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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-09-09
Calling For Bids
Radical Step Taken

A radical step was taken by the
board last night on recommendation
of Superintendent Henry relative to
the entrance requirements of the high
school. 1t was pointed out by Mr.
Henry that this district was the only
Independent district in the state that
required student to pass an eighth
grade examination to enter and that
it was likewise the only Independent
district in the state requiring grad
yates of the eighth grade to take
state examination. The board con-
Cured with the superintendent and
ordered the elimination of these re
StrictiOnS.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
GROWERS COMPLYING
WITH RECENT RULING

Miami Oct 21.-Compliance VIZ
rho government regulations as 10 the
.cid test is quite general among tiit
Fruit growers OF the east coast hhoa
:, . Penny. state inspector who mas
inst returned from trip up the coast
n his Official capacity. lie reports
that the growers consider me "'''
,tst better than the color test.
The state has furnished inspect
~ v,ith testing apparatus bnt he ao-
,isas the -rowers TO provide th'h-
s.,ves with the apparatus 5" 'na'
thev can make their own tests ana
,hareb. avoid delays. as il Is llHpo7-
s-,la for the four inspectors to Dc
,rarvwhcre in the state at the SAM
,imethe apparatus is not 'Ap' i'>''''
he SAYS. .,.,a1
This years crop is later than usua', @
bnt already few cars OF citrus
fruits are moving, said Mr. Penny
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
AFTER INCOME RETURNS

Washington, Oct % Married
men especially, who have been neg
lettful regarding the small matter
Of income returns, will be sharply
taken to account by their Uncle Sam
from now until the end of the year.
Lists are in preparation by the in
tarnal revenue offices which are be-
ins shipped throughout the country
to district offices, demanding that
all delinquents be caught up. 1t is
stated at the revenue offices that
notwithstanding all that has been
printed on the subject, the error still
prevails among married men that il
net income did not exceed $4,000
they were not required to make a
report. whereas all persons with an
nuaI incomes of $4,000 or more are
required to be so, their claim of ex.
emption as married or single mer
being determined at the time re
turns are filed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
FLORIDA JUDGE DIES IN
BALTIMORE HOSPITAL

West Palm Beach, Oct. 2l-Coun-
" Judge y. F. Pattishall died at
$3.50 o'clock yesterday morning in a
hospital at Baltimore, whore he went
underwent an operation last July.
judge Pattishall was appointed
county Judge of Palm Beach County
in Septl lmber. 1914. to succeed j. b
Adams. resigned While the July
terms OF the county court was in ses-
sion Judge Pattisshall was stricken
III and it was necessary for him TO
20 10 Baltimore for an operation,
from which he never rallied.
His former home was Geneva, Fla,
vnera he obtained an early educa-
ton. Judge Pattishall was a grad
rate of Stetson University after
which he was representative in the
state Legislature from Hillsborough
county. He again entered Stetson as
an instructor, retaining a chair in
that institution until he came to this
city three years ago to become a Law
mariner to Judge W. I. Metcalf.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22

to heed the calls for his services ia
a trade that formerly he thought
sufficiently dignified but which now
he is inclined to scorn.
AS result there are only between
30 and 40 applicants for every $50
positions that are on the market for
crippled soldiers, and the proportion
seems to get no better as the months
go by Needless to say, there are
positions to go round but whether
the wounded will revise their ideas
of what is desirable only time will
tell
All differences of opinion about
how to handle the problem of sold
irrs returning to civilian trades are
merged when the subject of pensions
comes under discussion. Everything
thus far indicates that the universal
desideratum will be obtain I'd
through the very cooperation of the
I
pensioners themselves.
The central idea is that the pen
sions must not be of a size to en-
courage idlenesS, must not be large
enough SO that the pensioners will
! have no need to work. but that, on
the contrary, they must vary in size
according to the earning capacity OF
each mans vases. sort of bonus
re presenting the difference between
his pay and that of his uninjured
competitor so that he can be On
aqual terms with the latter.
The whole nation is united in the
thought that, whatever may be the
lot of the uninjured workmanship
ier when the war is over, the Grip
pies must not be herded together, in
dustrially nor in any other way, but
must be looked upon as uninjured
men, must mingle with such men
and work with them-above all,
must be given the first opportunities
: fer work with their whole broth
ers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
PATHETIC DEATH OF UN-
KNOWN AGED TRAMP

Jacksonville, Oct. % In the NOR
cue at Conant's undertaking estab
lishment is the body of an aged mar
which awaits Identification
The man was picked up on the st.
Augustine road near Greenwood last
Sunday by charitable residents of
that section and sent to the county
hospital for treatment, but he was
beyond all medical aid and passed to
his reward yesterday afternoon.
Only semi-conscious aad weak from
hunger, according to every indica-
tion, the mans only utterance was
that he was on the road to st :.
Augustine walking there to meet his
sister. On his right arm appears the
tattOed letters 81. F. f.. and on his
left arm is tattooed an eye and \
heart. About his body are various
other tattoo marks, including heart
and an anchor and star. The yea,
"1SS3" was also tattooed on his
body.
1t is considered that his name may
probably be Eaton or Eagan or Ed
ridge. No one had ever seen him be
fore he was picked up at Greenwood,
Sunday afternoon and efforts t.
identify him since that time have
been without avail. He was believed
to have been more than 80 years o
age. Anyone having any informa
tion which may lead to his identit'
will be doing favor by communicat
ing with Conant's undertaking par
lors. II relatives are not located tn
body will probably find restinl
place in the Potters field.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
A MOVE TO BENEFIT FARMERS

Chattanooga, Tenn, is live city.
In the municipality and its immed-
late vicinity are 100000 inhabitants
1t has lots of business, as well as
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge
the Chicamauga battlefield and PARK,
and hundreds of striking monuments
concentrating the valor OF Union
and Confederate soldiers.
Chattanooga bankers are liVs
wires Their clearing house has just
set aside a fund of 100000 to oe
loaned on long time to deserving AM
energetic farmers and to enaDl'
Young and capable farmers to get
start in life on the farms in that VI
cinity.
The plan, as outlined, is to encouE
age the adoption of scientific meth
eds. the Introduction of better live
Nich, and to aid in building up the
land, which is capable of produclns
Splendid results.
Details of the plan are to u
worked out by representatives OF th'
OankS and five members of the Farm
rs Cooperative Union.
The result of this experiment VII
~ carefully watched, as it is on
Which has long been advocated, ou'
aO' adopted because of being such
'saiCal departure from long estao
lished usage.
thus TAR congress has been unaPi'
agree on a law for farm loans Z"
low E5te of interest for the beneh
'ao Encouragement of farmers
which seemed to be adapted to thi
'olhtr! perhaps the bankers am
'S'hers of Chattanooga can formu
ale workable plan.-Jackson
Mic. Patriot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
tBv Associated Press. J

ondon. Oct. 22.-The Serbians
military position is critical. Ham
uered by superior forces on two
side, their armies are threatened
with being crushed as none have
b4en crushed during the war. The
alli,s admit the facts and the Ser
han official statement reflects the
sitrat.on. The key to escape is speed
Ly the allies in rushing troops from
ss,nrikl. With twenty miles of the
\ish-Saloniki railroad in their pos
session the Bulgarians have the stra-
i, i, advantage. The movements
Of entente troops from Saloniki are
still unknown to the public. If a
considerable force is detailed to aid
Serbia it must be heard from soon
Sofia and Saloniki deny that the
Sprbans have taken Strumitsa. This
mean, that Bulgaria has not been
r,adcd
It is reported that Turkish cavalry
!. aiding the Bulgarians and that a
great battle is raging at Veleso. III
Macedonia, where Serbia won VIC
tory over the Turks in 1912. 1t Is
unolfcially reported that the Bull
garians have taken the town.
Greece is hesitating. England
offer of cyprus and the reported OF
fer of other territory has bought nt
outward change.
The Russians seem on the ascen
dency on most of the eastern front
Riga is in increasing danger, Ger
mans being as close as eight miles
Christiana reports Archanger al
closed by ice.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
NO PENSION FOR OLD
SOUTHERN SLAVES

The irridescent bubble of many
teoreia plantation darkey'S lifelong
dream has been punctured and blown
to atoms by message which mas
inst come from the United States
treasury al Washington, announcing
that this government has not and
never will have any money to pay
ex-slayes. or their descendants, 10"
the labor they put in before the war
in The cotton fields of their masters.
AT intervals for the past twenty
wears slick negro lawyers, and oc-
casionally an INSCRIPTIONS white le
cal adyenturer, have snooped around
the rural sections of Georgia ana
other southern states, preying upon
the credulity of the negroes ana per-
suading them that there was gong
to be big lawsuit as the result Oh
which Uncle Sam would pay $685.
ooo oO1 TO cx-slaves and their famli-
los for the work they did az slaves
before the war.
By paying the slick talker smaii
sim the negro who was approached
could have his name added as a
,Iaintiff to this gigantic lawsuit
The thing becam" 50 widespread
,bo, finally I'ncle Sam. to save other
dupes, has issued formal statement
and warning that a suit OF that KIND
no matter how filed, could not pos''-
Inv hold water Moultrie 'Ga' :
| lGhsnrNer
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
BRITISH TO
SETTLE FOR
AMERICAN
'-''ClGi COTTON
(By Associated Press }

Washington, Oct. % The Brit
ISL trade board has arranged to
NAL c final settlements for all Amer
lean cotton 1t has bought which was
not covered by sales contracts. The
Price will be the market value at the
port of shipment on the date of ship.
ment. Contracts of same dates will
he used AS guide in arriving at the
price. This action is in conse-
uuence of the British order placing
cotton on the contraband list and
the determination of the British au-
thorities to support the market
against the effects of that action.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
LIKES FLORIDA BETTER
THAN CALIFORNIA

Jacksonville. Oct - .-Declaring
that California cannot be compared
with the State of Florida as to cli-
mato, and conviviality of its peoples,
William Lopez Diaz, from Porto
Eico, arrived at the Aragon Hotel
yesterday from New York, and will
make his winter home in this city.
Mr.. Ilaz is accompanied by his
wife and little dau2hter, and have
only recently visited the exposition
in San Francisco. In speaking of
the charms of Florida, Mr.. Diaz said
II much prefer the climate of
Florida over that of California, oi
rather the section in which | visited.
4 was very cold in San Francisco,
and was compelled to wear an over
coat practically all the time.
The people here are so different
from those of the former state also
Out there everyone is loking out for
NO. and there is kind of coldness
that Floridians have not
Mr.. Diaz is the owner of large
sugar plantation and refinery In Por'
to Rico, and, although the properties
are still in operation. he says thai
the war has made considerable hard
ships on the exporters from that
| country However, he says, prices
aad demand are on the increase, ant
the propcrtiei will soon be in full
operation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
STONE FOUND
GUILTY: IS
RELEASED ON
$1,000 BOND

'iartow, Oct %. AT $3.50 this
afternoon the jury returned YER
diet in the case of II. & Stone, of
Winter Haven, who was found guilty
OF assault on a young 10 or II year
old eirl of his home town. He was
released on bond of $1,000 pending
an appeal of the case. The case went
to the jury at | | o'clock this morn
ing and being out so long it was
thCught that the result would be
aitrcr a hung ury or an acquittal
verdict
This case has attracted great in
terest as the parties concerned are
all prominent
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL CAR
PENTER'S UNION IS DEAD

Jacksonville. Oct. 2l. lnforma-
tion has been received in Jackson
Vile that James Kirby, general presi-
dent of the United brotherhood Of
Carpenters and .Ioiners of America
an organization having 275,0c0
members, died at Indianapolis, fol-
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
Mr.. Kirby was the thirteenth
president of organization and was
serving his fourth year at the head
OF that body. He was widely known
among the members of the union
and by others not affiliated with the
organization.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
HONOR GREAT SCIENTIST

philadelphia, Oct. 90 Tributes
to The memory of Fred w. Taylor,
fatner of scientific management. will
be paid at the annual convention of
the National Society to Promote the
Science of Mapagemcnt which OPP
ened a two-day session here today.
Tomorrow morning a pilgrimage will
be made to the Taylor homestead,
Polly" near Highland station,
Chestnut Hill.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22

course of events would be mustered
on, Immediately at the conclusion Of
hosiilities.
Those behind the movement to
have this arrangement made feel
sure that the economic situation
created by the release of many hun
cannot be handled otherwise, but do
, hope that matters will adjust them
selves within three months, just as
they adjusted themselves in one
month in Berlin with lesser horde
of work seekers at the beginning Of
! the war.
Berlin and the other large cities
Of Germany are bounds to suffer
most from an excess of workers, 1t
! is felt. No matter how often nor
how many the warnings. there are
' gong to be uncounted thousands who
Will feel convinced that opportunity
for employment lies in the biz,
rather than in the little place. and
who are going to swarm into 1t ac-
cordingly.
Mr.. Koersten again is authority
for the statement that the govern
nent is prepared to ease the situa-
ton by the use sums running, II
necessary, into the hundreds of mil.
lions of marks for the support of the
un, mployed If these sums have tc
be drawn upon, he believes, 1t will
be the equivalent of an extended fur
Tough on pay and will be the solu
tion of the whole matter.
Surveying the whole German fed
of labor, Dr. O. Becker of the Asso
cation of German Employment
Agencies hesitates to venture a fore
cast until the outcome of the wal
is clearer than at present. He feeli
that the whole immediate future o.
III German workingman depends oi
what the ultimate terms of peace
may be-that it is by no means darl
if Germany wins, but that tremend
ously difficult problem is ahead i
Germany should lose and be hem
med in more completely than it i
now.
The German injured. lightly q
seriously, in the interest of hi
F'atherland, bids fair always to en-
joy a preference in the matter o
worf, and YET German today, so ia
as labor is concerned, is in tn
anomalous position of mot havin
enough crippIes." The reason toda
is two fold Whether this will be tru
in a years time or in two years n
one will predict
At present the crippled soldier ha
not yet learned a trade sufficiently t
be able to fill the place that is opel
to MIN. Also he is, thus far, all to
: intent upon finding lob" as petit
) Official, door-keeper at some COVER
' ment building, or something simila
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
TEMPERANCE FORCES
TAKE PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, Oct. - The forces
opposed to the demon rum have
charge of Philadelphia today. the
principal feature being Sunday
school pageant under the direction
Gf The Philadelphia County Sunday
.tnool Association which has 10000
delegates in attendance.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
CHARGES AGAINST
SWObODA tAVE
Been DISMISSED
{ Ivy Associated Press J

l'aris, Oct. % Raymond Swo-
5oda. arrested last June charged
with setting fire to the French liner
Id TOuraine, has been discharged
from prison. A CHARGE of espionage.
preferred after the La TOuraine
Charge was dropped also and the
case dismissed. Swoboda is being
detained by the prefecture, how
ever, pending the settlement of his
an American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
SERbIANS WIN VICTORY
ALTHOUGH THEIR MILITARY
POSITION IS CRITICAL
MELLEN TESTIFIES IN
NEW HAVEN CASE
(By Associated Press. J

Ncw York, Oct. - Charles 5
Mellen' testifying against eleven
former associates in the New Haven
conspiracy case, identified the Cor
sair agreement" whereby the New
iiaven and the Boston and Maine
dlvldtd certain New England traffic
lie also identified an agreement with
the New York Central to keep other
ines out of New York city.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
LABOR PROBLEM
IN GERMANY CENTER
OF INTEREST
(By Associated Press J

.'crlin, Oct - The men and
women now employed at com-
paratively high wages throughout
Germany constitute problem that
already is occupying the attention OF
labor leaders in every part of the
Umpire. The more thoughtful of the
workers realize that the days of big
pay and unlimited work are not GO
ing to last forever, and that with
peace is going to come strenuous
time of possible hardship, and they
arc saving their money.
The bulk of the workers, however.
arc not savers to any degree, but
| hand d-tO-mouth livers nOtwithstand-
ing their present favorable circum-
stances. circumstances which GER
tainly will not improve when sever
al hundred thousand if not several
million bread earners now in the
army are thrown back on the labor
market.
Though the moreh optimistic be-
l iieve that employers will take back
their old employees at once, they have
to admit nevertheless that even such
a desirable solution of the impendine Q
problems means the displacement OF
many now at work, and 1t presup'
poses an almost immediate resump-
ton of the old volume of industry
and trade.
che biggest problem is that of the
adult male workers who, with tn,
advent of peace, can easily create al
M precedented unemployment sit
uation Other problems are thos'
Of ,hc young men, boys for the mos
rart who in the present hey-day oi
much work at high wages either have
hurried through their apprentice
ships or have become full-fledgpC
master workmen at once, and VIII;
naturally will be lothe to relinquisf
til air places even to the heroes of tn
Tnthcrland; and secondly of th'
women now filling men s places. Th'
majority of the latter will return :,
their places in the home, but som'
proportion will have lost their hus
bands or supporters, and, If forcet
out of their present occupations, vii
have to be taken care of elsewhere.
leaders of responsible, organized
labor organizations have taken ad
vantage of increased wages to swell
the treasures This has been th
rasier to accomplish because of tn
j winding sums that have had to -
paic to the unemployer. When peac
does come and the flood begin
there will be millions on hand, bu
still not enough. in the estimation
uf the leaders, to take care of mat
ters.
The government has been brough
A 10 realize the seriousness of the i'm
| pending situation, according to Al
win Koerstein of the Trades En-
ployment Bureau in Berlin, and doe
not look unfavorably on a PROPOSE
ftion TO retain in service but on fur
: Tough for from eight to twelve week
all such soldiers as in the ordinar
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
GREECE TURNS
down BRITAiN'S
Defer Of ISLE
OF CYPRUS
THIS WOULD INDICATE
THAT SHE WILL NOT EN-
TER ON SIDE OF THE AL
LIES.
(By Associated Press J

IosdOn, Oct. % The Times says
this morning that it understands
Greece has rejected the British Of
fer of cyprus for Greek participation
in the war on the entente side.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
GABY COMING AGAIN

London. Oct. 2.-The continent
Europe will be considerably
.-'oWh out of balance tomorro"
-Ash Gaby Deslys sails for New
'iA to fill theatrical engagements
: Tue Winter Garden. Her salary IS
'iOusly reported between $4,000
"a $4,000 a week.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Oct. .22-The Twen-
ty-eig nth infantry has been ordered
from Galveston to Harrington, Tex
as. Dy the war department as the
result of the renewal of bandit raids
OF Texas border towns.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
.BULCARIANS
APPEAR TO HAVE
ADVANTAGE
ARE IN POSSESSION OF 20
MILES RAILROAD; SERBS
REPULSE TEUTONS, LAT
TER'S LOSSES BEIN G
10000.
lBy Associated Press. J

Iondcn, Oct. pa Nish dis
5,lch today says an official an
,cuacement at the Serbian capital
so,. the losses of the Teutonic army
nj .uvasion reached sixty thousand
foad wounded and prisoners. The
sarAians are said to have repulsed
the invaders.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
EIGHTH FOOTBALL
FATALITY OCCURRED
YESTERDAY
tBy Associated Press J

chicago, Oct - The death OF
Er|an Scott at Knox College, at st.
Louis yesterday, as the result of in
juries in football game, is the
eighth football fatality of the sea-
son. according to statistics here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
TWO CHARLESTON
MEN RELEASED
FROM CUSTODY
(By Associated Press J

Charleston, S. c., Oct. %. -
f.. X. Mcdonald and NJ. j. Brown.
held on a charge of murder in con-
nection with the killing of Sidney
Cohen. a newspaper feporter, last
Friday, in the Democratic executive
committee rooms. were released by
a court order. There is no formal
warrant against them. The coroner
failed to find that they killed Cohen
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
CHICAGO AMERICANS
TO TRAIN THIS
WINTER AT OCALA
CBy Associated Press. }

Chicago, Oct. %. The Chicago
Americans will establish their train
in. camp in Florida next spring in
stead of California Ocala, it is an
uounced, will probably be the place.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
NIGHT PARADE FOR SUFFRAGE

Philadelphia, Oct. 22-More than
1000 organizations will take part in
a mammoth parade to take place
here tonight in the interest of votes
for women.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
CARRANzA TO
Make WAR
ON BANDITS
{ By Associated Press. }

Brownsville. Texas, Oct. 22--
Carranza officials here have prom
ised an active campaign against the
bandits on the Mexican side. Gen
eral Lopez is said to have asked more
troops to handle these Mexican raids
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
BRITISH CASUALTIES
Since OCT. lST
TOTAL 52,357
(By Associated Press. J

London. Oct. % british casual
tics. published since Oct. total
2,2Sa officers and 50,072 non-com-
missioned officers and men.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

I Harris, ct al. to Annie NJ
Harris. ~ n uar.
81 Harris ct al to W r mar
ris.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
BRITISH SINK
-FOUR MORE
GERMAN SHIPS

By Associated Press
stockholm, Oct % -Four more
German steamers have been sunk in
the i'altic by British submarines.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-22
weArnep

Partly cloudy
tonight