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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
HERE IS NEW OBESITY CURE.
Woman Frequents Shooting Gallery
In Order That the Fright May
Reduce Her Weight

You didn't know | was running
kind of anti-fat establishment, did
you?" said the manager Of the shoot
ing gallery to former customer
whom he had not seen for several
months. well, ! am, in connection,
of course, with my regular business.
have good many women patrons
nowadays. Most of them give fear of
burglars as their reason for wishing
to learn to shoot, but one woman who
yearned for target practice scorned
the suggestion of burglars.
1.-The doctor tells me- she said,
that the only way l can ever train
down to normal weight is to get
scared half to death three or four
times a week. What" said he, are
you more afraid of than anything else
in the world?" l didn't have to study
one minute for an answer. "The
explosion Of firearms" said l. "Then,"
said the doctor, go to some place regu.
larry where you can hear q whole
arsenal fired of at one clip. II you
can FIRE the things on yourself you
will experience better results. You
will get scared worse and will tone
down more rapidly" And So said
she, here I am
81 thought that the craziest idea I
ever heard of, but I humored the won.
ans whim and helped her to get
scared to the limit. hadn't much
faith in that Doctors prescription, but
she did soon begin to develop a waist
line, and within three months that
woman was a regular sylph. Unfor.
tunately, the constant excitement was
hard on her nerves. BY the time she
began to assume willowy proportions
they were in pretty bad fix, and she
had to lay up for repairs, but she
didn't seem to mind that. The point
of her case was that as an anti-fat
treatment daily exercise with the rifle
had proved itself unequaled, and
now have a notion to advertise it az
q warranted obesity cure
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
To Form Fla.
Society," In
New York

There is about to be organized in
New York city, body to be known
as the Florida Society, the members
Of which will be such persons as for
merly resided in this state and who
are now living in the north, and
such other persons as are interested
in Florida.
Captain Lewis Landes, a former
practitioner at the bar Of Jackson
vile, is the prime mover in the plan,
in which he is taking an active in
terest by arousing interest in the
north and seeking cooperation of
Floridians. In letter to the Miami
Chamber Of Commerce, Captain
Landes says:
1T is my fondest hope to aid in
making Florida the leading state in
the south, and 1t has occurred to me
that 1t might be a good plan to form
here an organization to be known as
1.-The Florida Society,"" an organiza-
ton that could accomplish the fol-
lowing:
Band together in q fraternal or
ganization all former residents of
the state.
Always uphold the honored name
of Florida.
Give information to prospective
residents of the state.
Explain the possibilities and the
opportunities arising from living in
Florida.
Distribute literature of the differ.
ont cities of the state, explaining the
Possibilities of each city and its i'm
portant features and opportunities.
Maintain a permanent exhibit bu-
reau showing the industries of the
state
Explain to manufactureFs and
others the advantage of establishing
their business in Florida
TO do such other things as might
be for the best interest of the people
of the state and it's former residents.
The writer is member of the bar
of Florida, formerly practicing in
Jacksonville, and a former captain
of the National Guard of Florida
Miami Herald
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14

sells sprouts ran less than a car each
or fruit the apple was leader with
l27 cars, but some were exported
Oranges came next, $40 cars, and
the banana third, 392 cars. Then
followed Strawberries, 342 cars
cantaloupes, 1927: peaches. 266;
watermelons, 217; grapes, 1877: to-
matoes, 107.
Less than 100 carlots in order OF
consumption were pears, grapefruit
cherries, apricots, plums. fresh
prunes, raspberries, cranberries
Cassaba melons. blackberries. cur
rants, crab apples. loganberries
gooseberries, huckleberries, pine
apples. and ounces. Fruits in less
than carloads for the year were
pomegranates, tan:erines, persim-
mons and lines
Seattle does not feed itself from
nearby farms. OF three million
packages making up the total re
ceipts million and a quarter came
from outside the state of Washing
ton.
There was but one car of pine
apples received during the year. o.
the citrus fruits, while there were
$40 cars of oranges, IL cars OF
grapefruit supplied the damand.
Probably, says the Country Gen.
tleman. last years total freight
movement of nearly thirteen million
tons of fruit and vegetables. if il
could be scheduled, would show
that other cities consume fresh pro-
duce on about the same basis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
ENORMOUS WASTE BY GOVT
IN R. R. BUILDING IN CANADA

Advocates of government owner
ship of railroads might with profit
note the Canadian governments ex-
pertinent in building line from
Winnipeg to Moncton, upward Of
1,SOO miles in length and represent
ing total investment of about
SIZE, 100000.
The original theory was that the
government could obtain capital
with greater ease and thereby con-
strict the road cheaper than private
capital. Yet the cost, instead of be-
ing between $4,000 and $4,000
FER mile as expected. proved to be
from 100000 to $4,000, and this,
too, without interest on the invest
ment during the period of construc-
ton.
Now the promoters are dismayed
by the action of the Crank Trunk in
refusing to lease the line on a three
per cent basis and the question nat
urally raised it: If the Grand Trunk
cannot see profit on three per
cent rental, how can the Dominion
expect to make the road produce the
, necessary earnings?
If cost of construction was greatly
| in excess of cost under private
ownership is 1t not probable that
, cost of maintenance and operation
| will be in the same ratio?
A government commission recent
ly reported that $40,OOO,OOO had
been wasted in construction.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Family Portraits.

There is beautiful home on Long
Island that the owners wished to lease
TOT the summer. Two parvenus with
social ambition thought this residence
might be the means of launching them
INTO local society. so they went to look
II over. Upon entering the boudoir OF
young woman member of the family.
their eyes fell upon a beautiful Ma.
donna on the wall. They also OBJ
served a Beatrice. One of the party
said. We'll. If We do take the house
VIII you please remove the family
portraits Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Bound TO Be Seer.

Little Mr.. Einstein, a travelling
salesman, found himself far away
from home, and naturally very lone
some. He knew not a soul in the ho-
tel at which he was staying and he
decided that he must attract some at.
tention at any cost. Presently a bell
mop came through the lobby paging a
Mr.. Murphy. Mr.. Murphy" he shout
ed. AT this point Mr.. Einstein jumped
up and honered: Say. boy, vat mi
EVERY body's.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Ambiuuoua

Artist Cshowing latest picture)-"My
object was to try to express al, IN.
horrors OF war" Friend-"I have
never seen anything more horrible -
Boston Transcript.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
r. G. Duff
On Cotton As Contraband.

Hon. R. C. Dun, of the highest authorities
International law in the nation and Of the
capable citizens the United States when asked
investigate the exporting of cotton and interpret the
laws of nations this subject for the American pillow
man, said in part
Article % Of the Declaration of London reads
follows The following may not be declared contra
band of C) cotton, wool, silk, etc Great
Britain is not only signatory of the Declaration
London but in fact called the conference and insisted
of cotto at If ahsolu
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Uncle Ethan

A well-fed boss. said Uncle Eben.
is better recommend fob de man
dat Owls him dan fancy harness
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14

conditions hereof have been violated,
may order the said d. M. Davidson
arrested by any sheriff or constable
and Immediately delivered to the
State prison authorities. and he shall
thereafter suffer such part of said
original sentence of said court as has
not already been suffered by him at
the date Of this pardon.
Therefore, Be It Known, That the
said D. NJ. Davidson is hereby
granted a CONDITIONAL PARDON
upon the stipulated conditions men,
toned and enumerated herein, the
said conditional pardon to take ef-
feet August 21st, 1915.
In Testimony Whereof, We have,
at the Capitol, in Tallahassee, here
unto set our hands this 7th day Of
August, A. D. 1915.
(SIGNED) Park Trammell,
Governor.
H. Clay Crawford,
Secretary Of State.
T. F. West,
Attorney General
w. v. Knott,
Comptroller.
w. A. McRae,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14

Is your Liver inactive? LIy-yER-
NaA VIII wake II up. SGT
For sale at Lake Pharmacy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14

=.
From this document it will be
seen that The Times deep concern in
the matter is not we'll founded and
that no crime" has been Commit
ted AGAINST the State in general and
the good people of High Springs in
particular"
ID. M. (Shorty) Davidson was
convicted at special term of the
Putnam circuit court in June 1909,
on change of venue from Alachua
county, of murder in the first de-
gree. He was tried jointly with
James NJ. Kelly, the man who act
ually committed the crime. 1T was
recognized at the time of trial that
Davidson was bad man." though
there was general doubt in the
minds of those who attended the
trial regarding his being guilty Of
the crime for which he was con-
victed. On the other hand, the gen
eral opinion of the many was that
he was convicted on general prin-
ciples.' There was little sympathy
for him when sentence was pro-
nounced
We have heard since that members
of the Jury which convicted him
held this reasonable doubt. That
this was the case looks reasonable
in the light of the nine members who
signed his application for pardon.
The administration of justice in
this State ispartially in the hands
OF the pardon board. The work of
this board is important and of great
responsibility-the latter being
moral as well as legal. And it is in
poor taste, tho say the least, for a
newspaper to attack the board for
an act to which it has been guided
by strong petition from those best
acquainted with all the facts Pa
latka Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-06
ANNOUNCES
 AUSTRo-GERMAN RERERsEs
Eliminating in Reoccupation of Stin-
 slau by Russians,

Petrograd, March 5, 10 D. m.. via London. March 6. 2.22 a. m.-Advices received in Petrograd are to the effect that the Anstro-German forces have met with a series of reverses at the hands of the Russians recently, culmi- hating. in the reoccupation today of Stinslau, which was evacuated a fort night ago.
 serious battles are reported between the Mazolaboretz Pass in the Carpath- ians and the River San, where the Aus trian advance is said to have been checked In the vicinity of Salinka, midway of this line, two Austrian regi- ments are said to have been wiped out Dy the Russian machine guns Dur ing the fighting on March and 3 the Austrians charged the Russian lines repeatedly, at times reaching the Rus sian trenches.
 Austrian officers captured during the lighting are reported to have said that their losses never had been heavier.
 At Lutowsko. just south of the San and 35 miles southwest of Przas snysz. the Austrians made four attacks on the Russians, which are said to have been repulsed with heavy losses.
 The surrender of Stanislau was pro- ceed1ng during the period from Feb, 21 to March by heavy fighting. the Austrians having heavily fortified Halicz, a short distance to the north. and also the valleys of the Lomnica and Lukwa rivers. Here. it is assert ed, the Russians captured 8 large num- Der of guns and rapid firers, many of hcers and men and a quantity of stores.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-06

Washington, March 5.-President Wilson was confronted tonight with enc Of the most serious and perpIexing developments that has ever arisen in the Mexican situation. Mexico City is on the verge of StarVation: General Obregon, the Carranza commander, re- ruseS to permit an international re- lief committee, composed of wealthy members of the foreign colony, to suc- cor the needy
 Mexico needs no foreign aid' the general is reported to have said People Are Living in Terror, All merchants who closed their stores have been ordered to reopen under threat of punishment Three hundred of them, all Mexicans, have been imprisoned. The people of the city are living in terror of another evacuation, since Obregon has an nounced that he will not prevent loot ing or pillaging for food or money.
 The Brazilian, British, Spanish and Italian ambassadors called separately at the state department today bring ing pessimistic reports of the situa- already received by the American gov ernment. The foreign diplomats sug- gested no solution.
 Secretary Bryan announced that he had sent an urgent telegram to Amer ican Consul SilIiman with instructions
 
 General Carranza, 90 that General Obregon might be directed to accent the proffered aid of the foreign resi- dents.
 Transportation Facilities Withheld.
 Freight service is suspended between Mexico City and Vera Cruz. Trans portation facilities for relief purposes are being withheld by General Obre- gon on the ground of military neces- Sity
 President Wilson was advised of all the facts late today as revealed in of hc1al messages and the reports from the foreign amba ssadors Tonight the president was reported to be studying closly the various phases of the oues- tion. Should General Obregon continue to refuse outside aid, drastic measures might be necessary in the view of for e1gn diplomats. The situation is de- Scribed by them as more intolerable than it ever has been since revolution ary troubles began in the southern re- public.
 Talk of an Allied Expedition.
 Talk of an allied expedition similar to the one that went to the relief of foreign legations at Peking during the Boxer uprising was again heard in of t1cial quartetrs where it was gener- ally admitted that a grave condition of affairs had arisen.
 1. For the present the outcome of the telegraphic correspondence with Gen eral CarranZa will be awaited. Hfther- to he has been reported as standing by all the activities of General Obre- gon, whose purpose according to of t1cial reports, seems to be to force the lower classes to enlist in the Carranza army or starve.
 Wild Rumors Afloat in Mexico City.
 All sorts of wild rumors are af1oat in Mexico City due to the utterances of General Obregon, who in newspaper interviews, has virtually sanctioned plunder for food
 General Carranza has been asked
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-06
REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION
 ESSENTIAL FOR PROSPERITY.
Statement of Chairman Charles D.
 hiIles of the Republican National
 Committee

New York, March 5-Chairman Charles D. Hilles of the republican na- t1onal committee, in a statement at the conclusion of a conference here today with a number of manufacturers, mer- chants and business men, announced that the present business situation was discussed and the decision was reached that not until a republican is returned to the White House can there be a re- turn to prosperity" Chairman Hilles said there was no chairman and that the meeting was informal
 ''The meeting was simply one of a
 umber to be held throughout the country by business men and manu- lecturers interested in the success of the republican party" Chairman Hilles added I am frank to confess the sentiment was unanimous among us today that if there had been a presi- dentiaI election this year our candi- date would have won without diffi- culty."
 Mir Hi1les denied that any candi- discussed.
 We talked the situation over," he said, and arrived at the decision that President Wilson and his administra- tion of national affairs had plunged the country into the condition in be no return of prosperity, it was be- l1eved, until a republican is returned to the White House."
 MT. Hilles asserted that the admin 1strat1on now has a deficit of SO000 = coo. This will be increased" he said 'to no one knows what amount when the war tax expires and the import and export duties further decrease"
 James B. Reynolds, secretary of the national committee, also was present at the conference. Both MT. Hilles and myself were invited to come to the meeting; we did not call it. he said.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-06
ALLIES BOLDLY ORGANIZED
 IN THE DUNES IN BELGIUM
Germans Unable to Push Forward
 Their Trenches,

Paris, March 5. via London, March 6, 12.30 a. m.-The following French of ficial statement was issued here to- night:
 Tn Belgium, in the region of the Dunes, We have organized solidly the advanced trench taken by us yester- day. The Germans attempted to push forward their trenches into contact with ours. but twelve times our fire dispersed them.
 ITO the north of Arras, our counter attacks in the region of Notre Dame de Lorette were crowned with com we captured a machine gun company. On Friday the enemy made new at tack, but we thrust them back, re- gained the lost positions which had been for two days in their possession and made numerous prisoners.
 Rheims has been bombarded all day long.
 Tn Champagne, in the region of Perthes, we made marked progress On Thursday evening a company of the German guards became surrounded in our lines and was captured. On Friday we gained ground on the whole front, carried a trench to the noyth- west of Perthes and occupied toF the north of Perthes salient where we took prisoners.
 We captured six hundred metres Cabout $50 yards) of trenches with depth of 200 metres beyond the group which lies northeast of Mesnil and made progress in the adjoining woods. Finally we gained possession of sev- eral trenches in the ravines northwest of Beausejour. According to prison sers accounts. the eneyuy's losses were
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-06

secretly examining several witnesses and heading the reports of physicians he rad assigned to perform the autopsy on the body of the young woman.
 A detective who had been engaged upon the case announced late today that Virginius J. Mayo, possessor of a dual personality and employer of Miss Cook, had been served with a subpoena requesting him to appear before the coroner on Monday and assist if he the young woman to take her life, Later, Coroner Mix stated emphatical- ly that no subpoena had been issued for Mayo
 Autopsy Performed.
 The autopsy was performed by Medical Examiner M. M. Scarborough and Dr. Richard J. Rand of the Yale Medical school At the direction of the coroner they removed the various vital organs from the body. A mi croscop1cal examination of these or gans was in progress tonight. the coroner said. He added that he ex- pected the examining physicians would report to him tomorrow morn ing.
 Two reports were made by the physicians today. After receiving the first the coroner said that he believed there were sufficient indications to warrant prolonging the examination beyond the mere tracing of the bull let and establishing the immediate cause of death"
 We want to determine what caused Miss Cook to commit suicide" he de- clared.
 The second report was made later in the day. Neither the coroner nor the physicians would divulge what if anything, had been discovered dur ing the course of the autopsy, which arf ao1 SV, to local undertaking establishment
 In his statement of yesterday Mayo admitted that while he was residing in this city with his legal wife he maintained in Brooklyn an establish ment for Louis Waterbury, who form erly held the position occupied by Miss Cook at the time she disappeared Mayo did not hesitate to admit that while he and his legal wife were childless, Lois Waterbury, who was known for CCnvenience' as he put it as Mrs. James Dudley was the moth CT of two of his children.
 Inquest Behind Closed Doors.
 Witnesses who were examined bv the coroner behind closed doors today were Frank Cook of Brooklyn, N. Y., father of the dead girl, Miss Helen Wilson. her room mate in the building. occupied here by the Young Women's s1 Christian association and Miss Inez Hull, superintendent of the building. In addition, the coroner held confer ences with States Attorney Aron A. ling and Detective Captain H. J. Don- nelly.
 When the examination Of the wit nesses was completed, Coroner Mix made the following statement:
 At this time I have found nothing that would warrant me detaining any one or asking the police to see to it that any person did not leave my juris- diction. I cannot say what the wit nesses told me. That would be going into testimony and am not prepared to do that"
 Satisfied Mayo Is Not Responsible.
 At the states attorneys office here, the following statement was issued late tonight:
 The states attorneys office is sat- isfied that MT. Mayo is not crtminally responsible for the death of Miss Cook. This of course ends any further oner."
 States Attorney filling declined to ! ampliy the statement.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-06

by the American government to tn- struct General Obregon to take some measures to protect lives and property or foreigners in the event of evacua- ton. The people fear that the water supply may be shut off and that the electric cables may be cut, thus IeaI- ing the city in darkness at night and permitting the fires sponsible element to commit Wanton depredations.
 300 Merchants Imprisoned,
 Just wh the 300 merchants were inn prlsoned has not been revealed. They were reported to have appealed to ObregOn for relief from a heavy tax which he imposed on them Secretary Bryan said that so far as the state department had been advised, all the Mexican priests arrested for failure to contribute funds demanded by Obre- gon were still in prison.
 Not Permitted to Aid the Poor.
 The international relief committee. which raised about 250,0 pesos. was not permitted to aid the poor. ac- cord1ng to official despatches, because General Obregon declined to accept funds restricted to any definite use. He answered that the foreigners pay the tax, recently levied, but revoked on representations from foreign gov ernments, without questioning how it would be used
 The latest decree put into effect bv Obregon provides that all merchants not only must open their places of ouslness under threat of punishment. put that any person refusing to ac- cept Carranza's fiat money will be inn prisoned.
 Diplomats to Use Their Own Discretion
 Beyond saying that conditions were tIluch worse than they had ever been in Mexico City, the various foreier diplomats who called at the state de- partment did not discuss the situation or indicate the attitude of their gov ernmentst. All of their ministers at Mexlco City have instructions to with araW from the capital at their own uscre1on, but in the circumstances they are desirous of remaining SO as 10 exert what influence they can for the relief of the starving population At the request of the government of GuatemaIa, the state department in nralan minister to Mexico and learned that he was safe.
 Difficulties Are Numerous.
 The difficulties of the situation. from the viewpoint of administration off, c1aiS, are numerous. General Villa and his forces and the Zapata faction. ac cord1ng to official reports, seems to De rapidly gaining ground in the mil itary campaign, but their plans have Ai OoJoGI dI present the dOm- lnatlon of other parts of Mexico, par tlcularly Tampico and the northern part of the country
 The presence at Vera Cruz of Charles A. Douglas. an intimate friend of Secretary Bryan and legal ad- wiser in Washington of General Car ranza, it is believed in some quarters. may assist the negotiations which the state department has instituted to ob- tain solution of affairs at Mexico City, but officials were not optimistic. because of Carranza's refusal hereto fore, to heed representations from the government