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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-06

In answer to your very esteemed
note, No. 4,3O7, of the 21st inst, the
subscriber has the honor to lay the fol-
lowing most respectfully before his
cXcellency, the ambassador Of the
United States of America, Frederic
CORTLAND Penfeld:
The imperial and royal government
agrees thoroughly with the American
cabinet that the sacred commandments
OF humanity must be observed also IN
war. Just as it has hitherto given at
no time and to no person OCCASION TO
doubt its respect for these Command
ments, in like manner, also, in the
whole course of this war, which pre-
sents such pictures of confusion of
moral conceptions, has it given num-
erous proofs 81 humanitarian senti-
ments toward enemies as we'll a. to-
ward neutral states, and it was not
due to this government that il was a
short time ago not in harmony with
the Washington cabinet precisely on
a question which it (the Austro,Hun-
garian government. in harmony with
the entire public opinion in Austria
Hungary, regarded principally ques-
tion of humanity.
The imperial and royal government
can also substantially concur in the
principle expressed in the very es-
teemed note that private ships, in So
far as they do not flee or offer resist
ance, may not be destroyed without
the persons aboard being brought in
to safety.
The imperial and royal government
is very responsive to the assurance
that the federal government lays value
upon seeing that the good relations
which happily exist between Austria
Hungary and the United States of
America are maintained. 1t recipro-
Gates this assurance most warmly,
and is now, as heretofore. concerned
to render these relations more hearty.
so far as lies in its power.
Guided by the same spirit of frank
ness as the government of the United
States. the imperial and royal gov
eminent, although it does not find in
the note frequently referred to the
answer to all the Legitimate questions
submitted by II. is willing to commu-
nicate to the federal government the
result Of the investigation which, in
accordance with existing department
tai regulations, was begun immediate
ly after the receipt of the fleet report |
on the sinking of the Ancona, and |
which was just recently received.
The result Of this investigation may
be summarized as follows On Novem- |
her Z, 1915 at II 40 O'Clock in the
forenoon, the commander Of the sub
marine observed in latitude 3s. 40
north, longitude 1O.0S east. in foggy
weather. at distance Of only 5000
metres and one point to starboard, the
outlines Of large italian steamer.
He took It at first for transport
steamer and turned about and fired
from his rear gun warning shot far
from the vessel.
Spontaneously he displayed the sig
pal, leave the ship" The steamer
hld not stop. but rather turned aside,
ard sought to escape. The command
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-06

Misses Maud Smith. Glovina Holzen,
diof and lillian McChesncy, made mp
II number of attractive Arcadia girls,
who after spending the holidays here,
left last night to finish the term of
school at the Woman's State College
ar Tallahassee.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-06

Continued on Page Eight.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-06

All the returns are not in, but we
give the following as reported to Su-
perintendent Buckley. As soon as all
the returns are in we will give it in
full:
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-06

CONTINUED on Page Eighth
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-06

DR.. and Mrs. J. A. simmons Of
Arcadia, were the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. II. Ingram this week. DR..
Simmons returned to Arcadia after a
few days stay, but Mrs. Simmons will
remain for some time. Mrs. simmons
Is a sister of Mrs. Ingram .-Kissim.
nee Valley Gazette.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-06

Miss Pearl Johnson and Miss Nor
wood Key, her house guest, left this
morning for Lakeland, where Miss
johnson win give recital tomorrow
night. After the recital Miss Key VIII
g. on to her home in Georgia.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-06

Mrs. J M. Williams and daughter.
little Miss Gertrude, OF birmingham,
Ala, arrived last night to spend the
winter with her sister, Mrs. G.. L.
Walton. on East Oak street.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-01-06
natal Hay viii Be Raised Near Tam
pa On a Large Scale by the Agricul-
turaI Committee of the Tampa Mer-
chants' Association.
HAVE ALREADY SECURED.
AN OPTION ON
More Than Three thousand Acres Of
What They Think To Be the Best
Natal Hay Land in the State.
According to the Tampa Tribune:

According to the Tampa Tribune;
"The agricultural committee OF the
Tampa Merchants Association, head
ed by p. p. Lastinger, chairman, to-
tether with ]. F.. Pierce and ID. l..
Thomas, have secured the endorse
mint of the Tampa Merchants Asso-
ciaton of a proposition they have been
/ working on for many months, to oper-
ate a mammoth natal hay farm.
THY have secured an option on
more than 5000 acres Of what they
term The best natal hal land In south
Tlorid, this land is near Tampa,
with a main line railroad running
through the property, and they have
formed, with G. A. Mckay, Fred
Wolf, J. e. Sherman, N. Woodbridge,
william n. Haupt and others, about
fifty, al organization TO be known
as the Florida Agricultural Society.
After the land is producing, the
profits will be divided among the mem
bers equally until the entire tract is
sown in hay, and the division Of the
tracts vii not be made until then, so
that each member will receive his land
cleared and producing natal hay when
deed Is issued.
Mr.. Lastinger, the president of the
society, stated that the organization
is to SOW not over 800 acres in June,
and after this is done, workmen will
he set at clearing the land around this
200 acres, and as. natal spreads very
rapidly, it will not be necessary to
purchase more seed.
VIII Build a Town.
At the railroad station, where there
is a very pretty lake, club house
will be erected. after the farm is on
a sound paying basis, and this will he
Z for the exclusive use of the members
here it is also proposed to build a
small town. The land will be posted
at once to conserve any game for the
members, and they only will be al
lowed to hunt on It,
The agricultural committee Of the
Merchants Association, Messrs. Las
finger, Thomas and Price, has been
experimenting with natal grass for
many years, and has been instrument
tai in its present development.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05

chinery and a crew of 40 men to
the outlet of the lake, and are
awaiting the report from the cir
culation Of petitions among the
property owners along the lake
for the formation of a drainage
district.
The petitions were completed
three weeks ago and it Will re-
quire the signatures Of owners of
.one-fifth of the total acreage af-
fected by the flood waters which
lit is the object of the plan TO ell
inmate The total acreage so
affected is close to 10000, ac-
cording TO A. b. Carscallen of the
contracting company.
"The owners are ready to sign
the petitions, l am sure, said
be. "The country is sparsely
settled and the assessment Will
amount to close to S3 per acre,
but the work must be done to pre-
vent the disastrous overlooking of
the land. From the sentiment
have heard expressed, they wish
to have the work done so as to do
away with the 1913 flood water"
The hackers of the project
have rejected plans originally
proposed soliciting the help of
the Washington Water Power Co.
the Red Collar steamboat line
and the O w. r. & n. company.
A change i'm the method of doing
the work has accompanied this
Encouragement of plans. and in
stead of deepening the channel OF
the river where it leaves the lake,
the outlet is to be widened 200
feet
The former plan would have
involved the water power COM
pany. explained Mr.. Carscallen
while the latter method will de
pend entirely upon the support
lof the property owners around
the lake.
The railroad company declined
to give its support, it is said, on
the grounds that little of its
track was flooded by high water
and that no serious trouble o.
this kind had been in evidence
lsince 1894. The Red Collar line
has made no plans to assist in tn,
work
The plan will not provide fo,
lowering the surface of the lax
below present normal levels. bu
will prevent the rising of tn,
water on account of melting snOV
and heavy rains in the spring.
I'VE have been officially ap
preached on the matter and aske
TO get ready for the job" said MI
lCarscallen. Arthur Darknell o
st. Maries, who is boosting tn
circulation of petitions, notife
/ , US some time ago to begin fgur
ing on the work"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05
DRAINAGE PLANS
ARE NEARLY READY

Final plans for drainage pro-
ject contemplated at the head of
Lake Occur d'Alene are nearing
completion, according to the an
nouncement from the lake city
today. Contractors estimates
on the cost Of the enterprise have
been submitted and it is planned
TO begin work early in the COM
ing summer.
The cost of the work will be
Si5O,OOO, according to the report
of Carscallen Brothers Dredging
company, which has been figur-
ing on the work, and the project
will require about two months
for completion. The contract
ors are preparing to move ma
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05
Arrange To
Clear Cemetery
LEAVITT CONTRACT Is EXTENDED
Is EXTENDED
City Funds Are Running Short. Rigid Economy
Necessary For Remainder Of Year

also asked that citizens generally
call up the Office and notify them
of any light not burning and
promised to replace it at once.
This closed the incident and
the bill was allowed in full.
Street Commissioner MARITIME
dis reported the expenditures of
his department to have been
S7l.72 up to November II, the
time when the crew was laid Off.
The water collections for the
month were S98I.92.
A communication was read
from E. L. Clark, president OF the
Modern Box Company, asking
permission to use the river in
front of Ninth street for boom
ing logs until such time as the
city should desire to use it. He
also offered the city the use of
the space between where he had
driven piling and the bank for q
dumping ground providing moth
ing unsanitary should be dumped
there.
The council granted him th'
use of the water frontage OF
Ninth street and accepted his Of
fer in regard to the dumping
ground
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05

The city council held its regu-
lar monthly meeting last even
ing with Councilmen Hanscom
and Pruitt absent. Very little
business of Importance was
transacted besides allowing the
regular monthly bills and order
ing warrants for the same.
During the discussion of the
bills it developed that some of
the funds are entirely exhausted
and others nearly so and it will
take the most rigid economy to
make the funds hold out until the
next appropriation bill is passed.
Charles Leavitt appeared be-
fore the council in relation to a
contract which he held with the
city to clear ten acres of the GEM
etery for the wood there was on
lit. The time limit on the con-
tract had expired and some of the
members of the council had OBJ
iected to the manner in which the
work was done.
Mr.. Leavitt explained that he
had been unable to complete the
contract within the time and he
had not burned the brush for the
reason that when he tried to do
so the fire nearly escaped from
him and he was obliged to stop
Later he was unable to complete
the work on account of rain and
snow. He stated that he wished
to complee the contract and tC
clean up the land according tC
the specifications and asked thai
his contract be renewed for an
other year agreeing to give bond:
that the clearing should be done
according to Specifications. Or
motion his request was granted
. and the contract ordered re-
newed.
? II. E. Hunt, superintendent o.
the cemetery, stated that he hat
an opportunity to lease ten acrel
2 Of the cemetery, the party agree
ing to clear and stump it for tn
r use of the ground for a period o
4 eight years. On motion tn
cemetery committee and the su
p perintedent were authorized E
y make a lease on the terms sug
gested in Mr.. Hunts remarks.
There had been considerabl
complaint in regard to the stree
S lights and the committee ha
suggested that a cut be made i
=. the Washington Water Powe
T. cOmpany's bill because a numbe
- of the street lights had been OF
e at different times. Mr. Tonp
10 kins, manager of the compan.
T. appeared before the council an
e. explained that the company put
- new lights as fast as they kne
y, of any being burned out and thi
+ the police had been requested
he notify the company at once whe
any light was not burning.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05
MRS. RABBITT HAS
NARROW ESCAPE

Mrs. s. NJ. Babbit had a very
narrow escape from death Satur-
day. A small piece of meat be-
came lodged in her throat and she
came very near choking to death.
Two doctors worked over her for
some time and finally succeeded
in removing the obstruction.
Outside of the fact that her
throat is very sore she has fully
recovered.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05
GETS VALUABLE SET
OF LAW BOOKS

Attorney Ed. Yates has pur-
and received a fine set of
Negligence Compensation Cases
Annotated. 1t is said that this
is the only set of these books in
the city and they are a handsome
addition to Mr.. Yates law Ii
brary. The books are extremely
handy in looking up the law and
preparing damage suits for per-
sonal injury cases for trial as all
the leading cases are given with
citations.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05
ODD FELLOWS LODGE
ELECTS OFFICERS

The local lodge of I. O. O. i.
meeting last week for the ensu-
ing year. The following are the
officers chosen: Warren r. Shep-
perd, Nobel Grand; NJ. s. Urqu-
hart, Vice Grand Prentiss Wolfe.
Secretary; Henry Vogel, Treasur-
er: Otto Sythoff and II. b. Hay,
Trustees. The remaining Of
ficers will be appointed on the
evening of installation.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05
PLAN HOSPITAL FOR
CRIPPLED CHILDREN

The plans of A. V. Bradrick,
formerly of this city, to furnish
care and treatment for crippled
children are to be carried out on
a large scale in Spokane. Either
a wing or another building will
be added to the Deaconess Hos
pital in that city to be devoted
exclusively to this purpose.
The proposed building will cost
from S35, 900 to $4,000 and will
be known as "EpwOrth Hail." az
cording to plans decided upon by
officers of the Epworth League of
the Columbia River Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal
church. The money is to be
raised by the Epworth Leagues
of the district on the basis of
$1,000 a member or a cent a day
per member for three years.
The plan was worked out by
the cabinet of the Spokane Ep-
worth League city union, Frank
Brown, president of the Spokane
district league, and A. V. Brad
rick, field secretary of the hOspi-
tai. II has been presented to a
number of leagues, including the
chapter of the First Methodist
church of Spokane, and has met
with hearty approval so far.
When presented to the leagu-
ers of the First church at a re-
cent Sunday evening meeting, not
only was the plan indorsed, but
Dr.. f. b. Short, pastor, vOlun-
teered to underwrite and be re-
sponsible for the chapters por-
ton of $40 per member to be
raised in three years.
After discussing various
plans and suggestions" said Mr..
3 Bradrick, I'VE decided to place
! this program before the Epworth
2 Leagues of the conference, rep
= resenting some $500 members, as
e something worthy of their best
C Efforts in the line of Christian
t service. Such a plan will show
y the power If a combined effort of
- the organized young people of the
- conference, and would accom-
g plish something worth while.
p ITO build and equip a portion
ii of the new hospital for "Epworth
- Hall" will require from S35, ,OOC
h to $4,000. This amount could
- be raised by the chapters on &
basis of $40 per member, of q
W penny a day for three years, eacl
IS chapter to raise from outside
< what might be lacking on the pei
ly capita basis of its own members
E 1.-The plan has been presente,
e. to several of the larger chapters
of the conference and has re
H.. ceived the Endorsement of ever,
ty one, and II. A. Swayne, presiden
Il. of The Dalles district league, ha
id written his hearty approval ant
~ bespeaks the support of leaguer
q in his district.
TO 1--WE hope to be able to star
It work on the building in tn
Of spring. The campaign now un
s. der way is TO raise $3.50, 1000, o
Sc which Si5O,OOO will be used
)r erect the building and the balanc
III to constitute an endowment, tn
~ proceeds to pay for charity worl
4 in part"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05
Make Plans For
State Highway
PART OF NORTH AND SOUTH
Connect Lewiston and Occur d'AIene. To Ash
State Aid In Building

route instead of going by way OF
Spokane. 1t will also give this
section as we'll as Moscow, Lew
iston and the Palouse country
direct route into Montana and
great part Of the automobile trav-
el which now goes by way of Spo-
kane will come this way as it will
be nearly one hundred miles
shorter.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05
Personal Injury
Suit On Trial
JAMES CALLAGHAN ASKS DAMAGES
Was Badly Injured at BIdCkweIl's Camp. Asks
Jury For $25,OO0OO

District court met again Mon
day with Judge John M. Flynn
presiding in the place of Judge
Dunn. The case set for trial on
that day was that of James Cal
laghan vs.. the Blackwell Lumber
company. AS Judge Dunn was
disqualified to try the case and
had a jury term set for the same
time at Standpoint Judge Flynn
was called to sit in his stead.
The case was called at ten
O'Clock with Norris & Yates or
this city and Corkey & Corkey of
Spokane representing the plain
tiff. E. n. LaVeine of this city
and Cannon & Ferris of Spokane
appeared as attorneys for the
Blackwell Lumber company.
Considerable difficulty was eX-
perienced in securing a jury to
try the case and the jury panel
was exhausted and a special VEN
ire issued before a jury was Sc
cured. The plaintiff put in the
greater part of his evidence Mon
day afternoon.
The action was brought to re-
cover twenty-five thousand dol
lars damages for personal in
juries received by the plaintif'
while at work for the Blackwell
Lumber company at Camp i6,
near Fernwood. The accident
from which the injuries were re-
ceived occurred on the oath day
of August, 1915.
The plaintiff, Callaghan, had
hired out to the company on the
18th as what is called a handy
man." that is, he was expected
to do any kind of work around
the camp the foreman directed
him to. On the day of the ac-
cident the foreman set him al
work cleaning out a spring OI
we'll used for watering the horses
While so engaged another en-
ployee of the company cut down
tree on the hillside above where
the plaintiff was at work and in
falling it struck the plaintiff or
the left side of the head, the lefi
arm and shoulder. He claims
that no warning was given anC
that he did not know of the dan
ger until the tree was twO-third'
of the way down and that he trie'
to escape but could not get ou
of the way Of it.
His left arm was broken nea
the shoulder, his cOlhr BON
broken in two places and his flesl
was so badly lacerated and tori
that the bones prOtruded. II
also received a severe concussio'
Of the skull causing hemorrhag
of the brain so that the blood IA
from his ears He furthe
claims he was partially paralize
from the effects of the injury an
has suffered a partial loss c
memory. He is suing for S25,
600 damages.
The plaintiff finished putting
his evidence last evening an
rested his case. The defendar
commenced putting in its evi
dence this morning and the cas-
will probably be finished today
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05
TAKES a BRIDE
FROM SPOKANE

Claud Peterson of Clarkia and
Mrs. Albertha Lang of Spokane
were married Sunday afternoon
at the Methodist parsonage in
this city, Rev. A. Monroe, pastor
of the Methodist church, Of
fciating. They left on the
Monday morning train for Clarkia
where they will reside for the
present.
The groom is a nephew of F,
g. Davies of the Rutledge Tim
Der company of Coeur d'Alene
and has charge of that company's
commissary at Clarkia.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05


the committee appointed some
time ago by the Benewah club on
the Lewiston-Coeur d'Alene sec
ton of the north and south high
way, was in Coeur d'Alene Sat
urday in consultation with the
Occur d'Alene members of the
committee.
The Kootenai county members
have given up for the present the
plan to build a road along the
lake direct to Harrison as too
expensive and have decided to
utilize the Occur d'Alene-Wal-
lace road until the road to Rose
axe is reached and down the
Occur d'Alene river to Harrison.
From Harrison the plan is to
follow the lake shore to O'Gara's
Landing; then build a road along
the foot of the hill to the Hell's
Gulch road, thus making a water
level road from Harrison to this
city.
Kootenai county would build
the road from O'Gara's Landing
to the county line, about two
miles, and this county would be
expected to build the remainder
Of the road to connect with the
Helrs Gulch road. The part of
the road in this county, it is said,
would not be difficult to build as
it would be a side-hill road and
it is said that there would be
practically no rock work. BY
using this route it would give
practically level road from Rose
Lake to this city and would cut
out the steep grade at Black
Lake and also at Hells Gulch.
The road would be a state road
the entire distance from Lewis
ton to Occur d'Alene and the plar
contemplates the state paying
one half the cost, paying dollar
for dollar the amount expended
by the counties on the road. M
A. Kiger of Harrison has been re
elected to the legislature and viii
Ibe one Of the leaders on the re-
publican side. He and the en-
, tire Kootenai county delegation
are enthusiastic for the PROPOSE
tiOn.
, The road will give a direc
route from Lewiston to Wallac
q, and the distance from Lewiston
and Moscow to that city will b
less than to Spokane. The Wal
lace people and especially tn
& Days are said to be enthusiast
for the project and will assist
all in their power. Not onl
+ will the Shoshone county delega
3 tiOn in the state legislature sur
9 port the project but Shoshor
n county will take care of her POI
q ton of the road from where
leaves this county on the FerI
v wood-Clarkia road to the Lata
4 county line on the Clarkia-B'
= will road.
II 1t is stated that both MOscC
n and Lewiston and the cOunti
of Latah and Nez Perce are bac'
ing the project enthusiastical
aud their delegations in the le
& isiature will be behind the NOV
ment for state aid.
ID The movement, if successfl
le will mean much for this coun
N and for this city. 1t will put
in Maries directly on the north a
Dr south highway besides giving
f. direct automobile ropte
ne Wallace and another ~
ia Coeur d'Alene and Spoka,1R
he will mean that a large nun~
automobile parties from Levi
r ton, Moscow and the Palou
n country will visit this section +
ne the fishing and hunting, as WI
,,s as pass through here on their W
TO Wallace and the mining cou
try.
ne Il will put us in touch with t
e. transcontinental automobile TO
NJ from the east to the coast a
,ss will mean that many parties
4,1~,
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05

J. T. Moran Of Plummer, chair
man Of the board Of county COM
missioners, was in the city Mon
day attending a meeting of the
board.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-05

J. H. Edwards and j. A. Paine
OF Seattle, president and secre-
tary of the st. Maries Land COM
pany, were transacting business
in this city Saturday and Sunday.
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