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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
T. R. HODGES IS ILL
WITH PNEUMONIA

Tallahassee, Dec. 23 Hon. +. H.
Hodges, State Shell Fish Commits
sion"r, returned to his home Satur-
day night on account of the condi-
dowa the Gulf Coast in the interest
of the fish and shell fish industry,
he experienced some very severe
weather and contracted a serious
cold which has developed into pneu-
monia, but by proper treatment it
is hoped that Mr. HODGES will soon
be able to resume the duties of his
office.
While ON way down the Gulf
oast as far south aS Sarasota, ar
rests were made for violation of the
closed season for salt fishing The
closed season, from November 2Oth
to December 10th, il which the mul-
let spawn, has been violated for
years and the mulht practically all
caught before having a chance to
spawn, but under the administration
of the present law the closed season
is bcing enforced On Thursday
niGtt Mr. Hodges was called from
Sarasota to Jacksonville where "a
barrels of mullct were seized by the
commission and returned to st
Incie county. in which territory
they were illegally caught and a
prominent fish dealer arrested for
VIOLATING tho closed sragon. All Of
the dsf shipped rs Npress are now
brtn opened IN tran*jt and search
I'd h. Hcputy @bel tish Commission
ors Il various points 80 as 10 cap
rrc md contrahand mullct and ar
rrst The shipper ~ whntcSer point
he may be located, nd this method
is having the. effect o. rnforcin2 the
closed season undo the administra-
,ion " the present law
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
LONG MISSING MIAMI
CARPENTER is FOUND

Miami, Dec. % There is general
rejoicing in the littl" home Of W. w.
Bradford on avenue Il extension over
the return of the father, who has
beer roaming aimltssly about the
country since October rs last, when
he was supposed to have been struck
in tn head by II yeSg and relieved
of between $500 and $1,000. Not
withstanding that he is minus his
money Bradfords wife and three
children are only too glad that the
husband and father, whom they had
almos: given up for dead, is home
again. and is little the worse for his
unfortunate experience
There was considerable mystery
surrounding strange disappearance
of Mr. Bradford in October when
he left his homcto so to Lantana.
whore he was to have received the
final payment for the construction
of house, and also to arrange to
build another house at that place
Thinking that her husband was safe,
Mrs Bradford allowed the days to 90
on without making any inquiry
about him, hut grew more anxious
after The time elapsed She finally
appealed to members Of Carpenters
local Union No. 993. to which or
trs, n ixu n hnr m nd hnl oh
and a general search was instituted
Not discouraged by her husbands
abs, hcc. Mrs Bradford continued
the liligcnt search, hoping that he
world soon turn up but she finally
concluded that ho had met with
some accident until she received an
anonymous letter from Galveston.
Texas, telling her that TIA" writer
had waylaid her husband and re-
licycd him OF his money This sad
news was IA serious blow to the
faithful wife, but realizing that she
had IA" little ones 10 care Tor. drs
bradford brapcly maintained her
tbHil l-' hllh b'bdll w 9''hs ~ pNo
sihlo. some trace OF husband and
father But the GOOD wife soon
found hat he WIS handicapped.
Tor be littlc mpn"y that her hus
ban" had lcft h"r waa beinr used mp
and she Wa compelled 10 find en-
pluynrut ia order tu hold herself
and children tosrthcr The family
Was given every con liberation by tho
mcul,ra ur tho carpenters Union.
who kept mp dligrnt search for
he missing man
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
SEVERAL IMPORTANT
BILLS UP
SPARKMAN PLANNING TO Re
PORT GENERAL WATERWAYS
BILL
(By Associated Press. ,

Washington, Dec. % Chairman
Sparkman of the House rivers and
harbors committee. Is planning to
report general waterways bill, de
spite the party leaders plans for
economics in a talk today. Also the
House public buildings committee
will report an omnibus building
bill Among the Florida projects fav-
olaol. reported by the war depart
ment are the Oklawaha river, ST.
033; Kissimmee river. $4,000; Ca
loosaLatchee river, 5000; Crystal
river, 10000; Anclote river, s22,- :
000: Coca Ceiga bag, $4,000; Sar-
asota bay. $4,000; Deep Creek, So
O00.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
MARTIAL Law MAY SOON
BE DECLARED IN GREECE:
JAPANESE Liner SUNK
CONTINENTAL INSURANCE
COMPANY SEEKS LISTING

New York, Dec. % The direc-
tors of the Continental Insurance
Company have decided to increase
the capital stock from S2,0OO,000 to
$lO,O00.o0O and apply for listing on
the New York stock exchange. Books
We're closed today so that s7,00O,0O0
of the new issue may be distributed
as stock dividend, while S1,000,0O0
will be offered to stockholders of
record today. Four hundred thou
sand shares of s25 each will be is
sued and the existing shares issued
at 500 will be withdrawn
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
"A SONG, A STAR, A CHILD. "

When planning Christmas Day frs-
tivitioS you should not leave church
attendance out of consideration lf
il is commcndable thing that we
should observe Thanksgiving Day
and give thanks for temporal bless
ings, surely II Is also commcndable
that We 20 to the Lords house on
Christmas Day to mcditat" upon and
eivn thanks to God for his unspcak
able rift in Christ j. sus Jesus was
horn in mangcr because there was
no room for him in The inn He was
crowded out Men are sometimes so
husird with pleasures and worldly
affairs that they forget 10 make
room for the Christ child. and actu-
ally crowd him ont on his birthday.
Ia order that whatsoever will may
attend il service appropriate to th"
pcca. ion, the Lutheran church tall
Englishl will hold services on Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock "A
Song, star, Il child, Is the sng-
FESTIVE subject Of tho sermon to be
preached by the pastor \ duet will
be sung by the Misses Cartmell and
Kaufman
II was glad whna they said unto
me, Tot us go into the house of the
Lord -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23

hon If living in the country she
deyai,s herself to raisin poultry
and -as. or fruit GROWN The
agricultural colleges are constantly
Increasing their number Of women
stud, ,nts People who hitherto op-
posed the idea of women becoming
gardeners are now applying 10 the
colleges for them Young women
have already done extremely woll as
landscape gardeners 4 special school
for them has recently been opened in
Vienna.
This problem Of ,he effect OF the
entry of women into the labor mar
ket efter the war, is already engag-
ing the serious attention Of the au-
thorities in Austria and in Germany
only recently the Bayarian govern
ment issued a public warnin- to
women against rushing into fields Of
work 50 far monopolized BY men.
They we're told in plain terms. that
As matter of course they would
have tc give up places 10 men a
soon as the latter we're back from the
army. and that Therefore they opght
/ not e spend money on training in
business COLLEGES for employment
which could only prove temporary
Rut fast the same these colleges have
one on advertisin- for pupils and
promising them most lucrative on
ga, ia aeuts at the end Of few weeks
icourse And the rush Of new appll-
cangs for positions continues, DESPITE
the warning of the authorities that
in Eavaria. al least, the supply OF
women Labor Of all -radas is greater
than r..a demand
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23

costs money. but unlike almost any
either thin that Il man secures. the
cost ol good roads does not fall to
any great extent upon the original
purchaser. that is the people who
vote the bonds for them Rather.
il is distributed out over a period Of
time. and is assumed to IA very large
extent To the new capital, and p"o-
pie who are induced to settle in
community which has good roads
Thus il Santa Rosa county. with an
i,s. nsscd valuation OF s3.0OO,U 900
votes certain amount of bonds FOR
ood roads, and az result OF these
aod roads. th" country is settled
up anG developed until it has "A val
ration Of sl5.G0O. 400 which is not
tt all unreasonable to expect. the in
.reasfs valuation due 10 the en
ruee ~ new capital and npw cn
'erHiisos viii b" paying the greater
rtrt pl th. burden of the honds is
acd tor tho buildin; of these roads
Milton G;tlettc
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
CARGO WAS MOST
VALUABLE OF ANY
SHIP YET SUNK
IT'S CONTENTS COULD NOT BE
ASCERTAINED; NO LIVES RE-
PORTED LOST
(By Associated Press,

T.. ndon, Dec. 23--It is unofficial
v ri sorted that MAJ tial law declara-
ion in Greece is imminent. Al
,holYh no confirmation is available
,h,r, is evidence of growing uneasi-
ness Ia Athens over the possibility
II Iuls arian troops crossing the
,ordrr The only relieving feature Of
the sit'.ation is the announcement
hat the Bulgarian officer command
az he forces which clashed with
he Greeks in Epirus will be pun
SHE'D, when that incident will be
0nsiiered closed.
The resumption of submarine ac-
uvlty in the near east is signalized
by the sinking of the japanese liner
lasaka Maru. Apparently no lives
we're lost, but marine insurance men
say that the property loss is the
ieavest of any maratime disaster
during the war. The nature of the
yauable cargo is not disclosed
I'll mystery of the Russian bonn
Dardmcnt of Varna, in Bulgaria, is
apparently cleared by statements
rom both sides that it was merely a
minor naval engagement in which
shore batteries took part A large
Russian fleet, however, is said to be
n the vicinity of Varna
Hartman's Weilcrkopf is again
the suhject of contention The pos
session OF the summit of this noun
lain is disputed so closely by the
military as we'll as those writing Of
fetal statements that the Associated
Press correspondent was called upon
asst April to decide the relative po-
sitiOns Of the opposing sides. The
Germans admit their retirement
ironi the summit which they assert
hey had occupied since April The
French claim to have materially
'ettered their positions, though the
Germans re-occupied some trenches
The French claim to have partially
'orcstalled the contemplated German
offensive in the Nosges
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
WANT PL0WSHARE
PREPAREDNESS

Washington, Dec - shortly
after the Christmas holidays, Prcsi
dem Wilson will be asked to receive
a delegation of farmers from the
Southwest who will ask for cam
paiEn Of plowshar" preparedness,
The Keynote Of this campaign was
recently sounded by Governor James
+ Ferguson of Texas. who declared
tha; if the recent war loans made
abroad were placed At home on rural
land. they would have given every
tenaii farmer in The United States
capital that would lave put him we'll
Oh h, road to homr ownership
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
BRITISH LOSSES
IN DARDANELLES
were ll2,92l
(By Associated Press.

London Dec % The British
losses of officers and men at the Dar-
921. 1909 officers and 23,67O men
killed
The total number admitted to the
hospitals from illness at the Darda-
nelles was 96,6S3.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
FEMALE HELP USED
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
{ BY Associated Press


Zurich. Switzerland, Dec 70
With the new levy in Austria Hun
-ary drawing away yet many thou
sands more men from civil occupa-
lions, the demand for female help
has been further increased Women
are now not only welcomed. but
'asarly sought for in various fields
0f iauustry and commerce from
which they were previously sternly
eNc1ied But at the same time they
IA been given to understand that
nls only a temporary condition,
anl hey must be prepared to make
on fer the men, when these com"
rom the field
Qac apart from the much-talked
men street-car conductors, one
fat sex engaged now in all
SIND of work. in factories, stores
ard Offices, everywhere In the lab
ra'ares of great Industrial plants
5a Frau Doktor" is standing be-
ami Gales, and retorts, and bottles,
'n-a1ed in the most intricate chem
ca analysis. Before the war she
'as only admitted as an assistant,
III as one after the other of her
nae colleagues was called TO the
army she was permitted to fill their
i,-ots
owing into Vienna on the north
u railway, hundreds of women may
Son working on the gigantic
"a caps shoyeling the coal into
'a ppers and performing the
-ay.est kind of manual labor For
ny everybody would have scoffed
y idea of a female "coalman
Y Tow nobody turns to look at her
Amateur women photographers
- become assistants to doctors in
N-'ay work. and in electro-therapeu-
'reatment In Gratz SPECIAL
2Hsos Of instruction in photosraphy
~ ing given for this work The
are taught by university
FRI, sors, and receive certificates
n1 their fitness
capable housewife no lonCe'
mains at home: her services hay'
found valuable in taking III
nestle management OF hospitals
5anatoriums. and convalescen
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
CANSP|RA7ORS
Indicted FOR
TRYING TO
WRECK CANAL
(By Associated Press.

New York. Dec % indictments
were returned today charging Paul
Koenig of the liamburg-American
line. and Richard Emil d.eyendrcker,
an antique dealer, with conspiring
to wreck the Welland canal. Edmund
Justice, a IIamburg-American watch
mar was also indicted with koenig,
cha gcd with conspiring to secure
military information for the German
government
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
OSCAR STRAUSS
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

New York, Dec. - Oscar s
Strauss former u S Ambassador to
Turkey and recently appointed
chairman of the Public SeWicc Com
mission of New York, to4 received
con onGratulations from all parts of the
country in recognition of his 65th
birthday Mr. Strauss has also
served as Secretary of Commerce and
Labor and is a member of the Per
mancnt Court of Arbitration
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
CHICAGO ELKS
DISTRIBUTE CHEER

Chicago. Dec. 90. The Women S
Auxiliary of the Chicago Lodge of
Elks today distributed 1000 Christ
mas baskets to poor families of Chi
cago Five separate stations in diff
rerent parts of the city handled the
distribution of the baskets
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
TOLLS OF LAWS
CLOSING IN
ON BREITUNC
(By Associated Press !

New York, Dec. 90 Max Brei-
tunS, through his attorney, admitted
buying $50 pounds Of chlorate of
potash for Robert Fay The admis-
sion was made through the attorney
when Breitung asked for separate
trial from Fay. DR. Herbert Klein
sele. Walter Schulz and Paul Dache
We're all indicted charged with con
spring to blow up munition ships
leaving the United States
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23

London. Dec 23 Women now
form the staff of three horse depots
at Reading. where they are not only
doin military stable duty and
grooming the horses. but are actual
" instructing soldiers in riding
This IS the most startling kind of
war work yet undertaken by women
All or them are used to horses and
to riding after the hounds. and on
JOY their now duties
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23
HARTNANN'S WEILERkOPF
IS AGAIN SUBJECT
OF CONTENTION
(By Associated Press. }

Berlin, Dec 23 The war office
mas announced that the summit of
llartmann's Weilerkopf, captured by
the French earlier in the week will
be reeained by the Germans
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-23

Maximum oz
Minimum . .
Evening journal., 1915-04-09

"The Mascot" are sweet. haunting
melodies not easily forgotten.
The other principal roles are taken
by members of the club whose work
in past productions stamped them as
amateurs of professional ability.
Miss Nellie Allen, J. Frank Huss.
Frank Ford Palmer. n. c. Morgan. r.
W. Phillips. G. L. Cote. Miss Stacia
Mulvena. Miss Maude Alexander. Miss
Mae Dolan and Miss Helen Brogan
hcve all had previous experience i'm
comic opera and comedians. and with
the other characters in the capable
hands of r. l.. Stone. H. G. Rose, NJ.
II. Hume. George Cleaver. II. S. Far
row, p. W. Parvis. Miss Mary O'Brien
and Miss Mabel Leonard, a complete
performance Is guaranteed.
An added attraction that will be
much admired is a Gypsy dance by
o large number of the most grace
ful dancers of the club This will
he one Of the leading features OF the
second act.
The entire production has been in
the hands of the we'll known stage
manager. Edward S. Grant than
whom there is no more expert amateur
coach in the country.
Evening journal., 1915-04-09
MISSION WORKERS Will
MEET here IN OCTOBER

The semi-annual meeting OF the Wo-
mems Home Missionary Society Of
the Wilmington District came to a
close in the Methodist Episcopal
Church at New Castle yesterday after
noon
Special music by a male quartette
from the New Castle church marked
the afternoons session The quar-
tette sang "The Wayside Cross" and
"Thc Brewers Big Horses Dur
ing the afternoon Mrs Jarvis, of ST.
Paul's Church. was appointed confer
encc secretary of temperance and
Mrs Fannie b. Josephs was appointed
district secretary of evangelistic
work. Mrs c. Wesley Weldin con-
Quoted the question box and announc-
cd the coming of Mrs. Rorabach. a
field secretary OF the Womans Board
of Home Missions TO the city on sun
day. She will speak In three churches,
Mt Salem, Scott and st. Paul's dur
ing thc day.
Miss Mary Duchon. of the Riddle
Memorial Deaconess Home. spoke on
Home Mission Opportunities that
Summon U.s."
Mrs. Sarah l.. Foster also spoke on
temperance. while Mrs. ~ NJ Browne
spoke on ovangelistic work. A paper
on 'Tho Importance Of Pledges" was
read by Mrs. Minnie Cole
The next semi-annual meeting OF
the society will be held on the second
Thursday in October in Brandywine
M. E. Church.
Evening journal., 1915-04-09
EAT less AND take
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
Take Glass of Salts If Your Back
Hurts or Bladder BOtherS.

The American men and women
must guard constantly against Kidney
trouble. because we eat too much and
all our food is rich. Our blood is fill
ed with uric acid. which the kidneys
strive to filter ont; they weaken from
overwork. become sluggish; the elm
NATIVE tissues clog and the result is
kidney trouble, bladded weakness
and general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
of lead: your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. If you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy. nervous
spells. acid stomach, or you have
rheumatism when the weather is bad,
get from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast a few days and your kid
neys will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice. combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations TO
flush and stimulate clogged kidneys;
10 neutralize the acids in the urine so
, il no longer Is a source of irritation,
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot
injure. makes delightful efier-
vescent lithia-wster beverage, and be-
/ longs in every home, because nobody
can make a mistake by having a good
kidney flushing any time.
Evening journal., 1915-04-09

Everything is In readiness for the
production of "The Mascot" a comic
opera in three acts by the DUPONT
Puff and Powder Club at The Play
house this evening, and tomorrow af-
tornoon and night The scene of the
opera is laid in Italy. and the action
takes place on farm, in palace.
and in the hall of an inn. The cos
tunes comprising those of peasants,
courtiers and soldiers give an oppor-
tunity for a display of scenery. cos
tune, and color rarely seen in the
modern comic opera.
The story of the opera is woven
around Bettina, tho mnScni keeper nl
turkeys, a role taken by Miss Lola b.
Parsons, whose talented portrayal OF
"Patcnce" in the opera OF that name is
still fresh in the memories of those for
tunate enough To sec il. Her interpre-
tation of "Ihe Mascot will undoubtedly
add TO her reputation.
The Mascot is hearth angel" whose
presence is supposed to make a home
prosperous and happy, and she is sent
as Il present TO Rocco, a farmer, 10y his
brother, who has been singularly nm.
lucky. The charm works, but She b.
taken away from Rocco TO court by
Prince Frederick, who is also the vic
tim of misfortune. The Mascot is. how
ever, in love with pippo, a shepherd
with whom she escapes from the palac,
in disguise The various character
meet in an inn. explanations are made
and all ends happily.
This opera is famous for its re-
markably tuneful music, chief
amongst the numbers being the
"Gobble Song" duet between Bet
tina and Pippo, telling OF their love
for their turkeys and sheep and for
each other, this with the song of
Evening journal., 1915-04-09
JAMESA.M' M'KEOWN. FORMER
COUNCILMAN PASSES away

James A. McKoown. aged 81 years.
former member OF City Council, died
at his home, No. 7i2 South Harrison
street carly this morning from pleuro-
pneumonia. Mr.. McKcown. who was
one of the youngest members TO sit in
Council Chamber. represented the
Eleventh ward for two years his
term expiring at the last election.
Mr. McKeown lived at the Harrison
street house with Patrolman John
McKcown. his brother. and worked at
the Harlan and Hollingsworth Cor
poration as an iron worker. He was
taken i'll with pneumonia on Monday
morning.
Mr.. Mckeown was a member Of the
Loyal order OF Moose. Fratornal Or
der OF Eagles and the Eleventh Ward
Democratic League. The funeral ar
rangements had not been completed
this morning.
Evening journal., 1915-04-09
V|LL|STAS DENY
Reverse At CELAYA
CarranzistaS Say Crucial
Battle There Has Only
Commenced
CANNOT KEEP
HUERTA AWAY
By The United Press.

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Claims OF
a sweeping Carranzista victory at
Colaya, state OF Queretaro, over a
convention force commanded by
General villa in person. met with a
denial from the yillista agency today.
II was stated that fighting there has
only commenced.
AT Tampico famine prevails and
ss;eseisiiefs arc believed 90 he IN dan
ger. Rear Admiral Caporton has
been directed TO keep warship near
Tampico for emergencies. Omcials
still refuse comment on General
Huortas expected arrival in New
York next Saturday. The State Dc
pariments legal experts arc reported
to have decided there Is no way he
can he kept out of the country. Car
rama, il is said. will ask that admis-
sion be refused ON the ground that
Huerta plans TO violate American nen-
tralily by organizing a new reyou-
ton within its boundaries If he can
prove this. the department could act
but it is not believed he has any con-
crete proof.
Omcials believe Huertas visit will
be made political issue by the op-
ponents of the administration Mexi-
can policy.
Evening journal., 1915-04-09
Willard WILL PASS
THROUGH CITY TOMORROW
BY nal SHERIDAN

(Written for the United Press.)
NEW YORK. April 9.-Reports
reaching here of Champion Jess viii
lards trip through the Carolinas and
Virginia told of the continuance of his
triumphal progress from Havana. New
York fight fans were soothing with ex-
citoment today over the advent Of the
new champion. Promoter Jack Cur
Icy arrives here tonight for hip-hur-
rah reception. willard is due in Bal
timoro late this afternoon and will
give an exhibition there. He will ar
rive here tomorrow evening and give
an exhibition at ST. Nichols Rink. A
brass band and squad of Boy Scouts
will be his escort of honor from the
station.
Films of Willard's victory will not
be allowed TO enter New York port,
United States District Attorney Mar
shall declared today. He doubted II
the films could be brought in at any
port, because OF the Federal law pro-
hibiting importation or interstate
transportation Of prize fight movies.
willard is expected TO so through
Wilmington some time tomorrow
lmorning or afternoon over the Penn
sylvania railroad, the exact hour be-
ing undetermined at this time. The
railroad company does not know, as
Willard is travelling like any other
passenger.