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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24

,ow caboose and Q hustler, and 90
it quick" -,
Im YOUR man." spoke up DOC
promptly. rising to his feet.
The foreman hesnated. There was
m other operator In call. however.
Five minutes later the outnt "as
ready. Facing the drifting vino anu
the pelting snow, No. 101 started ou'
on its journey.
you'll have to fire." announced LOG
laconically, taking his place at 'ne
lever. ma.
81 did it once-I guess l can qualify
this time" replied the official
They ran the first ten miles IN Iou,-
teen minutes. Then a vital hour foi
lowed. Facing peril, grazing deatn'
the two men accepted their mission
staunchly. The snow came In great
sheets. the wheels crunched ana siio,
the pilot threw up ice and siusn III
| cascades.
They struck q trestle one-nail q
foot under water, and blocked WIN
drtfted wood. With sickening slew
the locomotive swept curve Inc
Official piled on the coal, which Durneu
ike finder The light caboose swung
after it's sroaning pilot like the taii
Of a kite. Then there was a WHIP
lash sway, and the engine cleareo .
brirde lust as a break in dam car
ried its center pier away.
We've made it," painted DOC, 10
thew rounded a hill and came IN signt
Of Clay City, to see the Night Elk
press on the rival road steaming down
the rails a mile distant fneyve
given her the right Of way, ne
shouted, as they neared the interiors;
ing tower.
you must stop that train" cr1eo
the railroad magnate.
I'm going to-" said Doc grimiy
He never let up on his speed
SQuarely across the tracks OF the IN
coming train the giant engine, pat
tered. ice coated, brave wreck
crashed the gates to kindling wooe
and halted squarely, barrier to the
J oncoming express.
The official jumped from 1O1, ran u
, the halted train, waved his hano U
, Doc and the dripping engineer knew
} that he had won the day.
, II was the talk Of the road mex
, morning. 1t was known that upon I'M
, Night Express was railroad king
t whom the president of the Southern
had to intercept before he reache'
r the city. A first interview with hin
r blocked a ten million dollar deal wit
:, rival railroad.
Two days later the president OF tn
road walked into the doghouse. DO
sat patiently awaiting work.
Newton" called out the ofhcla
advancing and extending his hant
| there's a check for a thousand do
! lars going through the mails for 20
J from headquarters. You can 60
work tomorrow on the regular list
: What locomotives asked Doc.
Newton" replied the magnat
with a grim smile, 81 wouldn't truI
you with the Oldest rattletrap on II
road. After that dash three nigh
: since, big as it was, see that yc
would make the slowest accomod
ton a regular limited. No. you sta
in at $500 year as division
spector."
Ruth" observed Doc to his fianC
an hour later, the president Of Il
= road won't trust me with q LOGON
tive because insist 1t show It's pac'
You will trust me with the incest
4 tie wife in the world, though, VOL
you?"
| Meaning met" smiled Ruth lovin
ly. DO you think I'm not proud
the honor? You showed what re
running was anyway, and you are t
In only man on the road that could
It."
Copyright, 1918. by W. q. Chapman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24

than one-half what it is in Iowa
Who would go without a hundred
dollars in insurance for less than the
price of admission to couple of
movies? What has been done in
Iowa can be duplicated here, and
more, for all know that there every
dwelling has to be artificially heat
ed seven months out of the year, and
tightening does much more damage
there than here.
why may we not organize a COM
pany here that will make still bet
ter record? Why may not Miami,
which leads the state in progressive
ness, be the home of a mutual fire
insurance company that will save to
the home owners the hard earned
dollars that now go into the Golfers
of the wealthy corporations of the
east?"
r. E. Armstrong said that mem
bers of the committee had been un
able to figue out why the old line
insurance companies charge 81
much in Miami, unless it was be
cause they are all in the sam'
clique and there is no competition
There is absolutely no excuse TO
these exhorbant rates. he said
Here in Miami we have the fines
fire department in the south, tn
best and most modern equipment
trained men who know their bust
ness and a chief, cities four times a
large would like to get, but the in
surance rates keep going up. TIL
only way out of the difficulty is t
organize a mutual company, but
do this wemust have certain nun
Der of advance applications"
Mr.. Armstrong said that his n
port was not final by any means an
that he will have something inte'
+ esting to report within the next fe
8 weeks.-Miami Metropolis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24

Mr.. ]. D. Irvine, one Of the best
known London journalists, has Just
retired from the press gallery Of the
British house commons after thirty
years service. In the course Of some
"reminiscences he tells that when he
nrst entered the gallery, he came in.
to contact with q chief reporter who
had had Charles Dickens on his staff
The chief had very poor opinion OF
the novelist, and In supercilious tones
used to say-"He was a very poor re.
porter; but I believe the silly foo,
made money by writing books"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24


Il believe I'll try some other trade In
some other town."
Ruth cried for q time. That ended
Docs determination. He went back
to the roundhouse grimly. There was
a CLEAN of light next day, but he re-
fused to see It, He was offered
job as fireman.
"Once an engineer, always an en-.
gineer." claimed Doc proudly, but he
was not sorry that some kind Of a
chance offered to remain with the
road II things came to the worst.
Then, nobody was working one long.
aforementioned February night
It had been a hard day for railway
service. A heavy storm Of snow and
slush had set In at daybreak. BY
night the great Southwestern system
was tied up tighter than q drum.
Trains were stalled all along the
route. Nothing was sent out from
Crofton, but at seven o'clock, on regu-
lar schedule, Doc walked into the
doghouse with the business-like air Of
q man ready for work and expecting
It.
what did you wade way down here
| In the snow for?" inquired Foreman
Bross.
II can report for duty, can't IT,
demanded Doc. Il seem to be the
only one"
Yes, the others are glad to snuggle
down at home with no risk of hurry
cali this glorious night" observed
Bross.
"Oh, something may turn up" re
torted Doc, with his usual optimism.
Something did turn up-the biggest
thing that had happened in the reck
less, impetuous life of Mr.. Doc New
ton. It was the unexpected appear
ance of the president OF the road
One line only to the west had beer
open. He had Just arrived. The fore
man recognized him and touched hi.
cap.
"Bross," spoke the Official sharply
Il find from the dispatcher that thu
old belt line, the coal cutoff running
to Springfield. is partly out Of tn
storm belt. Everywhere else tn
schedules are cancelled and not ,
wheel running except on orders from
this end. Wire that a special IL com
ing and fix me out. / must make tn
junction at Clay City in time to sto
the night express on the Northern
Give me your best locomotive, . sha
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
Wanted Point Remember.s

When little Billie was visiting at
lunch one day he had Strawberries
and there were but a few on each
ones plate. Billie looked at the small
assortment at his place, then wbis.
pered: Remember. Aunt Marie
that I'm company"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
:. :. rx..rm;n,.e era..houuers

Disease to Exterminate Grasshoppers.
To exterminate havoc-working
droves Of grasshoppers in Salvador
and Guatemala some virus has been
obtained from Brazil. and a number Of
insects are to be inoculated and
turned loose The disease thus spread
is remarkably fatal to grasshoppers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
Miami Will
Organize
Insurance Co

ProvinaIn,g a sufficient number OF
residents of Miami subscribed for
the prescribed amount of insurance
required by the state before char
ter is issued, a mutual fire insur-
ance company will beo rganized in
Miami and fire insurance rates will
probably be cut to one-half that now
charged by the insurance trust. T..
E. Armstrong, chairman of the in
surance committee of the North Mi
ami Improvement Association, re-
ported to that organization last
night that practically the only
stumbling block in the way of the
formation of a mutual company was
the securing of Unnecessary prelim-
! mary applications, and that once the
company has been established the
rates on insurance would be mater
tally reduced.
Mr.. Armstrong has had several
conferences with the centdal commit
tee of the various civic associations
and the insurance matter has been
gone into thorouehly, he reported
the committee having also conferred
with a number of men who have haC
experience in the formation of mu
tual companies Mr.. Armstrong sale
that much valuable advice had beer
secured from A. ]. Crushman. for
mer resident of Sioux City, and a
his request Mr.. Cushman told thu
association of the operation of mu
tual fire insurance companies il
Iowa
How II Is Done In Iowa
''In 1904 there were carried Il
Iowa politics in mutual insurance t
1.-THE amount of 100000, 900" sal
lMr. Cushman, but in 1914, accord
ing to the state insurance examiner
there was in force over $75S,OOO
600, an increase of nearly 400 pc
cent. in ten years. This shows ho'
mutual insurance is regarded in tn
state that has more mutual insu1
ance companies, over 1870, than an
other state in theunion.
THE town mutual insurance con
pany of Iowa was organized 23 yea
ago when 100000 of insurance
force at the end of the first yea
1t has now policies in force to tt
amount of 100000, and is grov
: ing now much faster than at al
: time in the past. Policies write
last year amounted to $16,000,0O
+ "Theentire cost of insurance
this company to the. insured. sin
'. it's organization, has averaged a i
rs tie less than IS cents per 500 T
each five year period (the polici
,e all run for five years., or a lit,
. less than 10 cents per 500 of inst
ance for each year.
J. Compare these figures with WI
Id you pay on your dwellings hi
where the danger from fire is Il
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
Natural Law.

Every man is his own ancestor and
every man is his own heir. He devises
his own future and he inherits his own
past.-Exchange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
Another for New YnrL

New Yorker Arrested for Acting
Strangely on Street Car."-Probably
gave up his seat to woman.-Phila.
delphia North American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-24
Daily Thoulht.

Never speak Ill Of person unless
you are sure Of your fact! and. even
II YOU could swear to 1t, ask yourself:
"Why do make 1t known?"-K. Lava
ter,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
FORCES SPLIT
serious Revolt in Yucatan-Port
of Progrcso Closed.

NAsfiNGToN. March 2.-Conditions in
Yucatan are reported to be serious. The
Carranza element in control there has
split into two factions. now engaged IN
hosti!ities with one another. though both
avowing allegiance TO CArranza-
As a result Carranza has declared the
port OF Progreso. tho chief outlet for
Iucatan. TO he closed pending readjust-
ment OF control OF the port revenues.
The C%arranza transport Progreso. which
Is an armed ship, has been blown up in
the harbor of Progreso. All but three
men were rescued by Capt. Hun of the
Ward Lin steamer MORO Castle.
Gen. Carranza has appointed Gen. AL
varado Governor of Yucatan.
Much concern is also felt over the ac-
ton OF Carranza In ordering suspended
all traffic on the railways 20 ween Mex
leo city and Vera Cruz except service
for military purposes. II Is further re-
ported TO the Department that the politi-
cal conditions at Puerto Mexico have
become serious.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
VILLA FLEES FROM
OREGON, is REPORT
Leaves Qucretaro When Forces
Advance North From
Mexico City.
PROGRESO PORT CLOSED

II PAso. March 2-o outpost heht-
ing between Gen. O%hregon's forces ad-
vancing toward Queretaro from Mexico
city II the villa forces moving south
ward is reported Gen. villa with most
of his troops has withdrawn frnm
the Guadalajara section. C~arranzistas
say. fearing his line 10 Aguasc-
lientes would be cut should the Car
rama advance extend to irapuato.
villa officials deny hat their Lead
is quitting l~iuidtldJaia. Both Col!ma
and Mauaauillo are still being attacked,
they say
Conflicting reports regarding The
Monterey campa gn continue. Gen.
Angeles says that the city Is quiet.
Carran2istas tell of continued lombard
ment of the city.
Zapatistas operating neal Mexico city
were decisively defeated Monday. Car
rama agents report. Gen. Iriate. the Ia
pata leader. was killed In the fight.
Numerous prisoners and a considerable
supply Of ammunition were captured.
Rogue Gonzales CARA, Conventionalist
provisional President prior to the as
sumption of the position by Gen. villa,
mas made his way to Querotaro and
Joined Villas army, according 10 pas
sengers arriving from the south. A
number OF his Cabinet members accom-
panied him.
A large villa force at Frontcras. So
nora. was routed this morning. Car
rama officials heard from Douglas.
Eight machine guns were captured.
Confirmation was received tonight Of
the report that villa officials at Chi
huahua have been holding Leonard
Worcester. Al American, In Jail there
since February 10. All efforts 20 have
him released on bond have failed.
Worcester is manager of the Chihuahua
ore Testing and Sampling Company and
IL charged with conspiracy with the
Granny Mining and Smelling Company
OF St Louis TO defraud the Government
of taxes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
BIG LINERS USED AS
ARMY TRANSPORTS
Ocean Steamships May BE TAX
ing British Troops to the
Dardanelles.

More than a score OF liner have been
impressed into service as troop trans
ports by the British Government within
the las, few weeks and the sailing
schedules OF the International Mercantile
Marine and the Cunard Line have been
d~isorganized. The belief a expressed
in shipping circles here yesterday hat
these vessels are being used for the
transportation of troops to the parda-
nelles to take part in land operations IN
conjunction with the combined fleet OF
French and British warships. This be-
lief is strengthened By the fact that
ships wh.ch have been taken on the
transatlantic service are Of a type which
could be easily transformed for the ac-
commodatiun OF troops.
A strike in Liverpool has further
hampered sailings, delaying the Ameri-
can liner Philadelphia, which was 10
have started for this port on Saturday
and was still held up yesterday. The
White Star liner Arabic has been de-
layed "A week by labor troubles, so that
1t is unlikely that any big ship from
British ports will arrive here this week
The Minnewaska, Minnetonka and
Minneapolis OF the Atlantic Transport
fleet have been fitted out as troopships
and are carrying thousands or British
troops across the Channel 20 France.
The Cymr!c, Celtic and Cedric or the
White Star Line are also In the trans
port business and seven vessels OF the
Leyland Lint are acting as troopships
The Red star liners iceland and Nader-
land have been enamel respectively
tho Northland and the Southland and
~ in SprxiCa hot Wapn ItkerDOOl and
Halifax and Portland.
TIT congestion of traffic due to strikes
and the use of all docks In Liverpool
and London by Government vessels have
assisted in the tying up OF traffic and
the knocking out of schedules.
The Cunard Line has been forced 10
use the Anchor liners Tuscania and
Cameronia on both the Liverpool and
Glasgow service TO New York to take
Three Cunarders. the Alaunia, Franconia
and Ausonia, were taken recently by this
Government for rushing troops to
France. The Anchor liners Caledonia
and Columbia. the agent of the line said
yesterday. might be acting AZ armored
! cruisers for all he knew he suspected
that they were not transports,
The Orduna Of the Cunard fleet Is
! scheduled to depart from Liverpool on
! Saturday and the local office OF the line
thinks she will. unless she Is needed by
the Government. The crack Lusitania
Is set down to leave Liverpool on Sat
urday, March 10. and the local office
feels pretty certain that she will get
away,
Fear OF submarines has nothing to do
with the curtaillnent OF steamship ser
vice between Britain and the United
states, a representative OF the Interna-
tional Mercantile Marine said yesterday
The Government needed the ships and
took them and that is why the list OF
incoming liners Is going to be very
small for the next few weeks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
Copyright By Underwood a underwood.
Phyllis and Jimmy Byrne in Colonial costume.

ington and william Aston Chanler. Jr.
Will be La Fdyette.
The American Indians. who are alsr
TO "A X part. were present at the re-
hearsal In their native costume from the
t!ny hve-year-old BukawaJini Wabunosa
TO his father. P~aupukheewis Wabuuosa.
The indians give their war and other
dances and sing the songs OF their
people.
Among those who were present at the
dress rehearsal were Mrs. Charles Il
Alexander. Mrs. John Jacob Astor. Mrs
Robert Bacon, Mrs. Edward j Bcrwind
Mrs Henry Clews. Mrs. William Astor
Chanler. Mrs +. Y. Dalziel. Mrs. IL
Casimir dc Rhsm. Mrs. William Osgood
Field. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. Mrs Il
Horace Gallatin. Mrs George Gould
Mrs. William P!erson Hamilton. Mrs
John Hays Hammond. Mrs NJ Lawrence
keene. Mrs. Goolhue Livingston. Mrs
Charles lie l.. Oelrichs and Mrs. Francl.
X Pendleton.
The sale OF seats for the performance
Is progressing we'll. The prices rang.
from so cents TO 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
III BURIED IN MINE:
NINETY MAY BE DEAD
Gas Explosion in West Virginia
COlliery Spreads Poison
Gus Fumes.

HINTON. W Va. March 2-Betwcen
ninety and n~inety-fve men are believed
to have been killed In a mine explosion
AT l.ayland. near here. this morning At
II o'clock tonight. after fourteen hours
of rescue work, only eighteen mcn OF
III entombed had been taken out Eight
of these were dead, The other ten were
unconscious and had broken limbs.
The explosion occurred at 5 25 o'clock
in the morning. shortly after the day
crew had descended TO work. The ex-
p~losion did great damage TO the shaft
II heavy ceinent work az the entrance.
Gas caused the explosion. and the
fumes. according 10 the best belief at
present, caused the greater part OF the
death toll. One man brought out who
regained consciousness said that the
morse. heard from the part OF the mine
in which the III men were at work,
was 80 slight that II was thought TO
be "A slate fan There were "A few
moments uneas!ness and then the crew
turned again to ther labors.
Rescue work began Immediately. II
was an uphill job, however, and a pre-
carious one wins to the density Of the
gas. AT noon one party had Tough, It's
way half a mile into the mine. Al that
point they found two men. both so badly
manned that they nave little chance OF
lie. and then had to turn back.
\ majority OF the men entombed are
Americans. Many OF them were long
time residents OF LAyland and hat vicin-
ity. The company has made no state
ment- Superintendent Bertolc' saying
that he IL as yet in Ignorance OF bhe
real cause OF the explosion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03

The young actors and actresses who
are TO present the 'Children's Revolu-
ton" at the Century Theatre to-mor-
row afternoon for the benefit OF tho
La Fayette Fund had a dress rehearsal
yesterday in that playhouse. About 200
children We're posed by Ben All Haggin
for the series of tab!eaux vivants and
then went through the Revolutionary
drama. the review OF troops and the
inaugural ball under the direction Of
Miss Dorothy Donnelly. The children
were all dressed In costumes of the
Colonial period.
James and Phyllis Byrne. children OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Byrne. are prom
lnent In The cast. children OF the
Gould. Fish. Kahn. Gallatin. Alexander,
Hammond. Van Rensselaer,. Vanderbilt.
Schiefelin. Curtis and Chanler families
are others who take part. Theodore
Chanler. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop
Chanler. plays the role OF Gen wash.
inDton, Diana Dalzlel. daughter OF Mrs.
Frederick Y. Dalziel, is Martha Wash
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
WAR WORRIED; SEEKS DEATH.
Mrs. Henry Huebner Anxious Over
Fate of Four Brothers.

Mrs, Anna Huebncr OF ESQ West
Niuc'y-second street leaped from a
third story window OF a sanitarium at
2 West Elghty-hrst street yesterday.
Two nurses saw her run toward the
window and tried to hold her back. She
was dead when picked up. Mrs. Hueb-
ier was taken to the sanitarium on
Monday. She had been worrying over
the fate OF four brothers who are night
ing with the German army, Last sum
mer she was visiting relatives at Furz-
helm when the war broke out and ex-
perienced much difficulty in getting back
home.
She was the wife of Henry Huebner
and with her husband was well known
In German club circles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
FALCKE SILENT AS TO RECALL.
German Consul-Generai Refuses to
Confirm or Deny ~

Assurances given yesterday afternoon
at the German Consulate. II broadway,
that DR.. Falcke, Consul-Gcneral, had not
been recalled could not be confirmed
through Or. Falckc himself, 1t vas said
there tina surprise had been caused by
the publication OF A rumor OF DR.,
Falcke's removal, since the Consul-Gen
etal, as far as the knowledge went, was
on his vacation, though still in the city.
When Or. Falcke's home, 40 Central
Park South, was called last evening by
telephone 1t was said that he was enter
tanning guests and could not answer
The speaker, a woman offered to take
20 him the question whether or not he had
been recalled.
One OF the Consul-Generals secre-
taries replied that DIR. Falckc would not
answer the question then, hut would talk
10 a reporter al a stated hour to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
More GIFTS 10 P~rincessc Fund a.
he shipped ON Friday.

THE L received yesterday two con-
tributions to the Prlncesse de Polk fund
for needy families of French soldiers.
Mrs. T.. Wetmore OF 1876 Fast Fifty
seventh street sent two muflers. W.
sCartS and a pair of socks. A large
bundle Of clothing was sent by Mrs. W.
II. Porter OF sol Delaware avenue,
wilmington, Del.
Another shipment of yarn and clothing
to the Princesse de Polk in Paris will be
made on Friday of this week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
WILLS AND ~APPRAISALS.

ArGvsT METZ. ar n manufacturer
who died February "a last. left an ~.
tate of more than $500, 600. He gave
$4,000 each 10 rhe German ~Ilospita'
INC the Wartburg Orphan Farm
school. s2.500 to the town OF wills
mach, Prussia. n $1,000 20 the Evan
gelical A!d Society. Henry Ottcrhein
long in Mr.. Mictzs employ. gets $4,000
and seven nephews and "A niece $4,000
each. The residuary estate goes &c
Mrs Emma Reuf, n daughter. who IS
to give $4,000 each TO her two dauCh-
tiers and ons son.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-03
MORE ROSEvILLE TRIALS.
Ready for Last Ten Cases Result
ing From Trust Co. Wreck,

NEWARK. y. j., March The last
batch OF cases growing out of the wreck
of the Roseville Trust Company viii be
brought To trial before Judge Harry v.
Osborne beginning tomorrow. Ray
mond T.. Smith. who was secretary and
treasurer OF the institution, has been
helping the prosecutor TO prepare for the
trials.
There are sixteen defendants Vet "a
he tried on indictments charging vari-
ously conspiracy. m!sdeIncanor and en-
hezzl"rnent. TT" first case 10 he taken
up Will be that OF Francis w. Holhrook.
Michael 7 Moynihan and Arthur C
F!ke, borrowers from The trust