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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
WAYS OF PICKING HUSBANDS
Maidens Have Various Methods, Some
Of Which Would Seem to Border
on the Ludicrous.

To ninety-nine girls out Of hun
dred the most important duty in life is
choosing husband. Methods OF
choice vary a good deal, of course,
chiefly perhaps as between town and
country-bred maidens.
To the town or suburban girl d
mans clothes count almost for every
thing The bride is to the best dressed.
The cut Of a coat or the color of a
cravat weighs more with Clara than
character
Her country cousin. on the other
hand, knows better than to pin her
faith to a tailor's dummy. She Is
guided in her choice by more than &C.
cult signs. BY agitating with her
hand the water in bucket she can
see the image of her future spouse.
II she desires confirmation she has
only to throw broken eggs over q
friends head and the same image will
appear.
The peasant girls Of Russia arrive
at q similar result by seating them
selves in front Of small looking glass
in a semidark room, when vision OF
their future lord and master will be
certain to present itself
Once a year an exceptional oppor.
tunity occurs. At twelve o'clock on
Christmas eve every girl who can
contrives to steal out in order to ask
the first man she meets his name.
Whatever he gives is that OF the
bridegroom-to-be.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04

to The last. Be sensible, men! II ]
bring your prisoner out to you"
"You can have five minutes, then"
rstorted the leader, taking out his
watch.
In his cell the wretched negro, hear
ing The clamor and knowing what 1t
portended, covered in terror. He
heard the cries cease and begin again.
Then he heard footsteps, the door Of
his eli snapped open, and Artemus ap-
pease1.
Save mel" pleaded the wretched
man.
-Come with me-" answered the
sheui2.
He rushed him along the passage
and through his house into the little
garage where his car was waiting. He
pushed the negro inside.
Crouch down, and not sound!" he
whispered.
He went back into the house, where
his ltle girl was still playing.
ITS time for you to go to bed,
Dorothy he said.
The little girl began to put her
dolls together.
Never mind I'll do that tonight"
he aid.
Outside the crowd was waiting.
Their leader, watch in hand, counted
the half-minutes The time seemed to
pass with incredible slowness. At last
the ave minutes were up. The mob
advanced
Come along, sheriff." shouted their
leader again.
There was no answer. He ham,
mered upon the door. Times up!"
he yelled.
And, as no reply came, he began bat.
tering at the panels. The mob, sus-
picicus of trickery. brought forward
the plank with which they had
smashed down the outer doors.
watch the back" yelled their lead
Or. ~ the sudden sound of a cranking
engine reached their ears.
A concerted rush to the back doors
WAS made. But before the moi
reached them they swung wide open
There was moments pause-and out
eped the sheriff's machine. in it the
sheriff and the grotesque form of the
panic-stricken negro.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
Pressed for Time.

Mrs. Hooligan was suffering from
the common complaint of having more
to do than there was time to do 1t in.
She looked up at the clock and then
slapped the iron she had lifted from
the stove back on the lid with a clat-
ter. Talk about tonne and toide
waitin' for no man.. she muttered as
she hurried into the pantry; there's
tonnes they waits an tonnes they
don't Yistherday at this blessed mint
twas but tin o'clock an today it's a
quarther to twilve"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04

So sudden was this maneuver that
the mob was taken aback. The rush
of the automobile scattered them;
shots were fired, but in the darkness
they went wide. The machine. gath
ering momentum, sped down the road.
For a moment or two Sheriff Arte-
mus breathed freely as he sped down
the road. Then the cries. which had
grown faint, began to become louder
again. Casting hurried look back
he saw the headlights of distant cars
pursuing him. So the mob had come
in automobiles! Everything seemed to
have been foreseen.
He let out his machine to the full.
He believed that he could outdistance
his pursuers. He heard family the
crack of revolvers behind him, but the
bullets did not reach him. He was
distancing them. At the bend of the
road, five miles from the prison. he
saw only tiny, distant flashes Of light.
indicating the presence of the pursu-
ing machines.
He slowed down until he saw their
lights swiftly approaching, and, with a
roar and a rattle of his engine, started
again.
Yells of triumph pursued him. The
bullets Glove the air about him. He
put on speed. The distance remained
about the same. Then slowly he be-
gan to draw ahead Of them.
He led them a dance that night that
was never forgotten. Mile after mile
was reeled of, until the gasoline be-
gan to fail. Three counties were
crossed. Still the sheriff sped on, and
the pursuers, trailing off, began to lose
hope. Then the sheriff would slow
| down and wait for them.
They caught him at dawn. Only
one car had followed him, but in it
were the leader of the lynching party
and three of the most determined. By
] the faint light they saw the sheriff and
their victim.
Surrender" they yelled and Sheriff
Artemus held up his hands.
A rope was brought out and, looped,
| flung round the throat of the grotesque
| uSuT6 III tuo car. OHe emu Was Ids
tened to a limb of a water oak. Amid
chorus of yells the figure, jerked
from it's place at the sheriffs side,
swung swiftly aloft. The revolvers
were emptied into it.
Sheriff Artemus suddenly pulled a
revolver with either hand and covered
the little group of four.
The leader turned to him with puz
zled look.
Say, what's the game, sheriff." he
asked. Its over now"
Get into your car and drive slowly
ahead" answered Artemus. 81 can
OUTRAGE you, and I'll shoot every mar
who doesn't sit quiet. You're going tt
drive to the Jail at Ransome First
look at that tree again."
They looked, and, in the gathering
light, saw the grotesque figure OF
Dorothys rag doll with the negro face
swinging sardoncally from the limb.
81 dropped Jim Sanford twent!
miles back" announced the sheriff
softly. Hop in. gentlemen, IL yo'
want to get to Ransome alive
Copyright. 1915. by w. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
Street Car Etiuuette,

Right back of you in the street car
Is another seat in which other persons
may be riding. II you forget TO lay
your arm over the back of your own
seat and also to fold your overcoat
back of your seat you may not cause
sufficient annoyance to your neighbors
in the rear In that event they may
spread their newspapers and maya
zines in such a way as not to tip your
hat and tickle your ears. One cannot
be too careful about street car dis
courtesy. 1t might go out of fashion
at any minute-Los Angeles Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
The GROWING Ace.

According to DR.. Lindsay Wynecoop,
boys and girls between ten and sixteen
years of age need a great deal Of sleep.
Laziness. he declares. Is an indication
that they are growing. Poor marks in
school, be AYERS, are not so serious as
many parents are wont to believe.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
Bee
by II. s. WATSON.

out, sheriff! Give up your
4" yelled the mob.
Xrtemus looked out of the win
his little home. The mob had
kattered down the flimsy doors
entrance to the prison yard.
{<tood without, an Infatuated
lived temporarily only by the
the unknown. John Artemus
much feared as he was re-
He was the man to spring a
on them They hesitated, but
not cease yelling.
30 six o'clock in the afternoon.
tia, for which the sheriff had
ned upon receipt of news that
was on its way, could not ar.
u midnight. John Artemus
out. Two rooms away his little
u accustomed to the cries of
Doners, and knowing nothing
51s new outburst portended. was
r with her dolls. A wonderful
ION Dorothy had. ranging from
|De to the regular ten-cent doll,
\ we're equally cherished by her.
rs the heart of the sheriff's life,
"a been since her mother died in
: birth to her.
ne OUT" the mob was bowling.
q Artemus unlocked the door and
i upon the steps of his house,
onting the mob boldly.
lys. he began. you want Jim
Iord?'
=. and we mean to have him!"
ed their spokesman Beat up
[rs. Rogers and stole her ten dol
Well fix him!"
lere has never been a lynching
ster county" the sheriff began.
eli have one now" said the
} crowd had shrunk back at first,
ing the sheriff was armed, but
concluding that he was not, they
/ to press forward about him
saw the look of indecision on his
John Artemus was cowed. A
NFose again. The sheriff held ur
and.
q bring him out to you," he said.
q tricks, mind! The jails sur
led. You'd better play fair, OF
burn down the place"
Ne me five minutes"
Ell come and get him"
here'll be no jail-breaking wher
i Charge" retorted Artemus, his
assuming that look which hat
The mob before. I'LL defend II
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
Gentle Breaking.

wife-"Do you think Tommy dis
turbs our neighbor with his drum"
Husband-'T'm afraid so; the man
next door made him q present Of a
nice new knife today. aud suggested
that Tommy should cut open the drum
and spend the money that is inside"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
Guard Anainst Infection

The Argentine national health de-
partment has posted signs along the
principal streets of Buenos Aires tell
ing what animals and insects should
be avoided to lessen the dangers Of
infectious diseases.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
60 ara Bad rimea 70 Sleep.

gleep is soundest on cool, clear, dry
evenings. when there is little moisture
ii the air and some mild movement OF
- pleasant, soothing atmosphere On
ctcndy, warm, soggy or even snowy
n10Ats. other things being equal, sleep
- fitful. restless and unsatisfactory.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04

Friend OF the College President
what did this beautiful dormitory
cost your" College President-"Three
doctors degrees. One for the man
that put up the money and the others
for two friends OF his."-Life
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
The Idea.

What's a philanthropist, pa?"
He's a variety Of things, my sou,
but oftenest he's a man who robs
Peter of his savings to pay Paurs
rent"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
No Use 20 Him.

The prisoner threw the magazines
across his cell in disgust. and cursed
eloquently. ''Nothin but continued
stories" he growled. AN I'm TO be
hung next Tuesday. Chicago Herald
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
Steos Wind His Watch

A Californian is the owner Of what
is said to be the only watch of the
kind in the world in which lever os-
ciIlates and winds the spring with
every step that he takes
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
Worlds LARGEST Auditorium,

II is recorded that the Coliseum at
Rome had accommodations for $1,000
spectators.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
e.,on comp.rativeIy Modern.

In early days bandmaster beat
lime with his foot. Not until 1920
Was the baton first introduced
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-04
proIi6c Ant

One species of white ant produces
Sc, 400 eggs day.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-02
MexiCans Besiege
Home Of American

Nogalcs, Ariz,, June 2,--Reporta
reached here today that 10 Mexican
bandits are besieging the ranch house
Of /. II. Bowers, an American at Noria,
Sonora
Bowers and his wife are alone in the
house. They were fighting at last a2'
counts
No word has been received from the
district since 10 a. m, and 1t Is feared
the Americans may have been over
whelmcd and slain
The railroad between Nogalcs anil
Guyamas has been cut by rnldinl
bandits who dynamitei three bridges
between Nora aud Querobabi In a
pitched battle last night at Querobabi
station one Calista and five Maytoren.
islas were killed.
The bandits are pluudcriug and do.
yastating the entire country side.
Munv Americans are said 20 be inn
perilled.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-02
coUHT v0H eERH5yoeEe

senicd any IDEAS for making dermany's
acquicsceucc to the American demands
however, the president might adopt
them In bis rcjoindcr now IN course If
preparation.
Two minutes before on Benstorff
left the White House Ambassador Cel'
lers. Of italy, arrived 10 see President
Wilson Attendants maneuverod the
Italy envoy about In lively fashion 10
order 10 prevent u meeting between
him and the representative Of bis
enemy country
The president Is stil gathering facts.
Al noon be conferred with Ambassador
Won Bcrustorff Earlier In the day he
carefully went over the memoranda
prepared by the different mcmbers of
The cabinet, outlining the points they
believed the American answer should
make.
Hundreds Of telegmms were received
at The White House today from lead
ing citizens throughout the country
n Ii the presidents desire 10 be-
thoroughly eoRnilnnt " what the eoun
try really wants before he drafts the
note which may mean peace or war, de
peuding upon how Germany accepts the
communication.
There Is no doubt as to the mair
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-02
Rheims Bombarded.

Paris June THE Germans have
again bombarded Rheims. the famous
cathedral already badly damaged by
gun fire, was again shelled by German
artillery an official statement announc.
ed today.
"Thc Germans shclled Rheims twice
during the past day and a half" the
communique announced. "rhe cathe.
dral and other parts Of the city were
repeatedly bonhafded." "
North Of Arras lighting in the midst
Of ruined and deserted yllages has been
resumed with the greatest fury. The
French succeeded in driving the Ger.
mans out Of n group Of houses in Neu.
Vile and retained their battered posi-.
lions despite determined counter at.
tocks, made by the enemy.
Southwest Of Neuville several
trenches were carried at the point Of
the bayonct. IN their charge the French
captured ijO Germans.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-02
Thousands Of Germans Fall.
In Deadly Hail From
French Cunners
'KAISER'S MEN SHORT OF
AMMUNITION is REPORT
German Captain Wonders
How Long the Thing viii
Last at Present Rate

Paris, June Five thousand Ger.
man dead were found after the recent
bloody figating about Notre Dame De
Lorette, according to an official "eye
witness report of the engagement is.
sred t0lny.
Under hail OF lend from French
heavy artillery, as well as field and ma.
chine guns, the Germans became so de.
morall2ed that they lost all sense of
direction and were thrown into com.
pletc confusion, The report stated that
among the five thousand dead found
aftorward was the body of CAPTAIN
Sievert, who had kept diary giving
details Of the terrible conditions exist
ing in the German trenches.
" In Captain Sieverts pocket" " tae
official report said, "wos found writ.
ten account Of the fighting from MAY
~ to FL, He admitted that the Ger.
mans lacked ammunition, that orders
were so badly given that there was con.
fusion in every section and that the
morale of the troops was bad.
Hundreds Of wounded lay in the
treenhes waiting fofsimbulahces whicl
failed to arrive, Men fought for hour,
without food. Officers telephoned foi
reinfmcements, but none came. AfteI
each severe sieling by the French gum
runners were sent to urge that rein,
forcments be hurried forward, but still
none arrived. - Sievert's five.page re
eital Of the battle concluded. "a won
der how long the thing will last"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-02
TURKS LOSE 100000
MEN IN FOUR DAYS
Commanded By German Of
6Cers They Are Hurled
Forward In Mass
40 90 ruks Ma.

Athens, June 2,-Terble casualties
Suffered In night attacks during tho
past ~ hours have probably brought
'ho Turkish losses In the Dardanoles up
to total of 100000 according to NV
tilene dispatches here today.
l,cIcmcd assaults have been ma 10
ugon the AueioFreuch petitions on tho
Galhrti Trhnsuln. Tue Turks, ,om.
mandcd by German Officers, have ue,n
hurled forward In massod formation,
crb 20 bN driven back, leaving tho
ground covered with their dead and
wounded.
A majority Of the attacks ordered by
the German commanders have been at
plehl Scnrchlights have constantly
liaycd upon the Turkish trenches end
ppun their own front, however, 80 that
Enl lisc attaeks have been impossible.
Forced 10 advance under tao glare Ut
thcsa lights, the Turks have been ul.
died lJ dtadly machine guns from tho
allied IoitiOns.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-02
BY John Edwin Nevin.

Washington, June president Viii.
son aud Ambassador Won Bcrpstorff,
the German envoy, were in conference
for 30 minutes at the White House to-.
day.
No statement was issued at the con.
cluson of the conference and secret
service men prevented any one from
approaching the ambassador rs he was
departing Nevertheless IL was possible
to ask him for statement 10 which re.
quest Won Bcrnstorff responded by
shaking his head.
1t is believed that Ambassador Won
Bernstorff told the president sub.
atantially, that.
Germany is ready TO do everything
required toward reparation wherever II
is shown there has been infringement
OF American rights.
But, that there must be an undee.
standing between the two nations re-,
garding the conduct Of unarmod neu,
tral vessels aud that, based upon such
understanding, they can be fully pro-
tected in keeping with the terms Of
The Hague convention.
Regarding the Lusitania, the ambas,
sador is believed to have told the prcsi
dent that Germany has reason to be-
lieve in the soundness Of her position
regarding the vessels defiance rules OF
international warfare aud violation OF
the American statute az to CARRYING e'S
plosiyes, but that this presents no In,
surmountablc obstacle, provided clcar
understanding can be reached on the
principals involved,
The most sanguine observers did not
expect, Of BernstOrff to indicate Ger.
mony's willingness to abandon her sub.
marine warfare, unless the United
States was in position to compel
England to abandon her "siarvation
policy, or unless England would do
so without compulson by the neutral
powers whose rights are violated by tho
British order in council.
The effect Of Ambassador Won Bern.
storff y representations upon President
Wilson could not be Judged But II was
snrmisod that If the ambassador pre-.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-02
ITALIAN BATTERIES
FIRE UPON ENEMY
HIDDEN BEHIND ROCKS
Heavy Rainfall Makes 1t In
possible To Move Heavy
Guns to Heights

Rome, June 2.--Italian batteries post.
ca on Monte Altssimo are sbcIlng
Aori' The railway bridge has already
Oeen wrecked and the station badly
damaged reports received here TODAY de-.
clared. Heavy rainfall has made ii i'm.
possible to drag guns through the noun.
talns to shell Royeredo from the Zugno
heights which were announced AS boy.
lGg been captured yesterday but the
Mori bombardment has been maintained
with little interruption.
Ihe Austrions are entranched in tine
Mori region behind piles OF rocks hurled
down from the mountain sides by land.
slides centuries ago. In the rear of the
first lines are additional rock borri.
ca les, extending from Mori to Rover.
edo. From behind these Qualifications
it is realized the Austrians can play
machine gun fire down the Adige val.
ley with disastrous effect and must
therefore be shelled from their present
positions before a serious advance is at.
tempted.
Officials dispatches today report no
resumption Of the Isonzo valley fighting
but satisfactory progress is said TO con.
tinue on the Tyrol.Trentino frontiers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-02

Germany are worked by italians who
arrive every season and afterwards re-
turn to Italy. ,,-
The woolen industry depends largely
ON importations. The WOODEN mills by
now have depleted their supplies
II is estimated that Germany's in
dustrics are approaching point where
tbev are 50 per cent below normal II
mis- be true now, the economic situa'
tion will soon reach o stage Of Rrea'
danger Italy's participation in the
war eliminates Germany's impor" 10y
woy Of Austria and Switzerland. Ine
German capacity for organization is
amazing but o limit is reached When
tbere il nothing that can be organize J.
This explains the ienaci'y WIN
which the kaiser elings to submarine
warfare Germany is emphasizing Der
willingness to abandon submarine aetl''
lilies If Great Britain will allo" com
modities to enter Germany ,
THE indications is that Gcfmanvs
domestic situation Is creating problems
more alarming that The military cam
paign.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-02
Senator Chamberlain
Fears Grain Bag Shortage

Portland, Dr., June 2.--Bechuse Of Il
threatened shortage IN the Pacific north
west, Senator Chamberlain was today
asked By the groin trade, through the
chamber Of commerce Of Portland 20 ge.
sure from the government sufficient
vessels 10 carry grain bags from Hong
Kong 10 Portland
with only ten million bags available
and fifty million needed, the growers
fear tbrI o large percentage Of this
years grain crop viii be ruined unless
containers are secured.
The grain bng situation In the Pa.
eific northwest Is the most serious ever
known.
While there are plenty Of bags at
Hong Kong, congestion in shipping is
so great that it is not believed a suf.
ficcnt supply can be moved through
regular channels 10 time Tor harvest