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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-12-02
ACTIVITY IN FUR MARKET

Four lots of furs sold to the high
est bidder by Thomas Brothers Of
Berwick were bought by Louis
Smyly of Morgan City this week for
$431.3O. The prices. paid for the
different lots were as follows: Lot
No. l, $1B.80; lot No. 2, $1,000;
lot No. 3, $4,000; lot No. 4, $1,000.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-12-02

The roundheaded apple-tree oofei
NAV be greatly reduced in numbers
by destroying the common service
tree when in proximity to orcnaroS'
II has been found that the tree -
favorite plant of the insect.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-12-02

City and Berwick will be liberal with
their patronage.
In addition to Glorla's Romance
splendid comedy was offered 10
round out Fridays show.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-12-02

By the use of hopperdozers a
many 300 bushels of grasshopper
have been collected on 100 acres o
alfalfa.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-12-02

For Tapioca ring DfEk-LIn'
MANN'S
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-12-02

Fresh nuts OF all kinds, 30c per
ID. at DYER-LEHMANN'S.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
MOVEMENTS
DEPEND ON
STATE DEPT'S.
U. S. TREATING SHIP As BRITISH
VESSEL UNDER COMMAND OF
MAN CLAIMING TO BE A GER
MAN OFFICER
(By Associated Press. }

Newport News, Feb. 3.-The
former British liner Appam was
moved to Newport News today.
Lieutenant Berg. the German COM
mander, asked to be brought here
rather than Norfolk. Two hundred
and forty-four persons are aboard to
be landed. Over 200 others, includ-
ing the Appam's crew, will be held
aboard pending further action of the
state departments.
The Appam anchored In James
river here at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing. The passengers were taken to
Norfolk on barges and will board an
Old Dominion liner for New York,
Some more prominent Englishmen'
are expected to come here.
Lieutenant Berg commands the
Appam. but moves only on orders
from the United States government.
which, Collector Hamilton said, is
treating the Appam as a British ship
which came into an American port
flying the German flag and under
charge of a man who says. he Is an
officer of the German navy" Lieu
tenant Berg still refuses to let any
but officials aboard. Though studi-
ously polite, he extends no undue
courtesies, even to American off,
cials. Prince Won Hatzfeldt, counsel
lor of the German embassy, urges the
claim that the Appam is a war prize
and is entitled to stay as long as she
wants to in an American port under
the old Prussian- American treaty.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
SAFEGUARDING AMER
ICAN CHILDHOOD

Asheville, N. c., Feb. 3.-The
annual meeting of the National
Child Labor committee opened here
today, many distinguished persons
being in attendance. The general
topic of the meeting is Safeguard
ing American Childhood" and spe-
cial attention will be given to the
Keating-Owen Federal child labor
bill, now before Congress. There
will also be discussions of the effect
of child labor on health, education
and industry, and Of standards Of
factory inspection. Among the
speakers will be DR.. Felix Adler of
the Ethical Culture Society, New
York; Homer Folks, chairman of the
National Association for the Preven-
tion of tuberculosis; Florence Kel-
ley, secretary of the National Con-
sumers League, and others. The
governors of all of the States of the
Union have sent representatives to
the meeting.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
5. SHOULD HAVE GREATEST
W IN THE WORLD DECLARED
ES|DENT;; us. MAY Be DRAWN
% THE WAR AT ANY DAY.
DANGER OF ST. PAULS
CATHEDRAL COILAPSING

London, Feb. 3.-Again the at
tention of the public has been called
to the danger of St. Paul's Cathedral
collapsing through "senile decay"
and an a ppeal for funds is made by
the dean to hasten the repairs.
Two years ago the sum of $780,
900 was asked by the cathedral pre-
servation board. and of this only
about $4,000 has been 80 far sub
scribed. 1t was then stated by the
examining engineers that the orig
inal architect, the great Wren, had
been very sparing in his use Of ma
terials. The constant jarring Of the
building by motobus and other heavy
traffic had of course not been anti
cipated.,
The vast and imperfectly distrib-
uted weight Of the dome is the seat
of the trouble, and the gradual pres
sure of the weight is accelerated by
the rusting of iron and internal de-
generacy. Only the loyalty of the
materials to each other, says one au-
thority, has kept the mass together
Repairs done at an earlier period are
found to be entirely inadequate, and
new buttersses and supports must, be
constructed as soon as the money can
be found.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
APPAN|N0W AT NEWPORT NEWS:
PASSENGERS TAKEN OFF: NO
one ALLOWED ON BOARD
THE PRESIDENT AT ST. LOUIS

AAc xACSo1UENx al 81. IUUlS
st. Louis, Mo-. Feb. 3.-Presi-
dent Wilson arrived here at 1880
this morning and will remain in st.
Louis until l p. m. He will be en-
tertained by the Business Mems
League, officials of which organi-
cation declare that the visit has q
triple interest In that 1t is the first
time that most St. Louisans have
had chance to see the president
since his election and also since he
was married. It Is also the city's
first opportunity to greet the bride
of the president, Mrs. Wilson. and
a party Of the leading women of st.
Louis will be present in the Planters
Hotel dining room when the Presi-
dent addresses 500 of the city's
business men at luncheon. To the
luncheon guests Mr.. Wilson will ex-
plain his program for national pre-
paredness and give arguments why
he believes the business men of the
Middle West should support his pro-
gram. The St. Louis newspapers
cover the Middle West so thoroughly
that the presidents talk will be
made known in complete way to
the business men of several States,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
STATE HEALTH BOARD TO
MEET IN PENSACOLA

Pensacola. Feb. 3-The State Board
Of Health of Florida will hold its an.
nual meeting in Pensacola on Tues.
day, February 8. II will be the first
time in the history of the board that a
meeting has ever been held in this
eity
DR.. Mallory Kennedy, member of the
board. yesterday received letters from
C. G. Memminger. of Lakeland, one
of the members, saying he was agree
able to meeting in Pensacola. and also
one from State Health Officer Porter
stating that President F. J. Fearnside,
of Palatka. has issued call for the
annual meeting to be held in this city.
One of the reasons the board is
to meet in this city is to give the
members an opportunity of inspect
ing the laboratory building erected by
the board here. and which is now be-
ing occupied. This building is credit
to the State and Pensacola and the
members who ordered it built are nat
urally anxious to make an inspection
of it.
The fine health train of the board,
which made its initial run the first of
the year to Key West, Miami and other
points. will probably come to Pensa-
cola on this occasion. Mr.. Memminger
has suggested that this be done, so as
to give the people of this section an
of seeing the train and its
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
OFFICERS OF pEFuNcT
INSURANCE CO. INDICTED

Jacksonville, Feb. 2-Three officers
of the defunct Florida Life Insurance
Company, M. d. Johnson, president;
10. 8. Albritton, treasurer, and Mat
thias Marschall, assistant treasurer.
were named simultaneously in one
hundred and thirty-eight indictments
yesterday morning by the Duval Cir
cult Court grand jury. In one hundred
and thirty-seven Of the true bills the
charges preferred are those of grand
larceny and embezzlement. In each
of the indictments is represented six
counts in regard to dealings as Off.
GERS of the institution.
NJ ID. Johnson the former presi.
dent, besides being indicted in more
than a score of the cases with grand
larceny and embezzlement is charged
in one bill with perjury, otherwise
than in a judicial proceeding. He is
alleged to have made a false report
to State Treasurer ]. C. Luning in
regard to the conditions of the Flor
ida Life Insurance Company. The
bond in this indictment was placed
at 5000. The bond on the various
other indictments has not yet been
named.
At theorder of Judge George Cou.
per Gibbs. in whose court the indict-
ments were presented. a capias was
issued in each case by the clerk Of the
court.
The true bills found against the
Florida Life officials come. It is said
by Mr.. Hallowes. after a thorough In
vestigation of thecompany's system.
its books and the reports made to the
State treasurer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
DARING ATTEMPT At JAIL
DELIVERY FRUSTRATED

Jacksonville, Feb. 3-Sheriff w. H.
Bowling. accompanied by his chief
deputy. James C. Crawford, during an
inspection of the new county jail at
noon yesterday. uncovered a clever at
tempt at dali delivery by four white
men, whose plans, IL carried out,
would have released nineteen occu-
pants of the second floor of the new
Jail.
That the men were about to make
their getaway some time during the
afternoon was evidenced by the readi-
ness of the bathroom on the second
floor in the southside ward to which
the white men had access. During the
inspection of the bath room Sheriff
Bowling displaced a calendar hanging
on the wall and revealed square area
of about fourteen by sixteen inches in
dimension, which had been carefully
drilled and sawed out preparatory to
delivering the prisoners. The steel
plate in thenew Jail, which is sup
posed to be burglarproof and not sus-
ceptible to a steel drill, had been en-
tirely sawed out, but still remained in
place ready to be removed at any time
A steel brace and half dozen new
drills, together with new hack saw
represented thetools with which the
prisoners had been working. The
tools were found in four different cells.
thus connecting the four white men
with the attempted escape.
The four who have been connected
with the attempted delivery are w. R.
Phillips. the supposed leader of the
now under sentence for
the theft of several autos; Henry
Hultz, another alleged auto theft; E.
w. Westman, under a sentence of two
and one-half years for obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses. and ]. W.
Staten, United States prisoner, for
the alleged impersonation of federal
officer.
Sheriff Bowling, who is given the
credit for intercepting the prisoners
and spelling their plot to break Jail,
states that Phillips is no doubt the
instigator Of the attempted delivery.
The young man. who has confessed to |
stealing a half dozen automobiles |
and selling them, is said by the sheriff |
to have broken out of every peniten-
tiary he has been confined in. He IL
said to have thirty-fve years In SEN
fences hanging over his head in North
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
ARMED GUARD THROWN AROUND COURT
House, TELEPHONE and ELECTRIC LIGHT
PLANTS WHILE GA. TRIAL IS IN PROGRESS
(By Associated Press. }

Sylvester, Ca, Feb. 3.-Armed
deputies guarded the entire court
house block where Jim Keith, negro,
is placed on trial charged with the
murder Of Sheriff Moreland, Of Lee
county. The telephone and electric
light plants are also guarded. Five
other negroes were recently lynched
for the Moreland killing. Keith had
been removed to Quitman, but was
brought back here yesterday. The
telephone and light plants are guard
ed to prevent cutting communities
tion or dousing the lights II the
lynchers try to take the negro.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
HOW A GREAT CORPORATION Is
HELPING WEST FLORIDA

Pensacola, Feb. 3-The entire farm
,expert crops attached to the immigra-
ton department of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad, will spend almost
all of February in West Florida, con-
ducting a campaign for betters farms,
more live stock and the application of
scientific methods to farming. The
campaign started Tuesday morning at
Sneads and will continue until every
community of any Importance in West
Florida has been visited. In the party
are T. E. McElroy, specialist in horti-
culture; L. H. Lister, specialist in
trucking; e. A. Miller, specialist in
entomology; William James, specialist
in agronomy; H. B. Holroyd, specialist
lin animal husbandry; John Lister.
specialist in distribution; ]. L. God
frey, specialist in cooperation; T. j.
Green. specialist in publicity; J. X.
Kessack, specialist in exhibits.
"Fiorida Feed Herself"
The slogan is make Florida Feed
Herself" and these experts propose
to tell the farmers how they can do,
how other states and communities
have done it. and how much easier it
is to accomplish this in West Florida.
owing to the climate and soil, than it
has been for other states to do so.
They will show the farmer what is
needed to make his land more pro-
ductive, how two or three crops each
year are not only more profitable, but
how they increase the fertility of the
Isoil.
West Florida, they contend, can
never become a great agricultural
section until the farmers reach that
stage where they can supply all the
food that is required to feed the en-
tire population. They will show that
thousands upon thousands OF dollars
go out from each county each year.
for meat, canned goods, stock feed,
etc, and how easy it is for the farm.
iers to stop this daily drain by raising
enough meat and growing the proper
kind of food stuffs.
Every phase of general farming,
live stock raising and fruit growing
will be discussed by these specialists.
They will gladly answer any question
and do everything in their power te
demonstrate that scientific farming is
the only proper method to pursue in
order to make the lands produce the
yield of which they are capable.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
TWO HUNDRED CARS DAILY
OF FLORIDA PRODUCTS
LEAVE THE STATE

Jacksonville, Feb. 3-Two hundred
refrigerator cars leave the State daily
with Florida products for the markets
of the North, East and West, is the
estimation of Charles A. Carpenter. as
sistant general freight agent of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway. "The
number of refrigerator cars leaving
daily VARIES" he said, "On Mondays 1t
is almost nothing, while on Sundays it
is abnormally heavy"
In an interview published in the
Union Terminal Thermometer, Mr..
Carpenter gives out some interesting
facts.
up to January 10 there had been
shipped out of the State. 2,107 cars of
grapefruit, 10,012 cars of oranges, 907
cars of lettuce, 5 cars of pineapples. 9
cars of tomatoes, cars of celery and
173 cars of miscellaneous vegetables,
or a total of 1927. This number of
cars counts from September /, 1915.
"The average car shipments out of
Jacksonville each day." continuer Mr..
Carpenter, "are two hundred. These
are gathered in Jacksonville from
points all over the State, made up into
trains and dispatched to the North
and West.
"a few years ago the fruit shippers
asked for nothing but ventilated cars,
but now they demand refrigerator
cars. They get better prices for their
products shipped that way; in fact,
the fruit arrives at its destination in
better condition and is much more
satisfactory in every way.
"The orange industry is in better
condition this year than last and the
celery movement is just starting.
Florida winter products reach practi-
caIly the whole United States. The
citrus fruit crops are smaller than last
year. while the vegetable crop is
larger"
Mr.. Carpenter says In his opinion
the good weather is responsible for the
growing vegetables and the possible
lack Of fertilizer Is the cause Of the
loss In the fruit crop.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
jov FOUND IN THE
FLORIDA ORANGE

L11nf. Feb. 3-Mint jelly made
= de white portion Of orange peel
ut 4 the newest goody to be at
lp1ed by the canning club boys and
y uecording to Miss Agnes Ellen
rffs Of Tallahassee, State agent
the canning clubs and with Miss
I69feve Crawford. the county teach
r 6omestic science, is calling on
member of the canning clubs in
bunty. The mint jelly has been
ed by DIR. M. N. Straughn as
81 utilizing the white portion of
nge peel which has been con-
of no value. DR.. Straughn is
bureau of chemistry and spent
be last year in Florida devils
ways of using the products Of
Ute. The delicacy mentioned
most successful and samples
will be shown at the coming
punty fair In the canning club
It is of a delicate green and
) crystal. The mint is intro
Is fiavoring.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
NDENT GIVEN
|RfAT RECEPTION
/ IN THE west
|OMPLETED PRESENT TOUR
HAS STARTED EAST /;
CHES WASHINGTON TO.
now
(By Associated Press)

~ <kDoSSt0tte SoSt
Louis, Feb. 3.-Encouraged
|sident Wilson's reception on
Ioent tour, some Of his advis-
|nrging him to visit the South,
1T and Denver during Feb
Il The president is greatly en-
"a by the reception accorded
n Kansas City last night. Not
- left Washington have the
cheered SO heartily or ap-
IN such numbers.
lent Wilson arrived this
to deliver the last address
bur. He was met by a COM
u business men and break
with the Business Mems
~ His speech started at 10
and. after speaking, he will
the East Immediately. He
rief platform speech in
NJ Louis. He arrives in Wash
omorrow.
lent Wilson told the audi
1ch overflowed the immense
that the United States
ave the greatest navy in the
The cheering was tumultu-
) president said that the ac-
me submarine commander in
one American ship or cargo,
I'VE the effect Of drawing the
)tates into war.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN TODAY

Washington, Feb. 3.-The gov
ernment's scientists have made prep
arations to watch the suns eclipse
today, and reports will be received
from Gaudaloupe and Desirable.
where the duration of totality is
very nearly two. and half minutes.
The eclipse is partially visible in the
United States. Mexico, Central Amer
lea and the northwest portion of
South America. It is not visible in
Alaska and the adjacent portion of
Canada. The path of the central, or
total eclipse begins in the Pacific
ocean, moves eastward. crosses the
north portion of Colombia, north of
Caracas, over the island of Guada-
loupe, passes northwest of the Azores
and ends at sunset in the Atlantic
ocean south of Ireland.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
TELLER THEAT-
ENED WITH BLINDNESS

York, Feb. 3.-According to
|treet, John d. Rockefeller is
lned with blindness of a new
tion, and as a result he has
cunning at golf. An author
the streets says that every
p proceeds to attack the ball
to thinking of that other at
be politicians and the courts
10 ruin Rockefeller and the
I'd Oil. As he thinks of Stand
$4,000 a 8 hare as a result of
Pvernment suit, he gets to
lg so hard that he shakes all
nd often the tears come into
=. binding his sight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
OFFICIAL WEATHER REPORT

Tampa. Feb. 3.-For Tampa and
vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday.
Colder tonight with heavy frost and
minimum temperature about freez-
ing.
For Florida: Fair tonight and
Friday. Colder in southern and CEN
trail portions tonight, temperature
below freezing in northern, frost and
freezing in central, and probably
frost in interior of southern portion
tonight.
Winds for the East Gulf and South
Atlantic: Fresh northwest.
General Weather Conditions
The low pressure area which was
over southern Georgia yesterday
morning has moved up the coast and
is off the North Atlantic coast this
morning. 1t has caused rain or snow
during the past "a hours over the
Atlantic States. and has been fol-
lowed by clearing and much colder
weather. The high pressure area
which covered the Mississippi val
ley and the Plains States Wednes-
day morning has changed its posi-
tion but little, but has expanded and
increased in intensity. 1t has caused
generally fair weather over the in
terror of the country
This central high in connection
with the Atlantic coast low, has
caused a sharp fall in temperature
east Of the Mississippi. Temper
ature falls Of 20 degrees or more in
"a hours occurred over the South At
lantic States. At Charleston the tenn
perature fell from &C yesterday
morning at z a. m. to AZ degrees
this morning; at Jacksonville the
fall was from &C to 80; at Pensa-
cola from SO to %; at Titusville
from &C to 46; at Tampa from 6S
to IS; at Miami from "a to So.
Minimum temperature at Gaines
vile this morning was 80 degrees;
at Eustis SO degrees; at Orlando, AZ
degrees.
Over the Mississippi valley and
eastward temperatures are rising,
except in Montana and the Dakotas.
Temperatures below zero continue
in Montana, Wyoming and the Da-
kotas, Minnesota and Michigan.
Indications are for fair weather in
the vicinity of Tampa tonight and
Friday. Colder tonight with heavy
frost and minimum temperature near
freezing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
3AN'T AGREE ON
THE NUMBER

@nville, Feb. 3-Statements as
|6mber of members Of the State
- Committee who are in favor
posed to another meeting of
Committee to reconsider the
Rousseau resolution prescrib-
ncations for Democratic elec-
I'm serious conflict. In q letter
~ to the Florida Metropolis ].
: Of Clay county, who is cham.
1the fight to secure another
3>of the committee. declares
ijout of the "a committee men
- declared themselves on the
lbn are against the resolution.
oment issued in Tampa, Chair
pcrge P. Raney. Of the State
~ Committee, declares that
nembers of the committee have
"a themselves in favor of an.
citing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
DRY PETITION A MILE LONG

Toronto, Ont, Feb. 3.-Five
hundred men toting a temperance
petition a mile long will be a spec
tacle in the streets of the city with
in a few days. The purpose of this
move is to get prohibition more
prominently before the legislature.
c. T.. VI. Peterson, of Montreal,
provincial organizer, says that the
campaign is well organized and an
effort will be made to make Ontario
dry by Dominion Day, July 1.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
PRISON FARM MANAGER
ACQUITTED OF MISCONDUCT

Tallahassee, Feb. 3.-After being
on trial before the board of state in
stitutions practically all of Mon
day, ID. w. Purvis. superintendent
of the State prison farm at Raiford.
was given clean bill of health on
the charges of misconduct at the
prison farm. 1t was alleged that he
had insulted the wife of one Of the
men connected with the institution.
The board held that the charges
were not substantiated and Mr.. Pur-
Wis, it was found, had been guilty of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
WHAT T0DAY'S
ECLIPSE DENOTES

Washington, Feb. 3-Profession-
al readers of the stars declare that
today's eclipse of the sun will have
a most important bearing upon ma
tional and International events. It
is stated that 1t presignifies that the
German armies will be driven with
in .he confines of their own country
and famine. devastation and blood
shed will ravish the center OF Eu-
rope. Success for British arms is
feretold.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
(By Associated Press }

Washington, Feb. Secretary
Lansing stated today that there 10
no question Of the Appam's status as
a prize. The question Of her dispo-
sition still involves further consider
alton of The Hague convention and
the Prussian- American treaty.
Lieutenant Berg's refusal to land
British seamen who were gun point
ers on British merchantmen, will be
subject to further consideration.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-03
INCREASE IN DEATHS
BY ACCIDENT

London. Feb. 3.-When the full
statistics for the metropolitan area
Of London are completed, an enor-
nous increase in deaths from street
accidents will be noted, perhaps as
much as fifty per cent over 1913, the
year before the streets were dark
ened. In 1913 there were 57s fatali-
ties due to street traffic. The dark
ening OF streets In the latter part of
1914 raised these figures to 637. and
II is expected that 1915 will show
more than 500