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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
KANSAS FL1RTs WITH CUPID

Through the enchantment that
distance lends Smith Center, out
here in the heart of the Kansas
wheat section, hopes to double her
population. The plan includes
spreading broadcast through the ma
ton a list of names OF persons OF
marriable age. In the list will be
men and women, widows, maids,
bachelors and widowers, every per-
son with legal right to marry.
smith Center is Cupidless town.
The men folks and women folks do
not seem to care for one another in
any but friendly way For years
the young men have been going to
nclshboring towns to call on girls,
and find wives among these girls.
Once married they leave the old
home town,
Many of the girls, too, marry out
,of-town fellows, and move away. So
there are many people here who
haven't married because they didn't
care for company from other thriv-
ing little Kansas cities. The idea is
that these persons marry persons
outside the city and bring them
here.
The list of unmarried persons is
being prepared by the mayor and the
editors of the two newspapers. The
city clerk has been instructed by the
city council to have thousands OF
copies of it printed and sent to then
to all parts of the country. Al
every chance he is to advertise thu
matrimonial desires of the munich
pality. The list will include farm
ers, mechanics, business and profes
sional men, some wealthy, SOM
struggling along in an effort to maxi
their first $1,000, and even tn
towns ne'er-do-wells.-S Cen
ter lKan)., dispatch to st. Loui
. Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
THE ALLIES VIEW
BY Albert w. Bryce

Putting aside the question whether
or not DR.. Dernburg meant his
neutrality of the seas" letter as a
kind of Trojan horse for the over
coming of Britain, and putting aside
the question of whether the surest
way to world peace now may not be
over the beaten and PROSTATE form
of one of the European antagonists.
we may say that the Dernburg letter
presents the germ Of great idea,
and that it arouses a noble hope in
the minds of those who desire peace.
To free the seas; to put an end
to the horrible plunge of Bluechers
and Aboukirs and Bulwarks to the
bottom of the sea; to remove the
reprcach of Falaba- killings. and
dark Audacious mysteries, and all
that CHASTITY record; to free the
world-uniting trade of the nations
from menace and destruction-that
in itself is noble aim, and pro-
ject worthy of all praise. 1t Is a
light streaming through the dark.
ness of the battle night-a promise
of a glorious dawn when the nations
shall realize what they are doing
and shall turn from senseless
slaughter to friendly understand.
ings.
DR.. Dernburg's suggestion is re,
minder that in the midst of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03

Permanent headquarters have been
established in. the United Charities
Building, 2S9 Fourth Avenue. where
all communications addressed to the
secretary will meet with prompt re-
Spouse.
The Union does not intend to usurp
the place of any permanently
organized patriotic organizations,
and it has been made broad enough
in principle to embrace not only
Americans of German, but Irish,
Hungarian, Jewish, Swedish, Span
ish and other racial origin. and to
form a grand clearing house for all
loyal American citizens who are in
terested in American affairs and the
conduct of our International poll.
cies on honor, and not to the humili-
alton of all true Americans.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
Sweet Peas
Thrive at Ocala

Every person who passes along
thewest side of Mr.. NJ j. Roess resi-
dence on East Oklawaha avenue, Is
IMPRESSED with the beauty of the
great beds of sweet peas in the gar
den. now in full bloom and probably
at the heighth of their beauty. MT.
Roess has planted the beds of sweet
peas very carefully each year for the
past five or six. STUDY ard care has
enabled him to improve each year on
the result of the year before, and
this season he not only has more OF
the beautiful flowers but the stalks
or vines are much larger and are
blooming more profusely. a repre-
sentative of the Star went through
the beds with Mr.. Roess day or two
since and does not blame him for
feeling very proud of them. There
are half a dozen beds, each nearly
fifty feet long, and it looked like
there must have been tens OF thous
ands of the beautiful ana traSrah'
blossoms in full bloom, and as many
more budding out. The tallest o
the plants were eight and mar
feet high by the yard stick and stll
shooting their tendrils skyward. Mr.
Roess is glad to have anyone stol
and admire the flowers. Located a
jthey are, where most of the passing
from one important street to an
other goes by, the beautiful flower
are seen by many hundreds eacl
day.
The big he'd of great crimson pop
pies is also a pretty sight. Thes
, poppies have re-seeded themselve
for the past five years, since tn
. original planting tho care havin
. been any more seed planted .--Ocal
Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
BADNESS IN Ida
BY PAUL STRONG.


Copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman.)
"There are many kinds of women"
said the old frontiersman. Some Of
them are good, some very good, and
a few-only a few-are bad. A wom-
an who's bad seems to me somehow a
perversion of what nature intended.
And that's not sentiment but observa-
ton"
He was one of the men Of the last
frontier-the great expanse of terri
tory that stretches northward be-
tween Edmonton and Alaska. There
over thousands of square miles, roam
the Indian and the caribou. It will
never be settled, that virgin land that
nature has marked for her own. Its
vastness, as much as its cold, defles
the puny efforts of man.
Her name was Ida, my bad WON
an" resumed the frontiersman. ~
make mention of her, because, as
was saying. or meant to say, there's
the same cure for badness in womer
that there is for badness in men
And that's love. Again, observation
not sentiment.
Ida was half-breed-half Indian
half French. She came from some
settlement along the Slave. She wa!
nineteen. no more, when l made he
acquaintance in Edmonton Jail, O
which l was warden. That was il
the old days. Edmonton was from
/ tier camp then, and that's not so loni
ago, neither. The Jail was lol
one. Ida had been rounded up b,
one Of the police. She was serving
, year for stabbing man.
Nineteen, l said but she had ha,
years of wild life behind her. Nov
put pin in those words. In on
sense, in the customary sense, Lid
was good. Every man knew that t
his cost-you couldn't try anythin
wrong with the girl. The man sh
stabbed had tried to kiss her.
"Yet she was a natural born devi
1t seemed. Her father had been a.
outlaw, her brothers were outlaw.
She was the widest, most ruffianly-
If l can use such a word-piece Of
girl in the Northwest. And at last sh
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
Pacific States
Join in Big
Celebration

Portland, Ore, May S-Ali Oh tne
states of the Pacific Northwest are
70 ioin hands this week in pis
celebration in honor of the compile
tion of the Dalles-Celilo cahai'
which is regarded as the most lni-
nortant waterway project ever UNI
dertaken in this section OF the couh-
trv The canal provides eontlnu-
ous free waterway from the PACING
Ocean inland distance or 80
miles to Lewiston, Idaho, on the
Snake river, and to Priest kaplos,
on the Columbia river, distance Vi
45O miles. The completion Oh inc
waterway has been deemed OF such
great Importance that series Vi
celebrations has been arranged y!
the citizens of the vast area ahee'-
ed These celebrations are TO con
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
Lines Bring
$50 Per Barrel
At Miami

Miami, May 3-The gin-rickey
season in the north has apparently
started, for very high offers are be-
ing made to local growers for the
little yellow spheres.
John w. Graham, manager for
Chase & Co., at this point, said yes
terday that 50 pei hundred is the
price being offered right now, Of
two cents apiece.
Lime growers who are lucky en-,
ough to have a crop near enough
maturity to ship are lucky. The
price of two cents each is very at
tractive, for it means s36 per bar
rel.
Several growers of lines on thu
keys are preparing to go to thei
groves in an endeavor to get enough
mature lines to ship while the pric,
is so high.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
HOSIERY MAKERS IN SESSION

Philadelphia, Pa, May 3-"Er
mort Possibilities" is the leadin,
subject slated for discussion at IN
annual convention Of the Nation,
Association of Hosiery and Unde,
wear Manufacturers, which opens
in this city today with leading rep
resentatives of the industry in 81
tendance from all parts of the com
try. Today was devoted to the an
mail exhibition of machinery an
products in the First Regimep
Armory. At the first of the bus
ness session tomorrow morning III
members will be welcomed by Nav
or Blackenburg and Congressman
Hampton Moore. The conventc
will continue until Thursday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
Unrequited Love
Suggested as
Cause of Suicide

Tarpon Springs, May 3-The pody
of ID. E. Loftin, the young man VINO
ended his life at Sutherland re-
Gently was shipped to the family
home in Salisbury, \. G., on the
northbound Atlantic Coast Line Far
metto Limited Owing to clrcum-
stances prohibitive of any member
of his sisters family accompanying
the remains home, the body will be
sent by express.
The sister, Mrs. w. J. Estridge' OF
Lakeland, arrived in Tarpon Springs
Wednesday by auto to see her dead
! brother and arrange details for ship
ment of the body. She was accom-
4 panied by her husband, her son-in-
law. l. NJ. Champan, of Tampa; and
T. ]. Fraley, of Lakeland
Unrequited Love Cause
'Onipion of the friends and rela-
tives of the young man is that the
deed was prompted through over
whelming Grief of disappointed love
That the Young man expected tc
have welded soon is attested by sew
eral friends to whom he had men
toned his engagement.
On the occasion of visit 10 hi'
sister in Lakeland some two months
since, when she saw him alive iol
the last time, the young man tol'
Mr.. Estridge that he was to be mar
ried soon. other friends since TN
death have said unhesitatin2ly tina
unrequited love was the cause OF tn
deed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
INDIAN LANDS OPEN FOR ENTRY

Bismarck. n. d., May S-The
Government land in the Standing
Rock Indian reservation was opened
to INSPECTION today, preliminary to
being thrown cnen for homestead
entry two wacks hence. This is
probably the last his opening OF
nuhlic lands that will ever take place
in this part of the country. There
are approximately 100000 acres in
the reservation, but the share re-
served for the State and the allot-
ments to the Indians have reduced
the unclaimed territory to about
$4,000 acres. Thirty-nine thous-
and acres are located in North Da-
kota, and $4,000 acres in South Da-
kota. In South Dakota the filings
are to be made at Timberlake, and
in North Dakota in this city.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03
Moving Picture
Co. Prefers Fla.
To California

Miami. May sc. C. Field, presi-
dent of the Prismatic Film Company,
is back in Miami and his entire
company will be here by the middle
of May to make this city permanent
headquarters, providing suitable
location can be found on which to
build large glass studio. Mr..
Field arrived in the city Saturday
night, and bright and early this
morning started ON hunt for a
studio site. He and his company
spent last December in Miami, but
moved to Los Angeles on account of
the weather which was unusually
Indictment for this city at that time,
and also because there are not en-
ough big buildings in the Magic
City. The weather in Los Angeles
was found to be much worse than
here, and hence the return to sunny
Florida.
Miami is growing and will soon
have enough big buildings to suit
any moving picture producer, it is
believed, and in the meantime parts
of the company can be sent to New
York to get a picture impossible tC
put on here. New York is only a
few hours from Miami while it is
five days from Los Angeles and Mr.
Field says that this fact is greatly
in Miamis favor as actors ant
props" can be secured in much les,
time by company located in thi
city.
J. Pluvius vs. Movie Actors
Mr.. Field said he found Los Anga
les to be entirely too wet for a sue
cess at picture making, as well a
being too far from New York. 9Th
center of things theatrical" Rain
weather was experienced for tw
month this past winter in Los An
geles, and as pictures cannot b
made when the weather is not clea
the company was far from bus.
The official weather report show
in Miami the percentage of the pc.
sible amount of sunshine is CT.
During the summer months Mr.
Fields company will make picture
in Miami without a studio, but b,
fore September he hopes to ha,
built large glass studio which ca
be used during rainy weather. TIL
will be large and expensive stru
ture, but it will be built if the sui
able location can be had. "It all d
ponds on what the real estate me
do to me-" he said.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03

Probably the smallest money order
ever SEN rom Eatonton, Ga. waa
sent recently. A man walked into ,hs
post once. asking for a moroy order
TOT three cents. which he owed to nis
society. and he said he would nave
20 SEND money order, as it didn't
take stamps. The money order cost
nlm three cents. and it took 4 two
cent stamp to send the order
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03

Time through the entire week, an
will include special programs 4,
lewiston. walla Walla, The DALE
Pandleton, Vancouver. Astoria an
n number of other places.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-03

blood and the thunder of battle the
peoples of the world are beginning
to think of better thing than mu-
tual murder. The message of the
million dead is the question WHY"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
DRY GOODS CENTRE SOLID.
Merchants Report OLD Zone suft'
Weeds.

TIE Wholesale Dry Goods Cent?" A.
elected laet week AZ p meeting
nj tho Arkwr,ght Club Thomas " 80
rum president. John c Fame VICE
president, Edwin q scNerk treasure
and Charles c. Edwards .~r-etary
The meeting proved tNst the wN"''
sale dry goods merchants continue N
their Hiding for the downtown cnrn'
II IL considerably more convenient ~
them to .rnrsar- their business WN-'e
acce-~lh'li'y TO 10 piers sri conNen'
erce n shipping e 80 important a 'o
tor. THIS = the fourth year % 80 "a
ISOLATION and since Il was 'o-nr' oHN
two members NaNc Sound " n~"'s'N
g. move uptown. These two re0lofAs
we're necessary because they 40 . ~
retail trade only ma wcr" 'he'"r"r- oL'
% tne'r natural district
4 committee was appointed AZ ~
meeting to Interest mo owners ar prop-
crtv IN the downtown cer'-e 20 NHoT-
members o, the association N order 'S'
the Interest ~ t,nnu's j"'rl' - Ne'
interest and that improvements - ~
older buildings IN tN's s"T''1- ,. macs
A. once.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
OFFICE Bull DING ON
Aston HOUSE SITE.

in transportation. WIN end me friese.
All this will be done In Soraftto. which
10 ar art In which the Italians excel.
For this reason workmen will be brought
over from Italy to aid Mr.. Mackey in
pictur!ng IN cement the story Of
stun end ia transportation.
This mural decoration will be Of .
different color from the building. A.
now planned the background or founda-
ton will be a deep green or blue. After
this has hardened two hin coats OF dif-
ferent color will be laid over the blue
or green background. and while this In
still soft the figures will be cut into the
last two coats. This freze alone will
cost considerable money.
The interior OF the building will gift
ter with white enamel walls and tile
floors and glass fixtures. Everything
will he white and non-poroue. tn
ters over which will be sold meats and
groceries and other commodities will be
glass an inch and a half thick Marbl"
was TO be used for this. but since Il Is
porous II was rejected, Cabinets and re-
frigerators will he OF tile and glass. so
that they can be washed down at any
time with a hose. In the basement,
which Ia on a level with N~inety-frth
street. will he sold Ash. This part ~ tho
oullnlnR mas Dfen especially designed 1or
the handling OF sea food. Special light
ing fixtures are to be installed in the
building, and In every way the improve
ment will bo mad better than any OF
It's kin in the city.
Thu range OF Mr.. Astor's operations
may be Judged by the fact that while
he Ia building a nne market and an
apartment house m upper broadway lie
will he busy putting UP a hne office
building on lower Broadway or the site
OF the old Aston House, at Broadway
and Nesey street, which was removed
to permit the building OF the suhway
loop under the building. This building
IL to cost $500. 900 and will he ready for
tenants early next year. This build
ing. a description OF which wac given
In detail In THE U recently. will be =
structure eight stories high. covering a
plot half the frontage OF the block from
Vesey to Barclay street and extending
west on Nesev street 1876 feet. Those
not acquainted with office conditions IN
the downtown section expected Mr..
Astor and Mr., Biddle TO give the city a
building Of sensational proportions. a
structure which the Astor estate could
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
WEST Asp STREET HOUSE
- WHICH WON VINCENT ASTOR
3 ARCHITECTURAL PRIZE.

building IL in the Georgian type Of con-
struction and surrounded by courts, n
replaced n number OF dwellings,. as tho
house covers a plot l20 feet wide.
An apartment house 80 close TO the
White Way was ecoffed at whom Mr..
Biddle advanced the idea. His friends
thought II ridiculous to put such a house
In a section given ove to theatrical
boarding houses. In fact. he was told by
folk who thought they knew that the
building would not be a success. But
Mr.. Biddle had his own views OF the
matter. which had the support OF Mr..
Astor. 40 tho building was erected.
Though the house has been up only s,nce
February the vacancies In tho eighty
two suites can be counted on the fingers
Of one hand. As Mr.. As'or owns most
OF his block the Improvement will 10
doubt be continued. creating n model
apartment house block. The building IL
hreproof. which WAS not demanded by
the law. since II II only six stories nigh.
but the motto OF tho estate ind the men
who are guiding Il decided In fevcr 81
giving tenants a protection which was
rot demanded by the authorities.
On The block 20 the east adjoining the
Putnam Building. which is owned ny
william Waldorf Astor. Is Westover
Court. the haven of bachelors. This Is
not a new building. but a group OF old
dwellings fronting on Forty-third nud
Forty-fourth strets. They were made
over under tho direction OF Tracy &
Swartwout into two buildings. ore on
each street. Two yards OF the dwellings
were laid out with trees and lawns. 40
that the place offers a solace from tho
humdrum OF busy RroRdway, which "a
only a stones throw away. From the
court may be seen NJ night the lights
OF he rearoy buildings and the roof
sign which have earned for Broadway
the name White Way. Westover Coui; "a
fashioned after several OF the famous
bachelor apartments OF London. Many
authors and artists rave taken apart
ments there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

uauon vas gone over thoroughly. Ths
Il showed that many buildings were FAR
from successful. Even those erected
recently on which nan millions had
been spent were no: the successes eN-
pected. In other words. the situation
waA far from needing another tall build
Ing. which would only be adding to the
number OF in the lower end
OF tho city. II was deemed better TO
have a small building which could be
rented than a tall building the most OF
which could not be rented. so eight
stories was decided a. the height hat
the Aston building at Broadway and
vesey stree, should be.
Another feature OF this operation and
one which indicates the business acumen
Of the young man at h,e helm Is the fact
that the new building 10 costing the ee-
tate rot q cent. 1t 10 being built with
city money. The price the city paid for
the easement under the surface OF the
property and the price paid for tho use
Of the corner during tho construction OF
the subway 10 sufficient 10 put UP me
building and leave a little to spare. This
removal OF tho old Aston House would
have cost the estate money and then the
building cost would have been added. All
this has been saved the estate. The site
was cleared for the estate and money
given 10 4. 10 build n modern structure.
The deal Ia considered one Of the most
clever business deals which has been
closed IN some time
This Is not all that Mr.. Aston has done
this year. In the midtown section ne
has been active too. In Forty-Nfth
street, west OF Eighth avenue, he has
built u six story apartment which has
won for him and the designers. Tracy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
S250,0OO A YEAR RENT
FOR LONG is. TRACKS
City Also Would Have 10 PAY
Other Charges to Extend
Subway Zone.

In determining the provisions ~ tho
agreement between the Long Island
Railroad Company and tNc Public Ser
vice Commission for tho use OF tho
tracks OF 'he latter company by rapid
transit trains from Corona to Waite
stone and Little Neck. the Advisory
Council 81 Real Estate interests he
lieves that all property owners should
give most careful attention 10 the exact
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
HOME BUILDING At LEONIA.

One Of the largest houses in the hill
section OF Leonla, ~. j.. has been sold to
Earl II, Glidden. The house Is located
IN Park avenue, and Is being built by
the Land Company. A number OF prop
erty owners who bought lots in the Leo
MIA Heights section. which was opened
to the public about seven years ago, have
started to Guild on their holdings on
account OF the big demand for homes
In this section this season. Claus Oct
jen. who has already built fou homes
on the property owned by him. on
.racted this week for the erection Of two
additional houses to be quilt on High
wood avenue, within a half block from
the Broad avenue trolley,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
Bry SMALL PROPERTIES.

EAST l33D STREET.-The Henry NJ.
W.ill Company has sold for Margaret
Wcill to Raffaele Paradise $50 East
1891 street. a fou story fiat, with
stores, ON lot 20xl00. located 29l. 6
fee, east Of Alexander venue. The
consideration was $500.
WEST 44TH STREET-Adelbert HUI
her has sold 10 Ann Linden 405 West
Forty-tourth street. a -four story
dwelling on lot 25xl00.5, between
Ninth and Tenth avenues.
THIRD AVENUE.--The Union Rail-
way Company has purchased from
Frank Van Kleeck the three story
building on lot 26x+l.4, X irregular,
at the northeast corner OF Third ave-
nue. and the Southern Boulevard, for
$4,000, The buyer owns the adjoln-
ing property.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

william X Ware has leased for the
the southeast corner ~ Riverside Dr'ye
and Nineteenth street. This was formerly
the residence OF Cyrus Cllrll, IA" pio-
neer i~nstigator OF Riverside Drive Park.
and Is considered one OF the finest resi-
dences on the West Side The Hlwil-
ton Institute for Girls viii oNcupy tho
premises.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23
CITY
Porter Z COMPANY have leas .d 20 the

Porter & Company have leased 20 tho
pemares' Hay and Grain Corporation
space In the Spies building. I.tuc1lu ave-
nue. and Eas, 1894 street
NJ 4 L. Hess have leased the fourth
loft at S2-3S West Eighteenth s'reet -
A. Hyman a Co, he westerly store
and basement AT 1874 West Twenty
ninth street, 10 Herzis 4 Hart, Inc. ana
the sixth loft NJ 1854 Vast Twenty
NTH street 70 HynAn 4 Binder.
william A White & Sons have rent~d
The store at II John street to Wilson a.
Cornell,