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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
"Pli Prosecute You II You Say That
OutsIdel"

school. Felice understood what this
meant-a change In her pleasant rela-
tons with Arnold.
The latter had Just graduated 40 q
physician. This entirely harmonized
with the plan his father had formed,
Upon its execution both row set heart.
mind and capital at work.
The dream of his life." William
Barry called it. In due course of time
the.people Of Winston saw the house
In which the Barrys had lived for
many years removed to a selected plat
OF the ten.acre grounds. in the center
OF which 1t stood. It was fenced in by
Itself, remodeled, and then in the cen.
ter of the larger plat the construction
OF pretentious building was begun.
The site was beautiful. for the spot
was natural park. At first 1t was be.
lieved that the Barrys were building
summer hotel. Then the truth began
to leak out.
The dream OF William Barry's life"
was to maintain a summer home for
tired mothers and weak and ailing
children. gathered from the poorer
quarters Of the big city twenty-five
miles distant. In this work they had
the cooperation of a leading philan-
thropic association in the metropolis.
Arnold was to devote his skill as a
physician to the free inmates CT the
home. Nurses and matrons were EN-.
ployed. A spacious and comfortable
edince arose on the crest of the hill.
and the evening when the place burst
into . blaze Of electric light all the
town celebrated.
"Humph!" sneered Hackett-"a fool
and his money!"
And then. out Of pure perversity.
emulation and vanity. the lonely old
determined to vaunt the
Of his ill-gotten wealth BY
erecting. half mile away from the
palatisl home he had built, a family
His selfish pride craved
some kind OF tribute to his wealth.
By the time the mausoleum was com.
elsted Hackett had expended well on
towards one hundred thousand dol.
lars
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Plants Capable of Love.

Blue rockets show fear ana the dead
ly nishtshade is full of hatred Both
OF these are plants. but that does not
prevent them from declaring merci-
less war on animal life. The blue
rocket is dainty Towering shrub
which gives forth perfume at night,
but 1t carries one OF the deadliest of
poisons, One-sixteenth of a grain shot
from its poison pistil has proved fatal
to man. This is according to Prof.
Henry G. Walters of Philadelphia, who
maintains that plants have memories
and are capable Of love.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Pride and
Punishment
BY MARY PENNELL|
Copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman

Copyright. 1915 by W. G. Chapman.)
Madeleine Driscoll had returned I,
the old manor house in Clayton aftel
An absence of is years.
Clayton had ceased to think of tn,
Driscolls. They had been squires IL
the old days, but their importanc,
had faded as Clayton became q manu-
featuring town, and Medicines father
had lost his money in wild speculation
leaving an impoverished wife anc
daughter striving to keep up the ole
state which had long ago departed.
Finally, after her mothers death
the girl had gone away. She had
closed up the house, and 1t had stood
untenanted upon the hill. People
ceased to speak of her; she was al
most forgotten when she returned.
Her return awakened memories OF
her life in the place. Gossips recalled
that she had been engaged to be mar
r1ed once. Her flance was the young
Episcopal clergyman, Upton Vane. He
had not appeared at the church door;
that much was remembered. He had
departed within a week, and Clayton
had not seen him again. Life had
continued just as smoothly in Clay.
ton.
1t was to haven Of peace that tho
woman of thirty-f1ve returned. Tho lit.
tie church was still standing, mellowed
by time, the creepers now extending
over the entire front. The village had
grown, factories had sprung up, but
much was the same. Only those who
had known Madeleine when she was
young woman had nearly ell died or
departed.
She threw herself into church work.
She sewed. she taught; the children
adored her. She could not look upon
these boys and girls. with all the prom
ise OF life before them, without think
Ing OF her own wasted life.
The annual confirmation class was
waiting for the arrival of the bishop.
The bishop Of Wauhaskett was still
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
III have to 60, Madeleine" the mia.
ster answered. The call has come to

| an have to go, Madeleine" the min
lister answered. The call has come t,
mo-"
We'll. l think It outrageous" an
swered the girl hotly. Remember. Il
you keep me waiting tomorrow, ri
not marry you"
why, my dear. I'll be back by mid
night Upton answered.
She suffered him to kiss her, bu,
her manner was distinctly aggrieved
as he took his departure. And when
he reached the miserable shack. hs
found cause for further delay.
The old woman's son was expected
.. hourly from the South. He had com.
mitted . crime; he had confessed to
his mother, and when he arrived she
wished him to unburden himself of his
secret and suffer the penalty. II
would mean dozen years in the peni-
Tertiary. She could not die leaving
him with his crime unatoned.
The minister waited. Hours crept
by. 1t was morning before the son
appeared. He was just in time to say
sood-by to his mother. to listen to her
plea. and to make his confession.
The woman died, and the minister
TOOK the man to the police station.
BY the time these formalities were end
ed 1t was ten o'clock. And he had half
an hour to go home and dress for tho
wedding.
There were no telephones in those
days. At furious pace he drove his
horse up the hill, to encounter the
brides carriage going to the church.
Madeleine saw him. He pulled up and
tried to speak to her.
Take us home!" cried the girl to
the coachman.
Those we're the last words of hers
that Upton heard. Arrived at the ma,
nor. she shut herself up for days. In
vain Upton tried to see her. She
would not receive him. She returned
his letters. A week later the young
man left Clayton and his successor
was installed. A few weeks after that
Mrs. Driscoll died, and Madeleine soon
closed the house and disappeared.
She had lived In the world, she had
tasted the sweets and bitterness of
life, and now, at thirty-five, she had
returned to her native town. And
those memories which she thought she
had forgotten came back to her with
poignant intensity.
That was the story she told tho
bishop.
What can I do?" she cried. 81 have
been punished Heaven knows l have
suffered. I have ruined two lives.
You have never seen or heard Of
this Upton Vane since them" the Dish.
op asked gravely.
mo. l don't know where he went
How could l seek him out after that ?"
But you knew at the time the cause
Of his late return"
mot for weeks" answered Made.
leine. "And then, what was the use of |
being sorry?"
DO you still love this man" in.
quired the bishop gravely.
She flung out her arms YEARLY. II
have done with love-" she answered. Il
only want to restore the part that l |
have taken out of his life. I want to
know that he is happy and has forgot
.en me-"
HE Is happy" answered the bish.
'p. But he has not forgotten you."
Something in his voice made the
girl start and look at him intently.
She had not seen his face for her
ears; now she found herself looking
INTO the eyes Of Upton Vane.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Dangerous Method.

What are your usual modes of nun.
ishment?" was among the questions
submitted to teacher in a rural dis.
trict In Ohio. Her answer was, Il try
moral suasion first, and If that does
not work ! use capital punishment :"
Al It was neighborhood where moral
suasion had not been a success. ana
me children were scarce. the commit
t. took no risks,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
The 5IIIous optiml..

a@ man with noticeable bilioo.
:, -. .1o n'sr spots on the projection.
:. nn tace lays himself out" to ,.,s'
vh,. 70 "a. something Seems 70
ssl, ~ . Is that be is blufing him
~. u .or usl for some little purpos. .,
so =. osn. Because when . bilious nsr.
son nlks optimism. his conyer-.ttsr
ssests . supsrcresosnos OF ..noss
sory motivation. 20 TO speah~xs,,
Zee Sentinel ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
"6anknnt.n

Inc discussion on the etynok
ne work bank" in NJ =
fnnss court might have ~
neg . step further by the E's'r'
oI our term bankrupt" ssys >
sen paper, The old vene,lss >
soAnssrs and lenders carried .
BUSINESS at . stand or bench ~
Ana when ens was unable % -
ooifEauons kis .hsns." - :
(ruptal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Hard to Explajn.

Here's an interesting case. A mar.
ried woman with black hair comes
home from a li;tle trir and finds
bronze hairpins on her dressing tab :"
Where has hubby about that timer"
From all reports he was up in the
air"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14

6andasss ean be prepared from the
good parts Of worn sheets or pillow
slips IL perfectly clean. Rolls six to
eight yards In length are most con-
venient-oue inch wide for fingers. two
inches for feet. two and one-half to
three inches for head and arms and
four inches for legs. A good way of
keeping them in condition for use In
to seal the oils a arfectly clean
glass frnit -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Why Vaccination Paw,

statistics show that to vsccinate =
person against smallpox at public en-.
psnss costs about twenty-five cents
while the disease itself costs the nuh'
NC ON an average about $50 per casa
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14

Price Of Drugs Fixed.
me German government has for
years liked the retail price of druxs.
even to the extent OF designating what
must b charged for bottle, cork. In,
bel or ointment boz used In dispensing
tie medicine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Woman's Adxan&sn~.

women undergo greater trials tia.
men True, fair one. but no matte,
~nom they have murdered there's Al.
ways an acquittal or a hung Jury
Louisville Courier-Journa.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Great City's Se,Arsoe

avery "a hours there is poured into
The Harlem river 5000, 900 gallons Of
New York city's sewage: into IN.
North river 100000 gallons and
INTO the East rs-s< es4 ,ooo, 900 saIlona-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
Self-alahteouA

some people" said Uncle Eben.
talks about heaven like 1t was thslr
own property dat dey was preparin'
10 tack No admittance' sign on to. :"
Washington Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
His Probable Defeat.

A man dat buys his neekties to
match de color of his ewes" said
Uncle Ehen. may have good taste.
out he ain liable to have good judg.
ment."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-14
sheekInn.

Speaking Of electrifyins modern
dances. have you seen the induction
coil Widow.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
"MEYER FURNITURE co."
IS STYLE OF NEW STORE

The transfer of the Wolflin Hamil-
ton Furniture Company to the Impe-
rial Valley Hardware Company was
made yesterday, II. p. Meyer, vice
president of the hardware company
taking charge. The store in the fu-
ture will bear the title of the Meyer
Furniture Company, and will be the
center of distribution for the furni-
ture departments of the hardware
company's chain of stores in the val
ley.
The new owners of the store are
planning many radical changes and,
according to an announcement made
yesterday, more stock will be added
to the extensive line now carried, a
carload of furniture being expected
this week.
Within the next month, it is ex-
pected the front of the store will be
altered, new display windows of heavy
plate glass replacing the present
front.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
Amend Shipping Bill.

Washington, Jan. 26.-By a strict
party vote, the Senate commerce COM
mittee today adopted a favorable re-
port on the Fletcher substitute for the
ship purchase bill and rejected the
Lodge amendment, which declares no
interned ships of belligerents shall be
purchased The Fletcher substitute
provides for organization of a ship
ping corporation, the United States
to subscribe at least 81 per cent of
the stock, to be managed by a ship
ping board. This board is subject
to approval by the president and is
to be given full power to vote the
stock of the United States in the ship
ping corporation. Ten million dollars
is appropriated for the initial ex-
penses of creating the board and $780,
100000 more Panama Canal bonds au-
thorized to be sold for the purchase
and construction of vessels to be
transferred by the board to the cor
poration.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
Cantu Retains Power.

Calexico Chronicle: With the reap
pointment by General Francisco Villa
of Colonel Esteban Cantu as military
and civil governor of the Northern
district of Lower California, General
Jose Maria Leyva, contender for the
position, and whose request to Cantu
for the latter's abdication was met
with flat refusal, takes his place
in the hall of Mexicali fame along
with Balthazar Avilez, Anaya, Jack
Noonan, Salinas and Lojero, all of
whom scintillated on the horizon of
Mexicali heroism, only to fall victims
to the sagacity of Colonel Cantu, their
meteoric careers ending with a dull
thud and splash in the puddle of
oblivion.
Colonel Cantu has received his re-
appointment from General Villa and
1t reads in English as follows:
"ln view of the reasons which YOU
state in your telegram and CORE
spending with your merits and sery-
ices given our cause, please take i'm
mediate command of the military and
civil governorship of the Northern
district Of Lower California. Please
request Jose Maria Leyva to return
to Agues Calientes to confer with
me. The way you have conducted
the governorship of that territory is
very satisfactory. | have enough con-
dence in you and for that reason it
is not necessary for you to send an
inspector as you intend. Yours in
command, FRANCISCO VILLA"
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
High School Notes.
(By Thomas r. Wilson,

This morning, under the supervision
of Mr.. Maskey, a fire department was
organized, composed of sixteen boys.
The first thing they did was to elect
Egbert Swanson as fire chief and
Thomas Wilson as secretary The
boys were divided up into four groups
of four each and each group was as
signed to one of the main fire plugs
Ground the building. One out of each
group was appointed as plug man
and another as nozzle man, with the
other two as assistants. The men
were appointed as follows: For the
west arcade, Aten, Thompson, Merriam
and Pyle; for the east arcade, Davis,
Tilton, Burger and Perry; for the
west basement, Hobby, Herr, Williams
and Brewer; for the east basement,
Berry, Starritt, Swanson and Wilson.
A fire signal was given so that all
will know it, and many drills will
be held in the future. Also there will
be many challenges and contests be-
tween the east side and the west side.
This is a department which has been
badly needed and in case of fire should
do much good.
1t has been announced that there
will be no game Saturday. The regu
lar schedule will be adhered to and
so the next game for Ell Centre will
be with Brawley one week from Sat
urday. FL Centre will play Imperial
on any day that is satisfactory to
both schools. The game with Braw-
ley is to be played at Ell Centro, while
the game with Imperial is to be
played at Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
CUT WORMS ATTACKING
JAP ONION PATCHES

The cut worm, we'll known to melon
growers, is again appearing in vari-
Gus parts of the valley, according to
F. w. Waite, county horticultural
commissioner, who states this morning
that the activity of the pests in the
North End has been called to his at
tention by Japanese onion growers.
"There are approximately 800 acres
planted to onions in this county," said
Mr.. Waite, "but, aside from the patch
near Brawley, as far as | know, other
growers are not suffering any loss by
the ravages of the cut worm."
Like the aphis, the cut worm is not
active during the day, he said, and
the japanese growers whose patch
has become afflicted have resorted
to the simple expedient of arming
themselves with lantern and search
ing through the patches for the
worms. The cut worm can be elimi-
mated, it is said, by digging about the
onion growths during the day, as they
hibernate beneath the surface of the
soil shortly before sunrise.
The simplest method to dispose of
the pests, according to Mr. Waite, is
to prepare mixture consisting of
40 pounds of bran, five pounds of
arsenic and two gallons of molasses,
press the dampened mixture into large
PELLETS and scatter them about the
ground in the district where the
worms are operating. In conjunction
with this effective extermnator,
boards should be distributed about the
affected section during the day and
the worms can be collected from be-
reath the lumber after they have con
cluded their nocturnal operations.
"The loss to the onion growers is
not as vital as the possibility that
the cut worms may become preva ent
during the melon season. declared
Mr.. Waite, "and for that reason we
have sent a number of worms to Berk-
eley for classification in order that
we may know better how to control
the spread of the pest"
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
STEA MER IS SUNK
IN A COLLISION

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 26.-Rammed by
the schooner Elizabeth Palmer, Just
before dawn today, the American
Hawaiian steamer Washingtonian was
sent to the bottom of the Atlantic
within seven minutes. The collision
occurred off Fenwick island. Lifeboats
from the island succeeded in saving
thirty nine members OF the crew and
only one man went down with the
ship. The Westinghouse was sup
POSED to carry crew of rs, but re-
ports from Fenwick island indicated
that only 40 were aboard. The vessel
was 4,064 tons, bound to New York
from San Francisco. The Old Domin
ion liner Hamilton reached the scene
of the collision soon after it occurred
and helped in the rescue.
The Palmer also sank shortly after
the Washingtonian went down. The
crew Of the Palmer, comprising eight,
was rescued by the Hamilton. The
only man lost was the water tender
on the Washingtonian, named Meyer.
There was high wind at the time of
the disaster.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
MANY POTATOES
ARRIVING IN VALLEY

Two carloads of White Rose pota-
toes for planting have arrived in the
valley in the past few days, accord
ing to F. w. Waite, county horticul-
tural commissioner, most of the ship
ments, he said, having been delivered
in the Brawley district.
On January 13 H. w. Whitacre, rep
resentative of a California Oregon
Washington seed distributing firm,
accompanied by Mr.. Waite, made a
tour of the valley in an effort to in
terest ranchers in spud culture, with
the result that he succeeded in land
ting orders for several carloads of
potatoes for growing.
The nucleus for the fortunes of flu
tude spud kings has arrived, but, ac
cording to County Horticultural Com
missioner Waite, as much care has to
be exercised in the selection and
planting of potatoes as in any other
line of agriculture.
Potatoes commonly are afflicted
with wilt and scab, he declared, but
in the case of the latter the fungus
growth can be removed by immersing
the potatoes in weak solution of
formaldehyde and water. Those af-
flicted with wilt, he said, should never
be planted, as in many cases where
the potatoes are stored the affected
growth will cause rapid decay among
those that come in immediate contact
with it. Wilt, he declared, could be
entirely eradicated if before planting
the potato is cut from the stem end
until the small black ring which in
dicates the presence of wilt has en-
tirely disappeared.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
General CarranZa to Revoke
Many Land Concessions

Washington, Jan. 26.-The decree of
Carranza, in which he proposes to
abrogate all land titles granted by
municipalities since 1856 and by the
federal government since 1876, has
caused Secretary of State Bryan to
send protest through United States
Consul Canada at Vera Cruz.
1t is estimated that if CarranZa
were allowed to enforce this decree,
more than $300,0O0,OOO worth of the
property of Americans would be af-
fected and about $500,OOO,0OO worth of
the property of British subjects.
Great Britain is expected to follow
the course with respect to Carranza
which she prescribed to him when he
threatened to confiscate British oil
wells and put an embargo on the ex
port of oil when it was needed most
by the British navy. 1t is limited
here very strongly that Great Brit
ain, in order to bring Carranza to
terms at that crisis, threatened to
lombard one or more of the ports in
Carranza's territory. Similar dras-
tic and unmistakable action is antici
pated in the present case from Great
Britain if Carranza undertakes to en-
force his decree.
The Carranzista agency has dis
patches today from Mexico reporting
the defeat of General Villa at Guada-
lajara and its capture by the Carran-
zistas. The Villa troops were COM
manded by General Medina and the
Carranzistas by Generals Dieguez and
Murquia.
The agency also reports the arrival
of 800 Yaqui Indians, who have left
for Puebla to reinforce General Obre-
gon.
In an attack on an American ranch
near Mexico City by bandits said to
be followers of Zapata, one of the rob
bers was killed and another wounded
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
Realty Transfers

Reported daily by Peoples Abstract
and Title Company:
Bank of Commerce and Trust Com
pany to w. M. Herbert, N " tract 122,
1914.
Perry F. Emerson and Aletha C.
Emerson to George Nowlin, lot 5,
block 40, Brawley.
Hiram A. Cummings and Emma J.
Cummings, wife, to Edwin R. Gurn-
sey, tract So, 1916, subject to right
of way over north 66 feet of said
property for public road as in 49,
227DL.
Everett Fischer to Mary Fischer,
wife, undivided one-twelfth interest in
S u Section 4, 14-13, 32O acres.
Frank M. Smoot, single, to M. Ag-
mes Borden, lot 8, Alamo tract, Holt
vile, to correct former deed.
M. Agnes Borden and w. H. Borden
to City of Holtville, lots /, 2, 3, of
Alamo tract, Holtville.
c. j. Schenck, administrator of es-
tate of Margaret E. Schenck estate
to l.. X. Parks, lot 20, block II. Holt
vile.
L. X. Parks and Mary S. Parks, wife
to Fl. d. Meyer, same property.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-01-26
Rockefeller Is Remarkable
Witness Concerning Labor

within a few hundred yards of the
public school.
That in the same building with the
saloons clubs for the miners are con-
Quoted by the concern.
And that sociological literature is
sued by the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company is distributed by the saloon
keepers.
Asked specifically about each of
these charges by Chairman Walsh
Mr.. Rockefeller admitted that the com
rany rented the building to the sa
loonkeeper, but had no interest in the
saloon. He admitted having heard
rumors of political corruption, but
refused to say pointblank if he would
vote for the discharge of an official
found guilty. Pressed by Chairman
Walsh of the federal commission on
industrial unrest, before whom he was
testifying, Mr.. Rockefeller finally said:
"The commission has doubtless got
much information with reference to
the subjects that you have been de-
veloping today. Personally as a di-
rector of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, should be very happy to
have any manner of abuse or of
wrongs you may have found brought
to my attention. I can assure you
that l should be only too happy to do
anything in my power to see that such
wrongs are righted."
Mr.. Rockefeller was before the COM
mission all day., during which he de-
Tended the interests of his father in
dogged fashion. He made remark
able witness.