years. Her averaac was 1903 pounds
and her Lcight 63.6 inches. She had
"a lung capacity of al ccutimctrcs and
an AVERAGE total strength of S9f.t
pounds.
There were Ia freshman girls to
enter the L. Of NJ. last year They had
an average strength i'm their right
forearm of - kgms. in their left
forearm, AN average strength Of AZ
kgms. There was chest strength II
kgms. averacc, an average back
strength of l9S.5 kgms., and an aver
ages leg strength of l4O kgms.
After semester's work in the gym.
this average lung capacity had in
creased ( ccntimetres, the strength in
the AVERAGE right forearm had ncrcas-
ed 80 kgms. ana that of the left fore
arm had increased Az kgms. Her chest
had expanded and her average back
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
ENVIRONMENT

The New York World having re-
huscd those who asserted that tho
-Four executed gunner were the prod
uets of their environment. its attitude
is approved by "a correspondent who
writes in 20 say this. ITO say that
criminals are the products Of life. ed e.
ucai'on and environment Is rubbish. "
And hc names Thaw as an example
TO prove that environment does not
make criminals.
\ very unhappy instance. this. com
ncnts the Duluth Herald. For If ever
environment made "a criminal. il made
IhaW criminal Too much money,
too much leisure. too much coddling
by fond and doting parents who were
determined that their children should
never undergo the deprivation they
had endured, made Thaw's crime jus:
as surely as slum environments ever
iruited In gunman or "a yegg.
The controversy however. is inter
csting There is one school Of Thought
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20

which would throw all the blame on
society, and acquit all criminals of all
personal responsibility. That school
is wrong.
Then there is another school which
would acquit society of all blame, and
heap il all upon the shoulders of the
criminal, whatever his crime and
whatever lack Of proper training and
opportunity may have blighted his life.
That school is wrong, too.
And yet both are somewhat right,
as often happens.
Environment does make criminals.
because environment often means lack
Of training. lack of proper influences,
lack of fair opportunity. And these
things make criminals much oftener
than they make useful citizens.
Yet personal responsibility is a
thing not lightly to be thrown asid,
or taken away. To throw the blame
on society is too easy salve for q
sore conscience, and those whose
theorfzing encourages it, are doins
| deadly wrong.
| society must be condemned Tor eN'
cry breeding place of crime it neglects
The individual must be blamed fol
| his failure TO make the best of such op
portunities as fall To his lot. ~
| one of the most evil things i'm Am
erican life has been the recent hy5
terra that has produced the distorte,
notion that where society permits
wages to fall below a fair level, th
victims are justified in SHINING ant
committing crimes to make II NJ
! That's a monstrous doctrine; yet me-
and women, in plays and books, hav
| taught IL.
AS the case often is in such con
troversies both sides are wrong an
vet both are partly right.
! II is wrong To divest either soclet
! or the individual from whatever fu
share of blame attaches to each. tn
one side errs in acquitting society. tn
y other in acquitting the individual; %
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
A LAW WHICH FAILED.

The state Of Michigan has protited
much from the automobile industry.
but that has not prevented IL fro'l
being unjust Co automobile owners,
says the Philadelphia Press. II pass
ed lN making tho owner Of an au-
tomob.le responsible for injuries caus-
Jed by his car no matter who was
operating it, In this way a man alb
sent in Europe might Doe indicted for
mauslauUhter because Of am untor-
tuuate casualty in the use OF his ma
chime in his absence of which he had
no knowledge whatever
The supreme court Of the United
states has just declared this law Of
Michigan tu be unconstitutional. Il $
fortunate that the narrow and unjust
policy of single state legislature can
5o corrected in this way by "a broader
ANA fairer federal review i is Il
notice 20 an states 20 keep within the
lines of Justice and right ia the their
automobile legislation.
The PcuuSgIyauIa automobile law
seeks 90 nx responsibility for accidents
where So OF right belongs. II the
owner testides that he was not operat-
ing the car at The time of the ALLEGED
violation of the lass. and di~closes who
was operating IT, il known. the pre-
sumption of the owners responsibility
is removed. This is ia the spirit Of
fairness. Reckless speeding and cuI-
Us Bile NEGLIGENCE should E. r.,ry-.gF-.r
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

lNl2-Georgc Clinton, vice president OF
the United States died in Wash
ineton, -. G. Born i'm Ulster
county, New York, July &c, 1888
iSl4-Public entry into London of
Louis XVIII of France
lN6l-Gov Ellis of North Carolina
seized the United States mint at
Charlotte.
lSGi-FTcedom Of the city of London
presented To Garihaldi, the Ital-
ian patriot.
lhii--lilboa, which had been bcsicgco
10y the Carlists, relieved by Mar
shall Concha.
lSS2-Dominion Parliament passed tn,
Canadian Pacific Railroad bill.
l90i-Firc i'm Toronto caused a prop
crty loss of about $l0,0G0,O0O.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20

ing on a call Of duty" in that direc
tion,
but we should think the colonel vii
be carefully consulted before the "cal
OF duty" is turned loose. one remem.
bers that 1t was about 50 when m,
colonel emerged from the African jun
gle and refused To pass the word T.
duty until a long and careful diagno-
sis of the situation seemed To warrant
the belief the psychological moment
had arrived TO tell duty To get busy
with the megaphone and inform the
colonel i'm thunder tones of the will
OF the people about that third cup OF
coffee Mr. la Toilette whose ear hit
"a telegraph pole or something about
that time. must remember all about
it,
so the colonel impends again. The
elephant viii go round presently, and
we shall hear the good old calliope
What il may have 10 say about Men
leo viii Dee interesting.
And, apropos of that, what a first
rate civil governor and provisional
boss of Mexico Col. Roosevelt would
make, if something strenuous in that
direction viii have To Dee undertaken.
academic and chautauQua methods
having failed
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
International Council, Held Every
Five Years, Will Meet in Rome
Next Month"; Represents
100000 MsmberS

Dublin April 2O.-Rcprcscntatv"
women of all nations will meet in
Rome next month for the session Of
the International Council Of Women,
held once every five years for the re-
view of womcn's progress and plan
ming of new activities. The total menu
bership of the organizations included
In the international Council is about
100000 women from twcny-ouc
countries
This great utilization Of interests
was founded b> Susan q. Anthony ana
other American women leaders n lNNS.
aud tho women Co. the United $tptca
represented in it, numbering 3.000,OuU,
lead those of all other countries.
The Countess Of aberdeen. president
of the organization, is bus, at the
Niccrcgu lodge i'm Duhlu. concluding
ARRANGEMENTS for the sathcrins. WHICH
she believes win he the largest in the
history of the movement. The PURPOSE
of TN" International meeting is the
broad inclusion of uI movements de-.
signed to better nuuaHity- men ub
..,
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''',e "ee,' "'' N'i's Curly ana ',''' "''
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N'' "'' '''''' May ''" "" iili' inclusive
an" '''' '"'' ''''s pace WIZ "' 'h' 10
'P' Vu'i''''' III l'ol,i'' ne I's' Oh Na-
''o'''l 'o''e''s ''''',ted WIN 'h' III
''' ia '''i'ai W s''''|" '''"' an oil "hi'h
"'' e@'e'teu 10 o' represented a.
i,"''', ll'''uo'S inc nl''d states,
O"'''u'' '''rii'''.l' sweden. treat BRIT
am Denmark Netherlands Australia
ltalA' france Argentina SWii%rrIand'
AUSTRIA HUNGARY norway Belgium
Greece and Bulgaria. Women leaders
from RUSSIA turkey and CHINA, In
ana ana japan are ais" expected.
Cr' anna shaw TO Talk
1T anna howard SHAW president
OF the National American Woman Suf-
rage associatioh' wiz deliver an all
dress ON woman's Suffrage while Mrs
hale Wa'''r Bennett. president Of the
Natlohal U"uh''I OF Women Of the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20

confederation of workers To further
tn, application of the Golden Rule to
society, customs and law"
Lady Aberdeen has been president
of the international Council for three
quiuqucnuial terms. She had expected
To retire this year, but at the unani-
nous request OF the presidents of the
various national councils she has al
lowed her name to stand for renomi-
nation
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
MAKE 100000
STAMPS Per DAY
This Is Capacity of Ten Machines
Considered by Government

| u-.-,t-. ., adj. t-.t
''''''''-'' wa '''''''
piece OF maeh'n'rl 'hat prints gums
perforates, counts and coils postage
stamps. eliminating nineteen OF twta-
ty-one processes now necessary. was
exhibited To administration officials
and members OF congress. with a view
To their formal approval and assist
ance i'm procuring It's adoption Tor the
bureau of engraving ana printing.
Ten such machines each one turn.
Ing out about 100000 stamps a day.
il is estimated will produce all the
stamps now required b, the posto.ilce
department. Their installation. IL Is
also estimated. would mean ECONOMY
10 $4,000 a year.
Representative John J. FITZGERALD
chairman. and Representative BREEDER
lex VI. Gllctt. member of the comp.;-
tee ON appropriations. were shown th.s
device u the morning. Postmas.,'
General RurIcsun. Third Assistan,
Postmaster Fcneru Doykery SUI.
Fitch of the division of stamps ana
chief Clerk Chance of the postolice
department were visitors.
Director Joseph Z. Ralph acted as
ruide showing his visitors over ,hc
new building and taking them tn y.,|
the machine set up in the old buildirS
just vacated
Want Eight More Machines.
p. r. Stickney, inventor of the stamp
printing machine and mechanic of ;he
bureau. put il in operation and e.
planned its processes. His visitors
marvclcd at the comp!eNity and com.
pleteness of this piece Of mechanism.
The bureau Of engraving and print
lng hopes To find sufficient funds i'm tSc
appropriations available on July corI
the construction Of eight more such
r-aghiues. The one now Complct
which was shown 90 the visitors. will
De Immediately put into operation. I'll
win take nine months before any of
the other machines are ready for in
stallatlon
Many employees Of the bureau Of
I.ut.n. and eu-raving will be afrrr, =
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
u. of M. Freshman Goods
Are Older, Heavier and
Stronger Than Formerly

strength had increased go kgms,
while her average leg strength had
increased Az kgms.
-Four years ago the average aee of
the freshman women entering the uni
Vorsity was 1871 years, and her aver
age weight IL pounds.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
TIE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM

The whole nation stands behind
President Wilson in his determination
10 teach Huerta lesson and uphold
the couutrg's dignity and honor
Uuerta. not villa, provoked JHe first
step toward iuteryenuor-uot by the
murder of Americans. not by the tor
turc and murder of Europeans; NOT "y
arson. loot and upinc. but hy rec
tus.ug 90 salute the dt-' I'm apology for
the mvmrautcd arrest and humiIia-
tion of men wearing the uniform of
the United States and other insulting
incidents.
Now. with war preparations under
way. with battleships steamiuE TO
blockade and bombard. if necessary
The people are supporting the presi-
dent I'm his stern purpose 20 secure
redress for the insults Hc1ped on the
United States by Hucsta
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20
BIRTHDAYS OF NOTED PERSONS.

King Charles !. or Roumania, was
bonn April 20, 1880, and belongs to ono
of the reigning branches of the
house of Hohenzollern. His early lie
was spent az an officer in the Prussian
army. In 1866 he was elected to the
throne of Rumania with the title of
Prince. I'm the war between Russpt
aud Turkey ten years later he led tae
Rumanian forces i'm aid Of Russia ard
ac,taitted himself with great rallantry
At the historic battle of Plevia. ~
1851 Rumania declared herself indc.
pendent of Turkey and Charles assum.
ed the title of King. In 1869 Charles
married Princess Elizabeth, daughter
cf Prince Hermann of Wied. The
Queen is famous in the literary world
Under the pen name of Carmen Syl.
va" The heir To the Rumanian throne
is King Charles nephew, Prince Ferdi-
nand. whose wife is "A niece of the late
King Edward VII.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20

Cardinal Farley of New York, -
years old today
Daniel {. French, noted sculptor, 81
years old today
John A. Mead, former governor of
Vermont, % years old today.
Theodore H. CTedD Easterly, catcher
of the Kansas city Federal league
baseball team, IS years old today.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20

lS9S-President McKin lcy sent an ul-
timatum to Spain regarding the
situation in Cuba
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20

lSSS-Thc Pope issued rcsCript con-
dcmning the Irish plan of cam
paign" aiN boycOtting
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-20

The chinese are maEln- use Of IN,
telephone which shows what Won
derful Instrument the telephone is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
SHEI2RARD

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hoesli of East
Moline visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vance Sherrard the fore part OF
the week.
Mrs. Vance Sherrard returned home
Sunday after a two weeks visit with
her sister, Mrs. William Stevenson at
CISCO. and friends in Geneseo, East Mo-
line and Rock Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Haddick are
the parents of baby boy who arrived
Wednesday, Nov. Is.
Mrs. James Dodds returned home
Tuesday after a weeks visit with
Mrs. Cameron of Matherville.
]. T. Hinsey was in Alexis on bust
ness Wednesday.
William Pritchard of Rock Island
who was in st. Anthony's hospital for
two weeks is here visiting with his
mother Mrs. Maria Pritchard.
BENJAMIN F. Trego of Sherrard and
Mrs. Lizzie Davis of Angus, Iowa,
were united in marriage at Rock Is
land Tuesday, Nov. 10, by Rev. o. T.
DwineI at the First Methodist
church. They returned to Sherrard
and have gone to housekeeping in
home that the groom owns.
Miss Mabel Sherrard went to CISCO
Monday to visit with her aunt Mrs.
William Stevenson.
Mrs. Robert Ligett and baby were
in Rock Island Saturday.
Mrs Madge Philips and niece Miss
Jennie Irwin returned from Rock Is
land last week after few days visit.
News reached here last week of the
death of Mrs. Matilda Cragan, for
mer resident of Sherrard, but who
has recently made her home with her
daughter, Mrs Fred Hoesli at East
Moline.
Miss Helen Jones of haywood, Ill,
visited at the home of her uncle Ho-
week. She left Thursday for CISCO
for a visit with other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Mumma visited
in Galesburg and Burlington last
week
Mrs. Thomas Thompson and Misses
Laura and Gladys Thompson visited in
Aledo Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hall went to Mo-
line Thursday to attend the funeral of
the 1atter's brother John Nelson, who
was killed on the railroad.
Mrs. Mary Norwood of Topeka,
Kan, is visiting with her sister Mrs.
John Greer.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dawson of
Danville, visited Mr.. Davison's par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lindquist Of
Moline last week.
Wesley Hobart returned home Fri
day after two weeks visit with rel
atives and friends in Colchester and
Macomb, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21

Clinton, Iowa, Charles of Goose Lake.
Iowa, and George of Fulton, III.
Fred A. Crouch of this city died In
the Goth year of his age in the hospi-
tai at Colorado Springs after second
abdominal operation had been per
formed in an attempt to save his life
He had been sick for the last seven
or eight years. Mr.. Crouch was prom
inent in the business affairs of this city
through his long service as an expert
accountant, first with the Davenport
National bank, then for many years
with the former firm of Sickles, Pres
ton e fNutting, and later through mis-
connection with the Cable interests,
and after that with the Walsh Con-
struction company, and during the
past five or xix years with the List &c
Clifford Construction company. The
body will be brought for burial to the
city of Davenport, and the funeral
services will be conducted at 2:3O
O'Clock Sunday afternoon at the home
of DR.. c. R. Baker, 10 East Four
teenth street, by Rev. A. M. Judy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-21
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The northern low has moved east
ward to the Province of Quebec. caus-
ing a rapid rise in temperature in the
Missouri and upper Mississippi val
leys and the lake region and light
sonws in the lake region and the St.
Lawrence valley. Another low, at
tended by rains in British Columbia
and western Washington, is appearing
on the extreme north Pacific coast.
The southern high has overspread the
gulf coast and temperatures below
freezing are reported from northern
Florida. High barometers are again