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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24

Copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary
The telephe bell rang insistentIy
and DR.. Marshall Thrane threw down
book on abdominal surgery and
turned indifferently to the instru-
ment
Yes, this is Dr. Thrane Automo-
bile accident? Call DR.. Gates. | am
very busy"
Thrane loved his profession and the
lie about being busy was his first act
of disloyalty. Although young man
of thirty. he was considered the lead
ing surgeon. certainly the most sue
cessful one, in the city.
On this particular evening he was
not disposed to help humanity, for the
world had gone wrong and the bitter
ness Of his first sorrow had made him
morose and sullen. His engagement
to the beautiful Eileen Hunt, three
months before, had made him SUI
premely happy. She seemed possessed
of the tact and democratic attitude
toward the masses that go to make a
successful and helpful wife for a pro-
fessional man. The quarrel had oc-
CURED two days before, yet he was
still ignorant of the cause
They had gone to the country club
for dinner and he had thought to him.
self at the table that the girl had been
blessed with every feminine attrac.
ton of beauty and charm. And now
within two months OF their wedding
day, they had quarreled. Over wit
Dr. Thrane closed his eyes and for
the hundredth time tried to recall the
exact conversation
They had been discussing love The
| topic was natural, for there had been
| full moon shining on the river be
| fore the clubhouse and the soft
| strains of the waltz from Salome haC
| reached them from the ballroom.
What was 1t he had said? Some
thing about the moon making mar
say foolish things. he remembered
Then she had grown strangely quie
and when he tried to penetrate he
silence and learn the cause, she hal
told him that probably he had beef
foolish when he proposed to her; l
was moonlight then, she reminde,
him coolly. All his protestations t.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24

the JOY of the morning Since the
earliest dawn Phil Craig had been
saunterng through the least fire.
quented ways, peering into gardens,
noting the creeping light the melting
shadows, now and again sketching
roughly some bit that appealed espe-
cially He had come to the village,
from years of study abroad, to rest,
he had told himself. not to work-yet
here was work laying hold on him
in the very outset.
lie stood ambushed in the shade
of a thick hawthorn. Elizabeth did
not see him until as she turned half
about, he called hushedly: BE still!
Please, Just a minute more!' his
fingers flying as he spoke. AS he
caught her startled look, he explain
ed: You are the Soul of Dawn! |
J want to make you immortal"
That was the beginning Elizabeth
did not tell 1t, even to Sara. Instead.
she was gracefully, and graciously
distant, when the next afternoon Phil
managed to have himself fetched to
the house and be properly presented.
! His ewes twinkled-otherwise he was
as proper as she. But when they
walked out In company with Sara
and young Mason, his social sponsor,
TO view the garden beauties, he half
whispered You are the Soul of Dawn
and something more
,,fII
to life with a vengeance. Phil did
the most of it, fetching In autos,
other young men. indeed all manner
of worldly things He refused to set
up a sudio but now and again fell
furiously to work under shade of a
white umbrella. He made studies oil
all the old gardens round about. OF
| orchard hooks, of lichened stone
walls, with a dapple of shine and
shadow playing upon them.
Never by any chance did Elizabeth
figure In the studies Yet she knew
he made pictures of her. After q
little the knowledge fretted her. Her
father would not like it-of that she
was sure. Neither would Billy Vance
II was all settled that she was tC
marry Billy after they were both
grown up. Her father thought hei
hardly more than a baby at nineteer
and Billy's parent had the same
opinion regarding a lad of two-and
twenty.
Sara knew all about Billy. saw
and eXceut his name Sara purseC
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
Films of New York.

With fifteen manufacturers OF mo-
ton pictures actively engaged In
business in New York, 1t remained for
a Philadelphia concern to send a
troupe to the city to photograph bits
of New York scenes in response to the
demand from the out-of-town exhibit
tors. New York sights are so familiar
to New Workers that they fall to real
ize that the man in Grand Island.
Neb., never has seen the famous sky
line or the East River bridges. 30 the
troupe from Philadelphia is just now
adding comedy to the sights. to the
huge delight of the small boys. who
are quick to recognize their friends
from the movies" In flesh and blood.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
Automatic Testing Machine.

The machines turned out by large
typewriter mandatory are tested by
an automatic electrical machine which
does the work much faster than hu.
man hands.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24

WUuo9tv ot SHIeIfSo'
, have islands q mile in circum-
a,e composed entirely of sulphur
Id the man from New Zealand.
bought to see our big trees" came
Dthe American. You could pick
10 of the islands on the tip OF
our trees and let it serve as
read of q match. Louisville
er-Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
Collecting Evidence.

Must be a general cleanup cam
paign going on in the neighborhood."
why so?" My cat came home today
with four kinds OF fresh paint on her
fur."-Kansas City Journal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24

shipbulders according to
in received Washington
declined build the two fleet sub
stipulation that the
n surface speed of
would
ably will have to build the boats in
a driven
ronng
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
Blu, That's Asking Too Much.

Politics might be easier" said
Uncle Eben, EFF people would think
as hard about de questions Of de
hour as dey does about de puzzles in
a funny paper"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
SURPRISING Free Speech.

II is happy fact that attempts to
interfere with freedom of speech al
ways produce a tremendous volume
OF it-New York Evening Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
French National Anthem.

THE Marseillaise." the national an
them Of the French republic, was writ
ten and composed in 1892 by Rouget
de Isle, an officer in the French army.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
Giant ostriches Of the Past.

In alluvial deposits of Madagascar
there have been found skeletons OF os-
triches which, when alive, were four
teen to fifteen feet in height.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
compositIon of the scdptur.a

In the Bible, Old and New Tesa
ments, there are 3,5s6,473 letters, 77Hr
693 words. 1888 verses, 1,1s9 chap
tiers and &C books.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
At Least Esau Got IL

Esau was a better business man
than most of the spendthrifts. He got
the mess of pottage for which he
traded his birthright.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
Naturally.

rs there any uplift about this new
writer"
You bet there is, He writes avia.
ton stories"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24

.ely on Wind Exclusively.
steady are the winds at Curs-
at three wireless telegraph sta
depend on windmills to furnish
power.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24

And Trouble Follows.
, may be blind, but IL a mans
- brunette abe can see a blonde
a his rest Is blocks away.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-24
ThrQne'S
Emergency Call
By A. Maria Crawford

Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary
Press)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
MARTHA MOSER GETS DEGREE IN
 FIVE MINUTES
Almost Equals Danbury Lawyers Record of Three
 Minute Divorce.

The quickest divorce of the year was granted today when Martha Moser of this city was freed from William Mo ser of Newark, N. J., in just five min utes. At a. m. Mrs. Moser was mar ried and at 9:05 she was a single wo- man She alleged her husband desert ed her in 1915. She married him Oc- tober II, 1913 Attorney William L. Zepp represented the plaintiff. AL though this is fast time for a divorce a Danburyf lawyer, who obtained one in three minutes several years ago, claims the record.
 Seven other couples were divorced by Judge Curtis. The names and causes of the separation are:
 Treffle Hebert of this city from An nie Hebert of this city desertion De- cember T, 191O The couple were mar ried April 20, 1910.
 Carrie. Pauline Rogner. of this city from John P. Rogner of this city, de- sertion in September, 1907 The couple were married February 25. 1906.
 James J. Redmond of this city from Bridget Redmond, alleging inf1delity The husband declared he followed his wife and another man to a house on French street. The parties were mar rfed October 8, 1913.
 Bertha C.. Ambler of Stamford from Charles M. Amber Of Stamford, alIeg- ing cruelty and intemperance The marriage took place Novemb Der ', 1900.
 Helen R. Schultze of this city from John H. Schultze of this city, deser- tion in July, 1910. The pair were we'd ded in August, 1909.
 Naomi Light Kipp of this city from Harry Kipp of this city. assertion in November, 1910. The couple were mar ried November 4, 19O5
 Bertha Miller F'airchiId of stann ford from William H. Fairchild of parts unknown. The couple were mar Tried in April, 1904. and the husband deserted the following February,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
PRESIDENT GIVES DIPLOMAS TO MODES; SECY. DANIELS
 COUNSELS< SPECIALIZATION

in arms. The pathos of human lives sacrificed in war because of unreadi- ness is the saddest lesson taught by the European war. It is a lesson which has served to awaken America to the need of training men,"
 The training that produced skill and efficiency, said the secretary, should be encouraged among naval officers after they are graduated if the navy is to profit by their service.
 Another lesson of the war and one needed in America" he continued, is that industrial preparedness must go hand-in-hand with building battle cruisers and other naval craft, and securing more trained officers and men. Most of the great nations had but dimly understood that ability to quickly mobilize the resources and convert industrial plants into 1nuni- ton factories was as important as to mobilize men,,
 Secretary Daniels paid high tribute to the naval consulting doard, which, he said, already had undertaken the pioneer work of in6-lstriaI prepared ness in the United States and would soon provide the army any navy with this essential feature.
 'I counsel you,'' he ntinued, ito early marry 4 yourself to a special branch of service for an ounce of ex- pert knowledge in thq days that are before you will be worth pound of general information. The man who is to maintain the highest place in the navy in the future will be looked, up to because. he made himself a master of his speciality
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02

Annapolis, Md, June 2.-President Wilson arrived. here today to deliver the diplomas seo the members of the graduating class of the naval acad- emy The naval yacht Mayhower. with the President and his party on board, anchored in the Severn river at g o'clock and was saluted with 21 guns by the station ship. The trip from Washington was euneventful.
 Secretary Daniels today welcomed the graduating class into actual naval service with an address scounse1ing steady continuance on their part of the training and studies begun at An napolis in order that the navy, de- pendent upon their Knowledge for ef- f1cient expension and keeping, might remain equipped and prepared always for an emergency. The secretary told the graduates that they were coming to the navy at a period of it's largest expansion, it's highest efficiency and when lessons from Europe brought di- Tectly to the need of trained men in war if human life is to be spared from the killing of men unprepared and unskiIled in the science Of mili- tarisnn.
 We have learned as never before during the present world war. the secretary said, that courage on the deId of battle is the commonest, as well las the most glorious attribute of our humanity. The man who, in pa trfotic outburstss hurried to volunteer on land or sea, often fails to appre- cfate the face that his service lacks the highest value unless he is trained
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
suB-COMMITTE MEETS.

St. Louis, Mo, June 2-The sub committee on arrangements of the Democratic national committee met here today to elect a temporary chair man for the convention and to con sider the apportionment of tickets and the assignment of seats to the. various delegations. Martin H. Glynn, former governor of New York, and William J. Stone. United States Senator from Missouri, were among those being considered for temporary chairman, it was said.
 The reports of the committees on tickets, decorations, entertainment and various other details also will be submitted to the committee which will be in almost continuous session until the opening of the convention. June IA.
 No meting of the national commit tee proper is scheduled until June 12, when the contests among delegates will be taken up. Thus far the only contests reported to Secretary J. Bruce Kramer, of the national com mittee are from Hawaii, Porto Rico. and the District of Columbia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
The Great civilizer.

In many recent editorial contrfbu- tdons and magazine articles it is con- clus1veIy proved-were new proof nec- essary-that the railroad is the most potent of all factors in the civilization of mankind. Not only in commercial sense, but in an ethical and religious sense, the railway is a pioneer, for it makes possible the intercourse of na- tions, the broadening of ideas, the seek ing of newer and better things and the escape from the undesira ble. In the wake of the railway come better con ditions of every sort, for better trans portation advantages beget better com mercia1 conditions, and they in turn beget more intellectual development and higher ethical standards. That the railway is built primarily as busI- ness investment does not alter the case. No claim was ever made that the rail- way was an ethical enterprise, but the fact remains, whatever the motive, that the railway is the handmaid of national progress, commercial, intellec- tual and re1igious.-New York Mail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
British Admit Losses
TExT or sTATE0fENT.

London, June 2-The British Admiralty announced today that a battle had occurred in the North Sea between the British and German fleets, during the course of which a number of German warships were sunk.
 The British battle cruisers Queen Mary and Indefatigab1e and the bat t1esllip Invincible were sunk
 The cruisers Defense and Black Prince also were sunk, and the cruiser Warrior was disabled. The German losses are described as serious
 The announcement says two Ger man battle cruisers! were sunk and two German light cruisers were dis abIed and probably sunk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
TEAM KILLED; DRIVER LEAPS FROM DANGER
Hall Street Crossing, Scene of Many Mishaps, Wit nesses Serious Accident as Berkshire Train Hits Horses.

A pair of horses attached to an open truck belonging to Chris Rickard, the trucking contractor, was instantly kfll- ed this morning when struck by the engine of a train at the corner of Housatonic avenue and Hall street and the driver, William Epps, narrowly escaped death by 1eapings from the seat as he saw thesfate that awaited him.
 The team was being driven down Hall street to the union branch of the Bridgeport Brass Co., where several teams belonging to Rickard are en- gagged in carrying ashes, brick and just about 7:35 o'clock when Epps turned his team from North Washing ton avenue into Hall street, driving very fast, according to witnesses,
 As he neared the corner of IHousa- tonic avenue, he either did not see the southbound train on the Berkshire division tracks or failed to heed the warning whistle of the engineer, for just as soon as the horses gaHoped d upon the track. they were struck by the engine and horribly mangIed. Epps, a. colored man, leaped to the ground and narrowly escaped being injured, though he was bruised by his fall.
 The pole of the truck was snapped off close up to the body and the truck was whirled about and completely smashed by the impact. The en- gineer brought the train to an imme- diate stop and the bodies of the anil malls were removed from the track when the train proceeded to the, sta ton here.
 Testimony of the various persons nearby at the time varies as to who the blame rests upon. Many claim that the driver in his endeavor to get to the shop on time, attempted to clear the tracks before the train pass ed while others maintain that a. high board fence at the corner obstructed his view until the team was close upon the tracks. Many also affirm that the engineer failed to blow his wlnis- tie while others contradict this point and state that it was clearly heard.
 The spot where the accident oc- cured has been, the scene of several similar accidents within the past few years. The Berkshire division trains, which are run on a trestle from the railroad station through Housatonic avenue. reach the level at Hall street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
Theodore Hook bod I1Is chsas.

Thomas Moore held the. post of reg istrar in the Bermuda government, but he only held it for a few months and left after appointing deputy. Am other famous man of letters, ThepdOre Hook, held a somewhat similar posi- ton in Mauritius, but left suddenly un- der a cloud, owing to some irreguiRri- ties with the treasury chest. It is said of this incorrigible joker that on his passage home he was asked by one of the passengers why he was leaving Mauritius and calmly replied that it was owing to "a little trouble with his chest. Westminster Gazette.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
New Cops Trained
 By Veterans Today

Though the detail of the 70 new patrolnen has not as yet been com pleted, the men were sent out upon the streets for short spaces of time today, doing patrol duty with some of the older men. Their instruction will continue for several days while they are 1ectured by officers in the department and at times assigned to street duty for practical experience.
 According to rumor, the men to be assigned to the detective department are all older men of the department and that none of the new men will be desi gnated for detective work. They will take their places in the detective department next week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
piscomfOrts of coaohinu Days.

Posterity will know nothing of the misery their forefathers underwent in the travelling way, and whenever we hear-which we often do-unreason- able grumblings about the absence of trifing luxuries on railroads we are tempted to wish the parties consigned to good long ride in an old stage coach. Why, the worst third class that ever was put next the engine is tnd- niteIy better than the inside of the best of them used to be, to say nothing of the speed. As to the outsides of the old coaches, with their roastings, their soakings, their freezings and their smotherings with dust, one cannot but feel that the estab abIishment of railways was downright prQIongatton of hfe-- Surtees -Q95Sl.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
BY '.FRIEND,'
 HE LOSES S1OO ROLL;
 CULPRIT IS ARRESTED

John Mechunck, 20. of 55s Putnum street, on May A. while jostling a. few of his friends in a crowd on Hallett street, slipped a wallet containing $10o from the pocket of Joseph Snatka of 5s0 Putnam street. One of the crowd saw the act but paid no attention to 1t as it was thought that itw as as done in fun.
 When Snatka missed the money he told his friends and Detective George Simon was sent out to arrest Me chunck. When searched at head quarters. a silk handkerchief belong ing to another friend was found in bis pocket. In the city court today his case was continued until tomorrow under bonds of $50.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
Budlong Must Pay
 Wife Back Alimony

Assistant Manager Herbert A.Bud- long of the American. Graphophone Co.,, has lost his last legal battle to prevent his first wife from collecting back alinony. Judge Walsh, in the common pleas court this morning, de- nied Budlong's right to an appeal from a recent decision allowing Char Iotte Bud1ong of Washington, D. G., back aIimony of $312.75.
 Attorney Robert G. DeForest. repre- senting Mrs. Bud1ong, contended that the appeal was not bona fde but was filed by Bud1ongs counsel simply for purposes of delay. The court took this view of the case so Budlong must pay the money now.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
Drivers Skull Is
 Fractured When He is :
 Thrown Off Wagon

Thrown from his team this morn ing when the horse took fright on the state road in Westports Herman Kar- carski of 56 g Bostwick avenue. struck on his head, fracturing the skull He was placed in a jitney bus and taken to St Vincent's hospital where at press hour it was said that he was in a dying condition
 details of the accident stating that he had been hired by another man who was in the ear to take Karcarski to the hospital. The other man said that he would return to the hospital latersto explain the accident, but had not returned at press hour. <
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
Frost Craoks.

In the annual lists of earthquakes registered at the Harvard seismograph- fc station occasional shocks occurring in winter are noted as due to ftfrost cracks''-i. e., the sudden opening of Assures in the ground, resulting from freezing. The late Professor Shaler in one of his lectures mentioned the oc- currence of a sensible shock at Cam bridge some forty years ago, which he traced to a crack in the frozen ground. An apparent earthquake near Akron, O., probab bly, due to frost crack, was described in the American Geo1ogist, Vol. 1, 1888, while another, which caused a mild panic at Attleboro, Mass, was reported in the Attleboro Sun of Jan. g, 1908. Professor Wood worth says that s'this idea of frost
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
TWO WANT DIvoRCEs

Wallace Haw1ey, a minor of this city, has brought divorce proceedings against Matilda Lindgren Haw1ey of South Norwalk. Tn papers filed today in the superior court he alleges cruel ty. The couple were married March 4, 1916.
 Florence Cornell of this city seeks a divorce from William G. Cornell of Hinrods. N. Y. She alleges desertion in 1910 and also cruelty. The mar riage took place June 2, 1907
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
Expensivs L,ebtiDq.

It takes 4O,65OIOOO candle power Co light up the outside of the WOolworth building, in New York, every night. Six hundred protector lamps, with re- hectors covered with siIver-not mer- cury-hlled with nitrogen gas, each consuming 25O watts of current and delivering 67,750 candle power, are used in this illumination, which makes the tower visible twenty miles away New York World
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
zsETERNYI ESTATE

Agnes Zseternyi was appointed ad- rninistratrix of the estate of her hus- band John, in the probate court to- day. The estate consists of a half in terest in a six family house at 69 Mill Hill avenue estimated to be $2,500. Other heirs are Emery, Agnes, Joseph and Rose Zseternyi, children of the couple,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-02
HUGHES SAYS HITCHCOCK
 ISN'T HIS AGENT

washington, June 2-When inquiry was made of Justice Hughes today whether Frank H. Hitchcock was re- presenting him at Chicago, the jus tice's secretary, Lawrence H. Green, made the following authorized state ment:
 aIt is perfectly well understood that Justice Hughes has no representa- tive.''