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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
NOTED DIAMOND DEALER
DIES IN FLORIDA

West Palm Beach, Dec. 31-With-
in a few minutes after he had been
stricken with an attack of acute in
digestion, Henry Casperfield, the
noted diamond merchant of New
York city, died at his winter home
here at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning.
He had been in poor health for sew
eral months, but was able to leave
his room just few hours before his
death. Nathan Casperfield, his son,
who resides in New York, has wired
instructions to ship the body to New
York for interment. Mr.. Casperfield
had been coming to Florida for the
last quarter of century and was
one OF the most widely known win
ter visitors to this section OF the
State
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
. 0 Q Q o 0 Q . Q . o o

Q o Q Q o o Q o Q Q o o O
Governor-Park Trammell.
Secretary OF state H. Clay Craw-
ford.
Attorney General-Thomas F.
West.
Treasurer. C. Luning.
Comptroller-W. V. Knott.
Commissioner of Agriculture-W.
A. McRae.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-W. N. Sheats.
Adjutant General. C. R. Fos-
ter.
State Examiner-Ernest Amos.
State Chemist-R. E. Rose.
Board of Trustees Internal I'm
provement Fund-The Governor.
Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney
General and Commissioner OF Agri-
culture.
Board Of Pardons-The Governor,
Secretary Of State. Attorney General
and Commissioner of Agriculture.
U. S. Senators Nathan p.
U. Fletcher. Jacksonville.
Board of Education-The Cover
nor, Secretary Of State, Attorney
General, Treasurer and Superintend-
ent of Public INSTRUCTION.
Board Of State Institutions-The
Governor, Secretary Of State, Treas
urer, Attorney-General, Commission
er Of Agriculture, and Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction.
Board or state Institutlons-The
Secretary of State. Treasurer, At
torney General, Commissioner of
Agriculture and Superintendent Of
Public Instruction.
U. S. ngressman-First District,
Stephen NJ. Sparkman, Tampa; Sec
ond District, Frank Clark, Gaines
VILE; Third District, Emmett Will
son, Pensacola; Fourth, District, w.
J. Sears, Kissimmee.
Count Officials
Circuit Court JIdge-Hon. F. A.
Whitney, Arcadia.
County Court Judge Hon. c. NJ.
Trammell.
Circuit Court Cler'>---J. A. John
son.
Prosecuting .torney-R. B. HUFF
fakef.
Tax ssessor-J. J. Boynton.
Tax Collector. P. Murdaugh.
Treasurer-W G. Jones.
Sheriff-John Logan.
Supt. Public Instruction-C. A.
Parker.
Supervisor of Registration-P. W.
Daniels.
County Commissioners-J. G.
Swindel, chairman; A. T. Mann,
Barlow; F.. b. Swearingen, FIT.
Meade; R. H. Bryson, Winter Haven;
J. e. Lancaster, Bradley.
Board of Public Instruction.. C.
Owens. chairman; C. A. Parker.
Barlow, superintendent; e. M. Law,
Barlow; ]. w. Keen. Ft. Meade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
Generalization ImpossibIe.

The truth is that age and power Of
achievement cannot be linked in
sweeping generalities 1t all depends
upon the individual One man may
fore thirty and then decline, just as
one man will reach his greatest phys
ical strength before forty and then
begin going downhill. while the mind
Of another may be most active at sixty
or seventy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
A Family Trait.

ooh, mother" exclaimed tender
hearted little Frances, coming in from
school with tears in her eyes. There
was the pitifullest little orphan there
today! He had holes in his stockins'
an all his clo'es, an his shoes weren't
alike an he hadn't any hat. 1t made
me cry to look at him; he was the
orphanest little boy l ever saw. Oh,
| just knew that poor child's father
an mothers both orphans, tool
Pittsburgh Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
Oldest WRITING.

According to the claims Of the UNI
versity of Pennsylvania museum. the
Oldest pieces of writing known to US
are from the Babylonian tablets re-
Gently deciphered by Professor Barton
of the University of Pennsylvania.
They deal with events as far back as
bOOn r C.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
Too Manv Of Them.

Hokus-"Old Gotrox is devoted to
music There is a clause In his viii
leaving twenty-five thousand dollars to
establish home for poor singers"
Pokus-"How inadequate. Twenty-Five
millions wouldn't begin to house all
the poor singers" life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
Lacrosse an Indian Game.

Lacrosse an Indian Game.
The game Of lacrosse is of American
origin and was introduced by Canadian
Indians
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01
Find 1t.

ftn0 IL.
There is always a straight way to
erything.-Dickens.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-01

Thoroughness.
Don't half do thing. Eat the whols
pie.-Galveston News.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
His $80,00OGota a Rocm,Blessing
of Poor and 225-Coach Funeral
Mayor Of Mneta Lane Who Left $4,000 for Burial Lies
on Plush Bier in Scanty Lodging Gave
to All Except Himself.

was conferred on Libretto because Of
his charities and his benevolsnce. No
cripple or beggar ever appealed to
him in vain, said residents of the
street, and the regular cry of Pop,
pop, gimme a penny" from the chill
dren invariably brought forth a gift.
He sent the little ones 10 motion
picture shows in squads. and ne had
on hand never failing supply OF
larger coins and bills for the needy.
And. in order that he might not miss
any chances. he Joined every benevo-
lent society he could.
In spite of his generosity, Libretto
spent practically nothing on himself
For years he had been known to the
wealthy, but he steadfastly refused to
move from the neighborhood where
he had made his money and his
friends.
Thirty years "the Mayor" and his
wife lived in a place that was un-
adorned and almost unfurnished. and
where there was no artificial and
little natural light. Now his vault
is TO be one of the finest things his
friends the undertakers can design.
Coming 10 this country as young
man from Bssilicata. Italy, Libretto
became n dealer in bottles. Childless.
he adopted the children of the neigh
borhood. and, stingy with himself, he
was open-handed with every one else
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
Peril in Plague Cure
Frauds. u. S. Warns

Washington, July 27.-Fearful that
the quacks will attempt 20 make har-
vest out of the present infantile par
alysis epidemic, special precautions TO
protect the public from fake cures Will
be taken by the Department Of Agri-
culture, it was announced to-day.
The department says that no cure
for infantile paralysis is known and
warns the public to steer clear OF any
preparation put on the market and
offered for sale as being effective for
the treatment of this disease.
Government inspectors have been put
on the alert for interstate shipments
of importations of any medicines for
which such claims are made. Makers
of such fraudulent remedies will be
vigorously prosecuted.
So-called remedies for infantile par
alysis which are offered for import into
the United States will be denied entry.
The Department OF Agriculture in
spectors already have discovered ship
ments Of hastily prepared and worth
less concoctions for which their makers
assert curative properties. Sale OF
such products at this time is partic-
ularly threatening 10 the public health,
because many persons, relying on the
false statements of impostors, neglect
to obtain competent medical advice.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
Mercury at 100 Mark
Kills Babies in Chicago

Chicago, July 27.--The north plains
states, including Nebraska, the Dako-
tas and Minnesota, will enjoy slight re-
lief from the present "hot wave" by
Saturday, but there is no indication OF
any relief for Missouri, Illinois, Iowa.
Wisconsin or Kansas, the forecaster at
the local government weather bureau
said tonight.
The hot spell which fell upon the
Middle West on July 1. due TO the
simultaneous existence Of extreme high
pressure in the southeastern part OF
the country and low pressure in the
Northwest, was more severe to-day
than at any time since its inception.
Every government weather bureau in
Indiana reported 100 degrees; Pierre,
S. D.; Grand Rapids, Mich, and Daven-
port, Iowa, each reported l02 degrees,
and with the absence Of appreciable
lake breezes the mercury in Chicago
rose to the 100 mark and broke all rec
ords since 1911.
At o'clock tonight, according to
the local bureau, every government
weather station between the Alleghanies
and the Rocky Mountains reported
maximum of 80 degrees or more.
The absence OF hot winds and the
comparatively low humidity, however,
tended 20 make the excessive tempera-
lures less unbearable and 20 save crops
from serious damage thus far.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28

matte representatives in Latin Amer
ica."
Just now the defendant is engaged
in the real estate business at 225 Fifth
Avenue with G. NJ. Heckscher, son Of
August Heckscher, head of the Zinc
Trust. He is living at the Yale Club.
1T is a most unfortunate affair" was
all that de Saulles would say yester-
day, when asked about the suit.
lie has retained counsel TO defend
the action. lie would not give any in
formation about his wife, but it is
understood that she is in New York.
With her is their child, John Longer
de Saulles, jr., born in 1918, Of whom
Charles NJ Schwab Is god father. The
baptism of the child took place in a
church at South Bethlehem, Penn, the
home Of de Saulles's father, Arthur B.
de Saulles, who was major in the
Confederate army on the staff OF Cen
eral Polk.
De Saulles went TO Chilli in connec
tion with some mining interests. He
carried introductions that gave him
entry 10 the best society of that coun-
try. Thus, he met the Errazuriz fam
lily. Mrs. Blanca Errazuriz-Vergara,
said to be one OF the wealthiest women
of the country, and from her the daugh-
ter inherited her beauty. Senorita
Blanca, rich, with good looks and social
position, had ANY admirers. But here
again de Saulles's stout heart told.
Figuratively, he shook them all off.
That is, all but one. He, too, was in
the game 10 stay, and tho two men
q. 20 r.. 1a1 IA
his Christian name. He, too, had wealth
and social position, and Senorita Blanca
was by no means averse 20 his atten-
tions. He owned a stable Of horses
and played polo, and altogether was
the dashing sort of fellow that ap-
pealed to the Chilian beauty.
Won Polo and Bride.
De Saulles on the other hand excelled
in other sports, which included tennis.
But little thing like learning to ride
and play polo was not much OF bar
rier 10 de Saulles. SO when the next
society races and polo match were held,
the Chilean Jack and the American
Jack were opposed to each other and
the latter triumphed over his rival.
Then de Saulles pressed his suit more
impetuously. Sonora -Vergars
told him TO wait a few months for his
answer. She and her daughter went
abroad. De Saulles followed and so did
the wedding.
This is what de Saulles himself said
a month after She marriage: 81 just
made up my mind that she was the
lovliest girl in the world and wanted
her for my wife. II was no easy task
either, for she had suitors galore. Until
| went to Chilli, all it meant 70 me was
a long pink strip on a map in my
geography. Now it means the world
and ali there 10 IN it."
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28

makes little difference gives the
the appearance OF
"strone stand" against British en-
croschments in these vital days before
November. II is shot that politicians
ore figuring will carrom into votes
Bid for Hyphen Aid.
In IN. Arst place, Administration
leaders are selling on the note as re-
futlna the "pro-British" charges
brought against the President Dy yer,
Americans and other "hyphenate
svmpa.h.xers. While from present IN
dlcatlons It Is going to be extremely
nopulHr TO condemn everything 'nat -
rot alrnon-pure "Americanlsm, silent
TO .bs Democrats have been mourning
tbe loss Of 30 many German votes, eS
necially In Wisconsin and Missouri. 1.
.hsy can do anything that Will coVerIIy
surrest that Great Britain ls 10 o.
"nest," who knows that they might ho'
v'in hack many Of the hyphensE anu
ba,Ides the dermsn-Americsns; there
sro many other elemtnts when hase
aiw.v. welcomed anything OF an anti
British issue. ..
Anart from the political aspects o.
49,. blacklist case, for the present up
nsrmo,t. IL is also interesting rs IN
pther example Of the Adminlstrailom, on,
esort, esGst too to carry water on both shoul, Al.
ders as far as its foreign polcies. .bar aao
concerned. co First with Germany 5nvn pn;.
,'itb vGt Mexico. and now with Great bri.,
",, o;n Il will adopt a belligerent tone as
thouch there we're to be no iuI ~, IN,
.rig;1g with American rights. n.Ii mei
tbe following day the pendulum ~ W.,
tave nv swung back again, and me me snom @
nf ~, determination and force VIII set"' ;n
oi o ham, only encouraging further IN
Sringements from the next tranSs''
sors. :. I. The Ad-
,,;r;stration cannot make up its mifa
- he one or the other consistently. - ~
is a paciAst in Mexico; belllgerenn. ~ ~
Havti; Il an "upholder Of humanity n. 10
Geymsnv; an "imperialist' in the pan,
;sb G W.st Indies; dollar diplomatls. $
IN China. as neg gotiations for the new
loan sbow. and a straddler with regar-
'" And vet it goes before the country
With IFS foreign policy as the para
mount issue,
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28

Spring g-Rice. A wireless message from
the admiral commanding the fleet OF
the coast. the ambassador declared,
said no vessel Of his command had en-
tered American territorial waters, as
reported by the commander OF the
battleship Louisiana. The British ad-
miral. Sir Cecil said, was indignant
at the report.
The ambassadors statement is ac-
cepted as entirely disposing OF the
incident. but meanwhile the Navy De
partment is pressing the commander
of the Louisiana for further details
of the mysterious vessel that entered
Chesapeake Bay during the night and
signalled English cruiser" The fact
that she signalled English" instead
of British" is taken by some naval
men rs meaning that the Louisiana
officer was taken in by hoax. II was
understood at the Navy Department
tonight that further Details Of the
incident had been received which would
not be made public.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
BLACKLISTED FIRMS
WAIT WILSON'S ACTION
Merchants Fear British Persecu'
tion. Declares Blumenthal.

Ieonold Zimmerman, chairman OF the
committee Of blacklisted firms VINO
have united to fight the order Of the
British government, announced yes'ef-
day that no action would be taken by
his association pending the publication
Of President Wilson's communication
on the subject to Great Britain.
Maurice B. Blumenthal, of counsel to
the committee. said that fear Of perse-
cution bv Great Britain has prevented
many merchants from joining the asso-
citation.
at is remarkable how the power OF
Great Britain is feared said MI
Blumenthal. an many instances let
,ers 10 US have been accompanied oy
requests that the names OF the senders
he withheld. This condition is not sur
prising, because some Of the very per,
sons on the blacklist have refrained
from becoming members Of the asso-
ciation. and some others who are
members have requested that their
membership be kept secret, less their
activities in this matter may result IN
the complete ruin Of their business at
the hands OF England as a measure OF
retaliation and vindictivsnesA"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
HEAT WAVE DUE
TO BERMUDA HIGH
Great Area of Hot Air
from Tropics May Stay
a Week, 'Tis Said.

Washington, July PA Bermuda
high" is the official cause Of the worst
heat wave that has enveloped the coun-
try in fifteen years. Translated from
the cryptic language Of the weather
sharps, that means a great area of high
pressure air has been mobilizing on tho
weather drill grounds in the Atlantic,
off Bermuda, for the last month and
now has let 90 the full power Of its
offensive from the seaboard 10 the
Rocky Mountains.
For weeks il has stood like solid
wall against heated currents trying
vainly 70 move out from the interior
over the ocean, and now as IL swirls
rapidly along it is gathering heat and
moisture from the tropics, and sweep
ing them nOrthward over the continent
into the vacuum OF so-called low pres
sure areas
Although its greatest intensity has
not yet struck the Pacific coast, il IS
expected TO do so within the next few
days.
10 relief is promised from the phe
nomena which in the East have caused
sweltering city dwelers 70 light fires
in their homes to dry out the humidity,
or which in the Mississippi Valley is
threatening to destroy millions OF dol
lars worth of food crops. Chief Fore
caster Frankenfeld said to-day that the
heat wave had only begun. IL is GER
tain 70 continue through the week, and
probably longer. The relief which often
comes from the northwest is nowhere
in sight.
During all this month. Forecaster
Frankenfeld says, the huge body OF
high pressure atmosphere has been
gathering over the western Atlantic
from Florida to Newfoundland and
east 10 the Azores. IL is very heavy
in weight and thick in dimensions.
Heavy air always flows to a place oc-
cupied by light air, but. unfortunately,
there is at present an area of light air
in the tropics. When the heavy air
arrives there il finds there is still
lighter air over the continent. SO it
moves north in an enormous sweep.
The air in the Middle West is becom-
ing much heavier and IL may form
local centre where the air currents will
clash in a series Of thunderstorms, af-
fording relief through a readIustmens
of the areas of high pressure.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
100000 FRAUD
LAID TO BANKERS
Two Officers of Mutual
Trust Co., of Orange,
n. j., Accused.

Warrants charging conspiracy to de-
fraud the Mutual Trust Company, Of
Orange. y. j., out of $SO6,OOO, were
issued yesterday in Newark for the ar
rest Of Edwin II. Hatch and Thomas 5.
Byrro, respectively vice-president and
secretary-treasurer Of the company,
which on Monday was ordered closed
BY the State Bank Commissioner,
George VI. La Monte
Mr. Hatch, who has been treasurer
Of the y. W. Halsey Company, of 80
Wall Street, for number of years, is
al his home, in Maplewood, conva-
lesc.ng from an operation for appendi-
c.ts. and cannot be brought to the
courthouse for arraignment for at least
ten days. A county detective has been
detailed to keep him under surveillance.
Counsel for Byrne. as soon as he
heard Of the issuance of the warrants,
telephoned Acting Prosecutor Wilbur s.
Mott that he would surrender his client
81 once. This was done, and Byrne
was released under $4,000 bail
Through his counsel, Edward NJ.
Coils. Hatch issued a statement yester-
day afternoon, in which he said it was
AZ his solicitation that Byrne certified
20 checks in excess Of his deposits, and
that he wished 10 relieve him of re-
sponsibility.
$4,000 Deposit Swelled.
The over-certifcation of deposits,
which brought the trust company into
trouble, occurred on May Is last, it is
alleged The day previous Hatch de-
posted 1000 TO his account. The
over-certificates TO his credit numbered
seven. it is said. of which six were for
$4,000 each and one for $4,000. max.
ing S306,O0 over the amount he had
on deposit. The checks were hypothe-
Gated in New York and other places, it
is alleged, and no record of over-cer-
tfcation was entered in the bank
books.
In a brief confession to the prosecu-
tor Byrne said that Hatch came TO him
and urged him TO make the over-cer-
tihcations. Hatch told him. he says,
that he had been carrying negotiable
paper Of former Senator James Smith,
IT,, so long that ne had 10 make good.
For long time Byrne refused to do as
Hatch wished, he said, but finally con-
sented after he had been told that by
80 doing he would save the bank.
"Mr. Hatch told me how he saved the
bank in the panic Of 1907" Byrne said,
"and how he saved it again in Novem-
Der, 1915, when Senator Smith failed.
He said that if ! would sign the GER
tifcate, which would only be for q
short time, or until he could get
out of one or two large deals that he
was tied up in, that il would not only
be for his interests, but the banks
as well and that il would be the saw
ing Of the bank.
"In making this confession / want it
clearly understood that I did not re
ceive one cent from Mr.. Hatch, nor did
he offer me any money or anything
else. | made out the certificate be-
cause / did not want TO see the bank
close, not only for my own sake, but
also because l did not want to see the
depositors lose their money | had
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28

Giovanni Libretto. worth about $780,
600 and the mayor Of Minctta Lane"
died Wednesday in the dark little
room in which he had lived. He left
instructions that $4,000 was to be
spent on his funeral and a cemetery
vault.
To-day the bare room that was his
home is hung with purple and gold,
the floor Is carpetcd with purple, and
the doorway is an opening through
ribbons. lace and flowers. Libretto's
body lies on a plush-covered bier
awaiting a $1,000 bronze casket.
At the funeral from the Church OF
Our Lady of Pompeii, Saturday morn
inc at II o'clock. there will be delega-
tions from eighteen Italian benevolent
aocieties of which he was MEMBER
225 coaches, including eighteen open
barouches filled with flowers ana
eight bands.
One pallbearer is to be furnished
from each OF the societies, and Father
Demo. of the church. will sing sol
emn high mass of requiem, for whlcn,
according TO friends of Libretto, $40
Will be paid.
The title Mayor of Minetta Lane
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
PARALYSIS STOPS
CHILDREN'S OUTING
Jersey Authorities Halt Little
Ones at Pier.

The Mothers Club Of Public School
83, Ravenswood, n. j., started yester-
day on an excursion. They took w tn
them the customary array of sand
wiches, cold meats and jellies and the
usual host OF small children.
But when the excursionists reached
the barge Empire and the tow tug W.
B. Sherman, the police refused to allow
the children aboard. Mrs. Platz, presi-
dent Of the Mothers Club, communi-
Gated with the health authorities.
She learned that on account Of in
fsntile paralysis no children under six
teen could go. And in view Of the fact
that the outing was arranged primarily
for the benefit Of the children. it was
called of.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
Call British Cruisers"
Entrance Hoax on Captain
[From The Tribune Bureau J

Washington, July 27-More ships
were added to-day TO the American
neutrality patrol outside the Virginia
Canes 10 insure fair treatment TO the
German submarine Deutschland when
she makes her dash for sea. They
have joined the North Carolina and
the four destroyers dispatched by the
navy Department yesterday. The
North Carolina is the aviation ship OF
the fleet. but. whether aeroplanes Will
be added TO prevent any violation OF
territorial waters was not disclosed al
the department to-day.
Denial that any British warship had
entered the Capes or the three,miie
limit was received by Secretary Dan
iels and the State Department from
the British Ambassador. Sir Cecil
New-York tribune., 1916-07-28
FRYE CASE SETTLEMENT
LEFT TO GERARD
Acting Secretary Polk Thinks
This Will Save Time.

Washington, July 27.-As result
Of a conference to-day between acting
Secretary Of State Polk and Prince Won
Hatfeldt, counsellor Of the German en-
bassy, negotiations 20 adjust the in
demnity for sinking of the American
ship William P. Frye by the German
raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich probably
will be conducted by American Ambas-
sador Gerard with the German Foreign
Office.
Prince Hatfeldt suggested that time
could be saved by having the discus
sions carried on in Berlin, and Mr.. Polk
indicated his assent TO the plan.
Germany, in lengthy correspond
ence over the sinking of the ship, prom
ised to pay damages, the amount to be
fixed by agreement between the TWO
governments.
Questions Of alleged violations Of in
ternational law and treaty rights in
volved in the case are to be settled by
a commission, the formation of which
he's not been taken up.