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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
(By Associated Press. !,

Washington, June THE thirty
ninth battleship built for the Ameri
can navy since 1892 will take the
water June 10 next when the super.
dreadnaught Arizona slips from the
ways at the New York Navy Yard
Compared to the first American bat
tleship, the Indiana, launched
in 1898 the Arizona will be nearly
twice as long, half again as wide
and of three times as great displaee-
ment. Against the Ondianas four
13-inch guns and eight S-inch, the
Arizona will carry twelve 14-inch
and twenty-five 5-inch rifles, the
same armament as her sister ship.
the Pennsylvania, recently launched
at Newport News.
In addition to the great size of the
new ships main battery, the guns
are of forty-five calibre as against
the 35 calibre of the Indiana's thir-
teen-inch guns, identical with those
aboard the famous old Oregon, which
played their part in the battle of
Santiago. With the fourteens of the
Arizona in her turrets, the Oregon
could have halted any one of the
f1eeting Spanish ships almost with
out leaving her station. The Ari-
zona's guns have range, even at
the low elevation of American navy
mountings, of fifteen miles or more
against eight or nine miles for the
old thirteens
The Arizona will be the fourth
battleship built by the United States
IN its own navy yard at New York.
The others were the Connecticut.
the dreadnaught Florida and the SUI
perdreadnaught New York, at pres
ent one of the largest, swiftest and
most powerful of American fighting
craft. Against the New York's dis
placement of $4,000 tons, however.
the Arizona will displace 31,4OO
tons and will measure 600 feet in
length and 81 feet 6 inches in width.
She will mount twelve 14-inch guns
to the ten las carried by the Texas
and they will be carried three to a
turret as aboard the Pennsylvania.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
A wIFE'S COMMANDMENTS

(Seneca, Mo-, News-Dispatch)
Remember that I am thy wife,
Whom thou should'st cherish
all thy life.
Thou shalt not stay out late at
night
When worldly trivials invite.
3-Thou shalt not smoke indoors or
out,
Nor chew tobacco roundabout
4-Thou shalt with praise receive
my pies,
Nor pastry made by me despise.
5-My mother thou shalt strive to
please,
And let her live with us in ease
6-Remember tits thy duty clear
To dress me we'll, however dear
Thou shalt in manner duly
meek
Give me thy wages once a week.
S-Thou shalt not be a drinking
man,
But keep the prohibition ban.
9-Thou shalt not flirt, but must
agree
To leave that privilege for me.
1O-Thou shalt arise when baby
cries
And bid him close his lit :
tie eyes.
These ten commandments day
by day
Thou shalt implicitly obey.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
Battleship Arizona To
Be Launched On June 19

i Immediately upon the launchin.
Of the Arizona the keel of the nav,
departments greatest experimnt IL
naval construction, the electrically
driven superdreadnaught California
will be aid at the New York yard
She will be nearly a thousand tons
heavier than the Arizona although
, carrying the same equipment and ar.
, rangement guns; but is expected
to develop greater speed than the 81
knots desired o the Arizona.
Comparing the most recent gov
eminent built battleship to the first
turned out, navy officials point to
the fact that alhoug the Arizona has
twelve guns to the Connecticut's
four and displaces 5,40O tons more
water, being nearly twice as large.
she will carry only 915 men as
against the. 1,O12 needed to handle
the smaller ship. This is due to the
Improvement in mechanical appli-
'nees for battleships in the last de-
cade and also to the fact that oil
has been substituted for coal as fuel,
decreasing the necessary fireroom
force, and that only two sizes of
guns compose her armament against
the four sizes aboard the Connecti-
cut. The result is a reduction in
ammunition handling forces.
The Arizona will be sponsored by,
Miss Esther Ross of Preston, Ari-
IONA, nominated by Governor Hunt
of Arizona. AS she looks in the
water Immediately after the launch
ing, the ship will have cost the gov
eminent $7,425,0OO. An even greater
sum will go for her guns and armor
and other equipment and when she
goes into commission her cost to the
country will have reached the huge
total of $16,O00,000 or more. This
cost represents reduction of nearly
100000 in guns and armor, ac-
cording to the navy department, I'M
der the prices paid for the Pennsyl-
vania's offensive and defensive
equipment. 1t was in dealing with
contracts for the Arizona's armor
tina. Secretary Daniels demanded
competitive bidding and succeeded
in effecting the saving.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
MENTAL LABOR IN OLD AGE
Writer Points Out How Impossible II
10 to Mark eliminating Point
In Mans Career.

Who talks Of fifty years as the cul
minating point in mans career? Were
all the great work performed by men
even beyond seventy erased from his.
tory the human race would be bereft
of some very proud achievements.
Jefferson founded a university by
his own activity after he had passed
three score years and ten. John
Quincy Adams, although he had been
president Of the United States and
five times foreign minister, wrought
as a congressman by far his greatest
deeds after he was sixty-five. His TO-
bust father sat in a constitutional con-
ventfon when he was almost a mona
genarian. Franklin did valiant sery.
Ice In helping to frame the Constitu-
ton Of the United States after he had
turned serene and contented eighty.
Seventy saw Gladstone 80 vigorous
that he was still good for the greatest
battle Of his political life and a pre-
miership. England's foremost living
historian, Sir George Otto Trevelyan.
who is even now completing his mon
umental story Of the American revo-
luton. occupied seat in parliament
half century ago. This brilliant ne
phew of Lord Macaulay has done his
best writing since reaching seventy.
Germany's first emperor. the veneer
able William, saw Waterloo as a sol.
der. but fifty-five years later he was
armies at Sedan and welding
an empire after the fall of Paris. John
Bigelow at four score was mentally as
virile as boy, and his powers as an
author were not dimmed.
Our own Frederick Fraley was an
active business man, president of a
bank and the national board of trade
since the Spanish-American war and
yet he was prominent enough In 1874
to serve on q committee that vel.
coined to Philadelphia Daniel Web
Bter.
Science Is making lives longer than
they were in the days of our grand
fathers. and also far more comfort.
able. The same agency that prolonRs
bodily vigor will surely lengthen the
age Of mans most virile mental labor
Ledger.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07

he turned round and whistled and an
other Chinaman came out of the dark
ness.
MY cousin, Lin Loo" he volun-
teered. He washee well-as well as
me. He take your laundry tonight"
Where are you going. Linz" asked
my father.
Lin grinned. ME going to China"
he said. Me fight in grand army of
the republic"
This sounded little like blasphemy
to my father, who was a Grand Army
man, and fought under Grant. though
1t cost him his estates to do so and he
was boycotted by the neighbors until
an indefinite time in the seventies.
However, all that Is forgotten now,
thank God. We understood that Lin
Lee had felt the breath of patriotism
stirring in the dry. sapless bones of
his native land and wished to enroll
himself under the Dragon flag to fight
against the tyrant, and, as patriotic
Americans. We could not but approve
his choice.
Lin Lee disappeared just as mys-
teriously as Lin Loo had come. but
that made no difference. Lin Loo
was just as capable laundryman as
Lin Lee. The ladies of our family.
in fact, maintained that Lin Loo had
special genius for interpreting the
laundry needs of their own garments
and, as a result, Lin Loo was to be
seen ironing until far into the night
in his little store on Main street.
1t Is strange, by the way, isn't it,
that one always sees Cinnamon iron
Ing and never washing.
Lin Loo was also an Episcopalian
we found, and when he made his first
visit to our church everyone sat up
and gasped. He was attired in quite
the extreme of fashion, in a silk hat
and frockcoat and patent leather
shoes. He carried silver-head cane.
too, and was very devotional in the
responses. The rector took a great
fancy to him and invited him to his
home to discuss theology. Mrs.
Stubs, his wife, was equally attached
to him.
Yes. it was odd what a general fav.
orite Lin Loo became. OF course
ladies' are apt to take a fancy to
Cinnamon, especially when they are
converted. People say that they only
pretend to believe, for the sake OF
advantages. don't know much about
that, but anyhow, the ladies' all liked
him and, what is stranger, the men
too. Lin Loo was astonishingly well
posted in western ways. But he
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
Scotland Time
Keepers Fined if Lax
In Their Duties
(By Associated Press,

Glasgow, Scotland, June THE
West of Scotland Armaments Com
mittee has put into force in all fac
tories making munitions for the gov
eminent system of fines for bad
timekeeping or Stacking" The
Committee states that important and
urgent government work is being re-
tarded by the action of a minority of
the workmen.
Men who are found guilty will be
fined IS for the first offense, $40 for
the second, and SIS for the third
The fine in the latter case will be
accompanied automatically with in
slant dismissal from work. The
money realized from fines is to be
turned over to the labor unions for
charitable work.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
LIN lee, PATRIOT
How He Provided for His Wife's
Safety When Called on
to Fight.
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

Nobody ever suspected that there
were two Cinnamon in Lin Lees
laundry until we met Lin Loo. For
the matter Of that, nobody cared, OF
would have cared, II there had been
half dozen. Cinnamon come and 70
and nobody takes any stock Of them
except the immigration officials, main
ly because all Cinnamon look alike. at
first glance. to the unframed Cauca-
sian eye. And the first glance is like.
ly in most cases. to be the last. also.
In that part Of Virginia where Lin
Lee had his temporary residence
Cinnamon are not common. The
slight prejudice against them in the
north and the considerable antagon-
ism Of the west do not exist. II
they were not pig-tailed heather they
might pass among us whites as equals
and I come Of the Ramsay family.
To say that is quite enough in our
part Of the country.
Everybody liked Lin Lee. He had
cut OF his pigtail and he attended
the Episcopal church. When he
brought home the laundry he was gen.
orally asked to come into the parlor
and have glass Of wine. Yes, It
sounds odd, know. but Leo was
very intelligent man. . member Of the
Chinese Reform association, and had
studied law In Canton, he told US,
before the Manchus drove him from
the country ON account Of his PARTED.
patton in seditious movement. Like
all Cinnamon, he had q natural genius
for the washtub.
So Lin Lee became q resident Of
our village and. as said, everybody
thought he occupied his shanty alone
We though so until the evening
when, having brought home the laun.
dry in its usual highly starched con-
dition, and having received the red
paper with its mysterious hierogly-
phfcs which he always left as security,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07

wouldn't drink and wouldn't swear
None of US thought the less of him or
that account.
Amy news Of your cousin, Loo?
we would ask, as we stopped In tt
watch him bending over his iron and
pressing with his scrawny arms. AND
Loo always looked up and smiled and
shook his head.
Whether or not any news of the
missing cousin filtered through tc
him, he always denied knowledge Of
his relative. Yet somehow he never
seemed to doubt that Lee would re
turn. And when year had rolled
by and Lin had become only a mem
DRY, he still maintained the same
assurance. 1mperturbable, suave,
courteous. jolly, Lin Loo was social
asset In our town.
And then the missing cousin turned
up just as Unexpectedly as he had
gone. One evening Lin Lee stepped
into our parlor, his basket on his
arm. as though he had only left US the
night before, and received the red
paper from my mother Then he an
nounced:
ME going to leave tomorrow. No
more wash. My cousin, Sam Hong,
has bought my shop"
"And your other cousin-Lin LOOT"
we asked.
he go away" replied our visitor.
mo see any more"
That was all. Sam Hong was q
very "ornary' kind of Chinaman, with
thick pigtail, q surly expression,
and an ugly cast in his eye. He
was q rank heather and was sus-
pected Of smoking opium in his little
shack behind the store on Sunday
afternoons. Our interest in the Celes-
tial race rapidly evanesced.
It must have been nearly a year
after our friends departure that bust
ness called me to Richmond. l was
strolling down one of the side streets
when / caught sight Of Lin Lee be-
hind the glass window Of a laundry,
ironing as hard as ever. l walked
in.
He greeted me with the same cheer
full smile as ever. We shook hands
and discussed old times.
why did you leave us so suddenly,
Lin Lee?" l asked. I'VE all miss
you in our town. What was the mat
ter? Didn't we treat you well?"
"Sure-fine," answered Lin Lee
with a broad grin. II come to Rich
mond to open bigger place, more bust
ness. l get married"
Then I ventured upon a very bold
experiment asked IL he would pre-
sent me to Mrs. Lin Lee. l knew 1t
was not Chinese etiquette and l was
not surprised when he told me that
she was out.
But she wasn't out, because at that
moment the door opened and a
Chinese woman, with a little, black
haired, squint-eyed baby in her arms,
peered out. knew her too. It was
Mrs. Lin Lee-once Mr.. Lin Loo. She
nodded and smiled and shut the door
in my face and said goodbye quickly
and went out
Now / hold no brief for or against
Cinnamon, but will say was Of
Tended at this horrible deception at
the time. But afterward l began
could he have been assured
Of his wife's safety, living alone in
our town, the only Celestial within
twenty miles? l think he could;
know he could. But l can imagine
what dangers he may have feared
for her-the young husband, called
back eight thousand miles to fight his
country's battles, with all he loved
dwelling alone among white-faced bar. !
Copyright. 1913, by w. g. Chapnlan.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
Side procucts.

OF course, If they force the condition
on u.s. we can return to liver. corn
DODGERS and parched corn coffee But
II the packers are willing to be con
siderate we hope they will find a way
70 commercialize the grunt of the hog
and the moo of the steers.-Houston
Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
Do Postnen Get Lettera7

Do you suppose the post Office clerks
care to receive letters? have my
doubts. They get into a dreadful habit
OF indifference. A postman, l imagine,
is quite callous. Conceive his deliver.
ing one to himself without being
startled by a preliminary double
knocki-Charies Dickens.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
Too Many HiuhbaIIs,

Speaking Of tennis, when a man
goes on a racket he is apt to get into
the court Then there's the deuce to
pay. the net result sometimes being
that he has to serve a term for his
fault.-Boston Transcript.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
Booked Ahead,

Now that your son is through col
ieee, what are you going to make of
MIN. Cant tell for a couple of
years. He went to a coed institution,
and he's booked up for two years
solid to act as an usher at weddings"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07

.. himoies were first known a..
an snumo-oeiis' from their shape and
ene place where they were worn The
anser was soon found to be a more
.onvenient place. and with the loss .,
to "thimble." ' "nooined
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
The Last Resort.

A Chicago Judge has just ruled that
the man is still head of the house."
Further details. however, might dis
close that when he went home his
wife applied the recall of judicial de-
cisions.-Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
Daily Ihouuhf

II man does not keep pace with
his companions perhaps it is because
he hears different drummer-Tho.
reau.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
Immune From MANY b,......

Men attending the pans in sal,
WORKS are generally supposed To hs
exempt from cholera. smallpox. scar.
let fever and influenza. ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07
measure of Happiness.

a "oman Is happy when she thinka -, 49,,
sne is better looking than the laav YES WY,
cashier at the downtown cafe vhara ina. tne
ner husband gets lunches-pors nttss 50 uen WIS., hi
land Telegram 'oft uttered while In good vi
change
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-07

(Seneca, Mo-, News -Dispatch)
Remember that I am thy wife,
Whom thou should'st cherish
all thy life.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-08-25
New Stamp.

An eleven cent postage stamp,
the first of this denominati On 70
be issued, has been authorized by
Postmaster General Burleson 10
meet the parcels post demand. 1t
is to be distributed to postmasters
throughout the country.
The new stamp is dark green,
and bears the profile head of Ben
jamin Franklin from Houdini's
bust.
The new stamp is designed to
meet the demand for one stamp to
cover insurance and G.. o. -. charg-
es on parcel post matter. In addi-
ton, ell parcels for local delivery
weighing twelve or thirteen pounds
carry for eleven cents postage, as
do parcels weighing seven pounds
IN the fret and second zones.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-08-25

drink; plea of guilty and fined $40.
State vs Kiah Maynard, keeping
ferret; plea Of guilty and fined s..
State vs Frank Neal and Robert
Potion, felony; bond forfeited and
permitted to give bond in vacation.
State vs.. VIM. Meadows, felony;
verdict Of guilty Of unlawful wound
ing, fined $50 and 30 days in Jail.
6. w. Payne, Admr., Va Wright
Bros. Co., ct al, continued on mo-
tion of defendant.
State vs. Rufus Pack, revolver;
verdict of not guilty.
State VS. Jay Chafin, felony;
bonded and continued.
State VS. Riley Davis, felony;
bonded and continued.
Virgin Adkins w Chapman Rus.
sell, bastardy; action dismissed.
state vs y. j. Hines, contempt,
pending upon appeal from justice /;
judgment Of justice sustained a. to
fine.
State vs Jay Cbafins, felony; ver-
dict of guilty of assault and battery
and fined s25 and 10 days in jail.
State vs g. w Turner and Lizzie
Newton, felony; nolIied as to Turner
and continued as TO Mrs. Newton.
John S Billups, admr OF John
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-08-25
LEO FRANK TAKEN
FROM PEN|TENTIARY
by Mob and Hanged With
in Sight of Victims
Home.

Marietta, Ga, Aug. 17.-Leo NJ.
Frank, convicted of the murder OF
Mary Phagan, was taken from the
state prison farm at Mllledgeyille
last night by a small band of de-.
'ermlned men, was brought to
within a few miles of the Pbsoan
home IN this city at daylight today
and hanged to tree near the
Marietta illedge highway.
The body which was found al
eight o'clock this morning, dan
gled from thetree for several hours
while throng from the surround.
ing countryside gathered about the
scene. By vote of tie crowd the
body was cut down without mutt
iation and taken by automobile to
Atlanta where another throng con.
gregated to view it.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-08-25
Better Subscribe.

A ran who was too economical
to subscribe for paper, sent his
little boy to borrow the copy taken
by his neIRhbor. In his haste the
boy ran over 81 stand of bees
and in ten minutes looked like a
swarty summer squash. His faith
or ran TO his assistance and failing
to notice a barbsd wire fence ran
into that, cutting handful Of
flesh from his anatomy and ruin
ed "a pair of pants. The old
COW took advantage of the gap in
in the fence and got into the corn
field and killed herself eating green
corn. Hearing racket the wife
ran out, upset four.gallon churn
of ice cream into a basket Of little
chickens, drowning the entire
batch. In her haste she dropped
a S25 set Of false teeth.
The baby, having been left alone,
crawled through the spilled milk
and into the parlor running brand.
new $50 carpet. During the ex-
citement the oldest daughter ran
away with the hired man, the dog
broke up eleven setting hens and
chewed the tails off four fine shirts
on the clothes line.
And to avoid all accidents sub
scribe for your county paper to-
day.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-08-25
FIVE KILLED AND
SEVEN ARE INJURED
When Train Jumps Track
In a Coal River
Tunnel.

Five persons we're killed and
seven seriously injured as a result
OF a oave.in at Pinnacle tunnel on
the Coal River branch of the &. d
o. railway, six miles north of Mad
ison, on Tuesday morning, Aug.
II.
The catastrophe occurred when
eastbound passenger train num-
ber 214 struck split rail as the
engine was entering the tunnel.
The entire train left the track,
crashing into the wall and knock
ing down the supports of the struc-
ture. With crash that was heard
for miles, the entire tunnel oaved
in
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-08-25
LIFE SENTENCE GIVEN
ALFRED MAYNARD
Man Who DiSembOweled
His Wife Sentenced To
MOundSviIIe.

Life in the penitentiary was the
sentence passed on Alfred Maynard,
OF near Dunlow, Tuesday, Aug. II,
when the man was arranged before
Judge John b. Wilkinson in Wayne
circuit court for the murder of his
wife, Sarah Maynard. The crime
occurred early in June. By an agree.
ment with the state Maynard's attor.
neys cau,ed him TO enter a plea of
guilty.
The crime by its fearful brutality
startled the whole county at the time.
After knocking his wife in the head
Maynard is said to have disembow.
eled her. Mrs. Maynard died the
same night.
There was a grave question as to
Maynard's sanity. Several doctors
were before the court and gave testi-
mony. Four declared him sane
waile three stated their belief that
Maynard suffered fits of acute in
sanity.
Maynard was represented by p.
IL. Napier of Wayne and John ).
Osborn, of Louisa, while Prosecu-
ting Attorney ID. B. Hardwick ap-
peared for the state.
Maynard had been in the hospital
on different occasions. About eight
years ago he was arrested and placed
in Jail at Wayne. While there he
attacked another prisoner and gave
him a fearful beating with a cuspi-
dor. Afterwards he struck himself
on the head with the cuspidor caus.
ing serious injury. He was then
taken to an asylum.
Later, after release, he was a mi.
ner in johnson county, Kentucky.
His actions aroused suspicion when
every day he would take pieces of
bread to some imaginary pet
lions. He was confined sometime
and on being released returned to
this county and lived with his wife.
The only other case of importance
before Judge Wilkinson was that of
William Meadows, of Portsmouth,
o., Norfolk 81 Western fireman,
charged with assaulting Leonard
Damron, the son of Rev. A. w.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-08-25
"Chick" York Afflicted
With Paralysis.

Word has been received from Gin
cinnati to the effect that Charles N.
York, the Catlettsburg man who was
stricken with paralysis Sunday after.
noon, is improving. His wife is at
his bedside and will remain there
until he can be removed 70 CatIetts.
burg. IN his sickness, the Reel
theatre, Of which he was manager,
will be in charge Of Misses Wayne
and Nellebelle Sweeney.-Catletts-
burg cor. Herald-Dispatch.