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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-17
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-17
OCALA FRATERNAL ORDERS

pfARiuN-DUNN MasoNfC LODGE
Marion-Dunn Lodge No. 10, F. q
A. M. meets on the first and third
Thursday evenings OF each month at
300 o'clock, until further notice.
b. C. Webb, w. M.
Jake Brown, Secretary. Al
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-17

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-17
W. L. COLBERT, TAX COLLECTOR,
In Account with Marion County for
Levy 1915

General Fund
Uncollected July 1, 1916. IS 1,923.85
Licenses collected - 37.38
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
ROOSEVELT IS GIVEN. OVATION AT DETROIT.
Pleads for True American ism and Urges Prepared
 ness for War

Detroit May 19.-Theodore Roosevelt urged preparedness in two addresses here today, discussed "social justice before the convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and shook hands with several thousand persons at public re- ception in a downtown hotel shortly be- fore departing for New York tonight.
 The former president was greeted en- Enthusiastically as honor guest of an Amer ican day celebration
 While he was delivering his forenoon address at 8 theatre an elderly woman interrupting his expression of approval of universal military service, cried out: T have two sons whom l offer"
 'If every mother would make the same offer" the colonel replied, there would be no need for any mother to send her sons to the front
 Speaking at a luncheon at the Detroit Athetetic club, MT. Roosevelt declared that true Americanism means unity of a nation without regard to the lands from which our fathers came; without regard to religious differences and without re- gard to the different sections of the coun- try in which we 1ive.''
 Rain prevented MT. Roosevelt from ad- dressing mass meeting at Grand Circuit park.
 Colonel Roosevelt did not meet Henry Ford, although early in the day it was said he planned to visit MT. Ford at the latterS factory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
GERMANS HAVE WON
 BATTLE, HE THINKS
Teuton Critic Says Capture of Hill BOA Gives Them Title to Victory in
 Verdun Fighting

Berlin, May 19.-(By Wireless. )-Eng- fish and French assertions that the bat tie of Verdun has been won by the en- tente allies are disputed by Major Moh- rat. military critic of the Tageblatt, who points to the recent successes won by the Germans and says the French and British are incapable of prosecuting a successful offensive. He says:
 Some days ago the Manchester Guar dian announced that the battle had been ended and that the French had inflicted their third signal defeat on the Germans, the other two having been at the Marne and at Ypres. One day later the Ger mans reached the top of Hill 3O4.
 Not only have the Germans held Hill BOA against desperate French counter att tacks, but they have succeeded in ex- tending their new positions. The pres ent military situation is characterized most precisely by referring to the fact that the French, and still more the British, are conscious of their inability to advance, that they are able to act efficiently only on the defense, and as long as they outnumber the Germans considerably
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
''The Birth of a Nation"

Birmingham playgoers will have their last opportunity to witness the assassina- ton of Abraham Lincoln, the battle of Petersburg, and the countless other thrill ing scenes in "The Birth of a Nation at the Jefferson theatre tonight. The matinee and night performances today will mark the closing of the spectacle's s third phenomenal engagement in Birming- ham this season. and it is estimated that 50 600 people will have paid box office tribute to the attraction when today's totals are added.
 The assassination scene, which has caused enthusiastic comment wherever The Birth of a Nation has been shown is reproduction in historic detail of Ford's theatre, Washington, D. C., on the night of April IA. 1865, when President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth before the eyes of a gala audience gathered on that oc- casion to celebrate the close of the civil war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
CONCENTRATION OF
 WEALTH DANGEROUS
John Skelton Williams Urges Bankers to Help Small Local Industries as
 Remedy Against This

Chattanooga, May 19.-Concentration of Americas growing wealth in the hands of comparatively few men is the greatest danger threatening the nation, John S11el- ton Williams, comptroller of the federal currency. declared in an address here today at a convention of the Tennessee Bankers association. He urged bankers and financial leaders to try strenuously to help small local industries and farm CTS develop their business Such d policy. he said, would increase the aggregate contentment and patriotism among the people.
 MT. Williams referred to the rapid in- crease in wealth of the United States. particularly in the south, to the point where a billion dollars has become the unit by which wealth is estimated. That condition is producing an ostentatious leisure class, which is danger even more than angered poverty" he said "In dlnOSC eXacL ratlO as wealth and CapftsE increase, the bitterness against wealth and capital also increases.
 No socialism but united action among financial forces to distribute their work ing capacity can prevent growth If this discontent," said MT. Williams. He added:
 ''The building up of small local indus tries undertaken by capable and willing hands, the development of the great fundamental agricultural industry, help ing of the little business man who has character, ability and ambition, offers tremendous opportunities not only for the increase of an aggregate wealth and power, but for distribution of them, so that no worthy man may be hopeless.
 "The despair of the citizen is a living danger to government, authority. law and capital. The hopeful working citizen with prospects ahead of him is the upholder of law, order and orthodoxy, the support of the churches, the creator of prosperity, the living apostle and example of patriot ism, the maker of stability
 MT. Williams mentioned the federal re- serve act as an example of wise legisla- ton to encourage distribution of capital The rural credit and shipping bills now before Congress would have a similar effect, he declared. and would prove big factors in preparing the nation for an imminent commercial struggle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
METHOD|STS ELECT
 SEVEN NEW BISHOPS
Task of Northern Confer ence Is Completed at
 Saratoga

Saratoga Springs May 19.-Seven new names appear on the roll of bishops oi the Methodist Episcopal church tonight Four, Matt S. Hughes of Pasadena, Cal. William P. Oldham of New York, Frank lin Hamilton of Washington and Charles B Mitchell of Chicago were elected bS the general conference during today and tonight
 The others, Thomas Nicholson of New York, Herbert Welch of Delaware O.. and Adna W. Leonard of Seattle, were chosen in the earlier balloting.
 Of the three bishops chosen today two are pastors and one is an official of 8 church board. As result of the elections two brothers, Bishop Edwin H. Hughes and pr. Matt s. Hughes who was elect ed today, will be members of the board of bishops. Dr. Hughes, who is 53 years old, was born at West Union, Va. He has been pastor at Grinnell la, Portland, Me, Minneapolis, Minn., and Kansas City, Mo
 Dr. William F. Oldham has been for the last four years corresponding secre- tary of the board of foreign missions. He was born 62 years ago in India, and served as missionary there for num- Der of years. He began the Methodist missionary work in Singapore. In 1904. he was elected missionary bishop for southern Asia and resigned in 1912.
 Dr. Charles Baird Mitchell was born at Pittsburg in 1857. He has been pas tor in Pittsburg. Pa, Plainfield, N. J., Cleveland, o. Minneapolis and St. James church, Chicago, where he succeeded Bishop William A. Quayle
 pr. Franklin Hamilton is brother of Bishop John W. Hamilton, who will re- tire this year under the age limit
 Bishop Eugene R. J. Hendrix, senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, urged generous support for aged ministers in an address at the anniver- sary of the board of conference claimants tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
SEEK RELIEF FOR
 PETTY OFFICIALS
Unable to Marry on Account of Long Training Pe-
 riOds Required.

Berlin May S.-(Correspondence of the Associated Press. )-As one means of bringing about much needed reforms in conditions prevailing among petty office holders and officials in Germany-those who hold such positions postal and telegraph employes-the Union of Ger man Officials association is calling espe- cial attention in these days to the ex traordinay "chld of poverty" in Ger man officialdom.
 This poverty, which is particularly to be deplored at the present time, is largely due, it is declared, to the long training periods now necessary, which make it all but Impossible for officials to marry until they are in their late twenties or even 30 years old. In consequence, officials have, and have had for years, smaller families than almost any other branch of employees in Germany.
 The union referred to cites as espe- cially significant the latest available sta tistics regarding postal employees in the empire. In their ranks, it is found, the lower officials have an average of 24 children per family, the middle officials but Is children and the higher officials only IT, The figures become more strik- ing when compared with the average for all marriages in Germany-which on an average are blessed with 36 children apiece.
 The tendency of the war is to increase rather than diminish the number of petty offlcials in Germany, for it is the ambi- ton of a great number of wounded men unfitted for their old occupations to settle down in some little position which gives him the prestige of a little title and the right to call himself "Beamter" The fuller the rarks get, the greater, of course, is the tendency for salaries to drop.
 The leaders therefore are doubly anx- lous to get reforms begun before it is too late, and regard the present time as the psychological one when all over Ger many there is demand for an increase Dirthrate, more marriages and larger families.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
GREENVILLE

Greenville, May 1S.-(Special.) .)-Green- vile is to have new dry goods store that will be located on Commerce street, near the Louisville and Nashville rail- way station. w. w. Chapman, formerly of Montgomery will manage the new business house. One of the stores in the Thames building is being put into con- dition for this business, and it will be ready for occupancy by Monday.
 Butler county and Greenville veterans and sons of veterans have begun to re- turn from Birmingham, where they at tended the Confederate reunion. The vet terans are loud in the praise of Birming- ham, and claim that this reunion was the most greatly enjoyed one they have ever attended. Everything was done to make the old soldiers enjoy themselves and to make them comfortable, claims the Green vile delegation. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
HUMANE SUNDAY"
Local Ministers Requested to Preach
 Special Sermon

Mrs. w. N Wood, president of Bir- mingham Humane society, announces that Sunday, May 21. is designated as Humane Sunday by President W. O. Stillman of the American Humane as sociation. Humane Sunday will be ob- served all over the United States and ministers of all denominations have been asked to preach special sermon on Kindness to Children and All Liv- ing Creatures.' Mrs. Wood requests the local ministers to comply with this re- quest by referring in some fitting way to kindness to all living creatures and that the society would appreciate copies of such sermons or extracts from the same which can be sent to the local humane headquarters, BIO Lyric building,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Lyric


 An entertaining bill will greet the Sat urday matinee goer this afternoon.
 The Scotch Lads and Lassies and the Passion Play of Washington Square are the big features on the bill and either one of these acts is well worth the price of admission. The Scotch Lads and Las- sies have proven one of the most enter tainlng acts of the season and the num- Der has proved highly entertaining. Led by Jack Wyatt, they gave an open air concert last night which was much en- joyed.
 The Passion Play of Washington Square is one of vaudevilles best one-act play lets, and Miss Dorothy Shoemaker is exceedingly clever and is supported by an able company The plot of the act is one big surprise. Neary and Miller. black face comedians. the Girl From Mill waukee and Irving and Ward, dialect comedians, prove pleasing entertainers. The curtain at the matinee will go up promptly at 2:30 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
MRS. RICHARDSON IS
 VICTIM OF NEGRO

Mobile, May Special. )-Mrs. Leander Richardson, aged 23, residing in Toulminville, Mobile suburb, was this morning criminally assaulted by an unknown negro, according to re- ports to the sheriff's office here Im- mediately posses consisting of deputy sheriffs and citizens went in search of the negro. It is reported tonight that the black is surrounded in a swamp near the scene of his crime. If appre- hended a lynching is not feared as the hunters, while deternined, are not excited. Bloodhounds are on the trail. Mrs. Richardson came here from Illi- nois. She has 10-months- old baby. She was attacked in her home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
TO PROTEST
 AGAINST MASSACRES

pr. H. A. Elkourie has wired the Pres ident, the Alabama delegation and Gov Charles Henderson, asking them to pro- test against the massacre of Christians in Syria by Turks. Dr. Elkourie will leave in few days for Washington to present in person, for the Syrian colony of Birmingham the petition to the Wash ington authorities. In speaking of the matter, Dr. Ellsourie said: the latest dispatches of the Associated Press indi- cate further massacre of Christians in Syria, especially against the people of Marenites. The Syrians of Birmingham know the general conditions over there and are very apprehensive of further massacres, as they know only too well the Turkish character. It is not much we can do, but we hope to interest the na- tonal authorities in the matter and to get them to protest against the cruel shedding of Christian blood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
Merits of Charleston's Navy Yard

F. J. Splitstone in Leslfes
 Charleston also has a navy yard This yard has been attacked by politicians and certain publications under the general allegations that it is misplaced. of little value and impossible of access. It is a
 well known fact that the United States
 has too many navy yards, among them several that are badly located. It is ad-
 mitted by all disinterested persons that
 those that are not of real use to the navy
 ought to be closed and the property sold But what are the facts about Charleston?
 Here they are:
 land favorably located along the Cooper
 river. in which 1t has invested, since the
 station was established in 1901, s7,14s, ,s4o
 On the property are 45 buildings and a dry dock 1S4 by 575 feet.
 The heaviest battleships can enter Charleston harbor at high tide but not
 at low tide; they cannot, however, reach
 the navy yard at any stage of tide. Shoals
 in the Cooper river carry only 28 feet of
 water at high tide and 23 feet at low
 The corps of engineers of the United States army has reported that these shoals can be removed and a wide, safe channel made to the dry dock by dredg- ing. at a cost of s175,00o.
 The navy yard is so located as to be immune from attack from the sea, un-
 less the Qualifications at the harbor en- trance are first reduced. The yard is
 about IS miles from the sea, from which it is separated by three streams of water
 and vast swamps.
 Charleston is the only place along the
 coast from Norfolk, Va, to Key West
 Fla, a distance of 1041 miles, that has a
 naval station and this naval station is the only one south of Cape Hatteras competent to handle craft of moderate size
 Charleston has facilities for coaling war vessels, and in addition both the Standard and Texas Oil companies have large re- serves of fuel oil there. Railroad facili- ties, heretofore fairly good, have been improved by the recent extensions of the Seaboard Air Line which give Charleston l the advantage of being on the trunk line | between north and south.
 Charlestons climate permits of outdoor
 work all the year around; 1t has cheaper lumber than northern ports, has direct connection with the Birmingham steel district and has plenty of common lapor. It is therefore well situated for ship building center, the only drawback being a scarcity of skilled labor. This will not be remedied until Charleston becomes ambitious to develop industrially as well as commercially.
 For the s175.0OO already mentioned, and for an additional $14O,O00 to deepen the water between the jetties at the entrance to the harbor, Charleston can have 30- foot stage of water at low tide from the
 broad Atlantic to the navy yard, which is enough to allow the biggest ship in the navy to enter at any time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
VII SON WILL. SPEAK AT CHARLOTTE TODAY

Washington, May 19-President Will son with Mrs. Wilson and large party left here tonight for Charlotte, N. C., where he will review a parade and speak tomorrow at the annual cele- bration of the Mesklenburg declara- tion of independence. They travelled on private car attached to regular train.
 The President probably will make several short addresses from the rear platform of his car befor@ arriving at Charlotte. The party will be back in Washington early Sunday morning.
 Charlotte. N. C.. May 19.-An address by President Wilson will be the prin- cipal feature of the opening here to- morrow of a three days celebration of the one hundred and fortyfirst anni-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20

versary of the signir-> of the Mecklen- burg declaration of independence. The President is expected to arrive here early in the day, accompanied by Mrs, Wilson, Secretary Daniels. Secretary Tumulty, Dr. Carey T. Grayson, the Presidents naval aide. Commander Wurthbaugh. aide to Secretary Dan iels and others.
 President Wilson. Governor Craig and Governor Manning of South Car olina immediately before the Presi- dent delivers his address, will review a parade which will include the entire North Carolina National Guard, now mobilized here. The guard will par ticipate in a sham battle in the after noon.
 Mrs Wilson and other members of the Presidents party will be guests at a luncheon at a local club in the afternoon and the party will leave for Washington early in the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
DETECTIVE FORCE
 IS GIVEN PRAISE

Chief of Detectives Tom Shirley and members of the detective department were congratulated yesterday on the excellent detective work that was rendered during the reunion in keeping down crime and disorder.
 Chief Shirley and his small force of detectives shows only six cases where pocketbooks were reported lost. All of the stolen property that was reported stolen during the reunion did not exceed $200, most of this was recovered Only a few arrest were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
COMMENCEMENT ON
 AT MARION INSTITUTE

Marion, May 19.-(SpeciaD-The 191s commencement of Judson college and Marion institute opened at 4 o'clock this afternoon with company and bat talion drill on institute field. Hundreds of guests lined the field to witness the military features. Tonight the school of expression of Judson presented the annual class play, '"The Twig of Thorn" on the lawn to an appreUa- tive audience, the JudsOn orchestra un- der the direction of Miss Douglas add ing greatly to the programme. Satur- day will be busy day with each school. trustees and alumnae being in session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
SHE TOLD HER NEIGHBOR

T told neighbor whose very young child had croup about Foley's Honey and Tar.' writes Mrs. Rehlramp, 2404 Herman st.. Covington, Ky She thought that the child surely would die 1t was so bad. When she gave it a couple doses of Foley's Honey and Tar she was so pleased with the change she did not know what to say" This old reliable cough syrup immediately helps coughs, colds and whooping cough. Just as good for old as it@is for young folks. Sold everywhere.--Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
To Standardize Signals

New York, May 19.-Specific stan dards for protecting grade crossings on all railroads of the country to less en the likelihood of accidents, were adopted today at the semi annual meeting of the American Railway as- sociation. It Is planned to standardizc crossing signals throughout the coun- try in order that motorists may easily learn the warnings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20

''No matter whatever anyone else may say" said the commissioner, lon this question to cause further serious embar- rassment to the United States govern ment in the conduct of the affairs of this nation, and this has caused it all ready and the longer this sensational agitation is kept up the more the embar- rassment will be, | am not going to be a party to this unpatriotic conduct, and shall refuse to say anything more on the subject, except to assert again that the vital interests of the government were concerned in this case, that we have been working with the govern ment in this case, that I have been in consultation this morning again with high government officials who have urged that everything be done for the sake of national good to prevent this great harm being done by further delv- ing in government affairs"
 Senator Thompson's reply to the may or's statement was that the investigation would go on and District Attorney to testify in executive session. It was meanwhile indicated at the mayors of flee that Commissioner Woods would, if called. consent to testify only on wire tapping activities as they affected the detection of local crimes.
 District Attorney SWann, on emerging from the committee room, said that one of the three men who had desk room in the office of Seymour & Seymour, O. B. Phillips, had testified that he repre- scented himself there as a confidential agent of J. P. Morgan & Co.,, and had written a letter to the Humboldt Fibre company of Humboldt, Tenn. with a view to making contract for cotton fihro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
Serious Damage by Quake

Rimini, Italy May 19-Serious damage was done here by the earthquake which shook central Italy during the night of May 1S-17. Ten houses collapsed and about thousand dwellings were damaged. The municipal theatre and the under-prefec- ture school buildings were cracked to an alarming extent and part of .he church of ColOnnella has fallen